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In this book we examine the relation between knowledge and decision making, more precisely, the practical effectiveness of scientific knowledge in political contexts. We do this through the study of three cases, Keynesian economics, race science, and climate science. In all cases there it is policy relevant knowledge which has been taken up by policy makers to greater or lesser degrees.
We use the conceptual distinction between knowledge for practice (politically relevant knowledge) and practical knowledge (knowledge which can make a difference in practice). This simple difference allows us to emphasize several points which all too often get neglected in studies of a similar kind. First, some knowledge (perhaps much knowledge) does not intend to be practical, or does not lend itself to practical applications. Second, knowledge that has practical implications is not always practical, because it does not recognize, let alone specify the levers for action. Practical knowledge is knowledge that contains realistic assumptions about its own implementation within specific socio-political contexts. And third, whenever knowledge is produced which has practical implications the knowledge producers are drawn into the policy making process. If they fail to specify the tools for implementation their knowledge will be ineffective.
These are necessary, not sufficient conditions for knowledge to become practical. Policy proposals that are based on such knowledge still need to find support by political coalitions, stakeholders or social movements. We show in the book that the cultural and political resonance of knowledge claims and ideas matters very much.
Climate science has made the case for anthropogenic global warming and spent much energy on providing proof in this respect. The debate has been immensely politicized but with little practical effect. GHG emissions are not falling in line with the scientific recommendations. In this sense, climate science has proven ineffective for policy making. It failed to identify the levers for action which could make a difference in practice.
There is an eerie similarity between race science and climate science in that both see their services as essential for solving pressing social problems.
The use of science by the Nazi regime has been described as follows:
'The Nazis took major problems of the day—problems of race, gender, crime, and poverty—and transformed them into medical or biological problems. Nazi philosophers argued that Germany was teetering on the brink of racial collapse, and that racial hygiene was needed to save Germany from 'racial suicide.' Racial hygiene thus combined a philosophy of biological determinism with a belief that science might provide a technical fix for social problems. Harnessed to a political party mandated to root out all forms of racial, social, or spiritual 'disease,' the ideology of biological determinism helped drive the kinds of programs for which the Nazis have become infamous.' (Robert Proctor, Racial Hygiene).This could serve as a cautionary tale when considering other, more benign cases of public policy, such as climate change. Here, too, some climate scientists and their supporters have defended specific courses of action with reference to scientific truth, disregarding the fact that it is largely a public choice to identify and implement sound and just policies.
Let us quote from our book here:
What follows for climate policy? Let us tackle this question indirectly, starting with the conclusion just reached, and asking: Can policy-makers appeal to a body of scientific knowledge and authority? And what non-scientific principles could be used to reach sensible policies? While there is a robust consensus among scientific authorities regarding detection (and perhaps also attribution) of anthropogenic global warming, this does not tell us what to do. To be sure, some scientific authorities demand cutting CO2 emissions radically within the next decades. But this may be an 'impractical' strategy, so to speak. In the short term, levers for action in this regard have to be seen with pessimism, as argued above. What is more, if society were prepared to take preventative and/or adaptive measures with regard to climate change, it would not need to wait for scientific studies to deliver the foundations for this belief. And if climate change were seen as a risk we want to avoid, we should try to reduce our vulnerability and take adaptive measures (coastline protection, increasing agricultural and infrastructure resilience). As in other policy fields, we face the prospect of acting on the basis of limited information, where Lindblom's principle of incrementalism should be followed. Social and economic policies are prime examples of areas where we do this all the time, mostly without waiting for yet another improved report on the state of knowledge (bearing in mind that such reports, if available, will in all likelihood be used as 'trump cards' if they fit the proposed policy option—otherwise they will be ignored).
We do not claim to provide a general theory of how knowledge becomes practical and effective in policy making. Even if knowledge has the hallmarks of being practical, this does not mean that it will be implemented and thus automatically become effective in practice. Too many factors influence policy making and the unpredictable nature of historical processes inevitably thwarts any kind of determinism. The many different possible combinations of policy streams, windows of opportunity and active policy entrepreneurs lead to different policy outcomes, over time and in different jurisdictions.
But even where practical knowledge is developed, this does not create the conditions for its own practical success. Political and cultural forces are usually far more important for decision making. So does our study on the Power of Scientific Knowledge end with the conclusion that it does not yield any? It certainly does not in the literal sense of the term. However, scientists can act as agenda setters, influencing the belief systems of decision makers and provide legitimation for decisions taken. A science push model is highly improbable. As the cases of Eugenics and Keynesianism show, even the most practical knowledge does not create the conditions for its own implementation. And the case of climate change provides another lesson, the futility of trying to influence policy making without practical knowledge.


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What does still exist is due only to TV-viewing Beatles fans trying to capture the moment, back before the days of home VCRs. A small portion of the interview was captured on silent home-movie film by a Beatles fan aiming an 8mm movie camera at their TV set. The 2 minute home movie of the TV screen, while producing a poor-quality picture and only a very small fraction of the full 22 minute appearance, unfortunately is the only known 'video' in existence of John and Paul's 1968 appearance on the Tonight Show.
Luckily, all of the audio was recorded by another Beatles fan who decided to capture the TV interview by placing their amatuer audio recorder next to their TV set.
There have been some fairly successful attempts to synchronize the surviving 2 minutes of silent, low-quality video with the segments of audio that correspond with it.
The 9 photos presented below are enhanced still-frames from one such video which circulates among collectors.
It was an important time. The Beatles were currently announcing their new company Apple Corps, they had just returned from meditation in India, and they would soon begin the recording sessions for The White Album upon returning to England. Below is the transcribed text of this lost American network television appearance from May 14th 1968: John Lennon and Paul McCartney speaking with guest host Joe Garagiola (JG), and actress Tellulah Bankhead (TB), on NBC's Tonight Show.
- Jay Spangler, www.beatlesinterviews.org
(excited screams and applause as they walk out)
JG: "Good evening, good evening. Can I ask you something? How did you get here? Not from England, but from the hotel with all the people out there?"
JOHN: "Uhh, car."
JG: "Car. Did you have any problems?"
JOHN: "No, no. All under control. (jokingly) Well how are you, Johnny?"
JG: "Well, I figure you've been interviewed all day-- if there's any questions you'd like to ask us..."
JOHN: "What are you doing?"
PAUL: "Mmm, where's Johnny?"
JG: "Where is he? Gaithersburg!"
ED McMAHON: "Gaithersburg!"
JG: "A wonderful town."
TB: "May I ask you, a big favorite all over the world, a question? Are the other two gentlemen... of the four of you... are they still in India?"
JOHN: "No, they're in England."
TB: "I want to ask you something, because I wish I'd learned to meditate, and I can't... I don't know how you do it. I would love to."
JOHN: "Well you gotta go and find out, haven't you."
TB: "Well I'm not going that far."
JOHN: "Oh well."
PAUL: "Forget it."
TB: "If it's taken me this long, and couldn't do it, I couldn't learn there."
JOHN: "Well, you can't learn to swim if you keep inland, can you? Unless you've got a pool around you."
TB: "Oh honey, I can float sitting up. Don't be silly."
JG: "I get the feeling there are two different conversations here!"
PAUL: "Yeah right, yeah. We had a bit of trouble today-- this fella-- We did an interview for the educational program. And he started asking us questions, and they were quite sort of serious questions, you know. So it was a choice between just laughing it up, or answering seriously."
JG: "So what did you do?"
PAUL: "We were a bit serious."
JG: (jokingly) "You? Serious?"
PAUL: "Yeah. We were just sort of-- (clears throat comically) --not too serious, you know, just sort of."
JG: "Listen, of all the..."
PAUL: "So tell us a joke!"
JG: "I don't really have that many jokes, you tell me a joke."
JOHN: "We don't know any."
TB: "I think they're very serious fellows."
PAUL: "That's it. We are, you know."
JOHN: "We can never remember 'em, you see."
JG: "Would you like to be a comedian?"
JOHN: "No."
JG: "In many ways you are."
JOHN: "Well..."
JG: "The four of you, socially, are you that close, or are you...?"
PAUL: "Yeah."
JOHN: "We're close friends, you know."
JG: "Sometimes when you work together-- I've been with groups that when the job's over, that's it. Do you have houses pretty much together?"
JOHN: "Within twenty miles all together."
JG: "If you couldn't have been in music-- if it hadn't happened for you-- what do you think you would like to do?"
JOHN: "Ahh, I don't know. Films for me."
(Paul relaxes back comfortably)
JG: (pause) "How about you, Paul... I'm not breaking your mood, am I?"
PAUL: "No. You're doing great, you know. But, umm..."
PAUL: "So, what would I like to have been?"
JOHN: "A policeman."
PAUL: (to John) "...no. Not a policeman."
PAUL: "Uhh, I don't know, you know. I was nearly gonna be a teacher but that fell through, luckily."
(music swells for a commercial break... Paul begins humming along... girls scream)
JG: (to John) "Why don't you read that (cue card) and see what the reaction is."
JOHN: "And now a word from your local stallion."
JG: "...a word from your local STATION!"
JG: "Listen. Paul, you said something that's hard for me to believe. You were in Central Park, and no one recognized you, Sunday?"
PAUL: "Yes, that's true. Yes."
JOHN: "We were very pleased, you know."
JG: "You just kinda wandered around? You just walked around? The police weren't with you?"
JOHN: "No, we just walked out, you know. We often do it. If people don't know-- expect us, what are they gonna do but see a bit of long hair walking around like all the other long hair."
JG: "How long have you been in New York now? We just found out about it."
PAUL: "Three days."
JOHN: "Is it three, now?"
JOHN: "And we still haven't got a tan."
PAUL: "And it's been enough, you know, actually." (laughs)
JG: "When you get into a city-- You were on tour, and you got to alot of cities. How much of it do you really see? It's ballpark to a hotel, I think."
JOHN: "You just pick up the vibrations. We never saw it, you know."
PAUL: "The room."
JOHN: "A castle full of rooms all over the place."
JG: "How about this new organization, 'Apple'?"
JOHN: "Oh yeah. Well you see, our accountant came up and said, 'We got this amount of money. Do you want to give it to the government or do something with it?' So we thought..."
JG: "Which government?"
JOHN: "Oh... Any old government."
JOHN: "So we decided to play businessmen for a bit, because, uhh, we've got to run our own affairs now. So, we've got this thing called 'Apple' which is going to be records, films, and electronics-- which all tie-up. And to make a sort of an umbrella so people who want to make films about... grass... don't have to go on their knees in an office, you know, begging for a break. We'll try and do it like that. That's the idea. I mean, we'll find out what happens, but that's what we're trying to do."
PAUL: "If you want to do something, normally you've got to go to big business and you've gotta go to 'them,' the big people, you know."
JOHN: "You don't even get there. Because you can't get through the door 'cuz of the color of your shoes."
PAUL: (laughs) "But you know, people are normally... Big companies are so big that if you're little and good it takes you like 60 years to make it. And so people miss out on these little good people."
JOHN: "It just takes 'em longer."
PAUL: "So we're trying to find a few."
JG: "Paul, is that because of your background? You came from a poor background."
JOHN: "No, it's no sort of... it's just a common thing."
PAUL: "There's a little bit of that."
JG: "If you didn't feel it as a youngster, you wouldn't feel it now."
JOHN: "Yeah."
PAUL: "Yeah that's right, you know. It's just 'cuz, we know what we had to fight to, sort of..."
JG: "Was it tough for you to get started?"
JOHN: "Well, no tougher than anybody else, you see, but George said, 'I'm sick of being told to keep out of the park.' That's what it's about, you know. We're trying to make a park for people to come in and do what they want."
PAUL: (comical voice) "Symbolically speaking."
JG: "Is he the spokesman, would you say, John?"
JOHN: "Well, if his spokes are working, he is. And if mine are..."
JG: "Do you have the privacy that you're leading me to believe you have, or is it a tough job?"
JOHN: "We have enough to keep us sane, you know. If we are sane-- we have enough."
JOHN: "But it's not like touring. Our life isn't like a tour, or like 'A Hard Day's Night' or any of those things. That's only what we're doing now. We create that, or that is created. But when we're just living, it's calm."
JG: "Is it calm, Paul?"
PAUL: "Yeah. Not at the moment, you know. It's hectic-- New York. Very hectic place. 'Cuz we came over from England and it's a very sort of quiet place, you know."
JG: "What's so different about New York?"
JOHN: "Louder."
PAUL: "It's very... (imitates cars honking and police sirens) ...you know."
JG: (jokingly) "You've got a hit record on your hands already!"
PAUL: "You know, that happens alot here."
JG: "Don't you like that kind of life?"
JOHN: "It's alright. You get into it. I mean, three days isn't enough to get used to that."
JG: "Would you 'like' to get into it?"
JOHN: "Ahh, not today."
TB: (laughs) "Are you nervous on a show like this?"
PAUL: "Always nervous."
JOHN: "Yeah, sure. Sure."
JG: "Why would you be nervous?"
JOHN: "Because, uhh... It's not natural."
JG: "I don't know, I'm just kind of visiting with you... I would feel it's natural. I feel like I've read about you and I want to meet you."
JOHN: "I mean, this 'situation' isn't natural."
PAUL: "If we meet you and talk at your house, then that's alright you know, because we can actually talk naturally. It's a bit difficult when you know you're going out into a million homes."
JG: "So you're guarded, pretty well, in what you say then?"
JOHN: "No, not guarded."
PAUL: "No, but it's still difficult, you know. (gesturing to the camera crew) There it is!! Look!! It's going out!!!"
JOHN: "Well, aren't you nervous at all?"
JG: "I am nervous because of the... uhh..."
JOHN: (comically) "Well, because-- because-- because!!! But it's the same thing!"
JG: "Except that you are very successful in what you do."
JOHN: "It doesn't make any difference."
JG: "So what you're telling me is that you have fears and anxieties like everybody else?"
JOHN: "Sure! We're human, man!"
PAUL: "You know that old showbiz thing everybody says, 'Well, you know, you always get nervous before you go on the stage.' Uhh, I think we get 'em all the way. When you go on stage it's just one of those things."
JG: "But you get over that alright."
JOHN: "Oh sure. It's part of the game."
JG: "Listen now, I have something in common with both of you. I met the guru, the Maharishi. And I noticed that he went out with an act-- the Beach Boys. And it folded."
JOHN: "Yeah. Right."
JG: "What do you think of the Yogi as an act?"
JOHN: "Yeah. Well, we found out that we made a mistake there."
PAUL: "We tried to persuade him against that, you know. I thought it was a terrible idea."
JOHN: "We believe in meditation, but not the Maharishi and his scene. But that's a personal mistake we made in public."
JG: "When did you find out it was a mistake?"
JOHN: "Well, uhh, I can't remember the date, you know, but it was in India. And meditation is good, and it does what they say. It's like exercise or cleaning your teeth, you know. It works, but uhh, we've finished with that bit."
ED McMAHON: "Has he changed? Is that what..."
JOHN: "Well, no. I think it's just that we're seeing him a bit more in perspective, you know, 'cuz we're as naive as the next person about alot of things."
PAUL: "We get carried away with things like that, though. I mean, we thought he was... uhh... magic, you know-- just floating around and everything. Flying."
JG: "Do you think the kids in America have turned him off?"
JOHN: "Well, it could be something to do with it. But I wouldn't say, 'Don't meditate' to them, because alot of them would get a great deal from it."
PAUL: "You know, the system is more important than all those things."
JOHN: "He's surrounded with, it seems like, the old establishment that we know so well."
JG: "Are you saying, 'Meditate, but not with the Yogi'?"
PAUL: (long pause) "Yeah. I mean, he's good. There's nothing wrong with him. But we think the system is more important than all the two-bit personality bit. You know, he gets sort of treated like a big star. He's on the road with the Beach Boys, and it's all that scene. And also... It folds, you know. That's the silly thing."
TB: "Does he giggle as much as..."
JOHN: "Yes. It's his natural asset."
JOHN: "Well, you see, it depends on what way you're looking at it at the time. If it's not getting on your nerves, it's 'Oh, what a happy fellow.' It depends how you feel when you look at him."
JG: "I had him on the show, and he just giggled and giggled the whole time. I figured there was something, maybe my tie was loose. Who was the first one that met the Yogi?"
JOHN: "We all met him at the same time."
JG: "Can you tell us the circumstances?"
JOHN: "Well, he was just doing a lecture in London at the Hilton. So we all went and we thought, 'What a nice man.' And we were looking for that. You know, everybody's looking for it, but we were looking for it 'that day' as well. And then we met him and he was good, you know. He's got a good thing in him. And we went along with it."
JG: "But now, you just got off the train, huh?"
JOHN: "Right. Nice trip thank you very much."
JG: "Do you think that your own careers have kind of switched? Not that you lose a group, but you seem to be changing your audience."
JOHN: "See, everything changes. So we change as well. And our audience changes, too, all the time. We don't sort of put our finger on 'What age group or why.' But we know-- everything changes, and us too."
PAUL: "When we first started we had leather jackets on, you know. Little caps and big cowboy boots. But then we changed to suits, you know."
JOHN: "We thought, 'That'll get 'em.'"
PAUL: "And we lost a whole lot of fans. They all said, 'You've gone ponched.' They didn't like it, you know, because we were all clean."
PAUL: "So we lost that crowd, but we gained all the ones that liked suits. It happens like that. That's what keeps happening. And we lost alot of people with 'Sgt Pepper,' but I think we gained more."
(crowd applauds in agreement)
JG: "Do you think you're going to be able to top 'Sgt. Pepper'?"
JOHN: "Well, you know, it's the next move, and I can't say 'yes or no,' but I think so. Why not? 'Cuz it's only another LP really... it's not that important."
JG: "Well, you have to be the most imitated group."
JOHN: "Well maybe. Yeah."
JG: "When you talk about Lennon/McCartney songs, do you work together, or one writes one, or..."
JOHN: "It's all those combinations you can think of. Every combination of two people writing a song... inasmuch as we can both write them completely separately, and together, and not together. But we obviously influence each other, like groups and people do."
JG: "I can think of my favorite-- 'Yesterday.'"
(crowd applauds)
JG: "What are the circumstances behind that, Paul? How does that happen?"
PAUL: "I don't know. I woke up one morning..."
JOHN: (singing as blues) "'I Woke Up One Morning...'"
PAUL: (pauses, then continues, rhythmically) "'Piano By My Bed...'"
JOHN: (sings blues lick) "'duh-dut duh dut-a-la-dut!'"
PAUL: "'Went To The Piano...'"
JOHN: "Yeah?"
PAUL: (rhythmically) "And This- Is What- I Said!'"
PAUL: "You know, I just started playing it and this tune came. 'Cuz that's what happens. They just, sort of-- they COME, you know. It just came and I couldn't think of any words to it, so originally it was just, 'Scrambled Egg.' It was called 'Scrambled Egg' for a couple of months..."
PAUL: "...until I thought of 'Yesterday.' And that's it."
JG: (pause) "Are you putting me on?"
PAUL: "No, that's true."
JG: "'Scrambled Eggs'? You write a song about scrambled eggs?"
PAUL: "True story."
JOHN: "'Scrambled Egg' was over here as an instrumental first."
PAUL: "That's true, you know."
JOHN: "Didn't do so well with that title, you know."
JG: "How long are you gonna stay here?"
JOHN: "Uhh, It could be any minute now."
JG: "I know we've probably kept you out here longer than we should have, but I'm going to take a..."
(members of audience groan, realizing the interview is almost over)
JG: "I have a reverse question I'm going to ask you, and feel free not to answer it. What is the one question that bugs you the most. About your hair?"
JOHN: "No. We're past being bugged by questions, unless they're very personal. I mean, you just get normal human reactions to a question. You know, but there used to be one about, 'What are you going to do when the bubble bursts?' and we thought we'd have hysterics because somebody always asked it."
JG: "Let's go down the list of the questions. What are you going to do when the bubble bursts?"
JOHN: "I haven't a clue, you know. I'm still looking for the bubble."
JG: (to Paul) "I've heard you on interviews, you have fun with reporters! You stay right with him."
PAUL: "No, no. I'm serious. Serious."
JG: "You are? I think you're the kind of a guy that would say, 'Here's a match-- I wonder how much gas is in the tank.' Would you be that kind of a guy?"
PAUL: "Yeah, sure."
JG: "Paul, John, I know that you've got a busy, busy schedule."
(groans from the audience)
JOHN: (comically, to the crowd) "That's the way it goes, folks!"
JG: "We have to say goodbye. Does that make you sad to have to leave me, John?"
JOHN: "All goodbyes are sad aren't they, Joe."
JG: "Why don't you write a song. Call it, 'Say Goodbye To Joe.'"
JOHN: "'Goodbye Joe. See You In The Morning.' ...oh, that's some other line."
JG: "Paul, you got any ideas?"
PAUL: "Uhh... no... Joe..."
PAUL: "Ok, umm... No, I can't think of a song."
JG: "When you get home and you start to write 'Scrambled Eggs Number Two' will you think about me?"
JOHN: "And I'll join you somehow."
JG: "Thank you very much."
(applause and screams)

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Malik B, Founding Member of the Roots, Has Died at 47
LOS ANGELES — Malik B, a rapper and founding member of The Roots, has died. He was 47.
The group announced the death of the Philadelphia-born emcee in a social media post Wednesday. The cause of death was not released.
The Roots, who also perform as the house band on the Jimmy Fallon's "Tonight Show," paid homage to Malik B for his rap talents and faith.
"We regretfully inform you of the passing of our beloved brother and long time Roots member Malik Abdul Basit," the group said on Twitter. "May he be remembered for his devotion to Islam and innovation as one of the most gifted MCs of all time. We ask that you please respect his family in our time of mourning."
Malik B returned as a featured guest on the group's 2006 album "Game Theory" and "Rising Down" in 2008. As a solo artist, he released two studio albums named "Street Assault" and "Unpredictable."


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"Yeah, but I don't wear much…" were my first thoughts, when I imagined running this experiment. No Make-up Week: the idea was good, I thought, but my heart raced a little as it sank in.
"But I don't wear much." And I realized I was a little quick to run to the defense of my palettes and powder.
It's not about taking a week off because make-up is somehow bad or because not wearing it is better. It's that by taking a week off, I should be able to understand my relationship to cosmetics more clearly. Why do I feel I need to sketch on eyebrow pencil before going to the grocery? To shellac my face before seeing a friend? And if I am going to a networking event or party, can I feel comfortable in anything less than contoured cheeks and caked on lashes?
When I think about not wearing make-up for a week, a voice inside of me screams, Noooooooooo! And this is exactly what I want to explore. I mean, the thing is this: Make-up is a powerful tool, it has the ability to transform, to incite imagination and creativity. But, when an option turns into a necessity, I don't know if it's still a tool. At the least, it loses its spark.
And then, there are the social reasons that push us to wear make-up. A study online claims that 8 out of 10 women prefer their female colleagues to wear makeup and the same number of women said they would rather employ a woman who wore makeup than one who didn't. Because of these expectations, I think it's hard for any woman to have a good relationship to make-up.
For me, a good relationship with make-up isn't a given, but it is something to work towards. Whether you wear make-up or not, there is a story there. I often feel like I *need* make-up. And when there is not a real feeling of choice, this needs to be explored.
The experiment is to go entire week without make-up. To do the naked face to work, meetings, dates, networking events and all in between without a balanced complexion or darkened lashes. The idea is to explore why I wear make-up and my relationship to it.
I'm asking you to conduct your own experiment. To go a day or a week without make-up, to upload a no make-up photo online or simply explore the relationship through writing or whatever feels right. Make it your own.
I've asked some bloggers to make the experiment their own, but I want to shout from the rooftops that everyone is invited to join in, the more of us out there doing this, the better.
It should also be said this isn't just for people who wear make-up daily, or who don't wear at all. This is for everyone. I think everyone can find some personal depth in the question: how does make-up impact you? What personal care products do you use, why?
When we start unraveling the threads, we see a lot of issues are embedded. There is the input of our families and friends–we all have a history with make-up, some not as pretty as others. There is the feminist question of why and for who? Who are we trying to impress? And in many offices, it's scary to consider, what the reaction would be if one showed up sans-make-up. There is also the issue of toxins in our make-up. Carcinogens that are laced into many mainstream products.
These issues and more are the things I'll be tackling during No Make-up Week.
I am inviting you to explore your relationship to cosmetics. To explore why you wear it, what it does for you and maybe, to rediscover some spark about yourself, your looks and your cosmetics.
The Official Home for No Make Up Week is http://rabbitwrite.com/no-make-up-wee…This is where I will be updating all No Make up Week happenings and is a good resource to point people to, so check back often!
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My post is late today. There's a reason for that. In order to tell it to you, we must rewind to this morning at 6 a.m.
Husband and I were awakened by a tapping as of someone gently rapping at our windowpane. It was not a raven. But it was a bird. A persistent bird. A bird that would not give up its not-so-gentle tapping.
I was content to put a pillow over my head and sleep through it, but husband muttered something about "piece of crap stupid goddamn fucking bird," and got up to smack at the window with a pillow. That worked for like 3 minutes.
And then husband came back with a step-stool and some sticky notes and worked up another solution. That worked for exactly 3 seconds.
Eventually we gave up. Husband left for work and I got up to start my day… and realized we had no internet.
And now we must rewind even further to the evening before, when husband tried to "fix" our issue with the failing UPS by plugging everything (including internet thingies) into a power strip.
So this morning, in my bird-induced sleep-deprived state, I went in to check on the router and all that other crap that makes the internet go and reported all lights to be turned on and flashy. But then I went back out to my computer and still no internet. I repeated this process a number of times. It wasn't until about 2 in the afternoon that I went back there for something else, opened the curtains, and noticed that the little lights on the router thingies were no longer flashing.
I knew those little fucks had been flashing earlier, so I crawled around under the desk and inhaled dust bunnies and other gross shit while I followed power cords and made sure everything was plugged in. I flipped the switch on the power strip off and on…
And then I had a slow-motion moment of clarity. The power strip was plugged in to the wall… where the lamp used to be… and the lamp could be turned on and off… with the light switch. I turned on the light switch and, lo, my internets returned.
And I texted my husband to tell him he was a butthole.
That is the story of why this blog post is late.
Today I am testing aluminum foil dryer sheets.
I know, I'm on a laundry kick this week. I'm just rolling with it, since it means I have clean laundry.
I haven't used dryer sheets in years, mostly because I don't care that much about my laundry being extra soft and smelly. I do use these:
They're a little worse for the wear, and I don't know if they do any good, but I always run them through the dryer with my stuff. So the idea of throwing something like a ball of aluminum foil in the dryer doesn't seem that weird to me.
I did get a lot of interesting warnings when I pinned it though. Stuff like:
OMG you'll catch your house on fire!
You're going to tear up all your clothes!
The foil won't catch on fire, but you might build up enough static to start a fire from the spark!
I appreciate you all looking out for me. But I tried it anyway.
I made a ball of foil about the same size as my dryer balls.
And then I took one of the dryer balls out of the dyer and replaced it with the foil ball.
And I did a load of towels.
I hate to be a spoilsport, but nothing caught on fire. And I realize I didn't have any delicates in this load, but nothing got torn up either.
In fact, the only damage was a little further beating up of the one dryer ball I left in there.
My dryer was undamaged.
And my towels are… um… towely. As I'm not really sure what this thing is supposed to do, I guess it did it. I don't have a huge problem with static in my towels anyway, but, um, maybe I would if I didn't use dryer balls, or something.
In any case, you will not catch your house on fire if you do this. Go with my blessing, children.


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Whatever you may already think of Michael Cera and Gaby Hoffmann, it's safe to say that the new movie Crystal Fairy will upend your expectations. Sebastian Silva's road-trip movie casts Cera as an obnoxious tourist in Chile searching for a specific cactus-fueled high, and it's a total 180 from the role he became famous for, Arrested Development's mild-mannered George Michael, a character he reprised for the show's new Netflix season. (For more of Cera's gleefully unsympathetic side, check out his self-satirization as a cokehead in last month's comedy This Is the End.) Meanwhile, Hoffmann came to fame as a child actress in movies like Now and Then, but as the titular character in Crystal Fairy — a frequently nude hippie who joins Cera's road trip and clashes with him throughout — she's finally found the role that can establish her as a grown-up. Vulture met up recently with both Cera and Hoffmann in Los Angeles to discuss drugs, mental breakdowns, and child actors.
Both of you started acting at a young age. How similar were your reasons for getting into the business?
Hoffmann: Not similar at all, I don't think. I started acting at 5 because we had no money, and my mom was like, "Put her in a commercial!" [Laughs.] I don't think that was Michael's situation.
Cera: No, no it wasn't. It just happened really naturally for me. I guess I had been talking about it since I was 4 years old, when I would say things like, "When I'm an actor …" I don't even know why! Then when I was 9, I was doing these weekend acting classes with a friend of mine as a recreational thing — both our parents put us in the class just to have fun — and I had this really cool teacher who asked me to stay behind in class one day, and he told me and my mom, "I think you guys should think about getting an agent. You could do a commercial, make some money for school … I think you could get work." Really nice and encouraging. So my mom looked in the phonebook for Toronto agents, I got an agent, and I started auditioning. That's how it happened.
Does there come a point as you get older where you question whether you want to continue acting?
Cera: To be here based on a decision I made as a 9-year-old is very weird.
Hoffmann: I had a very difficult time deciding to do it as an adult. I didn't have reasons for acting as a kid — I didn't ask to do it, it just happened to me. I liked it, but I just wanted to go to college and do other things. And I spent ten years after college being very confused and very ambivalent about acting. It was about two months before we made Crystal Fairy that I thought, Okay, it's time to face whether I want to keep doing this, because I'd just been avoiding it.
Cera: Did you have good experiences when you acted as a kid?
Hoffmann: I did! I had great experiences! But I didn't have a reason to be acting. I never thought about it; I wasn't particularly interested in filmmaking. And then I went to college to study other things, and I ended up realizing that I loved film, and I made a film and thought, This is really interesting! It was this thing I'd been doing my whole life, but I had to sort of unpack my past and come at it in a new way. Crystal Fairy was one of the first movies I made with that sort of newfound interest and focus in acting.
So how do you unpack your past?
Hoffman: Um, you spend ten years in therapy. [Laughs.] And then you're slightly depressed and living in the woods.
Cera: The metaphorical woods?
Hoffmann: Nope, I was really living in the woods. Actually, my boyfriend at the time took me out to the cliff behind our house in the woods, because I had another nervous breakdown when an audition came in, where I was like, "Do I really want to drive into the city for this?" And he was like, "This is driving you crazy! You've got to fix this." So I decided to spend a year being serious and focused about acting, and I discovered — as the person I am now, who is not the same person I was when I was 5 — that I love it.
Cera: You've taken a new kind of ownership over it.
Hoffmann: Yeah.
Gaby, do you think Crystal Fairy is cognizant of how much Michael's character is making fun of her?
Hoffmann: Oh yeah.
Cera: She's not stupid. She's probably used to it.
Hoffmann: I think she's been living a bit of a lie in this moment in her life, and she has this protective, defensive persona. She doesn't really process what's coming at her because she's not her true self until the end.
Michael, it's interesting that your character is jonesing the whole movie, yet he seems to resent Crystal Fairy for coming by her high naturally.
Cera: That's funny. That's a good interpretation. It's not really clear why he resents her so much, but I think he sees a lot of himself in her. They're both these two lost souls wandering through this foreign country for reasons you don't really know. Why are they both alone? What are they both hiding from?
I feel like between this movie and This Is the End, you're going to get offered a lot more drugs at parties.
Cera: Maybe! I got offered some molly at a party, and I was like, "That's my sister's name. I can't find that sexy."
Hoffmann: What is molly?
Cera: I think it's MDMA or something.
Hoffmann: And in This Is the End, you're doing a lot of drugs?
Cera: I do blow in that movie, yeah. [Laughs.]
How involved were you in sending up your own image in This Is the End?
Cera: That was the game of that whole movie, where everyone was using their real names. I had a journalist break it down in an interesting way: There's a built-in framework for jokes before the movie even starts, because I guess people have a certain perception of us, and you can play against that. The first time you see me in that movie, there's already a built-in joke in what I'm doing before I even start establishing the character. The groundwork was already kind of laid for me there, because it was all in the script. By the time I showed up on set, they'd been shooting the party sequence for a little while, and they had all been doing this running gag where people tell stories about me. Like Aziz Ansari saying, "Michael Cera just offered me blow!" and Jonah Hill saying, "That's like getting asked to play one-on-one with Kobe Bryant!" [Both laugh.]
Michael, you worked as a writer on this season of Arrested Development, but you're not specifically credited on any of the episodes. Can you tell me what sorts of things you contributed?
Cera: I don't know if I can! You just sit around all day like we're doing now, just talking. It's kind of like a big soup. I don't know what I contributed, really. But I've seen the whole thing now.
The new season ends on a very ambiguous note …
Hoffmann: Don't tell me! I just started watching the first season.
Cera: Well, you'll forget about this conversation by the time you get there. [Laughs.]


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New MI5 chief says terror suspects in Britain have doubled in the last year
Teens are being recruited to terror cause, says intelligence agency head. The government unveiled new security laws today.
The new chief of Britain's intelligence service MI5 painted a troubling picture of growing terrorist threat in Britain, saying the number of suspects in the country has more than doubled in the past year – and that many of the new recruits are teenagers. The remarks came just a day before the unveiling of new antiterror laws, which have raised concerns about civil liberties.
The new security bill that was announced Tuesday, along with other new laws in a traditional speech by the Queen to Parliament, avoided the controversial issue of how long suspects could be held without charges, reports The Guardian. Instead, the government will "seek a consensus" on anti-terror laws.
The government will "seek a consensus on changes to the law on terrorism so the police and other agencies have the powers they need to protect the public while protecting essential liberties," the monarch told the assembled MPs and peers.
… The security bill, which the government hopes to publish by Christmas, aims to set up a sex offender-style register for terrorists released from prison, while other measures will prevent those convicted of terror offences from travelling abroad.
The Queen's speech also confirmed that the new bill will allow police to question "suspects about evidence that emerges after they have been charged, something not currently permitted." The law also seeks to "close a loophole in anti-terrorism laws, revealed earlier this year, in which police are not allowed to share fingerprints or DNA samples from terrorism suspects held under control orders," The Guardian reports.
On Monday, in his first public speech since taking over as director-general of MI5 in April, Jonathan Evans "painted an alarming picture of youngsters being turned into extremists," reports the The Times of London.
Teenagers as young as 15 are being recruited by terrorist groups in Britain, swelling the number of people suspected of being involved in terrorism to 4,000, the head of MI5 said yesterday.
… "They are radicalising, indoctrinating and grooming young, vulnerable people to carry out acts of terrorism."
In a speech in October last year, Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, his predecessor, said there were 1,600 people on MI5's books who needed watching.
However, Mr Evans said the figure of known suspects had jumped to "at least 2,000", but he admitted: "We suspect that there are as many again that we don't yet know of." Police sources said yesterday that they were watching 500 people who were involved in at least 80 separate terrorist plots.
Mr. Evans also said Al Qaeda's campaign against Britain was being orchestrated not just from Pakistan but from Somalia, Iraq, and Algeria, reports the Times. MI5's manpower would be increased to 4,000 by 2011 with recently increased funding, Evans added.
The Daily Telegraph reports that MI5 is also concerned about resources being diverted to dealing with Chinese and Russian espionage in the country.
Jonathan Evans said his service was stretched dealing with the jihadi threat yet still had to keep an eye on Moscow's operations.
"This year, yet again, there have been high levels of covert activity by foreign intelligence organisations in our country," he added.
… Six per cent of MI5's budget goes on countering the spies, and Mr Evans said: ''Despite the Cold War ending nearly two decades ago, my Service is still expending resources to defend the UK against unreconstructed attempts by Russia, China and others, to spy on us.
… They are resources which I would far rather devote to countering the threat from international terrorism – a threat to the whole international community, not just the UK."
The Independent drew attention to the timing of the revelations before the unveiling of the Labour government's latest antiterror laws.
The timing of the speech … was seen by Labour MPs as part of a softening-up process for the extension of the detention of terrorist suspects without charge beyond the current limit of 28 days.
… A QC and leading voice on civil liberties on the Labour benches, Bob Marshall-Andrews said he suspected the timing of the speech was linked to the legislation. He will oppose an extension of detention beyond 28 days unless he heard hard evidence that it was necessary. "I have still heard nothing to change my mind," he said.
Earlier, officials had suggested the the new counterterrorism bill would seek to extend detention time to 56 days. "Attempts in 2005 to extend pre-charge detention to 90 days ended in Tony Blair's first Commons defeat as PM," the British Broadcasting Corp. reports. Instead, MPs voted to extend the period from the then limit of 14 days to 28 days, with both the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives refusing to support further extensions without new evidence.
Questioned recently, shadow home secretary David Davis said there remained "no shred of evidence" to support an extension, which he said could end up curbing civil liberties that "thousands, if not millions, of British citizens have died to defend."
Antiterror strategies are already under scrutiny with last week's court conviction of the London police in the killing of Brazilian electrician Jean de Menezes in operations in the wake of the July 2005 bombings of the London underground. The verdict brought both calls for the resignation of London's police chief, and fears that it would set back counter terrorism operations, reports The Scotsman.
The debate over antiterrorism laws extends to Europe, where the EU has proposed its own set of measures. These would include collection of flight details and and tighter Internet laws, reports the BBC. The plan would require EU members to collect 19 pieces of personal information about travelers to the continent, the BBC says.
The collection of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data would bring the EU in line with the US, which introduced a similar scheme following the 9/11 attacks.
The measures would not apply to flights within the EU.
Critics of the European plan fear it would impinge on personal liberties, introducing unnecessary levels of surveillance.
In a report comparing the treatment of Muslims and non-Muslims caught with bomb-making literature, The Muslim News, an independent Muslim monthly in Britian, suggests that many in the community feel that antiterror laws are already discriminatory.
[Terror suspect Mohammed Siddqui's lawyer Aamer Anwar] insisted the CPS [Crown Prosecution Service] must address the discrepancies that arise in using terrorism legislations: "Why is it that when white males are involved in what is quite obvious terrorist atrocities and terrorist attacks, commission and preparation of terrorist acts, they (the CPS) are not prepared to use the laws, but are ready to use it when Muslims are involved?"
Human rights lawyer, Khalid Sofi, told The Muslim News: "The cases … put forward against British Muslims, a number of them are under the bases that they possess material which will be helpful to terrorists which confirms a bigger thing which is Muslims are being targeted disproportionately with the anti-terror legislation while others are not. By arresting and not necessarily charging someone under the anti-terror legislation the whole ball game changes immediately. They are treated differently, the community is treated differently and the media and the legal justice system deal with them differently."
Attention was focused on Britain's Muslim community after the July 2005 terrorist attacks, which left 56 dead and wounded 700. The Christian Science Monitor had reported then on the radicalization of young second and third generation British Muslims, "torn between two worlds."
Young, independent, and streetwise, they are preaching in urban slang outside the confines of Britain's mosques. They are helping teens and 20-somethings beat drugs and alcohol. And they are inspiring a new pool of impressionable young Muslims to consider killing their fellow Britons.
These radical bands constitute a small fraction of London's 1 million Muslims. But their freewheeling ideology - hardened in the jihadi echo chambers of cliques like Abu Osama's - is creating a new subculture within Britain's Islamic community. So far, the growing influence of these informal, maverick groups has gone largely undetected - and unchecked.


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Once you cut the pants out, sew up each leg. I like to try a leg on just to check the crotch depth and how the pant leg is fitting over all. Since this is intended for sleep wear, you're looking for comfort and that means ease in the pattern. There's nothing worse than a tight pair of pajama pants. At least in my book. The pant pattern was quite long. In fact, I cut 3" off the length of the each leg and still had 2" for hemming.
And now for a very bad picture of me in my pajama pants., no makeup and all!!! The fit is great, not at all constricting. I decided to add elastic to my waistband in addition to the ribbon. After all they are pajama pants and rather like not having to deal with tying my pants if I happen to get up at night.HERE. I also like the fact that there is a video that accompanies the pattern and instructions. A great tool if you are working with someone who is learning to sew. The video can be found just off to the side of the instructions.
So other than the few issues I told you about earlier, I really like my new pair of pajama pants and I will be making more. The pants would be great with the addition of a side seam pocket. Or you could add back hip pockets. You can also cut the pattern down and make drawstring shorts. The pants would make a great summer pant out of a fun cotton print or gauze. Or you could also use them as a cover up for your swimsuit. So lots of possibilities.
A great pairing with the pajama pants would be the free Tonic Tee pattern from SBCC. Remember, there's a short and long sleeve version!


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Product Details
Andersen 2846 Removable Interior Wood Grille
- Works with 400 Series Tilt-Wash double-hung windows manufactured from 1992 to Present.
- Use grilles with rounded plungers for windows manufactured from 1992 to May 2010.
- Use grilles with chisel plungers for windows manufactured from May 2010 to present.
- Colonial grilles are available with rounded or chisel plungers.
- Prairie grilles are only available with chisel plungers.
- Exterior color available in white, sandtone, terratone, forest green and canvas.
- Interior color available in natural wood, white, sandtone, terratone, and forest green.
- Some interior and exterior color combinations are not available.
- This grille fits a window sash with a visible glass size of 27" wide by 23 15/16" high.
- Overall grille dimension is 27 7/32" wide by 24 7/32" high.
- For "easy" to install grille instructions view the (Size Guide & Instructions) section.
Note: Old style (snap-in) polycarbonate (plastic) grilles have been discontinued.


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Healthy Eating in Children: Problems Caused by Poor Nutrition
Topic Overview
Children who eat poorly are more likely to develop certain long-term health problems and complications, including:
- Osteoporosis in later life.
- Cardiovascular diseases. Growing up eating foods high in fat, sugar, and salt can increase the risk for high cholesterol , high blood pressure , and atherosclerosis as an adult. footnote 1
- Type 2 diabetes , which in children is linked to being overweight, being physically inactive, and having a family history of type 2 diabetes.
- Certain breathing problems, such as asthma in children who are overweight. footnote 1
Complications of being overweight include liver problems, problems with hip development ( slipped capital femoral epiphysis ) or bone growth in the legs, gallstones , early puberty, and polycystic ovary syndrome . footnote 1
Your child's doctor regularly screens for signs of these health problems. If your child needs treatment, work with your child's doctor to ensure that your child is getting the best medical care possible, both at home and at medical checkups. Keep your child's relationship with food separate from his or her medical condition. And guide your child's eating with healthy food choices. Avoid putting your child on a weight-gain or weight-loss diet.
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Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review: John Pope, MD, MPH - Pediatrics
Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
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• replevin •
rê-ple-vin • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: 1. The recovery by legal means of property unlawfully held by someone else; an action of trover. 2. A writ empowering someone to recover goods wrongfully held by someone else.
Notes: Replevin is an odd noun form for the verb it comes from, replevy—one reason why it attracted our attention. If you replevy property held illegally by someone else, you will need a replevin in the second sense to do so. You replevy goods that belong to you by an action of replevin. By the way, replevin is favored in the US; trover is used elsewhere in the English-speaking world.
In Play: Into every life these days, a little legalese must flow: "The cattle rustlers quickly hired a lawyer to respond to the flurry of replevins they were receiving from their victims." We may as well make use (fun?) of it: "Mom, please help me! I've tried everything short of an action of replevin to get my jacket back from my sister!"
Word History: Today's Good Word was taken from Old French replevine, the rather regular noun from replevir "to offer as security". It comprises re- "over, again" + plevir "to pledge". French inherited this verb from Late Latin plebere "to pledge". Latin apparently borrowed this word from a Germanic ancestor of English pledge, changing the j-sound of DG, which Latin did not have, to [b]. Pledging was apparently associated with gambling, gaming, and games of risk, for the same root turns up in English play and the risky word plight. (It is now time to pledge our gratitude to Sara Goldman for suggesting one of the strange little words lawyers play with all the time.)
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Feb 18, 2013– Abu Dhabi, UAE (Techreleased) – Boeing, ADASI Sign Teaming Agreement for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Boeing and Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments Company (ADASI), a Tawazun subsidiary, today signed a teaming agreement for the two companies to address the growing Middle East market for unmanned aircraft systems.
Speaking at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi, company representatives said the teaming agreement enables ADASI to provide training, support and marketing services for Boeing's ScanEagle and Integrator unmanned aircraft systems in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with prospects to expand into the Middle East and North Africa.
"This agreement for Unmanned Aircraft Systems advances Boeing's strategy of partnering with best-in-industry companies such as ADASI," said Debbie Rub, a vice president and general manager in Boeing Military Aircraft. "We plan to continue investing and growing in the UAE and the broader Middle East region in order to support U.S. allies' enduring need for affordable intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) solutions, such as ScanEagle and Integrator."
The agreement for Unmanned Aircraft Systems supports the ongoing drive to develop UAE national capabilities within ADASI. Boeing's direct involvement with ADASI will open many opportunities for ADASI's UAE nationals to develop their knowledge and skills through Boeing's world-leading capabilities and experience in the management and implementation of technical programs.
"Today's announcement is an important continuation of our strategy to build aerospace capabilities right here in the Middle East," said ADASI Chairman Homaid Al Shemmari. "Our homegrown expertise, coupled with Boeing's technical capabilities in unmanned aircraft systems, is a winning combination and one that we look forward to strengthening in the coming years."
The teaming agreement expands on a previous agreement between ADASI and Insitu, a wholly owned Boeing subsidiary that makes the ScanEagle and Integrator. That collaboration allowed for support and sustainment of Insitu's unmanned ISR products and services.
"Boeing continues to demonstrate its enduring commitment to the UAE not just by delivering commercial aircraft and defense systems, but also through solid partnerships such as this latest agreement for Unmanned Aircraft Systems," said Boeing Middle East President Jeff Johnson. "In this way, we can help the UAE achieve its national objective of providing new career opportunities for its people."
ADASI is the first UAE-based company to offer clients a comprehensive range of services to cover all types of autonomous systems. ADASI offers holistic solutions, starting with joint analysis of end-users' needs, through formalization of their requirements, to equipment selection and procurement. ADASI also offers product or system design, development, testing and commissioning of localized subsystems and systems, and other engineering solutions, as well as training of customer teams, operational support and systems maintenance.
The Boeing Company has a long-standing relationship with the United Arab Emirates. From air transport and aviation support services to defense and satellite systems, Boeing has worked closely with UAE civil and defense authorities to achieve the country's objectives and ambitions. Boeing values its relationships and partnerships in the UAE and the region and is committed to building on these relationships for mutual benefit into the future.
Tawazun is a strategic investment firm focused on the long-term development of UAE's industrial manufacturing and technology capabilities and knowledge-transfer with a specific focus on the defense sector. Established in 2007 as a fully owned subsidiary of Tawazun Economic Council, Tawazun Holding's mission is to develop profitable ventures through industrial partnerships and strategic investments that add to the country's industrial manufacturing layer in the areas of defense, defense manufacturing and manufacturing technology.


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2014 Camaro Z/28 Powered by Racing-Proven LS7 V-8
Lightweight, high-flow features contribute to balanced performance, estimated 500 hp
DETROIT – The racing-proven LS7 7.0L V-8 powers the all-new 2014 Camaro Z/28 – the most track-focused production model in the car's history. It's matched with a TREMEC TR6060 six-speed manual transmission with unique gearing tailored to the LS7's performance characteristics for optimal track performance.
The Z/28 engine is adapted from the LS7 used in the C6 Corvette Z06, which was developed in conjunction with Corvette Racing. It is rated at an estimated 500 horsepower (373 kW) and 470 lb.-ft. of torque (637 Nm) in the new Camaro Z/28, with a maximum engine speed of 7,100 rpm – a broad rpm range that contributes to higher power and allows the driver to hold gears longer between shifts on the track. That helps keep the engine at peak power for quicker lap times.
"The LS7 lives on in the all-new Z/28, extending a performance legacy while delivering great power density in a lightweight package to give this exciting new Camaro a great feeling of control and balance," said John Rydzewski, assistant chief engineer for small-block engines. "It introduced exotic materials and racing-influenced solutions that keep it at the forefront of high-performance technology."
The LS7 is the most powerful naturally aspirated production engine ever from General Motors and, upon its launch in late 2005, was the first GM engine to receive SAE-certified power ratings.
"In the Camaro lineup, it complements a range of great V-8 choices, starting with the 426-horsepower LS3 in the Camaro SS and ending with the supercharged LSA rated at 580 horsepower in the Camaro ZL1," said Rydzewski. "The LS7's low mass and high rpm capability make it the perfect choice for the lightweight, track-capable Z/28, exemplifying all the strengths and attributes of the small-block architecture."
Hand-assembled at GM's Performance Build Center, in Wixom, Mich., the LS7 shares the basic Gen IV V-8 architecture as the Camaro SS's 6.2L LS3 engine, but it uses a unique cylinder block casting with pressed-in steel cylinder liners to accommodate the engine's larger diameter, 104.8mm cylinder bores – with deck-plate boring and honing for optimized bore geometry. It also uses a dry-sump oiling system to ensure full lubrication during the 1.05-g cornering loads the Z/28 is capable of producing.
Internally, the LS7's reciprocating components use racing-derived lightweight technology, including titanium connecting rods and intake valves, to boost horsepower and rpm capability – and reduce overall engine mass. The titanium connecting rods provide perhaps the most direct link from the racetrack. They weigh just 464 grams apiece, almost 30 percent less than the rods in the LS3. Besides being lightweight, which enhances high-rpm performance and rpm range, titanium makes the rods extremely durable.
Additional engine highlight include:
The LS7 exhaust system for the Z/28 is unique and features a tri-Y header design to take advantage of the V-8's firing order. Primary pipe pairings join cylinders one and five, then three and seven on the left bank, with cylinders two and four and six and eight paired on the right bank. At each bank, the primary pairings collect into a secondary Y, delivering a combination of pulse separation of adjacent firing cylinders and improved scavenging for the engine's firing order of 1-8-7-2-6-5-4-3. A dual-mode exhaust system and large, three-inch-diameter pipes complement the manifolds' tuning and low restriction. The optimized header and exhaust system improves torque and sound quality from the LS7 engine.
High-flow heads
The LS7's CNC-ported aluminum cylinder heads are designed to meet the high airflow demands of the engine's 7.0-liter displacement, as it ingests more than 100 cubic feet more air per minute than the LS3 V-8 – a nearly 20-percent increase in airflow. To process that airflow capability, a hydraulic roller camshaft with 15mm intake and exhaust valve lift is used to allow plenty of air to circulate in and out of the engine.
To ensure optimal, uninterrupted airflow, the LS7's heads have straight, tunnel-like intake runners. Very large by production-vehicle standards – even racing standards – they are designed to maintain fast airflow velocity, providing excellent torque at low rpm and exhilarating horsepower at high rpm.
The heads feature 70cc combustion chambers that are fed by 56mm titanium intake valves, which are larger yet lighter than the valves in the LS3. They are partnered with 41mm sodium-filled exhaust valves, which feature hollow stems partially filled with a special sodium material that melts and liquefies around 205 degrees F (96 C). The inertia from the valves' opening causes the liquefied sodium to move up inside the stem, dissipating heat better than a conventional exhaust valve.
To accommodate the large valve face diameters, the heads' valve seats are Siamesed; and, taken from experience with the engines of Corvette race cars, the LS7's valve angles are held at 12 degrees – vs. 15 degrees for the LS3 – to enhance airflow through the ports to get it into the combustions quicker and with less turbulence.
Dry-sump oiling system
A dry-sump oiling system is used with the LS7 and is designed to keep the engine fully lubricated during the high-cornering loads the Camaro Z/28 is capable of producing. A 10.5-quart reservoir delivers oil at a constant pressure to a conventional-style oil pump pick-up at the bottom of the engine. The pressurized oil feed keeps the oil pick-up continually immersed in oil at cornering loads exceeding 1.05 g.
Oil circulates through the engine and down to the oil pan, where it is sent back to the reservoir via a scavenge pump. The large-capacity reservoir, combined with a high efficiency air-to-oil cooler, provides necessary engine oil cooling under the demands of the engine's power output. With the dry-sump system, oil is added to the engine via the reservoir tank – which includes the oil level dipstick.
Then and now
The engine in the original 1967 Z/28 was a 302-cubic-inch (4.9L) small-block rated at 290 horsepower and 290 lb-ft of torque. It was created by marrying the iron cylinder block of Chevrolet's 283 V-8, which had 4.00-inch bores, with the crankshaft of the larger-displacement 327 engine, which delivered a 3.00-inch stroke, creating the 302-cubic-inch displacement that accommodated the engine-size regulation for SCCA's Trans Am-2 class.
With its aluminum cylinder block and heads, as well as a composite intake manifold – and no heavy carburetor – the LS7 engine in the 2014 Camaro Z/28 weighs approximately 20 percent less and produces nearly 73 percent more horsepower than the 1967 302 engine.
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Director Jason Reitman sells Beverly Hills home
Jason Reitman, director of the recently released comedy "Young Adult," has sold his Beverly Hills home for $1.475 million, the Multiple Listing Service shows.
The redone contemporary house, built in 1962, features walls of glass and vaulted ceilings. The single-story, 2,459-square-foot home includes a media/family room, three bedrooms and three bathrooms. Glass panels enclose the swimming pool.
Reitman, 34, was nominated for Oscars for directing "Up in the Air" (2009) and "Juno" (2007).
The house came on the market in April at $1.595 million. The deal closed quietly in June. Public records show he bought the property in 2003 for $1.171 million.
Brett Lawyer of Sotheby's International Realty, Sunset Strip, is the listing agent, and Ann Eysenring of Partners Trust in Beverly Hills represented the buyer.


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The most creative peanut butter sandwich
For the past decade, Jif brand peanut butter has sponsored a Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest. Families get creative in the kitchen by making unique peanut butter sandwiches for a chance to win a $25,000 college fund.
Last year, 8-year-old Margalit Mermelstein of Raleigh won with her "Wushu Chicken Tacos." The sandwich pairs Jif Creamy Peanut Butter with chicken, asparagus and squash, wrapped in a tortilla.
To mark the contest's 10th anniversary this year, Jif is adding $10,000 in educational prizes for the grand prize winner and the option to enter online for the first time.
The sandwich contest is open to kids ages 6–12. Families must visit the Jif contest website to see the rules and print the entry form. Mailed entries must be postmarked by Oct. 12, 2011. Online entries must be submitted by 11:59 a.m. on October 12, 2011.
Websites are online in both English and Spanish. They are www.jif.com and www.jifenespanol.com.
Sandwiches will be judged on creativity, taste, nutritional balance, appearance and ease of preparation.
Ten semi-finalists will be selected to compete in a national online vote in January 2012. Five finalists will be selected to compete at a live judging event in New York in March 2012. Four runners up will each receive a $2,500 college fund.
A contest for parents
The "That's Why I Choose Jif" contest gives parents a chance to share stories about the choices they make for their families. Adults can visit www.Jif.com to submit an essay — 250 words or less in English — answering one of the following questions:
How do you make the best choices for your family?
Why do you choose Jif Peanut Butter?
One grand prize winner will win a four-day, three-night trip to New York to serve as a judge at the 10th Annual Jif Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest finale event in March 2012.
2010 Winning Recipe
Wushu Chicken Tacos
½ cup diced rotisserie chicken
¼ cup asparagus pieces, about 1-inch long
¼ cup yellow squash pieces
2 fajita-size flour tortillas (6-inch)
2 lime wedges, optional
1 slice (⅛-inch thick) fresh ginger, peeled and cut in half
2 cloves garlic, peeled
2 tablespoons Jif Creamy Peanut Butter
1 tablespoon soy sauce
⅜ teaspoons chili paste with garlic
2½ teaspoons sugar
2½ teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
2¼ teaspoons sesame oil
3½ teaspoons water
Chop ginger and garlic in a small food processor as finely as possible. Add next seven ingredients and process until sauce is completely smooth. If sauce is too thick, add more water. If sauce is too thin, add more peanut butter. Toss about half the sauce with the chicken and put aside in a covered bowl. Boil about 1 inch of water in a large skillet and add asparagus. Cover skillet and turn off heat. In 1–3 minutes, lift off cover and remove asparagus using tongs. Cut off ends of squash and cut squash into half-moon pieces. Put 1/4 cup squash pieces into a microwave-safe bowl and add a little water. Cover with plastic wrap and microwave about 2–3 minutes. Let cool slightly and carefully drain off water. Place tortillas in microwave and cook about 15 seconds, or until tortillas are warm and bend easily. Put chicken in tortillas, top with asparagus and squash and drizzle with additional peanut butter sauce. Serve with optional lime wedges.Introduced in 1958, Jif is one of the most popular peanut butter brands in America. Eight varieties have been introduced over the years, most recently Jif Omega-3 and the Jif To Go portable snack.
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Miikka Kiprusoff hurt, but Jarome Iginla has 1st in Flames' rout of Wings
DETROIT -- Miikka Kiprusoff is one of the most durable goalies in the NHL. Now, the Calgary Flames aren't sure when they'll get him back.
Kiprusoff, who has played in more than 70 games each of the past seven seasons, had to leave a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night after two periods because of a lower-body injury.
"He's going to be re-evaluated (Wednesday). I can't tell you any more," Flames coach Bob Hartley said.
Kiprusoff made 19 saves and backup Leland Irving stopped all six shots he faced in the third period.
Jarome Iginla, who scored his first goal of the season, talked about what Kiprusoff means to Calgary.
"You take for granted how good he is and how consistent he is," the Flames' captain said. "He's a big part of our team."
Dennis Wideman had a goal and an assist, and Curtis Glencross and Mark Giordano also scored for Calgary. Mike Cammalleri had two assists.
"We kind of carried over from our last game (a 3-2 shootout loss to Chicago on Saturday) and did some of the same things," Iginla said. "Our power play was good tonight and our penalty kill was good."
Hartley was happy with the effort.
"We talked about how we've done so many good things and we didn't have anything to show for it," he said. "We said if that was the way our team was going to play, we were going to get rewarded."
Johan Franzen scored for Detroit and Jimmy Howard made 19 saves. Howard also stopped Iginla on a penalty shot.
"I thought we did some good things tonight, but we made some mistakes and they shot in our net without any question about it, so we're chasing the game," Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said.
Wideman extended Calgary's lead to 3-1 with 24 seconds left in the second period. He beat Howard with a wrist shot from just inside the blue line after Matt Stajan beat Pavel Datsyuk on a faceoff. It was Wideman's second goal this season.
Giordano added a power-play goal late in the third period.
Franzen put Detroit on the board on a power-play goal with 7:23 remaining in the second period. He beat Kiprussoff high to the glove side with a backhand shot from the bottom of the left circle for his third goal.
Howard foiled Iginla on a penalty shot with 6:48 left in the second period after Jonathan Ericsson interfered with Iginla on a breakaway chance.
Datsyuk hit the goal post on a rebound almost a minute into the second period during a power play.
Calgary led 2-0 after the first. Iginla opened the scoring 3:24 into the game when he put in a rebound during a goal-mouth scramble for his 517th NHL goal.
"Always the first of the year, it's nice to get over," Iginla said. "Every single year, you want to get that first one off your back."
Glencross added a 5-on-3 power-play goal with 9:35 left in the first when he tapped a pass from Cammalleri into the open side of the net. It was Glencross' fourth goal.
Game notes
It was Calgary forward Jiri Hudler's first game against his former team after signing a four-year, $16 million contract with the Flames over the summer. Hudler spent seven seasons in Detroit. ... Detroit defenseman Ian White returned after missing five games due to a cut on his left leg. ... According to a report published in the Detroit News, Datsyuk is suing a suburban Detroit man for allegedly using his name and likeness on hockey memorabilia without permission. ... Red Wings center Darren Helm, who has been limited to one game due to a sore back, is expected to see a back specialist. ... Tuesday was the 33rd anniversary of the 1980 NHL All-Star game at Joe Louis Arena.
Regular Season Series
CGY leads 1-0
Game Information
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- Mike Hasenfratz
- Dan O'Rourke
- Linesmen:
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Maserati Hosts Two North American Premieres at the New York International Auto Show
Maserati will showcase its entire vehicle line-up with a special focus on the Levante, a New York favorite. The luxury all-wheel drive SUV is powered by a twin-turbo V6 or V8 engine, designed and built by Ferrari. There will be two North American premieres: the ONE OF ONE customization program, and a new leather interior in PELLETESSUTA™, made by Ermenegildo Zegna exclusively for use in Maserati vehicles.
Maserati features Italian artisanal craftsmanship with the finest finishes through its ONE OF ONE customization program. Customers select from thousands of interior and exterior options to meet their personal needs and tastes. Whether it's a favorite color palette, material or design inspiration, the Maserati design team works closely with each client to create a vehicle, as unique as each person who drives it. This program exemplifies Maserati's ability to construct customized one-of-a-kind automobiles. On April 17, there will be a world premiere at the New York Auto Show as a celebrity receives the keys to their never seen before personalized ONE OF ONE Levante GTS. This program will roll out to North American dealers in the near future to satisfy the discerning tastes of clients.
Following the world premiere in Geneva, the Zegna Levante S Q4 GranSport showcases a newly designed elegant PELLETESSUTA™ interior with a bronze exterior. The supple woven Nappa leather interior was created through the pioneering research of Ermenegildo Zegna and is showcased exclusively in this Maserati Levante. The soft, luxurious, lightweight material is not only durable but brings comfort and beauty to the Levante interior. Through a longstanding partnership between Zegna and Maserati, two historical Italian companies, Maserati is the only automotive company to bring this elevated PELLETESSUTA™ interior to the market. This unique interior trim will begin arriving in North American showrooms in the Spring of 2020 on multiple models.
Every Levante is all-wheel drive and powered by a twin-turbo V6 or V8 engine designed and built by Ferrari. Taking performance to a new level, the Levante offers everything you would expect from a Maserati, from responsiveness to long-distance refinement. Levante gets its name from a wind that blows across the Mediterranean, transforming from calm to gale force in an instant.
Visitors to the New York International Auto Show will also see the entire 2019 Maserati portfolio.
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"Never B Peace" – (featuring E.D.I. & Kastro)
Producer : Johnny "J"
Lyrics :
[Verse 1: Tupac]
Now of course I want peace on the streets
But realistically
Painting perfect pictures ain't never work
My misery was so deep
Couldn't sleep through all my pressures
In my quest for cash
I learned fast
Using violent measures
Memories of adolescent years
Their was unity
But after puberty we brought war
To our community
So many bodies dropping
Its gotta stop
I want to help
But still I'm stepping
Keeping my weapon
Must protect myself
The promise of a better tomorrow
ain't never reach me
Plus my teachers were to petrified in class to teach me
Sipping thunderbird
And grape kool-aid
Calling Earl since my stomach was empty
It seduced me to fuck the world
Watch my 'lil homies
Lose there childhood to guns
Nobody cries no more
Cause we all die for fun
So why you ask me if I want peace
If you cant grant it
Niggas fighting across the whole planet
So we can never be peace
Will there ever be peace?
Or all we all just headed for doom,
Still consumed by the beefs,
And I know there never be peace,
That's why I keep my pistol when I walk the streets
Cause there can never be peace
[Verse 2: Kastro]
Somebody owes me
Will they control me?, nah
I ain't a hater playa
But I want all you got
Your babies have babies
Now we fighting each other
My dogs got rabies
They biting each other
'n' it ain't hard to find a friend like mine
Big fully is a bully
And he don't mind dying
And I gotta be bright
Miss sign after sign
Time after time
After time after time
And I don't like nobody
They don't like me more
And I'm cool with that finally
But they heard it before
We living in a prison
Losing our religion on em
Thanks given when thankful just for living in hell
Damn homey I don't mean to be harsh
But it's the devil in the ghetto trying to tear it apart
And if we make it up out
We still stuck in the dark
Will there ever be peace?
Just the peace in my heart
[Kastro talking]
The only peace we got
Is the peace in our heart
Or the peace in our mind
Right there in piece that we hold in our waste line
Feel me dog?
Will there ever be peace?
Or all we all just headed for doom,
Still consumed by the beefs,
And I know there never be peace, (never)
Thats why I keep my pistol when I walk the streets
'Coz there can never be peace
[Verse 3: Napolean]
Things are changing
Nigga you better fantasize
I'm only concerned about me and mine in these times
The world is a ghetto where peace is not a part of it
We all goin' need God if we plan to get out of this
Niggas spending too much time hating on each other
Niggas buyin' guns
Load em up
Aim at each other
And the victim is you and me
The secret is true indeed
The good die
Mostly over bullshit
Deep in me there's a part that wants nothing but love
But the rest of me knows war is what's waiting for us
So I stays ready
Keep my pay heavy and boss up
Stack my funds and my guns
Never rely on luck
Asking God to point out the imposters
Never let no weapon formed against me prosper
Cause they'll never be peace
So don't rely on it
Soldiers die for
And in the ghetto, they trying for it
[Chorus X3]
Will there ever be peace?
Or all we all just headed for doom,
Still consumed by the beefs,
And I know there never be peace,
That's why I keep my pistol when I walks the streets
Cause there can never be peace
[Tupac Talking]
Shit, fuck peace
On the strength till my niggas get a piece
We cant have peace
How the fuck we gonna live happy if we ain't got none?
You motherfuckers is smiling, but I'm mean mugging
Why? Cause gotta be thugging
I've seen drugs done turned this motherfucking hood out
All us niggas acting up
Wild ass motherfucking adolescents
These niggas ain't even got no childhoods no more
How the fuck can you have a childhood and you have a funeral every motherfucking weekend
And you motherfuckers talking about peace?
Nigga, it ain't no motherfucking peace
You ain't seen the news motherfucker?
You ain't heard?
Little babies getting smoked
Motherfuckers killing there whole family
'Lil kids getting thrown off buildings
Motherfuckers gettin abused
Peace? Niggas you out your motherfucking mind?
Fuck peace
We can't never have peace, till you motherfuckers clean up this mess you made
'Till u fucking clean up the dirt u dropped
'Till we get a piece


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OpenStreetMap mapping partiesLatest obsession: mapping with OpenStreetMap.
Last month, OpenStreetMap and its benefactor company CloudMade held a "mapping party" in Palo Alto. I love maps and mapping (I wrote my own little topographic map viewer when I couldn't find one ready-made) and I've been wanting to know more about the state of open source mapping. A mapping party sounded perfect.
The party was a loosely organized affair. We met at a coffeehouse and discussed basics of mapping and openstreetmap. The hosts tried to show us newbies how OSM works, but that was complicated by the coffeehouse's wireless net being down. No big deal -- turns out the point of a mapping party is to hand out GPSes to anyone who doesn't already have one and send us out to do some mapping.
I attached myself to a couple of CloudMade folks who had some experience already and we headed north on a pedestrian path. We spent a couple of hours walking urban trails and marking waypoints. Then we all converged on a tea shop (whose wireless worked a little better than the one at the coffeehouse, but still not very reliably) for lunch and transfer of track and waypoint files.
This part didn't work all that well. It turned out the units we were using (Garmin Legend HCx) can transfer files in two modes, USB mass storage (the easy way, just move files as if from an external disk) or USB Garmin protocol (the hard way: you have to use software like gpsbabel, or the Garmin software if you're on Windows). And in mass storage mode, you get a file but the waypoints aren't there.
The folks running the event all had Macs, and there were several Linux users there as well, but no Windows laptops. By the time the Macs both had gpsbabel downloaded over the tea shop's flaky net, it was past time for me to leave, so I never did get to see our waypoint files. Still, I could see it was possible (and one of the Linux attendees assured me that he had no trouble with any of the software; in fact, he found it easier than what the Mac people at the party were going through).
But I was still pretty jazzed about how easy OpenStreetMap is to use. You can contribute to the maps even without a GPS. Once you've registered on the site, you just click on the Edit tab on any map, and you see a flash application called "Potlatch" that lets you mark trails, roads or other features based on satellite images or the existing map. I was able to change a couple of mismarked roads near where I live, as well as adding a new trail and correcting the info on an existing one for one of the nearby parks.
If you prefer (as, I admit, I do) to work offline or don't like flash, you can use a Java app, JOSM, or a native app, merkaartor. Very cool! Merkaartor is my favorite so far (because it's faster and works better in standalone mode) though it's still fairly rough around the edges. They're all described on the OSM Map Editing page.
Of course, all this left me lusting after a GPS. But that's another story, to be told separately.
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