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Range extension fuel bladder constructed from highly durable nylon-reinforced material :
Extend the fuel range of your vessel by installing a range extension bladder either on-deck or within a vented stowage area.
Petro-Flex bladders are easy to refuel via a top-mounted standpipe (accepts standard pistol-type fuel nozzles).
Fitted with a 0.5" ball-valve fuel outlet (1" ball-valve optional), the bladders are fully collapsible once drained of fuel, so can easily be folded up and stowed away.
Length x Width x Height:
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Manufactured from highly durable nylon-reinforced material
- Supplied with 'underliner' to protect bladder from abrasive surfaces
- Compatible Fluids - Petrol; E10; Diesel; Bio-Diesel; Jet fuel (inc. JP-8); Kerosene; Avgas; #2 & #4 fuel oil; Lubricants
Filler - Standpipe with Safety Cap, Pressure Relief Valve & and Anti Back-Flow Valve
Outlet - 1" outlet, reduced to 0.5" barb fitting via lever-operated ball-valve (1" ball-valve optional)
Non-vented (i.e. collapses as fuel is withdrawn)
Fully-collapsible - easily folded-up and stowed away when not in use
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Folgefonna, a glacier in Norway.
story and photos by Daniel Tengs
The trip, the trip took 3 days to get there. First our car broke down, Torgeir Berre came and picked us up, but we drove the wrong way, it took another day. Folgefonna is a glacier in the West of Norway, it opens in May with shitloads off snow, for the first few weeks in May its possible to shot good backcountry there, towards the end of May it gets warmer and the avalanches starts coming down. We went there for some last minute shots for a factor films shoot, we got one foot of fresh pow the first day (13 may) there was no people there the first day. The next day the skyline was filled with booters from all the Euro video crews in town. We had a lot of good light, blue bird for 3 days, but the last day was cloudy so we waited for windows to shoot. But we got the shots we needed, check the gallery.
The riders: Gulli Gudmundson, Torgeir Berre, Petter Bakken Kristiansen, Tore holvik, Roger Kleivdal, with Petter Fosshaug filming from Factor Films new film "They Came From…"
More Photos and Videos from Factor Films "They Came From…" HERE
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The producers of "Closed Circuit" made a mark in espionage films with their Oscar nominee "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy." For their new film, they hired veteran screenwriter Steven Knight, the creator of the gritty underworld of "Eastern Promises" and the Oscar-nominated "Dirty Pretty Things."
"Closed Circuit" takes a very intelligent look at the British spy thriller genre. A bomb explodes in a crowded market in London. A terrorist cell renting a back-alley garage is identified as the perpetrator. The members all perish in the attack, leaving only the owner of the garage to face murder charges in a special government court.
The first lawyer for the accused commits suicide. The plot focuses on two new lawyers appointed to represent the vilified defendant. They are played with perfect pitch by Eric Bana ("Munich") and Rebecca Hall ("Vicky Cristina Barcelona"). Together they amplify the tensions and fears that drive the story.
There are no hints of James Bond-style action or nonsense. Uncovering the truth is a cerebral process. A brooding, chilly atmosphere pervades everything on screen. What unfolds is closer to reality than anything you'll see in the big-budget action films that pretend to be real.
Nothing short in 'Short Term 12'
There's something about indie drama "Short Term 12" that feels so honest, like these aren't characters in a movie but real people you have known, or want to comfort.
Written and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the title comes from the name of a group home for troubled kids. We only learn about a few, but they touch our hearts.
There's Marcus (Keith Stanfield), who's dreading that he must soon live in the big wide world when he turns 18. A teen from a more privileged background, Jayden (Kaitlyn Dever), has a wicked sense of humor when she's not being hostile.
At the film's heart is Grace (Brie Larson, in a stunning performance), one of the center's counselors. Her keen empathy for these kids is genuine, only matched by her boyfriend/fellow counselor Mason (John Gallagher Jr.), whose generous nature makes you just want to hug him.
We learn they are so good with their charges because they too have come from a place of isolation and abuse. Grace and Mason are amazing because we feel how much they care and try to help the kids through some very raw pain. Yet in the privacy of their own home, they have trouble reaching that same level of emotional intimacy.
"Short Term 12" is remarkable in its quiet ability to shake us up and offer us hope, in a very small way, for the resilience of even the most deeply wounded human spirit.
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Alderman Jack Lamont addressed his fellow Carmi City Council members at its regular meeting Monday evening and pointed out another stripped mobile home that has become an eyesore along Stewart Street near Seventh Street.
Alderman Jack Lamont addressed his fellow Carmi City Council members at its regular meeting Monday evening and pointed out another stripped mobile home that has become an eyesore along Stewart Street near Seventh Street.
The most recent incident appears to be comparable to a similar incident that occurred near Stewart and Burrell streets in which anything of value to scrappers, including the metal outer shell, is stripped from the mobile home, leaving behind a skeleton of no value to the scrappers - and an eyesore for the neighborhood.
The council had discussed writing a new demolition ordinance to prevent this type of incident, but as Lamont pointed out at the meeting, he discovered an ordinance already exists that has much of the wanted language in it.
The ordinance requires those wanting to tear down a structure to first obtain a permit from the city clerk's office. If no permit is obtained, the city has the authority under the ordinance to order a work stoppage and levy fines until the permit is obtained.
Other language wanted in the ordinance was to require a deposit that would be refunded upon completion of a demolition job the city's satisfaction. While that language was not included in the existing ordinance, Lamont told his fellow aldermen the current ordinance was "good enough for now."
He, along with City Clerk Don Kittinger, also pointed out the city will largely rely on the residents to call in reports of demolition activity in their neighborhoods so the work can be checked to ensure it is properly permitted.
Mayor David Port provided the monthly financial report and noted an overall profit for October of about $134,000. He reported a loss in the corporate side and blamed it on a significant increase in the city's monthly health insurance premiums, with a jump from about $10,000 to almost $100,000.
The mayor also reported tax funds received in October totaled about $250,000 but that was down from September's revenues of $326,000.
Overall, Port said, the bank account totals for the corporate and utility sides continue to grow and are currently each about 300 percent higher than when he took office.
In other council news, the aldermen voted unanimously with all present to approve an annual agreement with the Illinois Municipal League Risk Management Association for its worker's compensation insurance.
The council approved the "minimum/maximum" agreement, as it has the last several years. It is a savings to the city if the maximum allowable claims are not exceeded. The city has saved money in a majority of the years it has approved this plan, and, as pointed out by Port, the council doesn't have much of a choice because no other company will insure the city due to its number of past claims.
They are hopeful of being able to be more competitive in the marketplace in the next year or two after keeping claims low the last few years.
Carmi Fire Chief Larry Hite and Police Chief Randy Hamblin gave their monthly reports and noted nothing of significance had occurred. No structure fires were reported in the city and the call volume for the police remained steady.
City Supervisor Mike Buckman reported the phones at city hall failed early this week and repairs should be underway Tuesday (today). He encouraged patience from the public when trying to reach city hall as only one phone was operable as of late Monday.
Buckman also reported workers were busy winterizing Burrell Woods for the season and a new gate had been installed at the compost disposal location.
Alderman Jeff Pollard also reported the process of shuttering the campsites at Burrell Woods are underway with only a couple of campers left in the campground.
The park itself will remain open through the winter only during regular business hours on weekdays.


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District of Columbia Healthcare Administration Graduate Programs & Schools
Healthcare Administration Graduate Schools provide students the opportunity to expand business and executive decision skills that pertain to various aspects of the healthcare industry. A grad school for health care administration could boast a wide range of concentrations within management, public health, health sciences, informatics, and more.
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Determining which emphasis lines up with both career goals and prior experience, could help you isolate the program and school that may offer you the education you need.
Healthcare Administration Graduate Schools – Explore Your Academic Options
Within healthcare administration graduate schools degrees are conferred at the Masters and Doctoral levels and some may award non-degree Certificates. There are programs that may appeal to continuing students and scholars as well as to current and aspiring professionals who want to build skills to climb up the corporate ladder.
What is a degree in health administration? A graduate degree in healthcare administration often includes a course plan that melds studies in population health with managerial processes. While the medical staff is in direct contact with patients, someone has to manage the business end of the medical practice. Or, create and implement legislation at the governmental levels.
to Lead in the Diverse Field of Healthcare
Healthcare administration is a pretty diverse field with lots of players – insurance and health delivery systems, the pharmaceutical side, hospitals and smaller facilities like eldercare or outpatient clinics. Plus, the various medical departments and staff.
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Students may also be tasked with basic or applied research to problem solve or contribute original insights.
How Long Does it Take to Earn a Degree in Healthcare Administration?
The length of time it might take for a full-time student to earn a degree in healthcare administration depends on many factors, one of which is the degree level. We provide some guidelines for an average time to completion but take not this could vary.
- Masters in Healthcare Administration - about 2 years
- PhD Programs in Healthcare Administration - about 3 to 5 years
- Certificates in Healthcare Administration about 1 year or less
The average annual salary for medical and health services managers in May 2017 was $98,350i.
What are the Application Requirements for Healthcare Administration Schools?
College graduates may apply to masters in healthcare administration schools in many cases, no matter what their undergraduate degree is. Applicants might come from backgrounds in health care management and business, biology, sociology, policy, public health, government, social work or allied health professions. Also, it may be helpful, but not necessarily a requirement, to have some prior coursework in economics and statistics.
Most doctor of healthcare administration programs require significant work experience for admission and a masters degree. At least five years of management-level experience in healthcare, public health, or public policy is commonly expected of applicants.
Some schools that offer healthcare administration graduate programs might use the Health Administration, Management and Policy Centralized Application Service. It is a centralized application service, designed for students applying to graduate programs in health administration, health care management and health policy. Make sure to give yourself some advance time to review each school's policy and process.
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Masters in Health Administration Schools
Schools that offer masters in health administration programs may pose several options.
From a master of health administration (MHA), health management, or public health, degrees in business with course concentration in health services management or joint degrees. A masters degree in both business administration and public health, for example.
Healthcare MBA: Master of Business Administration
A Master of Business Administration is an advanced professional degree that generally covers all the functional areas of business, with emphasis on strategy, finance and operations. An MBA in Healthcare management could help students apply this body of knowledge to ethically lead and manage various segments of this dynamic industry.
One of the hallmarks of an MBA program is its core curriculum, so in these programs, healthcare management would be considered a concentration. Courses do vary between schools but usually go heavy on building skills across different areas.
- Business fundamentals (financial management, managerial statistics, economics, financial statement analysis, math)
- Healthcare management basics (data analytics, conflict resolution, marketing, operations, human resources, strategy)
- Healthcare leadership (ethics, values, communication)
- Advanced healthcare management (finance, accounting, project and risk management, strategic decisions, policy, law, economics)
Interested students could also compare an MBA with a Master of Science (MS) in Management – Healthcare Management.
MHA: Master of Health Administration
A Master of Health Administration (MHA), which is also referred to as a Master of Healthcare Administration, is an advanced professional healthcare degree. MHA schools typically aim to prepare graduates to pursue an executive career in healthcare management. Applicants might therefore need to have some work experience.
MHA vs MBA Healthcare: With an emphasis on leadership and management, some may characterize the MHA as an "MBA for healthcare." That stated, business majors who are interested in the management side of healthcare, might find an MHA is a differentiated degree compared to a generic MBA.
MHA vs MPH: On the other side, an MHA program is dissimilar to Masters in Public Health degree, where a set of core competencies are required across all programs. Most MHA students have flexibility in deciding their focus. This means there are MHA degrees tailored for health policy, health planning, hospital management and other specific areas of healthcare administration.
MPH: Master of Public Health
A Masters of Public Health (MPH) is an advanced professional healthcare management program. Schools with MPH programs may tailor course lists for those who want to concentrate on the management of community health services, such as health education, or outreach.
Consequently, grads may take away real-world skills that address health inequality on its different levels – local, national, and global. Courses may provide guidance in things like how to shape the policies that allow employees to provide high quality medical care. Also, core MPH topics might highlight the concepts and models used to manage public, governmental and nonprofit health care agencies.
Doctorate in Health Administration Schools
Schools with terminal professional degrees in healthcare administration might offer the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) and Doctor of Management (DM). PhD programs in healthcare administration and management are research-focused by comparison. As with masters programs, there are many choices to consider and discerning students would want to keep professional goals in mind when making a selection.
DHA: Doctor of Healthcare Administration
A Doctor of Healthcare Administration is a terminal practitioner degree program. Coursework in a DHA degree program might help participants hone key tactical business skills within the healthcare environment, with a heavy emphasis on research methodology. Diverse topics like conflict management, population health, and healthcare informatics may be presented and a program might culminate in either an applied or theoretical dissertation.
DM: Doctor of Management- Healthcare
A Doctor of Management (DM) program is a terminal degree for managers who want to develop managerial expertise in healthcare administration. Program courses might be planned out to help students develop a leadership style that might foster a deeper ability to critically evaluate, analyze and solve problems – and ultimately work toward making key contributions – to a student's technical field.
Core DM topics typically focus broadly on management theory, organizational behavior, leadership and strategy. Participants might also study the finer points of health policy and regulations, economics, informatics and quality improvement models. Students could also build research and writing skills in tandem with a grasp of change management.
DBA: Doctor of Business Administration
A Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is the highest award for business students and typically builds off the skills one may have gleaned both through an MBA (or Masters) and their own professional experience. Coursework might help participants refine core business management skills in the healthcare field with its focus on how to apply managerial decision-making skills to healthcare policy and economics.
Graduate Certificate in Health Care Administration
Some grad schools might offer a Post-Master's Graduate Certificate in Health Care Administration program. This type of program could cover a few classes – E.g. 16 credits. It may be planned-out to provide students who have already earned an MPA or a similar degree with extra education and training in the niche area of health care administration.
Why Pursue a Graduate Degree in Health Administration on Campus?
Healthcare administration graduate schools may offer campus, hybrid and online formats that may appeal to different students for their own reasons.
Does it appeal to you to work in diverse teams, make presentations, and lead case study analyses? Would you enjoy live lectures and getting to know faculty as you study to build a foundation in management principles? Would you like to study in a specific city, state or country? If so the campus format could be worth looking into. Side benefits of working towards a degree on campus could include the ability to take advantage of workshops and guest speaker presentations. One might also find it easier to network with students and faculty from a wide range of industries.
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Numerous regionally-accredited health administration graduate schools offer professionally accredited programs. Many of these are approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). The CAHME is the only accrediting body for graduate programs in health administration that is currently recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
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SAVE: Alex Bono leaps to tip away a rocket from Miguel Almiron
Attempt saved. Miguel Almiron (Atlanta United FC) shot from outside the box is saved in the upper left corner of goal.
- CHANCE: Sebastian Giovinco cannot put away a juicy rebound!0:47
- CHANCE: Sebastian Giovinco free kick bounces wide of the goal0:30
- YELLOW CARD: Jeff Larentowicz takes down Jozy Altidore0:44
- GOAL: Hector Villalba's powerful strike gives ATL the lead1:03
- YELLOW CARD: Hector Villalba shown yellow card1:06
- GOAL: Sebastian Giovinco buries Jozy Altidore's flicked assist for TFC0:54
- SAVE: Alec Kann fights off Sebastian Giovinco's ripped shot0:10
- SAVE: Alec Kann reaches high to swat away Sebastian Giovinco's chip0:38
- CHANCE: Jozy Altidore blasts a shot over the bar0:34
- GOAL: Justin Morrow redirects Steven Beitashour's cross from close range0:59
- GOAL: Hector Villalba wins footrace, slots home second of the night1:02
- SAVE: Alex Bono stops Miguel Almiron shot, smothers rebound0:11
- SAVE: Alec Kann falls to his left to stop Jozy Altidore shot0:24
- SAVE: Alec Kann catches Victor Vazquez's long-distance bouncer0:14
- YELLOW CARD: Nick Hagglund knocks down Miguel Almiron0:43
- RED CARD: ATL's Yamil Asad shown red for violent conduct3:02
- CHANCE: Jozy Altidore cannot get a foot to Seba's pass0:32
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Angel Beats! - Episode 10 Discussion / Poll
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My thoughts while watching (spoilers included, but that's ok in discussion, right?):
- Demon claw! Because evil is awesome.
- Ticked off Yui is great, but seeing her anything other than hyper feels odd.
- Suplex practice on Otonashi is amusing. Kind of wanted to see some kind of training montage, though. Kids, don't try this at home!
- How has Otonashi not been found out yet? He's meeting with Tenshi, obviously keeping things secret from Yuri, and just generally being suspicious.
- Hinata's confession! He's such a straightforward idiot. Makes them a perfect couple. But aww, I was kind of hoping they'd go together.
- Overall a good episode, but nothing compared to the Otonashi's epic backstory last time.
I need to go back and watch this with better audio quality. I didn't catch half of what they were saying, so I might be misinterpreting things.
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The first half was pretty fun, especially the scenes with Kanade.
So after Jack Sheppard last week, we get John Locke in this episode. Yui was paralyzed in the real world, so she really had tons of wishes to fufill. Playing soccer, baseball, do some wrestling... Otonashi helps her as much as he can, getting German Suplex'd in the process, and we get to see some entertaining games. TK was awesome as usual.
Then the last part came and... that was just weird. Yui gives up on hitting her home run, and reveals her real dream is to get married. Hinata appears and says he'll do it. She replies it's impossible because she can't walk, blah, blah, blah. Like NeruNeru, I had a shitty audio quality so I couldn't hear everything. Hinata convinces her of how happy they would be, how he'd take care of her, etc... and that's enough to make Yui disappear. What. I think I'm missing something.
There was a scene after the credit with Noda getting attacked by a "shadow". Next episode is titled "Change the world". Hmmm.
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Wow. That after-credits scene was unexpected. Comedic first half (and TK got lots of lines this time), a little melancholic near the end. Great episode overall.
As most had probably expected from the preview, this was a Yui episode. And, she disappears at the end.
Anyway, it starts with Otonashi conspiring with Kanade on their flawless () plan to fulfill Yui's regret. It doesn't work out at first, but eventually, they were able to lure Yui into exposing her past to Otonashi (Kanade goes stealth the whole time). Also, looking kinda Zerg there with Hand Sonic: Version 5, Kanade.
It turns out that she was paralyzed from birth. She spent her whole life lying in bed watching pro wrestling, concerts and sports. This means that the best gift she ever had was a working body in the afterlife, which explains her excessive hyperactivity. In light of this, Otonashi decides to let her experience the quirks of having a fully functional body. They do some German suplexes, play soccer, and play baseball, among other things. In the end however, this much was still not enough to fully satisfy her, and she is still not able to disappear. After getting tired of practicing baseball, she decides to call it quits, and comments on how God is very unfair, on how all happiness was taken from her (not sure about the rest).
Then suddenly, Hinata, of all people, joins in. Now this was rather unexpected. They have a nice chat, and I think it ends up with Hinata asking Yui to marry him (not sure how it ended up there). So, this results in a hug, and this ends up making her disappear. Tis a sad day for Yui fans, but boy, did she have a sweet and beautiful ending (she even had her own special ED).
And then the after-credits scene comes. Ooyama and Noda get attacked by "shadows", which look like invisible apparitions (which cast shadows perhaps). These new enemies aren't to be trifled with, since Noda looks pretty serious here. You don't see that face from him very often.
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|2010-06-04, 14:38
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he promised Yui that they would meet again in the real world / next life / whatever and he would be with her
but Hinata himself chose to stay in purgatory for the same reasons as Otonashi. He still had a people he worried about
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The terrible-past story is as always... that quality, but the part at the end with the (kind of shrilling) insert song and marriage thing was pretty sad.
Kind of unfortunate that Hinata didn't go along too. Now that would have been tearful...
But no, he doesn't want to so he doesn't (just gotta love this setting change... ) and Yui disappears. In other words, Hinata cares about the others, but Yui doesn't. Huh...
It's been a while since I've heard that random voice switching too...
TK's English was so random this episode... "I'll kiss you"?
......And then a Maou-quality fast and sudden development at the end...
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Watching it again in good quality this time, the end does make more sense, but I'm still disappointed/pissed Yui disappeared so easily. I guess all she really wanted was for someone to accept her and love her the way she was.
She disappears right when I started to actually like her... she looked very cute with that ponytail:
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When Kanade was lying by the bush, her facial expression was really "un-Kanade" like.
But lol at the confiscation, it was like, "You suck, you don't deserve to play. I am taking this" xD
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The Bettenhausens: Tough Choices & Hard Luck
Last week in the comments section regarding the grid of thirty-three winners at the Speedway, Ron Ford, a longtime reader from the Milwaukee area said that the 1951 winner, the Belanger Special was his favorite. He went on to wonder how Lee Wallard got the ride, because Tony Bettenhausen drove the same car to the National championship that season. The answer is simple. It was a choice by Tony Bettenhausen.
In fact, Tony Bettenhausen made a few career-altering decisions along the way that may have cost him a shot at at least two victories in the Indianapolis 500.
The 1947 Indianapolis 500 came down to a controversial finish between teammates. Lou Moore, a former diver who was one of the top owners at that time, owned the front-drive Blue Crown Specials driven by Mauri Rose and Bill Holland. They dominated the race with Holland, a thirty-nine year old rookie, leading 143 laps and running away in the late stages, with Rose running second. With the race seemingly in hand, Moore had the "EZY" sign displayed to his drivers. Holland nodded while leading and backed off. Rose, who was running second and a half lap behind Holland, nodded but didn't back off. On lap 193, Rose caught up with Holland who waved him by, thinking Rose was a lap down. Rose cruised to his second of three victories.
The Holland car had originally been assigned to Tony Bettenhausen, who had become very active in ASPAR – the American Society of Professional Auto Racing. ASPAR was a participant's association devised to increase percentages of purses at tracks – specifically, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway – and it looked as if there may be a participant's strike. Lou Moore was not associated with ASPAR and neither was Mauri Rose. When it came time to practice, Moore went to Bettenhausen and essentially said either forget about ASPAR or he would have to get another driver for the 500. Tony B. balked and stayed with ASPAR which was finished before the drop of the green flag. This led to the hiring of Bill Holland for the other Blue Crown Special. Had it been Bettenhausen out front in the late stages of the 1947 race, it is highly unlikely that he would have been as generous as Holland and let Rose by.
The second career-altering choice for Bettenhausen came in the winter following the 1950 season. He had driven for Lou Moore in the 500 in the front-drive Blue Crown Special, but completed only thirty laps and finished thirty-first. Tony B. then drove Murrell Belanger's dirt car for the rest of the 1950 season, winning three races and finishing fifth in points. During the off-season, Belanger was trying to finalize his plans for 1951 and asked Bettenhausen if he would be on board for the following year. He said he would be, except he wanted to drive a front-drive again for the 500 because he didn't think he could win Indianapolis in the dirt car. Perplexed at his answer, Belanger was left wondering what he could do for a driver at the Speedway. Bettenhausen recommended his good friend Lee Wallard.
As fate would have it, Bettenhausen never led in the race and dropped out on lap 178 finishing ninth, while Wallard went on to victory in the car that Tony B. had passed up. Bettenhausen went on to win eight out of the remaining thirteen races in the Belanger Special on his way to the 1951 championship.
Tony Bettenhausen's real name was Melvin E. Bettenhausen, but he acquired the nickname "Tunney" (after heavyweight boxer Gene Tunney) as a child because he was always getting into fights. That later evolved into Tony. His racing nickname was the "Tinley Park Express", in reference to his hometown just outside the south side of Chicago.
Bettenhausen went on to become a crowd favorite. He never won at Indianapolis, but started and finished second in 1955. His career at the Speedway spanned fourteen races from 1946 to 1960. In 1961, on the Friday before pole day qualifying, he had been getting closer and closer to the record everyone was chasing – the unbroken 150 mph barrier. He was considered a lock for the pole the next day. In a late afternoon test-hop for his old friend Paul Russo, Bettenhausen was fatally injured on the front stretch.
Tony Bettenhausen had become one of those that the Speedway crowd loved. He never won, but always seemed to be in the mix – and was popular off-track, as well. I would put Tony B. in the same category with Lloyd Ruby and (so far) Tony Kanaan – both extremely popular drivers who came close but could never get a victory at Indianapolis. His demise came about four years before I started going to the race, so I never knew that much about him growing up.
What I did know was that his oldest son, Gary, was racing at Indy in the late sixties. In fact, Gary's career spanned from 1968 through 1993. Gary B. was one of the many drivers who was driving during my years as a child attending the 500 in the sixties, and was still driving when I returned as an adult after a long absence in the early nineties. He attempted to qualify for the 1994 Indianapolis 500, but failed to qualify. He also drove in the CART 1996 U.S. 500, where he finished twenty-first out of twenty-seven cars.
Gary had four top-ten finishes at Indy, with a top finish of third in 1980. Gary B. was also the fastest qualifier for the 1991 500, albeit as a second-day qualifier and started from the fifth row. For a while, it looked as if he might win the 1972 500, while driving for Roger Penske. After Bobby Unser fell out on lap 31, Gary Bettenhausen dominated for the next three quarters of the race. On lap 182 however, Bettenhausen was victimized by a faulty ignition and settled for fourteenth place – yielding the victory to his Penske teammate Mark Donohue.
Merle Bettenhausen, the middle son of Tony, had his Indy car career cut short before it barely got started. In his first Indy car appearance in 1972, on the third lap of a race at Michigan, Merle was involved in a fiery crash with Mike Hiss. Trying to climb out of the burning wreckage while the car was still moving; Merle's arm was trapped between the car and the wall and was ripped off – effectively ending his driving career right there.
The youngest son of the Bettenhausen clan was Tony, Jr. Although he made his first appearance at the Speedway in 1979, he didn't make the race until 1981, when he had a career best finish of seventh. In 1985, Tony Jr. became an owner-driver. For years, Tony Bettenhausen drove mid-pack or worse, until he made the decision to step out of the cockpit in the middle of the 1992 season. That is when he hired Stefan Johansson to drive his AMAX sponsored year-old Penske chassis. For 1993, Johansson remained the full-time driver but Tony drove in one more Indy 500. This year, they had new Penske chassis – the same as the Marlboro cars. Johansson qualified sixth, one spot better than the highest starting Marlboro car driven by Paul Tracy.
After Johansson was involved in the accident that took the life of Jeff Krosnoff in 1996, Johansson hung up his helmet at the end of the season. As an owner, Bettenhausen gave many promising rookies their start; including Helio Castroneves, Patrick Carpentier and Michel Jourdain, Jr.
On Feb 14, 2000, while returning from Spring Training at Homestead, Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. and his wife Shirley, who was the daughter of Indy driver Jim McElreath, and two business associates; lost their lives when their plane, piloted by Bettenhausen, crashed in Kentucky – most likely after encountering icing conditions.
The Bettenhausen family is entrenched into the lore of the Indianapolis 500, but their story is star-crossed. Their family has the distinction of having the most combined starts in the Indianapolis 500 without a victory. Tony Sr. lost his life while driving, Tony Jr had retired but lost his life traveling back from an event as an owner, Merle lost his arm in his first Indy car race and Gary also has limited use of his arm from a sprint car accident. But there have been many highs and near misses for the popular family. It has been fifteen seasons since a Bettenhausen drove in an Indy car race, after an era that spanned fifty years. When I talk to younger fans who haven't followed the sport very long, they look at me like I have two heads when I mention the Bettenhausen name. They have never heard the name. Somehow, I find that just a little sad.
George Phillips
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Thanks for that post. And all the others.
So many good reads, so little time. Damn it.
Excellent George. Excellent. I was well aware of Tony Sr. from my parents who, like all of us, talk about their favorite drivers, past and present. Same about Bill Vukovich. They spoke of them with reverent tones, too. The name Bettenhausen is very much a part of the great history of The 500 and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
By the way, I would include Eddie Sachs in the group of the great drivers who never won Indy. Sachs could very well have been the best of that group.
Its a tenuous connection, especially after they stopped using the traditional #16 after Milwaukee in 2002, but Tony Jr's team does still live as HVM Racing.
I find it pretty remarkable, actually, that the Bettenhausen team was able to survive after that terrible plane crash (the CART/IndyCar community lost too many too soon in 99-00) and that it is still running. Especially now that we've seen former IndyCar stalwarts like Dan Gurney, Pat Patrick, Jim Hall, Carl Hogan, Derrick Walker, Gerry Forsythe, and Bobby Rahal shutter their teams.
Thanks for the excellent piece about Tony Bettenhausen George. Don Davidson quality! I learned some new things about Tony's career. Tony Bettenhausen was a beloved racer here in the Milwaukee area. For many years the 200 mile race at the Milwaukee mile was named after Tony.
Year after year my dad and I would go down to Indy thinking this will be Tony's year to win; kind of like Cub fans I suppose. Like many other good drivers, it was bad luck and bad choices that kept him from winning. Much like Tony Kanaan and Greg Moore, he was often electrifying to watch.
Fire was an ever-present danger in those days and left many drivers dead, scarred or otherwise injured as what happened to Merle Bettenhausen. Seeing Simona's car on fire this year brought back horrible memories of the Eddie Sachs fire at Indy and the Ed Elisian fire at the Milwaukee mile.
Thanks again for the trip down memory lane. It should be interesting and fun to see what the Speedway has in store for us during this 100 year celebration.
As a young man I saw Tony drive at Milwaukee many times. He not only was the 1958 USAC Indy Car National Champion, but finished third in points for the 1960 USAC Stock Car season. My Dad really enjoyed watching Tony ride the rim when the Milwaukee Mile was a dirt track.
Ironically Tony drove the number 98 Agajanian Special at Indianapolis in 1953 – one year too late.
Great story that brought back a lot of memories.


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A True Utility Vehicle.
The Isuzu Rodeo looks at home near the soccer fields. It's light on its feet and easy to drive, which makes it better than average for the kind of suburban/metro duty most sport-utilities perform. And it's comfortable and nicely equipped, which makes it a great family vehicle.
Yet there is another side to the Rodeo you would never guess existed unless you ventured into rough country. A frisky V6 engine and highly capable four-wheel-drive system turns this friendly, easy-to-handle city car into a serious trailblazer that can navigate some amazingly rough territory.
Isuzu's Rodeo was completely re-engineered for 1998, the first complete change since its 1991 introduction. It's substantially more refined than the first-generation. For 1999, there's an expanded list of options, new colors, additional refinement and an all-new trim level. The keyless remote is improved.
Three models and two engines are available, but all come with dual air bags and anti-lock brakes.
The base $18,180 Rodeo S comes with two-wheel drive, a 5-speed manual gearbox and a 2.2-liter twin-cam 4-cylinder engine.
The S-V6 and LS come standard with Isuzu's 3.2-liter 24-valve twin-cam V6 and a choice of two- or four-wheel drive. An optional 4-speed automatic adds about $1,000. We drove one of these popular mid-line Rodeos and they offer a good value, balancing price, performance and features. Our $26,490 LS 4WD came with the automatic, 16-inch aluminum wheels ($200), 6-disc in-dash CD changer ($650), cargo mat ($60). With $495 destination, the total was $28,895.
At the top of the line is the new, fully loaded $30,650 LSE 4WD, which comes standard with Isuzu's 205-horsepower V6, a four-speed automatic transmission, four-wheel anti-lock disc brakes, a supple leather interior, keyless entry, moonroof, foglights and rear power outlets. A gold trim package is available with black or white paint colors, while a new Red Palazzo Mica comes with gray leather.
Rodeo's utilitarian looks feature a short rear overhang, blister fenders and fastback styling. The track was widened for 1998, which improves handling and gives the Rodeo a more aggressive stance. A relatively low floor pan makes getting in easier.
The 4-cylinder engine that comes on the base two-wheel-drive Rodeo develops 130 horsepower and 144 foot-pounds of torque. It gets an EPA-rated 21/24 city/highway miles per gallon. But that's not a lot of power for a 3,900-pound vehicle, particularly when attacking grades at high altitudes.
Most folks will opt for one of the V6 models. It develops 205 horsepower and 214 foot-pounds of torque. Isuzu's 3.0-liter V6 compares favorably to its competition: Mitsubishi's Montero Sport LS struggles with 173 horsepower and 188 foot-pounds, while Nissan's Pathfinder lags with 168 horsepower and 196 foot-pounds. But the Rodeo's V6 wilts next to the Chevy Blazer's 4.3-liter Vortec V6, so it's not the hot setup for pulling that 20-foot travel trailer. Isuzu's V6 gets 18/20 mpg, 16/20 with the automatic.
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The rear seat folds down to reveal a large, relatively flat cargo area. There's 81 cubic feet of cargo space and the cargo area is just a bit over 5 feet in length. In other words, the Rodeo holds a lot of gear.
The tailgate opens from the right and swings to the left. Not having to walk around an open door makes it easier to unload baggage at the airport or load groceries curbside. You can now order your Rodeo with the full-size spare tire mounted underneath the cargo area or on the hatchgate door. By integrating the spare tire carrier with the hatchgate, the need for a separate spare tire carrier is eliminated, so you no longer have to swing a gate out of the way. That makes getting in back a two-step process, rather than a three-step process. You release the rear hatch glass, then swing the rear door open.
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We drove our test vehicle all over Southern California, from suburban San Diego County up the clogged freeways to the crowded downtown streets of Los Angeles. We checked out the outback of the San Bernardino National Forest east of Los Angeles. And we drove one around the Yellowstone country. The Rodeo handled all of that with style and ease.
On the daily commute, the Rodeo is tall enough to provide good visibility on crowded freeways. It rides nice and handles well. The Rodeo offers excellent stability at high speeds. Noise has been reduced through improved door sealing, better airflow management and reduced engine noise, but there's still a fair amount of wind noise.
The Rodeo feels solid and secure. The steering is precise and responsive, making lane changes quick and easy. The suspension feels taut and the Rodeo turns crisply through sharp curves on back roads. It tracks straight, making it a pleasure for highway cruising. The V6 and automatic are responsive, definite pluses on the freeways and urban streets. On the tough streets of downtown Los Angeles, the Rodeo reported potholes with a bit more authority than your average sport sedan, but nothing like the buckboard-ride some SUVs deliver.
The fun side of the Rodeo came out then we tackled some rough, unpaved trails in the San Bernardino Mountains. We cruised through some bumpy country in 2WD before we switched to 4WD-high to transverse more rugged trails. Some of the steep, rocky tracks were rough enough to force us into 4WD-low. The Rodeo literally walked through it all without batting a headlight. It handles well on smooth dirt roads. Drive into a corner too fast and, predictably, the front end gives up traction before the rear, making it easy to correct. The brakes work well, bringing the Rodeo to a quick stop with little drama.
Rodeo's agile handling and stable braking are benefits of its relatively low weight. Our 4x4 LS checked in at 3,926 pounds. That compares favorably against a Mitsubishi Montero Sport, which tops 4,200 pounds. Isuzu's engineers strove to hold weight down while maintaining optimal structural rigidity.
Competent off road, nimble on road, the Isuzu Rodeo is a well-balanced sport-utility. While it doesn't offer the ultimate in luxury, it does everything that sport-utility vehicles are supposed to do. And it offers a good value.
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Oh, boy…
No, these are not mug shots of the most wanted criminals from the 1970s—though the confusion is quite understandable, considering how these hirsute models could have probably been successfully prosecuted for crimes against good taste—no, these are genuine head shots of once fashionable hairstyles from the 1970s, and I'm sure a few of us can recognize ourselves here… I know I can.
You see, back in the 1970s, unless you opted for a standard short-back-and-sides, your local barber might attempt these cuts on your unsuspecting hair follicles. As you can imagine, these fashion travesties had names like "The Wolfman," "The Caveman," "The Psycho," "The-weird-guy-in-the-kiddie-pool," "The Gerry Helmet" (for obvious reasons…), "The creep-from-the-accounting-department," "The Robert Helpmann" (aka "The Child Catcher"), "The Great Masturbator" (evidentallly a Dali-inspired surrealist coif) and, of course, "The Brian Connolly"!
The trauma of having one of these haircuts inflicted on your person could last well into adulthood. Ah, the Seventies—a decade rich in music, film, comedy, and television, but utterly rife with naff fashion.
Via Retronaut


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Bryan Ray Turcotte, author the classic chronicle of punk rock handbills and posters, Fucked Up + Photocopied, has one of the largest private collections of punk rock-related ephemera in the world—he's a one-man Smithsonian Institute of the counterculture, truly a maven's maven.
When I got advance notice that one of the world's most prominent archivists and historians on the matter of punk rock's graphic design had made (with Bo Bushnell) a film about Black Flag and Raymond Pettibon , I was expecting something pretty great and… it's excellent!
It went live this morning. I got the link a little while ago and promptly sat down and watched the whole thing:
On the first episode of "The Art of Punk" we dissect the art of the legendary Black Flag. From the iconic four bars symbols, to the many coveted and collected gig flyers, singles, and band t-shirts, all depicting the distinctive Indian ink drawn image and text by artist Raymond Pettibon. We start off in Los Angeles talking to two founding members, singer Keith Morris and bass player Chuck Dukowski, about what the scene was like in 1976 - setting the stage for the band's formation, as well as the bands name, and the creation of the iconic four bars symbol. Raymond Pettibon talks with us from his New York art studio. Back in LA we meet with Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, about how the art, the music, and that early LA scene impacted his own life and career. To wrap it all up we sit and talk at length, with Henry Rollins, at MOCA Grand Ave in Los Angeles, about all of the above and more.
What's so compelling about this piece is how filmmakers Turcotte and Bushnell tell you a story that you haven't already heard a gazillion times before by focusing in on the graphics and how important an iconic logo was back then for outsider kids to rally around, wear on their chests or have etched into their flesh.
In the film, Flea makes, I thought, an especially valuable contribution, because he was young enough then (like Rollins himself was, of course) to have been in the audience and he speaks to how seeing a group like Black Flag could change your direction in life. From what I have heard from a number of people, Flea's supposed to have an absolutely first rate modern art collection. He's really inspired when he speaks here.
A production of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. New MOCAtv episodes exploring the visual identities of Dead Kennedys and Crass will debut soon at the MOCAtv YouTube channel
Above, Flea in his Pettibon-festooned bathroom
Thank you Tim NoPlace!


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The Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 started shipping in June 2012. It is a fairly powerful machine, but it has its own compatibility issues. Hopefully this will help someone who wants to set it up with Arch Linux (it may also work with other distros).
As of 07/11/2012, the latest official iso is from 08/19/2011. Unfortunately this iso does not have the firmware necessary for the Y580. As a result, I could not get wifi with it. Download a snapshot: http://releng.archlinux.org/isos/ and you should be able to set it up to use wpa_supplicant to connect to a wireless network. However, AIF may not work with these images (sometimes it gets stuck on the partitioning phase). If that happens you can use this guide to install from the livecd: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Install_from_Existing_Linux. In theory this can be done from any distro, but it is much easier to do it from the Arch live cd since in this case you do not need to manually install Pacman.
If you cannot get wireless working, you can use an ethernet connection with the help of the driver alx. This driver is not yet part of the Linux kernel, and that is why your ethernet card is not recognized at first. You need to download the driver from the Linux Foundation's website:
wget http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6/2012/03/compat-wireless-2012-03-12-p.tar.bz2
Copy the tarball to a flash drive, boot the live cd, mount the flash drive, cd to the directory with the tarball and use:
tar -xjvf compat* cd compat* ./scripts/driver-select alx make sudo make install
After this, load the module (modprobe alx) and you should be able to get ethernet working easily.
My model has a 32GB SSD drive and a 1TB 5400 rpm drive. It comes with Windows 7 and some Lenovo partitions that may be important if you need to recover the Windows install. Since I was positive about only using Linux, I just deleted everything so that I could use the SSD drive to install Arch (and get a faster boot). But you may want to think twice before doing this, or at least backup the partition's contents before erasing them.
Also, this laptop can use UEFI. If you want to use it, you need to a GPT partition (see below).
At this point, I am not sure whether UEFI is actually necessary, but it seems to be the future, so I do suggest that you set it up. First read these pages: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB2.
Among other things, you need a gpt partition and grub2. You can do these things when you are installing the system, but I suggest that you get a base system working with grub first, and then install grub2. To install Arch on the SSD drive, you need at least two partitions: one small (100 MB) boot partition, and another partition for /. To partition the drives, you can use cgdisk, which you can get by installing the package gpttools.
I suggest that you partition both drives using gpt, but it is even possible to convert a MBR partition table to gpt, which is what I ended up doing. You should also create a third partition (with about 1GB) for EFI. This partition needs to be of EFI system type (code ef00 on gdisk) and it should be formatted as FAT32. If the partition is /dev/sda2, use:
mkfs.vfat -F32 /dev/sda3
After you have your base system up and running, install the grub 2 firmware:
pacman -S grub2-efi-x86_64
Mount the system partition at /boot/efi:
mkdir /boot/efi mount -t vfat /dev/sda3 /boot/efi
Install grub2 efi app (grubx64.efi) to /boot/efi/EFI/arch_grub, and its modules to /boot/efi/EFI/grub/x86_64-efi:
grub-install --directory=/usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=arch_grub --boot-directory=/boot/efi/EFI --recheck --debug mkdir -p /boot/efi/EFI/grub/locale cp /usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/grub.mo /boot/efi/EFI/grub/locale/en.mo
The grub2 wiki page says to copy the app to other places. This is probably not necessary, but you may want to use:
mkdir /boot/efi/EFI/tools cp /boot/efi/EFI/arch_grub/grubx64.efi /boot/efi/shellx64.efi cp /boot/efi/EFI/arch_grub/grubx64.efi /boot/efi/EFI/shellx64.efi cp /boot/efi/EFI/arch_grub/grubx64.efi /boot/efi/EFI/tools/shellx64.efi
Now comes the part where the grub2 page is not very clear. You need to add the system to the UEFI menu (the menu that shows up when you press F12 at boot). To do this, you need an UEFI shell. The Y580 does not come with a shell built in, but you can put one in a flash drive and boot from it. To do this, get a bootable flash drive, create a partition (1GB is enough) and format it as FAT32. Assuming that the partition is /dev/sdc1, type the following:
mount /dev/sdc1 /media mkdir /media/efi/boot cd /media/efi/boot wget https://edk2.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/edk2/trunk/edk2/ShellBinPkg/UefiShell/X64/Shell.efi mv Shell.efi bootx64.efi cd / umount /media
The code creates a directory /efi/boot in the flash drive, downloads the shell, copies it to /efi/boot and renames it as bootx64.efi. The shell is downloaded from the link given here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#UEFI_Shell. Note that you need a 2.0 shell, otherwise you will not be able to add an entry to the menu.
Now reboot, go to the BIOS (press F2), enable UEFI and exit, then press F12 and the flash drive should show up in the menu (you want to choose the UEFI entry). Now you should be in the UEFI shell. There is quite a lot that you can do, but be careful because a mistake can seriously compromise the machine. This guide may be worth looking at: http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/uefi-shell/
For now, you just need the command bcfg. To add Arch to the first entry of the menu, use:
bcfg boot add 0 fs1:\EFI\arch_grub\grubx64.efi "Arch Linux"
The command assumes that the system partition is installed on the first drive. This partition has the loader (grubx64.efi) and this little program is what loads grub2. If you add Arch to the first entry, you can boot to it without pressing F12.
To see the menu entries, use:
bcfg boot dump -v
To delete, say the 3rd entry:
bcfg boot rm 3
Once you are happy with the menu entries, reboot and you should be able to boot into Arch.
Dual-Boot With Windows 8
Because of my troubles getting CUDA to work with the Y580 (see below), I installed the Windows 8 release preview. To avoid problems with the Arch install, put Windows on the second drive (this means that the second drive should also have a GUID partition table, since Windows 8 only works with one).
Windows 8 uses UEFI, so you can press F12 to choose between Arch and Windows, or just adjust this at the BIOS. Another option is to use the Windows program EasyBCD and add Arch to the Windows boot loader. However, I decided to add Windows to grub2.
To do this, from Arch, mount the Windows system partition and find its UUID:
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt grub-probe --target=fs_uuid /media/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
Take note of the output (something like 1ce5-7f28). Now copy the output of:
grub-probe --target=hints_string /media/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
Then, add something like this to /etc/grub.d/0_custom:
menuentry "Microsoft Windows 8 x86_64 UEFI-GPT" { insmod part_gpt insmod fat insmod search_fs_uuid insmod chain search --fs-uuid --no-floppy --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt1 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt1 1ce5-7f28 chainloader /efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi }
Finally generate the grub2 configuration file (grub.cfg):
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/grub/grub.cfg
Now you should be able to see an entry for Windows 8 on grub2.
The Y580 has a huge 1TB second drive, making it easy to install other OS. With grub2, you can install other distros, and then run grub-mkconfig to add the new entry. To make this easier, install os-prober so that grub2 can find other OS automatically (it does not work for Windows 8):
pacman -S os-prober
NVIDIA Card
The Y580 uses "switchable graphics" which, according to some, is not really Optimus but something else. NVIDIA does not support Optimus (or whatever the Y580 has) on Linux, so a possible solution is to install Bumblebee (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee) and to access the card with Optirun. As far as I know, this currently does not work with the Y580. However, you can still use CUDA, which is good if you use apps like Blender or if, like me, you develop CUDA C programs.
Lenovo machines (Y470, Y570, Y580) require a hack: https://github.com/koniiiik/bbswitch/tree/hack-lenovo created by https://github.com/koniiiik. Without this, the system cannot even see your card. To compile the acpi-handle-hack module and install it, use:
git clone git://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/bbswitch.git -b hack-lenovo cd bbswitch mkdir /usr/src/acpi-handle-hack-0.0.1 cp Makefile acpi-handle-hack.c /usr/src/acpi-handle-hack-0.0.1 cp dkms/acpi-handle-hack.conf /usr/src/acpi-handle-hack-0.0.1/dkms.conf dkms add acpi-handle-hack/0.0.1 dkms build acpi-handle-hack/0.0.1 dkms install acpi-handle-hack/0.0.1
There is also an AUR package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=60474 but I have not tried it.
Add the acpi-handle-hack to your /etc/rc.conf file, so that it is loaded at boot.
To compile and run CUDA programs, you need a NVIDIA driver and the cuda-toolkit. There are two drivers that are supposedly compatible with the GeForce GTX 660M, 295.59 and 302.17. Many distros (including Arch) have the newest driver, 302.17 as default for their packages, but this did not work for me. The 295.59 did. To install the 295.59, you need to modify two packages from extra, nvidia-utils and nvidia. To do this, you use ABS. If you are not familiar with it, read the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Build_System. The exact way to rebuild a package depends on your own preferences, but I usually download the source code (in this case, the driver, obtained here: http://www.nvidia.com/content/DriverDownload-March2009/confirmation.php?url=/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/295.59/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.59.run&lang=us&type=GeForce), copy it to the build directory, and then set up the PKGBUILD such that it uses that file instead of downloading it. In the current case, since you need the driver for both packages, nvidia and nvidia-utils, this saves a bit of time.
Edit the PKGBUILD of nvidia-utils. You need to change the pkgver, the source item, and the md5sum. Also, nividia-utils conflicts with libgl, but if you uninstall libgl, Gnome only starts in fallback mode (not sure about other DE). Because of this, you need to modify the PKGBUILD, so that it either does not install certain libraries (libglx.so, libGL.so) or that it installs them in another location.
For the nvidia package, you need to change the pkgver to 295.59, the source, the md5sum and a few other items. After changing the PKGBUILDs, run makepkg to build the packages, and makepkg -is to install them (you need to install nvidia-utils first). The PKGBUILDs that I used are listed below:
nvidia-utils PKGBUILD
# $Id: PKGBUILD 161949 2012-06-16 22:01:05Z ibiru $ # Maintainer: Thomas Baechler <email@example.com> # Contributor: James Rayner <email@example.com> pkgbase=nvidia-utils pkgname=('nvidia-utils' 'opencl-nvidia') pkgver=295.59 pkgrel=1 arch=('i686' 'x86_64') url="http://www.nvidia.com/" license=('custom') options=('!strip') if [ "$CARCH" = "i686" ]; then _arch='x86' _pkg="NVIDIA-Linux-${_arch}-${pkgver}" source=("ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-${_arch}/${pkgver}/${_pkg}.run") md5sums=('b7f908ea08218df08db06026215ec419') elif [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then _arch='x86_64' _pkg="NVIDIA-Linux-${_arch}-${pkgver}-no-compat32" source=("NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.59.run") md5sums=('a921cfdb0162b9bb788c4486b1e6d725') fi create_links() { # create soname links while read -d '' _lib; do _soname="$(dirname "${_lib}")/$(readelf -d "${_lib}" | sed -nr 's/.*Library soname: \[(.*)\].*/\1/p')" [[ -e "${_soname}" ]] || ln -s "$(basename "${_lib}")" "${_soname}" [[ -e "${_soname/.[0-9]*/}" ]] || ln -s "$(basename "${_soname}")" "${_soname/.[0-9]*/}" done < <(find "${pkgdir}" -type f -name '*.so*' -print0) } build() { cd "${srcdir}" sh "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.59.run" --extract-only } package_opencl-nvidia() { pkgdesc="OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA" depends=('libcl' 'zlib') optdepends=('opencl-headers: headers necessary for OpenCL development') cd "${srcdir}/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.59" # OpenCL install -D -m644 nvidia.icd "${pkgdir}/etc/OpenCL/vendors/nvidia.icd" install -D -m755 "libnvidia-compiler.so.${pkgver}" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libnvidia-compiler.so.${pkgver}" # CUDA install -D -m755 "libcuda.so.${pkgver}" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libcuda.so.${pkgver}" install -D -m755 "libnvcuvid.so.${pkgver}" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libnvcuvid.so.${pkgver}" create_links } package_nvidia-utils() { pkgdesc="NVIDIA drivers utilities and libraries." depends=('xorg-server' 'libxvmc') optdepends=('gtk2: nvidia-settings' 'pkg-config: nvidia-xconfig' 'opencl-nvidia: OpenCL support') conflicts=('') provides=('libgl') cd "${srcdir}/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.59" # X driver install -D -m755 nvidia_drv.so "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so" # GLX extension module for X # install -D -m755 "libglx.so.${pkgver}" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so.${pkgver}" #ln -s "libglx.so.${pkgver}" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so" # X doesn't find glx otherwise # OpenGL library #install -D -m755 "libGL.so.${pkgver}" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libGL.so.${pkgver}" # OpenGL core library install -D -m755 "libnvidia-glcore.so.${pkgver}" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libnvidia-glcore.so.${pkgver}" # XvMC install -D -m644 libXvMCNVIDIA.a "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.a" install -D -m755 "libXvMCNVIDIA.so.${pkgver}" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.${pkgver}" # VDPAU install -D -m755 "libvdpau_nvidia.so.${pkgver}" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so.${pkgver}" # nvidia-tls library install -D -m755 "tls/libnvidia-tls.so.${pkgver}" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libnvidia-tls.so.${pkgver}" install -D -m755 "libnvidia-cfg.so.${pkgver}" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libnvidia-cfg.so.${pkgver}" install -D -m755 "libnvidia-ml.so.${pkgver}" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libnvidia-ml.so.${pkgver}" # nvidia-xconfig install -D -m755 nvidia-xconfig "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig" install -D -m644 nvidia-xconfig.1.gz "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-xconfig.1.gz" # nvidia-settings install -D -m755 nvidia-settings "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/nvidia-settings" install -D -m644 nvidia-settings.1.gz "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-settings.1.gz" install -D -m644 nvidia-settings.desktop "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/nvidia-settings.desktop" install -D -m644 nvidia-settings.png "${pkgdir}/usr/share/pixmaps/nvidia-settings.png" sed -e 's:__UTILS_PATH__:/usr/bin:' -e 's:__PIXMAP_PATH__:/usr/share/pixmaps:' -i "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/nvidia-settings.desktop" # nvidia-bug-report install -D -m755 nvidia-bug-report.sh "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/nvidia-bug-report.sh" # nvidia-smi install -D -m755 nvidia-smi "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/nvidia-smi" install -D -m644 nvidia-smi.1.gz "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-smi.1.gz" install -D -m644 LICENSE "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/nvidia/LICENSE" ln -s nvidia "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/nvidia-utils" install -D -m644 README.txt "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/nvidia/README" install -D -m644 NVIDIA_Changelog "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/nvidia/NVIDIA_Changelog" ln -s nvidia "${pkgdir}/usr/share/doc/nvidia-utils" create_links }
nvidia PKGBUILD
# $Id: PKGBUILD 161948 2012-06-16 22:01:05Z ibiru $ # Maintainer : Thomas Baechler <email@example.com> pkgname=nvidia pkgver=295.59 _extramodules=extramodules-3.4-ARCH pkgrel=1 pkgdesc="NVIDIA drivers for linux." arch=('i686' 'x86_64') url="http://www.nvidia.com/" depends=('linux>=3.4' 'linux<3.5' "nvidia-utils=${pkgver}") makedepends=('linux-headers>=3.4' 'linux-headers<3.5') conflicts=('nvidia-96xx' 'nvidia-173xx') license=('custom') install=nvidia.install options=(!strip) if [ "$CARCH" = "i686" ]; then _arch='x86' _pkg="NVIDIA-Linux-${_arch}-${pkgver}" source=("ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-${_arch}/${pkgver}/${_pkg}.run") md5sums=('b7f908ea08218df08db06026215ec419') elif [ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then _arch='x86_64' _pkg="NVIDIA-Linux-${_arch}-${pkgver}" source=("NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.59.run") md5sums=('a921cfdb0162b9bb788c4486b1e6d725') fi build() { _kernver="$(cat /lib/modules/${_extramodules}/version)" cd "${srcdir}" sh "${_pkg}.run" --extract-only cd "${_pkg}/kernel" make SYSSRC=/lib/modules/"${_kernver}/build" module } package() { install -D -m644 "${srcdir}/${_pkg}/kernel/nvidia.ko" \ "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_extramodules}/nvidia.ko" install -d -m755 "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/modprobe.d" echo "blacklist nouveau" >> "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf" sed -i -e "s/EXTRAMODULES='.*'/EXTRAMODULES='${_extramodules}'/" "${startdir}/nvidia.install" gzip "${pkgdir}/lib/modules/${_extramodules}/nvidia.ko" }
CUDA Toolkit
Install the package from community. If that does not work, rebuild the package so that it uses the ubuntu11.04 version from NVIDIA's website. As before, this can be accomplished by first downloading the executable, copying it to the build directory, and changing the pkgver, source and md5sum entries of the PKGBUILD. In this case you need to edit a few other entries (the official package uses the fedora toolkit), but it should be easy. If you prefer, you can use the version below:
# $Id: PKGBUILD 69720 2012-04-23 02:57:16Z svenstaro $ # Maintainer: Sven-Hendrik Haase <firstname.lastname@example.com> pkgname=cuda-toolkit pkgver=4.2.9 pkgrel=1 _fedver=13 pkgdesc="NVIDIA's GPU programming toolkit" arch=('i686' 'x86_64') url="http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_home.html" license=('custom') depends=('gcc-libs' 'opencl-nvidia') optdepends=('gdb: for cuda-gdb') if [ "$CARCH" = "i686" ]; then _arch=32 md5sums=('4ef372799a4343a3d9929b5334e1a723' '5af5226b36cd3f9993f762f85b5d236a' 'c0781c63e726eaf03e10135b42b85729') else _arch=64 md5sums=('6bdf205ea4ef1f846eb66e00dc137e0e' '5af5226b36cd3f9993f762f85b5d236a' 'c0781c63e726eaf03e10135b42b85729') fi install=cuda-toolkit.install source=(cudatoolkit_4.2.9_linux_64_ubuntu11.04.run cuda-toolkit.sh cuda-toolkit.conf) build() { cd "$srcdir" } package() { cd "$srcdir" mkdir -p $pkgdir/opt/cuda-toolkit sh cudatoolkit_4.2.9_linux_64_ubuntu11.04.run --keep -- --prefix=$pkgdir/opt/cuda-toolkit sed -i "/unsupported GNU/d" $pkgdir/opt/cuda-toolkit/include/host_config.h # sed -i "s|/build/pkg||g" $pkgdir/opt/cuda-toolkit/bin/nvvp install -Dm755 cuda-toolkit.sh $pkgdir/etc/profile.d/cuda-toolkit.sh install -Dm644 cuda-toolkit.conf $pkgdir/etc/ld.so.conf.d/cuda-toolkit.conf install -Dm644 $pkgdir/opt/cuda-toolkit/doc/EULA.txt $pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE mkdir -p $pkgdir/usr/lib cd $pkgdir/usr/lib ln -s /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 libtinfo.so.5 }
You need to load the acpi-handle-hack module first, then the nvidia module. Depending on your system, this may be enough, but it may be necessary to create devices for CUDA. One way to accomplish this is to add the following to your /etc/rc.local:
/sbin/modprobe acpi-handle-hack /sbin/modprobe nvidia if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then # Count the number of NVIDIA controllers found. N3D=`lspci | grep -i NVIDIA | grep "3D controller" | wc -l` NVGA=`lspci | grep -i NVIDIA | grep "VGA compatible controller" | wc -l` N=`expr $N3D + $NVGA - 1` for i in `seq 0 $N`; do mknod -m 666 /dev/nvidia$i c 195 $i done mknod -m 666 /dev/nvidiactl c 195 255 else exit 1
Testing it
This is not necessary, but you may want to install the community package cuda-sdk:
pacman -S cuda-sdk
The package is installed to /opt/cuda-sdk. To compile the CUDA C samples, use:
cd /opt/cuda-sdk/C make
Now reboot and CUDA should be working. To test it, run deviceQuery from the sdk:
Alternatively, you can compile your own code and run it. To compile, say hello.cu, use:
nvcc hello.cu
Now you can run the executable:
If this works without errors, you are all set!


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How do I wean off of Norco? I'm on it for back pain, but I'm about to lose my job and my health insurance. And what will happen when I get a new plan, when I hopefully get a new job with benefits?
Back In Motion
Dear Back In Motion,
Norco is a narcotic drug used for pain. Because it is a narcotic, your doctor should give you what is called a "tapering schedule" to reduce your dose over a period of time, and eventually to nothing.
Though you may be able to reduce your use of painkillers, you may need to use other treatments for your pain. Before you lose your insurance, ask your doctor for exercises and stretches that will help your pain. You may be able to squeeze in a few physical therapy appointments before your coverage ends; the therapist can give you this kind of advice.
If you go 63 days without insurance and you get a new plan in 2013, your new plan can refuse to pay bills for your pain care. In 2014, health reform requires all plans to cover all conditions no matter when the illness started. Until then, you may have some gaps in your coverage.
Good luck with your care and your search for a new job!


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DT: O.C. Spray Instructor, Course #2079
Course Description:
Oleoresin Spray Instructor class is a 16 hour class that is designed to promote safe and efficacious selection and use of OC spray. The participant will learn and understand:
The areas specifically covered are:
Prerequisite: Control Tactics Level One Instructor Course #2071—OC Spray is a control tactic and it must be integrated with
other physical control level tactics
Dress Code & Identification:
Recertification: OC Spray Tactics Instructor Recertification Course #2179 is an on-line course and should be
attended within 3 years of last certification. It does not require exposure to OC.
Cost: $150


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Wing holds ribbon cutting ceremonyStory and photos by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen, 177th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
Above, from left to right, State Senator James Whelan, Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo (R-2nd Dist.), U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, Col. Robert C. Bolton, commander, 177th Fighter Wing, Maj. Gen. Glenn K. Rieth, The Adjutant General of New Jersey and Maj. Gen. Maria Falca-Dodson, commander, New Jersey Air National Guard, cut the ribbon in front of the wing's new headquarters on Aug. 11.
"It's a big day for the New Jersey National Guard, specifically the New Jersey Air Guard and the 177th Fighter Wing," said Maj. Gen. Glenn K. Rieth, The Adjutant General of New Jersey.
Federal and state officials joined senior New Jersey National Guard commanders and 177th Airmen in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the wing's new Headquarters and 227th Air Support Operations Squadron buildings on Aug. 11.
"This is one of the good news stories," said Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo (R-2nd Dist.). "This is the premiere homeland security base in the entire United States of America. No one else can lay claim to that; you do it magnificently."
|(c) 2011 NJ Department of Military and Veterans Affairs


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