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Tips & Advice
Keep your Acura running like new with helpful information and guides that cover everything from fuel efficiency and safety information to tips that will maximize your driving experience between scheduled Maintenance Minder™ or Maintenance Schedule services.
Brakes, Brake Pads & Brake Rotors
Brake Squeal and Wear Indicators
All four brakes have audible brake wear indicators. When the brake pads need replacing, you will hear a distinctive metallic "screeching" sound when you apply the brakes. If you do not have the brake pads replaced, they will begin screeching all the time.
Your brakes may sometimes squeal or squeak when you apply them lightly. Do not confuse this with the brake wear indicators. They make a very audible "screeching."
Low Brake fluid
If your brake fluid is low, it may be leaking or your brakes could be worn.
Flushing the Brake Fluid
Brake fluid is hygroscopic, which means that it absorbs moisture. And when that moisture finds its way into your braking system, it can corrode metal and seals.
Flushing the system with new fluid removes the condensation before extensive damage can occur.
When flushing the system, always use Acura Heavy Duty Brake Fluid DOT 3. If this specific fluid is not available, you should use only DOT 3 or DOT 4 fluid from a sealed container, but only as a temporary replacement. The use of any non-Acura brake fluid can cause corrosion and may decrease the life of the system.
Acura Genuine Brake Pads
Stopping is the ultimate commitment. It stands to reason that Acura Genuine Brake Rotors function best with Acura Genuine Brake Pads. Particularly since Acura brake pads are extensively tested on Acura vehicles in the most intense braking situations and extreme environments. Made from a balance of hard and soft materials, Acura Brake Pads can effectively help prevent premature disc wear and minimize noise.
- Precisely engineered and manufactured with state-of-the-art materials for superior performance, proper wear and long life.
- Specially designed to dampen noise and reduce vibration.
- Include high-insulating shims and specially formulated grease.
Acura Genuine Brake Rotors
Shaped to the exacting standards of Acura. Brake rotors are vital to dissipating the heat that comes from the pads every time you brake. Acura Genuine Brake Rotors are built to take that heat time and again for lasting performance and reliability. They're made with the optimum mix of materials and compounds to safely withstand long periods of wear and to help prevent overheating and warping.
Gasoline Selection and "Detergent Gasoline"
In general, Acura recommends that you buy gasoline from high-volume, major name-brand stations.
To prevent the build up of deposits inside your engine and fuel system, it is important to choose fuels that contain effective detergent additives. The detergency of some US gasoline is insufficient to provide protection from such deposits. Acura recommends the use of "Top Tier Detergent Gasoline," where available. Gasoline brands with this designation meet new, voluntary standards and have demonstrated their ability to keep engines clean through a series of demanding tests. Significantly, Top Tier Detergent Gasoline does not contain MMT, a metallic additive that creates deposits in your engine and exhaust system; (see the MMT explanation below). Fuel brands that have achieved the Top Tier Detergent Gasoline designation can be identified through their marketing campaigns, and/or by fueling station signage.
Sulfur Odor
All gasoline contains trace amounts of sulfur. The human sense of smell can detect sulfur odor in concentrations as low as 3 to 5 parts per million in air.
The exhaust on today's catalyst-equipped Acura vehicles will emit varying degrees of sulfur odor depending on operating temperatures and conditions. On normally operating vehicles, the odor is usually noticeable when the engine is cold, right after deceleration, or after wide-open throttle acceleration.
It may not be possible to eliminate sulfur odor completely due to the various operating conditions. If the sulfur odor is overly bothersome, please contact Acura Client Relations Acura Client Relations or your dealer for further guidance or assistance.
"Summer" and "Winter" Fuel
All parts of the U.S. have winter/summer blended fuel, which is needed to prevent cold or hot start problems. Winter fuels have higher volatility to compensate for cold dense air. Conversely, summer fuels have lower volatility and are less prone to "percolate."
If winter blended fuel is used in warm or hot weather, the higher temperature may cause the fuel to "percolate" within the fuel system.
Summer fuel may not vaporize adequately in cool weather.
These situations are normally localized and last only during a brief period of severe changes in climatic conditions. Normally, no vehicle repairs are needed for these situations.
To avoid a mismatch of summer and winter fuel, Acura recommends that you buy gasoline from high-volume, major name-brand stations.
Oxygenated Fuels and MMT
Do not use gasoline containing MMT (Methylcyclopentadienyl Manganese Tricarbonyl). MMT is a gasoline additive that is used by some refiners to boost octane. It contains the metal manganese. This additive contaminates your engine components and exhaust emission control system, and can lead to a significant increase in emissions and a loss in performance and fuel economy. Damage caused by the use of fuels containing MMT may not be covered under warranty. Gasoline containing MMT is not common in the United States. It is prohibited in federal reformulated gasoline and in all California gasoline. However, MMT has been found in some fuels in the Southwest, mountain states, and the northwest area of New York State. MMT is more prevalent in gasoline sold in Canada, but lately many MMT-free fuels have become available. Regardless of location, the presence of MMT in the fuel will not be indicated on the pump, so it is important to ask your fueling station if their gasoline contains this additive. Alternatively, you may contact the customer service department of your preferred fuel brand with this question.
Some conventional gasolines are being blended with alcohol or an ether compound. These gasolines are collectively referred to as "oxygenated fuels." To meet clean air standards, some areas of the U.S. and Canada use these fuels to help reduce emissions. If you use an oxygenated fuel, be sure it is unleaded and meets the minimum octane rating requirement described in your Owner's Manual
Before using an oxygenated fuel, try to confirm the fuel's contents. Some states/provinces require this information to be posted on the pump.
Please refer to your Owner's Manual for your vehicles EPA-approved percentages of oxygenates.
Fuels that exceed the EPA's approved oxygenate percentages for conventional and reformulated gasolines must be clearly labeled on the pump. One example of such a fuel is "E85," which contains 85% ethanol. Do not use such fuels in your vehicle. These fuels will cause performance problems, and may damage your vehicle's engine, fuel system, and emission control system. This damage would not be covered under warranty.
If you notice any undesirable operating symptoms, try another service station or switch to another brand of gasoline.
Fuel Octane
Refer to your Owner's Manual for the pump octane number recommended for your Acura. Use of a lower-octane gasoline than recommended can cause a persistent, heavy metallic rapping noise in the engine that can lead to mechanical damage.
There is no advantage in using a fuel with a pump octane greater than that recommended in your Owner's Manual.
Precautions to take while refueling
- Turn off your vehicle.
- Do not smoke, light matches, or use lighters.
- Do not get back into your vehicle during refueling. Remain at the vehicle's fueling point even when using the nozzle's hold-open latch. It is important to avoid any activity that might result in static electricity build-up and discharge.
- Do not attempt to "top off" your vehicle's fuel tank.
- Ensure that the gas cap is securely tightened after refueling, as per the instructions in your Owner's Manual. An improperly tightened gas cap might illuminate the Malfunction Indicator Light on your instrument panel.
- Never fill a portable gasoline container or refuel a gasoline-powered device anywhere inside or on your vehicle.
Timing Belt
Timing Belts – Original Fit is Critical.
Have your timing belt inspected at the recommended intervals — and at replacement time, insist on an Acura Genuine Timing Belt. Acura Genuine Timing Belts are designed for exact factory fit to prevent belt slippage and are constructed with original, premium materials for maximum durability and crack resistance. Don't put your engine at risk with other brands. With an Acura Genuine Timing Belt, you can drive with confidence.
Oils & Fluids
Acura Genuine Oils and Fluids are where pure performance begins.
Your Acura is built for performance and solid dependability. An integral part of keeping it that way is using new Acura Genuine Vital Fluids at factory recommended intervals.
Over time, fluids lose essential protective properties, and waiting too long between changes can lead to mechanical damage and costly repairs. Acura Genuine Motor Oil, Antifreeze/Coolant, Brake Fluid, Automatic Transmission Fluid and Power Steering Fluid are specially formulated to protect your Acura's mechanical components from harmful deposits, rust, corrosion and oxidation. Please check the maintenance schedules in your owner's manual for recommended fluid change intervals.
Acura Genuine Automatic Transmission Fluid
Most people don't stop to think about the fluid in their automatic transmission. The truth is that fluid in their automatic transmission has a direct impact on how well their transmission shifts, how smoothly it performs, and how long the transmission lasts. Transmission fluid also has a direct impact on your Acura's fuel economy. Acura Genuine Automatic Transmission Fluid has been thoroughly laboratory-tested, and is specifically formulated to meet the needs of Acura vehicles. It uses the finest ingredients that deliver the ideal friction properties for efficient shifting, economical transfer of power, and a smooth ride with exceptional performance.
Acura Genuine Antifreeze All-Weather Protection. All Acura Performance.
When you're driving in extreme temperatures, the last thing you need is engine failure. Whether in extreme heat or cold, Acura Genuine Longlife Blue Antifreeze/Coolant provides long-term corrosion protection to all metal and non-metal parts of your Acura's cooling system and protects against boil over and freezing. Acura Genuine Longlife Blue Antifreeze/Coolant is the only coolant designed specifically for Acura vehicles. Its pre-mixed formulation is so advanced, no coolant service is required for up to 10 years or 120,000 miles. Use Acura Genuine Longlife Blue Antifreeze/Coolant for optimum long-term engine performance.
Acura Genuine Brake Fluid Performs well under pressure.
You put your foot on the brake pedal and the vehicle slows. Sounds pretty simple, doesn't it? The fact is, your Acura's braking system experiences significant stress, especially in stop-and-go traffic. Over time, the brake fluid it uses can become contaminated, or simply lose its effectiveness. That's why Acura recommends replacing brake fluid every three years with Acura Genuine Brake Fluid. Specially formulated to work with Acura braking systems, Acura Genuine Brake Fluid contains moisture inhibitors that help maintain correct lubricity and fluidity in virtually any driving conditions. What's more, its blend of top-quality ingredients is designed to maintain effectiveness for the full three-year period between recommended changes.
Acura Genuine Power Steering Fluid – Steering Sounding Wrong? Try the Right Steering Fluid.
Maybe it's hard to believe that using the wrong power steering fluid is a mistake you can hear. But it's true. An inferior power steering fluid can allow friction, and friction makes noise. With a higher viscosity than most other power steering fluids, an exclusive blend of friction modifiers and a special base oil (after all, quality starts with the basic ingredient), Acura Genuine Power Steering Fluid is formulated to counter friction effectively, and is 100% compatible with all Acura power steering system components. Help your Acura last longer and run quieter. Always insist on Acura Genuine Power Steering Fluid.
Acura Genuine Motor Oil Top Performance Begins with Top Quality Oil.
Motor oil is your engine's lifeblood. It lubricates your engine and protects moving parts to keep things running right. With the variety of grades and viscosities available, choosing the right motor oil may seem confusing. Acura Genuine Motor Oils are blended and tested to meet strict Acura requirements, and are available in a variety of grades and viscosities, each formulated specifically for use in Acura engines. You see, Acura engines are designed to work best with lower-viscosity motor oils, and oil not specified for them can diminish engine performance. So how do you pick the right motor oil with so many brands and types to choose from? Easy. Just look for the only motor oil with the Acura name.
Air Filters
Engine Air Filters– Better Filtering Means Better Performance.
Engines, like people, need to breathe clean air to stay fit. Without a free flow of clean air, an engine can't perform at its best. It's the job of your engine's air filter to remove dust and contaminants from incoming air before they can reduce performance, increase fuel consumption and cause premature engine wear. As these pollutants build up on the filter, engine airflow becomes restricted, which adversely affects performance. That's why it's important to regularly replace your old, dirty air filter with a new Acura Genuine Engine Air Filter. Made from advanced materials designed for superior filtration and airflow, Acura Genuine Engine Air Filters help optimize performance and fuel economy. Remember, all engine air filters aren't the same. Insist on original Acura quality. Insist on Acura Genuine.
Cabin Air Filters
Your Air Quality Deserves Acura Genuine Quality.
Pollen. Dust. Airborne contaminants. They're all in the air you breathe every day. Fortunately, you can keep them out of your passenger cabin by inspecting and replacing your Acura's cabin air filter as recommended. Acura Genuine Cabin Air Filters are designed specifically for your vehicle and meet Acura's exacting performance and quality standards. They're engineered to deliver maximum filtration of both incoming and recirculated air. And best of all, they give you the confidence of knowing they meet Acura standards for performance, quality and durability.
Towing varies by vehicle. For specific information about towing your vehicle, check your Owner's Manual.
Is it possible to tow my Acura vehicle with all four wheels on the ground (dinghy towing)?
For model year 2006 and newer, if an Acura vehicle is approved for towing with all four wheels on the ground, it will be noted in the Owner's Manual for that vehicle. Please refer to the owner's manual for specific towing instructions.
For model year 2005 and older, dinghy towing capability may or may not be possible. Please contact Acura Client Relations (800-382-2238) for additional information on whether or not your specific 2005 or older vehicle may be dinghy towable.
Certified Technicians
Your Acura dealer's service department offers the best care there is for your vehicle. Their technicians have spent many hours studying and training on proper Acura maintenance and repair procedures.
Also, most Acura technicians have many years of experience servicing older models. Virtually no one is more qualified to service your Acura than the Acura-trained and ASE Certified technicians at your Acura dealer's service department.
What's more, Acura dealerships invest in many special tools unique to your vehicle - so you can be assured that Acura Technicians have the right tools and information to properly service your vehicle. Ask your local dealership's Service Manager for a tour of their "Special Tools and Equipment" area.


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Every so often in life there is someone who does an extraordinary job and whose contributions go far beyond anyone's expectations. Jay Verkler's ten year tenure at FamilySearch has produced just such an experience for the genealogical world. Unlike the more visible media world, Jay Verkler's name is not a household word, but his influence has permanently changed the practice of genealogy for the better and his influence will be felt for years to come.
One thing
blogging about genealogy has done for me is to allow me the opportunity
to have a small glimpse into the rapidly changing genealogical world.
Because of my interest in genealogy, I had a fair understanding of
genealogical resources but little understanding of the greater issues in
the genealogy world. Blogging has given me a greater perspective and
because of that perspective, I am in a position to appreciate Jay
Verkler's contribution. Because of what he did, the pursuit of family
history will never be the same, in a very good way.
Jay, in my small way I hope you understand how much those of us who
know some of what you did, appreciate your contribution and sacrifice.
As I would say, Que le vaya bien.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Right man at the right time
2 comments:
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2012 at 8:21 PM
I totally agree with your comments about Jay Verkler. Does anyone know what his future plans are now that Dennis Brimhall is taking over the reins at FamilySearch?ReplyDelete
I didn't know him but I was thoroughly impresses with his keynote address on Thursday morning at RootsTech. He's amazing and so are the changes and improvements he's helped happen at FamilySearch. My thanks to him, too.ReplyDelete
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2013.06.06 | Agriculture and food
Organic farmers get a helping hand
There is an urgent need for devising new methods of preventing attacks of yellow rust fungus in cereals. A new project tackles the problem from several angles in close cooperation with the agricultural industry.
Submission of wheat rust samples for diagnosis
Please find the guideline: "Sample collection procedure for GRRC race analyses of wheat rusts 2016" here
Race analysis of Stem rust at GRRC
Please find GRRC reports:
Samples of stem rust infected wheat from Russia, 2016. Released August 2017
Samples of stem rust infected wheat from Italy. November 2016
Related GRRC news:
CAUTION: Risk of wheat stem rust in Mediterranean Basin in the forthcoming 2017 crop season following outbreaks on Sicily in 2016
Disease notes:
Emergence of Virulence to SrTmp in the Ug99 Race Group of Wheat Stem Rust, Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, in Africa / Plant Disease February 2016, Volume 100, Number 2, Page 522
First Report of the Ug99 Race Group of Wheat Stem Rust, Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, in Egypt in 2014 / Plant Disease April 2016, Volume 100, Number 4, Page 863
Race analysis of Yellow rust at GRRC
Please find reports of the non-European Puccinia striiformis race analyses activities at GRRC 2010 - 2017:
- Summary of Puccinia striiformis race analysis 2017 February 10, 2018
- Summary of Puccinia striiformis race analysis 2016
- Summary of Puccinia Striiformis race analysis 2015
- Summary of Puccinia Striiformis race analysis 2014
- Summary of Puccinia Striiformis race analysis 2013
- Summary of Puccinia striiformis isolate pathotyping 2012
- Summary of Puccinia striiformis isolate pathotyping 2011
- Summary of Puccinia striiformis isolate pathotyping 2010
Definitions of genetic lineages and races
Sampling site focus in 2018 will be selected by staff at ICARDA, CIMMYT and NARCs in Africa and Asia, with a focus on high risk epidemic areas. Since 2011, GRRC also accepted samples of stem rust (Puccinia graminis tritici) as agreed upon with the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative and the phase II of the Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat Project (DRRW) and now continued in the Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat project (DGGW), 2016-2020. GRRC can only process samples according to available space and resources at any time, and we cannot guarantee to process all samples received.
RUSTFIGHT - Meeting the new challenges from infectious rust fungi on crop plants
The Danish Research Council for Strategic Research is contributing 19.8m DKK to a new research project to be led by Aarhus University. The results from the project will bring more knowledge to the prevention and control of wheat rust.
The research will be a collaboration between The Global Rust Reference Centre at Aarhus University, University of Copenhagen, Technical University of Denmark, Sejet Planteforædling and leading international institutions.
In the project the scientists will try to decode how and why the fungus starts to develop so aggressively. They will also prepare a list of the genetic codes of the fungus – the so-called effectors – that are responsible for the ability of the fungus to adapt to new wheat varieties. These effectors will be screened and used to develop wheat cultivars with durable rust resistance.
Another ambition is to track down rust resistance in resistant wheat varieties and strains made available from international institutions to Danish plant breeders.


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|Sale For
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|Main Colour
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|Embroidery, Woven
|Country of Manufacture
Indian Ethinc Border for Multi Purpose uses, The base fabric of this border is Zari Woven Art Silk or Artficial Silk with Multi-Color thread Embroidery Work.
This Border can be stitched on Saree, Dress, Table covers, Curtains, Bloses, tops etc clothing items.
Please note :
- Multple Yardage Purcashed as one order will be ship as one continious lenght.
- Art Silk Fabric are Man made materials that look like silk and are also known as Artificial Silk. Art Silk Fabric includes rayon viscose), nylon, polyester. Art silk is a synthetic manufactured fibre which resembles silk but costs less then Pure Silk.
- Item color Shades may be darker or Lighter from the shown images.
Shipping & Returns
Our Shipping Charges are calculated on weight.
When my order will be Dispatched/Shipped?
We Ship Worldwide from India Usually within 24 Hrs of receiving cleared Payment.
When I can expect to receive my Order?
Delivery time varies according to the shipping service chosen by the buyer as we offer 2 Shipping Service.
1. India Post Registered Airmail.
Registered Airmail takes approx 2-4 weeks for Delivery.
We are shipping goods via India Post Registered Airmail Service since long time and with our past experience shipping items via this service we can say that most Packet delivers within 10-15 Days.
Registered Airmail shipping is less expensive, safe, and reliable.
Please Note : Registered Airmail Service are not traceable online for most countries except USA, Canada & Russia....also this service requires signature on the time of delivery so please ensure that some is available to sign the packet on the time of delivery.
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Express Courier takes about 5-7 Days for delivery and are traceable on the internet. Express Courier Delivery UPGRADE is available on Extra Charges of US $20.00 on top of Registered Airmail Shipping charges.
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We request you to please wait for 4 weeks to receive your order (If chosen registered airmail while placing order) or 7-10 Days (If chosen Express Shipping upgrade while placing order). We try our best to locate and deliver your packet if not delivered within given timeline if we found that the packet has been lost in transits then we will ask you for refund or re-ship the order.
Is there any kind of Custom Charges occur?
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Since The Animator's Wife is teaching her first amigurumi class next week, I thought now would be a good time to go over the tricks of the trade with our followers. Some you may have seen somewhere else before, some may be completely new to you. Some you can even apply to other types of crochet projects. But by the end of our series, you should feel confident in attacking any amigurumi pattern or even creating your own!
To start, we'll go over the magic loop. Almost all amigurumi is worked primarily in the round, and while there are several techniques for starting in the round (see Crocheting in the Round), starting with a magic loop has the advantage of not leaving a hole in the middle of your project.
As an example, the project below was started in a ring of chain stitches. Do you see how there is a tiny hole in the middle of the stitches?
While this is okay for projects like granny squares, your amigurumi is going to be stuffed, so the fewer (and smaller) the holes are, the less stuffing you'll see peeking out through your stitches. The magic loop eliminates that little hole, which is why so many people prefer to use it to start projects like amigurumi and hats. The magic loop can be used as a substitute for any pattern in the round that starts in a chain stitch or in a ring of chains.
Now for the how-to.
Note: If you'd like to turn our amigurumi series into a CAL, download our Basic Amigurumi pattern and follow along!
1. Begin by wrapping the yarn around two of your fingers. It only needs to wrap completely around once, so that your fingers are completely encircled in one loop of yarn (the magic loop!). Wrapping more than once will make it difficult for you a bit later.
2. Keeping your two fingers in the magic loop, insert your hook under the top of the loop.
3. Yarn over and pull a loop through the magic loop. You should now have one loop on the hook and the magic loop still on your fingers.
5. Yarn over and pull a loop through the loop on the hook to complete a chain stitch. The chain stitch will hold the magic loop together so that you can remove your fingers from it.
6. Now work your stitches in the magic loop as you normally would for the first round. Amigurumis typically start with 6-8 single crochets in the first round.
7. Once the desired number of stitches are finished, grasp hold of the short tail of the magic loop.
8. Pull the tail tightly so that the stitches form a ring. Voila! No hole in the middle. Continue your project as usual.
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In the weeks and months following Hurricane Katrina, several teams from MCEER visited the stricken area to collect perishable data on structural damage to bridges, buildings and other infrastructure, investigate the performance of the area's hospitals, examine public health and environmental issues, and conduct surveys of large affected areas using state-of-the-art remote sensing technologies.
Detailed preliminary reports prepared at the time of the field investigations contain summaries of damage, initial observations and many photographs. A report series entitled "Engineering and Organizational Issues Before, During, and After Hurricane Katrina," present the findings of the teams in greater detail.
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While "Completely" Cody Steele was on the losing end of his TNA debut against Abyss, he's on the winning end of life. Things have been going great for this young upstart from Calgary and life is only getting better.
NWA TNA is a breeding ground for young talent. Despite his losing efforts on his debut for the promotion, the 207-pounder quickly rebounded and scored an NWA Main Event tag win with Jake O'Reilly against Crazzy Steve and TJ Harley.
This upbeat Canadian superstar is a major asset to the cruiserweight world of wrestling.
Trained by "Dangerboy" Derek Wylde, Steele has wrestled in such promotions as NSP, CIWA, ESW, GLCW, BCW, HWF, FIW and many others. He has held gold in five different organizations. Whether it be heavyweight gold or cruiserweight gold, Cody held the title with honor and defended it with pride.
Before all this could come to fruition, Cody watched wrestling at home. "My mom used to sit me in front of the TV when I was five and let me watch Hulk Hogan all day long," he said. "I used to poke holes in garbage bags and wear them as T-shirts so I could rip them off like Hogan."
From then on Steele wanted to be a wrestler. When Steele turned 16, he went in search of a wrestling school. "None of the schools would accept you until you turned 18," he explained. "When I turned 18, I found a wrestling school in Niagara Falls. It was 'Dangerboy' Derek Wylde's school. I signed up and that's how I got into wrestling." He made his debut on January 24, 2000.
Wylde himself is a big fan of Cody and is always putting the young man over. When asked why he thinks people speak so highly of him Cody replied, "Derek is a little too kind ... I don't know really, I just go out there and do what I do."
In wrestling there are many different styles; Cody wrestles a wide mix of those styles, but can't seem to choose just one to focus on. "Because of my size, people categorize me as a high flyer. You have to know your crowd, a Philadelphia crowd and a Nashville crowd are two different things and you have to change your style. I consider myself as an entertainer."
Lately Cody has been feuding with his mentor and trainer Wylde, but he's not the only man Cody likes to work with. "The Hacker, I had some good matches with him. TJ Harley who is very underrated in the Toronto area. I can't say enough good things about him. Shawn Spears, he wouldn't have to do any high flying stuff, he has charisma seeping through his pores."
When you think of wrestling, territories come to mind. Different places equal different people. "I like an old school crowd. I went down to Nashville and those fans are just amazing, they just want to see wrestling," he said. "The Neo Pro crowds (in Niagara Falls) are like the Canadian Philly crowd. They are bloodthirsty. They are diehard and they are there every month and I love them."
Wrestling is changing every day as new talent is brought up the indy ranks. Cody said he sees potential in a few friends. "[If] TJ Harley is put in the right role, he can go far. ... Definitely Shawn Spears. He is so charismatic and he has 'It'. ... Another kid, he has only been working a year, is Crazzy Steve. Wherever he goes he's over like mad. It's only a matter of time before someone up high, sees him and signs him."
Steele doesn't like to admit it, but when watching tapes, Cody spots out moves, learns them and puts his own twist on them-especially the work of Chris Benoit, Jake Roberts, Ricky Steamboat and Ric Flair. While those men are tops on Cody's list of favorites,
Following in the footsteps of Mick Foley, Jerry Lawler and other titans, Cody has decided to write his very own book. Not many people know this, but Cody is currently negoiating a book deal with a Toronto publisher. "I am going to be writing a book about the morale of the pro wrestling business. I really want to concentrate on that. I am a very spiritual person and I believe in God and God put it in my heart. I saw some things I wasn't really happy with in wrestling. I am going to be going around and interviewing some people. That will take more than a year."
Cody has a lot going on for himself and in the next year and has some specific plans: "Concentrate and work on my book, do some more matches for TNA and work some dark matches for WWE."
Cody's attitude will bring him far. He is down to earth and approaches his fans as though they are his best friends. Cody is well liked throughout the wrestling community by his fans and his peers. Steele is the future of this wonderful business and he will stop at nothing until all who are in his way are "Completely Finished."
Fans in Southern Ontario can see Steele next weekend. He'll be at the Toronto Man Show at the National Trade Centre on September 17, 18 and 19, and he'll be working the Neo Spirit show at the Polish Hall in Niagara Falls on Saturday, September 18th in the evening.
You can reach Cody through his website www.codysteele.cjb.net.
Chris Sokol is from Long Island, NY and is the youngest member of the SLAM! Wrestling staff. He can be emailed at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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major macro economic indicators
|GDP growth (%)
|Inflation (yearly average, %)
|Budget balance (% GDP)
|Current account balance (% GDP)
|Public debt (% GDP)
(f): forecast
- Diversified exports
- Dynamic services sector
- Good infrastructure, high R&D
- Investment supported by expansion of local financial market and broader access to FDIs
- Exchange rate flexibility
- High per capita income
- Reliance on external demand
- Budget income highly dependent on performances in the gas and oil sector
- Very high private debt levels
- Erosion of price competitiveness due to high labour costs
- Persistent regional disparities
- Ethnic and religious disputes
Growth expected to remain quite strong
Particularly strong in 2017, growth will remain robust in 29018. Activity will continue to be driven by internal demand, and also by good export performance (75% of GDP). Exports should continue to benefit from the recovery in hydrocarbon prices, which represents 20% of total exports. However, the energy sector (natural gas and oil) might suffer from the suspension of Chinese pipeline projects (funded by the Export-Import Bank of China) amid corruption concerns. The country also exports high added-value manufactured products, such as semi-conductors and other electronic products (39% of exports), for which there is strong global demand. Investment in this sector will likely be sustained by the good outlook for these products, especially as the country benefits from growing integration in the regional value chain thanks to its ongoing membership in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Conversely, public projects could suffer from the promised new government review and potential renegotiation of large infrastructure projects awarded to foreign investors. The sectors associated with tourism are expected to continue to expand, but will further suffer from the lasting impact of the Malaysia Airlines disasters in 2014 and 2015, as well as from a less favourable security environment than those of local rivals like Thailand and Vietnam.
Despite high levels of household debt (84% of GDP at the end of 2017), private consumption is set to continue to be the main contributor to growth. The recent appreciation of the ringgit helped reduce the cost of imported goods and contain inflation, while the unemployment rate is still at its lowest. The new government removed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) after being elected, which will help to keep prices low and boost consumption. Households are set to benefit from tax cuts, as well as higher civil service wages. Meanwhile, a still accommodative monetary stance – with no further rise in interest rate to be expected in 2018 from the central bank after the 25th January's basis-point rise to 3.25% – and higher public spending will also support growth. The negative implications of Malaysia's integration into the regional electronics value chain is that the country's economy remains vulnerable to slowing demand from China, its main trading partner, especially in the context of the escalating trade war with the United States.
New measures to widen the fiscal deficit but satisfactory external accounts
In the short-term, the new government objective is to consolidate public debt, essentially made up ofsukuk(Islamic bonds), as well as of traditional bonds. To this end, it is currently reviewing infrastructure projects implemented by the previous administration. However, those efforts might be insufficient to balance campaign promises, possibly leading to an increase in 2018's fiscal deficit. The removal of the controversial 6% GST will indeed not be compensated by the reinstatement of the Services and Sales Tax, previously abolished in 2015. This loss in revenue, in addition to an increase in expenditures with the reimplementation of oil subsidies in a context of rising international prices, could hamper fiscal health in the long-term.
The current account surplus is expected to remain stable in 2018. The trade surplus should be sustained by the increase in oil prices and the lower dynamic in intermediate goods imports. Relatively lower investments, as well as lower exports in the electronics sector towards China, will reduce demand for intermediate goods, which will offset the rise in consumption goods imports. The income balance will continue to show a deficit because of profit repatriation by foreign companies. Likewise, the transfer deficit is expected to endure because of remittances by foreign workers to their country of origin. The services deficit is expected to fall slightly in connection with the increasing number of tourists.
External debt is currently relatively high (67% of GDP), mostly denominated in foreign exchange and over 40% short-term owed. However, high levels of foreign exchange reserves (almost seven months of imports) will help limit the associated risk, and enable the country to respond to any capital flight associated with a rapid tightening of US monetary policy. Meanwhile, the banking sector remains sufficiently capitalised and liquid, even if high household debt remains a risk.
An unexpected victory of the opposition
Against all expectations, the 10th May general elections brought to power the centre-left opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan (PH). The coalition defeated the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN), led by Prime Minister Najib Razak, and won 113 seats out of 222, enough to form a government. Amid corruption allegations against Mr Razak regarding his management of the state-backed investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (MYR 1 billion – approximately USD 365,320 – of the fund's assets were placed into the Prime Minister's personal account). PH leader Mohammad Mahithir has put an end to the six decades of power of the BN party.
Prime Minister Mahithir has announced a renewed fight against corruption in the country, the first visible effect of which has been the corruption charges against Mr Razak at the beginning of July. Mr Mahithir also stated that he intended to hand over power within two years to the de facto PH leader Anwar Ibrahim, who was in custody until he obtained a royal pardon. Nevertheless, the ruling coalition will face a challenge in managing the diverging interests of its constituent parties, especially regarding the country's ethnic diversity. Despite its call for a "new Malaysia" reflecting the country's ethnic diversity, the PH coalition is unlikely to dismantle affirmative action policies that favour ethnic Malays over other minorities (most notably the Chinese, prominent in the business community).rang Asli, Dayak, etc.). However, suspicions regarding the Prime Minister and his cabinet, alleged to have misappropriated a share of the assets in the country's sovereign fund (MD 1 billion) and placed them in their personal bank accounts, could be exploited by the opposition during the electoral campaign.
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Bank transfers, cash, and cheques are all popular means of payment in Malaysia. The country's banking network is well developed and allows for payments to be made through various online channels. Letters of Credit are also commonly used in Malaysia.
As of the beginning of 2017, it is the Central Bank's requirement that 75% of payments in foreign currencies are converted into the Malaysian ringgit automatically upon receipt. Payments for transactions within Malaysia are required to be made in the local currency.
Debt collection
Amicable phase
Amicable efforts in settling disputes and or debts are very common in Malaysia. This involves notifying and contacting buyers by way of letters, telephone and, where permissible, by visiting the buyer's business premises. Negotiations often ensue before a final settlement can be reached. If there is no response from the buyer, a site visit and online searches are conducted to ascertain the operating status and legal status of the buyer. If the buyer continues to ignore and or neglect to settle the matter amicably, the supplier may begin legal proceedings to recover payments for goods sold and delivered. However, due diligence should be done to ensure that the buyer has sufficient assets to satisfy the debt before proceedings are initiated.
Malaysian court system
The hierarchy of courts in Malaysia starts with the Magistrates' Court at the first level, followed by the Sessions Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and the Federal Court of Malaysia. The High Court, Court of Appeal and the Federal Court are superior courts, while the Magistrates' Court and the Sessions Courts are subordinate courts. There are also various other courts outside of this hierarchy, e.g. Employment Admiralty, Shariah or Muslim matters.
Malaysian legal system
The Malaysian legal system is based upon the English common law system, which Malaysia inherited by virtue of a long history of colonization by the British. Central to the Malaysian legal system is a written constitution based upon the Westminster model. The jurisdiction and powers of courts under the Malaysian hierarchy of courts are contained principally in the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (Act 91) for the superior courts and in the Subordinate Courts Act 1948 (Act 92) for the subordinate courts.
Claims in Magistrates' court are limited up to MYR 100,000, whilst a Sessions Court may hear any civil matters where the amount in dispute does not exceed MYR 1,000,000. Where the amount claimed does not exceed MYR 5,000, a claim should be filed with the small claims division of the Magistrates' Court. However, legal representation is not permitted. The High Court has the jurisdiction to try all civil matters and monetary claims exceeding MYR 1 million.
Legal Proceedings
An unpaid debt normally has a six-year statute of limitation period, from the day the cause of action arose (e.g. a breach of contract). The creditor commences a writ action and serves the writ on the debtor within six months from the issue of the writ. When defendants are served with a writ, they have fourteen days after service of the writ (or 21 days if the writ was served outside of Malaysian jurisdiction) to file a Memorandum of Appearance with the court to indicate their intention to appear in court and defend the suit.
Before a writ can be issued, it must be endorsed with a statement of claim, or with a general endorsement consisting of a concise statement of the nature of the claim made and the requisite relief or remedy. When the writ only has a general endorsement, the statement of claim must be served before the expiration of fourteen days after the defendant enters an appearance.
When the defendant has entered appearance, he is required to file and serve his defence on the plaintiff fourteen days after the time limit for entering an appearance, or after service of the statement of claim, whichever is later. A defendant may make a counterclaim in the same action brought by the plaintiff. A plaintiff must serve on the defendant his reply and defence to a counterclaim, if any, within fourteen days after the defence (and counterclaim) has been served on him.
Proceedings may be resolved and/or otherwise summarily terminated and/or determined and/or disposed of at an early stage before the trial of the action
Fast Track
Failure to enter an appearance may result in a plaintiff proceeding to enter a judgment-in-default against a defendant. Ordinarily, when a defendant has filed an appearance and also a statement of defence subsequent to other procedures of filing of documents in support, the matter would be set for trial. If the defendant has entered an appearance and filed a defence, but it is clear that the defendant has no real defence to the claim, the plaintiff may apply to court for summary judgment against the defendant. To avoid summary judgment being entered, the defendant has to show that the dispute concerns a triable issue or that there is some other reason for trial.
Enforcement of a court decision
Writ of Seizure and Sale (WSS)
A WSS may be enforced against both movable and immovable property as well as against securities. When the property to be seized consists of immovable property or any registered interest, the seizure shall be made by an order prohibiting the judgment debtor from transferring, charging or leasing the property.
Garnishee Proceedings
A Judgment Creditor may garnish monies a Judgment Debtor is supposed to receive from a third party. If the garnishee does not attend court, then the order is made absolute. If the garnishee does attend, the court can either decide the matter summarily or fix the matter for trial.
Judgment Debtor Summons
The objective of this summons is to give the judgment debtor an opportunity to pay the judgment debt in instalments to commensurate his means. Debtors themselves can apply for such a procedure. Alternatively, under Order 14 the defendant can admit the plaintiff's claim and propose to pay by instalments, which the court can subsequently order if the plaintiff accepts the proposal.
Bankruptcy Proceedings
If the total judgment of debt exceeds MYR 30,000, bankruptcy proceedings can be triggered if the judgment debtor has not complied with the judgment or order made against him. Once a debtor has been adjudged bankrupt, other creditors are also entitled to file the Proof of Debt form and Proxy in order to be entitled to share in any distribution from the estate of the bankrupt. The distribution of the estate is according to the priority of the creditors' claim
Writ of Possession
Once the application is granted, the order commands the sheriff to enter the property of the debtor and take possession of all immovable property The writ may also include provisions for enforcing the payment of money – usually rental arrears and legal cost – and for that purpose, the writ will command seizure and sale of any movable property of the defendant to satisfy the party of the monetary judgment
Writ of Distress
The relationship of landlord and tenant must exist, both when the rent becomes due and when the distress is levied and the rent must be in arrears. Warrants of distress need not be served on the tenant. The writ of distress is addressed to the bailiff for execution and the entire process is carried out ex parte. The element of surprise is expected because if the order is made known, the execution might not be fruitful.
Writ of Delivery
This writ is used for the recovery of movable property or its assessed value where a judgment or order for the delivery of any movable property or payment of their assessed value to the judgment creditor has not been complied with. Writs of delivery may include provisions for enforcing the payment of any money adjudged or ordered to be paid by the judgment.
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments/ Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments (Order 67 Rules of Court 2012)
The Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1958 (REJA 1958) applies to judgements given in the superior courts of reciprocating countries specified in the first schedule to the Act (section 3). REJA 1958 applies to foreign judgments or order given or made in any civil or criminal proceedings for payment of a sum of money in respect of compensation or damages to the injured party and in the case of Commonwealth countries or territories, includes an arbitration award (section 2). A judgment is deemed final and conclusive even if there is an appeal pending against or if it is subject to appeal.
The fact of registration does not transform the judgment into a Malaysian judgment so that the court may sit to inquire into its regularity or validity for certainty or the want of it. If the judgment debtor wishes to impeach the judgment for uncertainty or irregularity or non-conformity with the rules of court, he should proceed to do so in the original court.
When the judgment debtor has no assets in Malaysia, leaving the judgment creditor unable to enforce his judgment in Malaysia, the creditor may be able to enforce it in a country where the debtor does have assets. He might do so by beginning new proceedings or, if possible, by registering his Malaysian judgment in the foreign country (on the basis of reciprocity of enforcement between the two countries).
Any decision rendered by a foreign country must be recognized as a domestic judgment in order to become enforceable through an exequatur procedure. Malaysia has reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement Agreements with some countries, including Hong Kong, India, and New Zealand.
Insolvency proceedings
There are several insolvency and restructuring procedures available. Under the Companies Act, the available insolvency proceedings include:
- Compulsory and voluntary winding-up of companies
- Appointment of receivers and managers
- Restructuring mechanisms
In a compulsory winding-up, the court can wind up a company on a number of grounds under the Companies Act. The most common of these is the company's inability to pay its debts. The creditor initiates this process by filing a winding-up petition with the court. If an order is made, the court will appoint a liquidator to oversee the liquidation process.
A voluntary winding-up can be either a members' or creditors' winding-up. In a members' winding-up, the shareholders can voluntary wind up their own company if their company is solvent. Shareholders appoint a liquidator, at which point the directors' powers cease and any transfer of shares or any alteration in the statutes of members will be void. If the liquidator discovers that the company is insolvent, he must convert the members' voluntary winding-up into a creditors' winding-up.
Appointment of receivers and managers
Court-appointed receivers will either manage the company's operations as normal, or take custody and possession of the assets of the company. Alternatively, receivers appointed by debenture holders based on the terms of the debenture agreement (privately-appointed receivers), may take possession of the company's assets subject to the floating charge that has since crystallized in the debenture.
Restructuring mechanisms
There are three restructuring mechanisms:
- Scheme of arrangement: A company can enter into a scheme of arrangement with the approval of 75% of the creditors in value and a simple majority. After creditors approve the scheme, the court must sanction it before it can be implemented. Debtors can apply for an order restraining all proceedings against it while it develops its scheme.
- Special administration: it involves the appointment of a special administrator. The appointment must serve the public interest.
- Conservatorship: The Malaysia Deposit Insurance Corporation takes control of a non-viable financial institution or acquires and takes control of non-performing loans that are outstanding between the financial institution, borrowers and security providers.


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What do we consider love? One popular dictionary site states that love is: "The most spectacular,indescribable, deep euphoric feeling for someone." So love is spectacular and indescribable. Love sets our hearts on fire, it makes our blood boil and turns us into different creatures. Love, sex and romance have fueled our culture and history, they have built up and torn down empires, and they are what every person wants to find.
Where is the Love?
How do you find it? In the past you looked to your friends, you scanned the church and searched the clubs, maybe it even would even sneak up on you at work. In the deeper past you married who your parents decided and hoped love would spark. Today, as before, we use the tools at our disposal. They just happen to be different tools. Today we use the internet.
Not more than a few years ago, no self respecting person would admit that they were dating online. It was seen as a last resort, a tool for the desperate. What a difference a few years makes! Scientists at the University of Rochester recently reported a study where they found that online dating is now the second most common way to begin a relationship. Today tens of millions of people use online dating sites and these sites have proliferated. PlentyOfFish.com, Match.com, eHarmony.com, OKCupid.com and these are just a very few of the most popular not even counting the niche dating sites. What was frowned upon has become commonplace and why wouldn't it. A CNN article recently summed it up like this:
If you're young, urban and didn't import a significant other from college, it's pretty likely that you're on an online dating site.
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Regarding matching, no compelling evidence supports matching sites' claims that mathematical algorithms work-that they foster romantic outcomes that are superior to those fostered by other means of pairing partners.
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aymes Brooks first heard the news from a teammate.
"You're going in for Nick Marshman today," Sergio Render told him two Fridays ago as Virginia Tech's football team gathered for position meetings.
Brooks, an offensive guard from Denbigh High, thought the move routine and temporary. He figured Marshman had tweaked an ankle, or that seniors had the day off.
Moments later, offensive line coach Curt Newsome cornered Brooks and told him the complete story:
Marshman is academically ineligible for the bowl. He earned his degree last spring and competed this season as a graduate student, yet somehow failed to pass the NCAA-minimum six credits during the recently completed fall semester.
"I was shocked," Brooks said Christmas Eve morning from his mother's Newport News home. "Then I was thinking, 'Wow, my first start in the Orange Bowl. What a start.' "
Indeed, thanks to the strangest, and perhaps most inexcusable, case of academic neglect in memory, Brooks will make his first college start Jan. 1 against Cincinnati.
Render, a second-team All-ACC selection, moves from right guard to replace Marshman. Brooks takes over Render's normal spot for his first start since 2006, his senior season at Denbigh.
Marshman had started 27 consecutive games and played 863 snaps this season, missing only three. He played approximately 1,800 snaps during his Tech career.
Brooks, an unfailingly polite "yes, sir, no, sir" young man, has played four snaps, three against Division I-AA Furman and one at Boston College. In the Orange Bowl, he'll line up next to right tackle and fellow redshirt freshman Blake DeChristopher.
Tech's all-rookie right side will encounter a defense that starts 10 seniors, including all four linemen and all three linebackers.
Can you say daunting?
"We're not really concerning ourselves with the snaps he hasn't taken," offensive coordinator Bryan Stinespring said of Brooks. "We're concerning ourselves with the snaps he's going to take. Those are the ones that are important. …
"We've got a lot of confidence in Jaymes. I'm sure Jaymes is going to have a little bit of jitters out there. … He's getting ready to face a very experienced, very difficult, physical defensive line."
What about it, Jaymes? Nervous?
"Just anxious to get out there and get that first hit out of the way," he said. "I've always been like that, even with the shot put. I was anxious until I got that first throw out of the way."
Brooks was the state Group AAA runner-up in the shot put and discus as a senior, was ranked among the state's top 10 football prospects and attracted scholarship offers from Florida, Tennessee, Maryland and Virginia Tech.
He sat out the 2007 season as a redshirt, and when we chatted in August he couldn't wait to run out of the Lane Stadium tunnel for the home opener against Furman. Brooks understood and accepted that playing time would be sparse in 2008 behind Marshman and Ed Wang, a fourth-year junior.
Now Brooks prepares for a Cincinnati defense that ranks 13th nationally against the run and features first-team All-Big East end Connor Barwin. So bank on Bearcats coach Brian Kelly and defensive coordinator Joe Tresey, VMI's secondary coach from 1999-2001, attacking Tech's right side with every stunt and blitz imaginable.
"I'm expecting it," Brooks said of Cincinnati picking on the freshmen. "That was the first thing I was thinking."
Stinespring, Newsome and head coach Frank Beamer are concerned about the Brooks-DeChristopher tandem, but since Brooks practiced at right guard throughout the season, they wanted to keep him as comfortable as possible. The coaches also consulted with the players, and the consensus was to shift Render.
Stinespring compares the move to switch-hitting in baseball: "It looks easy, but there's a little more to it."
Different stances, footwork and assignments. Communicating with a different teammate on your outside shoulder.
"It is a setback," Stinespring said. "You can't slide it away and pretend it's not there."
Marshman, never a moment's trouble off the field while at Tech, realizes as much and was contrite.
"Very few things surprise you … but every now and then, there's a shock value," Stinespring said. "If you know Nick, you know he's one of the most caring, sensitive guys in the world. I think he just wanted to apologize for the situation he put this team in."
Brooks has practiced six times with the first unit. He moved to the front row of position meetings and is paying more attention during strategy sessions.
"Coach Newsome told me I've improved a lot," Brooks said. "My footwork has gotten a lot better."
At 6-foot-2, 304 pounds, Brooks is blessed with the size and athletic ability to play guard, to sumo wrestle inside and pull to the outside.
He projected as a 2009 starter, but is he, on relatively short notice, ready to play on the Bowl Championship Series stage?
"Brooks has been coming along," Beamer said. "We'll see if he's ready for this. He's got the makings of being a really good player. Whether he can be a really good player against Cincinnati, we'll see."
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I am going back to work soon part-time and would appreciate some tips on accumulating a frozen milk supply. When I pump I only get an ounce or two. My baby is 6 weeks old and nurses non-stop.
I am going back to work soon part-time and would appreciate some tips on accumulating a frozen milk supply. When I pump I only get an ounce or two. My baby is 6 weeks old and nurses non-stop.
One way to do it is to pump after a morning feed, when you have the most milk. If you're getting an ounce or two you're doing well! Lots of moms find they don't get much out of the pump at the beginning. Plus, when you're at work, you'll be pumping instead of a feed, not on top of a feed. Baby needs 1 to 1.5 ounces of milk per hour apart from you. So if you're gone 6 hours that first day you'll need between 6 and 9 ounces of milk. After that, you'll be pumping each day you're working for the next work day. So you don't have to accumulate all that much. Once you have a couple ounces pumped, you can combine and freeze.
with the PP. You want to pump consistently at the same time every day- after the first morning nursing session is ideal- and be patient! Pumping is a learned skill, and it may take some time before you feel like you're really proficient.
Also recommend doing compressions during pumping, and following up with hand expression after. I find I can sometimes get an extra 1-2 oz that way (There's a sticky at the top of this forum on maximizing milk output, with a link to a helpful educational video on that.) Just stick with your pumping schedule, and you might find with a little more time, your supply ramps up a little to match. Also, once you do go back to work, it's possible you might bring home more milk than baby eats (I do, at least) so you might find yourself freezing some here and there later on too. It's a good idea to freeze in 2-4 oz sizes (not more) to prevent waste. Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions on working/pumping/freezing etc


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|2013-02-23, 16:11
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2) Agreed.
3) Actually, you will be surprised how much Solar and Wind grew under the Obama Administration (So did gas and oil), but every panel you put up is a endless source of energy, meaning other fossil fuel can be diverted to other uses. Solar and Wind are never meant to completely replace fossil fuel (not likely for a long time) but supplement them in usage.
|2013-02-23, 16:13
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You know guys, Europe isn't perfect.
Europe has plenty of its own problems. Surely that's clear with what we've seen in Greece and Iceland, amongst other nations.
Frankly, if your argument is simply "Let's do what those other guys are doing. Who cares if some of them have just about bankrupted themselves, we should follow them anyway" that's not a terribly compelling argument.
If you want to convince people of a particular policy idea, then argue for the merits of the policy itself. You don't need to point to other countries to prop it up. A good idea is a good idea no matter where it originated from.
|2013-02-23, 16:25
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Also, the problem with public transportation in the US has more to do with the way our population centers have grew over the years. We have too many people spread out over too big of an area for many public transportation methods to be practical. There's no point for cities and municipalities to invest in a public transportation system that either nobody will use because it doesn't cover the area they are at and need to go, or too expensive because they had to cover too large of an area without sufficient number of users to sustain the system.
They are definitely something to use for augmenting coal/nuclear, though in the long run I think space-based solar power is the way to go, unless them guys over at ITER can figure out how a way to make fusion practical.
|2013-02-23, 16:41
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Have some salt
It is still useful though to look elsewhere since they can help us by providing some empirical evidence. It is not ok to use it as a blunt instrument to whack people with.
Of course, my own posts in the gun thread should clearly point to which stance I'm taking (I really didn't feel like debating it again but just going to say that I am largely with Gundamfan's post above me), but even I will have to acknowledge that perhaps my nation's approach isn't the healthiest.
|2013-02-23, 16:53
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The whole thing w/ "foreign oil" is just missing the point IMO. It's an international market, it's not as if the oil we produce are staying inside the country. Foreign oil, domestic oil, they all go into the same pile that is the international market. The only way to change that would be to nationalize the oil industry and/or severely restrict/ban oil exportation.
But let me point out a falsehood here. The top 1% of taxpayers took home an average of $370,000 AGI in 2010, per IRS records. The top 1% consist of 1.4 million people (who filed tax returns that year).
1.4 million people x $370,000 = $518 trillion
Well, we just blew away, not only the deficit, but the federal debt, too. Of course, it is silly to tax them at 100%, but you brought up the number, so I thought I'd put that particular notion to rest. But taxing them at 50% would still do the trick nicely. It's a common misconception that taxing the rich more won't solve our problem. Who tells you that? Rich people, naturally.
Anyway, that's my math based off of IRS records from 2010. What is your math?
That's all I'd like, is just a number from you, so if you could simply provide me one, that would be cool. Thanks!^^
|2013-02-23, 17:09
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The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
I cannot put electricity into my car to make it go, nor can I afford a new car, nor can I afford a presently non-existanst conversion kit to make it go on electricity.
My car is over 40 years old and it still runs fine. The only computer in it is generally my cel phone. It was considered a compact car in 1972, were now it is about as long as a full sized car.
Electric cars with range are not cheap. Nor are electric "filling station" common at this time. The electric car is still a rich persons toy at the moment. It is coming down, but it is not in the realm of lower middle class common daily driver region yet. Nor is it presently viable as a work car, van, or truck for business uses.
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|2013-02-23, 17:11
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|2013-02-23, 17:15
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I live in a very big city, and in my opinion it costs less to live in the main city than to live way out for slightly cheaper, but a whole lot more stress and gas and time to drive to work everyday. In my city all houses are expensive anyway, if you want to actually own the house. And if you really don't care where you live then there are plenty of dirt cheap, dirty apartments in the ghettos for you to live in in the main city. Way cheaper than living in the suburbs and you can live closer to work too. Just be careful once the thugs wake up.
We have public transportation in the main city, but it is not a lot of good. Nothing like the great subways in New York City. So anyone who's old enough and not mentally incapable has a car.
|2013-02-23, 18:18
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Walk? bike? how would you like to bike 20 miles each way to work in michigan winter while trying to navigate the snow covered ground which may or may not have a sidewalk for you to bike on? I'm sure you'll be thrilled with the idea of sharing the main roads with cars in the middle of winter, what could possibly go wrong.
Public transportation? who's gonna pay for it? when states, cities and municipalities are forced to cut down police and fire departments due to budget shortfalls, they're somehow going to come up with the money to pay for an expansive public transportation network large and robust enough to cover the third largest country in the world, where more than half of the population lives out in the suburbs?
Because you just claimed that 1.4 million people in the United State had a combined income of $518 TRILLION. Which is certainly odd, considering the GDI of the entire US economy in 2010 is only around the mid $14 trillions. As GDI includes "the sum of all wages, profits, and taxes, minus subsidies", I really don't see how your number can be remotely correct.
Here's a fun fact, your 1.4million people apparently earned more money in 2010 than the total economic activity and output of the ENTIRE WORLD($74.4 trillion) by SEVEN TIMES.
These data are freely available from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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|2013-02-23, 18:30
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And now we see that taxing the top 1% at 100% will most definitely not get rid of the debt. Which means there are other things we need to look into as well if we want to lower the deficit or debt (though an even more progressive tax would not hurt).
I would only prefer an even more progressive tax on the people who like to evade taxes by getting a bunch of writeoffs.
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|2013-02-23, 19:07
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Today's standard appears to be Short scale (American) thousand (1,000), million (1,000,000), billion (1,000,000,000), trillion (1,000,000,000,0000), quadrillion (1,000,000,000,000,000), quintillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000), etc....
Though some countries still use I think is called Long scale (European) which is different after a million (1,000,000) into milliard (1,000,000,000), billion (1,000,000,000,000), billiard (1,000,000,000,000,000), trillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000), etc....
|2013-02-23, 19:19
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|2013-02-23, 20:13
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If people are shielded from the "real costs" of goods by subsidies, they make bad consumer choices.
Also, while I don't think a Bicycle or walking would be alternative option for most people, you could easily see more people car-pooling, setting up coops or switching to a motorbike. People would be able to cope with increases in petrol prices.
That said, I think it would be unwise to cause any sudden jumps in petrol prices, as consumers need some time to adjust.
|2013-02-23, 20:13
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|2013-02-23, 20:24
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|2013-02-23, 20:24
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Hopefully this is a repeat of the Human Genome Project (where those who insisted the project would take 700 years were very much in the wrong); it's hard to imagine him being that astronomically off the mark given his good track record. I'll keep hoping for the best, at any rate. I prefer to hope that we'll rise above the drudgery of everyday life at a good pace rather than continue to roll around in it. :/ Please change fast, shitty fucking world of ours.
|2013-02-23, 20:27
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I'll just note that I'm what my people call a "progressive engineer". A lot of these technologies have excellent long term merit in a mixed deployment. However, an engineer understands that proponents of these advanced technologies often wave their arms about without having the *slightest idea* of what the limitations and obstacles are.
That's when I spend a lot of time face-palming when a great idea is easily undercut by someone very enthusiastic but clueless about the details.
|2013-02-23, 20:29
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|2013-02-23, 20:33
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|2013-02-23, 20:39
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Hydrogen fuel-cell cars look to overtake electric autos
Why Hydrogen Cars Could Still Be The Future
The problem of generating hydrogen is being tackled by scientists and engineers alike.
Daniel Nocera of MIT has made a few minor break throughs with his "artificial leaf" concept that could (after much further development) make hydrogen cells a reality.
Artificial leaf makes fuel from sunlight
If his technology pans out, it would also allow Solar Power plants to use water to create hydrogen and thus clean fuel.
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TOKYO (AP) — A weakened typhoon slammed into Japan early Sunday, leaving one person dead, more than 30 injured and prompting evacuation alerts for some 1.1 million residents near swollen rivers.
Tropical Storm Halong disrupted land and air traffic just as Japan began its annual "Obon" Buddhist holiday week.
The storm slowed down as it made two landfalls — over Shikoku Island and Hyogo prefecture in western Japan — and was on track to move out into the Sea of Japan later Sunday. It was forecast to further lose strength in the next 12 hours.
Japan's Meteorological Agency issued the highest alert for heavy rain in Mie prefecture in central Japan, prompting two towns to order more than 500,000 residents to move away from swollen rivers. Another 600,000 people were advised to evacuate across the country.
In Iwate, northern Japan, a 78-year-old man was found dead late Saturday after plunging into a swollen irrigation canal at his farm. In Miyazai, southern Japan, a woman in her 70s broke her ankle as a portable toilet booth fell on her while she was walking by.
Japan's public television NHK said 33 people were injured.
More than 200 flights were canceled, stranding thousands of holidaymakers at airports around the country.
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2012: Sweeping Advances Made In MS Research
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Dec. 26, 2012 12:39 PM
Part 1: Overview, Progress Toward Stopping MS
NEW YORK, Dec. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MS research continued to advance on many fronts in 2012. This year saw:
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The National MS Society continues to propel research forward with a comprehensive strategy aimed at stopping MS, restoring function and ending MS forever (http://www.nationalmssociety.org/research/index.aspx):
In the world's largest meeting dedicated to MS research, over 7,000 scientists convened in Lyon, France to present findings at ECTRIMS (European Committee for Treatment and Research in MS). Over 1250 studies covering virtually every aspect of research were presented:
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FDA Approves Oral Aubagio® (Teriflunomide, Genzyme, a Sanofi company)– The once-daily pill was approved as a disease-modifying therapy for relapsing forms of MS. Aubagio is the second oral disease-modifying therapy approved for the treatment of MS, and it became available for prescription in October 2012 in the U.S. http://www.nationalmssociety.org/news/news-detail/index.aspx?nid=6864
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Tysabri® label updated to include lab test to enhance treatment decisions – The test detects antibodies to the JC virus and can help determine a person's risk of developing PML, a severe brain infection that has emerged in some people who have taken Tysabri (natalizumab, Biogen Idec and Elan). The test should enhance the ability of people with MS to weigh risks and benefits of this therapy. http://www.nationalmssociety.org/news/news-detail/index.aspx?nid=5887
Clinical trials discussed at ECTRIMS 2012 – Positive results from trials of statins (cholesterol-reducing medication) and Tysabri in progressive forms of MS, a new approach called AIN457 for treating relapsing MS, and results from phase II and III clinical trials of therapies were among results presented at ECTRIMS focusing on stopping MS. http://www.nationalmssociety.org/news/news-detail/index.aspx?nid=7052
Phase II results of ocrelizumab in relapsing MS – Experimental ocrelizumab (Genentech), given intravenously, significantly reduced disease activity on MRI scans in a study of 218 people with relapsing-remitting MS. One person died due to brain edema; the relation of this death to the medication is unclear. Additional research, now going on in primary-progressive MS and relapsing-remitting MS, is needed to further determine this therapy's safety and benefits. http://www.nationalmssociety.org/research/research-news/news-detail/index.aspx?nid=5659
Another step toward personalized medicine in MS – Harvard researchers discovered that differences in active genes that are detectable in blood samples may be used to group people with MS into categories that predict disease course and response to therapy. Further research is needed, but it represents an early step toward personalized medicine in MS. http://www.nationalmssociety.org/news/news-detail/index.aspx?nid=6941
New approach to stopping MS – Researchers at Northwestern University have developed an innovative strategy for selectively inhibiting the immune attack in MS using tiny "nanoparticles" that were able to reduce disease activity in mice. The team is now planning a phase I clinical trial of this new technology. http://www.nationalmssociety.org/news/news-detail/index.aspx?nid=7126
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Possible target of immune attacks in some people with MS identified – An immune response to a protein – called "KIR4.1," which is found on several types of brain cells – was observed in the serum of 47% of people with MS. Further research is needed to confirm and understand these findings, which were the result co-funding by the National MS Society. http://nationalmssociety.org/news/news-detail/index.aspx?nid=6619
MS Societies worldwide collaborate to stop MS progression – The newly formed International Progressive MS Collaborative published a paper outlining challenges and identifying key research priorities to propel efforts to stop MS progression. http://www.nationalmssociety.org/news/news-detail/index.aspx?nid=6847
Stress management reduces MS activity – A 24-week stress management program reduced disease activity on MRI scans significantly more than in a control group, in a study at Northwestern University involving 121 people with relapsing MS. However, the benefits appeared to disappear after the weekly in-person stress management sessions were completed. Future studies should provide more clarity for optimizing the potential benefits of stress management. http://www.nationalmssociety.org/news/news-detail/index.aspx?nid=6629
Society launches project to change how MS disability and progression are measured – This cross-sector collaboration has the goal of developing new or improved tools that will be able to track benefits of therapies more quickly in people so that new therapies to stop MS progression may be tested using better assessment tools that are accepted by drug regulatory agencies. http://nationalmssociety.org/news/news-detail/index.aspx?nid=6777
Researchers co-funded by the National MS Society discover possible mechanism for MS damage to nerve tissue – The University of California, San Francisco researchers found that a blood-clotting protein called fibrinogen may play an early role in triggering inflammation that damages nerve fibers in a mouse model of MS. This points to a role for fibrinogen in stimulating inflammation by cells called microglia. If confirmed, targeting the interaction of fibrinogen and microglia may prove to be a novel strategy for stopping MS damage in its tracks. http://www.nationalmssociety.org/news/news-detail/index.aspx?nid=7157
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