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I have a 2004 X3 that has been very good to me. It has 130k miles and has been to BMW for every required service/inspection and oil change. It occurs to me that nothing has ever been done with shocks/springs/struts and the gearbox oil for its manual transmission has never been changed (not to mention the clutch). The first puzzles me as the maintenance manual that came with the vehicle does not seem to acknowledge that shocks/springs/struts would ever need changing and I was told by BMW service that the transmission oil is good for life (not sure about the clutch). I did not dwell on that much when it was new, but now that my X3 has passed 130k miles I am wondering what "for life" means.
No such thing as "lifetime" anything on BMW's. Whoever told you that is betting on having you come in someday for a HUGE transmission overhaul/replacement bill. Average clutch life is between 50k to 60k, although it is possible to go far beyond that with careful use. But generally when your transmission stops being able to stay in one or more gears, time for either a replacement clutch or for transmission service. Easy way to test shocks and springs is to go to each corner of your vehicle's bumper, and give it a good firm "bounce" on each corner. If the vehicle rebounds more than one time, time for new shocks and possibly springs too. Or, if while driving, you hit a moderate sized bump or depression, and the vehicle bounces repeatedly, that's a sign you need shocks and possibly springs too. Last but not least, find a new service provider. That one who told you that you had "lifetime" ANYTHING related to your vehicle, really needs to find a new line of work. They LIED to you. http://www.bimrs.org <== independent BMW service providers who have pledged to provide HONEST and FAIR service at fair prices.
Thanks! I checked www.bimrs.org and I found an alternative that I will definitely use for my next service. Still, it is strange that BMW itself would not acknowledge these things in their maintenance manual.
You're welcome. As for the omission of maintenance items in the manual, apparently a lot has changed since my 1988 750iL was produced. However, a lot of that may or may not necessarily be BMW's fault. For one thing, as BMW's grew more and more expensive, fewer people were buying and keeping these cars. A majority of these were leased, then returned while still under warranty. Tax laws, and the ability to dodge potentially expensive maintenance simply by turning the older car in and into a new car every three years before these cars' more expensive maintenance items kicked in, probably played a role also. My maintenance manual has a section in the back devoted to proper, basic maintenance stuff like checking the oil and tire pressures on these cars, as well as the maintenance intervals for schedule I and Schedule II maintenance. You might want to email Mike Miller and ask for his old-school maintenance schedule. That and BMW started making these cars differently. Cheaper mass produced, plastic parts from India and China began to appear in our cars, as well as electronics that did more for BMW's profit margin than for a customer's peace of mind, seemed to find their way into these cars. BMW may be very skilled at building fast, high performance luxury automobiles, but they have yet to produce a circuit board that won't quit.
I guess its all in how one defines "lifetime". I had a friend who had a brake-job done several years ago at a local shop, now out of business. When he went in to get his pads replaced under the "lifetime" warranty, the shop manager told him the brake pads had lasted their "lifetime", and new pads would require payment. No surprise they aren't in business anymore.
I recall reading that BMW changed their take on "lifetime" to 100K miles. I want things to last MY lifetime, not the component's lifetime! I had a transmission flush performed on the E46 auto tranny at 60K, as a preventative measure. Brake fluid should be changed every year, as it absorbs moisture and can lead to rusty brake components. Antifreeze/coolant should be changed every 2 years to keep it performing properly. Manual tranny and diff fluids should be good for 60K-100K miles.
You're a racer - you know these things! That was BMW's recommendation when we were paying for service. Now that they're doing the changes it's seems OK to go 2-3 years.
The fortunate thing about manual transmissions is they are almost literally just a box of gears, i.e., dirt simple, mechanically. Though the gear lube should have been changed every 30-75,000 miles (depending on use & preferences), never changing it at all is ... well, not good, but often not catastrophic either. The good thing is it's never too to start. Unlike an automatic transmission, a manual can't be adversely affected by a fluid change, so just do it. You don't see replacement schedules or advice for components like the clutch, shocks, struts, and so on because when and how they fail varies between vehicles, depending on use. Gearheads & fringe cases like us monitor their condition and usually replace them before they fail. The vast majority of the motoring public wait until obvious symptoms appear and then pay to have the cause identified, explained and repaired for them. Guess which group they write the owner's manuals for, these days. That would be about half the typical life expectancy of a clutch, unless we're talking about an unskilled driver or some kind of severe duty.
That is exactly my goal, replace it before it fails not after. Nothing appears amiss at the moment, but I've made an appointment this week to change the gearbox oil and inspect the clutch. Thanks again.
I, too, subscribe to the idea of erring by changing fluids too often .vs. not often enough. To me, its just cheap insurance. As I often tell my daughter, who NEVER has the time to backup her computer... "I have never seen anyone with too many backups (fluid changes), but I have seen several people short one backup ".
Went to JE Robison in Springfield, MA today. Totally different experience than BMW. They totally agree with the sentiments expressed here and showed me the very black and dirty gearbox oil. Believe it or not the clutch passed muster (i must drive gently). I was also pleased that after a thorough inspection of the vehicle they identified several things that BMW never thought to check like internal cabin filters and other items on my list of why has this never been changed. All in all very satisfactory. Thanks again for your advice and counsel.


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By Ben Levisohn
Shares of Newmont Mining (NEM) have dropped today as gold prices have slumped, but the damage hasn't been as bad as to other big gold-mining stocks. Could it be that be that the good news about its gold production outweighed the bad news about its copper?
Yesterday after the close, Newmont announced its production numbers for the third quarter. And while the gold numbers looked good–it mined 1.283 million ounces of gold–its copper production was weaker than expected, with 34 million pounds of copper mined. Newmont also said that it expects to produce just 134 million to 145 million pounds of copper this year, well below its previous guidance for 150 million to 170 million pounds.
JP Morgan's John Bridges and Anant Inani find the copper number surprising but are impressed with gold production. They write:
Expect a strong Q4 with increased production from Nevada and ounces from new mine Akyem. The new African mine Akyem is expected to deliver 50-100koz this year once it comes online in Q4. Nevada is forecast to produce 1.7-1.8moz this year implying a Q4 production of about 520koz.
Yanacocha delivered yet another good quarter this year with YTD production of 835koz which is about 86% of its midpoint guidance of 975koz for the year. We wonder whether Yanacocha guidance will rise with the Q3 results or whether NEM is simply borrowing from Q4 when the extra ounces from Akyem should allow the Peruvian mine to rest.
Copper grades at Batu Hijau disappoint. Reconciliation between blast hole drill samples and the milled grade should allow accurate forecasts of the stockpile material. Hence it's a little surprising that stockpile grades missed expectations.
Newmont has dropped 2.2% to $25.73 at 3:02 p.m. While that's in-line with the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF's (GDX) 2.2% fall to 23.03, it's better than the most heavily traded gold-mining stocks. Shares of Barrick Gold (ABX), for instance, have dropped 3.6% to $17.20, Gold Corp (GG) is down 3.1% at $23.54 and Eldorado Gold (EGO) has declined 3.9% to $5.82.

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Tristate Residents React to Robin Williams' Death
From Hollywood to the Tri-State, We're all taking time today to remember actor Robin Williams. Fans flocked to the actor's home and to his star on Hollywood walk of fame today to pay their respects. While his loss brings sadness, it's also prompting the sharing of memories. Williams brought laughter into our homes for nearly 40 years between his movies and stand-up comedy, and Eyewitness News' Joe Bird stopped by Family Video on Covert in Evansville today and noticed a lot of Williams' movies are cleared from the shelves.
Store Manager Travis Johnson says he would have never known Williams was considering death, just based upon his movies and the success he's had over the years. He says just thinking of the smile that Williams' brought to so many people's faces and the sadness he must have had in himself is sad. Janice Hale of Evansville says Williams' was a very joking guy and that he always kept you laughing.
At Family video in Evansville, many people stopped by to rent movies as a way to remember him, and while they searched, they were able to enjoy watching movies Williams acted in. Johnson says Williams had such an amazing range in his acting skills, that people are going to know who Robin Williams was and they're going to remember him from a completely different stream of movies than he's going to remember him by.
Janice hale says when she first heard about his death, she didn't want to believe it. She says for him to be depressed is kind of strange because he would make people laugh and you just couldn't see what would be on him that hard.
To relieve sadness, we recall memories. Johnson says he'll always remember Williams as the genie in Aladdin as well as the movie Flubber. As for Hale, she will always remember him by singing "Good morning Vietnam"


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Taylor Swift, meet Danielle Bradbery.
Just one day after winning "The Voice's" fourth season, Bradbery was signed to Big Machine Records, the same label as, yep, Miss Swift herself.
What's more, the 16-year-old is scheduled to begin recording her debut album as early as next week, Just Jared reports.
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On Tuesday night's dramatic season finale, Bradbery beat out Michelle Chamuel and the Swon Brothers for the big prize.
"You are an amazing coach and an amazing person, I love you coach," Bradbery told Blake Shelton following her victory.
Looks like Bradbery's now got two victories to celebrate!
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Is Art Dead In Menlo Park?
Original post made by Art Lover, Menlo Park: Downtown, on Sep 28, 2008
Art comes in many forms, such as painting, sculpture, dance, music, theatre and so on. Communities rich with art offer the opportunity to increase the level of culture to its community. Everyone has the potential of benefiting, including adults and their children.
In Menlo Park there is an Art Commission that used to be active within the City of Menlo Park, but for years the City Council has chosen not to place a single community citizen volunteer on it. The Commission is empty as is the financial commitment to fund it.
As such, is art dead in Menlo Park? Look around, most of the visible art goes back many, many years. Programs, sculptures, etc. are slowly disappearing.
Does the community desire art? Even Atherton, about 1/3 the size of Menlo Park, has an Art Commission. San Luis Obispo recently was cited as having an active program. What is desired here -- or do we have to go to Atherton, Palo Alto, San Jose, etc. to share with our kids and for ourselves the value, benefit and positive attributes that only art can create in a very special way, that is, as special as the communities it serves.
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a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on Sep 28, 2008 at 6:12 pm
An old Balinese saying goes like this: We don't have any art. We do everything as well as possible.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Sep 28, 2008 at 7:00 pm
So go to Palo Alto and Atherton for art. Come to Menlo Park and skateboard or hang out at Borrone.
We only have 30,000 residents and can't be everything for all people. If you don't like what we've got...move!
a resident of Menlo Park: Suburban Park/Lorelei Manor/Flood Park Triangle
on Sep 28, 2008 at 8:21 pm
The comment shown is the reason we should have art in Menlo Park, to elevate the quality of people coming to our area. As a resident, we're not interested in attracting skate boarders and others that just want to hang out!
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Sep 28, 2008 at 10:29 pm
If not having an arts commission means that we are spared the horrors of dubious masterpieces like Convertibles, then I hope that the arts commission is never resurrected. Palo Altans regularly complain about the abominations that defile otherwise lovely outdoor spaces and would probably be thrilled to relinquish such gems as Digital DNA or Go Mama to their deprived neighbors to the north.
The skate park is an attractive piece of outdoor sculpture in and of itself, and I can't understand why anyone would be opposed to skaters. I am proud that Menlo Park was able to accommodate the kids who had been begging for years for a skate park, and wonder that anyone's sense of self-worth is so fragile as to be threatened by skaters.
By the way, a 15-minute walk in Burgess Park will enable even the most hardened curmudgeon to indulge in a worthwhile sensory experience. There is beauty and art all around us, even though most of it doesn't come neatly framed or carry a high price tag.
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Sep 29, 2008 at 4:30 pm
I support reestablishing the arts commission, but after the shabby treatment the last commissioners received before they quit en masse, I wonder if anyone would apply for it.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Sep 29, 2008 at 5:22 pm
The City of Menlo Park has provided in their 2008-2009 budget ZERO ($0.00) for the Menlo Park Art Commission's use in the support, encouragement and enhancement of public art. I would think there would be at least a dollar ($1.00) for MAINTENANCE, care and repair of existing art. For instance, the playful "cat" sculpture that children so much enjoyed in the Seminary Oaks Park was removed by the Public Works Department for repair - and was never returned. The reason -- no money. One more loss of a very limited inventory of public art in the city.
Thank God the schools, churches and others have picked up the slack, somewhat. However, since virtually every other City in California provides public art in some form, it makes you wonder if Menlo Park may have overlooked something, or knows something they don't?
For some cultures, it's some form of art that lasts throughout the centuries. Ever heard of Rembrandt, Michaelangelo, Beethoven, Mozart and others? Dance, music, paintings, etc. have the ability to express a culture's values like no other way. For instance, a stroll around Stanford Univeristy is a real eye opener, including having their own Museum. San Mateo County has their own musuem, as does the City of Palo Alto.
Even the State of California has a limited art program. You may wish to check out their website sometime. It is www.cac.ca.gov.
The Menlo Park Art Commission is already on the books in Menlo Park. It is on their website. All it takes is the City Council to interview and place qualified people who volunteer their time and talent, for the benefit of the community.
a resident of another community
on Sep 30, 2008 at 7:19 am
It's nice to stroll around the Allied Arts Guild.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Sep 30, 2008 at 9:08 am
Who cares? If you are an artsy fartsy person you will go to San Francisco to see "art". Otherwise, it is a boring waste of time. It is pretentious and worthless as well.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Sep 30, 2008 at 9:18 am
We don't have to have an Arts Commmission to enjoy art, as many have commented. In my book, public art is a "nice to have" after the city comes to grips with what is affordable and residents and businesses are willing to pay.
Regarding the comment about why the Arts Commissioners resigned, please note that the current Council was not the culprit.
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Apparently Enrique Inglesias' girlfriend mixed it up with some female partygoers in Sin City over the weekend. As Page Six tells us:
"Anna Kournikova got into a fight Saturday night in Las Vegas after an unidentified woman threw a drink at the tennis ace. Kournikova and her pals were partying at Lavo after attending the Hardbat Classic table tennis tournament when a woman at the next table "threw a drink at Anna. She felt Anna was invading her space," our source said. Kournikova "sprung into action" and starting screaming at the woman and shoving her. "It was a big fight," the spy said. The woman was kicked out only after leaving Kournikova with some vicious scratch marks on her neck."
Girls can be so petty. Although it seems that Anna got the worst of it, one thing I heave learned in life is to not mess with the Russians. They are some ruthless mothertruckers. (Especially when it comes to money)
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Zach Britton's voice was raspy, his face pale.
The Baltimore Orioles rookie felt awful, yet he still managed to get through six gritty innings in a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.
"Yeah, I am exhausted. I was hacking up I don't even know what in the dugout. I am pretty weak," Britton said by his locker. "My body felt really good. It's really my throat, and obviously my voice is gone. I felt pretty good, but now I am feeling worn out."
Britton (3-1) gave up three runs, five hits and three walks in helping the Orioles win a second straight after an eight-game skid.
"He obviously wasn't 100 percent tonight. You could hear him wheezing in the dugout," manager Buck Showalter said. "But I'm sure the Minnesota Twins don't want to hear it."
Minnesota was again without Justin Morneau and Delmon Young, both of whom are battling the flu. Morneau has missed four straight games, Young hasn't played since Monday and the short-handed Twins also have gone eight consecutive games without injured Joe Mauer (leg).
Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire said Morneau was trying to muster up enough strength to get one late at-bat.
"He was out there at the end of the game telling me that if we get a chance to win, he could do it," Gardenhire said. "It was scary. He wanted to give it a shot."
Matt Wieters and Vladimir Guerrero homered for the Orioles, who also got two RBIs from Adam Jones.
Baltimore led 5-1 after three innings, an almost insurmountable lead against a team that ranks last in the majors in runs. Minnesota is the only club in baseball that has not yet scored more than five runs in a game this season.
"We haven't been swinging the bats well," Gardenhire said, "but I liked the way the guys got after it."
Wieters' two-run drive gave him six RBIs over a two-game span. Guerrero's homer was his second in two games and third this year.
Wieters, Guerrero and Jones led the way, but six different players got hits for Baltimore.
"That's the big thing what we have to do, just pass it along to the next guy," Wieters said. "If you just keep passing it along to the next guy, then you're going to score a lot of runs."
After Britton left, Jim Johnson and Koji Uehara followed before Kevin Gregg worked a perfect ninth for his second save.
Michael Cuddyer homered for the Twins and Danny Valencia went 2 for 4 with three RBIs. But last-place Minnesota fell to 6-12.
"We're not playing awful baseball," starter Nick Blackburn said. "A couple breaks here and there and things would be different. Right now we're missing a couple of pretty good guys from our lineup, but I don't think anyone has given up."
Blackburn (1-3) yielded five runs and seven hits in seven innings. He's 11-27 in 56 career road games compared to 22-12 at home.
Cuddyer led off the second inning with his first homer, increasing Minnesota's major league-low total to six. The Twins then put runners at second and third with two outs before Matt Tolbert popped out.
Baltimore took control with four runs in the bottom half. After Jones doubled in two runs, Wieters hit a drive into the center-field bleachers. Wieters is 6 for 6 with 10 RBIs with runners in scoring position.
Guerrero connected in the third for a 5-1 lead.
Valencia came through with a two-out, two-run single in the sixth and added a two-out RBI single off Uehara in the eighth.
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29 March 2012
The internal battle for the final spot in the Tigers' starting rotation appears to be down to the final two players as the Tigers have announced that Andy Oliver has been optioned to AAA Toledo. He follows Casey Crosby, Adam Wilk, and Jacob Turner as fifth starter candidates to be relegated to the minor leagues. Only Duane Below and Drew Smyly remain from the initial group of six pitchers in contention for the spot.
If we are going 'by the numbers' then Smyly maintains a fairly significant advantage over Below, but the spring performance gap isn't quite as extreme as the surface numbers indicate.
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12.1 |
4.38 |
1.70 |
Smyly |
12.2 |
2.84 |
1.04 |
Looking at these numbers there really isn't a competition in progress. Even with a mediocre outing yesterday (4.2 IP, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HR), Smyly's spring totals are rock solid. But I don't think he's actual pitching has been quite that amazing.
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Below |
.313 |
5.8 |
3.6 |
1.5 |
5.13 |
Smyly |
.200 |
7.1 |
4.3 |
0.7 |
4.21 |
Both players have a higher FIP than ERA indicating that perhaps they haven't both been a bit 'lucky'. This difference is more pronounced with Smyly, who sees his 1.54 ERA advantage slip to 'just' 0.92 in FIP. It's clear that Smyly has benefitted this spring from an ultra low .200 BABIP; if we shift our focus from ERA to FIP, then Smyly's spring numbers slide from 'fantastic' to 'acceptable' (although obviously still superior to Below).
I'm not surprised that Below is still in contention, even without exceptional numbers. He has the experience of working in the big leagues with some success last year, and he's been the "safe" candidate all along. I don't think he will have to end up outpitching Smyly to win the job (the choice between even candidates should favor Below), but he will have to at least get close to Smyly's numbers. With only one or two starts left, Below needs to kick it up a notch (and perhaps hope for another mediocre performance from Smyly) in order to win the job.
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For this New Sounds, there's music from Montreal-based musician Colin Stetson on (mostly bass) saxophone without looping or overdubbing. (How DOES he do it?) Stetson's technique of circular breathing (much like digeridoo players) combined with nearly 20 microphones placed all over a studio- including on Stetson's throat and on the instruments themselves - created an original palette of sounds, thanks to producer Shahzad Ismaily and engineer Efrim Menuck from Godspeed You! Black Emperor/A Silver Mt Zion. Ben Frost then mixed these tracks into a haunting and riveting record, "New History Warfare Vol. 2 . (Excited note: guest appearances by both Shara Worden and Laurie Anderson.)
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HOUSTON — Houston starting strong safety Danieal Manning will miss the rest of the season because of a right knee injury.
Manning was injured in Sunday's loss to St. Louis. Coach Gary Kubiak called it a significant injury Monday but didn't have any further details on the injury Wednesday.
Shiloh Keo will fill in for Manning. Keo, a graduate of Archbishop Murphy High School, was a fifth-round draft pick in 2011 who spent time on the practice squad that year before appearing in 14 games last season.
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A restored Roman cockerel figurine is the best result from a Cirencester dig in decades, archaeologists have said.
The enamelled object, which dates back as far as 100 AD, was unearthed during a dig in 2011 at one of Britain's earliest-known burial sites.
It has now returned from conservation work and finders Cotswold Archaeology said it "looks absolutely fantastic".
The 12.5cm bronze figure was discovered inside a child's grave and is thought to have been a message to the gods.
It is believed that the Romans gave religious significance to the cockerel which was known to be connected with Mercury.
Experts say it was Mercury, a messenger to the gods, that was also responsible for conducting newly-deceased souls to the afterlife.
The figurine had to be sent away for conservation work to be carried out which has taken four months to complete.
Archaeologist Neil Holbrook, from Cotswold Archaeology, said the work had "exceeded expectations", particularly for highlighting its fine enamel detail.
"It reinforces what a fantastic article this is and how highly prized and expensive it must have been," he said.
"This must have cost, in current money, thousands of pounds to buy and countless hours to make, and so to actually put this into the grave of a two or three-year-old child is not something that you would do lightly.
"It really shows that this was a very wealthy, important family, and signifies the love that the parents had for the dead child."
The cockerel was found during excavation work at the former Bridges Garage site on Tetbury Road in Cirencester – once the second largest town in Roman Britain.
A burial site was unearthed at the site including more than 40 burials and four cremations; something experts said was the largest archaeological find in the town since the 1970s.
This particular figurine is one of only four ever found in Britain, with a total of eight known from the whole of the Roman Empire.
Mr Holbrook added: "Without a doubt this is the best Roman cockerel ever found in Britain.
"This is the best find that I have seen come out of Cirencester in 30 to 40 years and is of national significance."
The object is believed to have been made in northern Britain, with evidence pointing to a workshop in Castleford, West Yorkshire, which made enamel artefacts.
Talks are under way for a permanent display of the cockerel, possibly at the Corinium Museum in Cirencester.Other examples of Roman enamelled cockerels:
Circa 50-250 AD. Found in Norfolk
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My Little Don is Dying?? Urgent!! Don Corleone is a little goldfish who lives with Pilly a bigger, older and healthier goldfish. He was fine this morning. He has been eating a lot since last week I got him. Sometimes he even seems to eat more than the Pilly. I thought he eats more because he is growing boy. He was perfectly fine this morning. I didn't give him much food as hi tummy was little bigger. I came back this evening and noticed Little Don is listless and flosting sideways and his sides are distended and there is blackish cast to his belly. He seems to have a big bladder. I am thinking he ate too much. But I am not sure if it is a disease. Is their anything that I could do to make him come back to normal life? I don't want him to die :(.. Zia |
I'm no expert or anything (I'm new to all of this aswell) but it sounds like he has eaten too much and it bloated. One of mine ate to much the other day and spent the night on his side but when he wanted to swim about he would just flip himself back to normal. Do they float at the top if they are constipated? I have been told that feeding the fish a pea without its shell on helps with constipation. What kind of food do you give your goldfish? If your tank is new then have you checked to make sure that the water is ok for the fishes to live in? |
Thanks so much for your reply. I really appreciate it. yes he is floating at the top but he is just gasping and totally restless. I give him fish flakes. The other bigger fish also eats the same stuff. I think the water is fine. I used ph balancer and equlibrium and changed water 4 days ago. I cleaned filter yesterday too. The other fish is very healthy and shows no sign of illness. I read about the peas thing but according to what people say I shouldn't feed him for 3-4 days at least and then try peas. if he lives by morning may be he lives :(.. |
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In adittion to what has already been said, it sounds like swim bladder disease. If you go to the disease sticky there is a lot of good info on it. Goldfish in particular are prone to this. A way to help is by feeding sinking foods rather than flakes or anythig that floats. By feeding him sinking foods you are eliminating the possibility of him taking in big gulps of air when feeding form the surface. |
Why not take the fish t the store and see if he is big enough to have some slime scraped off him to see if there are any parasites or flukes on him and at the same time get them to test some of your water? At the same time as my fish was on his side at the top of the tank another one of my fish became unwell. he was big enough to have a slime sample taken and looked at under a microscope, he had flukes. I treated the tank for flukes and the other fish stopped floating around and now looks healthy. I think he might of been aggitated by the flukes and so wasnt moving. Worth a try anywayz. |
Thanks everyone for your replies. Don is no more :(.. He already had too much food or air because he used to bully other big fish to eat all extra food. I am so sorry I couldn't save him. I took help from one of my neighbor who is fish expert and she said I shouldn't feed him anything. May Don Rest in peace :( He was so active. |
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WW Tofu nut balls and princesses
Here are the princesses and monsters. The monsters have jangly bells on pipecleaners through holes make with a hole punch. I meant to make some crazy hair too but the pipecleaners took over. Googly eyes are lots of fun. I was impressed that Sylvia wanted trousers on her princess. I cut out a crown top and tried a few ideas for hair on our princesses.
The hair idea transferred nicely to a princess birthday card. It was a joint effort between Sylvia and me. I was pleased to find a use for the ribbon that has been hanging around the house for ages. Sylvia decided on one green eye and one pink eye. I'm thinking of trying this card with fabrics rather than paper.
The birthday card was made while these tofu nut balls baked in the oven. I needed something quick to get dinner underway and, with a tub of old rice, I found we had everything I needed for tofu nut balls. It is a simple ingredient list and they are easy to make. The Enchanted Broccoli Forest by Mollie Katzen was one of the first vegetarian cookbooks I owned. These tofu nut balls were a magical discovery all those years ago.
I wonder if I would find them quite as amazing if I found the recipe today. Probably not. I have encountered many vegetarian burgers since then and they have quite a few similarities to nut roasts. However, I still find them easy and delicious. They are equally good as nibbles at a party or vegetarian meatballs with pasta.
Mollie suggests serving them with tomato sauce or mushroom tahini sauce. I have tried both and prefer tomato sauce. I made a basic one to serve these with on Friday night - olive oil, onions, garlic, a tin of tomatoes, salt, maple syrup and worcestershire sauce. Simply yummy. (I imagine a pumpkin sauce or a pesto sauce would be great too.)
It was a simple dinner with some steamed broccoli and brussels sprouts on the side. That was all we needed between last week's baking and the weekend's social meals.
One things leads to another. A healthy meal leads to Ricki's Wellness Weekends and I have no doubt that visiting the Wellness Weekends page will lead to many interesting and delicious blog entries. I am also sending the monsters and princesses to Red Ted's Art Blog, a recently discovered source of inspiration for craft.
Lastly, my concern about Shabby Blogs has lead me to take them off my blog design and replace the wallpaper with a new one - check out this post to see the progression of designs on my blog.
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1/2 cup ground almonds
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oil spray (or oil for frying)
Place 1/2 cup cooked rice and 110g of tofu with all the tamari in a food processor or blender and blend to make a smooth paste. Mash up remaining tofu in a mixing bowl. Add rice and tofu paste, almonds and wheatgerm. Stir thoroughly until you have a stiff mixture. Roll into balls the size of walnuts. Spray with oil spray and and bake on oven tray at 180 C for about 30 minutes or until golden brown (mine took longer) or shallow fry until golden brown.
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Love the princesses and monsters, and the tofu balls sound delish. Hope you've had a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteSounds like lots of fun has been happening at your house! I'm very impressed with Sylvia selecting trousers for her princesses, and I like your new background. I also like the look of these nut balls - I have been contemplating making some savoury nut balls lately, so the recipe was well timed.
ReplyDeleteI really like that material in your first photo and love the monsters and princesses. It looks like you have been having fun. Cooper loves crafts as well. Great looking tofu balls too.
ReplyDeletehow cute are those princesses! sounds like a great indoor activity for kids! and those tofu balls....yum yum yum!! have a great night!
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious! I've had that cookbook for years and never tried this recipe, but I will now :)
ReplyDeleteThe tofu balls sound great, and the princesses and monsters as so cute! The new background looks good, it fits in well.
ReplyDeleteThese look great - the tofu nut balls AND the princesses. Brings back memories of my daughter (who's 16 now) making a team of Olympic athletes out of toilet rolls during the 2000 Olympics. :-) She's now vegan (the rest of us are vegetarian), and these tofu nut balls look like something I'll be trying. I started to print out the recipe and realised I have a copy of Enchanted Broccoli Forest, I just haven't opened it for a long time!
ReplyDeleteCan you come and do crafty things at my house? Please? I was completely entranced by the enchanted broccoli forest as a teenager, I have lots of happy memories of reading it, though I don't think my mother made anything from it. I've just inherited her Moosewood Cookbook and still find it a comforting read. Does Sylvia eat these?


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The Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale and the auction of The Art of the Surreal took place on the evening of 6 February at Christie's London, realising £136,462,100/ $213,426,725/ €157,340,801 and selling 89% by lot and 94% by value. The auctions had a combined pre-sale estimate of £89.8 million to £132.8 million. The top price was paid for Jeanne Hébuterne (au chapeau), 1919, by Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) which sold for £26,921,250/ $42,104,835/ €31,040,201 (estimate: £16-22 million, pictured above). In total, 32 works of art sold for over £1 million / 42 for over $1 million, and five artist records were set: led by Berthe Morisot's portrait which set a new record price for a female artist at auction; a record for a sculpture by Renè Magritte; and records for a work by Alberto Magnelli, Kay Sage and Óscar Domínguez.
Olivier Camu, Deputy Chairman, Impressionist and Modern Art, Christie's: "Having held the inaugural standalone Dada and Surrealism sale in 1989 and established the first annual Art of the Surreal Sale in 2001, we are very proud that this pioneering movement of 20th century art now commands truly international attention, with our February sales eagerly awaited by collectors around the globe and across other collecting fields from Old Masters through to Contemporary art. This sale was the largest and strongest offering of Surrealist art ever offered at auction and the volume of bids reflected the enthusiasm for this sale format which is encouraging for the market and greatly rewarding for Christie's. All 9 of the works by Magritte sold, with a new record set for a sculpture by the artist, beating the previous record set at Christie's in 2009; the price for this work and Miró's sculpture, which almost equalled the current record, highlights the strength of demand for sculptures in the field of Impressionist and Modern Art."
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She is at least 15. I've only had her for two years. She was hyperthyroid before I acquired her and went without meds for a few months since the previous human didn't tell me she was sick. She did tell me she had liver trouble early on but survived it.
Over the last year her illness has been hard on her. Hard to treat or maintain. She's been drinking at least a quart of water each day for a while now. along with peeing a whole lot, she also has diarrhea. Apparently kidney issues accompany the hyperthyroidism, but the experts aren't sure why. The data isn't in yet.
I've tried holistic diets, grain free food, etc. The medicine makes her sick. It makes her nauseous, and she vomits, thus not eating. So she doesn't get what she needs in medicine or vitamins. She's not gaining the weight although she eats like a starving kitty when off her meds.
She know longer sleeps in the living room or hallway, Always in the kitchen but on the floor. When I first acquired her slept in the kitchen but on the cat tree, SIGH.
She's been ill for a while. I just haven't said much. I tried to get help. SIGH.
If I give Mac too high a dosage of Tapazole, he vomits and gets diarrhea. Why not try halving her current dose and see if that helps. My vet told me that the dosage of they need will fluctuate over time. Sometimes they need more, sometimes less. Right now, Mac is on one-half of a 5 mg. pill once a day. If he starts to get lethargic or lose more weight (he has never put on much weight since his diagnosis), I give him half a pill every other day and half a pill twice the other day. You can regulate this med on your own. I hope this helps.


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Last month, I vowed to preserve and extend Indiana's ESEA flexibility waiver from certain aspects of No Child Left Behind. Because Indiana schools rely upon the flexibility of federal dollars afforded to them through the waiver, it is important that Indiana extend its waiver.
In recent conversations with the U.S. Department of Education regarding Indiana's waiver, it has been made clear that Indiana must administer a fully operational assessment based on the newly adopted college and career-ready Indiana academic standards in the spring of 2015. Therefore, the 2014-15 ISTEP (grades 3-8) will measure student performance based on the 2014 Indiana academic standards. This does not allow Indiana the ability to pilot the test for one year, as originally planned.
The federally required alignment of next year's ISTEP to college and career-ready standards means holding schools and teachers accountable for new standards that they have had only seven months to teach. The new assessment will be more rigorous with technologically enhanced items.
Even though the Department of Education is prepared to provide a full array of support for educators to prepare our students for these college and career-ready assessments, including professional development and experiences for students with sample questions in both math and English/language arts, I have concerns regarding school and teacher accountability based upon these new assessments.
I have always been a proponent for strong teacher and school accountability. However, as we have seen historically in Indiana and across the nation, it is typical for student scores on standardized tests to dip as a result of new and more rigorous expectations, giving the appearance of a decline in achievement. In order for an accountability system to be strong and meaningful to parents and educators, it must also be fair and equitable. That is why we need to look at ways we can minimize the effect of a likely expected drop in performance.
Regardless of decisions made about accountability concerns, my department is committed to reporting out all data from the new assessment to parents and schools to inform student learning, school improvement and professional development.
While the waiver is an agreement between the Department of Education and the federal government, these issues are Indiana's. Because past and future legislation will impact the waiver, it is vital that all parts of government understand its implications. That is why, in the coming weeks, I will be working with state and local leaders to minimize any negative impact of this federal requirement.
I am in regular contact with the governor's staff and legislative leadership, as well as the State Board of Education and its staff about steps we can take to implement the new assessment while also maintaining strong and transparent accountability. I look forward to continuing this work as we submit our formal waiver application later this month.
As an educator, I pledge open communication with parents and schools as we move forward to ensure that students feel supported in this transition and that parents and educators receive meaningful feedback for students' continued academic growth.
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Had three shows recording sunday night, Dexter, Boardwalk Empire, and Walking Dead. Never would have thought Walking Dead would be the best of the night. Season 2 premiere was fantastic.
It's hell keeping track of Sunday night shows. I'm also watching Homeland in that mix. Good thing HBO runs their shows on demand..
Yeah Sunday nights are hell for my DVR. At least they moved Bored to Death to Mondays so that's one less show to worry about on Sunday.
I liked the season premier a lot. The writing felt a notch above that of season 1. I'll keep watching.
I just did the same. Was pretty excited about it... then it just came off as really lame to me for some reason. Though it was cool to see Andrew Lincoln in something. He was good in his supporting role in the BBC Wuthering Heights mini-series with Tom Hardy.


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The revelatory Lowry exhibition currently at Tate Britain suggests that the artist's response to the extreme social conditions of northern England's scarred industrial scene was not naive naturalism but the crafting of fictional constructs: composite landscapes built from formal geometric elements, sometimes verging on the surreal.
Lowry's imaginative world is further considered in Unseen Lowry, consisting of 100 drawings, paintings and oil sketches found at his home after his death in 1976, and displayed for the first time. A particular focus is on his figure drawings and seascapes featuring lonely rocks or monuments in dark waters – work not explored by Tate.
Even in the industrial scenes here – "Children Walking up Steps", "Three Standing Girls, Next to a Fence" – the formal organisation of the composition and rigidity of figures are striking; in drawings of girls/mannequins, stilted becomes repressing distortion.
"Girl in Stocks Being Whipped" is a flamboyant example, but a recurring image is a stylised female figure with exaggeratedly long legs in white tights, head trussed in large bows, neck sometimes locked in a clamp: "Standing Girl with Bow and White Tights", "Girl in Bows in a Formal Interior", "Girl in a Miniskirt". The figure en pointe in "Girl in Bows with High Heels" is stretched and imprisoned in a metallic brace, hair flying behind. In "Girl Being Held Up by her Shoulders", the bust becomes steely jutting points, shoulders confined by a bow-collar, the only features of the downcast face are pouting red lips and long black lashes – Mary Quant meets Hans Bellmer.
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text: Headlines June 14, 2011ISLA Chief Says EU Regulation Fears Causing Hedge Fund Short-Selling ClampdownThe CEO of the International Securities Lending Association Kevin McNulty warned that hedge funds are abandoning short-selling because of uncertainty over looming European Union regulations. (June 14, 2011) -- Kevin McNulty, the CEO of the International Securities Lending Association (ISLA), claimed in a June 14 press conference that fears over imminent European Union regulations are causing hedge funds to shun short-selling. Hedge funds are fearful, he said, that new EU regulations will require them to disclose their short positions publicly and possibly even allow authorities to ban the practice entirely. The International Securities Lending Association represents banks, pension funds, insurance companies, and agents that either lend out securities or facilitate the activity. "Hedge funds like to have a level of certainty on their ability to execute and live with a trade for some time," McNulty said. "Short-selling is good for markets while artificially stopping short-selling is a bad thing." He stressed that short sellers have more than halved borrowing, from $4 trillion before the recession to around $1.8 trillion now. While most economists have long concluded that short-selling is a net positive for markets, it has emerged as a frequent scapegoat after the recent financial crisis, Dow Jones Newswires reported. Concern over EU regulations is not unique to hedge funds. A recent survey by Pension Fund Barometer found that heightened regulation was the second greatest worry among UK pension fund managers, right after the threat of inflation.


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Arizona stands to save $500,000 a year under a new law that requires parolees to pay a portion of their drug-testing fees each month, but prisoner advocates fear the additional costs will strain personal budgets.
The law goes into effect Thursday, but Arizona Department of Corrections legislative liaison Jennifer Bowser said the state has yet to determine how much the parolee will pay and when the new requirement will actually be implemented.
"This change is an efficiency, cost-saving thing," Bowser said.
Prisoner advocates fear the additional cost to parolees -- who sometimes receive $50 upon release and can already be stretched thin by mounting fees for restitution, supervision and intensive parole -- will leave many scraping for cash, said Donna Leone Hamm, executive director of Middle Ground Prison Reform.
"It's difficult to find a job and housing, and now they want to tack on yet another cost," Leone Hamm said.
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Parolees who were charged with a drug-related offense or have a history of drug use must comply with random drug testing as part of their parole.
The Treatment Assessment Screening Center assigns parolees a color and each week announces which color will be tested. The 12 Arizona centers conduct all drug tests for the Department of Corrections.
The tests -- nearly 230,000 in 2011 -- cost the state about $500,000 per year, Bowser said.
"Our primary focus is public safety, so we were looking for an efficient, affordable way to provide that," Bowser said.
The law requires some parolees to pay a portion of the drug-testing costs, which vary by county. Maricopa County's cost is $7.80, Bowser said. The portion parolees will pay cannot exceed the amount the test costs to issue, according to the law. Parolees will only be charged once a month, regardless of whether their color is called more than once or if they repeat a test.
Legislators have yet to determine the portion paid by each tested parolee, but Bowser said it would be the same price for all parolees across the state.
"It's important we be fair," she said.
Monetary concerns
Leone Hamm fears the new law won't be implemented fairly. She fears the price of drug tests for parolees will skyrocket, leaving them reaching into their pockets for nickels and dimes that are not there. It's not charging for tests that concerns Leone Hamm, but what she says is a lack of specificity in the law.
"It's OK to charge them ... we're also concerned about how they arrive at the cost per test," she said.
The New York-based Brennan Center for Justice is a public-policy organization that focuses on democracy and justice issues. Roopal Patel, an attorney at the center, said fees building up on released prisoners make it nearly impossible for them to get above water.
"(These fees) are a revenue source for courts facing budget crises, and they fill it on the backs of poor people going through the criminal-justice system," Patel said.
The Department of Corrections will determine a person's ability to pay the fees on a case-by-case basis and could waive fees for those who cannot pay, but Bowser said there are no set guidelines to determine that.
"If an offender can't pay the fee, the department will pay it ... this isn't a black-and-white issue," Bowser said. "Someone with four kids will have more difficulty paying the fee than someone without any kids."
But Rep. John Fillmore, R-Apache Junction, who opposed the bill, said it would be just as easy to have the department pay for everyone.
"When they first get out of prison, they're trying to find jobs ... they have no money, no job, and the little money they have will go to pay for a drug test," Fillmore said. "Why doesn't the state just do it for them? It's an undue burden when they should be trying to rehabilitate these people."
Rep. David Gowan, R-Sierra Vista, who sponsored the bill, did not return calls seeking comment.
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and:The pic involves inhabitants of an isolated island off the North American coast who find their relatives rising from the dead to eat their kin. The leaders of the island feud over whether or not to kill their reanimated relatives or preserve them in hopes of finding a cure. Read on for a look and watch for more news soon.
Let's hope it's an improvement of DIARY. I liked it, but the constant narration got tiresome, like Romero kept trying to drive his point home. I can figure things out on my own, George.The 2009 release, which is filming in and around Toronto, doesn't have a title yet. But it does have a concept. "It's about tribalism," says Romero about the story that unfolds on a small island a couple of weeks after the original outbreak in 1968's Night of the Living Dead. "There are two factions. It's the idea that even when faced with a crisis, tribal concerns about power control people's motives."
One side wants to kill off zombified loved ones before cannibalistic urges strike. The other would rather wait to see if there is a cure for such cravings. "They want to leave Grandma in the rocking chair for a while longer," he says. "It's not a good idea."
A few characters are reprised from 2007's Diary of the Dead. "Diary was like Night. It had a brooding personality," he says. This one is more like 1978's Dawn of the Dead, "with a lot of action."
Some things never change. Romero's zombies retain their signature lumbering gait. A shot in the head remains the best way to halt the fiends. And the script reflects today's headlines.
"It's this whole idea of tribalism, that we can't pull it together," he says. "News reports about the presidential race still bring up religious topics or racism. That's pretty much the central theme."


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City of Ranger May Face Utility Price Hikes
He's also the former mayor who raised that price just a few years back.
"It was in my opinion a minuscule amount on these raises," he said, "Of course there was opposition to this when you increase the cost of anything."
According to its latest audit, the city of ranger may be forced to charge its residents more for water and sewage to make up for lack of funds.
"Those were suggestions from him [the auditor]", said Troy Emery, a commissioner for the City of Ranger. "He feels that we're either running really close to the red or in the red that we need to make those adjustments."
It could take months for officials to decide let alone even instill the price hikes on water and sewage. Although business owners like Gerdes may be directly affected, he says the raise could be a good thing.
"I think they're a very necessary thing to be able to sustain cities as we know them," said Gerdes.
Ranger currently shares water from the Eastland County Water Supply District, which is also upgrading costs. City Officials will next calculate sewage and water costs to determine whether the raise will be necessary.
"We take those numbers and figure them out, what they cost over a twelve month period and then get with our water billing department and find out how much we're actually bringing in," said Emery.
Gerdes isn't worried too much about the possible increase, that would be around two to three dollars more a month. He says that although no increase is good, somethings are worth paying for.
"You can't leave your rates at x amount of dollars with your cost increase coming at you every year you know you've got to have parody here, somewhere, to where you can at least pay your bills," he said.
The final audit for the city will be next week. They will then determine whether or not to raise costs.
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1. The Great Melt.
In August 2007, a robotic Russian sub planted a titanium flag on the seabed at the North Pole, an act dismissed as a PR stunt by diplomats in Ottawa and Washington until Russian bombers promptly resumed Arctic patrols for the first time since the Cold War. A few weeks later, the U.S. National Ice Center reported that the fabled Northwest Passage was open and ice-free for the first time in history, theoretically shrinking the distance (and costs) between Asia and Europe by as much as 25%, presuming Canada was willing to let ships use it. The prospect of a Northwest Passage open to commercial traffic could cause a massive shift in the world's trading lanes, drive sovereignty-obsessed nations to militarize the Arctic, and eventually watch in horror as resource-rich Greenland and Quebec raise the cash (and armed forces) to become the North's breakaway republics.
The Arctic lost nearly half its icepack in summer 2007, alarming climatologists while causing the North's governments to salivate. The Russian Ministry of Natural Resources calculates the Arctic might contain twice the proven oil reserves of Saudi Arabia. The contours of the race to "carve up" the Arctic were revealed in the latest batch of leaked WikiLeaks cables released last month. "The twenty-first century will see a fight for resources, and Russia should not be defeated in this fight," Russian Ambassador to NATO Dimitry Rogozin was quoted as saying in a 2010 cable. "NATO has sensed where the wind comes from. It comes from the North."
2. Navigating the Northwest Passage
The dream of a Northwest Passage up Baffin Bay, through the Arctic Archipelago and into the Beaufort and then Bering Seas is as old as Captain Cook or Henry Hudson. But many ships and many more men have been lost trying to navigate the route. Climate change has done the work that explorers could not. It is may be a matter of time before the Arctic Ocean is completely ice-free in the summer, whether it's 2100 or 2030 (depending on which model you believe).
A shorter route between Europe and Asia minus the geopolitical headaches makes as much sense as ever. A container ship leaving Yokohama bound for Rotterdam takes currently takes 29 days to round the Cape of Good Hope, or 22 days via Singapore, the Strait of Malacca and the Suez Canal. An Arctic route could cut that to 15 days, bypassing an saber-rattling Chinese navy, Malay and Somali pirates, and the burden of paying canal fees.
The Northwest Passage could save a ship as much as $3.5 million per trip, according to Scott G. Borgerson, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. The passage would accelerate the movement toward "Post Panamax" ships like the Emma Maersk, which can carry 15,000 shipping containers—three times the size of what can now squeeze through the Panama Canal. "In an age of just-in-time delivery, and with increasing fuel costs eating into the profits of shipping companies, reducing long-haul sailing distances by as much as 40 percent could usher in a new phase of globalization," Borgerson wrote in an article for Foreign Affairs. World-spanning supply chains would preserve their fossil-fuel-dependent cost advantage a little while longer, thanks in no small part to the oil being pumped out of the Arctic.
3. "Use It Or Lose It"
This assumes, of course, that Canada will let them pass. Current prime minister Stephen Harper has made Canada's claims to the North a signature issue since his 2006 elections campaign, including the assertion that the Northwest Passage falls within its territorial waters. "Canada has a choice when it comes to defending our sovereignty in the Arctic," he said in 2007, "either we use it or we lose it. And make no mistake—this government intends to use it."
In 2009, Harper's Conservative government published the "Northern Strategy," outlining plans to build up to eight patrol ships capable of breaking ice, increased radar and surveillance satellites, more troops, new training bases, and a deepwater resupply port—although it appears to be in no rush to implement any of it. "Canada's position has not changed much over decades, but the rhetoric fluctuates between accommodating and borderline belligerent," says Bruce Forbes, a research professor at the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland in Finland. "But I would take it as so much bluster from Harper."
Still, the unlikely vision of an armed and dangerous Canada is helping fuel a polar arms race in which the U.S., ironically, is the one falling far behind. While Russia is expanding its fleet of heavy icebreakers to 18—including the nuclear-powered 50 Years of Victory, the world's largest—Canada has one and the United States none. That's in addition to Russia's plans to rebuild its nuclear submarine and carrier fleets. "While in the Arctic there is peace and stability, one cannot exclude that in the future there will be a redistribution of power, up to armed intervention," Russian Navy chief Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky is quoted as saying in a 2008 cable.
4. Le Passage du Nord-Ouest?
Considering Harper's obsession with sovereignty, the most ironic outcome of an Arctic open for business would be a resource-rich breakaway republic of Quebec. Last month, the province—whose French-speaking residents Harper symbolically acknowledged as a "nation within a united Canada"—unveiled "Plan Nord," a $532 million strategy to develop 450,000 square miles in the far north, using the Northwest Passage as a mechanism to exploit the minerals buried in the tundra.
"We're building a parallel canal to the Panama Canal for Chinese ships so they can accelerate the transport of goods," Jean Charest, the Premier of Québec, told Fortune. During the decades it will take for the Passage to open, Asian markets for raw materials will continue to grow voraciously. From a narrow economic perspective, climate change will be the best thing that's happened to Quebec since Jacques Cartier foundered on the rapids at Montreal while searching for the—wait for it—Northwest Passage.
Complicating things for Canada is Quebec's "special status," including the fact that it nearly seceded from the union twice, most recently in 1995, when the measure was defeated by a very narrow margin. What might a Quebec grown rich on trade and mineral wealth decide in 2035?
By then it may follow a trail blazed by Greenland, a Danish overseas territory granted home rule in 1979. Two years ago, Denmark relinquished control over the island's natural resources while retaining its authority in defense and foreign affairs. The only thing holding Greenland back from full independence is Denmark's financial assistance. The proto-country "is 'just one big oil strike away' from economic and independence'" the U.S. ambassador to Denmark concluded in 2007, and the U.S. "has a unique opportunity to shape the circumstances" by helping them tap their unproven reserves, which might "rival Alaska's North Slope."
"If there's oil money, they would be able to say they don't need the protection and transfer payments [from Denmark] anymore," says Forbes. "That may be more likely in the long term than Quebec's [independece], but if Plan Nord goes through, that may change."
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The 2014 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2014) will be held on 8-11 July 2014 in Besançon, France, the city which gave birth in 1862 to Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière and in 1864 to his brother Louis Jean Lumière, both inventors of the cinematograph. The city is a stage city of the "Tour de France 2014" on July 14-16 and will host the departure of the 11th stage to Oyonnax. Once proclaimed the first green city of France, it has been labeled a 'Town of Art and History' since 1986. Since 2008, Besançon's Vauban citadel (la Citadelle) has been listed as a UNESCO world heritage site.
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If there is one food that I love, it is a delicious fresh salsa. Today I wanted to share with you the world's most delicious roasted corn salsa that is the perfect dish to take to your next potluck or tailgating event.
The unique flavor in this salsa comes from a unique process of broiling the corn under your oven's broiler until the corn gets a beautiful brown hue to it, imparting a roasted taste within each bite of your salsa and adding another layer of flavor to this simple dish.
Fresh chopped tomatoes, roasted corn, and parsley are tossed with just a little red wine vinegar, olive oil, hot sauce, salt, and pepper to create this unique and easy appetizer.
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Re: Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS) First Off, I wish to thank falko for some wonderful How-To's, they have really saved me a lot of time. I recently built a mail server and it is working well (the Virtual mail server for Ubuntu 7.10), but there is no user password change facility (without me coding one). When I recently needed to re-build another mail server, I used this how-to and included squirrelmail for the PW change ability. My issue is that SM gives me a blank page after I login. Using IMAP I see the welcome email, so there should be something to display. In looking around the SM site, and they have asserted that this is typically a problem with the PHP package. I investigated my setup, and noticed that php -v gives me "PHP 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.6.2 (cli) (built: Jul 23 2008 06:44:49)", and the How-To was released on 2008-05-20. I suspect there might be a problem with the updated PHP package, but being only a part time admin, my knowledge is sorely lacking. Can anyone with a working setup tell me the versions they are running from the how-to? I will try syncing my packages with a working install first, making sure there are not any package version issues before I get any deeper into troubleshooting this issue. Thanks in advance...
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I would recommend you to redo the SM part of the tutorial... Normally a blank page is because there is a typo somewhere in the PHP files. The only modification of php in the tutorial is /usr/share/squirrelmail/plugins/change_sqlpass/config.php Here is the file without comments : ############################ <?php /** * SquirrelMail Change SQL Password Plugin * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Tyler Akins * 2002 Thijs Kinkhorst <[email protected]> * 2002-2005 Paul Lesneiwski <[email protected]> * This program is licensed under GPL. See COPYING for details * * @package plugins * @subpackage Change SQL Password * */ // Global Variables, don't touch these unless you want to break the plugin // global $csp_dsn, $password_update_queries, $lookup_password_query, $force_change_password_check_query, $password_encryption, $csp_salt_query, $csp_salt_static, $csp_secure_port, $csp_non_standard_http_port, $csp_delimiter, $csp_debug, $min_password_length, $max_password_length, $include_digit_in_password, $include_uppercase_letter_in_password, $include_lowercase_letter_in_password, $include_nonalphanumeric_in_password; $csp_dsn = 'mysql://mail_admin:[email protected]/mail'; $lookup_password_query = 'SELECT count(*) FROM users WHERE email = "%1" AND password = %4'; $password_update_queries = array('UPDATE users SET password = %4 WHERE email = "%1"'); $force_change_password_check_query = ''; $password_encryption = 'MYSQLENCRYPT'; $csp_salt_static = 'LEFT(password, 2)'; $csp_secure_port = 0; $csp_non_standard_http_port = 0; $min_password_length = 6; $max_password_length = 0; $include_digit_in_password = 0; $include_uppercase_letter_in_password = 0; $include_lowercase_letter_in_password = 0; $include_nonalphanumeric_in_password = 0; $csp_delimiter = '@'; $csp_debug = 0; ?> #####################################
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Now you can rule the ring with one of your favorite Autobot Transformers characters. Get ready for some Transformers bot battling action with this head-popping game. Challenge a friend to a battle and see who can strike, punch and dodge their way to a win. Includes a QR code that lets you unlock additional characters in the free Transformers Battle Masters App.
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