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Some of our activities include tournaments, festivals, classes, feasts... (just to name a few). Many groups meet weekly, and at these meetings there is period dance, music, theatre, brewing, archery, calligraphy, fencing, spinning, equesterian, smithing and more!
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German Design in the Bathroom
When you think of German design, you probably think of BMW or Mercedes-Benz. Not bathrooms. But a recent trip to a bath showroom in Germany proved to me that German designers are just as successful at applying ingenuity in this arena as they are with the well known cars. Minimal, high-tech design looks great in the bathroom, where less really is more.
All products spotted at LivingHouse unless noted otherwise.
1. Don't like the look of toilets? This suite from Falper will keep yours discreetly hidden away.
2. Of course, toilets don't have to be ugly. Here's a pretty toilet/bidet pair, available from unverwechselbad.
3. Although the object on the right looks like some kind of garden sculpture, it's actually an outdoor shower (from Conmoto) that can be connected to your garden hose.
4. Spotted at the Dornbracht showroom: powdercoated white faucet + carrara marble = simple, modern, gorgeous. Plus the powdercoat won't show fingerprints like chrome will.
5. The wood splash, marble countertop, and minimalist hardware in this setup say classy bachelor pad to me. Fittings by Dornbracht, marble countertop with intergral sink by Neutra.
6. In keeping with the recent trend we've seen towards marble everything, here's a gorgeous freestanding marble tub from Neutra.
7 & 8. These washbasins and freestanding tubs, by designer Patricia Urquiola for Axor Hansgrohe, were inspired by old-fashioned washbasins, which had handles so people could carry them from place to place. The new designs aren't portable, but they put the 'handlebars' to good use as towel holders.
9 & 10. I had a teacher in architecture school who was continually urging us to 'redefine' things. This? This redefines the faucet. The water comes out of the opening in the top, and the lever is on the bottom. From Dornbracht's Elemental Spa collection, spotted at the Dornbracht showroom.
11. This shower application from Dornbracht is composed of different parts that can be turned on all at once, or controlled according to a pre-set program. Here it's shown integrated with a lighting panel that changes color throughout the program.
12. Germans know small spaces. This powder-coated metal sink from Alape has an especially small profile and is pratically indestructible.
13. Another low-profile sink, less than a foot deep.
14 & 15. This black powdercoated faucet by Dornbracht has a cool, futuristic vibe.
16 & 17. This green-veined onyx stone surround is beautiful and luxurious. From Koerner.
18 & 19. This glass countertop, from Falper, has a matte finish that feels especially pleasing to the touch. The gently curved bowl merges seamlessly with the countertop, making for a super-easy cleanup.
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The Human Genome Project, completed in 2003, revealed the full "blueprint" for building human cells from our genes. Genes, the packets of information in the cells of our bodies that parents pass along to their children, come in different forms. They determine traits such as eye color, height, and blood type. Researchers have learned that every person has differences in the way some of our genes are written or spelled, referred to as "genetic variation." Many recent research studies, known as genome-wide association studies (GWAS), have explored these variations in large numbers of people and asked how they are associated with various diseases.
In addition to differences in the way genes are spelled, the activity of any given gene may be turned up or down to differing degrees, known as "gene expression patterns." Within each person, the spelling of each gene is the same in almost every organ. A kidney cell operates differently from a brain cell, however, because a different set of genes is active in the two types of cells. Studies of tissues that examine the level of gene activity, or gene expression patterns, are called "gene expression studies."
Gene expression studies can give useful insights into how different genes can affect disease. However, presently we know very little about how genetic variation and gene expression are linked, and how these changes contribute to disease. Expanding our understanding of how our genes affect our susceptibility to certain diseases will help researchers develop more effective prevention strategies and treatments. Ultimately, the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project aims to establish a resource with centralized data on genetic variation and gene expression in multiple human tissues for researchers to use in future biomedical studies.To learn more about the science behind the GTEx project, we invite you to visit: http://commonfund.nih.gov/GTEx.
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Family members of five patients killed by serial killer nurse Charles Cullen have reached a confidential settlement with Cullen and St. Luke's University Hospital, ending an eight-year court battle over one of the nation's most notorious self-professed mercy killers.
A source who would have been called as a witness if the cases had gone to trial said they were settled. In court documents, Lehigh County Judge Edward D. Reibman marked the cases simply as "discontinued" -- a designation consistent with a settlement.
The settlement, which is sealed, could be for millions. A Lehigh County jury in March 2010 awarded family members of eight other patients a $95 million civil judgment against Cullen alone. St. Luke's was dismissed from that case.
Reibman's staff on Thursday said the judge would not comment on the five cases he handled and would not say whether a settlement had been reached.
Family members of the five patients declined to comment Thursday, and attorneys on both sides did not return phone calls.
The cases were filed on behalf of Paul Galgon, 72; Irene Krapf, 79; Samuel Spangler, 80; William Park, 72; and Daniel George, 81, all of whom Cullen has pleaded guilty to killing or attempting to kill.
"I am not divulging any information," said Monica Galgon, who sued on behalf of her husband, whom authorities say Cullen killed on Dec. 29, 2001.
The lawsuits claimed St. Luke's was "negligent and reckless in the operation of its facilities, including hiring and oversight of Cullen."
In closing the cases, Reibman entered the sealed document, noting the "attached order shall be filed under seal not to be opened or released except upon further order of the court." Judges have discretion to seal documents in civil cases.
Reibman's action Nov. 6 comes nine months after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused to hear the hospital's last attempt to get out of the lawsuits. St. Luke's tried several times to appeal Reibman's June 2009 ruling that ordered the hospital to remain in those five lawsuits, and the Supreme Court's refusal to hear the final appeal in January set up a trial scheduled for 2013.
Besides working at St. Luke's, Cullen, 52, formerly of Bethlehem, also worked locally at Liberty Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Allentown, Easton Hospital, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Sacred Heart Hospital. He pleaded guilty in 2004 to killing 29 people in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and is serving a life term in a Trenton, N.J., prison.
Cullen told prosecutors he injected patients with lethal doses of prescription medications, mostly the heart drug digoxin. His 16-year career ended with his arrest in December 2003.
In the cases before Reibman, the fact that all five victims were elderly could diminish a settlement, said Frank Tinari of Tinari Economics Group in New Jersey.
Tinari essentially puts values on lives and testifies for plaintiffs in civil cases involving deaths. He said age and earning power go a long way when determining damages. How much someone suffered before dying can also drive up a settlement or verdict, he said. Several other factors also come into play.
"A lot of times, settlements could be limited by the insurance coverage the hospital has," Tinari said.
St. Luke's and four New Jersey hospitals where Cullen worked reached an undisclosed settlement in February 2008 with families of New Jersey patients whom Cullen admitted killing.
While Reibman left St. Luke's in the five civil cases settled this month, he dismissed the hospital from the eight other cases that resulted in the multimillion-dollar judgment because Cullen didn't admit killing the eight patients named in those suits and because the medical expert for the plaintiffs, forensic pathologist David Fowler, couldn't say whether Cullen killed them.
Family members for those eight patients won the $95 million judgment against a penniless Cullen in March 2010.
St. Luke's has filed counter-suits against Cohen & Feeley, the law firm that filed those lawsuits, claiming the firm filed two abusive and frivolous lawsuits that were eventually dismissed and had claimed Cullen killed two other patients. The hospital claims the firm proceeded with the lawsuits without evidence that Cullen had any role in the deaths.
The counter-suits are scheduled for a jury trial next month.
St. Luke's had filed a similar lawsuit against Easton attorney Edward Shaughnessy, who was cleared by a jury in April.
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St. Luke's settles five cases involving serial killer nurse, source says
Family members of five patients killed by serial killer nurse Charles Cullen have reached a confidential settlement with Cullen and St. Luke's University Hospital, ending an eight-year court battle over one of the nation's most notorious self-professed mercy killers.


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I have commented on this issue in various places on Atheist Nexus, but the utter dearth of notice by print and television media is worthy of further comment and action. As many A/N members have observed, none of the major television news organizations gave any notable coverage to the Reason Rally, at least not as evinced by any news broadcast or webpage that I have seen to date. Whether they were more involved with Trayvon Martin or the GOP primary contests or what, I don't know. Maybe they feel that 20,000 at a rally isn't significant ... or they want to ignore us because we make their believing audience nervous. I can think of all sorts of excuses, but no salient REASONS.
That said, I am repeating here the message which, with slight variations, I sent to NBC, ABC and CBS yesterday:
Sunday, 25 March saw over 20,000 people gather on the Mall in Washington, DC to celebrate reason, more specifically, the Reason Rally. This was a major event for the atheist community with multiple personalities lending their support, including Dr. Richard Dawkins and Adam Savage of the "Mythbusters" television series. To my knowledge, not CBS, NBC, or ABC devoted any coverage to this event. Considering the assault which the Separation of Church and State is currently under, I believe the Reason Rally was deserving of mention, particularly since CBS aired a commercial from the Freedom From Religion Foundation during your CBS Sunday Morning program and then again today (26 March) on the CBS Evening News.
We are atheists and we are productive citizens of this nation ... and we deserve notice.
Once again, I encourage all A/N members to let these and other media outlets know of our displeasure at their lack of coverage.
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Yes, post as many links to media you can find, encourage others to write them and point out that they're ignoring a very large and growing demographic.
Here's the thing though, this was the first major gathering, there will be more. The primary focus of this event, from what I could fathom, wasn't just to get our voices out into the mainstream, …but to focus our voices, network our communities, and promote a unified grass-roots movement.
In this, the event was a success. There were meetings, conventions, planning sessions and alliances either forged or strengthened; for many days before Saturday, and many days after Saturday.
Do not forget this.
It's important.
We are a large group of very diverse human beings who have one point of data that we all adhere to by necessity, …a non-belief. That diversity is a strength ONLY if we unite to promote dissent and contempt for the things that theists, in their diversity, have banded together to advocate for centuries… most of it either batshit crazy or very dangerously oppressive to those they see as "them", …and that's not just atheists.
So, we also have to get the word out to the GLBT Rights, Women's Rights, Civil Rights, Etc; communities and their media sources —that we are a voice, and are a target of the same Christian Taliban Asshat Fuckwits that are oppressing them...
Organize, step up our activism, network with other groups...
So that the mainstream can't ignore us.
THAT …is what I took home as the purpose of the Reason Rally.
(even if you've read that blog linked above, go read it again, especially the new content at the bottom)
Thank you for your activism Loren. I've long felt that the news can only do one thing at a time in a big way. Also, a few years ago there was a gay rally in DC with lousy coverage. Local coverage of pride parades is usually good, especially if there is something outrageous or lurid. Maybe we need to start local atheist pride parades.
USA Today covered the Rally in a brief story. You are right the other sources were abysmal.
This really was a good story, a unique and meaningful one. Maybe the news carriers are too concerned about backlash from the christian communities. Fox, especially, seems to be right wing christian central.
Here's a one:
Atheist View is really hateful Bill Donahue, …lying sack o' shit asshat (wait, was that hateful?), comment the fuck out of this one.
From Sentient Biped's link, there's more.
What's important is, when you DO see content, …hit the comments sections hard, if they have them. This is one of PZ Myers tricks of the trade, …that and atheist bombing surveys and polls involving atheism/theism issues.
We should try to get a kind of "Clearing House" forum/group for this… Hey, that's a good idea.
Ooh, that post really pissed me off (the first link). What a sanctimonious jackass! Everyone go make a comment!!
Mr. Donohue - public shill for the largest conspiracy of pederasts in world history. Must make his mother proud to defend child rapists, attack women who choose to make decisions about their own reproduction (no birth control, please - you're a baby factory), and promoting ignorance regarding condum use that has lethal consequences for innocent victims. What a prince!!
Wasn't the reason rally not just for atheists, but for believers who are reasonable and also believe in evolution & science, or believers who support separation of church and state? Maybe I'm wrong, and I know it was essentially for atheists, but I thought it was for some other groups as well, which might encourage them to include some coverage. I'm very surprised that no one covered it, and that's just cowardice on the networks' part. They are afraid of getting a ton of negative feedback from religious nuts, that's all it is. They quite often cover much smaller gatherings and protests on everything!
Good letter, Loren, except I really hope you corrected it to Saturday, March 24 before you sent it.
The internet at our hotel was abysmal, so we couldn't check online to see if there was any other decent coverage (I know there was none on TV that we saw). Dave Silverman and a few others saw bits of news, but it was really telling that we didn't see anything about it on the network news bits we did catch.
Ummm ... OOPS! Ah, well ... but the point remains, even if the date is off by one!
I do NOT trust corporate media, and do NOT like their spin on much of what they cover, particularly their assessments of the economy and their hypnosis on trying to convince people that an atheist is unelectable. Many founding fathers would be unelectable today if that were the case, and if we're really 18 % of the population then certainly we must have more power than they say we have.
My advise to you is to help promote RTAmerica, DemocracyNOW, Alternet.org and other alternative media that does show news from a populist viewpoint. We should support alternative media and promote news AS PRESENTED BY ALTERNATIVE MEDIA on our social websites, like twitter and facebook, to get people to read news from alternative sources.
This is one of the main commitments that I gained from the Occupy movement last year. Corporate owned media is corporate owned because they SOLD THEMSELVES to corporate interests. And a believing, religious audience is much easier to hypnotize than a non-believing one. During the Bush years, I remember that the oil cartel used apocallyptic imagery from the Bible to legitimize its wars for oil. Wars are a harder sell without irrational fears, beliefs and neuroses.
The more we discard corporate-owned media, the more people will realize the potential of the information era. Today, through facebook, twitter, etc. ANYONE can produce news, ANYONE can be a commentator and journalist, the internet has completely revolutionized and democratized access to information and to its production. Anonymous said in its message to the 1% that this is the greatest advantage that our generation has.
And so I'm not saying that we shouldn't pressure Wall-Street-owned media, but I think our main goal should really be to help the majority of people turn to populist media so that the national discourse is more honest, accurate, more people-focused and less influenced by corporate powers and interests.
Alternet has been pretty good about covering atheist news and exhibiting a secular perspective.
Nice try, Hiram, except for one thing: Not ONE Of Those Sites Had ANYTHING On The Reason Rally! I just now checked all three websites and ... NOTHING! So just because they're off-axis is supposed to make them reliable? NOT IN THIS CASE!
I would far rather get mainstream news media (which the average schlub is going to pay more attention to) to get on board with us, particularly because it's the average schlub that we have to reach, and the likelihood of their opting for alternative media is up there with the second coming.
And I should mention: I just also checked npr.org for stories and found at least THREE ... and they are among my most trusted news sources, never mind one of the most respected in the US.
RT America
Grazie, Richard.
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Real Zaragoza's Franco Zuculini has labelled Lionel Messi "unique", arguing that any game against Barcelona is effectively over once the diminutive forward starts playing.
The once-capped Argentina international has lined up twice against his compatriot since joining Zaragoza, initially on loan, from Hoffenheim two years ago.
In both instances, Zuculini felt that he and his teammates were performing well but that Messi ultimately proved impossible to contain.
"The first time we played them, we were winning, but then we collected a red card and they thrashed us," the defensive midfielder told Goal.com. "In the match at Camp Nou, they went ahead but we tied the score. However, with 10 minutes to go... Well, it was over as soon as Messi started doing what he wanted.
"The boys did not know whether to hit him or not. And I told them not to do that because it would only makes things worse if he gets mad - that he would score another three goals against us. You have do something that puts him to sleep, not wakes him up.
"I swear that the two matches were like that, he did whatever he wanted. I'm sure if he tells a team-mate that he will score in the 23rd minute, he succeeds. He is unique."
Despite having failed to come out on the winning side against Barcelona, Zuculini insists that he relished both meetings with the Catalans.
"It's incredible, it's something you can enjoy," the 22-year-old explained. "And it's just as nice to play against Madrid. Those two teams, they play another championship to the rest of us."
While la Liga sometimes seems like a two-horse race, Zuculini claims that he is currently enjoying life in Spain, after previous stints in Italy and Germany. However, he freely admits that he would love to test himself in England.
"I have played in three of the most important leagues in the world," he mused. "The only one I have left that I have watched from my childhood is the Premier League. I really like it.
"And I'm going to put as a goal, to do everything I can to be in the Premier League at some point."
Zuculini, who earned his only international cap against Panama four years ago, has previously lined out for Racing Club, Hoffenheim and Genoa.


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BRUSSELS, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Britain's foreign minister appeared to be supported only by France Monday when he called on European Union countries to arm rebels in Syria, officials said.
Speaking before the start of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, William Hague told reporters "there's a broader range of equipment" the EU could provide forces fighting the regime of President Bashar Assad, the EUobserver.com reported.
The embargo the EU has placed on the shipment of arms to Syria expires at the end of February.
An EU diplomat said after Hague's comments that France would support the move by Britain to relax the embargo.
Free Syrian Army forces have sought anti-aircraft weapons to defend themselves against aerial attacks by Syrian forces.
The FSA has warned that better-armed jihadist forces have drawn support from the reluctance of Western nations to provide military aid to the rebels.
Several ministers expressed concern Monday about ending the embargo.
Didier Reynders of Belgium said if the embargo were lifted, "we have to sure we can control the distribution of arms."
The biggest skeptics were the Czech Republic, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Poland, with Poland's Radek Sikorski saying "We think that pouring fuel onto the fire is very risky."


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Move over Temple Run, there's something new in town. This adventure game from Miniclip gets you frantically tilting and swiping to get past obstacles, and find precious gems and nuggets in order to rack up points. It's fast, fun and so addictive.
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Complete My Thali (CMT)-Kathol will run on Taste of Mysore. Complete My Thali is a tasty concept coined by Jagruti Dhanecha of Joy of Cooking blog. Every month a co host will host 1 dish of the thali. Having varieties of these and customising your thali is itself a wonderful thought! You can go through her blog for past and future co hosts and their round ups for a customisable thali.
I am co hosting one of the item on this thali. Kathol or an item prepared from beans. Atleast from Karnataka's thali view I can think of few quick items like kadalekaalu guggri, hesarukaalu guggri etc. There are many varieties prepared from beans and I would love to have them all. Bloggers, Non Bloggers everyone can participate. More the merrier!!
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(WASHINGTON) — In an interview with ABC News Wednesday evening, NRA President David Keene said the gun-rights lobby is aggressively preparing for "battle" with the White House and Congress over President Obama's sweeping new proposals to curb gun violence.
Keene criticized Obama's announcement Wednesday — during which the president was surrounded by four children from around the country — for, "using kids to advance an ideological agenda." And Keene expressed cautious confidence that few of the legislative measures would ultimately pass.
"It's going to be very tough for the president to accomplish some of these things, but that doesn't mean he can't do it if he really turns it on," Keene told ABC.
"All bets are off when a president really wants to go to war with you," he said. "We're gonna be there and we're gonna fight it."
Keene said passage of the 1994 assault weapons ban remains fresh in the minds of NRA leaders, noting that initial widespread congressional opposition gradually gave way to a narrow margin in favor, thanks in part to pressure from then-President Bill Clinton.
NRA members would hold accountable any politicians who, "sell them out to some pie-in-the-sky scheme such as the president is proposing," he said.
The group launched a new "Stand and Fight" advocacy campaign Tuesday night, opposing Obama's gun control measures, anchored by a controversial new TV ad that began airing online and on the Sportsman Channel.
The ad calls President Obama an "elitist hypocrite" for sending his daughters to a private school with armed guards while questioning whether all other U.S. schools should have the same security measures. The White House blasted the ad as "repugnant and cowardly."
"When the question is the protection of children, which is what this is all about… it's perfectly legitimate to ask why some children should be protected and other children should not be protected," Keene said, defending the ad.
"We were not talking about the president's kids. We were talking about an elite class who criticizes others in their desire to be safe while making sure that they and their families and their children are always protected."
"We're not talking about the Secret Service protection the president's children enjoy — they ought to have that wherever they go," he added.
Keene also ribbed Obama for using children as "props" for his announcement: "We didn't line them up on a stage and pat them on the shoulder while we were urging somebody to take our position," he said.
The NRA has acknowledged some areas of common ground for curbing gun violence included the Obama proposal — namely beefed up resources for mental health care, better background check data and increased presence of school resource officers (police) at public schools.
But Keene said many of those steps were just "fig leaves."
"What the president did is say … 'I care about armed security.' He can check off that box on the Gallup polls. He can say to the people concerned about it, 'It's part of my package.' … He said the problem of severely, mentally ill, 'We're going to study it.'"
Obama called for federal aid to states for the hiring of up to 1,000 new resource officers and school counselors. Currently, there are armed resource officers at 28,000 U.S. schools.
"That's a drop in the ocean in terms of the problem," Keene said. "It's simply a fig leaf so he can pursue an anti-gun agenda. It has less to do with security and more to do with guns."
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The title to this post makes it sound like I'm going to have similes breaking chairs across metaphors' backs. Maybe metaphors will pin similes. As if.
Similes and metaphors both have their uses in poetry. I don't want to say that one is always better than the other, because they are both devices of communication that serve poets (and other writers) well. Just in case you don't know the difference, here's what they mean:
metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase takes on the meaning of another word or phrase to suggest a likeness between the two.
Here's a metaphor in action: My heart is a train pounding down the tracks.
simile: a figure of speech comparing two unlike things as if they are alike, usually while using the words like or as.
Here's a simile in action: My heart is like a train pounding down the tracks.
Here's another simile: My heart pounds as if it were a train on the tracks.
In poetry, I generally prefer metaphors unless I have a good reason to use a simile. Here are a few reasons why I prefer metaphors:
- Economy of language. Removing the word like (or as) equals one less word that detracts from the meaning of the poem.
- Stronger language. My heart is a train is a stronger statement than my heart is like a train.
- More authoritative. Metaphors are what they are. Similes are kind of like what they are. There's room for the reader to question, how is my heart like a train? Unless that's the purpose of the poem, it distracts the reader for no good reason. Unintentional distractions weaken poems.
Similes also beg to have more follow up. That is, poets usually feel the need to follow up a line like My heart is like a train pounding down the tracks with another few lines that explain why the poet feels this way. Poets who use the metaphor have the description option available to them, but they're more than likely rushing on to their next point in the poem (like trains pounding down the tracks–sorry I had to throw that in there).
So why use similes at all?
Similes are very useful in communication. Not every this is a that. Sometimes a this needs to be like a that, whether we're talking hearts and trains or mouths and moons.
Another reason: Similes can help a poet hit a certain syllable count. It's not the best reason to use a simile instead of a metaphor, but there you go.
Bring out the prompts!
I thought it might be fun to break out some writing prompts, in which you can come up with your own inventive metaphors and/or similes. I'll supply the first half of the statement; you can do the second half. I encourage you to incorporate any new or unusual metaphors or similes into your poems.
Her smile is…
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Just before evening, the sun…
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What about converts from Protestantism?
Quote from: ialmisry on November 15, 2012, 11:27:45 AMWhat about converts from Protestantism?LOL.Like you say if a Protestant looks into Church History they become an Orthodox catechumen.If they are honest.
What is Orthodox Catechumen? Why would Protestant Christians become Orthodox catechumen if they look into church history?
I would like to hear about miracles that happened during conversion for converts from Catholic to Orthodox or Vice Versa.If you don't have any miracles to share, then tell me what practical changes you noticed in your life after conversion. Did you notice greater success in your spiritual battles? Any change in health? Etc.Please give as much detail as possible.
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By Saroj Pattnaik, ChildFund India
Pavithra is just 9 years old. She is considered old enough to take care of her 3-year-old sister and 5-year-old brother. But her responsibilities at home in Chennai, India, kept her from attending school regularly for the past two years.
As a result, she was behind a grade level. Pavithra even had trouble with the Tamil alphabet. Writing sentences and doing basic math — tasks that were hard for her — fueled her dislike of school.
Things started to turn around for Pavithra after a new teacher who received training from ChildFund started working with her and other delayed learners more than two hours a day.
"I first approached Pavithra's parents not to force her to take care of her siblings," says Krishnaveni, her teacher. "Finally we managed to convince her parents, who agreed to send the younger daughter to an Early Childhood Development center and the other children to school regularly."
"As part of our special quality improvement program, we used activity-based methods to develop Pavithra's interest in studies. Slowly she started catching up, and now she is at par with other children," adds Sham Begum, junior headmistress of the school.
"Earlier, I was afraid of coming to school, as I was not able to say anything when teachers were asking questions," Pavithra says. "Now, I can answer everything. I have now many friends here, and I don't want to miss school one single day."
Started in 2011, ChildFund India's Enhanced Education Quality Improvement Program (EQuIP) reaches more than 10,000 children in 100 primary and middle schools in parts of Chennai, the capital of the southwestern state of Tamil Nadu.
Besides providing infrastructure and other essential learning equipment, this program specially focuses on helping children who are delayed learners.
The project has four goals:
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• promoting a participatory learning environment
• increasing community involvement
• creating awareness of education's importance among all stakeholders.
Nine-year-old Vinodini had many of the same challenges as Pavithra. Although her parents never forced her to work at home, the family often migrated to other places in search of work, so she fell behind in her education.
She has some knowledge of the Tamil alphabet but was very poor in mathematics. But within months of Krishnaveni's arrival at the school, Vinodini was able to read, write and comprehend concepts effectively. Now she is one of the top students in her class.
"I was in class four, but my teachers were saying I was no better than a class-one student. But now I can read, write and even remember rhymes easily. My father is very happy for me now," Vinodini says.
"We had no hope that our daughter would be able to study as her level of understanding was very poor," says her father, Ravi, a construction worker. "Now I am very happy that she has improved a lot, and all credits go to the new teacher."
According to Krishnaveni, there were 19 children who were behind pace in their learning when she came to the school in June 2012. Within six months, 10 of them had caught up with their peers. "We are now working hard on the rest, and we believe they will also be up to speed very soon," she adds.


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Second milestone reached! Honeybrid has now all its functionalities working and it's time for testing. In order to check that everything works efficiently, I deployed a Windows honeypot to receive traffic from five /24 unused subnets during half an hour. Here are the details of this experiment.
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This week I completed an important step which is to integrate a parser in Honeybrid. There are now two new files in the source code: Read more »
TCP was built to allow 2 hosts to exchange a stream of packets reliably. Honeybrid must add a third host to this operation when it decides to investigate further a connection. The keys for this process to work are: 1) a replay process that gets the high interaction honeypot to the same state than the low interaction honeypot; and 2) a forwarding process that translates not only IP addresses but also TCP sequence and acknowledgement numbers. Here is how things work in detail: Read more »
The goal of this post is to introduce myself and my project: my name is Robin Berthier and I just got my PhD from the University of Maryland. I'll be working this summer on improving Honeybrid, a hybrid honeypot architecture. I've been working with honeypot technologies for the past 4 years, and Honeybrid represents a central part of my dissertation. Read more »


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Case Against UCLA For Streaming Licensed DVDs To Students Dismissed Yet Again
from the good-rulings dept
AIME filed a new (amended) complaint against UCLA... which basically restated everything it had lost over, and then added a few claims. The court apparently was not impressed. It just dismissed the case all over again with prejudice, meaning that AIME can't just refile. On top of that it actually dealt a bit more with the copyright questions. First, it was not at all impressed by AIME's decision to just replead the same exact thing a second time:
In its order dismissing the FAC, the Court dismissed with prejudice all claims against the Regents and claims seeking damages against individual defendants in their official capacity on the grounds that these individual defendants are immune from suit under the doctrine of sovereign immunity... Plaintiffs have verbatim re-pleaded those claimsfrom the FAC for purposes of appeal.... As these claims have already been dismissed with prejudice, the Court does not analyze them further.Later the court goes through a relatively quick fair use analysis, focused mainly on the question of whether it would have been obvious to the average person that this use was not fair use. The court finds plenty of ambiguity in the fair use analysis, and thus notes that it is not obviously a case of infringement, so AIME's claim that this was clearly infringement doesn't hold up.
Then there are a few other interesting points, including a discussion of whether or not streaming is a form of "distribution." Remember that we were just discussing the whole distibution right under copyright law, even pointing out that if you read what copyright law actually says, it only refers to "material objects" in which a copyright-covered item is "fixed" -- not to transient digital files. This appears to be one case where the court actually noticed that fact, and points out that with a stream, the digital product was not actually distributed:
Under the Copyright Act, distributed items must be "material objects" in which a copy is "fixed." 17 U.S.C. § 101. Plaintiffs' new allegations that "the Video Furnace system administrator retains an original copy of the AVP DVD while distributing copies to end users, which copies remain on the end user's computer as long as the Video Furnace InStream player remains open" does not change this outcome. For a copy to be fixed, it must be "sufficiently permanent or stable to permit it to be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated for a period of more than a transitory duration." 17 U.S.C. § 101. The "copy" on the end users computer, as alleged, is not fixed.They also have an interesting response to the anti-circumvention DMCA claim in the amended lawsuit. One of the main problems many people have with the anti-circumvention clause is that it appears to apply absent any actual infringing activity. That is, under the DMCA it appears that merely circumventing DRM, even if for legitimate, non-infringing uses, is considered against the law. But here, the court rules that since the copy is legal, there is no problem with circumventing the DRM. That's very interesting:
This Court finds that Plaintiffs have failed to cure the defects with their DMCA claim. First, the allegations in the SAC do not support a claim that Defendants violated 17 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1)(A) by using the HVS Video Furnace software to "circumvent . . . a technological measure that effectively controls access to" the DVDs because UCLA had lawful access to the DVDs and Plaintiffs essentially allege improper usage of the DVDs.Either way, the latest ruling is a complete victory for UCLA and yet another loss for AIME. While the question of fair use is still mostly brushed aside (unfortunately), the overall ruling is a good thing.


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In most of their first-down plays the other day, the Kansas City Chiefs, a famous running team, threw passes instead.
And that's how they ran up that 54-34 score on the St. Louis Rams, who had won their first six games with the same plan: consistent first-down passing.
Earlier this year, as well as in 1999, the Super Bowl-champion Rams had alone played this new kind of football--a high-scoring pass-first game--which nobody else in the league seemed to understand.
Now there are two teams that both understand it and play it--provided the Chiefs keep at it.
In their next two starts, the 4-3 Chiefs will be at 2-6 Seattle Sunday and then at 6-1 Oakland, and, with either Elvis Grbac or Warren Moon at quarterback, they have the firepower to win both times.
They've always had the firepower.
Their missing link until now has been the will to fire on first down.
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Rams Played Their Game
Those were the same old Rams in Kansas City.
They played their game there.
They threw passes smartly enough to beat most teams--driving to five touchdowns on pass plays--while using two different passers, Kurt Warner, who was injured, and Trent Green, who came in to throw for three touchdowns.
But for two good reasons, that wasn't enough to beat Kansas City:
The Chiefs became the first team to come at the shaky Ram defense with pass after pass--with, that is, passes on first down and second down and most other downs.
When the Chiefs shot ahead in the first quarter, 20-0, and in the second quarter, 27-7, they resisted the temptation to sit on a big lead and run the ball.
That had been their strategy previously in every game of Coach Gunther Cunningham's career.
In this game, by contrast, nearly every time they took possession, the Chiefs immediately threw the ball.
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When and Why to Throw
As the Chiefs and Rams proved alternately in most offensive possesions, first down is by far the best down for passing in today's football.
That's because NFL defenses all gear up against running plays on first down.
Even when a pass is possible, defensive teams are conditioned to also be ready for the run.
So there are fewer blitzes and other exotic pass defenses on first down.
Accordingly, it's then that NFL defenses are most vulnerable to passes.
Mike Martz's edge as coach of the Rams is simply that for two years he has been acting on that truism--which has his team on pace to break most NFL scoring records.
Martz has some great pass-offense players, true.
But so has Kansas City, among others.
Eight or 10 NFL teams, at least, could play Ram football.
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Have Chiefs Really Learned?
If Kansas City's Coach Cunningham is remembered as the NFL's first of many to come over to the new-style Ram game, the irony is that he had the farthest to come.
No one in the league in his time has exceeded Cunningham as a passionate believer in the values of a strong defense, a strong running game, and a run- first approach.
But in recent weeks, obviously, he and his offensive coordinator, Jimmy Raye, have been shaken by what they saw of the Rams on film and in tapes.
They noted, obviously, that you can only fight fire with fire.
Still, the question now for Kansas City fans is whether the pass-first lesson has been well enough learned there to insure that the Chiefs have really converted to Ram football.
The danger is that Kansas City's coaches will think of the Ram game as an aberration that only happened because their opponent was weak defensively.
The reality is that the Chiefs own the overall team speed as well as the overall talent--with, among others, the NFL's best tight end, Tony Gonzalez-- to keep doing what the Rams have been doing for two years.
It's all in the mind.
Thinking makes it so.
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Schedule Saved Kansas City
One thing this game illustrated is that timing is of considerable importance in NFL scheduling.
Had the Chiefs played the St. Louis game in the first two or three weeks of the season, it seems likely that they would have then run the ball as usual.
In keeping with their ingrained style, they would have run it too often until it was too late--as other Ram opponents this year have.
You can be sure that a month ago, after opening a 20-0 lead on the Rams, the Chiefs would have forsaken passes, generally, except on third and long.
For this has always been the Cunningham mind-set.
The Chiefs in that case would have been just another bunch learning the hard way that a running team can't keep up with a passing team.
Cunningham had to be persuaded that passing was the only way to go, and clearly he needed to see the Rams five or six times to make that judgment.
A schedule that placed the Ram game at mid-season rather than in the early season may have saved the Chiefs' season.
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There Is a Time to Run
For both teams, running plays were, of course, part of the game plan.
But the key to Ram football, which the Chiefs were for the first time also playing, is when do you run? When do you pass?
In the final reckoning, the Chiefs gained more than 100 yards on the ground that day--but as a rule, they were running not on first-down plays but in passing situations.
They had found that the best running play is a draw play on a passing down.
Ram football has seldom been exhibited more conspicuously than it was by the Chiefs at the outset of the third quarter, when, with a 27-14 halftime lead that would have seemed comfortable to Cunningham in the old days, he grounded his ball-control ballcarriers and opened an aggressive, fast-moving passing attack.
To be specific, on Kansas City's long touchdown drive that time, Grbac did nothing but throw passes, and he completed three big ones in a row.
All three went through a bemused Ram team playing run defense, and all were thrown to the same wide receiver, Derrick Alexander, the last for a touchdown that moved Kansas City from 27-14 to 34-14.
Those three plays demonstrated Cunningham's new awareness that even with a two-touchdown lead, you have to keep passing against a good passing team or, shortly, it will bite you.
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Passes Keep Rams in the Game
Had the Chiefs started the second half with their usual ball-control, running-play strategy, they might have lost the lead and, eventually, the game.
For two of Green's touchdown passes were thrown in the third quarter.
And those touchdowns were going to give the Rams the lead, 28-27, if the Chiefs had opted for ball-control plays instead of downfield passes in that quarter, and if, for whatever reason, they had failed to sustain such a drive.
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Can Green Keep Them Alive?
As for Green, the question in St. Louis this week is whether he can keep the Rams alive while Warner's broken finger mends.
And on the evidence of the Kansas City game, the high-powered Ram offense won't miss a beat with Green in control in San Francisco Sunday.
Although he hadn't played much for years, Green's passes were on target from the first.
His one interception in 30 minutes, on a day when Warner threw two interceptions in the first 30 minutes, could be explained on the following grounds:
After scoring with a 31-yard pass on an 87-yard touchdown drive---Green's first regular-season drive since his days as a Washington Redskin long ago--he was probably a bit overconfident and doubtless an eye-blink slow reading the field.
Against the two-deep Kansas City defense, Green perhaps should have realized that his best chance was for mid-range passes, not bombs.
He'll know that next time.
He'll keep the Rams moving.
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Rams Have Another Faulk
An latimes.com reader, Jim York of Nashville, notes that when and if running back Marshall Faulk slows down, the Rams can move an even faster back of the same type into their lineup.
"The young man is Trung Canidate, their first draft choice this year," York says, referring to the 192-pound Arizona sprinter who has been injured most of the season.
York, who saw Canidate in a Ram scrimmage with the Tennessee Titans last July, adds:
"He's the fastest player on the Ram team, and he comes with better hands than most wide receivers."
The suspicion lingers even so that the Rams, instead of drafting Canidate, should have taken an impact defensive player, if they could have identified one, which maybe they couldn't.
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Who Likes False Starts?
Another latimes.com reader, Dick Dulgarian of Manhattan Beach, wants the NFL to do something about the penny-ante penalties that mar football as a spectator sport.
"Both college and pro games are slowed down by all the false-start penalties and the motion penalties and the penalties for lining up in the neutral zone, things like that," Dulgarian says.
"Why not just ignore those plays--without penalizing anyone--and let the games proceed?"
If it's an idea worth considering, the best way to solve the problem, possibly, is not to ignore such penalties but for the NFL to fine the coaches whose lack of firm disciplinary measures causes most of the trouble.
In turn, the coaches can, if they choose, fine their players--who can't be fined by the NFL for such reasons because of player-union considerations.
The league's present epidemic of false starts and offside plays should in any case be controlled in some way.
In 2000, how many false-start lovers tune into football games?
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Kaufman Could Help Raiders
The Raiders, as they contemplate their game at San Diego Sunday, are still on the move--and still getting heavy mileage out of running back Tyrone Wheatley, who on 15 carries gained 156 yards against Seattle the other day.
Even so, from this distance, Raider Coach Jon Gruden appears to be under-utilizing running back Napoleon Kaufman, who was called on only six times in the Seattle game for 34 yards.
Kaufman is in many ways a Marshall Faulk-type who, if the Raiders passed half the time or more on first down, might contribute Faulk-type numbers.
Then on later downs, Wheatley could come in and do his thing.
Gruden's quarterback, Rich Gannon, isn't the Kurt Warner-type--he doesn't have the arm--but in his way, Gannon is one of the NFL's most valuable quarterbacks, a heady, self-possessed type who doubles as an effective scrambler.
Playing conservatively this season by order of Gruden, Gannon doesn't throw many first-down passes.
But if he did, Gannon to Kaufman would be a first-down weapon.
And so, on first down, would Gannon to Tim Brown.
It would all be more demoralizing to Raider opponents if interspersed with Kaufman sweeps.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- It's time to stop and smell the roses because for all of the doom and gloom that shrouded 2012, it turned out to be a pretty good year after all, Jim Cramer told "Mad Money" viewers Wednesday. Cramer said that while the naysayers have already turned their sights on the next battle in Washington -- the debt ceiling -- normal investors should take a moment to pause and reflect on all that actually went right in 2012. Just last week we were facing the possibility of higher taxes for all, fewer incentives for investing and an almost guaranteed recession. But today, all of those things are in our rear-view mirror, Cramer said. While no one is happy with the deal we ultimately got, it brings a certainty to the market that it desperately needed. There were a lot of things that went right in 2012, Cramer reminded viewers. He said the housing stocks came back to life as did the financials, two key sectors for the American economy. Technology was also able to end the year on a high note. As today's acquisition of Zipcar ( ZIP) proved, mergers and acquisitions also remain alive and well, all great things for 2013. Cramer said there are always plenty of opportunities out there, which is why he's always taken heed of the skeptics but ignored the cynics. He said only those investors who can see through the Washington smokescreen will be able to see 2013's diamonds in the rough as they begin to appear.
Off the ChartsWhere are the markets headed in 2013? Cramer went "Off The Charts" with analysis from colleague Bob Lang to find out. Lang took his cues from the PowerShares QQQ ( QQQ), which tracks the Nasdaq100 and the iShares Russell 2000 ( IWM), which tracks the small-cap stocks. Using a monthly chart going back to 1999, Lang noted the Nasdaq is now within 50 points of its all-time high, in 1999. He said if the QQQ can break out above $70, there will be little resistance and smooth sailing thereafter. A weekly chart of the QQQ showed similar bullish trends, with a clear consolidating occurring during the end of the year, but the MACD momentum indicator still pointing into positive territory.
Lang was equally bullish on the Russell 2000's outlook. His analysis of the iShares daily chart noted a bullish cup-and-handle pattern, with the MACD indicator once again signaling that the move higher has only just begun. Also of interest, Lang noted the first quarter has historically been a bullish one for the small-cap index, with 2008 being the only exception in recent memory. Cramer said while he's not willing to base his entire 2013 trading strategy on technical analysis alone, the charts are so compelling that this year is shaping up to be a good one for the markets.
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Friday, May 3, 2013
H-Ball and Tomac - Circa '92
Circa '92 footage of H-Ball and Tomac rocking old school style, complete with bar ends and disk rear wheels. This doesn't look so abnormal to me - or even seem that long ago - but then again, I'm old and was already riding for awhile before '92.
I got a kick out of it, so posted for my massive following (ha!) to enjoy and/or mock. Greg Herbold and John Tomac, now icons of the sport, could still kick your ass - even on these ancient steeds. Bet on it.
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That was some awesome old school mountain bike footage brah. I love how those guys were able to fish tail and get so much air on those two inch travel front forks. I am always teetering on the edge of buying an old school 90's mountain bike on craigslist, maybe one day if I find a good deal I can't refuse I might get pushed over into getting one.
Nice clip, and bonus footage of Pamala Anderson; I forgot she was once hot. Anyway, I just bought a '96 Homegrown (complete with original tires, grips, and reflectors), just because.ReplyDelete
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Hello I am new to the forum. I sure Hope someone can identify these Chevelles . I have asked this question to a lot of ChevelleOwners,forums,and even Chevrolet Heritage Site and no one knows about them.In the spring of 1966, I went with a friend to alocal Chevrolet dealer to purchase a new Chevelle.(Charlotte N.C.). Not finding a car he liked out front we went around back andSaw 1966 Chevelle SS. This car was a 396hp with four speed. The Decal on the air cleaner was a factory decal with crossed Flags just like the rest of the 396's,but this one had Factory Experimental 375 Horsepower on the Decal.The car had a 4:56 reargear. About 25yrs ago I read in a Corvette magazine that in 1966 Chevrolet took the 396 425hp. From the 1965 Corvette uppedthe horsepower and put them in these Chevelles. The article said that they rated the horsepower in the 4,000 rpm range to get375 HP..They didn't want the Corvette owners to know that the Chevelle had the same or more HP. Than the Corvette. PLEASEDon't tell me that the Chevelle had a 375hp. Option in 1966. I have seen several of these and these are not the ones I am talkingAbout. I keeped the Corvette mag. But I think I lost it.thanks for any helpRonnie
Ronnie, they made a 375 horse 396 with a solid cam.,. 520" lift, 114 LSA lashed at .024" and .028" hot.Click on link:http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133776
When The Flag Drops.,. The Bull ***t Stops.,. P. Engineer, Engine Builder
Here's more info, it was a 65 Chevelle not a 66, the car was called a Z16, the engine was a custom built hydraulic lifter engine an L37 engine. Current value in restored form is around $150,000.00. They came with factory tinted windows and a remote drivers mirror, gee wow.There were no production cars from the factory that said "experimental". The 425 hp 396 was called an L78, they also made a 427 425 hp engine called an L72 in 66 and an L88 in 67. The L88 could be ordered with aluminum heads. They made an aluminum block 427ci 425hp eng in 69 and stuffed them in a Camaro called a Z11. Its times in the 1/4 mile were strangely slower than the iron 427 425 hp.Around 30 years ago, I bought a very clean, all orig factory 396ci 425hp, 4 speed, bucket seat, 66 Impala, for $6500.00. I sold if for $8500.00 bucks 4 weeks later. I made around 32% profit on the deal, pretty good huh? I have never heard nor seen of another since other than that they might have made just a few. Probably worth a bit more than $8500.00 today, lol. Barrett just sold a 67 aluminum head L88 427 Vette to a guy I know for around 3 million bucks.http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/1965-chevelle-ss396-z16-201-built-and-a-common-396-engine-misunderstanding-resolved/1966 Impala sales brochure.http://myclassicgarage.com/marketplace/knowledge_base/1966-chevrolet-impala
ha. i just looked at a 396 sitting in a guys shed the other day. its just down the road from me. been sitting there for over a year. not sure what he wants for it, as i'm having a hard time catching up with him. i ran the block casting number and it came back as a 66-67, 2-bolt, 396. i dont know if its worth messing with or not? kinda small for a big block. somebody said all 396's came with steel cranks. anybody know if that's true? i know it's for sale, just not sure how much. its complete, carb to pan with a set of rusty headers laying next to it.
well if its a std bore, give him 200.00, toss the heads in the trash, put 4 bolt mains, afr heads and build it to 400 hp or so. that stupid eng will spin 7500 rpm, lol.the crank is cast iron, buy a forged one for $350.00http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_kw=OEM+Big+Block+Chevy+396%2F427+Steel+Crank+6223+Forged+3856223+Nice+Original+GM+WOWbuy some chinese eagle rods for $500.00 or some orig forged rods for less.
Thanks for the information guys, I mean no disrespect, I know that you all know way more than I do about Chevells.This wasa new 1966 Chevelle SS. 396 4spd. With 4:56 gear. I drove this car many times,it was super fast.(I actualy got lockup forfor Reckless driving at the age of 19). The sticker on the Crome air cleaner was a factory sticker just like the other 396's withFactory Experimental 375 Horsepower on it. this was not a an add on sticker. this is the reason that I suggested my friend buy it. I thinkThat the magazine article said that there were 100 of these Chevelles produced. Are there still a Corvette Magizine,maybe IShould get in touch with them and see if they would still have a 25yr old articlethanksRonnie
hey no prob.here's what you do. sign up on the first forum below and ask them. the god of chevys lives in washington he is at the second link. ask him as well as the guys on the site. hold on to your shorts over there on the yenko site. might get a bit rough, lol. don't forget to come back here.http://www.yenko.net/http://www.corvettes-musclecars.com/
Thanks shyrgfuh70, I'll try those sites and let you know,here goesthanks againronnie
okplease get back to us and let us know. i'm very curious.i hope you get your answer and without too much brutalization by them, they are not always the friendliest group, lol.there were occasionally cars called "mules" before chev came out with the C.O.P.O cars in 69. These were special order cars that dealers requested with engines that did not come in them but none of those had any special experimental nomenclature on them.
Thanks shyrgfuh,I E-mailed Kevin Suydam at the second site you listed with the same post that I listed here. H e said that everything I said was correct ,except he has never seen the word experimental on any air cleaner sticker. He said that that engine was in a few 1966 Chevelles and a few 1967 Chevelles.Still hope to find information on air cleaner sticker. I will keep you posted if I find anything further.thanksronnie
hi thanks for gettin back, i saw your post over on yenko, you got lucky, they were nice, lol.what engine are you saying is correct?a 396 with more than 425 hp?a 427 with 450 hp instead of 435 hp?you might be misinterpreting what he said or possibly he didn't understand his question.it is astronomically unlikely they would build a 396 with more than 425hp for any reason at all. it simply defies all logic. besides that, it would be nearly impossible to do without tube type headers. in addition, the gov was cracking down on high hp supercars in 65 so the mfg's agreed not to produce cars with more than 425hp. the l72 427 was actually 450hp but they slapped 425 hp stickers on them and rated the hp at 5600 instead of 5800 rpm to get around the 425 hp limit. i also worked at a major vehicle mfg as well and they would never put anything that said "experimental" on a production vehicle simply for liability purposes.say someone got in a wreck with the car and their lawyer say the word "experimental" on the body or engine etc. hes gping to sue the mfg claiming that since it said "experimental" it proves it was not proven safe for the general public, he wins, the mfg looses.i'm surprised kevin got back to you so quickly. he's a bazillionaire and doesn't need to waste his time on people like us, lol.
Shyrgfuh70,It was the 396 425 L78 engine that they lowered the rpm rating to get 375 HP..Kevin Suydam did say that he had never heard of an air cleaner sticker with he word experimental on it. It's possible that it could have had F/X on it.Maybe I should just let it alone until I can get more information on this car. The Chevrolet Dealership that the car was sold at is now out of business,and Chevrolet Heritage said that Chevrolet only keep records back until 1977. Unless I get the vin# for the car or actualy find the car I guess I may never know. thanks to everyone for being so patientthanks very muchronnie
"It was the 396 425 L78 engine that they lowered the rpm rating to get 375 HP."LOL, BZZZ, Nope, wrong answer again. It is what I said it is, which is the L72 for 1966. Read the article in the link below. I may not know everything about these but i do happen to know a lot. There's just no reason for me to hang out at the Yenko site but one might wonder how i knew about it and Kevin Suydam, hmmm.Also, they cannot lower the hp rating of an engine they never made!You came here for answers, we were happy to give them. You said we were wrong. I sent you to other sources and they said the same thing we did which I knew they would. Now you are still trying to tell me I'm wrong. I posted the proof that I'm right in the link below. Please post the proof that you are right. It can't be done because no such thing ever happened. The only other person you could ask is Dick Gulstrand in Calif, he ran the high perf dept of Dana Chevrolet back in the 60's and was a chev sponsored champion vette driver.If you never heard of Dana Chevy, they are the first people to put a 427 in a Camaro in 1967. A Dana car is worth two or 3 of the other high perf dealer/builders like Nikkey, Baldwin Motion and Yenko etc. Dana was also a dealer for the Yenko stingers.Suydam has a mint all orig custom color 68 Dana camaro. There are few to no other known Dana cars in existence. I don't know how to help you any further.http://www.corvette.net/cac/L72/A_Study_of_the_450-HP_L72.pdf
Shyrgfuh,sorry about the L-78 engine code ! I think I got that from an answer to one of my question I didn't remember the engine code.I apologize if I caused any hard feelings. Maybe I should just stick with the type of cars I know more about. Thanks for taking the time to talk with me.ronnie


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Newly acquired midfielder Alvaro Fernandez had his first run-out with his new club on a balmy Chicago morning Tuesday.
"[Practice] went well," Fernandez said via translator. "I'm trying to fit in and get to know my new teammates, hopefully trying to improve every day."
Coming to the team by way of Seattle last Friday, the Uruguayan international joined forward Sherjill MacDonald as the second Designated Player acquired by the Fire in less than a week.
Unlike the Dutch striker, Fernandez comes into Frank Klopas' side in midseason form, having appeared in 14 matches for Sounders FC this season.
Asked about being ready to play, Fernandez said, "Physically I'm fine. I've been training. It's up to the coaches and I'm trying to learn the [new] system to fit in with the team."
"With 'Flaco' he knows our league and our team," Klopas said Tuesday. "He's fit and ready so the transition should not be difficult. Obviously he has to get used to the teammates and he we do things but he's a smart player."
Klopas stated last Friday that he didn't have one position in mind for his new acquisition but that he planned to play him throughout the midfield. Fernandez echoed that sentiment Tuesday.
"[I feel comfortable in] any of the positions in midfield. In Seattle I was played on the left even though I'm a right-sided midfielder. I feel comfortable in all four of the midfield positions so where they want to put me, I'll do my best."
With the summer reinforcements in place, there's no doubt that depth has been added to the Eastern Conference's fifth place team to make a run up the table on the way to the playoffs, though Klopas sees it a bit differently.
"I felt like that from the beginning. I felt like that last year when I stepped in. I believed in the group. Certainly we always look to improve and provide depth to the team but I always felt that we had a team that could be in the playoffs. Within the league here [last year] we missed it by one win. We finished very strong.
"The depth is better and there's more competition for spots on the team. It's about the team and you have to count on all the players throughout the season."


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For organizations which have always considered LAC as a partner a throw away line in a January 19 press release Library and Archives Canada offers the Free Thinking Society to reschedule Iranium screening in February has potentially substantial implications.
"Over the years, LAC has offered space, when available, at its 395 Wellington Street facility to a variety of non-profit organizations, cultural organizations and professional associations of librarians and archivists. LAC is currently reviewing the use of these spaces by non-governmental organizations."Could it be that LAC's strategic approach to dealing with the bad press it received recently is by eliminating all use of the building facilities by cultural organizations?


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Photograph, Battle of Hickory Point
Author: Breyman, W.
Date: 1856
A copy of a lithograph showing the Battle of Hickory Point, Jefferson County, Kansas Territory, drawn by W. Breyman.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: FK2.J2 .8 *2
Item Number: 100041 Number of images: 1
Keywords: Battles; Border disputes and warfare; Breyman, W.; Engravings; Hickory Point, Battle of; Jefferson County, Kansas Territory; Photographs and Illustrations
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