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New Zealand Society of Actuaries biennial conference
Thank you
Thank you for those who attended the 20th Biennial Conference of the New Zealand Society of Actuaries, held in Tauranga.
With 150 attendees, the event was well supported and, as always, a wonderful chance for members to connect with one another. We received great feedback from delegates who enjoyed a stimulating programme and excellent networking opportunities at the social functions.
Many thanks also to our sponsors, your support ensured a successful conference which could not have been possible without you.
We look forward to seeing you in 2018!


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Two men are in custody after allegedly enticing and harassing a 12-year-old for sexual purposes on Friday, according to Sheriff Ron Long.
The suspects, Mohammed Mahmoud Omar Mefleh, 34, and Antoine Chela, 31, were arrested Friday evening after they reportedly attempted to entice a 12-year old female into their vehicle for illicit purposes.
Both men are temporarily stationed at Fort Leonard Wood for military training purposes, according to Sheriff Long. According to court documents, Chela lives off Lafeyette Road in Waynesville and Meflah lives off Triple Lane in St. Robert.
Sheriff Deputies were called to the juvenile female's home late Friday afternoon to investigate
the incident.
According to the victim, she was playing with a sibling in the yard when two men approached her on several occasions in an attempt to lure her into their vehicle, allegedly asking for sexual favors. Court documents state that the men "asked the victim to "get into a car to go to a party and have sex."
The responding deputies were able to locate the suspects and after investigating the matter, arrested Mefleh and Chela. Both are currently being held in the Pulaski County Jail with a $200,000 bond. Mefleh and Chlela could face up to 11 years in prison if convicted. The two men are expected to appear in court on Tuesday.

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Monothematic Delusions and the Perception of Identity
by Sarah Perry [theviewfromhell.blogspot.com]
The monothematic delusions are the scariest delusions because they are the kind of delusion that often afflicts otherwise sane, rational people - that is, people with whom it is easy to identify. The presence of a delusion in a mind like ours forces us to imagine our own minds coping with a delusion. But the content of the monothematic delusions is also profoundly creepy on a deep and probably foundational level. It is creepy that these particular delusions, these particular false beliefs that are not changed by any amount of evidence, occur in just these patterns all around the world.
For example, there is the Capgras delusion, in which the deluded person believes that his close relatives (but not acquaintances) have been replaced with identical-looking duplicate copies,Invasion of the Body Snatchers-style. The most famous example is the patient known as "DS," described in a 1997 paper by V. S. Ramachandran (Hirstein, 1997); DS developed the Capgras delusion after injuring his head in a traffic accident. His delusion was creepily specific: he believed his parents had been replaced by doppelgangers when he observed them visually, but he did not have this belief when he spoke to them on the phone.
The creepiness seems to have a tidy neuroscience solution: DS (and by extension Capgras patients) can recognize faces, but cannot connect the visual recognition with the appropriate emotional response. Auditory recognition and its appropriate emotional response are not so affected. DS sees his mother's face, but doesn't feel the familiar emotions he should feel when looking at his mother; therefore, his senses scream at him that this person is not his mother. The doppelganger story is the only thing that makes sense, given this direct perception.#
Most likely, the Capgras delusion is an organic, physical brain situation, like color blindness. Color blindness is not generally held to be a delusion, as it is a disorder of perception, rather than of reason or belief. The apparatus that the self uses to sense the world is broken, one might suppose, but the self inside is unaffected.
But just as a colorblind person may admit that others seem to see colors he does not, the person with a monothematic delusion may admit that his beliefs are bizarre and not held by the rest of the population. Nonetheless, the bizarre perception remains and informs all his other processes, including his internal narrative.
Another monothematic delusion occurs when the afflicted person believes one of his limbs doesn't belong to him - and often wishes to have it amputated. When this bizarre belief was seen as a sexual perversion, perhaps contagious and definitely transmitted via the internet, it was called apotemnophilia (Elliot, 2000). But once it became clear that this, too, was a specific brain wiring issue and not a more general "failure of reason" - when it became clear that affected patients' brains failed to "map" the limb in question onto their internal self-representations (Vallar, 2009) - then the delusion came to be called by the less prurient name somatoparaphrenia.
Here are the rest of the monothematic delusions, from Wikipedia ("Monothematic delusions," 2011):
Fregoli delusion: the belief that various people who the believer meets are actually the same person in disguise.
Intermetamorphosis: the belief that people in one's environment swap identities with each other whilst maintaining the same appearance.
Subjective doubles: a person believes there is a doppelgänger or double of him or herself carrying out independent actions.
Cotard delusion: the belief that oneself is dead or does not exist; sometimes coupled with the belief that one is putrifying or missing internal organs.
Mirrored self-misidentification: the belief that one's reflection in a mirror is some other person.
Reduplicative paramnesia: the belief that a familiar person, place, object or body part has been duplicated. For example, a person may believe that they are in fact not in the hospital to which they were admitted, but in an identical-looking hospital in a different part of the country.
We feel a sinking sense of creepiness in reading these descriptions, of the uncanny. For all these delusions have one thing in common: they are all scary mistakes relating to identity, whether the subject's own identity or that of others. The subject's beliefs violate our own heretofore-unquestioned beliefs about identity - that identity is stable, that its boundaries are those of a body#, that other people are really out there and are the same people they were a minute ago. The monothematic delusions represent specific breakdowns in our system for keeping identity straight. But in examining these breakdowns, we must gradually come to realize what it means: our system for recognizing ourselves and others, for keeping the characters in our stories straight, is a physical, biological system, just like our eyes. Our perception of identity is, to a large extent, direct perception. There is no longer a safe "self" nestled inside our brains, reaching out into the world through (sometimes faulty) sensory equipment; even the self itself is made of sensory equipment, which by its nature may be innacurate.
Perhaps when we perceive ourselves and others, we are not perceiving something real, but we are watching our brains constantly manufacturing an illusion.
The monothematic delusions are scary because they force upon us the realization that we perceive identity the way we perceive color: directly and without reason's assistance.
Now the difficult task of the non-delusional person, who perceives his own identity and that of others with as much clarity as he perceives the blueness of a clean sky, is to nonetheless realize that selves and identity do not really exist, but are constructed by the elaborate brain he has the sense of occupying.
In the discipline of psychology, delusion is defined in contrast to the beliefs that exist in the background culture. When being tested for delusion, one is being tested not against some abstract standard of veracity, but against the perceptions of the majority. But we must wonder: even if almost all of the thermometers in a room read 72 degrees, does that really make it 72 degrees inside? Could all those thermometers be wrong together? (Perhaps because they all malfunctioned in the same way?)
Underlying the perception of identity is the brain's capacity for face recognition. Since organic brain damage may result in the loss of the ability to recognize objects, but not faces, or faces, but not objects, it is believed that there is a whole separate machinery in the brain dedicated to nothing but processing faces. The quickest glance at a person's face allows us to immediately perceive the person's identity, sex, mood, age, race, and direction of attention, all crucial information for social animals (Tsao, 2008).
An interesting observation about our facial recognition machinery is that we recognize caricatures (cartoonish portraits exaggerating unusual features) better than we recognize the actual faces that the caricatures represent. Some researchers suggest that this might mean there is a sort of hard-coded "prototypical face" in our brains to which we compare all other faces (Leopold, 2001); others suggest that there is no neutral "norm face" seared into our brains, but rather that we each form our own norm face prototypes based on the faces we are exposed to (Lewis, 1999). (This latter explanation would make sense of the fact that people can generally recognize members of the race of people we were raised among better than members of another race.)
When human faces are rendered in art, they may be endowed with varying degrees of detail, from photorealism to cartoonish minimalism. The drawn heroes of comics are often rendered with especially little detail; Scott McCloud, in Understanding Comics, suggests that this kind of minimally-sketched, cartoonish face, bare of anything but expression elementals (eyes, eyebrows, mouth), is easier for us to identify with than a more detailed, specific representation of the character (McCloud, 1993). It is as if all we need to mentally render the character, to imagine it having an inner life like our own, are the most basic cues to facial expression.
The fact that cartoons are so easy for us to process into meaningful representations of beings (with inner lives) suggests that our facial recognition processes, perhaps even our keeping-identity-straight processes, are themselves cartoonish. We focus on certain information and the rest is elided. And that's the scary part: we don't perceive this elision. With our fragile but self-important conscious awareness, it is as if we have bright flashlights strapped to our heads, so that everywhere we look is well-lit; meanwhile all around us things squirm in the darkness outside of our perception.
Our mechanisms of perception are some of those dark, squirming things. Visual blind spots are well-studied. But there are analogous blind spots in the perception of identity.
The perception of identity, of ourselves and others, underlies not only ethics but all meaning that we perceive or impose. Everything that is important to us rests on a foundation of the perception of ourselves and others as experiencing beings, with personalities and histories and roles to play within our stories.
Stories themselves may be thought of as a kind of cognitive bias. We imagine ourselves in stories to give our actions and relationships a context within which to be meaningful. Creating an internal narrative is the essential function of the conscious self, and one's internal narrative is by definition what feels most real to the individual. But narrative is itself a kind of primary perception, rather than a process of reason; the person experiencing the Capgras delusion creates the doppelganger-replacement story not through conscious, rational processes, but rather driven by the need to come up with an (emotionally) acceptable explanation for the primary perceptions of face recognition minus appropriate emotion. Believing our own narratives is like the colorblind individual believing his color blindness.
However, the colorblind individual has a strong reason to deny that his perception reflects objective reality: the testimony of those around him. Perhaps the highest-level rational process of all, in humans, is "check your conclusions against those of your peers." The colorblind individual who can (at least intellectually) admit that his perception of colors in inaccurate assures us that he is still one of us - despite his perceptual difference, he can function as our epistemic peer. His mind is working. What worries us most about the Capgras individual is not so much that his brain is "wired" wrong - it's that he will not change his beliefs when confronted by the testimony of others. If he has no "insight," as psychologists call the ability to perceive one's own mental malfunction, it is as if he has no mind - there is, clearly, no "self" safely ensconced inside his brain for us to relate to. So, perhaps the Capgras individual has lost his ability to rationally weigh the testimony of others. Or perhaps his sense that people are not who they seem is so intense and undeniable as to weigh a hundred times heavier, to him, than even visual perception (as those with merely visual disorders generally have insight into their condition).
It is extremely difficult to maintain a belief or set of beliefs when not surrounded by others who share those beliefs. In the laboratory, subjects will fail to report their true perceptions, and instead report that they share the reported perceptions of the group - especially when the task is defined as important (Baron, 1996). In the real world, religious people who leave their communities generally alter their beliefs toward those of their new communities. Agreement, not truth, is the most important function of a human brain, as Vonnegut suggests in Breakfast of Champions (though this insight is not limited to women):
Patty Keene was stupid on purpose, which was the case with most women in Midland City. The women all had big minds because they were big animals, but they did not use them much for this reason: unusual ideas could make enemies, and the women, if they were going to achieve any sort of comfort and safety, needed all the friends they could get.
So, in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to be agreeing machines instead of thinking machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking, and then they thought that, too. (Vonnegut, 1973)
Vonnegut invites us to consider the adaptive advantage of agreeing with our fellows, even if our fellows are wrong. But in addition to the motive to avoid violence, agreement might also enable us to communicate effectively in the first place. Agreement on basic matters is essential to the use of language. The messages we pass each other in language are short and dense and require a whole world of shared context to be understood. (This is why language that is to be interpreted hostilely, such as legal language, is notoriously incomprehensible: mutual context-assumption serves comprehensibility.) Something as basic as the identity of people must be assumed in order to understand what others are talking about.
We must understand the convincingness, the undeniability, of the Capgras individual's delusional perception of identity in order to understand our own white-knuckle death grip on our non-delusional perception of identity. For the Capgras delusional individual experiences opposite processes: perceptive pressure toward believing his delusion, and social pressure to deny it. Not so for the rest of us. For non-delusional perception - ordinary, neurotypical perception - perceptive pressure and social pressure align to enforce belief. That's great - as long as perception reports reality. If there are instances in which individuals almost all perceive wrongly, and there is no widely compelling explanation as to why (as with optical illusions), we are screwed. This process would be expected to fail to report reality in certain situations, leaving us with incorrect beliefs and no clear way to identify and correct them. We might expect misperceptions of a foundational nature to be even more difficult to correct than more superficial counterfactual perceptions.
Science (a sort of "beginner's mind" toward the world) suggests that our alleged selves do not possess the properties they are almost universally perceived to have (such as existing separately from, and on a higher level than, sensory perception). It is exciting for intellectuals to suggest the same. But in practical terms - in social terms - we cannot do other than to assume the existence of the perceived self. We can prove, but never know, that regarding the self, the only part that is real is the feeling of it.
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Elliot, Carl. "A New Way to be Mad." The Atlantic (December 2000).
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Congress gave commuters a better-late-than-never gift when it passed the "fiscal cliff" bill — a boost in their federal tax benefits.
The bill, formally known as the American Taxpayers Relief Act, restores parity between transit and parking benefits — $245 a month — for another two years, from Jan. 1, 2012, to Dec. 31, 2013.
"Naturally, I'm glad, especially since (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) fares will be increasing (March 1)," said Jeff Hookey of Cornwall. "It has never made sense to allow a greater deduction for parking than commuting costs — seems to be 100 percent counterproductive."
The benefits from the federal tax code are a voluntary program that allows employers and employees to use pre-tax money to cover part of the cost of the journey to work.
Until 2009, when Congress instituted parity as part of the economic stimulus bill, the benefits were $125 a month for mass transit and $240 for parking. The temporary measure expired Dec. 31, 2011, however, amid indecision about whether to extend a benefit that only taxpayers with access to transit systems enjoy.
"There should not be an inherent bias against transit in the tax code," said Veronica Vanterpool, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. "Using transit saves millions in road infrastructure repair, reduces lost economic productivity and air pollution from traffic congestion. We hope Congress will make this benefit permanent, so we don't have to fight for it every year."
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The $245-a-month transit benefit alone will translate into a saving of more than $800 in federal taxes for a person in the 28 percent bracket — and mid-Hudson commuters will use it all.
Hookey's monthly Metro-North ticket to Grand Central Terminal from Beacon, for example, is $404 ($443 come March 1), and a monthly Short Line ticket to the Port Authority Bus Terminal from Middletown is $335.
The benefit's retroactivity, Hookey said, is "clearly a nightmare" for companies and commuters because of its impact on 2012 tax returns.
Dan Neuburger, president of WageWorks Commuter Services, said the Treasury Department is expected to provide how-to directions soon. WageWorks administers the benefit for more than 10,000 employers and 750,000 employees in the New York-New Jersey region.
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WSJ's Paul Vigna reports traders have a worrisome eye on the horizon as severe budget cuts scheduled for March 1 loom. Photo: Getty Images.
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August 2010 Your JeepPosted in How To on August 1, 2010
Bizzaro World
I turn sixteen next month and really want a Jeep. I've been having trouble deciding which one, though. I really like the XJ, but at this point they're mostly below $10,000, and my dad wants to spend like $10,000 to $15,000 on my car to make sure it's reliable. I can probably convince him to buy me an XJ, though, if I can prove to him that it is reliable. The other problem is that I started a pressure-washing company and I need room to carry my equipment from one job to another. So a Wrangler is out of the question. I also really like working on cars. I plan to upgrade my Jeep so I would like one that was somewhat easy to work on. Since this is going to have to be a daily driver, as far as upgrades go, what would you suggest? Most of my friends drive F-150s and Tacomas, and I want something that could out-perform and outlast their "trucks." What do you suggest?
Chris Heinmiller
Via email
You dad wants to spend more money on your first car than you do and you own your own business? That's an unusual set of circumstances.
I doubt there is another Jeep model on the planet as reliable as a 4.0L-equipped XJ. It just is. I'd start searching for a '97-newer Sport model with the 4.0L and either the AW4 four-speed auto or a '00-newer with a five-speed NV3550 manual. Both transmissions are very durable and reliable.
The thing with the XJ is that it was such a long production run (since '84) Jeep had time to work most of the bugs out of the vehicle. There are very few inherent problems with the late-model XJs. I'd look for a low-mileage one that has had routine maintenance performed. You should be able to nab one for well under $10K. Then you can take the overage and put it towards ensuring the following common areas of concern are addressed:
Cracked exhaust manifold: Most of them crack, but a good aftermarket stainless header like a Banks Torque Tube is smog-legal, won't increase the noise level, and will up your power.
Worn front axle unit bearings: They're inexpensive and easy to replace for most shops. They're really not a problem area, but if you're looking at an XJ that's already lifted with big tires it's worth checking it out
A/C recharge: True of any 5-10 year old vehicle. If it's not already converted, change the system over from R12 Freon to R134A refrigerant.
General leaks and drips: Early 4.0L engines up to '91 usually required a rear main seal replacement at 100K miles, but the late-model Jeeps have a redesigned seal that lasts much longer. Still, there's the potential for small leaks around the valve cover, rear main seal, harmonic balancer, etc. Seals are easy to come by, and in most cases, easy to replace. Most commonly it could be the rear main seal, gasket at oil filter housing, possibly the T-case to transmission seal, or sometimes the front axle seals.
Otherwise these vehicles routinely hit more than 200K miles with little-to-no major work required. The '97-up have passenger- and driver-side airbags, lots of creature comforts, good upholstery that lasts without showing a lot of wear, and deliver good power and mileage. Expect about 19-22mph on the freeway from a 4.0L with stock tires and suspension.
Good luck in your quest.
Seat Stretch
I purchased a '70 CJ-5 before I went to Iraq. It needs new seats, but the only replacement seats I am finding through Quadratec and other vendors are for '76-up Jeeps. Fabricating mounts is not a problem, but will the seats fit? I know they stretched the wheelbase in '73, but did they change the length of the tub? Thanks for your time and the great magazine.
Curtis Randall
Via email
I mounted a set of Bestop low-back buckets in my '71 CJ-6. The driver-side bolted right up. You'll have to weld some strap steel onto the stock passenger seat frame, but it's really easy and will allow you to keep the flip-forward function to get to the tool box. Aside from the seat bolt pattern difference, most guys don't have much trouble fitting larger aftermarket seats in these early Jeeps. If you're much taller than six feet, you may want to notch the front of the rear wheel tub on the driver-side to allow the seat to be mounted further back for more legroom. It's a fairly common practice and is covered on the website earlycj5.com.
English XJ
I live in the north of England and have an '01 60th anniversary-edition XJ Cherokee with a 2.5L diesel. It has covered 96,000 miles and has been fantastic. On rough Lake District roads it is great, so no need to improve its off-road performance, but I am interested to know if better shocks would improve its high-speed performance (80mph is a good motorway speed). Also, is there anything I can do to make the steering more direct? It is running on 16-inch rims with BFGoodrich 235/70R16 tyres.
Marcus Mackay
Cumbria, England
Most XJs have a somewhat heavy steering feel, so I'm surprised you feel the need to make the steering "more direct." This leads me to believe you may have some worn components. I'd first start with the basics, like making sure the tie rod ends are all still tight and that the steering shaft (shaft between the steering column and steering box) doesn't have any play in it. With the key forward to unlock the steering wheel-but with the engine off-have somebody turn the steering wheel back and forth until resistance is encountered while you watch the shaft. There should be little-to-no play, but it's not uncommon for the couplers to wear in the factory steering shafts. Also, watch the steering box sector shaft for any play (sector shaft is the shaft protruding from the bottom of the steering box that the pitman arm attaches to).
If the tie rod ends are worn, replace them and have an alignment done. It shouldn't cost much because to align a Cherokee you only need to set the toe. There's no provision for easily adjusting the caster or camber, and if the vehicle is still stock, there's really no need.
If the steering shaft is worn, I'd suggest a Borgeson (borgeson.com) replacement steering shaft (PN 000893). It uses solid U-joint couplings instead of the wear-prone factory type couplings and will really make a huge difference in drivability if your old shaft is worn.
Also, replacing the stock steering dampener with a Rancho (gorancho.com) unit (PN RS5401) may help the vehicle track a bit straighter and resist drifting due to road imperfections.
Your shocks? I'm sure the factory shocks are worn and ineffective by now. While they're very expensive, I think you'll appreciate the Edelbrock Performer IAS shocks, (edelbrock.com). I ran a set on my '99 Cherokee when it was stock and they improve the handling without negatively affecting the ride quality. You'll need PN3328 for the front and PN3428 for the rear.
One other thing you may consider checking is the front control arm bushings at your suspension links and the track bar tie rod ends. While fairly sturdy (especially when not off-roaded hard), the pressed-in upper control arm suspension bushing on the axle and the lower control arm bushings can crack and wear. A new stock-replacement upper control arm bushing from Crown Automotive (crownautomotive.net) may help, as would some upgraded aftermarket control arms. JKS (jksmfg.com) makes very nice ones, but most aftermarket suspension companies like Superlift, Skyjacker, and Rubicon Express offer them as well. If you've got a Jp magazine there, check out some of the advertisers to get an idea. However, I'd leave the control arm and bushing fix as a last resort since they're somewhat cumbersome and expensive to replace.
Slipped Disc
I have a 258 inline-six with a Weber carb and a header. It runs the T-176 transmission and Dana 300 T-case with a 4:1 gearset, a Ford 9-inch rear with 4.56s and an ARB, and 35-inch tires. I just finished putting in the 4:1 and figured I should replace the clutch while it's apart since it's been in there a while. I am on a budget, so I want to know why I would spend considerably more money for a Centerforce or Hays off-road clutch versus the standard stock replacement. I see statements claiming 30 percent more holding capacity, higher burst strength, heavy-duty springs, unique Marcel backing, and stuff like that. It all seems like sales gimmicks. I know how to drive a clutch, so I think I'm okay with a standard one. I just couldn't find a write-up or decent advice. I think my lower gearing will extend clutch life over stock, but I don't know for sure. Any help would be appreciated.
Aron Gorham
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You're right. Your lower gearing will help extend clutch life. That's not to say the Centerforce or Hays products are gimmicks. They really do offer what they say.
One misconception regarding the Centerforce Dual Friction clutch is that it lasts longer. The DF is a high-performance clutch that offers no more of a lifespan than a comparable Centerforce I or Centerforce II disc. Where it excels is by offering a ton of grip where others can't. I run a little 9-inch Dual Friction clutch in my Shortstar-powered flattie and it gives me the clamping feel of a big 14-inch dump truck clutch. However, for most enthusiasts the Centerforce I or II is plenty. I put a Centerforce I in my Hatari CJ-6 project behind its Buick 225, a Hays in my '85 Ramcharger with 42s, and a stock replacement in my '95 4-cylinder Wrangler on 33s. My M-715 on 38s, flattie, and other really high-performance builds get Dual Friction clutches because they're just all-out crazy rigs whose main purpose is max performance. It's all about what you expect of the rig and how you're going to drive it.
To that end, it sounds like with your low-range gearing and your cautiousness with the clutch pedal you'll be able to keep a stock replacement alive for a long time.
Big Squirt
I have a '96 Cherokee that I just put a 4.7L stroker in and am having issues with fuel starvation at 3,500 rpms and above. It's most noticeable at top end just before shifting. I know I saw something on this in your "Insane Inline" story, but was not sure what month the article was in. I gave my old mags to a buddy and he won't give them back.
Jeff Bassett
Colorado Springs, CO
The stock 19-lb/hr injectors can't deliver enough volume for the added displacement. You missed out on the easy '91-'95 models with the external fuel pressure regulator that allow you to turn up the fuel pressure to deliver a larger squirt of fuel when the injectors open. Your '96 has a returnless injection system that regulates pressure at the fuel pump inside the tank. You'll want to upgrade to larger injectors. Accel (mrgasket.com) makes some 21, 23, and 24 lb/hr injectors that would work well depending on overall horsepower of your engine, whether you run nitrous or a supercharger, etc. I ran the 23lb/hr in my 4.6L stroker with nitrous.
The Accel injectors are expensive, however. Ford Motorsports' (fordracingparts.com) are a bit cheaper. The Ford injectors are 24lb/hr and should deliver plenty of fuel for your vehicle. You may also hit the junkyard and see if any Ford pickups, Mustang, or Lincoln V-8 vehicles are hanging around and yank the used injectors to save some coin. Here are some flow and part numbers for factory injectors that you may stumble across.
- Ford 21lb injectors (high) #s: D9B, F65E (305/350 GM)
- Ford 22lb injectors (high) #s: FOTE-D9B (Vettes and Range Rovers)
- Ford 23lb injectors (high) #s: F7TE, F8TE (7.5L truck)
- Ford 24lb injectors (high) #s: F5DE, F1TZ, F2LE, F2LE-9F593-B2A, FMS-M-9593-A302
- Ford 24lb injectors Ford '93-'95 Mustang Cobra
- Ford 24lb injectors '93-'01 Lincoln Mark 8
- Ford 24lb injectors '95-up Lincoln Continental DOHC 4.6L
- Ford 24lb injectors '88-'97 EFI 460s F-250-450 & E-250-450
- Ford 24lb injectors F-350 with V-10
- Ford 24lb injectors Lincoln Aviator 4.6L DOHC
- Ford 24lb injectors Lincoln Navigator 5.4L DOHC
- 26lb '00 LS1 F body '99-up, same as Ford 24s
- Ford 30lb injectors (high) #s: E9SE, F1SE, F1SE-E1A (3.8SC and SuperCoupes)
- Ford 30lb injectors: '95-'96 Ford 4.0L Explorer & Ranger & Other
- Ford 30lb injectors: '89-'93 SuperCoupe
- Ford 36lb injectors: '94-'95 SuperCoupe
- Ford 39lb '03-'04 Cobra
- Ford 42lb '99-up Lightning
Tangled Weber
I had a Weber carb installed about a week ago. It ran fine for the first week, but now it seems to be flooding out on me. I don't think it's the install but maybe the choke voltage. I know with key on there should be 12-volts at the choke. If there is not will it still start and could I be losing that voltage and flooding it? Also is that 12-volts a constant 12-volts while running? It seems to be getting enough fuel from the mechanical pump. The Jeep is an '81 CJ-7 with the 258 straight-six. Any feedback would be great.
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Your choke should get a source of 12V key-on power that stays hot when the engine is running. Usually this is taken straight from a circuit on the fuse box that stays hot when the engine is cranked or straight from a key switch terminal in older vehicles. Don't run the 12V straight from the battery or your choke will be powered even when the key is off, which can kill your battery.
Your electric choke should be automatic. It'll sense engine temp via an internal thermal spring and will close the choke when cold and open it when hot. Once you've hooked up your source of 12V power, the choke should have 12V from the time you turn the key to the time you shut down the engine. It'll do the rest. Once the engine is up to normal operating temperature, remove the air filter and make sure the choke is opening. If not, your voltage may be too low at the choke (verify voltage with a multi-meter) or the choke itself may be bad or need adjustment.
I'd suggest taking a look at your Weber owner's manual and familiarizing yourself with the float adjustment procedures. It sounds like your floats are either set too high or have gotten stuck from debris or foreign materials from when you did the carb swap. Usually a moderate rap on the float adjustment nut with a screwdriver handle is enough to dislodge a stuck float. Or, you may need to crack open the fuel bowl and check that no debris got into the carb.
If you're not doing so already, run a filter before the carb fuel inlet inside the engine compartment. Also, your Weber may just be jetted too rich for your engine application. If the float adjustment doesn't solve any problems, contact Weber with your carb's model number and your engine specs/application and ask a tech about jetting it so it delivers less fuel to your engine.
Tranny Suckfest
Last year when some friends and I were in Moab we all experienced the same problem. When the Jeep reached a certain angle, the transmission would starve for fluid and halt forward progress. This was very frustrating because in most cases we all felt that we would not have necessarily been stuck. I have asked around at different off-road shops and no one seems to have ever heard of this problem. I know that this is not an isolated incident because three '03 Rubicons and one '05 LJ in our group all had the same problems. I have looked for someone who offers a deep pan, but no luck. Any ideas?
Timothy Aker
Via email
Jeep introduced the 42RLE four-speed automatic in '03, but the 13-bolt pan hasn't enjoyed much aftermarket support. There was a company called Performance Transmissions & Parts, (888/201-2066, partship.com) that offered a deep transmission pan under PN 8-44. The pan added 2 quarts and helped the starvation issues, but it's no longer available and the company says it has no plans of offering it again in the future.
Jeep has an updated pan for the early 42RLE that's supposed to cure the starvation issues at angles. You can go to your local dealership and order a transmission pan, pickup, and filter assembly for an '06 Wrangler. The new revised pan should cure the starvation at angles. If not, try adding and additional 1/2-quart of fluid.
Got a tech question you're just itching to get answered? Send it on in to Jp magazine, Your Jeep, 831 S. Douglas St., El Segundo, CA 90245, or e-mail email@example.com.


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Facet Series #20180623 encaustic painting
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"FACETS" encaustics, "Joy of Life" watercolors, "TOTEMS" sculpture 2017. "VORTICES Series 2016" drawings on Osnaberg cloth capturing the energy of the Red Rocks of Sedona in black and white. 'Searching the Unseen Series" are non-objective abstractions. "Cropped Circles Series" Inspired by irrigation circles in the desert while flying over parts of TX, NM and AZ. Earlier series "Meditations on the Holy Cross" 2008-2011 and the "Belzoni Series" 2005-2008.


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The Patriot
Dean Burke 12/16/2011 10:45:14 PMNice work, Nick !!! #1430733
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JO ANN CLEVELAND 1/8/2012 7:18:57 PMWow Nick...this is unique! I love your cretivity! Outstanding!
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Usman M. Bajwa 1/12/2012 9:17:23 PMWonderful dd work on this, Nick. I was thinking how would it look like with one of your own textures!
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Founded in 1966 to promote interest in the Museum and help support its activities, the Women's Board is comprised of nearly 300 of Chicago's most active and civic-minded citizens with a shared interest in promoting awareness of the Field Museum's exhibitions, collections, research and public programs. Women's Board members are dedicated volunteers who play a vital role in helping the Museum advance its mission by providing philanthropic and community support. They are engaged in the Museum's scientific programs and research, and attend programs and exhibitions that offer lifelong learning opportunities.
The Women's Board raises more than $2,000,000 annually on behalf of the Field Museum through personal gifts and by hosting the annual black tie Gala. Other important projects include Field Dreams, which provides direct support for the Museum's scientists, and the Women In Science Luncheon, which underwrites the Women in Science Fellowship, internships, and—new in 2018—a post-doctoral position.
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Tuesday October 30, 2012
Victoria Pendleton has described dancing steamy routines with partner Brendan Cole as a difficult experience, especially as she is not in love with him.
The Olympian, who is ranking second place on the Strictly Come Dancing scoreboard, has said that pretending to be in love with someone else apart from her fiancé can be very hard.
The former champion cyclist said: "As lovely as Brendan is, he's not my fiancé, so dancing the tango, which involves staying away from each other as opposed to pretending to be in love with each other, was really enjoyable for me.
"I'm not an actress, so pretending to be in love with someone for a week is actually quite hard."
Victoria, who will tie the knot with Scott Gardner next year, has said her husband-to-be has been incredibly supportive of her efforts.
She said: "It's a good thing Scott is very secure in our relationship, so there are no issues there. He has been very supportive of me during Strictly, running me a bath when I get home from training with sore feet, and coming to the studio every week."
She added: "He also gets upset for me when a performance doesn't go as well as I was hoping it would. He was particularly concerned when I nearly strangled myself with chiffon in the rumba a couple of weeks ago."
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SodaStream: Some carbonating bottles could burst; recall issued
SodaStream: Some carbonating bottles could burst; recall issued
SodaStream says some of its carbonating bottles can burst under pressure, so it has issued a recall.
The recall is for SodaStream one liter, blue tinted, plastic carbonating bottles. "SodaStream" and "Dishwasher Safe" are printed on the recalled bottles.
The expiration date on the recalled bottles is 4/2020.
No injuries have been reported, but SodaStream says the bottles pose an injury risk to consumers.
The bottles were sold at Bed, Bath & Beyond, Target, Walmart, Amazon and SodaStream's website.
SodaStream is offering a cash refund for the bottles. Consumers can contact SodaStream if they have a bottle they believe is included in the recall.


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Celiac Awareness Month Round-up
I apologize now for an extremely long post but I wanted to make sure I covered all my bases for this round-up including spreading awareness to current and future dietitians, PSA from National Foundation for Celiac Awareness, and new gluten-free products.
Raising Awareness
For the last several years I have celebrated Celiac Awareness Month and raising awareness of Celiac Disease by hosting giveaways on this site. This year however, I wanted to do something different. While giveaways are awesome, fun, and it gets people involved I wanted to focus more on the awareness aspect of this month and help educate those around me. As many of you know I am currently pursuing my dream of becoming a Registered Dietitian and am honored to be completing my internship at NewYork-Presbyterian. In case you didn't know, NYP is one of top six hospitals in the country and number one in New York. NYP is connected to two incredible medical colleges; Columbia University and Cornell University. Columbia is also home of one of the best Celiac Research Centers in this country, Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University. While my awareness event has no direct connection to the center, it is amazing to be in connection with them through the hospital.
I debated on offering giveaways for quite a while leading up to this month and finally decided that I think it would be more beneficial to spread awareness and knowledge to those around me…current and future dietitians. When I was diagnosed, I didn't have a dietitian available to me and my doctor wasn't the most knowledgeable in the area of celiac – she saw my results, said what I had, and said no more pasta or bread. That was all. Everything I learned, I learned on my own by way of Google, books, and some amazing bloggers out there. They were the ones that kick started my desire to start Creative Cooking Gluten Free and then to pursue the filed of Dietetics. I wanted to help people understand they can have these items, just more creatively. I also have the desire to help not only those with celiac but with other gastrointestinal disorders, food allergies, etc. I love the challenge of creating meal plans and recipes for those with multiple food allergies. My degrees in Culinary Arts and Culinary Nutrition go hand in hand with my studies in Dietetics…you can't have one with out the other (at least that is my philosophy). I wanted to share with those pursing this field and also have a desire and passion for helping people gluten-free resources including educational materials and samples for them to try and be able to give a 100% honest feed back to a patient when they ask "do you have any suggestions on products?" "what is the best gluten-free…on the market". We need to know these things because despite what some say, celiac disease is real, not a fad, and not going away.
Each month in our internship we have a Class Day, where all 32 of the interns come together and we have various sessions on topics in dietetics. May being celiac awareness month was the perfect month for me to share with this captive audience. I reached out to about 50 gluten-free companies, explaining what I wanted to do and who my targeted audience was, and asked if they would be willing to send some samples to be included in the "swag bags" that would be given to the current and future dietitians. Several responded that they had received too many requests, which is no surprise being that it was celiac awareness month, however the responses I received were overwhelmingly generous! I received samples, full sized products, educational materials, coupons, and more. This celiac community and their desire to help educate and raise awareness continually blow me away.
I recruited some help from a few of the other interns to help me put the "swag bags" together – we made a total of fifty to share with the current interns, our directors, and current dietitians at the hospital. The response was overwhelmingly positive and many great conversations were started because of this.
(Celiac Awareness Month Swag Bags – ready to be handed out to current and future RD's)
(NYP's 90th & 91st Class of Dietetic Interns)
Thank you to all who helped make this event possible – I couldn't have done this with out you and your extreme generosity.
Check out these mail deliveries I received! I seriously couldn't even sleep in my room after the last shipment arrived.
It is always a pleasure to work with all of you on my blog over these last several years and I love that I have had the privilege to meet many of you at the last two Gluten Free and Allergy Free Expos in Secaucus, NJ. Looking forward to working with all of you again, and hopefully seeing you soon. Without you, none of this is possible!
Seriously, Celiac Disease – PSA from National Foundation for Celiac Awareness
Celiac Disease is serious…seriously it is! It is an Autoimmune Disease, not just a diet. It is not a fad diet created by Hollywood to make you lose weight. The gluten-free diet is the ONLY treatment for those with Celiac Disease. There is not cure. There is no magic pill to take. This is real life.
Do you have celiac disease and trying to figure out how to talk to your family members about being tested? Head on over to the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness' site for important information, tips, and talking points and watch their PSA called Seriously, Celiac Disease HERE.
New Gluten Free Product Spotlight
Here are some new gluten-free items worth checking out:
New from I Heart Keenwah: Quinoa Puffs (featured below, Aged Cheddar and Sweet Chili) – delicious little bits of goodness and loaded with 5 grams of protein per serving.
Snyder's of Berlin: Variety of Gluten-Free Chips – great for all the summer BBQ's that are coming up.
Walkers – Gluten Free Shortbread Cookies. I remember this brand of shortbread cookies from when I was little. Learning a few months ago that they had come out with a gluten-free line of them, I was rather excited as it brought back some childhood memories of a hot cup of tea and shortbread cookies with my grandmother. The gluten-free line comes in three flavors: Chocolate Chip, Ginger & Lemon (sounds amazing to me!), and Pure Butter (below).
Luna & Clif Bars – in case you missed it ALL Luna bars are now Gluten-Free!! Check out the new offerings from both companies below…the dark chocolate almond from Clif is so delicious and perfectly fits in my lab coat pocket!


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With Colts defeat, Texans win second AFC South title in a row
Houston Texans defensive lineman Antonio Smith does the same thing every time he walks into a new football stadium.
He looks to the rafters for the team's championship banners.
"We got to fill this thing full of banners," Smith said of Reliant Stadium.
Well, the Texans added another one Sunday.
With their 29-17 victory over the visiting Indianapolis Colts, the Texans won their second straight AFC South title, taking ownership of a division the Colts have won seven times since the Texans joined the NFL in 2002.
The Texans got contributions from all phases of the game as they improved to 12-2 and remained on track for the No. 1 overall seed in the AFC playoffs.
Arian Foster ran for 165 yards -- including 75 yards on a clock-milking fourth-quarter drive -- and Andre Johnson had 11 catches for 151 yards and a score.
Defensive lineman J.J. Watt added to his resume for NFL Defensive Player of the Year with 10 tackles, three sacks and a forced fumble.
Shayne Graham kicked five field goals, and linebacker Bryan Braman blocked a punt and returned it for a score as well.
"When you are firing on all cylinders like that, you are tough to beat," Foster said.
Colts quarterback and Andrew Luck went 13-of-27 for 186 yards and two scores in his first professional game in his hometown.
Vick Ballard also ran for 105 yards for the Colts, who fell to 9-5 but can still clinch a playoff berth with another victory.
Colts acting head coach Bruce Arians said he is already looking forward to the rematch with the Texans in the regular-season finale.
Arians thinks the Colts can win, "Because I thought we should have beat them today."
The Texans entered Sunday's game coming off an embarrassing 42-14 loss at New England in the Monday night spotlight.
"I said we would respond well, and we went out and did that," Johnson said.
Braman's blocked punt and score put the Texans ahead 20-3 with 1:46 left in the first half.
The Colts, though, responded immediately with Luck's 61-yard pass to T.Y. Hilton.
Luck's second touchdown pass, an 8-yarder to Dwayne Allen, made it 23-17 with 2:32 left in the third quarter.
The Colts, though, went three-and-out on their next offensive series. The Texans used Foster and a strong ground game to milk the clock in the fourth quarter.
Watt also had two fourth-quarter sacks, increasing his AFC total to 19 1/2 -- tied with San Francisco's Aldon Smith heading into the 49ers' Sunday night game.
Eight players in NFL history have recorded 20 sacks, and the record is 22 1/2 by Houston Westbury High and Texas Southern product Michael Strahan.
"It seemed like every time I looked up, he was making a play," Texans coach Gary Kubiak said of Watt. "That's him."
After the win, the Texans were given AFC South division championship hats.
Some players didn't even put them on. The ones who did didn't wear them long.
"You have to bask in the moment of enjoying a division championship, but the expectations we've put on ourselves -- and others have of us -- are much bigger than that," Foster said.


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Brantley Gilbert Tops the Charts With 'Country Must Be Country Wide'
This week, Brantley Gilbert is once again celebrating having written the No. 1 country song in America. This one is extra sweet, however, as it's his first chart-topping hit as a songwriter and performer.
'Country Must Be Country Wide' locks in the No. 1 slot on both the Billboard and Mediabase/Country Aircheck country singles charts. Gilbert co-wrote the tune with Mike Dekle and fellow Georgia country artist Colt Ford. Gilbert and Ford are the same writing team behind the Jason Aldean smash 'Dirt Road Anthem.' Gilbert is also responsible for solely writing another Aldean hit, 'My Kinda Party.'
"Colt and I were talking about the places we'd been traveling [on tour]," Gilbert told Taste of Country earlier this year of how his new No. 1 song, 'Country Must Be Country Wide,' came about. "You know, I always felt the south was country, but we were traveling farther and farther north and northwest, and there were country people up there, too."
Gilbert and his labelmate Thomas Rhett are in the midst of the 2011 Taste of Country Christmas Tour. Click here to see the remaining dates of the tour.
Next year, Gilbert will hit the road with Eric Church on his new headlining trek, the Blood, Sweat and Beer Tour, which will also feature the Cadillac Black, Blackberry Smoke, Sonia Leigh, Jon Pardi and Drake White.
Watch the Brantley Gilbert 'Country Must Be Country Wide' Video


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Manufacturing construction spending increased 22% last year but is expected to increase only about 10–11% in 2006 and 2007. The demand for manufactured goods will continue to grow faster than the economy, largely due to 7–8% annual growth in goods exports.
The year started off weak, with the value of construction starts down 52.4% in the first two months compared to last year in the Reed Construction Data project data file.
Manufacturing capacity utilization rose to 80.1% in January, the usual threshold for expanded factory capacity investment.
But the pattern of utilization by industry suggests that capacity additions will be less than an 80% plus utilization usually generates.
Four of the industries that usually spend the most on facilities are all operating under 80% capacity.
The aircraft industry is expanding rapidly now but is operating at a 72.8% utilization rate. Facility expansion in the chemical (76.2%), motor vehicle (78.9.9%), and electronics (78.9%) industries is being restrained by surplus capacity or significant capacity under construction in other countries.
The 84.0% operating rate for primary metals is below the long-term average operating rate in this industry. The 91.5% operating rate in the petroleum industry is similarly below the sustainable operating rate, and capacity now shut down in the Gulf of Mexico will reopen soon.
The best prospects for capacity expansion investment are in the electrical (89.9%), plastics (89.2%), machinery (83.8%), and food (81.9%) industries.


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Reel World
Italian Film
The New Mexico Italian Film Festival enters its sophomore year with more days, more films and more events. The second annual film fest gets underway this Sunday, Feb. 10, at 1 p.m. with an opening gala concert by the Albuquerque Philharmonic featuring classic Italian music at the KiMo Theatre in downtown Albuquerque. This is followed by the New Mexico premiere of The Legend of Tony Vilar, a comic mockumentary about an Italian who becomes a pop superstar in Argentina. An opening gala dinner is next at 4 p.m. at the Embassy Suites. Opening night wraps with a screening of Martin Scorsese's Italian filmmaking documentary My Voyage To Italy, beginning at 6 p.m. back at the KiMo.
Film Review
Over Her Dead Body
Ghostly romantic comedy should have killed off more cast members
The best thing about the new supernatural rom-com Over Her Dead Body is the title, which allows for plenty of creative interpretation. For example: Under what circumstances should you see this film?
Film Review
Fool's Gold
Adventurous romance stays afloat, but just barely
Here's a highly pertinent question regarding the new film Fool's Gold: What kind of vacation suits you best? Are you the sort of person who goes in for an enriching vacation full of vigorous physical exercise like mountain climbing or surfing? Do you prefer a stimulating break in which you explore the culture and art of a country or region, taking in as many museums, galleries and historical sites as possible? Or do you crave nothing more than a respite from work, abdicating all physical and mental activities for a weekend on a cruise ship where you can park your ass in a lounge chair and have people stuff you full of food and drink? If you fall into the final category, then the breezy, brain-free Fool's Gold is highly tailored to your tastes.
Idiot Box
Commercial Grade
Super Bowl winners and losers
With six out of 10 households tuned in to watch the New York Giants squeak past the heavily favored New England Patriots, this year's Super Bowl XLII was the most watched in history. But viewership wasn't the only record toppled last Sunday. A mix of 37 advertisers paid the highest price ever for Super Bowl commercials--$2.7 million for 30-second spots.


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text: The Aztecs, who probably originated as a nomadic tribe in northern Mexico, arrived in Mesoamerica around the beginning of the 13th century. From their magnificent capital city, Tenochtitlan, the Aztecs emerged as the dominant force in central Mexico, developing an intricate social, political, religious and commercial organization that brought many of the region's city-states under their control by the 15th century. Invaders led by the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes overthrew the Aztecs by force and captured Tenochtitlan in 1521, bringing an end to Mesoamerica's last great native civilization.


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Liberty News
Rooftop patio provides scenic view of campus
The work continues on a rooftop patio on the Arthur S. DeMoss Learning Center, Liberty University's main academic building, this week. Construction began in August 2011 and is expected to be completed this summer.
The spacious veranda will provide a beautiful view from the heart of the academic campus. From this prime spot, students will be able to see the continuing campus transformation take place, including the new Jerry Falwell Library, currently under construction. The patio has been constructed 12 feet above the DeMoss roof level in order to give people a clear view of the Blue Ridge Mountains, similar to what is seen from the Hancock Welcome Center and the Williams Stadium football tower.


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Playing soccer for peace in Colombia
Only eleven, Kevin Dagua is quite familiar with war. At the slightest sound of gunfire, he and his family run for shelter.
Kevin lives in the northern part of the Cauca department in Colombia, one of the areas hit hardest by the dispute between armed groups, including the FARC and the Colombian Army.
- The Soccer and Peace Network is an open network of organizations that use soccer to promote peace and reconciliation among children, adolescents and young adults.
- Close to 25,000 children, adolescents and young adults participate in the Network.
- The Network has the support of UNDP, the World Bank, UNICEF and GIZ.
Recently, Kevin has been a soccer player for En La Jugada [In The Game], a project by the Talentos Foundation. The Foundation is part of the Soccer and Peace Network promoted by UNDP in Colombia.
"Kevin lives in a difficult area. But he really enjoys soccer and has developed a strong sense of identity with his people," explained Eduardo Albero Molina, coordinator of the Talentos Foundation.
"Through art, soccer and socializing, we help prevent children and youth from participating in illegal activities, gangs or getting involved with the guerrillas," he added.
Created in 2010 by UNDP, the Soccer and Peace Network aims to create an open network of organizations that use soccer to promote coexistence, reconciliation and peace among children, adolescents and young adults. Close to 25,000 children, adolescents and young adults participate in the programs offered by the various foundations, associations and institutions in the Network.
The organizations that participate in the Soccer and Peace Network have similar goals of tolerance and solidarity. They work with children, adolescents and young adults using sports, especially soccer, to promote peace-building and to prevent dropouts, drug abuse, and domestic and gender-based violence.
"The advantage of soccer is that almost everyone can play with the same ball," said Mr. Marzola, a teacher from Cartagena who has dedicated the last 20 years of his life to working with young children and adolescents from poor neighborhoods.
"It's very hard when you see how much a child has worked to succeed, only to watch their environment trap them and pull them back down. But there are many who come back and end up playing on the same team as their old enemies," he added.
The Soccer and Peace Network is supported by UNDP, the World Bank, UNICEF and GIZ, and nearly 20 peace initiatives from various regions of the country are part of the Network. The Network has already taken part in some significant events such as Expopaz 2010, the first Peace-building Fair held by UNDP and international partners, and the Youth Solidarity World Cup in Barranquilla which occurred alongside the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
"The important thing for us isn't making great soccer players. We want to use the game to channel a feeling of belonging, self-esteem and personal development for boys and girls who participate, in order to protect them and strengthen their families and their communities." said Natalia León of the Fundación Fútbol con Corazón [The Soccer with Heart Foundation], an organization involved with the Soccer and Peace Network.


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Victory Drive-In
15382 W. Lisbon Road,
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The Victory Drive-In opened June 12, 1950 with John Wayne in "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" & a short: Dayton Allen in "The Red Headed Monkey". It featured a large screen tower with the drive-in's name spelled out in large red letters at the top. The Victory Drive-In also featured a children's playground and a large concession area.
The theatre closed after the 1986 season, and was soon demolished. However, although the property was purchased by a church in 1988, it wasn't developed.
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As someone who lived behind The Victory Drive In, I have to tell you it was open until at least 1984.
Sorry to tell Bryan but is wrong on a couple of things. The Victory Drive-in did open in 1950 but the large letters that spelled Victory on the top of the screen did not appear until at least the late 1950's.
The theater did NOT close after the 1980 season but closed after the 1986 season. Then it was torn down a very short time afterwards. A church did buy the property but as of summer of 2005, there is NOTHING on the site except a few remnant car ramps. Check out my website below for more info.
Any comments or questions regarding any drive-in theater in Wisconsin, please check out my website at
www.drive-inthruwisconsin.com There you will find photos, original newspaper ads and a whole lot more. Or contact me at I will give you complete and accurate information about Wisconsin drive-in theaters, just ask. Thanks, Charles Bruss
I just walked the lot and was amazed it hadn't been developed. I've driven by on my bike many times, never knowing it was right there. I had been under the misapprehension it was along Hwy. 45 near the Starlite. Many great memories of this theater, it sends a chill just to stand there! Unless you look very hard, about the only thing visible is the main entry drive, 4 lanes wide, used to collect cars before the gate was open. You can still spot the pedestals for the ticket booths without much trouble. Walking through the overgrown fields, it's not hard to sense the subtle up and downs of the mogul rows. The ground flattens half way back where projection/concessions were, and a few cement circles used to pad the falls of occassional clumsy youngsters falling off the merry-go-rounds (pre-PC playground hysteria) are still there in front of the screen.
June 12th, 1950 full page ad is at View link
This was opened by Delft Theatres.
It looks like in the photo above there still also the entrance(or exit?) road(or both?) still there as well?
It appears based on the Apple Map overhead photo along with the Google Map street view from August, 2017 that the land is being prepared for something.
The grass has been removed leaving the underlying dirt and construction equipment is present in the street view.
Opened 12/6/1950 with "Red headed Monkey", "Fishing in the North Atlantic" and "She wore a yellow ribbon".
the ramps entrance/exit road are all that exist.
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BAKER � In its day, the Baker Mercantile was the town's main place to shop for groceries and sundries. At the end of next week, the store resumes its place of prominence in the heart of Baker.
BAKER � In its day, the Baker Mercantile was the town's main place to shop for groceries and sundries. At the end of next week, the store resumes its place of prominence in the heart of Baker.
The Baker Block Museum and North Okaloosa Heritage Association's volunteers and staffers have renovated the easternmost of four stores that comprise historic Baker Block, a late 19th-century version of a strip mall.
The deep room gleams in the golden glow of varnished refinished pine floors and a bead-board ceiling. The back doors were milled from the building's original virgin pine foundation timbers.
"You just don't buy stuff like this anymore," shop manager Cara McSween said, running her hands lightly over the varnished double doors. "They don't make buildings like this anymore."
Sunlight floods from the front windows, in which are displayed artifacts from the museum's collection typical of merchandise the original Baker Mercantile once offered.
The store, marketed as a "vendor mall," has space for 12 booths and additional shelf space for smaller vendors. But this is no junk shop, volunteer Phyllis Enzor said.
'It's nice stuff'
"It's repurposed, vintage and handmade pieces," Enzor said. "It's nice stuff."
Shoppers will find handcrafted works from regional artists and crafters, as well as locally produced honey, cane syrup and soaps, McSween said.
Baker Block Museum staffers were excited that they will at last have a museum store, located just inside the mercantile door. Stock includes regional history books, including both volumes of "The Heritage of Okaloosa County."
"We really have a niche for the books," museum director Ann Spann said.
"And you'll always be able to buy the calendars here when they're available," Enzor said, referring to the popular "Lost Okaloosa" calendar, which sold out of both print runs at the end of 2013.
With less than two weeks remaining until March 1 opening day, McSween surveyed the bustle of activity as contractors finished last-minute details and vendors stocked their booths.
The Baker Mercantile is almost back in business.
"It's close," she said. "It's really close."
Want to go?
WHAT: Baker Mercantile grand opening
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 1
WHERE: Baker Block, corner of State Roads 4 and 189
DETAILS: Baker Block Museum and North Okaloosa Heritage Association revive the Baker Mercantile store offering vintage, repurposed, home- and farm-produced wares and foods.
CONTACT: 537-5714, email@example.com.
Email News Bulletin Staff Writer Brian Hughes, follow him on Twitter or call 850-682-6524.


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NORTH AURORA – Whether it is organizing the village's North Aurora Days or serving as a coach for the North Aurora Baseball Association, North Aurora village Trustee Mark Gaffino likes giving back to the community.
For his efforts, the North Aurora Lions Club on Tuesday presented Gaffino with the 2012 North Auroran of the Year award during the club's annual awards dinner. Gaffino was surprised and humbled by the honor.
"It's easy to be involved when you have a great town like North Aurora," the 52-year-old said. "I just view it as an opportunity to serve."
He is in the fourth year as chairman of the North Aurora Days Committee. Gaffino's volunteer activities also extend to the North Aurora Lions Club.
He has been a member of the Lions Club for 13 years and serves as the club's treasurer.
Fellow Lions Club member and North Aurora Village President Dale Berman recommended Gaffino receive the award.
"He certainly deserved it," Berman said. "He is totally dedicated to the community, whether as a village trustee or his activities on the Lions Club. He does everything and is everywhere."
Gaffino's volunteering efforts began when he was 12 and helped the Jaycees with a village cleanup.
"I am proud to do my part," Gaffino said. "I believe in giving back."
North Aurora police officer Mark Shillair also received the 2012 Police Officer of the Year award.
Shillair was nominated for his actions during an Aug. 4 incident in which a 33-year-old man threatened to jump off a bridge. Shillair pulled the man off of the wall and onto the ground before he could jump.
In addition, Dan Coady was given the North Aurora Firefighter of the Year award.