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ALL BALL NERVE CENTER — Going into the the 2011-12 season, the Knicks saw popular point guard Jeremy Lin sign with Houston, and they replaced him with Raymond Felton, a former Knick coming off a down season in Portland. While Lin and the Rockets had a nice season, Felton helped coalesce Carmelo Anthony, JR Smith and Tyson Chandler and lead the Knicks to a 54-28 record, their best since '96-97, and into the second round of the playoffs. This season, Felton says the Knicks have their goals set a bit higher.
I caught up with Felton last week in New York City, where Felton was at an event for Under Armour to help launch its newest basketball shoe, the Anatomix Spawn (right), which he'll wear this season.
ME: So, what are you doing this summer?
FELTON: I've just been training, working out. Trying to spend a little bit of time with family and friends, but for the most part, just really been grinding, just getting after it.
ME: No travel or vacation? You don't get to take some time off?
FELTON: You know, only traveling I did, when the season ended and we lost, I went to the Bahamas for like four nights, and that's it. I went to Vegas, but I don't really count that because that was business. I went down there to watch the team play at Summer League, and I got some workouts in there. I stayed down there an extra week because my AAU Program was coming down to play in tournaments, so I stayed down there to do that. So really, vacation? I haven't had any.
ME: When you say your AAU program, what do you mean?
FELTON: Team Felton. I've got like 5, 6 teams, a legit program.
ME: Is that something where when you played AAU as a kid, you thought, "One day I want to be able to sponsor a program and give other kids this opportunity"?
FELTON: Yeah. You know, the AAU business can be a real crooked business, and I hate to see kids get taken advantage of, man. So I just try to give back. I have a nephew who's pretty good, so it started with his age group, and I've just added teams up from that. It's been good, my team's doing pretty good. My highest age group, which is his age group, they finished in the top eight in the country this year. The 14-and-under group, they finished fourth. My other young teams down there, they actually won nationals this year. It's been pretty good, man.
ME: And are you in the stands cheering during the games?
FELTON: Yeah, I'm in the stands, trying to coach a little bit. You know, get on the referees when they're making me mad, be like Mark Cuban a little bit. But it's all fun. I just like to see the kids compete and then try to do the best they can.
ME: For a student of the game and fan of the game, what is it like being the point guard of the New York Knicks? Is it cool?
FELTON: It's great, man. To be the point guard of the New York Knicks is like being the point guard of the University of North Carolina. When you put that jersey on, everybody will know who you are, everybody will recognize you. It's a good feeling, it's a good feeling. I feel like when you play here in the city of New York, if you play hard, they'll love you. When you're slacking, they'll let you know. That's one thing I do know about New York — these fans, they'll let you know if you're not playing up to the part. Which is a good thing.
ME: It's kind of like Carolina, right? The standards are set pretty high.
FELTON: Yep. If you're not playing up to the part, they'll let you know. But it's fun. I love it.
ME: When the Knicks signed you last summer, a different point guard in the NBA, an All-Star, told me that he thought you would be the perfect fit for the Knicks, because the Knicks were a team with a lot of options and strong personalities, and you'd be able to sort of direct everything and take control.
FELTON: I feel like I'm somebody that Melo and those guys, they respect me. So if I tell them something, they're not going to get mad, they're not going to look at me crazy. They respect my game, they respect me as a point guard. I'm going to get you guys the ball. I know that you and JR need to score this basketball for us. I think those guys, they saw that last year, and this year there's going to be even more of a respect level, because we had a good season as a team. So I think those guys respected me, just like I give them that same respect back. That's a big part of having a good team — if you've got that respect for each other, it's easy to play with each other.
ME: Last season you guys had a lot of new parts. How long did you feel like it took you guys to kind of get on the same page?
FELTON: It really took the preseason, and we really tried to click, and we got our bumps and bruises out of the way. Because when the season started, we were rolling.
ME: Right, you guys were red-hot, started 15-5.
FELTON: The biggest thing we wanted to do, we wanted to get off to a great start because we looked toward the end of the year, and our schedule was tough. But we ended up with that tough schedule killing it, won 13 in a row, with all those back-to-backs, back-to-backs, travel, travel. Just the mental toughness that we have a team, after all of that, as a team, and as individuals, and just how we trust and respect one another, I think that's really big. If you trust and respect one another, I think that takes a team a long way.
ME: What's it like playing with Carmelo Anthony? Because he's such a great player, and he kind of gets overshadowed a bit by guys like LeBron or Kevin Durant. Even though he might be the best scorer in the NBA …
FELTON: Without a doubt. Without a doubt. Because he scores in so many ways. There's a lot of guys who can score the basketball in this league. Kevin Durant, by far, is one of the top ones. Him and Melo could be neck-and-neck — those guys can score in a lot of ways. But Melo can score in more ways than KD, because Melo can post up, he can score off the dribble, he can score in the mid-range, he can score finishing at the rim, and he can shoot threes. You're talking about a guy who has a total, complete game, and he's big and strong — 6-8, big body, strong body. A lot of people like to talk about how he takes a lot of shots, this and that. Listen man: We need him to score. It gets maximized because if you're having an off night and you take thirty-something shots, it's like, "Aw man, he's shooting too much." If you're having a great night, he's got 40-something points and he took thirty-something shots, ain't nobody saying nothing. I just tell him, "You do what we need you to do. As a team, we know what you're going to do every night." So we gotta adjust our games to that. Me as a point guard, I have to adjust my game to that. I hate when people say about him, "He takes too many shots." People try to compare him and LeBron — two different games. Melo is who he is, LeBron is who he is. So I hate when they try to make those comparisons. You can't say Larry Bird and Michael Jordan had the same game. They're different, but they both got chips. Add Magic Johnson in there. Those guys all had totally, completely different games. But they all got rings. That's all it is. I support Melo 100 percent. He knows that. We all do. And we want to continue to keep working and get better.
ME: You spent last season playing with Jason Kidd. What kind of coach do you think he'll be this season in Brooklyn?
FELTON: I think he'll be a great coach, but at the end of the day, he's not going to have to do too much coaching. He can do like Phil Jackson did — he might have drawn something up out of the timeouts, he might have talked about a couple of things during halftime, but Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, those guys ran the team, they made the game. You've got Deron Williams, one of the best point guards in the league, you've got Joe Johnson, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Brook Lopez, those guys understand the game and they're veterans, so there's not too much coaching you can do. But he's going to be great for Deron. He was great for me last year. He made my game better. He made me look at a lot of things a whole lot differently, as far as on the court and off the court. So mentally, he's going to be great for D, without a doubt. He's going to make him better mentally, and make him better when he's on the court. The team themselves? Really, they're going to be fine on their own. As far as a coach, he's going to be a great coach. A guy who knows the game the way he does, played the game at the level he played, he's going to be a great coach. Especially as a point guard, because as a point guard you have to understand every position. Say a coach has 50 plays, you've got to know 50 plays, but you've got to know every position for every play. That's something a lot of people don't understand. So he knows every position. It's going to take him time to get used to going from playing last year to being a head coach this year, but I think overall he's going to be a great coach.
ME: I live in Manhattan and I know people in the city and the boroughs love the Knicks. But the last few years, with the move to Brooklyn, it feels like people are starting to talk a little more about the Nets. But do you feel like this is still a Knicks town?
FELTON: Oh, without a doubt. I still feel like it. We've still got New York on our chest. We're still the New York Knicks. We're still the city's team, without a doubt. Brooklyn can do whatever, and we're still going to be the city's team. There's nothing like having New York on your chest. Brooklyn is going to be a good team, and I think it's good for the city, for the state, to have the Nets in Brooklyn. It's going to be a good, big rivalry, well talked about, which is great. I'm loving it. I don't care that they're here — I'm happy they're here, actually. It's going to be fun.
ME: So this season is just weeks away now — what are your expectations for the Knicks?
FELTON: Same thing as last year. I feel like we should grow and try to capitalize on what we did last year. We didn't finish the postseason as well as we wanted, but as far as the season that we had, we had over 50 wins, we won our division, finished second in the East. That says a lot right there, we had a great year. Best season we've had in 13 years. So we've got to capitalize on that, try to get better from there.
ME: And how do you get better from there?
FELTON: As far as the overall season, all you can do is win more games. (Laughs.) There's nothing else you can really do as far as that. In the postseason, that's the biggest thing for us. You've got to take care of those 82 games, but if you do that and advance to the postseason, we've got to try and advance further than we did last season, and get past that second round, get to the Eastern Conference Finals, and go from there. One step at a time. I feel like if we do better than we did last year, it's an overall successful year. But it's one step at a time, one game at a time.


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Selecting a health care practitioner -- of conventional1 or complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) -- is an important decision and can be key to ensuring that you are receiving the best health care. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has developed this fact sheet to answer frequently asked questions about selecting a CAM practitioner, such as issues to consider when making your decision and important questions to ask the practitioner you select.
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NCCAM Clearinghouse
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Before the 5-2 rout of Tottenham on Saturday the Gunners were coming under fire after some patchy form including a 2-1 away defeat at Manchester United, a 3-3 home draw with Fulham and a 2-0 home reverse against Schalke in the Champions League.
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The defeat by Schalke was Arsenal's first at home to foreign opponents since 2003 but they drew 2-2 with the Germans the following week, having led 2-0, to stay well-placed to progress as one of the top two sides in Group B ahead of Olympiakos.
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Montpellier's first outing in the Champions League has gone downhill ever since Younes Belhanda's early penalty put them ahead against Arsenal on matchday one before the visitors hit back to seal a slightly fortunate 2-1 victory.
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Montpellier currently sit 11 points behind leaders Olympique Lyonnais.
"The Champions League is over for us and Europa League is almost over. But these games are important for us and we cannot afford not being at full gear because these matches have made us grow," Girard told Reuters.
"Everything that has happened in this competition has helped us learn. The physical impact, the rigour, it will definitely be useful for our campaign in the French league.
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Montpellier are without Benjamin Stambouli because of a virus while forward John Utaka and full back Garry Bocaly are sidelined by injuries and striker Souleymane Camara is suspended.
Arsenal: 1-Wojciech Szczesny; 3-Bacary Sagna, 4-Per Mertesacker, 5-Thomas Vermaelen, 6-Laurent Koscielny; 14-Theo Walcott, 10-Jack Wilshere, 8-Mikel Arteta, 9-Lukas Podolski; 19-Santi Cazorla; 12-Olivier Giroud.
Montpellier: 16-Geoffrey Jourdren; 12-Daniel Congre, 3-Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, 4-Vitorino Hilton, 5-Henri Bedimo; 23-Jamel Saihi, 13-Marco Estrada; 10-Younes Belhanda; 20-Remy Cabella; 9-Gaetan Charbonnier; 8-Anthony Mounier.
Referee: Firat Aydinus (Turkey)
Image: Olivier Giroud
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> Jensen Healey & Jensen GT Tech > Ignition > electronic ignition conversion
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|electronic ignition conversion
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|Posted: 10-31-2010 12:29 am
|1st Post
|I have been watching an add on flea bay for an Accuspark electronic ignition conversion. Seller makes all the usual claims and in response to my inquiry, stated that no modifications to the tachometer would be needed to maintain it's function with their product. I have no quarrel with my stock distributor, but it is pretty old school. Does anyone have experience with the Accuspark unit?
|Posted: 10-31-2010 12:41 am
|2nd Post
As long as it's one of the kits that fits inside the distributor it should be fine. I don't know about anyone else, but I prefer the Pertronics units.
If I get to build time on my current project I'll be going with a Pertronics dizzy (built by Jeff @ Advanced Distributors) unless Steve works out the kinks on his MSD/Crakfire setup first.
|Posted: 10-31-2010 02:24 am
|3rd Post
Jensen Healey
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|The Accuspark is similar to the Pertronix. They are "Hall effect" triggers. The location of the hole in the mounting plate is critical. The Pertronix is used by hundreds of JH owners including myself. I have never heard of Accuspark but maybe some of our British owners can comment..
Pertronix LU 142A are available at The Club Store for $94.
|Posted: 10-31-2010 04:22 pm
|4th Post
|JodyKerr wrote:
...I'll be going with a Pertronics dizzy (built by Jeff @ Advanced Distributors)...
Great Idea! You'll never guess what I did just last night....
I installed a JH-specific 'package' from Jeff @ Advance Distributors including a rebuilt and correctly tuned distributor, Pertronix Ignitor electronic ignition (LU-142A), and Pertronix FlameThrower coil (3.0 ohm - I removed the ballast resistor block).
I was careful with the install to keep everything lined up at TDC and plug #1.
The JH fired right up. To my surprise the tach is working. Initial timing was about 15-degrees, I retarded it to 12-degrees and went for a test drive.
If I get a chance today I'll open up the gap on the spark plugs and play with the timing a bit.
Jeff is easy to work with, the distributor is excellent, and the piece of mind knowing these are the correct parts is priceless when it is time to turn the key. Of course, the information, encouragement, and safety blanket of the JHPS is a big part of these projects too!
Speedy Mitch
|Posted: 11-21-2014 12:21 am
|5th Post
|Im planning a Pertronix conversion. I spoke to Jeff at Advanced Distributors and he recommends switching to a coil with internal ballast. My J-H has the resistance wire instead of the little ballast box by the coil. The resistance wire connects to the white wire from the tach underneath the dash. I was thinking I'd replace the resistance wire with regular wire to get the full 12V at the coil. Any idea if the tach will work (or burn up) if I do this? A friend said his tach burned up after doing something similar. Thoughts? Would it be easier just to stick with the resistance wire? Thanks!
|Posted: 11-21-2014 11:26 pm
|6th Post
Tom Bradley
|I had my tach open a few months ago. It was an inductive pickup with a heavy duty wire for the primary. I do not think burning out the tach should be a problem. What you need to be concerned about is burning out the electronic ignition (or possibly some of the old, not so great, electrical connections). If it is designed to have a ballast resistor in the circuit, then you should have it. When the car is running, the impedance of the coil is much greater than the ballast resistance, so the extra resistance has very little effect. What it does is limit the amount of current flowing when the ignition is on but the car is not running so the impedance of the coil drops very low. Some electronic ignitions have this resistance built in, so additional resistance is not necessary. The manual for your pertronix should tell you.
|Posted: 11-22-2014 09:18 am
|7th Post
|Use the Ignitor II version, install a proper 12V coil (blue Bosch or Lucas Sport Coil) and lose any resistors or resistor wires. You won't fry the tach, you don't need the connection from the starter to the + terminal of the coil and starting will be easier. Ignitor II is a lot more intelligent than the original version and will shut down while stationary, thus it doesn't care much about ballast resistors and coil resistances. It adapts dwell for optimum spark.
The worst thing you can do is to install a 12V coil, keep the resistor and have the starter bypass circuit fail. BTDT, far away from home...
|Posted: 11-22-2014 04:28 pm
|8th Post
|Tom and Joachim..thanks for the input. I've seen comments that the tach wont work after a electronic conversion and that it needs to get "converted" electronically to be functional again..whatever that means. Others say their tach works fine..any thoughts?
With regard to the resistance wire, I have 12V at the white wire coming from the tach where it attaches to the resistance wire under the dash. At the other end of the resistance wire (at the coil), there is only 8V. My worry would be bypassing the resistance wire would increase the current thru the tach and burn it up. If I bypass the resistance wire, do I buy a coil with a higher internal resistance (3 ohm?) to prevent this from happening?
Sorry if this is all rather basic..Im a newbie to this car.
|Posted: 11-22-2014 09:51 pm
|9th Post
|Hi Eric
An Accuspark points replacement unit was fitted to my GT a few weeks back. At around the same time I re-installed the refurbished original stereo and was getting serious RFI. The guys who had installed the Accuspark said there was too much RFI from the ignition system for their dyno to get accurate readings.
So I decided to change the coil, which prompted hours of internet research into ballasted and non-ballasted systems. The consensus view was that i) GTs and late Jensen-Healeys have a resistor wire, ii) earlier Jensen-Healeys have a ballast resistor mounted on the bulkhead, iii) using a 3 ohm coil with a ballast resistor or wire is not a good idea as you will get a weak spark, iv) if you have a ballast resistor or wire you need to use a 1.5 ohm coil, and v) if you have a ballast resistor or wire you must connect the +ve feed to the points replacement unit on the +ve side of the resistor.
A PO had removed the resistor wire from my GT, but there was still the ballast system wire from the starter motor to the coil, as per the wiring diagram (which has no resistor on it). Confusing! So I installed a 3 ohm Accuspark coil, connected the live feed from the tach to one +ve terminal and the wire from the starter motor to the other +ve terminal, and ran the +ve feed to the points replacement unit direct to an ignition live on the fusebox. This seems to work, even though the feed from the starter motor is probably redundant. The RFI issue seems to have been fixed by replacing the stock Champion N9YC plugs with NGK BPR6ES resistor plugs.
Hope this helps.
Best wishes,
|Posted: 11-22-2014 09:54 pm
|10th Post
|Oh and my tach does work with the Accuspark, although I don't think it is very accurate...
|Posted: 11-22-2014 10:53 pm
|11th Post
|So is there any reason not to just keep the resistance wire and use a 1.5 ohm coil? This seems to be the easiest thing to do.
|Posted: 11-23-2014 05:35 am
|12th Post
|Yes, this would be the easiest approach. Provided you also have the wire from the starter motor direct to the +ve terminal of the coil. This wire bypasses the resistor wire from the tach and provides an extra strong spark for starting.
|Posted: 11-23-2014 06:02 am
|13th Post
|You will also need to find an appropriate +ve feed for the Pertronix unit. You can't use either +ve terminal on the coil because one terminal will be "downstream" of the resistor wire (and therefore only provide 8V to the Pertronix), and the other terminal will (as per my last post) be connected to the starter motor and so only provide current to the Pertronix during starting.
The best solution is to connect the Pertronix +ve feed "upstream" of the resistor wire ie between the resistor wire and the tach. This will mean some poking around behind the dash. The alternative is to connect the +ve Pertronix feed to an ignition live on the fusebox, on the +ve side of the fuses (so you have a non-fused +ve feed). The Pertronix installation guide should provide more detail on this point.
You should also increase the plug gap (above stock as per the workshop manual) after fitting the Pertronix. The stock plus gap depends on whether you have Dellorto or Stromberg carbs. My GT has Dellortos and the stock gap is 0.0023". I increased this by 0.004" on the recomendation of Accuspark. Pertronix may recommend a larger increase in the plug gap. Apparently a wider gap is recommended because points replacement units provide higher voltage to the plugs.
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Tom and Joachim..thanks for the input. I've seen comments that the tach wont work after a electronic conversion and that it needs to get "converted" electronically to be functional again..whatever that means. Others say their tach works fine..any thoughts?
Works(-ish) with Ignitor-II, but I will replace the innards of the tach with a spiyda tach conversion kit very soon. The Smiths RVI tach is kind of special in that it is current triggered rather than voltage triggered - meaning that ALL current to the coil has to go through the tach. No other tach I know of uses this principle, and it is not good for general reliability.
With regard to the resistance wire, I have 12V at the white wire coming from the tach where it attaches to the resistance wire under the dash. At the other end of the resistance wire (at the coil), there is only 8V. My worry would be bypassing the resistance wire would increase the current thru the tach and burn it up. If I bypass the resistance wire, do I buy a coil with a higher internal resistance (3 ohm?) to prevent this from happening?
As I already said, get a Lucas Sport Coil or a Blue Bosch. You won't kill the tach with current, but vibration will kill the tach sooner or later. Get rid of the resistor wire and mount a proper 12V coil. And convert the tach to voltage triggering, it will be more accurate and you remove at least two points of failure.
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|Sounds good. There is a local shop here in Southern California (north hollywood speedometers) that says they do tach conversions. Does the wiring to/from the tach stay the same with the switch to voltage triggering?
|Posted: 11-25-2014 04:22 am
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|I did the Spiyda kit on my tach last year. Easy if you're comfortable with a soldering iron... took about a half hour.
The wiring doesn't change "much". Basically:
(a) the ground wire stays where it is
(b)you take the two wires with the bullet connectors (the one from 12V+ and the one going to the coil) and bypass the tach by connecting them together inside the dash (one is male and one female which makes it easy) instead of plugging them into the tach, and
(c) you run one new wire from the tach to the V- side of the coil. You will need one bullet connector for this, I believe it is male but I'm going by memory.
It's that easy.
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|That sounds painless. Any tips on removing the instrument panel so as not to break the oil line to the pressure gauge?
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|The oil line should be long and flexible enough to pull the instrument cluster out far enough to disconnect the line from the pressure gauge (press on the flat side of the connector and pull gently). If the line is so stiff and brittle that you are concerned about breakage, I recommend replacing it while you have the cluster out.
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|No no no! Don't remove the instrument panel!
(sorry, but the last thing I ever want to do on an JH is make even more work for myself)
Now that I have that rant out of the way... you do NOT need to remove the instrument panel to change out the tach. It's actually really easy to do right through the face. All you have to do is this:
Here's a generic picture of a Smiths tach viewed from the back (not the right one, but the mounting is the same), hopefully to make my explanation a little clearer:
(1) remove the steering wheel (not technically necessary, but it makes assuming the Lotus position a whole lot easier)
(2) reach up behind the dash to the back of the tach. It's held in place by two knurled nuts (seen in photo at approximately the 3:00 and 9:00 position) that pull it tight against the face of the dash. Hopefully you can loosen those by hand... not a lot of room for your fingers back there but I didn't have any trouble with it. Remove the nuts.
(3) Those nuts are threaded onto two studs that extend from the back of the tach. They hold "captive" a couple of "fingers" that have a round portion that slides over the studs, and the other end presses against the back of the instrument panel. You can kind of see them behind the nuts in the photo. At this point you don't technically have to remove them (they will just fall off when you remove the tach), but you might want to so you know where they are instead of having them fall into some nether region back there.
(4) Slowly, from the back, push the tach out of the instrument panel, toward the steering wheel. It should just slide out, and if you haven't removed the retaining fingers they will fall off and end up somewhere behind the dash, probably painful to get at.
(5) Remove the three wires and the bulb from the back, and it's out.
You can do the wiring I spoke of (plugging the two wires together) right through the hole in the instrument panel. While you're in there, fish a new wire through the hole as well for the new connection you'll need. No need to be pulling that whole thing out.
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|Had to edit this post because the picture I found disappeared, but I found a better one anyway.
Here's another generic pic I found showing a Smiths tach after removal, so you get a better idea of the way the retaining fingers work. Ignore the wiring etc as it's from a completely different model, but the retainers work the same way. You can see how the knurled nut tightens the retaining fingers, basically squeezing the dash cutout between the tach bezel and the retaining fingers.
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INTRODUCTIONPuranic name of Amarkantak was Riksha parvat. It is not only the Narmada which arises from Amarkantak, because theson River, initially referred to as Jwalawanti of Johila, the Mahanadi and the Amadoh, which is a major early tributary of the Godavari, all rise from within the Amarkantak plateau.Among all the sacred rivers of India, the Narmada occupies a unique place. Legend has it that Lord Shiva blessed Narmada with unique purifying powers. Whereas to purify himself, a devotee requires taking one dip in the Holy Ganga, seven days' prayers on the banks of Yamuna and three days prayers on the banks of Saraswati, the mere sight of Narmada is enough. A charming folk tale describes the superiority of Narmada over Ganga. Once every year, after she herself is polluted beyond tolerance, Ganga visits Narmada dressed like a dark woman and takes a cleansing purifying dip in its waters! Narmada, which is more than 150 million years older than the Ganges RiverGanga and is considered by many Hindus to be the most sacred for all the rivers of India, Amarkantak itself is sacred to the Hindus and is deemed to be a door-way to 'nirwana'.
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Errno::ECONNRESET in CybozuliveController#index
Connection reset by peer - SSL_connect
and of course ive tried the below
rvm pkg install openssl
rvm remove 1.9.3
rvm install 1.9.3 --with-openssl-dir=$rvm_path/usr --with-gcc=clang
anyone know how to get openssl 1.0.0 ? :s
in my old mac, ruby 1.9.3 and openssl 1.0.0 worked so if i could get openssl 1.0.0,
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Last Friday, ahead of the big Greek confidence vote, we started hearing buzz about PASOK Greek MP Eva Kaili.
She had been undecided about whether or not she would support the Papandreou government, though ultimately she and all the other rebel PASOK MPs did support Papandreou in the confidence vote.
Anyway, in addition to casting votes that have the weight of the world on them, she also has an extremely impressive story.
She holds a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering, and is a PHD candidate in international relations. She's also the youngest PASOK MP, having served in the Hellenic Parliament since 2007 on behalf of the first district of Thessaloniki.
We caught up with Kaili to discuss the crisis in Greece, and what may come in the future.
The questions were conducted via email.
You initially were skeptical of supporting your party-leader Papandreou in the confidence vote. Why did you and other possible "rebel" MPs change your mind? I can't speak on behalf of my colleagues, but as to me, the situation is quite clear. A few days ago I stated in writing to the Prime Minister that I couldn't possibly give a vote of confidence, unless the decision on holding a referendum was withdrawn and to immediately form a coalition government that would gain sufficient legitimacy in the Greek Parliament, in order to proceed with the 26th of October bail out deal. I made up my mind after hearing Mr. Papandreou putting on the table his resignation in order to form the new government, at his speech on Friday. Since the conditions for my vote were met -as you know, we are currently in the process of forming a government of cooperation — I thought it was best for my country to give my confidence in order to assure the political coherence and stability necessary for the next steps to be taken.
Now, I expect that my view on the current situation will prove to be correct and upheld by the government very shortly.Greece is about to embark on a national unity government. Do you think that having multiple parties in power increases the likelihood that the country can go forth with the needed reforms? Will this ultimately work out any better , or will Greece simply be having the exact same debates in a few months time? The number of parties taking part in the new coalition government remains to be seen. In any case, what the participation of multiple parties in a government of national unity does, is that it broadens the possibilities for consensus in light of the difficult decisions ahead of us, an aspect of the crisis that has been underlined multiple times by our European partners.
The coalition government became a necessity, if we want to make sure that our European future is not negotiable, especially after the world-wide tensions that the announcement of the referendum caused. As to the needed reforms, for the past two years the Greek government has taken some very difficult but needed measures in order to avoid the worst scenario of a Greek default, with all its unavoidable consequences. It is now clear that the coalition government will make sure that we go ahead with the immediate application of the agreements of the 26th of October, in order for Greece to receive its financial support. As for the next chapter of this effort, national elections will take place in 3 months time. So, whether we will be having the exact same debates then, is really hard to tell, it depends on the actions taken by the government. Since the opposition has no clear view on how to give a different perspective on the situation, we really have to stand up to what everyone expects and work together.When Papandreou initially called for the referendum, it appeared as though it was out of frustration of the fact that the opposition and the Greek people supported continued Eurozone membership, but not the austerity measures needed to get further support. How should this tension be resolved?
The consultants who planned this referendum eventually exposed our President to a highly risky experiment of constitutionals maneuvers. However, the timing would cause a negative reaction in any question being asked. If you would ask "do you want to be saved?" the answer would again be negative. It would damage the already fragile credibility of our country and risk our efforts to stay in the Eurozone. There is no doubt that our Eurozone membership is fully supported by a vast majority in Greece. However, cutting pensions and incomes down to 50%, and increasing taxes, met social disapproval, as expected, and people blame bankers and of course politicians, for jeopardizing their future putting everyone under the necessity of the austerity measures. Could you blame them? So the tension you describe can only be resolved if we as politicians, commit to set aside any personal ambitions in order to correct problems in Greek economy and society.What do observers in the U.S. (and perhaps the rest of Europe) not understand about Greece? I am sure you heard a lot of unfair stories about the Greeks. Views that the Greeks are lazy or keen on tax-evasion and so on, are simplistic over-generalizations that show that many commentators have absolutely no clue what the real issues are. What is most likely not understood outside Greece, is that the problems we are currently facing are the result of years and years of bad decision-making by politicians and lenders inside and outside Greece. How we got ourselves into this situation can be explained with a few examples. It could be a result of the pressure from our neighbors, trying to be the country that guarantees peace in the area of Balkans means big amounts of money spent on that effort. Illegal immigration needs billions to face it efficiently.
Additionally, in the public sector we had to cut spending years ago, control and use of new technologies to make sure no one could tax evade was needed.
Also a corrupted system that involved politicians, an inefficient legal system, that no one could overcome, was becoming part of our reality and those that tried to fix it gave up from the difficulties they faced.
Healthcare was a sector that a lot of people made money on, charging even 10 times more for their products I've been an MP for four years now and whether as a member of the opposition or a member of the ruling party I tried hard through my parliamentary work to stress out all those pathogenic situations that somehow seemed inherent to Greek economy. So when the people now clearly see the path that led us here, it is no wonder towards who they will seek to express their unrest.In 1 year from now do you predict Greece will be in the Eurozone? What about in 5 years?
I wish that we were in a position where such a question would sound simply irrational. Given the circumstances, what I can say with certainty is that my colleagues and I, will try our best to make sure that Greece benefits and prospers from its Eurozone membership for years to come. Let's hope that it won't be Italy or Germany that will endanger the Eurozone's future. Greeks will do their best not to be a problem from now on.Ultimately, everyone agrees that what Greece needs is growth. Are there any ideas that anyone is putting forward that might plausibly help accomplish this?
This is the crucial question and thankfully there are many concrete ideas put forth in order for Greece to be able to find a safe standing in the global market and for its people to take advantage of the benefits of economic growth. This interview would have to go on for hours if you wanted me to provide you with a detailed analysis of these plans. In short, while and after dealing with the current debt crisis, Greece should drastically redesign its economy and make use of its strategic advantages. Cut out irrational spending, promote its tourism and shipping, invest in renewable energy, in its natural resources, solidify its taxation laws, become the trade and energy point of reference for the entire Mediterranean as we are the crossroad between Europe, Asia and Africa. But in order for all these to take place, first and foremost we must realize that it is time to do away with all those practices that got us in this mess in the first place.Anything else you want fans and reader's to know? I feel honored by the trust and the support of my co-citizens and all these people who see me, in my choices. The past few days have been a sad recall of the "2+2=5" Orwell's dogma. A real test for personal limits. But at the end of the day, it is all about the people that entrusted me with their vote. It is theirs and our children's interests that I serve in the parliament and guide my choices. At the beginning, my suggestions to the PM were treated by few with unjustifiable prejudice. Now they are government policy.
I'll stay true to my values and go on as long as the people find that I have something to offer. In a global level, young politicians have to be encouraged to get involved, not to be intimidated by the cynicism that interprets politics in a negative way. In ancient Greece, politics has been a primal virtue of every citizen. We need to re-invent politics as a link between society, justice and business; to regain a holistic view of reality, not just figures and accounts. The global crisis is a proof that nothing works when people's needs are ignored by the governments.
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While the first US resorts got a little taste of early fall snow and opened their lifts to the public; the scene is cranking at a resort in Virginia. In fact it hasn't stopped cranking since opening in September of 2009. Liberty University's Snowflex Facility operates year round, as the resort doesn't require snow. The 'toothbrush-like' bristles that cover the slopes at the resort are doused with water from an irrigation system of 'misters' every two minutes creating a set up that is as close to the real thing as possible.
This past week, Yale Cousino, Scott Stevens, Mike Ravelson, Johnny Murphy, and Luke Haddock cruised down from the North East to see what carpet boarding was all about…
Big thanks to Will Scheren and the crew at Liberty University for hosting us, holding a wild demo/rave combo up at the resort, and showing us a dang good time.


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But the home computer-generated sign in a Singapore cab (pictured right) takes restrictions to a whole new level. As I have never been tempted to clip my toenails or pick my nose in a cab these announcements do not apply to the likes of me.
However it makes one think that maybe other are not so 'picky' or perhaps that should be "more picky"?
More disturbing is the news today that a new SARS-like virus has been discovered in the Middle East. This will be of particular concern to the Singapore as the SARS epidemic itself had a major impact on both its health and the economy.
With Changi being a major air traffic hub, any one of the thousands of passengers who pass through it daily could be carriers of a virus. And on the subject of viruses, yesterday I got my annual 'flu shot in an effort to ward off any influenza that might come around in the next twelve months. This has been my custom for the past five years and I got my first inoculation in Singapore when the organisation I worked for provided free doctors visits for this purpose.
This year's jab has left me a tad lethargic and snuffly for twenty four hours but the long term benefits should outweigh the temporary side effects. Luckily my sniffles will not be attracting the attention of Singapore cabby and there will be no picking!


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The thing about DNA is that it is not familial or generational either. Some people see it that way as a result of their indulging in a doctrine of self.......like 'this is MY DNA.........this is my mother's DNA.....'...etc. if these people would stop obsessing with their self view the concepts of familial and generational would disappear. To help one get a better understanding of DNA one can ponder how all of the DNA in the human genome is dependent on billions and billions of different kinds of creatures with non-human DNA.....you can start with the bacteria in your gut as an example....and don't forget that all the food we need to exist came about because of a web of diverse DNA like soil microbes and earth worms......even the air we breathe is the way it is because of different kinds of DNA stretching back literally billions of years and continuing through the present and hopefully onto the future.AJungianIdeal wrote:chownah wrote:DNA?AJungianIdeal wrote:I'm trying real hard to try and make rebirth mesh with neuroscience. Does rebirth depend on a dualistic conception of the mind? If not, what gets "transferred" as it was?
As for DNA, the 1 thing I know about rebirth is that it is not familial or generational or anything like that.
All DNA is made of fairly simple compounds repeated in near endless patterns.......but basically it is ALL THE SAME and it all exists because it ALL exists......no strand of DNA exists on its own.....even the strand of DNA in your heart is dependent on the strand of DNA in your gut whether you identify that strand of DNA in your gut as being 'yours' or as 'belonging' to a bacteria.
Of course maybe I am wrong........certainly there must be some DNA which is independent of some other DNA.....I guess.....don't know for sure.......


text: Okay after reading for a few hours on the xda forum i have found a temporary root for the MyTouch 4G. This will help you remove some of the start up programs and applications you dont want including icons. * does not completely remove them but if you cant see it whats the difference right? First of all you want to install from the market on your phone ONLY: 1. VISIONary (updated with new download v14) 2. Titanium Backup: Free version works fine. 3. Shootme (for rooted devices) You will see later why... Once installed you want to reboot the phone. Now to the goodies: 1. Open the phones settings and go into applications. Select development and check USB debugging. 2. Exit DO NOT TOUCH DURING THIS PROCESS 3. Once installed, open Visionary and check ON Temp Root After Reboot, and check ON System R/W After Root. Then click TempRoot Now and wait for it to finish. Should not take long. You will see a BIG triangle. Then it will go to a black screen. Once that is done it goes back to options screen. Okay you can touch again 4. Once complete it may or may not bring you to the app drawer with a super user icon. I had to hit the home button to see. It was there... You can see in the photos i took. Video of how too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyR7GFt2KEw 5. Run Shootme. If you are able to use it CONGRATS YOU ARE ROOTED... 6. Run the Titanium Backup... (may have to hit reload application) If you still see nothing hit problems and YES do it... 7. All your applications should show up now and then one by one uninstall (free version) or FREEZE (paid) the apps you dont want or need. There are apps you cant do. ONLY Do the ones you know for sure Apps I removed: Rockband, Asphalt 5, Facebook, Yahoo crap, Monopoly. I did this 5 hours ago so please forgive me if i missed a step. Pictures to prove im root... Hopefully you all know what apps are in the phone and i dont need to prove myself. This is not a permanent ROOT. Your phone will load back up to normal if you reboot. Credit goes to youtuber, XDA, VISIONary, Titanium Backup. *** We are not responsible if you some how you screw things up and brick your phone. Be careful with what you remove ***


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Oh, you have a two stroke chainsaw huh? Think it's cool, do ya? Well, we see your little two-stroke and raise you a 4.1-liter V8 chainsaw.
This V8 chainsaw comes to us, of course, from Australia. It's a nation where absolutely everything can kill you. Granted, any chainsaw has the power to kill, but this one can do it... more so.
The chainsaw is powered by a 4.1 liter Holden V8, making this a more dangerous hoon-mobile than a Maloo with 600 horsepower.
Saw carefully now, mate!
(Hat Tip to Mr. Ben Preston!)


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Squarespace has uploaded a teaser for their big Super Bowl 2014 commercial. Get ready to see some of your favorite memes in the real world.
The teaser is only 15 seconds long, but it shows us very familiar sights that we've probably come across at least once or twice during our travels on the Internet. The most recognizable might be the Joseph Ducreux meme as a storefront. Insert archaic language here.
Perhaps the creepiest meme that's been brought to life is the adult/baby face swap in the very beginning of the teaser. If Squarespace was aiming to be memorable, they've surely pulled it off with that bit of nightmare fuel.
Squarespace is claiming that "a better web awaits." Their services include building websites, mobile websites and helping grow web and mobile experiences. We'll have to wait until the Super Bowl to see more of their meme-tastic commercial, but let's just hope there are no more baby face swaps. Check out Squarespace here.


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Liberal frontbenchers sour on Joe Hockey after threat to order spending cuts
Joe Hockey's threat to bypass the Senate by ordering spending
"If the Senate chooses to block savings initiatives,
then we need to look at other savings initiatives that may not require
legislation": Treasurer Joe Hockey. Photo: Ken Irwin
"If the Senate chooses to block savings initiatives,
then we need to look at other savings initiatives that may not require
legislation": Treasurer Joe Hockey. Photo: Ken Irwin
cuts outside of parliamentary approval has touched off a new Labor
scare campaign and sparked concerns within the government over the
Treasurer's judgment.
With voters offside and crossbench senators showing no signs
of complying with unpopular budget measures, some Liberals complained
that the Treasurer's move had ''predictably'' brought the opposite
effect, branding his threat to cut other spending ''unwise''.
[The threat] was a gift to Labor ... It was an own goal.They revealed Mr Hockey's move had not been part of the
agreed government strategy for the day, which had been to press the
opposition exclusively on the carbon tax repeal.
One senior figure asked why Mr Hockey had seen fit to open up
another front. ''It was a gift to Labor … they did what you would do in
that case and started picking us off, demanding that we say where the
cuts will be. We would've done the same; it was an own goal,'' the
frontbencher said.
Another long-time Liberal said the budget was in trouble
because it lacked consistency, with the ''only unifying thing being how
it has unified our enemies''.
The complaints came after Mr Hockey used a series of
interviews on Wednesday to toughen the budget rhetoric. ''If the Senate
chooses to block savings initiatives, then we need to look at other
savings initiatives that may not require legislation,'' he said.
Opposition frontbenchers immediately capitalised on the
threat, issuing multiple press releases on a portfolio by portfolio
basis, challenging the government to expressly rule out further cuts to
services such as health, education, social services and foreign aid.
''Australia's dedicated carers are already facing a real cut
to their modest payments in this budget - with ongoing uncertainty and
continued anxiety because of government's McClure review of the welfare
system,'' opposition spokeswoman for carers and communities Claire
Moore said in a statement typical of other areas. ''Joe Hockey needs to
rule out cutting even more support from our carers.''
In question time Labor called on Prime Minister Tony Abbott
to rule out adopting harsh aspects of its recent commission of audit
report such as an even higher GP co-payment of $15 a visit, the
calculation of the family home in the pension assets test, the scrapping
altogether of family tax benefit (part B), and cuts to hospitals and
Amid the concerns over ill-discipline and mixed messaging,
new Liberal senator James McGrath has set out a radical libertarian
program in his maiden speech, calling for the GST rate to rise to 15 per
cent, federal health and education departments to be abolished and the
ABC to be sold if it fails to address perceived left-wing bias.
But new Liberal Democratic senator David Leyonhjelm called on
his colleagues to recognise the seriousness of the budget challenge and
pass savings measures.
He said Mr Hockey's warning to Labor, the Greens and the
crossbench about going around them was, in his view, clearly directed at
the PUP. ''I think that he is signalling most strongly to the PUP
senators that they are aiming to block all the savings but we have got a
budget problem.''


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PHOENIX >> Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak relayed the story in a jovial manner, his spirits understandably high after acquiring one of the NBA's best point guards of this generation.
But Kupchak's conversation in the 2012 offseason with Steve Nash before officially securing him to a three-year deal worth $27 million through a sign-and-trade with the Phoenix Suns sounds ominous.
"I got him on the phone. We already made our mind up. But I said to him, 'Are you going to make me look bad by giving you this third year?'" Kupchak told reporters in the 2012 offseason. "He thought I was serious. So he went into 30-45 seconds on why I wasn't going to look bad and how he stays in shape. Halfway through it, I had to say, 'Steve I'm kidding. You got the third year already.'"
No one would fault the Lakers for cashing in on the two-time MVP. But Nash's time with the Lakers thus far has spurred plenty of injury reports and little on dazzling passes.
A season after staying sidelined for a combined 32 games because of a fractured left leg and persisting back and hamstring issues, Nash has played in only six games this season before nerve irritation emerged in his back.
Kupchak had called the move "the cost of doing business," in trading away two first-round and second-round draft picks. But so far the move has mostly benefitted Phoenix. The Suns used their second-round draft pick from the Lakers as part of a three-team trade that brought them former Clippers guard Eric Bledsoe.
"I don't think anybody gave them two cents," said Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni, who coached Nash during his five seasons with Phoenix (2003-08). "But after watching them play, you're not surprised watching them. (Coach) Jeff (Hornacek) does an unbelievable job with his players and they play. They come at you, spread the floor and run. It's exciting.
Nash remains at least three weeks away from returning and has spent time both in Los Angeles and Vancouver with his personal trainer Rick Celebrini.
"He thinks in a couple of weeks of this," D'Antoni said, "he might be in a spot where he can finish up the year strong."
Identity switch
Don't let the lanky arms and intransient smile fool you.
Wesley Johnson has carved himself a role by defending both perimeter and frontcourt players.
In other words, Johnson has gone through a much different phase in his first season with the Lakers than three uneventful years with Minnesota (2010-12) and Phoenix (2012-13).
"The opportunity is different," Johnson said. "It was key for me to just go out there and play. The opportunity presented itself and gave me a lot more minutes."
D'Antoni told Johnson to focus more on using his length and athleticism to become a strong defender and less about his offensive output that involves averaging eight points on 41.2 percent shooting in 26.6 minutes. D'Antoni also has compared Johnson to Shawn Marion, a 6-foot-7 forward who became a four-time All-Star and thrived as an undersized power forward for D'Antoni with the Phoenix Suns.
"That's also high, lofty goals because Shawn is one of the best in the league. But Wes has a similar skillset," D'Antoni said. "He's finding himself. He needs to have consistent energy and stuff we're looking for. But I think he's having a good year."


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By Joan Roche, Ph.D., MS, RN, CS
Who Are the Family Caregivers?
Family caregivers are relatives, friends, or neighbors who provide assistance related to an underlying physical or mental disability but who are unpaid for those services.
- 22.4 million to 54 million nationally
- Bottom line is that millions of Americans are providing care to family members on a long term basis
- You may well be one of them
Typical Family Caregivers
Typical family caregiver was a 46 year old woman caring for her widowed mother who does not live with her
It can also be:
- Husband caring for his wife
- Sons or daughter-in laws caring for father or mother
- Wife caring for a husband
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Sam Tanenhaus, editor of the New York Times Book Review and the author of The Death of Conservatism, which came out shortly before the Tea Party-fueled 2010 mid-term election landslide embarrassed his thesis, is back at it again, with the cover story in this week's New Republic on the ostensible "original sin" of the Republican Party—or the conservative movement that dominates the Republican Party.
His argument can be summed up in two words, or one proper name: John C. Calhoun. (Okay, so that's two words and an initial. Quit nitpickling.) Here's a portion of Sam's argument:
The true problem, as yet unaddressed by any Republican standard-bearer, originates in the ideology of modern conservatism. When the intellectual authors of the modern right created its doctrines in the 1950s, they drew on nineteenth-century political thought, borrowing explicitly from the great apologists for slavery, above all, the intellectually fierce South Carolinian John C. Calhoun. This is not to say conservatives today share Calhoun's ideas about race. It is to say instead that the Calhoun revival, based on his complex theories of constitutional democracy, became the justification for conservative politicians to resist, ignore, or even overturn the will of the electoral majority.
This is the politics of nullification, the doctrine, nearly as old as the republic itself, which holds that the states, singly or in concert, can defy federal actions by declaring them invalid or simply ignoring them. We hear the echoes of nullification in the venting of anti-government passions and also in campaigns to "starve government," curtail voter registration, repeal legislation, delegitimize presidents.
Now Sam is up to a good deal of mischief with this entire piece, and he especially misses the irony contained in this passage:
Calhoun's innovation was to develop a radical theory of minority-interest democracy based on his mastery of the Constitution's quirky arithmetic, which often subordinated the will of the many to the settled prejudices of the few.
In recent decades it has been liberalism that has embraced Calhoun's doctrine of the "concurrent majority" most robustly, in such things as the specially-carved majority-minority districts to elect minorities to Congress (mostly black) who, by the very nature of these districts, marginalize themselves. And the spirit of Calhoun was most evident in the explicit doctrines of the now largely forgotten Lani Guiner, Bill Clinton's aborted nominee for the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department 20 years ago. Go back and read her writings—the ones that allegedly "shocked" Bill Clinton when he read them (as though he had no idea what he was getting)—and the parallels to Calhoun are precise.
But we shouldn't be too hasty to reject all of Tanenhaus's analysis out of hand. There has been quite a lot of loose and untethered talk about "secession" from some conservatives, including the otherwise good governor of Texas, whose present efforts to get some businesses to secede from California for Texas I applaud. And there are many misguided conservatives who do admire Calhoun and think his constitutional theory is worth reviving. In this they bid to commit the same error as the Left. Understanding the proper nature of majority rule—and its limits—in our democratic republic is indeed hard work, but conservatives shouldn't imitate Tanenhaus's slovenly habits of mind.
I was reminded of all this when I stumbled across the following footnote in Harry Jaffa's New Birth of Freedom (p. 520), which I'm currently re-reading:
In 1981 President Ronald Reagan, in his inaugural address, declared that the states had made the Union, showing that Calhounism, even at the highest levels, was still alive and well. I am confident that Reagan, a native of Illinois, had no idea that he was contradicting Lincoln. His entourage, from which the speech emerged, like the conservative movement generally, was, however, filled with disciples of Calhoun.