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My BC racing coilovers review
*****15,000 miles update*****
Still no issues yet. I changed the dampening adjustment to 10F and 25R. I rose the car up about half an inch because of other people reporting that they wore through their CV boot because they lowered it too much. Car still rides great and the coilovers are still holding up.
*****10,000 miles update*****
Still no complaints at all! The car rides just as good as the day that I bought them. I did make an adjustment to the shock so I'm running 5F/20R. I had to adjust the coils a few weeks ago and I could tell it was not going to be hard like my previous experience with coilovers. The coating on the shock body made it extremely easy to wipe away the grit before I adjusted. Awesome! No complaints at all!
*****1000 Miles update******
No complaints at all about these coils. I have finally settled down to a 15/10 damper adjustment and it rides soft like stock but much better weight transitions. Handling is much improved over factory.
Ok, so I decided to give BC Racing coilovers a try to see if they are really what they are cracked up to be. I ordered a set from Auto Agenda here on the forums after some questions that I had. In my previous car I have used Bilstein and H&R coilovers. Both of them provided a very firm ride. I personally don't mind a firm ride and actually prefer it. I don't like a soft ride because I don't feel that I get enough feedback from the suspension. I daily driven my previous car this way and won't have it any other way. My passengers on the other hand hated it. But I rarely had passengers so it's all good! However, since getting the Camaro, any time that my fiance and I would go out, she always made me drive the Camaro so I decided to keep the damper a little bit on the softer side.
First impressions after opening the box was that the quality is surprisingly good for the price. The entire strut body was covered in what appears to be some type of thick enamel that would prevent rust. I was originally going to use some anti-sieze grease on the coilover threads but decided that it wasn't necessary. My previous two coilovers required this and even then, I found that the adjustors would bind up on the coilover threads because of corrosion. Not so with the BC coilovers it would seem. This is a nice touch. The instructions however were complete crap. Everything was in engrish and I cringed when I read through it. It's basically useless so I tossed it. The only thing remotely useful was the strut assembly diagram which I didn't follow exactly either but you'll read about that later.
For someone that have never installed their suspension before, this is totally doable if you have the correct tools and some patience. I have installed quite a few sets of coilovers before so the concept is pretty close to the other cars. But I can see some areas where someone that has never wrenched on a car before can get confused and make the process longer than it needs to be.
First riding impressions were that even on the stiffest setting, they were nowhere near the stiffness of the other previously mentioned brands. I found that 15 in the rear and 15 in the front provided a ride very similar to factory. I also noticed that right off the bat, that the BC coilovers eliminated the bounciness of the factory suspension. That's definitely a good thing as the bounce annoyed me quite a bit. Turn in was noticeably snappier compared to stock. It no longer "lagged" a little bit before it would turn. The suspension responded much quicker. Body roll was greatly reduced and it no longer feels like the car is shifting all its weight to one side. It feels very planted to the asphalt. On the stock suspension, you really feel the weight of the car. The BC coilovers seem to make the car feel lighter than it really is. I don't expect it to be as good as Pfadt coilovers but it's a good compromise for those that don't track their cars but want a better suspension setup than stock with the ability to raise or lower vehicle height. For the price, it's a really good bargain. I haven't put too many miles on it yet since I still need to get the car aligned. The steering wheel is pointing at 2'oclock after the install.(NOW FIXED) I'm planning to do that after putting a week of commuting on it so that every settles in first. But I will give you guys an update after it is aligned and then updated every 5k miles or so. So far I'm pretty happy with the quality and performance for the price.
Until then here are some of my advice for the install. It will really speed the installation along and lower the amount of frustration that you will go through.
1. Get a 15mm ratcheting wrench. Seriously. Get one. It's like $15-20 bucks at Sears and IMO it is WELL worth it when you remove the swaybar endlinks in the rear. We had to use a standard combo wrench. IT TOOK FOREVVEERRRRRR. Also it is very helpful when you are taking off the 4 bolts that hold the rear upper strut mounts in place. The ones in the back don't have much clearance! There just isn't enough room in that area to use anything else effectively. The two that are closer to the outside can easily be removed and reinstalled with a standard socket.
2. YOU NEED A BREAKER BAR FOR THE 24MM BOLTS THAT HOLDS THE STRUT IN. Don't even think about using anything else besides a breaker bar unless you have Hercules arms. My breaker bar has a handle of about 16" and it still required a good amount of force. You want to buy a breaker bar with a pivoting head because of clearance issues.
3. For the rear coilovers, I assembled it a little bit differently than the instructions. It said that you should put the dust boot in before the small BC washer. I found that it would not be effective at keeping dirt out. From my experience, after you assemble the whole strut assembly, the dust boot will fall to the bottom and bunch up. It will allow dirt to get inside through the top and bottom. What I did was put the BC washer in first, then put the dust boot over it. When fully assembled, it kept the dust boot from falling down the strut body. Also, I can't see this small deviation from the instructions having any harm at all. You will understand when you do yours. I didn't realize this until we fully reassembled the whole rear assembly. Then I noticed that the dust boot was fully collapsed at the bottom of the strut. Then we have to taken EVERYTHING back apart including the entire coilover assembly. NOT FUN and a waste of time.
4. When you reassemble the BC coilover assembly DO NOT USE the T40 and T50 Torx bit to hold the piston shaft from spinning. The torx bit is ONLY for the factory strut shaft. You need to use a allen wrench to hold the BC piston shaft still when you tighten up the upper strut nut. If you use a torx bit, you will strip it out. NOT GOOD! So think of it this way, torx bit are for factory strut shaft, allen wrench are for BC coilover shaft. Some people that may be impatient may forget and think that you can use the torx bit for both.
5. Having a extra set of hands is VERY helpful. I found that with a extra set of hands, one person can hold the control arm up while the other person can easily push the bolts back through for the spindle bolt. Also, we found that using a small jack to slowly lift the control arms up helped greatly when trying to align everything to push the rear lower strut bolt back through.
6. When doing the rear coilovers, reassemble in this fashion. Tighten all 4 bolts for the upper strut mount. You need to do this step first or else you won't have enough clearance when you do it after the lower strut bolt or spindle bolts are put back in. Try to realign the bolts to match the imprint from the previous assembly on the upper strut mount. Have someone lift the spindle assembly and align it with the holes in the control arm. Then push the bolt all the way through. Push the swaybar endlink back through its mounting location. The endlinks pivot in a 360 motion. Then put a small jack under the control arms and lift slowly to align the coilovers to the lower strut mounting hole. Then push the bolt through. Then tighten everything up.
7. There is no need for a spring compressor from my experience for the rears. There simply isn't much spring tension at all when the strut and spring assembly are disassembled.
FOR THE FRONTS(much easier and faster IMO)
1. You absolutely need a breaker bar to remove the two 24mm strut bolts. Make sure you have something under the brake and spindle assembly to prevent the unit from dropping down. I used a surplus ammo can and it worked great.
2. In order to get a 1.5" drop like my pictures below, you want to adjust the coilovers so that 1.5" protrudes from BELOW the coilovers. Doing this way will allow you to get the drop you desire faster resulting in less time wrenching on the spanner wrench when it's back on the car. This coilover does not adjust the height through compressing the springs like most other coilovers that I have dealt with. It lowers the car by adjusting the entire length of the coilover.
3. Like the rear, I put the washer in BEFORE the dust boot. See my pictures below. The left side is the way that I did it and the right side is according to their instructions. You can see that the boot will bunch up on the bottom if you don't. The washer on top will prevent the boot from dropping down if you put it under the boot.
4. If your lift BARELY have enough room to clear the underside of your car, you will NOT have enough clearance to drop it back down after you lower it. What we did to get around this was to jack the car up first, then put a bunch of large plywood pieces under wheel. Then lowered the jack back down. This will allow you enough clearance to get the jack back out. Then you just drive off the platforms and you'll be good. It's like ghetto race ramps.
5. The front factory strut and spring assembly MAY require a spring compressor. There is a good amount of force in it. What we did to get around this was to put the strut with the top facing a wall. That way when we took the jam nut out that holds it all together,it hit the wall and prevented the jam nut and washer to fly out thus losing it. You need these parts for your coilovers. Be careful.
That's about all I can think of. I think they are a little bit lower than I want them to be. I can fit a good 1 finger all around. It's a 1.5" drop on every corner. I'm thinking of raising it back up another .25" on all fours. At this height I know that I'll pretty much scrap everywhere I go. Also, I think once everything settles a bit more, it might get even lower. I'm not sure if BC coils will sag a little bit or not over time.
The rears were much more involved than the fronts IMO. Having done this once, I can safely say that I can do the whole install again within 3-4 hours with a extra set of hands. A good time saver is to have all the tools ready and organized. We didn't have anything elaborate. Just your usual Craftsmen 150 piece tool kit, T40&50 torx bit, breaker bar, torque wrench, jack stands, and floor jack. GET A 15mm RATCHETING WRENCH. I WILL NOT INSTALL ANOTHER SET WITHOUT THEM!
Enjoy the pictures and I'll keep you all updated as I put more miles on them.
Last edited by Nessal; 10-12-2012 at 04:55 PM.
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Looking forward to hearing the next update. I'm thinking about making this switch also.
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Looks good to me. What are your front and rear settings. I am currently running 14 Fr and R. Feels good, nice and tight.
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I'm running 15/15. It feels like stock but without the body roll or pitch when accelerating and braking. How off was your alignment after your install? Mine was WAYYYY off LOL. My steering wheel is pointing at 2 o'clock right now.
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For logging purposes, the car has 1754 miles on it currently.
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Nice post
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Glad I could answer your tech question. Car looks great!
Just as we have been saying. These BCR coil overs offer the best performance for a price that simply cannot be beat.
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Thanks! My 2011 didn't have any yellow ring for the stock assembly. It's possible it's maybe only the 2010 that came with it.
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Yeah I checked that. But they all measure fine. I never had this happen either in the past. I'll bring it up when I bring it in for an alignment.
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We appreciate the order and review! Awesome write-up! Let us know if you need anything!
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Just an update. I spent an hour and a half today and redid the entire front end from complete disassembly to setting the height. The car now tracks perfectly straight. Easy as pie especially having done it once. My fiance didn't know that I installed a new suspension into the car. At 15/15 she didn't mention the car riding firmer or not. So I changed it to 20/20 to get it a bit more firm. We just got back from Round Table Pizza not too long ago with this new setting and she still doesn't seem to know. Not a bad thing in my book!
Today I took a turn a little too fast and the rear end stepped out a little bit but quickly recovered. Felt as if I had a super thick swaybar in the rear or something!
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by LOLtron » Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:04 am
Niam Suggitt shines a light on this week's comics, including Superman Unchained, Batman, Avengers Assemble, Guardians Of The Galaxy, The Fabulous Killjoys and more!
Hi there, and welcome along to another edition of TWIP, where I review all of the comics I read this week.
This week was supposed to be a nice short one, but I screwed that up by buying two more comics than I planned to, and then writing way too much about Superman Unchained and Batman: Zero Year! Yep, I made a rod for my own back with awesome Scott Snyder comics. There's also a double-dose of Jason Aaron goodness, the second chapter of the Enemy Within crossover, a new creative team for Green Lantern Corps and a brand new mini-series from My Chemical Romance and The Umbrella Academy's Gerard Way!
As always, click the links next to each review to head to the Outhouse forum threads and get yourself into a flamewar
Thor: God Of Thunder #9– HOLY FUCKING SHIT. This comic was crazy awesome and I don't even really know how to describe it. Basically, it's a massive fight between all three Thors and Gorr and it is hardcore and heavy metal as fuck. There were so many great moments in this issue, so many brilliant over-the-top descriptions from Jason Aaron, this was just epic, and for once, that word is not being mis-used. I think the descriptions are what makes this series, they are so pitch-perfect for the scale of story that Aaron is telling, and they make everything, every punch, every hammer blow, feel like the most explosive thing in the world. Stuff like 'the sky exploded with lightning and gore', it's just amazing. Of course, the dialogue is also fantastic, and of a similar tone. I think it's amazing how well Aaron has managed to make each version of Thor feel different at the same time as still being the same person, that must have been a very difficult tightrope to walk, but he's managed it. Esad Ribic's artwork is also a massive part of why this book works, I've said before that his painted style is Frazetta-esque, and that is perfect for the epic, hard-hitting fantasy story that he and Aaron are telling. This art looks like an awesome metal concept album cover, and that is the highest of possible praise. So yeah, this issue rocked out with it's hammer out, and whilst there wasn't that much plot, just FIGHTING, it was amazing. And then there's the ending, where… the Thors lose, Gorr is victorious and the God-Bomb is primed… Aaron and Ribic upped the ante with this issue, the next one should be even better.
Avengers Assemble #16– I'm picking up this title for the duration of the 'Enemy Within' crossover its' having with Captain Marvel, and on the basis of this issue, it was a good decision. This was a really fun and enjoyable superhero comic that displayed everything that's great about Kelly Sue DeConnick's writing, which is her sense of humour and dialogue. This issue continues the attacks on Captain Marvel from her old nemesis, Yon-Rogg and it's becoming increasingly clear that he is bringing back threats from her past. In this case, it's The Brood. Cap and the Avengers take on The Brood in a fight full of funny moments. I loved Spider-Woman saying the fight was worse than High School, and then being corrected by Carol that she never actually went to high school, she was raised in a Hydra Camp. It was a fun way too use continuity and make it light. DeConnick's mid-battle 'banter' is up there with the Bendis' of this world, and it's just a shame that Spider-Man wasn't there, I bet she'd do a great job writing him, even in his Superior form. You can see why this is the book marketed towards movie fans, you can spot the Whedon influences. Also funny was the sub-plot showing Yon-Rogg attempting to get in contact with his Kree brethren, not only is he put on hold, but is rejected in his plans to conquer Earth. It was very funny to see the bureaucracy of an alien race like this. The artwork here comes from Matteo Buffagni, who I'm not familiar with, but his cartoonish style fit the tone of the story really well. The plots from Yon-Rogg (AKA Magnitron) and the lesion in Captain Marvel's head may be dark stuff, but DeConnick's dialogue always keeps things entertaining. My only real negative would be that this issue didn't really advance the story too much, that the (inconsequential) fight with The Brood took too long, but hey, when an inconsequential fight is this much fun, then I don't mind. Next issue brings a Kree Sentry into the mix! That should be good.
Guardians Of The Galaxy #3– Bendis' fresh new take on the Guardians continues to be a whole lot of fun. We open with the GotG having been captured by the Spartax Empire, and it's very interesting to see how backwards Earthlings are viewed to be by the rest of the Marvel Universe, we don't even have universal translators! We might as well be goldfish! The intergalactic council scenes between J-Son of Spartax and all of the other heavy hitters also got a lot more interesting, as we see some signs of disagreement between the members of the council, and hints that J-Son is up to something, which makes sense. Spartax has never previously been shown as being on the same level as the Kree or Shi'ar or the Badoon, so he's probably making a play. The Guardians of course escape, thanks to Groot, who has grown back to full-size and smashes shit up. The escape scene was very well done, with snappy dialogue and great, cinematic pacing from Steve McNiven, every member of the team was shown as a bad-ass, and heck we even saw how Tony Stark copes without his armour. If this is the basis for the movie, then I'm in. The artwork from both McNiven and Sara Pichelli was very good, I love both of these artists, and since McNiven is so slow, it only makes sense to have someone who has a pretty similar style fill-in for him. And to make things even better, any old-school fans still complaining about this book 'selling out' and going mainstream get a nice shout-out with a mention for Cosmo the talking dog. I hope that once this initial arc is over, Bendis starts bringing back characters like Cosmo and making this more than just the movie team. I want Vance Astro and Jack Flag!
Wolverine & The X-Men #31– The Hellfire Saga kicks off properly in this issue, and what a blast it is. Jason Aaron focuses pretty much all of this issue on the Hellfire Academy (there's one short scene showing Wolverine and some other X-Men searching for the school) and you could tell he was having a lot of fun writing this evil mirror of the Jean Grey School. Each of the classes was hilarious, each of the villains cast of teachers was a brilliant choice, and there were even a few great 'meta' jokes in there, like the mention of 'fridging'. It's crazy how in the same week Aaron can write Thor, which is serious and epic and hardcore, and this book, which, whilst still having high stakes, has a lot of humour in it. He's a really versatile writer. I loved the return of the Siege Perilous, and how it was used to swerve us as readers, we are led to believe that the weakling, Snot, has been killed by the Hellfire Club. But nope, he's been put through the Siege and is now a bad-ass muscle-bound villain. It was also cool how the focus of this issue was on Quentin Quire, his arc throughout this whole series has been a sort of unwilling redemption, and whilst he's probably only doing the right thing because he fancies Idie, it's still good to see him be a hero. And once again, Aaron's use of the new, teenaged Hellfire Club was fantastic and logical. I love how, for Kade Kilgore, everything comes down to business. He wants to make money by selling Sentinels, so he has a school to train new mutant villains in order to increase the fear of mutants, and then sell more Sentinels. It's very clever and it makes a hell of a lot more sense than most super-villain plots. Nick Bradshaw returns on art duties with this issue, and he does his usual fantastic job, his style is just an amazing fit for the stone of Wolverine & The X-Men, he can do the funny stuff and he can do the more serious elements too. This is the story that Aaron has been building up to for 30 issues now. We already knew who the heroes are, and now we have a full picture of the villains, let's get to the showdown!
Superman Unchained #1– Unfortunately, this first issue of Superman Unchained doesn't involve Kal-El being freed from slavery by a kindly German dentist and killing Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L Jackson, but it's still pretty good. Ever since Grant Morrison left Action Comics and Andy Diggle's run was curtailed before it even begun, this has been the book I've been waiting to deliver a Superman comic that is actually good, and whilst it wasn't perfect, I think it's a good start. Scott Snyder (no relation to Man Of Steel 'visionary director' Zack) has become one of my favourite writers and one of DC's best thanks to his work on Batman, Swamp Thing and American Vampire, and he brings his usual high quality to the world of Superman. Yes, he does return to some of his usual tics, like every issue beginning with an anecdote about the hero's childhood or parents, but it's one thing to read Bruce Wayne reminisce for the umpteenth time, than to read Clark Kent do it for the first time. Snyder has really built up a real and relevant world for Batman, and if he can do the same for Superman, then it's all good. We see that here in the scenes with the classic trifecta of Clark, Lois and Jimmy. The dialogue between all three of them is very strong, and Snyder manages to make the Daily Planet seem real, with Lois worrying about ad placement in the paper. We also see some commentary on the state of the media today, Clark has grown frustrated by the tabloidy nature the Planet has taken and so is an independent blogger, which is very cool. I also like how Snyder is establishing a living and thriving Metropolis, complete with Bagel Shops. I really like DC's fake cities, and when writers like James Robinson, Geoff Johns and Scott Snyder really endeavor to make them seem real and distinctive, then I'm going to love it. The actual Superman plot here involves Superman stopping a space station from crashing to Earth, in a very exciting, widescreen sequence wonderfully drawn by Jim Lee. I'm not the biggest Jim Lee fan in the world, but you know what you're going to get from him, and the scope of this crash was real Jim Lee stuff. That massive double-sized poster was something else (albeit a bit unwieldy and hard to read, are we supposed to remove it from the cardboard? I dunno). Snyder manages to use this crash to not only show how awesome Superman is, but set up several interesting plotlines. There's the possibility that a new cyber-terrorist group called 'Ascension' could be behind it. Lex Luthor could also be involved (and Snyder writes a pretty great Lex), and then there's the biggy, the existence of another being, just as powerful as Superman who is working for the US Government and who stopped another Satellite from crashing. Who is this dude? We see in the opening scene that he was the cause of the A-Bomb explosion over Nagasaki in 1945, which is a very interesting divergence from real history. A lot of people seem to think it's another Kryptonian, maybe Zod, but my guess? Captain Atom. I know we've already seen him in the New 52, but time-travel is part of his origin anyway. This was a strong start to this title, with a movie coming out, there needed to be a good Superman story out there, and this was that, and hey, it's a perfect introduction to the character for any new readers who stumble into comic shops after seeing Man Of Steel. This is the kind of Superman we should be getting, two of the industry's top creators, writing the top Superhero kicking some ass.
Batman #21– Not content with relaunching Superman this week, Scott Snyder kicks off his latest Batman epic with the first issue of 'Zero Year'. Picking up where Batman #0 left off, we are seeing what Bruce Wayne got up to when he first returned to Gotham and how he became Batman. Yes, this is all stuff that we've seen 100 times before and probably don't need to see again, but thankfully, Snyder provides enough new wrinkles to the story to make this worthwhile. I think the most surprising aspect of this story is that it reveals that Bruce Wayne actually had some relatives left alive when his parents were shot. Philip Kane is his Uncle (Martha Wayne's brother and presumably some relation to Kate Kane AKA Batwoman) and whilst Snyder says they were never close, it is a bit odd that Bruce was left to wander the world alone as a kid, when he had an Uncle who should have been looking after him. But as we learn, Philip is kind of a bad dude, he's working with Edward Nygma, the man who will become The Riddler, so yeah, perhaps it's for the best that he didn't do an 'Uncle Ben Parker' and step in. We also find out more about the Red Hood Gang that we saw in Batman #0, and about their charismatic leader who is probably The Joker. So there's lots of interesting things to go on here, Snyder is not just covering ground that Frank Miller already did 30 years ago. There is a problem with this issue though, and it's the time-jumps and flashbacks. We start off 6 years ago, where Bruce is Batman and Gotham City seems to be a post-apocalyptic wasteland with overgrown weeds. The we flashback again to 5 months before that, and then within that, there are flashbacks to Bruce Wayne's childhood! It's a bit ridiculous and needlessly complex. The artwork from Greg Capullo is as solid as always, he is fast becoming a definitive Batman artist for me, and this issue looked great. I also liked the big 'censored' bar that was across the panel when Bruce Wayne gave The Red Hood the finger, it wasn't quite as good as Hawkeye's censorship, but it was close. So yeah, we don't really need this story, but this issue was good, and it looks like Snyder is going to do something different here, and show us a history of not just Batman, but everything around him. We even find out the origin of the Giant Penny for God's sake! For some, this might be anally-retentive pointless continuity. I don't know yet, we shall see.
Green Lantern Corps #21– A new era for the Green Lantern Corps dawns with a strong issue. I think my problem with the last few month's of Tomasi's run was that the star was clearly on Guy Gardner, and the rest of the Corps were kind of just in the background. This opening issue from the new writing team of Robert Venditti and Van Jensen doesn't do that, yes, John Stewart is front and centre, but Soranik Natu and Salaak also get some decent focus, and we are introduced to a whole swathe of new Green Lantern recruits. I think the Salaak story is actually the most interesting thing here, with most of the other GLC members seeing him as a lapdog of the old, evil Guardians and blaming him for what happened. It's going to be very interesting to see what's next for the big pink-headed weirdo. I do like how thoroughly this and the main series are exploring the impact of what happened with the Third Army and the First Lantern. The Corps is really depleted, and on top of that, most of the Universe views them as evil, even cute little frog dudes. The John Stewart plot starts out pretty conventionally (though I did like the big exclamation that he's not going to die today, one in the eye for the rumour-mongers?), with him and Fatality discussing their relationship and what it means, before running into some mysterious aliens, who are pretty blah. But then on the last page we find out that they are Durlans, which is pretty cool. Durlans are of course the evil shape-shifters most common scene in the 30th Century of the Legion Of Super-Heroes, where Chamelon Boy is the only good one. It's going to be cool to see them in the present-day DCU, and since the GL rings can't recognize them, they are a real threat. The art for this issue comes from Bernard Chang, who is awesome, I've been a fan of his work whenever it's popped up at DC for a while, he's got a great, unique style. So far, the new creators for the GL books are impressing me, which is awesome.
Suicide Squad #21– I picked up the first issue of Ales Kot's run on Suicide Squad last month thanks to a recommendation from The Enthusiast Podcast, and I really enjoyed it, so… it's on my list! This issue picks up where the last one left off, and provides some really dark superhero thrills. Amanda Waller's attempts at mental manipulation of the Squad really backfire here, as Harley Quinn, who Waller had tried to make fall in love with Unknown Soldier, doesn't do that, and instead stabs him in the gut and kidnaps Waller. This issue was just gripping, on every page you're thinking that something dark is going to happen, that Harley will just slit Waller's throat. I've never been a big fan of Harley Quinn, she's always annoyed me to be honest, but she works here as a crazy wildcard, even if she did say 'feelz', she caused some chaos and was entertaining. I loved the fight between Deadshot and Unknown Soldier, that was supremely bad-ass. I also really like the use of James Gordon Jnr here. When I read #20 I didn't know who he was really, but in the interim, I read Black Mirror, so I know the true story of this great new villain. His face-off with Harley was fantastic, and I loved him swearing on his sister's grave, when we as readers know his sister (Batgirl) is very much alive. He's such a creepy bastard. This is all delivered along with some fantastic Patrick Zircher artwork, he has been kicking ass ever since those Thor one-shots he did with Fraction, and this book just looked beautiful, I think it may be the best DC book of them all, art-wise, better even than Jim Lee or Reis. This book is really impressing me after only 2 issues, this is a dark comic, but it's dark done well, the characters are evil, but with personality, and there's some interesting commentary on Government evils (Harley flies some drones), which are very relevant at the moment. The framing device is also very intriguing, what kind of a deal did Waller strike? If you were turned off by this book when it first started, check back on for Kot's run, it's like Ellis' Thunderbolts in the DCU, it's intelligent, and it looks fantastic.
The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys #1(of 6)– Yes, this is a comic from the lead singer of My Chemical Romance, and yes, it's a sequel to a concept album by them that came out 3 years ago, but it's worth your time. First of all Danger Days is probably MCR's best record, and Gerard Way's previous comics work, The Umbrella Academy, is just damn good whichever way you slice it. Call me an emo or whatever, but I enjoyed this comic. This series picks up after the end of the Danger Days album, where the heroes, the Killjoys were killed. It's kind of hard to follow the plot of a musical album, but I don't think you really need to have listened to it, the post-apocalyptic world of the Killjoys is introduced well enough in the comic, albeit in a mysterious way that only begs more questions. I'm not really sure how to describe it, there's Dracula zombies, masked teenage vigilantes and robotic prostitutes, it's kind of crazy, but still very cool. Way and co-writer Shaun Simon really drop you into this fascinating world, and their dialogue is very strong, for those who have listened to the music, there are echoes of it here and there. The comic also features radio snippets from 'Doctor Death-Defying' just like the record, and it says something that you can really here that same voice in your head when reading it. I'm still not sure what the Danger Days album was about, and the comic isn't helping, but it's all very stylish and fun. Part of that comes from the artwork of Becky Cloonan, who is just as great here as she always is, perhaps better. The most recent work I've seen from her was Conan, which was dark and muddy, but here, with the bright, day-glo colours of Dan Jackson, everything really pops. This was a solid start to a very intriguing world, and I think it's great to see a celebrity come into comics and stick around and deliver some really interesting work. If you like MCR, you need to pick this up, and even if you hate them, you'll probably like this anyway, Way is a creative and interesting person to follow, in any genre. And hey, the villain is Grant Morrison, you can't say no to that can you?
And that's your lot! I hope you enjoyed it. My favourite book this week was definitely Thor: God Of Thunder, which was just mind-blowing. I also recommend Superman Unchained and Suicide Squad.
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This week marks the 90th anniversary of the March on Rome. In late October of 1922, Benito Mussolini's Blackshirts mobilized across Italy to march on the capital and demand power. By the time they arrived on October 29, the Italian government had caved to Fascist demands in order to avoid a violent confrontation. Mussolini became Prime Minister and, soon, dictator.
Although many excellent English-language biographies of the Duce are in print - including those of RJB Bosworth and Dennis Mack Smith - George Seldes' classic 1935 account of Mussolini's climb to power, Sawdust Caesar, remains special. Seldes' tale reaches across time to detail how the fascists began their campaign by organizing gangs of thugs who ruled the streets, violently breaking strikes by the powerful Italian trade unions and destroying the offices and printing presses of Italy's socialist party. Soon these squadristi turned their clubs and castor oil on the Italian Popular Party, precursor to the Christian Democrats, led by the Sicilian priest Luigi Sturzo.
All the while, the big men of Italian politics hesitated to intervene - or even quietly encouraged the demagogue. Their commitment to free elections and the rule of law was weaker than their alarm about the lower classes filling the ranks of the Socialists or the Popolari. They stood aside as the Duce dismantled Italian democracy and assumed total power. With that, they too found themselves shunted aside. It would take American arms to free Italy from fascism.
Recalling anniversaries like these is a useful antidote to the hyperbole that attends our own politics. No matter who wins the upcoming vote, he won't ban the losing party. Or censor its papers, or have them beaten on the streets, or make them drink castor oil. As we move into the climax of this very excitable season, let's all take a deep breath and thank God we live in a nation and time where our freedom isn't REALLY in danger.
But, in regard to Mr. Smith's criticism of power, it is too sweeping. There is power for good as well as for evil. There is a difference between politicians who seek power to do good and politicians who seek power because it is there. Maybe we voters aren't very good at telling the difference, but we seem to be electing and nominating a lot of the latter lately,
George Orwell was right, you know. For him, it was probably obvious. It should be even more glaringly obvious to us now, sixty years later. But it's not. When change happens slowly, as it amost always does, it's almost imperceptible. Prophets are ignored - or read for amusement.
Of course, nothing's inevitable, but the noose keeps getting tighter. The drone phenomenon is chilling, as was our Nobel Peace Prize president's interrupting television broadcasts to brag that he'd just killed a man. The PATRIOT Act is still there, big and bad as ever.
Let's not revise history to serve the purposes of current politics. Fascism was not new, it had deep roots in Italian history and political culture and merged with the maladies of WWI and the 1920s. It also included a deal with the King, whom the Italians would later reward by abolishing the monarchy after WWII. Nor was Fascism welcomed by all Italians. If it had been so, the squadristi would not have needed to apply their thuggery (including murder) to the opposition. Moreover, Italians didn't accept Fascism's regimentation. In this respect see the magisterial book by R.J.B. Bosworth, Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Fsacisst Dictatorship, 1915-145.
Fascism resulted from various factors: WWI, economic troubles, the weakening of democratic institutions, and nationalism. Any similarities between now and then are likely to be superficial, but we must be constantly attentive to protecting the democratic rules of the game. A wise man once said that democracy's problems can only solved by more democracy.
He was the darling of the left in the world into the 1930's as a line from one of the most popular songs of 1934, You're the Top, indicated his popularity
You're the top!
You're the Great Houdini!
You're the top!
You are Mussolini!
Big government whether democratic, socialist or any other form will eventually lead to limited freedom of its citizens because it controls too much of the means of production. It will never be run in the interest of its citizens. It may theoretically start out that way but because it controls too much economic power it eventually leads to a form of government that is guided by the desires of those who control the government not the governed.
Please explain what you mean when you say Facism was not new. It is my understanding that Facism, with a capital "F", is credited to Mussolini. Perhaps you mean that some of the ideas brought together and called Facism were not new, which of course is how these things go; ideas do congeal, rather than erupt spontaneously.
I am sure than those citizens of Italy who were not interested in ideas about governing would not have welcomed Facism, but I do imagine that had Facist policies not intruded upon their day to day experiences, they would not have opposed it either.
We learn from history. This is why, when a politician proposes policies, and especially when policies are enacted that suggest a loss of freedom is impending, we need not wait until we are seriously oppressed before we object.
Italian Fascism (there were various national forms and new forms appeared after) resulted from a complex combination of influences unique to Italy: liberalism, syndicalism, marxism, socialism, catholicism, irredentist nationalism, and the risorgimento. One cannot understand modern Italy without taking into account the powerful impact of the risorgimento of the 19th century well into the 20th century. In brief, it was the notion of the rebirth of the long and dormant Italy, a nation not unified until 1870. Mussolini was an imitator. He imitated the poet, dramatist, irredentist agitator Gabriele D'Annunzio and took inspiration from Giuseppe Mazzini, one of the leaders of the risorgimento. Post WWI Italy was a deeply fractured country, with high unemployment, poverty, and the deep chasm between North and South. Thus Mussolini captured the opportunity in a country where liberal democracy was in retreat.
Clayton's concluding points are on the mark. And I do hope that we learn from history, as you state. But it's essential not to violate history in order to serve today's political agenda. The threat to freedom in America today comes from a government which wants to violate the religious conscience of its citizens. That freedom was established by the Founding Fathers.


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Species, Species and More Species
September 18, 2013
Every week, Jody Hirsh, the JCC's Judaic Education Director, provides a Judaic message that is featured at the top of the JCC's weekly email newsletter. Below is the Chag Same'ach message for Friday, September 18, 2013.
Species, Species and More Species
Having just got back from my 5 week stay in Israel, the trip is still on my mind, of course. It renewed the batteries... and it strengthened the realization that our holidays and Shabbatot are SO rooted in the Land of Israel. The upcoming holiday of Sukkot makes it so clear that the contours of the holidays are so related to agricultural seasons in Israel. One aspect of the holiday is a discussion of classifications of "species." Sukkot, of course, is a harvest holiday – the last of the harvests before the rainy season. The rabbis discuss two different classifications of "species."
"The Four Species" -- These are the species of plants that make up the lulav and etrog that are waved daily during the holiday of Sukkot: a lulav made of palm fronds, myrtle sprigs and willow branches... and an etrog – a citron – which is a fruit that looks much like a lemon.
On the first day you shall take the product of goodly trees, brances of palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. [Leviticus 23:40]
"The Seven Species" -- These are the seven species of plants that, according to the Torah, characterize the land of Israel. Although only one is actually part of the harvest celebrated by Sukkot, the seven species are often part of the decorations in the sukkah, and many people make a point of serving food from as many of the species as possible. The seven species are outlined in Deuteronomy 8:8
The Lord your God is bringing you into a good land . . . a land of wheat and barley, of vines, figs and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey (date honey).
These species, of course, all grow in Israel... a fact made so clear on a recent hike in the Judean Hills.
Chag Same'ach
The Judean Hills
Date Palm
Wheat & Barley (OK. OK. I couldn't find wild wheat and barley on my hike.)
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People forget, I always beat pure strikers - Mir
Frank Mir claims his capacity to stand with out-and-out strikers has been vastly overlooked heading into his UFC 146 heavyweight title bout with Junior Dos Santos.
Mir is a heavy underdog as he attempts to take the belt off Dos Santos, who is yet to lose in the UFC. The champion's last outing saw him knock out Cain Velasquez - one of the most feared men in the UFC - in 64 seconds.
Dos Santos brings sharp, accurate, lethal boxing skills, drawing comparison to former UFC icon Chuck Liddell. The likes of Velasquez, Shane Carwin, Mirko Cro Cop and Roy Nelson have not got close to the Brazilian, who is making his first title defence.
Mir's underdog status largely comes from a perceived weak chin, which has been wobbled by the likes of Carwin and - more concerningly - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in recent times. However, he has fought and beaten strikers of the calibre of Cheick Kongo, Antoni Hardonk and Tim Sylvia, something Mir believes has been forgotten heading into Saturday's fight.
"I think that sometimes it's overlooked," Mir said. "I think most [people] get stuck in, 'Well, you fought this guy' and individual thought on how did you do. And they've got to realise that A, B, C fighters, we've gone through the whole thing before on who does well.
"Sometimes it comes down to style. And with my style I've predominantly done better with people that use more striking or know the submission games.
"I've had to work harder on the wrestling-based [fighters] as far as control and position and so that's why, if you look at my training, it's geared towards wrestling more because I am so comfortable with the boxing and the kick-boxing aspects and also dealing with submission guys."


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A reason we attend Web conferences with our bikes, is that the bike is a constant and a connector with web professionals. Notice the PBR in the basket bike used to illustrate Safari in the 5 Browsers and the Modes of Transportation They Resemble infographic.
Source: College Humor.
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Opening Day at 2013 Audi Melges 20 North American Championship Puts Kilroy in Charge, Thielman and Kiss in the Chase
14 September 2013
Toronto, Canada - Four races under breeze on conditions were conducted on opening day at the 2013 Audi Melges 20 North American Championship, hosted by the Port Credit Yacht Club in Toronto, Canada on Friday. Newly crowned U.S. National Champion John Kilroy on Samba Pa Ti barely edged out the fleet to lead the overall standings by two slim points.
Kilroy fought off heavy assault from long-time Audi Melges 20 owner Californian Daniel Thielman on Kuai (who was sailing barefoot in 55 degree weather), and reigning Euro Champ Michael Kiss on Bacio. Thielman and Kiss finished second and third respectively for the day.
While Kilroy stands first submitting in a 1-2-3-4 performance, Kiss came on strongest grabbing two of the four bullets to be had. John Taylor's Ninkasi took the win in Race Four of the day claim fourth overall, followed by Richard Davies on Section 16 in fifth.
Racing will continue on Saturday and Sunday, with the new North American Champion being named and crowned post-racing.
TOP TEN RESULTS (After Four Races)
1.) John Kilroy, Samba Pa Ti; 1-2-3-4 = 10
2.) Daniel Thielman, Kuai; 2-3-4-3 = 12
3.) Michael Kiss, Bacio; 6-1-1-5 = 13
4.) John Taylor, Ninkasi; 7-5-2-1 = 15
5.) Richard Davies, Section 16; 4-10-5-2 = 21
6.) Jon Messenger, Black Sheep; 8-4-11-7 = 30
7.) David Pollock, dp; 3-12-10-8 = 33
8.) Brian Hill, Atlas; 9-6-12-6 = 33
9.) Erwyn Naidoo, Bohica; 5-7-9-16 = 37
10.) Hiroshi Kurokawa, Spray; 10-16-6-9 = 41
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Typologies: O.T. themes that are ante-types of N.T. themes
Hello, I propose we draw up a point-form list to add in the article of Old Testament themes that are ante-types/typologies to New Testmanet themes. This should include as many typologies that we are aware of.
In an art history course I have taken I learned that several early Christian churches (church buildings) had written their Iconography (interior church iconography) by paralleling Old and New Testament themes, which were drawn opposite eachother (facing eachother, at the same but opposite points of the interior church walls). So that many of these typologies were known and important in the early church.
Here is a rough list that perhaps can be edited (for accuracy) and/or added to (for completeness), and then included in the article as a separate section.
I am also recently aware of some typolgies (listed below and submitted for consideration), of the actual Old Testament Feasts of the Israelites (of the Lord), with the corresponding New Testament Feasts; would appreciate any comments from the clergy as to whether these are valid typologies, or undecided themes as yet. :)
Themes of Redemption
- High Priest and King Melchizedek offers bread and wine to Abraham after his victory -- Institution of the Eucharist.
- Feast of Abraham and the three men in the Valley of Mambre -- Prefiguration of the Holy Trinity
- Manna -- Multiplication of loaves and fish.
- Adam and Eve expelled -- The Anastasis.
Themes of Suffering
- Fall of Adam and Eve -- Christ led to the Crucifixion
- Sacrifice of Isaac -- Arrest and Sacrifice of Christ
- Job in his suffering -- Arrest of St Peter
- Jonah spends three days and nights in the belly of a great fish -- Jesus' three days and nights in the grave.
- Moses crossing the Red Sea -- anticipates miracles of Christ (raising Lazarus; exorcizing gerasene demoniac, etc).
- Prayer of Isaiah -- Prayer at Gethsemane
- Ezekiel in the Valley of Dry Bones -- Raising of Lazarus.
- Burning Bush - Womb of the Virgin Mary —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ixthis888 (talk • contribs) .
Feasts of the Lord
Spring Feasts (Fullfilled at 1st Coming)
- Passover (Pesach) -- Jesus' Death
- Unleavened Bread (Hag HaMatzah) -- Jesus' Burial
- First Fruits (Yom HaBikkurim) -- Jesus' Resurrection
- Weeks/Pentecost (Shavuot) -- Holy Spirit/Pentecost
Fall Feasts (To be fulfilled at 2nd Coming)
- Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) -- 2nd Coming (or Judgement Day)
- Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) -- Judgement Day (or 2nd Coming)
- Tabernacles (Sukkoth) -- Marriage Supper of the Lamb / We tabernacle with the Lord in Heaven.
Cheers. Angellight 888 00:56, November 29, 2008 (UTC)
- I think this is a good idea, but just to be clear, it is "Antitype" not "Ante-Type," and the Antitype is what we find in the New Testament. The Old Testament Type is that which foreshadows the Antitype. Also, some of the Type / Antitype connections above I would want to know where this connection is made in the Scriptures, Fathers, or Services of the Church. Frjohnwhiteford 01:18, December 2, 2008 (UTC)
- Hello, can I ask a question of Fr John Whiteford please. When you ask about knowing where the connection is made ... is this to provide proof or just as interest? Vasiliki 02:20, December 2, 2008 (UTC)
- This is just to ensure that the connections have some real basis in the tradition of the Church. Frjohnwhiteford 11:37, December 2, 2008 (UTC)
- I thought so ... Thanks. Vasiliki 02:10, December 3, 2008 (UTC)


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - SuperNewbie jobhunting in Brisbane, Oz. Please advise! Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in SuperNewbie jobhunting in Brisbane, Oz. Please advise! Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Australia/New Zealand View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message migeulitoJoined: 15 Jun 2006Posts: 8Location: Floating across Oceania Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 2:38 am Post subject: SuperNewbie jobhunting in Brisbane, Oz. Please advise! Hello all, Forgive me if this topic came up some time ago (if it has, lemme know ), but I haven't found it in the five most recent pages of the forum, so here goes... I have a BA in Spanish (hnrs) from a US university, a fresh Pass B CELTA from Aspect, Christchurch and limited experience volunteering in ESL classrooms (50 hours total). I get the impression that newbies would do best going to Korea or SE Asia to begin building experience, but I would like to start in Brisbane, Australia. Do I have a hope of finding a school that will hire me? Would I be wasting my time in Brisbane? Should I swallow my aversion to big cities and head down to Sydney? Is it true that September is the best time to find work? While specific answers to these questions will be very helpful, I would also appreciate any insight into gaining teaching experience in general. Is there simply a period of initiation where the newbie slogs it out in the less popular(desirabe) schools? Not just in Oz, but in general. I'm OK playing 'poor teacher' for a while if it means greater professional development, as I see that having more benefit in the long term. Oh, before I forget, should I have my original degree with me to present to DOSs during/after interviews, or should a copy suffice? Whatever thoughts you have on the subject will be most appreciated, so thanks very much in advance. FYI I'm 24 and a US/NZ dual citizen. Back to top lozwichJoined: 25 May 2003Posts: 1536 Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject: Re: SuperNewbie jobhunting in Brisbane, Oz. Please advise! Hiya Miguelito, I got your PM, but I thought it would be better to reply here for those lurkers out there who might be in a similar situation! July is actually a really good time to go to Brisbane. Lots of Asian students are on summer holidays and come to Brisvegas for a few months immersion. You can get a wide variety of jobs at that time, from short two week contracts to longer gigs. However, you will be highly unlikely at any time to get a permanent job, most TEFL in Brisbane is on a casual basis. I have always used Seek for my online job search, but another poster here often says that CareerOne is also useful. Why not try both, and see what you can get? Don't be afraid to apply for a short term job, because often these are seen as being a trial period for longer term work. Also, take a look on TEFL.com, a well-known school in Brisbane is advertising now. Take your originals, or maybe certified copies. I've always used the originals in interviews, but post certified copies if required. A note on your newbieness... Take a look at the NEAS website to check that this is still the case, but accredited schools are supposed to hire a certain percentage of teachers with a particular level of experience (sorry, can't remember the exact numbers just now), but there is the loophole that they can hire about 20% inexperienced teachers, and often do so in times of high demand. I would take any material that shows how many hours teaching experience you have (letters from employers etc) to help you with your job hunt. Good luck! Lozwich. Back to top migeulitoJoined: 15 Jun 2006Posts: 8Location: Floating across Oceania Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:54 pm Post subject: Muchas gracias Lozwich! I have visited careerone and found a healthy selection of jobs for the coming months. A good sign! I really should have mentioned that I would not be available for work until late August. Apologies! I have read that September is still a good time to find work in Australia, do you believe that's true? I appreciate the consolation about the type of work I can expect to get. On the up side, this way I can tell if the school is a place that I would want to work in for a longer period of time... Yes, NEAS still has that exception. Hopefully this isn't copyrighted! From their website, http://www.neasaustralia.com/fst.html; "Note 5 Colleges may employ teaching staff who have a recognised degree or diploma and an appropriate TESOL qualification, but who do not have either a recognised teaching qualification or 800 hours classroom teaching experience, as long as there is written evidence that the individual teacher has demonstrated outstanding competence in TESOL. Such evidence may include: a higher than pass grade in their TESOL qualification; documents furnished by previous employers; references from TESOL course directors This evidence must be retained by the College and made available to NEAS representatives when requested. At no time may a college have more than 20% of its teaching staff employed under the provisions described in Note 5." So I guess I'll just have to hope that I don't push the school over the 20% limit, or the school doesn't pay too close attention! Your advice is greatly appreciated! Back to top lozwichJoined: 25 May 2003Posts: 1536 Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:17 pm Post subject: migeulito wrote: I really should have mentioned that I would not be available for work until late August. Apologies! I have read that September is still a good time to find work in Australia, do you believe that's true? Sorry, can't help you on that one. I don't have any experience of working in September in Australia, although when I was leaving at that time after my little working holiday a couple of years ago there was still plenty of work around. migeulito wrote: Your advice is greatly appreciated! No worries! Back to top SheZookJoined: 31 Jan 2006Posts: 187 Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 6:25 am Post subject: Re: SuperNewbie jobhunting in Brisbane, Oz. Please advise! migeulito wrote: Do I have a hope of finding a school that will hire me? Would I be wasting my time in Brisbane? Should I swallow my aversion to big cities and head down to Sydney? Just for the record, Brisbane is the 3rd largest city in Australia - and would be considered a "big city" to any Australian who does not live in Sydney or Melbourne. So if you are deadset on working in Brisbane then you are going to have to "swallow your aversion". 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Russia's newly-minted League of Voters, which fielded thousands of observers in last Sunday's presidential polls, said today that conduct of the voting was an "insult to civil society" and it will therefore not recognize Vladimir Putin's victory.
That judgment, coming from a prominent group that was organized in the wake of mass protests against electoral fraud in December, is certain to cast a shadow over Mr. Putin's win and fuel further street protests that are expected this weekend, although Golos, an older electoral monitoring group, said that the most recent election was at least cleaner than December's.
The League, which is led by Russian celebrities such as detective novelist Boris Akunin and rock musician Yury Shevchuk, said it calculated Putin's vote at no more than 53 percent – which would still be a solid first-round win, but is far short of the nearly 64 percent support that official results claim for Putin.
"Due to widespread violations, we consider it impossible to recognize the results of the presidential elections," the League's statement said. "We consider that on March 4 an insult was delivered to civil society. The institution of the Russian presidency, the electoral system and the whole state authority were discredited."
The League suggested that much of Putin's allegedly inflated total was stolen from the dark horse liberal candidate, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, whom it said actually won 16 percent of the votes rather than the 8 percent given to him in official results.
Russia's official Central Electoral Commission said it had checked into the League's claims and found them groundless. "The League of Voters is pursuing some goal set beforehand," deputy commission chief Leonid Ivlev told the independent Interfax news agency. "They had said this repeatedly before the elections results were tallied and have just reiterated their preconceived conclusion now."
Putin's press spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, was blunter: "All assessments have been made. The question is closed," he told Interfax today.
"The elections were not honest, they were not equal and they were not fair," says Dmitry Oreshkin, a founder of the League and head of the independent Mercator think tank in Moscow. "In my view there is no point in taking complaints to civil courts, or to the Central Electoral Commission," where history shows they will be buried, he says. "This is now a criminal matter, and our League will stand behind anyone who initiates such a procedure."
Russia's older and better-established grassroots electoral monitoring group, Golos, has been far more cautious in its criticism of the election, noting that they were conducted under the fundamentally unfair rules of Putin-era "managed democracy" and their conduct was marred by numerous violations. But Golos also thinks Sunday's presidential voting was cleaner than fraud-tainted December Duma polls and had several positive new features, including the unprecedented numbers of volunteer election monitors and the installations of webcams in all of Russia's 98,000 polling stations.
"In our view, the [presidential elections] were neither free nor fair," says Andrei Buzin, a researcher with Golos. "But we have noted that on election day the process of voting and the counting of votes was better than in past election campaigns. "There were violations, but on the whole it was cleaner than past campaigns."
According to Golos, the main violations they found and documented include voters being required to cast ballots in workplace polling stations – including the army and state institutions – under the eyes of bosses and authorities; the abuse of absentee ballots; "carousel voting," or casting multiple ballots; ballot-box stuffing by electoral officials; and paying citizens to vote a certain way.
The international observer team fielded by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe concurred that such violations were widespread in Sunday's voting, noting in its report that "there was no real competition, and abuse of government resources ensured that the ultimate winner of the election was never in doubt… the process deteriorated during the vote count, which was assessed negatively in almost one-third of polling stations observed."
But the decision by the League of Voters to reject the results out of hand is bound to raise tensions in a post-election atmosphere that's already fraught with uncertainty. About 500 people were arrested on Monday night for protesting against the election results, and opposition leaders have vowed to take to the streets of Moscow next Saturday to keep the pressure on Putin to stand down and allow free and open elections.
"Tens of thousands will be coming out on the streets of Moscow and other cities and refusing to leave," opposition leader Alexei Navalny told journalists after being released from prison – where he spent the night – on Tuesday. "We will keep doing this until our demands are met."


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A 14-month-old girl in Philadelphia went on one wild ride before she ever had a chance to get on the train.
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What it looks like to us is that the mother became distracted by something, didn't apply the brake on the stroller and the stroller was able to move off the platform and onto the tracks."
The mother and others in the vicinity jumped onto the tracks to help save the baby, while police ordered an oncoming train to stop. The baby was brought to a hospital for a cut on her forehead.
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A 40-year-old man has been charged after allegedly bashing another man with a chair leg and a baseball bat in NSW's New England region.
Police said officers were called to a fight between two men inside a unit in Armidale at about 3.45pm (AEDT) on Monday to find a 47-year-old man with head injuries.
Police allege that a 40-year-old man arrested at the scene smashed a chair and used a chair leg to attack the victim before arming himself with a baseball bat and beating the older man on his head and body.
NSW Ambulance paramedics took the injured man to Armidale Hospital where he remains in a stable condition.
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text: Seed Capital July 27, 2012 10:33 PM Tweet Visitors to Olivia, Minn., are greeted by a 52'-tall plastic ear of corn, a symbol of the tradition of corn research discoveries that began in the 1930s. TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Farm Journal Editors Email By Dick Hagen Minnesota community prospers with talent and technology The first thing you see as you drive into Olivia, Minn., is a 52'-tall ear of corn mounted on top of a gazebo. As surely as New York's Statue of Liberty symbolizes freedom, Olivia's elevated icon celebrates the community's agricultural abundance, talent and research. More intriguing is the fact that 14 seed research companies call Olivia home. How did a tiny town in south central Minnesota become a magnet for these big players? Located 100 miles north of the Iowa border, this agricultural community of 2,682 people is the seat of Renville County, which perennially ranks as one of the top five corn production counties in the U.S.—and, routinely, the No. 1 corn and soybean production county in Minnesota. "This area has a reputation as a highly engaged agricultural area," says Jeff Posch, northern breeding regional leader for Dow AgroSciences. "From a research perspective, it also has a history of dependable weather conditions. Olivia is recognized across the nation for its genetic research and seed production capabilities." This past spring, Dow moved into a new $8 million research facility about 12 mile east of its Mycogen seed production/processing facility, built by Keltgen Seed Company in 1986. A multimillion-dollar research company is a far stretch from Olivia's first seed business, the tiny Troy Seed Company, started in 1948 by the Rauenhorst family. Troy Seed expanded to become the Trojan Seed Company, which in 1972 was the eighth largest seed company in America. Other seed businesses soon sprouted from the roots of this parent company. "We're blessed with some of the richest soils in the upper Midwest," says longtime Olivia resident Jim Boersma, a product agronomist with DuPont Pioneer. "Thanks to the most extensive tile drainage program in America, these soils have also become some of the most dependable. Crop failure is virtually unknown in Renville County in recent years. Today we're dealing with smarter farmers, stronger genetics, better soil conser-vation techniques and more traits to protect the genetics while also enhancing the environment." Origins of success. Robert Thurston, president of Thurston Genetics, started at Trojan Seed Company in 1972. "You can't identify a single factor that has made Olivia the seed capital of the world, but the real start dates back to the Rauenhorst family, who worked in conjunction with the introduction of hybrid corn in Iowa by Henry Wallace in the early 1930s," he says. "Spin-off companies from the old Trojan Seed Company provided much of the growth of the seed industry right here in Olivia. Success breeds more ambition, and the success of Trojan Seed spawned many new companies, including my own firm," he says. Thurston says his original company, Thurston Inc., was purchased by BASF. "I've seen dozens of families over the last 40 years moving into the Olivia area, falling in love with the community and getting involved in the churches, schools and life of the town. Yet I'm certain the initial reaction of many was 'My gosh, there's no rivers, no lakes, no forests—just vast fields of corn, soybeans and sugar beets! "I've traveled Europe, South America and across America talking to seedsmen, and they all know about Olivia," Thurston notes. "We have a cadre of farmers that perennially lead the parade when it comes to making things happen, both in agriculture and politics. There's a can-do attitude out here that I think was spawned by Trojan Seed Company and its legendary president, Bob Rauenhorst." To take one example, in 1968, Keith Keltgen, then research director at Trojan Seed, introduced TX 68, a 68-day three-way hybrid that he hoped might offer the opportunity to double-crop corn in the Southern states or jump into Canada. This ultra-early hybrid didn't have enough yield punch to satisfy corn growers, but it was indicative of the open minds about hybrid development at Trojan Seed. Remington Seeds, headquartered in Remington, Ind., moved to Olivia in 2006, taking over a seed processing facility that originated RBA Company, which later became Stauffer Seeds. General manager Bill Luepke says it was a good move for Remington because of growing demand for both earlier maturing corn and soybeans. "But the impetus was the great climate for contract production of soybeans, plus people out here are just very receptive to the seed industry," Luepke says. Mary Page was the mayor of Olivia during the "golden era" of the late 1960s and early '70s. "It was exciting to see Olivia, very much a prairie town at that time, start taking on some new dimensions," she says. "The new seed companies created a cluster of creative people. An industry has stature and attracts people from far and wide. That's why the people of our town are extremely diversified." Talented, too. Marv Boerboom, corn geneticist with Monsanto's DeKalb Research Center in Olivia, holds 28 patents on inbred breeding lines for corn. He started his genetic work in 1977 at Trojan Seed Company, which by then was a property of Pfizer with the seed brand of Pfizer Genetics. He's now into his 35th year of corn genetic research at Olivia. New kid on the block. Steve O'Neill, president of Corn Capital Innovations, decided to locate his firm in Olivia because he grew up in the area. "I'm entrenched in the culture and history of this area. I've worked with other seed companies and did agronomy work with a local soil service company. Interaction in the community was a natural for my wife and me, so why not start a business where you grew up?" Situated in the same building that launched the Trojan Seed Company in the 1960s, he relishes working at one of the 14 seed companies in town. "Competition makes everybody better. It makes people take their game to higher levels," O'Neill says. Today, the sight of hundreds of excited teenagers bused into the Olivia area to detassel a sea of corn by hand on hot summer mornings is but a distant memory. Mechanized detasselling spoiled the fun, but that's just the collateral damage of changing times and, unlike many rural towns that are struggling to survive, Olivia is poised to thrive. Its corporate research operations and smaller entrepreneurial brain trusts are hatching the secrets of biotechnology that will feed a growing world population. "Growers around here are quick to adopt innovative ideas," says DuPont Pioneer agronomist Boersma. "I'd compare them with growers anywhere in the U.S. or the world. Agriculture is the lifeblood of this area and Olivia definitely deserves the title of Corn Capital of Minnesota." Company Roll Call ADM Edible Bean Specialties BASF Plant Science Corn Capital Innovations Dow AgroSciences DuPont Pioneer Hefty Seed Mertec LLC Monsanto and its DeKalb corn research facility Mycogen Seeds Pannar Genetics Precision Soya Remington Seeds Renk Seed Thurston Genetics and Thurston Inc. Back to news


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Most communications service providers invest a great deal of resources in managing their core offerings of video, data and voice services. Yet cable operators and wireline telcos alike seemingly waste tens of millions of dollars each year in the purchase, upgrade and obsolescence of the network assets that deliver these offerings.
In this paper, Accenture presents a model for managing an operator's network assets from end to end, the goal of which is to make it simpler to reduce costs and sustain a rationalized network. This model, called asset complexity management has three key pieces: organization, process and technology.
The greater an operator's asset complexity—the number of different models deployed in the network—the greater the operating costs required to maintain and support these assets. Clearly there can be tremendous value in reducing this complexity and in managing the lifecycle of all network assets.
However, managing such assets can be incredibly challenging. At any given moment, most communications service providers will have millions of customers with hundreds of different models of cable modem, for example, along with multiple head ends, switches, nodes and other equipment.
Further, true to the Pareto rule, 80 percent of model types may make up only 20 percent of the deployed volume, unnecessarily boosting complexity. Even the best-managed operator may not have the tools and data necessary to manage this complicated and often invisible aspect of its business.
In fact, Accenture found that many operators make hardware decisions based primarily on "gut feel," using past purchases as a reference. Such decisions may not be optimal, however, as they tend to focus on purchase costs, ignoring the costs to be incurred throughout the asset's lifecycle. In addition, operators often make decisions in silos: procurement, planning, finance and network operations, each with its own budgetary pressures, may optimize costs based on the department's own view rather than looking across functions or creating a comprehensive fact base—a "single source of truth"—to guide the organization.
The asset complexity management model manages an operator's network of assets, enables a reduction in costs and creates a sustainable rationalized network. It comprises organization, process and technology.
Organization: A dedicated team is created solely to help address asset complexity, first on a project by- project basis and eventually throughout the business. Once configured, the team supports all aspects of the operator's asset lifecycle, from design to obsolescence. The team can therefore be positioned in a way that allows it to influence critical decisions—with direct links to engineering, product management, finance and marketing.
Process: The asset complexity management team defines the project as precisely as possible, clearly articulating the issue and objectives at hand and putting boundaries in place to avoid the project growing beyond its original scope.
A key part of this effort will be the identification of the working team, including stakeholders across the company who will be involved in the final decision making process.
Technology: This aids in the decision-making process, from an enterprise-wide asset database to a set of reusable cost models. The asset database serves as the single point of truth for the entire organization. It would contain functional and performance attributes for every asset, on demand and in real-time, which can better position the asset complexity management team to answer questions and support decision-making with fact-based analysis and also allow the organization to monitor performance trends proactively and to help mitigate risks.
Asset complexity management should not be viewed as a one-time effort. The methodology should become part of an operator's everyday strategic decision making process, with scorecards developed for ongoing measurement and continuous improvement. Developing a single source of truth—one that takes into account the information and needs of functions all across the business—can help provide decision makers with a more comprehensive view of the issues along with the support of fact-based analysis. And using iterative processes and tools to make decisions based on the full asset lifecycle will provide a framework for the most important capital and operational decisions, translating into significant near-term savings and benefits. Finally, asset complexity management can become a core function within the enterprise, designed to be responsible for updating the database, keeping watch on asset trends and contributing fact-based, objective recommendations whenever a significant asset decision must be made.
Leah Goldman is a senior manager in Accenture's Management Consulting practice. Goldman specializes in helping telecommunications and technology companies take advantage of innovative supply chain and product development operating models to compete more effectively. Goldman is based in Boston.
Aniruddha Kohok is a senior manager in Accenture's Operations Consulting practice. Kohok has an extensive background in product complexity management, Innovation and product development, and supply chain transformation both as a practitioner and as a consultant. He has worked across the automotive and communications industries. Kohok is based in Dallas, Texas.


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Winter is fast approaching and that means two things.
The weather is getting colder and the Town of Coupeville is close to adopting its budget for next year.
Coupeville Mayor Nancy Conard said the proposed $4.9 million budget for 2013 is balanced and maintains staffing and services at their current levels.
"In these economic times, this is good news," Conard wrote in her 2013 budget message, adding that "the numbers are tighter each year."
Conard thanked the town staff, who she said "have made it possible to maintain most services with no real increases in funding."
For town employees, this means that they will go another year without salary increases – the fourth year in a row. Instead, in 2011 and 2012 employees received a one-time additional payment in lieu of a pay increase.
Yet, pay may be contributing to employee turnover – at least in the Marshal's Office. Three of the town's four deputies recently left the force. Two of them accepted higher paying jobs outside of Coupeville.
The 2013 budget will keep in place the same amount of money it would take to pay the salaries of the four deputies, plus that of the Town Marshal, said Conard.
However, as the town moves towards finding a staffing solution to continue to provide 24-hour coverage, the allocation of that money may change. The money may be spent on a different staffing arrangement, Conard said.
Among the Capital Fund expenditures, $50,000 has been allocated for improvements to the Holbrook Barn. The historic outbuilding was donated by Coupeville builder Dan Miranda and transported at his expense to the Coupeville Community Green near the library last spring. The structure could potentially house public restrooms adjacent to the Coupeville Farmers Market and the town's public parking lot.
Town officials also anticipate replacing part of the water and sewer lines on Madrona Way between Broadway and Vine. Money to pay for this capital project will come from the Water and Sewer Capital Improvement Fund.
Revenue steady
The hearing will also address 2013 revenue sources and the 2013 property tax levy.
Sales tax revenue has been holding steady, Conard said. Sales taxes make up about 24 percent of the revenue for the General Fund.
"It remains so important that we support our local businesses, shop local and keep our sales tax revenue at home," she wrote in her budget message.
Property taxes account for approximately 27 percent of the revenue to support the General Fund.
The town's regular property-tax levy will increase by 1 percent – the maximum amount allowed under state law without voter approval. This increase will go toward paying the increase in the town's liability insurance, as well as its portion of medical insurance premiums for employees.
The employees' portion also will increase.
Conard said she also expects a reduction in the liquor tax revenue. This is due to the recent change in how liquor is sold in the state, she said.
No changes have been proposed in the 2013 budget for the town's fee schedule.
A utility rate study will be conducted next year. The rates for water have not increased since 1993, and sewer since 1999. The study will also address the potential creation of a stormwater utility. The additional fee would be dedicated to the treatment of stormwater, a fee that many other cities and towns already collect, Conard said.
The town's preliminary budget is available for review online at townofcoupeville.org. Printed copies are available at Coupeville Town Hall, 4 NE Seventh St.
On Tuesday, Nov. 27, the town council will hold a public hearing on the 2013 budget. The meeting is 6:30 p.m. in the Island County Commissioners Hearing Room, 1 N.E. Sixth St., Coupeville. Depending on the comments received, the budget may be adopted that evening.


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