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A passion for flying and a desire to serve her country prompted this Kootenai High School student to apply for acceptance to the U.S. Naval Academy.
Katey Mae McInturff received notice of her acceptance into the academy last month.
The school, which receives more than 20,000 applications each year, has a 6 percent acceptance rate. Ms. McInturff will be one of about 1,200 in the freshman class this year.
Ms. McInturff received nominations from Rep. Raul Labrador, Sen. Jim Risch and Sen. Mike Crapo for the school. She plans to earn a degree in an English-related field before going into special naval training.
Once she has completed her traditional schooling, she hopes to become a Navy pilot.
"I've wanted to learn to fly since my grandfather took me up in his bi-plane when I was younger," she said. "He flew me around a few times, did some aerobatics, loops and turns and even let me fly a little bit."
Since then she's been up in planes and has decided she likes it enough to try to make a living at it.
"I wanted to do something I like and also something where I could serve," she said. "I like the thrill and excitement flying gives you and being in the Navy allows me the chance to give back a little bit of what I've been given."
After research, Ms. McInturff decided to take a closer look at the naval academy and registered for a week-long visit last summer to the school in Annapolis, Maryland.
"After the academy, graduates get to name a preference for where they'd like to go for training," she said. "About 80 percent get their first choice."
Ms. McInturff has been enrolled in the Kootenai district since kindergarten. She serves as class president, is a member of The National Honor Society, and plays basketball, runs cross country and pole vaults for track in the spring. She is the daughter of Doug and Darcy McInturff.


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Just a brief post to wish you the best for this new year. Last year was rough for so many of you.
Loss, loneliness, fear visited often.
May this year be filled with joy, gratefulness, music and more peace than any of us had last year.
When the struggles come (and they probably will) may we find strength and wisdom.
If help is needed, may we swallow our pride and ask.
Forgiveness instead of grudges, good choices over bad and calories stripped from all baked goods (when bad is chosen over good).
Happy New Year!

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I bought a glitter set (I believe at Walmart), quite some time ago. My plan was to do a rainbow coaster, as I had already made a rainbow pendant. The set did not come with red, so I used some fine red glitter I had on hand.
You will need:
- Coaster mold
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- Fine rainbow glitter
Here is the coaster mold and resin, incase you want to give it a try:
Here is some glitter that looks like it would work well:
Here is the video tutorial:
1. Set up seven disposable cups, with seven stir sticks.
2. Prepare your resin, according to the package directions and pour resin into each cup. Keep in mind that your outer ring or first color, will need more resin and less will be needed on the inner colors.
3. Mix your glitter into the resin.
4. Pour your first color, right into the center of the mold. Follow with each additional color, always pouring right into the center of the mold.
5. Allow to cure for at least 12 hours. Go over it with a lighter to pop any bubbles, within the first hour.
6. With your leftover glitter resin, just drop the different colors randomly into one of the other molds. Let the colors spread and run into one anther.
7. Again, allow to cure for at least 12 hours and run a lighter over the surface to pop bubbles.
8. Likely some of the glitter will rise to the top and give you a less than shiny appearance. Mix enough resin to put a thin final layer across the top of both coasters and again allow to cure at least 12 hours.
You can unmold them and enjoy your new coasters!
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Parmesan Baked Fish
- 4 sheets (300mm x 450mm each) Bacofoil Non-Stick foil
- 4 salmon, cod, Pollock or sole fillets (110g to 170g each)
- 1oz/30g grated Parmesan cheese
- Pinch Cayenne pepper
- 2 medium courgette, sliced
- 1/2 medium red pepper, cut in strips
- PREHEAT oven to 240°C or preheat grill to medium-high.
- PLACE one fish fillet on each sheet of Bacofoil Non-Stick with the non-stick (dull) side towards food. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and cayenne pepper. Top with vegetables.
- FOLD up foil sides. Double fold top and ends to create sealed packet, leaving room for heat circulation inside. Repeat to make four packets.
- BAKE for 18 to 22 minutes on a baking tray in oven OR GRILL for 10 to 12 minutes in covered grill.


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A Credit Report Score Guide for Beginners
- Includes List of Things Affecting Your Score
- Improving Credit Report and Raising Score
|A Credit Score Primer Guide for Beginners
Basically, it is not a pretty picture. Unfortunately, credit reports and scores don't just affect interest rates on loans and credit lines; not to mention being outright refused for credit altogether.
- Insurance companies also use your credit score as one of the factors in determining the premium amounts for your life, home, and auto policies.
- Landlords use your credit report to decide whether to rent to you or not.
- Cell phone and cable companies use it to decide whether to accept you as a customer or not.
- Other utility companies use it to decide if an advance security deposit is required.
- Many companies (sometimes illegally) will refuse to hire you, if you have a low credit score.
Table of Contents
- How Your Credit Score Is Calculated
- Things That Affect Your Credit Score and How to Protect and Raise Your Credit Rating
- About Credit Score Numbers and What Each Range Means
- Consumer Credit Bill of Rights and Other Federal Information Resources
How Your FICO Credit Score Is CalculatedFICO is the most commonly used credit reporting system used by lenders, insurance companies, landlords, employers, utility companies, etc.
Percentages and Components of the FICO (formerly known as Fair Isaac) Credit Reporting System
- 35% Payment History
- 30% Amounts Owed
- 15% Length of Credit History
- 10% Types of Credit Used
- 10% New Credit
List of What Affects Your Credit Report and Score and How to Protect and Improve Your Credit Rating
- Pay your bills on time, this one is an absolute necessity. To do otherwise signifies financial problems or irresponsibility, both of which are major red flags.
- Keep your debt as low as possible, relative to your credit-lines. Maxed-out credit-lines are death.
- Unfortunately, the opposite is also true. Having an excessively large, unused credit-line available will lower your score. Excessively large credit-lines tend to eventually be used and potential creditors are leery of that.
- Don't suddenly close most of your credit lines and/or card accounts. This will mess up your debt-to-limit ratio and lower your score significantly.
- Moderately used, active credit lines and accounts seem to be what lenders like to see.
- Apply for credit as seldom as possible and avoid department store credit cards.
- Co-signing loans is a very bad idea,"Top 10 reasons not to co-sign on a loan" from Bankrate.
- Student loan debt can hurt your credit score.
- The IRS reports delinquent taxes, unknown if that includes those under dispute.
- Cities and counties report unpaid parking tickets and unpaid library fines. And it is a pretty good bet that includes any that are disputed.
- Cities and counties also report what you owe when you are unable to retrieve your car from impound.
- Reconcile your credit card statements every month. Inaccuracies, invalid charges, overlooked-no-longer-needed monthly charges, and outright ID theft happen much more often than you might think.
- Check your credit report at least once a year. Fatal inaccuracies occur often in these reports. In fact, credit reporting agencies are famous for it. You are legally entitled to one free credit report a year from each of the credit reporting agencies.
- Pretty much all of the reputable consumer-related-advice websites recommend annualcreditreport.com as the place to get your free credit reports. The site will subject you to a lot of advertising pitches along the way, but eventually you'll get the free reports unscathed.
- Credit card companies and banks generally rob their customers blind when it comes to cash advance fees; so don't do that. There is also the possibility that your willingness to pay those high fees might be interpreted as a sign of desperation by the lending institution.
- Likewise, avoid those loan places you see in the mini-malls like the plague. Having one of those places showing up on your credit report would be 10 times more destructive than any mentions of department store credit cards could ever be.
- An Update. Credit bureaus now report to prospective mortgage lenders as to whether an applicant pays their credit card bill(s) in full each month or only makes the minimum payment(s), etc.
About Credit Score Numbers and What Each Range MeansDepending on which credit bureau is dong the rating, credit scores range approximately from 300 to 850.
The credit score sub-ranges listed below are likewise approximations, but they will give you a good idea as to where you stand. There is a small overlap in the ranges. This has to do with the fact that some loan officers will look beyond just the number and actually read the report; but unfortunately, there are many lending institutions who don't.
Some aspects of this segment are of a "humorous" nature, but there is seriousness behind the "humor".
Credit Scores at 300 Something, or in the 400 Range, or at 500
- If your credit score is at or below 500, you are basically dead in the water. If you are in this category, then as far as society is concerned, you are not worthy to live. Not only does society classify you as unworthy/poor/destitute; it will do everything in its power to keep you that way.
- Want a job? Forget it. Employers don't hire people with credit scores at and under 500. As far as society is concerned, you have no right to be employed. [Update: Some states have changed their laws in order to fight this practice. In California, for example, it is now supposedly illegal for a prospective employer to use your credit score as a factor in their hiring decision.]
- Want to rent an apartment? Forget it. Apartments aren't rented to people with credit scores at and under 500. As far as society is concerned, you deserve and should be homeless.
- Want to buy a car, get a checking account, or get a debit or credit card? Forget it. Forget it. And forget it.
Credit Score Range Between 500 to 600 and up to 620 InclusiveAttempting any kind of credit related or other business transaction when your credit score is in the 500 to low 600 range can be difficult. If you are able to get a credit related account or successfully initiate any other sort of business transaction, you will be subjected to the worst possible interest rates, fees, and security deposit amounts.
What Is a Good Credit Score?
Credit Scores Ranging Between 600 to 700 and up to 719 or 720 InclusiveIn this range, society doesn't consider you a credit risk; but entities you attempt to do business with will pretend they think you are. Negotiation is possible here. Sometimes, just say no. It might work. It might not. You have the option to walk away and try somewhere else.
Here is the classic story when someone is in the 600 to low 700 credit range and they attempt to buy a car...
You: "I love this car and think you are giving me a good deal. I'll take it."
The Car Dealer: "With your credit rating, we will have to charge you 50% more than the usual interest rate."
You: "Why?"
The Car Dealer: "Because we consider you a credit risk."
You: "So you think I can handle the higher monthly payment, but that I can't handle the lower one?"
The Car Dealer: "Exactly."
- end of story -
Although told in a "humorous" light and different words would be used in the actual situation, the description of the results is dead on accurate. And on an even more serious note, one should never get an auto loan from a car dealership or used car lot anyway. If/When you are in the market for your next car, this How to Get a Car Loan article will save you much grief and money.
What Is a Great Credit Score?
Credit Scores at and Above 720 - And in The Land of 850When your credit score is in the 720 to 799 range, better interest rates on loans and credit lines start becoming available to you. Getting a house or car loan at favorable rates is usually a routine matter.
And if your credit score is actually in the 800 range, you are a Living God and can do no wrong. Creditors follow you around, scattering flower petals in front of you wherever you go. Little angels hover around and protect and nurture you. Rainbows are visible at every corner.
A Bookmarks Reference List of Consumers Credit Bill of Rights ResourcesHere's a list of resources as to the rights consumers are legally supposed to have when dealing with credit and credit scores. All listed websites are government or other well-known, reputable sources. All links go directly to the website's consumer credit rights page. This list may be added to from time to time.
- www.consumer.ftc.gov/..., a summary of your rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
- www.consumer.ftc.gov/..., jeez, this page has a list of links that pretty much obviates the need for me adding any more federal links here.
- California Attorney General's Office Protecting Consumers page, includes credit-related items and some possibly helpful complaint resources.
- Consumer Affairs Checklist of Significant California and Federal Consumer Laws, an index to text of actual laws, including those having to do with credit.
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A wrap dress must be chosen with care because the incorrect print and design can merely mess up your look. Though nearly all of these dresses are found in plain fabrics or floral prints, with a suitable search, you'll find some exceptional pieces, too. It is essentially a floor length dress that doesn't have an extremely fitted structure and is normally voluminous from the waist down. A blouse and pants as an example will cause you to look short unless… 1). This dress provides a great comfort. A fairly floral dress is perfect for summers. Should you be searching for nice dresses for children, then a quick ruffle dress is among the best choices that you are able to elect for.
On occasion a skirt or a dress is simply too short to appear appropriate if you are not wearing leggings under it. Whenever you are choosing cute summer dresses for juniors are certain that it is comfortable together with chic. If you prefer an easy or a fashionable summer dress, you'll surely find it here at an inexpensive price. At Walmart you'll find a fantastic variety in inexpensive summer dresses.
Since you can see, you don't need to blindly stick to the fashion trends, with a little creativity, you're able to turn around any outfit! Fashion since I see this, and like I'm sure many, many girls all over the world see this, is an issue of self-confidence seasoned with a little creative thinking and a great deal of resourcefulness. If you're able to select the most suitable manner of shorts, this may be one of the most comfy outfits, ever. There is a variety of designs and styles of floral dresses you could select from.
To be honest most individuals are taking a look at the women at the Renaissance Faire since almost all women have a significant bit of Renaissance cleavage happening, but men still ought to make an effort to dress for the festival also. Women usually search for sundresses to wear on the beach or merely for accentuating their sun-kissed search during a popular summer season. Although short, plus-size women aren't generally employed as models in any portion of the fashion business, this doesn't signify they can't look good. Many young ladies enjoy shopping online, since there is such a sizable selection. You will discover something for every single girl and in an intriguing budget. Young girls finally have an entirely new line of `summer dresses' to pick from. You're my small boy and I do hope that that tiny boy goes on to turn into a really massive star as you deserve it.'
Match your skills to the company or job you're applying for. To put it differently, you will waste a great deal of time, energy, and money simply to look like everyone else. Or you may be comforted by the simple fact which you didn't need to resort to wearing tie dye. It might be worth looking at the many dress for juniors options which are available.


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On Friday & Saturday nights DSD put on their dancing shoes. We play the old skool tracks you didn't know you knew, the classics you can't help but dance to and the new releases you're trying desperately to Shazam. Expect glittery wild nights under the disco ball until 2am.
Enter your detals below to get yourselves on guest list for priority entry or, if you're a group of 8 or more, why not book a bar area below to make sure you and you friends have somewhere to rest your tootsies after all that dancing. You could even pre-order some decorartions to give your bar area a little pazazz!
Strictly over 18's after 7pm, please bring ID. Last entry is 1.30am
Non-pretentious, quirky, fun-time bars with killer drinks are hard to come by in London but by jove I think we've found an absolute gem in Drink Shop Do. Hurrah!
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ender516 wrote:Am I correct in assuming that a player would still be forced to cash something once he had collected five spoils?
Good question. I would presume that is correct also, but I don't believe it was addressed. And it could make a significant difference.
(I think this is a tremendous idea, by the way.)


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Australia's coolest new hotel has opened in Brisbane. The W Brisbane overlooks the city's namesake river and features a design that references Australia's indigenous roots and colonial heritage.
Striking a balance between urban style and modern design – with a cheeky, distinctively Aussie angle through a design from Australian design Nic Graham & Associates – the hotel houses 312 rooms, including 32 luxe suites.
Guests are welcomed upon entering the hotel by a staircase crafted from timber river reeds in the lobby/living room. Artwork from a slew of Australian artists further punctuates the interior along with intricate rugs and greenery-inspired details.
Benchtops and bar faces are upgraded with forms that recall curvilinear shapes and nearby waterworn clifftops. All rooms and suites are designed with a white wall inspired by VJ wall panels typical of Queenslander homes, while the Extreme Wow suite on the 33rd floor boasts an impressive backdrop of panoramic views.
The hotel features three dining venues, including the vibrant but casual Three Blue Ducks; the daytime lounge and evening cocktail bar the Living Room; and the signature Wet Deck rooftop bar.
There is also more than 11,800 square feet of event space, including the 6,400-square-foot Great Room.
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Sydney, Australia-based Corporate Technology Services (CTS) has long encouraged its employees to study for and achieve AVIXA's Certified Technology Specialist™ (CTS®) designation.
"We've had CTS-certified staff here for about seven years," says Managing Director Duncan Lugstein. "It allows us to go to our clients and say we think we have the best people and here is what they've achieved with an international body."
Lugstein first became aware of AVIXA a decade ago when his company was asked to provide equipment for a series of AVIXA Australia training courses. Since then, he has been a member of AVIXA's Australian Education Advisory Group and Australian Membership Advisory Group. He thrives on educating others within the AV industry, especially in a part of the world that he feels has lagged behind on education and standards in pro-AV. "We want to be a company that flies the flag for AVIXA here in Australia," he says.
CTS (the company) provides tailor-made AV managed services to its clients in the corporate, commerce, law, government and auditing worlds. Technicians provide onsite support and run and maintain facilities. The company also provides production services and events, and it has a consulting and design arm for installations.
"Companies choose us for how we onboard and educate our client," says Lugstein. "That starts with education and training in-house, where we focus not only on technical skills, but on soft skills as well."
Recently, Corporate Technology Services committed to increasing its number of CTS-certified staff, which included senior and middle management and consultants as well as technicians. The CTS certification augments the company's own RISE program, which focuses a little more on soft skills such as leadership, body language and staff expectations.
"We ran study nights and provided soft drinks and pizza, to encourage those participating to stay back after work, study together and buddy up," says Lugstein.
He reports that in general, staff enjoy the learning process and receiving the training and qualification, particularly as there is nothing comparable in Australia colleges or institutes. To incentivize its staff, Corporate Technology Services provides a monetary incentive to those who get the certification. Staff who achieve the certification receive recognition within the company and are celebrated as role models.
"For us as a company, having well-qualified staff shows our clients that we're committed to the highest quality work and customer satisfaction. From a selling point it becomes a double win: for the clients and staff."
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'Haaaaaave you met', shines a spotlight on the brewery owners, the brewers, venue managers, the beer pourers, the sales representatives, bottle shop workers and the beer drinkers of the SA craft beer industry. We will discover their inner secrets, find out what gets them out of bed in the morning and we might even unravel some exclusive news along the way. The hard questions have been asked, so you don't have to. Enjoy!
Part two of the Western Ridge Brewing and Distilling Collective sees Alex Marschall and Olexij Straschko. The first part was extremely informative and it was evident that these guys mean business. Take a look at what Alex and Olexij has to say about our great industry.
Q1. Who are you and how are you involved in the SA beer industry?
Alex: I am Alex Marschall and although I have been a passionate spectator in the SA craft beer industry for a number of years, I have only been actively contributing for 10 months since the opening of NOLA Adelaide (craft beer bar) in which I am a co-owner. I have now taken a step further and joined a brewing collective (Western Ridge Brewing) to allow me to share my honed beers with the SA public after years of home brewing.
Olexij: My name is Olexij Straschko and I'm part of a collective of brewers called the Western Ridge Brewing Collective. In this we focus on creating beers made by brewers not just by a brewery. We are trying to put faces to beers, not a label.
Q2. What are some of the great moments you have had whilst being involved in this industry?
Alex: Since swinging open the doors at NOLA we have accepted an adopted family of beer enthusiasts through our 'Tipping for Taps' campaign, brewed multiple collaborations (i.e. Fringe FestivAle 1, 2, 3 & 4 with Little Bang, Cherry Ripe Porter with Barossa Valley Brewing, Blood Moon IPA with Mismatch and a few more in the tanks! Held successful beer degustation's, and rolled out a mobile bar (The Beer Porter) allowing us to bring good beer to anyone for their private events.
Olexij: I've been pretty chuffed to see our beers recently out there in the public, I'm a simple guy to please and making other people happy with good beer is pretty damn good to me. Making the dream a reality is amongst the greatest moments, I imagine moving into our own space will be a moment of greatness.
Q3. Predicting the future, what trends are coming in the near future for beer in Australia?
Alex: I think heavily hopped beers will continue to be highly sought after, sour beers are still gaining steady momentum and people will continue to get more and more experimental with ingredients to try and create the next unique specialty brew.
Olexij: I think we will shift away from the big, hoppy, boozy beers and move towards alternatives even embracing the healthier sides of fermented beverages. Production wise, I see a shift towards the local, celebrating the businesses that help other small businesses. That's true at least in our business model as we seek to use locally made malt and locally grown hops.
Q4. What is your favourite beer style and how did this come to be?
Alex: I am still a big fan of a nice fresh and well balanced IPA. On a hot Australian day nothing beats an IPA with truck loads of refreshing hop aromas balanced out with a sizeable bitterness and malt body.
Olexij: Whilst I love different beer styles for different occasions, I always can enjoy a malty darker APA towards the red spectrum.
Q5. Where is one place that you would love to see good beer served?
Alex: Everywhere! I think everyone deserves to have access to quality, locally brewed craft beers. Perhaps one market not yet conquered, would be having a decent range of craft beer cans during airplane flights.
Olexij: Music festivals! Our first beer actually was for a local music festival so that was pretty cool, but most beer at music festivals is average and overpriced. It doesn't have to be that way but it often is. We have plans to change this!
Q6. Do you have any exciting news you can share with me? Maybe about future plans, collaborations or anything new?
Alex: As mentioned above, keep an eye out for Western Ridge Brewing beers popping up. We are due to released our first brew in late 2016 and have an exciting line-up of recipes to follow!
Olexij: We plan to work more closely with malt and hop producers in Barossa and really create beers that celebrate what Barossa has to offer for flavour and seasonal changes. I wish I could share more but there are definitely great things beyond the horizon.
Q7. What gets you out of bed in the morning?
Alex: More often than not, my alarm. I have set a reminder to go out to the shed and check on the progress of my homebrew's ferment before leaving for work!
Olexij: Needing to poop. Haha, but seriously, I like having a coffee whilst going outside to feed the animals and water the garden before trudging off to the gulag
Q8. Do you dream about beer? If so, what is your most memorable dream about beer?
Alex: Very regularly! …but more so day dreaming.
Olexij: I have dreamed about picking bucket loads of hops, that's pretty close to beer. I'm super fond of gardening so that plays on my mind.
Q9. What is your favourite season for beer drinking? Why?
Alex: Spring is an exciting time for drinking as everyone's moods are lifting, the days are getting longer, and beach sessions are just around the corner!
Olexij: Summer would have to be my favourite beer guzzling season, because the weather is fine you can actually feel really rewarded after hard work with a few cold beers. However when I think about it I probably drink worse beer in summer because the first beer after busting my gut in the garden goes down far too quickly so I care less about what that first one is.
Q10. If you could choose any profession, what would it be? Why?
Alex: I would love to own and operate my own brewery. The ability to design and brew from the ground up and then share it with the public would be a great feeling.
Olexij: Part time hop farmer/breeder, part time brewer. This combines both my loves. In fact, I'm almost there but not getting much money for it but I really cant complain.
That is the entire Western Ridge Brewing Collective now featured and it seems they all have the same direction. I find it an interesting point about each member owning their own recipes and can take their beers with them if they leave. Thanks lads for your answers. Next week I will feature Frank Samson from Prancing Pony.


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- You will be sent a Salesperson License Application (RE 202) or Broker License Application (RE 200). This form must be completed and returned along with the appropriate fee within one year after passing the examination.
- A completed Live Scan Service Request (RE 237) must be submitted with the application. A license cannot be issued until DRE receives fingerprint response information. See Fingerprint Requirements for further information.
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Will this be a problem for my electrical system?
Hello all. I have poked around and seen different answers to this question, and some say its fine, some say not. I just finished building an on board air compressor for my truck to run my big rig air horn, power tools on occasion, and fill air mattresses and rafts when camping. It is built from a York air conditioning compressor, and is run by a 2.5hp winch motor. I know I could have run it off of the motor, but I didnt want to clutter things up under the hood because this truck is going to be funtional, as well as a hod rod. Well, anyway, the compressor is mounted in my truck box in the bed, and is fed by #2 welding cable 18 feet long. The compressor pulls 224 amps peak at 100psi. Is this being run 5-6 times a week, for 45seconds filling the air tank going to be a problem? I have an optima red top battery, a 115 amp 1 wire alternator, and I am running electric fans. The voltage at the battery when it is at peak load drops to 12.3 volts and when it shuts off it goes right back up to 13.6 or more. I just wonder if I am going to cook my alternator. I may need to do what I did to cars where I used to work at the stereo shop, dual batts and maybe a bigger, or a second alternator to make this reliable.
Thanks for the input!!
PS I have been meaning to post a pic of the supercharged motor that everyone helped with input on the build, so here it is!
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I would install a second battery.
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Thats what I figured also. Well, time for a optima yellow top!
Alternator selection
I registered to make this post. If the picture that you posted is the picture also of the alternator in use, you need to make a change with the alternator first off, that unit is the 12SI Delco Remy available in stock units of 66, 72, 85 and 94 amps, no 115 available stock, what I have seen on my test bench from rebuilding is, whenever you up the amperage of stock units you loose amperage at the idle speed, the only way to get the 115 out of this unit is to rev the daylites out of your engine, I would imagine at an idle with that 115 amp unit you get maybe 20 amps max, the Cadillac Deville, Seville, Eldorado '93-'97 unit is rated at 145 amps with heated windshield, add the 21SI big truck 165 amp stator assembly and you have a unit that powers out 90 plus amps at an idle, also add the 411HD regulator and get rid of the thermal compensation regulator from factory and you have a killer alternator that charges 14 volts at all times, no matter how hot it gets outside or under the hood. If you keep the 411HD regulator, just hookup the center wire of the small wires of the regulator plug to an idiot light circuit or a powering circuit with a diode installed to turn on the regulator when the engine is fired up, very simple wiring change, also upgrade your output wire from the alternator to the battery, a second battery could be added to keep electrical amperage higher in the battery system, will also be easier on the batteries to keep from warping the plates. There is also a regulator that can be installed in this unit to make it a one wire also, I have not used it yet and I don't know about the thermal compensation issue for that regulator, but I know it is available. This alternator is about 10mm higher from pivot mount to adjust mount hole, also the adjust mount hole is a 10mm x 1.5, 12SI is 8 mm. Pulley also is a direct changeover. Hope this helps, Broken Wire
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Establishing a training budget for your organization ensures you allocate appropriate funds for employee development over the course of a year. By planning for training expenses and linking them to strategic objectives, you typically avert cost-cutting measures that could reduce your training budget if executives perceive it as overhead or superfluous. Ensure that your employees get the skills and knowledge they need to perform effectively on the job. Make allowances for tuition reimbursement for career development as well.
Managing training budgets and resources effectively ensures that personnel have the skills and competencies required to complete job tasks. The training budget includes the direct and indirect costs required to analyze, design, develop, implement, evaluate and maintain courses and materials. In some industries, employees must maintain their credentials to adhere to local, state and federal regulations. For example, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards require employers to train employees on health and safety topics related to their jobs.
Gathering the costs associated with training programs allows sponsors and stakeholders to prioritize efforts and distribute funding accordingly. For example, create a spreadsheet listing training activities, development and delivery costs, number of people affected and potential business impact. This allows sponsors and stakeholders to optimize training expenses by evaluating the options, comparing development costs to purchasing off-the-shelf courses and considering different methods of providing instruction, such as distance learning, self-paced modules or social media mechanisms. Reviewing the training budget from a previous year allows you to evaluate what worked and what didn't.
Identifying funds for training ensures that employees get the programs they need to accomplish the company's strategic goals. For example, if you state your company's goal is to reduce product errors, eliminate waste and improve customer satisfaction, you might consider training that certifies your personnel in quality management techniques such as Six Sigma. By identifying the costs associated with Six Sigma training at the beginning of the year, you ensure these programs can proceed throughout the coming months. Rather than wait to expose performance gaps, certify individuals as Black Belts to start off in the right manner.
After establishing a comprehensive training budget, you can monitor expenses associated with training activities and ensure you're getting the most for your money. For example, if you running training classes for 20 participants and only five people attend, utilization is low and might indicate a poor use of your funds. By monitoring instructor costs, training material printing and other expenses, you can spot trends and implement actions to reduce unnecessary spending.


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Whether you're a gym newbie, seasoned Spinner or straight-up gym rat, there are some multi-functional toning moves out there that work for everyone -- moves that burn no matter how many times you do them.
And with that burn comes serious definition -- and new sexy curves. If you're a beginner, start incorporating these strength trainers into your own weekly routine for a firmer figure fast. You can totally do these.
Want strong arms? We're big fans of the Tricep Dip, which tones your shoulders, too (and never gets easier!) And we'd be remiss if we didn't mention one of SELF's all-time favorite lower-body toners, the squat. You can keep it simple, or step it up a notch by doing squat jumps instead. Get ready for a stronger, faster, leaner you in 2014!


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The digital version of the Oxford Dictionary has a new word. The word of the new age and also considered the word of the year 2013, "selfie" which is the abbreviation of the words "Self portrait" was the word most used to define the new craze that has invaded the social networks last year.
The new fashion conquered anonymous, celebrities, heads of state, coming to conquer even the pope Francisco.
When the mobile companies decided to include in their modern appliances photographic cameras, had no idea that the explosion was to happen, and now runs the world thanks to smartphones and social networks.
The self portrait is much older than we think, began around the XV century but it certainly was not as popular as it is nowadays and neither had the tools we have today.
The "Selfie" maniacs can rest easy because according to experts, although this new craze is related to Narcissism is nothing serious and is not considered a negative craze if they are posted beautiful photos to see.
Now only remains to wait for the novelties that "Selfies" around the world will bring us to the year 2014 so that they may deserve all our "Likes".


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Bravo AGAIN to Italian Vogue for publishing yet ANOTHER all-black beauty fashion story in their normal May issue (normal as in this isn't an all-black issue like they have done in the past...it's a regular issue of Italian Vogue). And it's so so gorgeous. I love how they showcase these dark lovelies...the same way they showcase anyone else. And how it really and truly proves how different all the girls are and you can't just plonk one in a story and expect her to represent all the darker girls in the world. Tribute to Black Beauties is shot by Ellen Von Unwerth and styled by Giulio Martinelli. GOR-GEOUS!♡
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Perception is the result of processing of information received by individuals regarding various events around them. It involves the organization of inputs through a dynamic inner process which shapes all that comes in from the outside environment.
This information processing approach rests on the assumption that a person's perceptions of another person are based on the information available about the person and how one uses this information. Various researches on perception revealed that quite often a perceiver uses his or her own race or sex stereotypes to assume certain things about another person.
The individual, while perceiving the world, provides a picture that expresses his or her own individual view of reality. This may differ from the reality. The study of the difference between the perceptual world and the real world is of great significance in organizational behaviour.
Since the behaviour of an individual at work is the product of the individual's perceptions, it is important for a manager not only to understand his or her own perceptions but also the perceptions of his or her subordinates, to create a situation under which their behaviour might improve.
Perceptual Set:
Perception, as we have defined, is a generic term for the complex sensory control of behaviour. It is inferred from a hypothetical internal event of unspecified nature, controlled largely by external stimulation and variables such as habit and drive.
Therefore, it is appropriate to state that people tend to perceive what they expect to perceive. This is the primary reason why different individuals perceive the same situation in different ways. Understanding of the perceptual process helps us to understand why individuals behave in the way they do.


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To truly be able to appreciate and understand the services that you are providing your clients, you have to put yourself in the client's position. In my many years of experience, I have amassed many friends among my clients, relationships that are over 10 years old. My clients trust me to choose the service I believe they need, and know that I am an understanding and caring listener. My approach is very personal; all clients appreciate when you remember their name and notice the difference in their appearance since their last visit. Before beginning a service, I like to gather all relevant information that paints a picture of why this client has acne and where it is coming from. I ask them to fill out a questionnaire that will tell me more about the origin of their condition.
Important information to know about your acne clients:
- Have they taken birth control pills for more than two years?
- Do they crave sugar, caffeine, dairy, bread, or alcoholic beverages?
- Does tobacco smoke really bother them?
- Have they taken tetracycline/antibiotics for acne for one month or longer?
- Did their parents have acne?
- Do they play sports?
- How often do they wash their face?
- What products do they use?
- What makeup do they use?
- Do they color their hair? How often?
- Do they have any allergies and/or are they lactose intolerant?
- Are they regular on their monthly cycle? If not, what problems do they have?
Looking at the face of the young acne patient and taking into consideration all of the above, I can give my client the best treatment and advice. In addition to the facial, I provide the client with a calming and beneficial acne pressure point massage. I give the client an acne facial, use products that kill bacteria and soothe inflammation, and advise her not to put on any foundation for the rest of the day. Then, I set up a routine for the client and personalize their homecare according to their needs. This is perhaps the most important part of your treatment – the follow-up. Your credibility and good name as a professional depends on your ability to improve your client's skin. A professional salon treatment without a homecare regimen is not enough to achieve desirable results. The client needs to trust their aesthetician, and needs to be willing to do everything the aesthetician recommends. Do not try to sell the client every product you have in stock, even if you see that she is able and willing to purchase it. Only send the client home with products she will need. I like my clients to know that my facility is always open to them, and they are welcome to come in for complimentary high-frequency treatments whenever they are in the vicinity. At the same time, I see if their skin is improving, and can keep up with their progress on the diet/regimen. When you contact your client often by doing complimentary high-frequency treatments, you create a strong relationship by addressing your client's needs and being there to help. Create a welcoming environment by offering your clients hot tea and having a heart to heart conversation. Set a good example to clients by leading a healthy lifestyle and taking care of your own skin and appearance. An aesthetician who cannot cure her own skin care problems will never instill confidence in her clients. Many years ago, I put myself through a very strict six month diet because I wanted to help one of my clients overcome the candidiasis which caused pustules and back bleeding. I helped him and gained an immense amount of knowledge from this experience.
One of the most beneficial pieces of advice you can give your clients is to nurture their bodies with the right diet.
Recommended (during cleansing period)
- Eat plenty of high-fiber foods and whole grains to keep the colon clean and rid the body of toxins.
- Increase the intake of raw/lightly steamed vegetables.
- Eat more foods rich in the antibacterial agent zinc, which prevents scarring. (A diet low in zinc may promote break-outs.)
- Consume more vitamins A, B, C, D, and E.
- Drink a minimum of eight glasses of water each day.
- Consume Omega-3, Omega-6 essential fatty acids, and antioxidants.
- Drink herbal teas, the most beneficial of which are burdock root and dandelion root which cleanse the liver and blood.
Not Recommended (during cleansing period)
- Alcohol
- Cigarettes
- Caffeine
- Chocolate
- Dairy Products
- Fried Foods
- Spicy Foods
- White bread, glutenous rice
- Butter/hydrogenated fat
- Soft drinks Animal products containing steroids that can upset the body's natural hormonal balance
- Avoid all forms of sugar – fruits and honey included, for a period of two weeks or so
- Processed foods
Give the client a homecare regimen and skin care products. Assure your client that it is in both of your interests to follow through with this routine. Only when the two of you work together, can you achieve positive results.
- Keep the affected area as free of oil as possible.
- Shampoo hair frequently and keep it away from the face.
- Wash the face twice a day, never touching/rubbing throughout the day. Active teenagers who participate in sports need to wash their face immediately after vigorous activities.
- Avoid wearing makeup.
- Remove makeup at night.
- Wash all headwear often.
- Change the pillow case and bed sheets daily to prevent recontamination.
- Wipe all phones with alcohol wipes, as many times
a day as possible.
In other words, treat your client the way you would treat yourself. Instill confidence in them, and encourage them to keep going towards the goal. Call the client after the first treatment to see how she is feeling, and how her skin has reacted to the products. Stay in contact with the parents, making sure the young client is following the routine.
You should always do your best, but if after numerous treatments you do not think that you are able to help, it is best to refer the client to a dermatologist. Have a trusted dermatologist that you can send clients to – it is another wonderful relationship every aesthetician should have.
Margarita Saian, state-certified educator and ambassador of the Aesthetic International Association, has been in the skin care industry for more than 20 years. She has studied aesthetics and mesotherapy in both the U.S. and France, and has been featured in KTLA5 News, as well as in trade magazines such as DERMASCOPE Magazine, Skin Inc, DAYSPA, Medesthetics, and Les Nouvelles Esthetiques. Saian is a licensed aesthetician, CMA/cardiac technician, national certified phlebotomy technician, certified ECG, and the founder of SAIAN® natural clinical skin care.


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The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Lebron James Chronograph is a natural result of LeBron's elegant personal style, and the combination of unabashed masculinity and bold design.
The replica Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Lebron James Chronograph with pink gold case, and is set off by the cool, almost silken sheen of the titanium bezel. The rich combination of pink gold and grey metal is further underscored by the grey "M.ga Tapisserie" dial, with its pink gold applied Arabic numerals and pink gold hands.
A further discreet touch of luxury is the single diamond set into the chronograph pushpiece at two o'clock with both pushers, as well as the crown, made in black ceramic.
The grey hand-stitched crocodile strap is an unusual choice as well, giving this powerfully proportioned, 44mm timepiece an undeniably urban feel that was important in satisfying LeBron's vision of this Limited Edition as an exercise in both masculinity and elegance. LeBron's signature is printed in blue on the sapphire crystal display back.
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Your not-for-profit organisation is about to see a big change in how you pay independent contractors and freelancers when it comes to 'IR35'.
From 7 April 2017 responsibility for deciding whether IR35 (the off-payroll rules or the intermediaries legislation) is moving from the contractor to the client.
This change does not apply to end clients who are commercial organisations.
The purpose of IR35 is to make sure that deductions equivalent to tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) are withheld when paying the invoices for services provided by contractors.
This puts the contractor in the equivalent situation as an employee on PAYE. They are no longer able to trade through the year and sort out their tax liability at the year end.
For not-for-profit organisations, the responsibility is moving to you.
This means the penalties for non-payment of tax are also moving to you. They can be substantial involving tax and interest as well as penalty fines.
If your contractor disagrees with your assessment they can claim the money back from HMRC.
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Daniele Pantano (born February 10, 1976) is a poet, translator, editor, and scholar. He was born in Langenthal, Switzerland, of Sicilian and German parentage. Pantano holds degrees in philosophy, literature, and creative writing. He is the American editor of Härter, a prominent German literary magazine, Publisher/Faculty Advisor of Black Market Review, Translations Editor of The Adirondack Review, and former editor of Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art, Poems Niederngasse, and The M.A.G. Pantano divides his time between Switzerland, the United States, and England. He has taught at the University of South Florida and, as Visiting Poet-in-Residence, at Florida Southern College. Since 2008, he is Senior Lecturer and Director of Creative Writing at Edge Hill University, England.. Swiss poet literary translator editor and scholar


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text: Home Fashion Celeb Style Priyanka Chopra Is Always On Trend. Here's Proof! Priyanka Chopra is always on trend. Here's proof! by Rushmika Banerjee | July 18, 2018, 12:00 AM IST 1/49 */?> Casual chic 2/49 */?> Making style fun 3/49 */?> In a Chanel jumpsuit 4/49 */?> White-on-white is the way to go 5/49 */?> In a Dior gown 6/49 */?> Checks that out 7/49 */?> In Vivienne Westwood, Philip Treacy and Jimmy Choo 8/49 */?> Making print-on-print popular 9/49 */?> The corset: The actor's three-step guide to a corset dress: 1. An all-black look always does wonders 2. Add layers to your look. Here she topped it off with a black trench. 3. Finish your look with black Louboutins and side-swept hair. 10/49 */?> Desi girl 11/49 */?> Diva in black 12/49 */?> Elegance is key 13/49 */?> Style statement 14/49 */?> White wonder 15/49 */?> Making casual comfort great again 16/49 */?> Edgy formals 17/49 */?> Draped delight 18/49 */?> Style forward 19/49 */?> In Zadig Voltaire 20/49 */?> In Grey Jason Wu 21/49 */?> In Rag & Bone and 3.1 Phillip Lim 22/49 */?> In R13 and Alexander McQueen 23/49 */?> In R13 24/49 */?> Winter florals:Our desi girl sure knows how to wear head-to-toe florals without drowning in them. She channeled her inner bohemian in a Label by Ritu Kumar maxi. 25/49 */?> Indigo:Sport long, louche layers at the airport like PeeCee did in this Turquoise & Gold jumpsuit worn with a Bungalow 8 cover-up. 26/49 */?> Wide legs:Flared hems are the trend du jour and Priyanka Chopra makes a strong case in this wide-legged Payal Khandwala jumpsuit. 27/49 */?> Indian handlooms:It's not always about international labels. The Baywatch actor gives equal attention to our home-bred designers as well. She wore a black top, paired with Chola pants and a statement Amrapali necklace. 28/49 */?> Slip dress:The actor showed us how to pack two major trends of the '90s in one outfit. She donned a Jaline slip dress with a denim jacket and finished her look with Sergio Rossi wedges. 29/49 */?> High-low:PC made a mean girl-esque statement at the Paris Couture Week in this white Armani dress. 30/49 */?> Millennial pink:When your favourite millennial wears this shade, you can be sure of its staying power. Her pink Ulyana Sergeenko maxi, which she paired with shoulder-grazin' pom-pom earrings, is high on our lust list. 31/49 */?> '80s power shoulder:PeeCee gives a slick spin to the era in a Ryan Roche pant suit with sharp shoulders and a broad belt. 32/49 */?> Powder blue:Priyanka chopra took to the streets of Prague in a Camilla and Marc dress paired with a Tanya Taylor overcoat. 33/49 */?> Deconstruction:The actor gave a super-chic edge to the trend in a Public School pant suit. 34/49 */?> Priyanka Chopra recently kicked off the promotions of Baywatch, her latest movie with Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron. She plays the role of the antagonist, Victoria, and people are already swooning over her looks in the trailer. The global icon, who started her Hollywood career with ABC's drama thriller series, Quantico, has already won the hearts of millions with her on-point style and attitude. Her looks in the promotion has already got our vote and we are looking forward to what the star has in store for us next.All black everything:The actor kicked off the promotions giving us all black looks which were hot AF. She opted for a black Ralph Lauren maxi and a shimmery Sally LaPointe dress.(Photograph: https://www.instagram.com/cristinaehrlich/) 35/49 */?> Navy inspired:She was seen chilling on the Miami Beach with friend Adriana Lima wearing a cool nautical inspired bikini and a khaki shirt used as a cover up.(Photograph: https://www.instagram.com/menstyle.daily/) 36/49 */?> Candy coloured stripes:Here she is just chilling with The Rock in Lela Rose separates. The PC approved way to wear pastel stripes this summer—just pair it with a white shirt and finish your look with beachy waves.(Photograph: https://www.instagram.com/priyankachopra/) 37/49 */?> Day shimmer:How ravishing does she look in this vintage sequined Halston dress which she sported with a middle-parted hairdo and sleek black stilettos.(Photograph: https://www.instagram.com/cristinaehrlich/) 38/49 */?> One shoulder top: PeeCee is always one step ahead of the style game. Seen here in a teal one-shoulder top with an oversized sleeve and a black skirt with an exposed zipper by Haider Ackermann. (Photograph: Shutterstock) 39/49 */?> Red hot: We are completely obsessed with thislook from Priyanka Chopra on the red carpet. The whole world sighed as the actor twirled in a gorgeous Jason Wu gown. (Photograph: Shutterstock) 40/49 */?> Pant suit: The actor's androgynous style also oozes glamour and sensuality. Here, she wears a white pant-suit with black stilettos and a lariat neckpiece. 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Last message we only got through verse six of Psalm 19: In this Psalm of David we are introduced to God as Creator in His World and this week we are introduced to God as Redeemer in His Word. No one can come to faith with the revelation of creation and the Creator alone, we need to hear and respond in faith to the gospel of Jesus Christ through His eternal Word. In Psalm 19:8-14 the Psalmist unpacks the glory of the Word of God and of its many benefits to the reader and believer. We would do well to heed these great truths and bring it home to our lives as we Listen for LIFE!
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Today's Hotness: Propeller, Sun Airway, Yuck, Everyone Everywhere
>> If you've been reading along with any regularity, you are surely aware that one of our favorite acts is Varsity Drag, the indie punk concern fronted by Lemonheads co-founder Ben Deily. You may even know that the currently Cambridge, Mass.-based quartet got its start on the West Coast with a different line-up. We gave no thought at all to the chaps who abetted the early incarnation of Varsity Drag until quite recently, when former 'Drag guitarist and singer Greg Randall of the fizzing pop-punk act Propeller contacted us about his new band's recently released collection The Fear Of Rock And Roll. Unsurprisingly, the music of Propeller -- a duo comprised of Mr. Randall and former 'Drag bassist Will Anderson -- sounds a whole lot like the music found on Varsity Drag's debut EP For Crying Out Loud. San Francisco-based Propeller is perhaps not as nervy or manic, instead Mssrs. Randall and Anderson murmur, ooh and ahh through a dozen somewhat more bubble-gummy (yet also more laid back) tracks that suggest, to our ears, things like Big Star and Teenage Fanclub (the cut "Not You," which features Mr. Deily on guitar, sounds particularly Chilton-ish, and in fact The Fear Of Rock And Roll is dedicated to the late, great songwriter). Propeller's facility with melody should not be underestimated, and we've found ourselves listening to The Fear Of Rock And Roll quite a bit. The whole thing, which was released May 18, is for sale at Propellor's Bandcamp yert right here. To further compel you to consume, we're posting below the freebie cut "Broken Ones." It's hot stuff.
Propeller's "Broken Ones"
>> We were very pleased by yesterday's news that Philadelphia-based electropop concern Sun Airway has been signed. The act's full-length debut Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier will be released by Dead Oceans Oct. 26. We've been writing about Sun Airway for almost two years at this point, and in fact we followed closely the careers of band principals Jon Barthmus and Patrick Marsceill as far back as the debut of Sun Airways' predecessor act The A-Sides in 2005. Sun Airways also graced us with one of the more recent Show Us Yours features of ours, here in February 2009. One of the earliest Sun Airway tracks we heard was the sparkling dreamer "Waiting On You." Have a listen. And check out the album art for Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier right here.
Waiting on You by Sun Airway
>> Thanks to Jane of Scenesters And Mirror Kissers for directing our attention to the fact that rising London-based phenoms Yuck will support certain The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart tour dates in the U.S. this fall. Importantly, one of the three dates -- which we believe will be Yuck's U.S. debut -- is at Boston's Paradise Rock Club. Be a smaht kid and get your tickets now. Yuck, of course, recently issued a four-song, cassette EP on Charleston, South Carolina-based Mirror Universe featuring the stirring ballad "Weakend," which we wrote about here in June. The EP sold out almost immediately, but we're hopeful Yuck will have more copies for the October live dates, or at least the Boston one. Here are all three Yuck dates with TPOBPAH.
10.20 -- Paradise Rock Club -- Boston, MA
10.21 -- Music Hall of Williamsburg -- Brooklyn, NY
10.22 -- Pi Lam -- Philadelphia, PA
>> There's finally some new music to hear from Philly emo goliaths Everyone Everywhere. According to this item at Pun Canoes, the quartet is on the brink of releasing a split with Into It. Over It. wherein the two bands do the ol' Archers Of Loaf/Treepeople routine: both Everyone Everywhere and Into It. Over It. provide one of their own songs as well as a cover of one of the other band's songs. It's a classic indie rock gambit. Anyway, a new Everyone Everywhere song "Fakin' It" is currently streaming at the band's MySpace casa right here. The production on the track is a little more dense than some of the other Everyone Everywhere stuff, and the chorus on one of the guitar leads is a nice little touch; all in all it's a hot number. Order the (very attractive) split single from Topshelf Records right here.
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The first time I saw Salvatore Gravano, the infamous mob assassin and, if the police have it right, local drug lord in the making, was a Friday night in July 1997. It was at the Gold Bar coffee house in Tempe. I watched Gravano sit with his back to the wall, surrounded by young admirers.
They were computer programmers and Web designers, goth rockers and skateboarders, all entranced by this short, muscular man in his 50s. Gravano sipped double espressos as he regaled them with Mafia war stories, including the 19 murders he committed, for which he was immune to prosecution. Gravano also signed freshly purchased copies of Underboss, Sammy "the Bull" Gravano's story of life in the Mafia, a biography published that year.
Sammy the Bull's fans called him "Mr. Gravano" at his request. Or rather, his command. One young woman with dark eye shadow and an Ankh around her neck called him "Mr. Bull," and he sharply corrected her.
"You don't call a guy like that," he snapped. "You're better off you don't call a guy Mr. Bull to his face, that's for shit sure."
At first, I didn't believe he was who he said he was. I thought, "Here's some guy, someone tells him he looks like Sammy the Bull. Now he's having fun with these kids." After all, why the hell would a man with a $1 million price on his head hold court in a college-town coffee house like he's some kind of movie star?
Later, I asked him this, in so many words. He said, "I don't deserve to be anonymous."
"Anyway," he said, "things back there [New York] are in such a fuckin' mess, from what I hear. You got your Colombians, your Chinese, your Jamaicans, now your fuckin' Russians, too. People got a lot more to worry about than me these days. And if some [hit men] do come to see me, you put your money on Sammy the Bull will take a few with him."
In the summer of '97, the most recent public photo of Gravano was featured on the cover of Underboss. The photo was taken after Gravano tattled on John Gotti and toppled the New York mob's power structure, but prior to the day that Gravano left the Federal Witness Protection Program. Since then, his face had been worked over by a plastic surgeon, and the man in the coffee house looked like a wax-figure version of the man in the photo.
Still, one of the computer guys who had recently read Underboss had recognized Gravano a few weeks earlier in the Gold Bar and straight up asked if he was Sammy the Bull. One thing led to another, and word spread that a big-time mob hit man periodically came into the Gold Bar. I began to stake out the place.
The second night I went, Gravano was at his favorite table in the back. I sat down nearby and listened in. He was talking about the construction business and about how his father had been a house painter. "All he had in the end was my mother and lead poison in his blood," Gravano said.
He said he was getting a contractor's license. "They're building so many houses out here you can't but fuckin' make money."
After the lecture broke up, I jotted down what he'd said. But I went home that night still unconvinced. I learned that three months earlier, Sammy the Bull had been interviewed on a network news program at a location described only as "an inn in a remote valley in California." I found a tape. The man interviewed was, indeed, the man from the coffee house.
The next time I saw Gravano was more than a week later. By then his Tempe haunt was no longer a secret. When he approached the glass door, a stocky, white-haired man behind the counter scrambled to the piano in the Gold Bar's entryway and began to pound out the theme to The Godfather.
Gravano was dressed in a black suit in July, and he was nodding, saying, "Hey, how ya doin'?" like his entrance was a scene for the cameras, as the music to Francis Ford Coppola's Mafia epic ricocheted off the walls.
After he had his espresso and the music had quieted, I joined the semicircle that coalesced around Gravano's table. He smelled like fine cigars. He wanted to know if any of us played handball.
Watching and listening to him, it was impossible for me to tell whether mob-movie maestros Coppola and Martin Scorsese had gotten it exactly right, or if Gravano had simply seen too many flicks about The Family.
Sitting at the man's table, I could easily believe he shot men in the back of the head simply because he'd been told to, then turned on his bloodsworn allies and put 37 of them in prison to save himself. Gravano came across as arrogant but in need of attention, charming but depraved, streetwise but none too bright.
One of the skaters had brought a camera and asked Gravano to pose for a picture. "My fuckin' ass!" Gravano said.
The skater took that as a no.
I asked Gravano if he regretted killing anyone, and he said, "Not really, no."
I asked him if he had any regrets at all.
"I regret not spending more time with my wife and children," he said. "I spent too much time taking care of the wrong family."
The crowd around him had grown, and this time Gravano stayed only as long as it took to finish his espresso.
Nearly a month passed before I saw Sammy the Bull again -- and for the last time.
He came in earlier than usual. There was no piano music, the place was nearly deserted. I approached him alone. He asked me again if I played handball. I said I didn't. He asked me if I knew how to play chess. I said I did.
This story would be a lot better if I could describe to you how Sammy the Bull channeled all of the cunning he used to plan mob hits into his chess game, how he was devious and ruthless and a master of diversion. But the truth is Gravano was so poor a chess player it was hard for me to lose and make it look good.
One move I badly misplayed. I didn't introduce myself as a reporter after we played chess. I wanted to write about him, and I am convinced he would have agreed. But I let Gravano out the door one too many times, and I never saw him in person again. He stopped going to the Gold Bar and remained a phantom to me for more than two years, until the Arizona Republic reported his whereabouts last August. According to the article, Gravano had lived in the Valley since he left federal custody and owned a construction business under an assumed name the paper agreed not to reveal. The Republic went through Gravano's publicist to get the interview.
By the time that article appeared, according to the 12 felony counts leveled against him on February 29, Gravano was spending his coveted quality time with his wife and kids running a drug ring. Gravano, his wife and offspring stand accused of importing 100,000 recreational doses of Ecstasy to the Valley each month, at a profit of $2 million.
The media hype following Gravano's bust has been a latter-day Reefer Madness -- a series of shocked gasps by reporters and editorialists whose breath and reason have been snatched away by the seductive revelations of law-enforcement propagandists.
The Mafia! White supremacist youth gangs! Drugs you've never heard of!
See, parents? All the evils were linked. Until we stopped them, Sammy the Bull and his drug distribution network, the white-power Devil Dogs, were trying to get your kids hooked at these deviant, all-night dance parties called "raves," where exotic species of dope are hawked openly, enticing the young and innocent to spasm 'til dawn, listening to a "Techno beat," which, we can only assume, carries subliminal messages from hell!
I have a few comments.
Like any drug, Ecstasy, a psychedelic stimulant originally designed as an appetite suppressant, will wreck anyone who abuses it. But having attended more than 100 raves in the Valley, I can also tell you that 500 kids on Ecstasy dancing is a far paler threat than 500 kids behind the wheel on booze.
Also, is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the crew of Devil Dogs arrested with Gravano, whom the police tell us are white supremacists, look like a Benetton ad?
You watch the TV news, and here's some bubblehead prattling about how David Seabrook is a ringleader of this white-supremacist Ecstasy gang, and they cut to footage of Seabrook being led into court and, well, here's this kid who wouldn't be allowed to date the white girls at Bob Jones University.
As Gravano would say: "Two and two ain't fuckin' makin' four here."
It doesn't take a genius of journalism to ask why the street general of this so-called white-supremacist gang, along with most of its lieutenants, has skin the color of the Burnt Sienna crayon.
But such probing questions might interrupt the flow of juicy tidbits the cops have been steadily spoon-feeding a bibbed, high-chaired media since Gravano was taken down.
Ecstasy is being portrayed as the new, nightmare drug, purveyed by no less a villain than Sammy the Bull. "The Agony of Ecstasy," screamed a banner headline in last Saturday's East Valley Tribune. For the second time in six months, the Republic ran a photo of a young hand holding a bunch of pills identified in the caption as Ecstasy at a rave, but which bore a striking resemblance to Contact cold capsules (rave kids delight in messing with the media). Over the weekend, the Denver Post dispatched a reporter to do an exposé of raves in the Mile High City, using Gravano's arrest as the news peg. The current issue of Newsweek delights in listing the colors and logo stamps of the Ecstasy pills Gravano is accused of pushing. They sound like a bowl of Lucky Charms: Blue Pandas, Pink Triangles. According to the article, the pills were "Painted like candy canes or adorned with Nike swooshes to appeal to high schoolers."
I don't know about that.
What I do know is that I've been offered Nikes and even a Pink Triangle or two, but only inside upscale Scottsdale clubs where liquor is served and high schoolers are not (also, those same Nikes and Pink Triangles, which first appeared in the Valley about a year ago, are widely known in the rave and club scenes as "bunk" tablets which made a lot of people sick instead of high).
One convenient omission that accompanies the hyperbole of the media's Ecstasy frenzy is this: The recreational use of Ecstasy in the Valley, not to mention the world, is exploding not only because more teenagers are doing it at raves, but also, and probably more so, because more yuppies are doing it in nightclubs.
If Gravano's guilty, it's because he saw a trend and capitalized on it. I doubt if he knows Ecstasy from aspirin, except one's illegal and costs $25 a hit. It's easy for me to envision him tutoring a few criminal protégés, then pulling their strings. Picturing Sammy the Bull on Ecstasy is another matter. (Go ahead and try.)
Sammy don't rave.
This much I know from a tale I heard him tell about a flamboyant Czechoslovakian disco-club promoter and multimillionaire who, back in the early '80s, rented out a Brooklyn discotheque Sammy owned to throw himself a surprise birthday party. Gravano told this story the first night I saw him, when I was out of his line of sight and could take good notes:
"Here's this fuckin' guy, he's handing out nose powder like he's the fuckin' Pied Piper, and he's got all these, I don't know, weirdos or somethin', with their flamingo hair, hangin' all over him, men and women, and then they sit him down and shave him bald, right there in my club. I tell him, 'Get the fuck outta my place.'
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"Next thing I know, he wants to buy my club for a million dollars. I think, sure, why not? Next thing I know, the deal's not even done, he's moving into my office with his Dobermans. I ask him what the fuck, and he points an Uzi at me across his desk. I tell him, 'Hey, no problem.' I back off. Then that night, I get the guys together, we put one bullet through each of his eyes."
The saga of Sammy appears to have entered its endgame chapter. From what I know of him, he would want you to remember this about his life in Arizona: He owned a big house with a pool when they came to get him, and he drove a nice car. Nicer than the cops who put him in cuffs. And I'm sure he's sure that's why they were after him.
I mean, hey, it's not like he killed anybody.
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For a guy that's in severe need of career rehab, Mel Gibson certainly is taking a curious route on his road to redemption. First up was "The Beaver," a strange, yet oddly compelling film, that found Gibson playing an unhinged man who communicated through a puppet.
Now, there's GET THE GRINGO (R, 3 stars), an unapologetic action flick that finds Mel taking out scores of Mexicans while laboring in a prison south of the border. It's rude, crude and certainly shows no softening for Gibson, which may explain why this bypassed theaters and went straight to home video.
Still, Gibson has plenty of that old movie-star charm left, and he works hard to elevate the material into something special. While it doesn't always work, it does remain watchable.
Gibson stars as an unnamed crook who crashes just outside the U.S. after a robbery gone wrong. The Mexican authorities claim the driver (and the money stashed in the car) and stick him in El Pueblito, a prison that's more like a mall gone wrong, with families, stores, restaurants, carnivals and much more, all run by the nefarious Javi, a gangster with a faulty liver.
Driver (that's what the credits call him), knows his way around a tight situation, and he thrives inside the prison, but he's also got a secret weapon – a 10-year-old kid (Kevin Hernandez) who has all the pertinent info on the major players inside. They make a good team, with Driver helping the Kid on his mission of revenge, and also taking a shine to his mother.
This is one of those flicks where no one is truly clean, and so when our guy starts taking people out, we can root for him even though he's not the greatest role model himself. Plus, any plot that hinges on Gibson doing a Clint Eastwood impression on a payphone has got to be worth something.
Is it possible to separate Gibson the man from Gibson the actor/director? Yes, as long as he sticks to these gritty, violent roles and doesn't pop up in a romantic comedy with Meryl Streep. So keep the odd flicks coming, Mel, and maybe we'll eventually forget those voicemails.


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At this site we maintain a list of the 5000 Largest Known Primes which is updated hourly. This list is the most important databases at The Prime Pages: a collection of research, records and results all about prime numbers. This page summarizes our information about one of these primes.
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Description:1050685023897 · 21290000 - 1
Verification status (*):Proven
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Proof-code(s): (*):L927 : Brown1, TwinGen, PrimeGrid, LLR
Decimal Digits:388341 (log10 is 388340.71587908)
Rank (*):10293 (digit rank is 818)
Entrance Rank (*):1478
Currently on list? (*):no
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Last modified:11/7/2013 03:20:32 CDT
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Score (*):43.7286 (normalized score 0.6342)
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This 1976 framed lithograph by Canadian Inuit artist Pitseolak Ashoona is titled "Memories of Childbirth." The print depicts a woman in labor supported by 3 other women on the left side and the woman post-labor holding her child on the right. Pitseolak (1904-1983) did not begin working as an artist until later in life as a way to support her family after relocating to Cape Dorset on Baffin Island following her husband's death. Her artwork can also be found in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.
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NC State's Avent says the Wolfpack missed opportunities in loss to Georgia Tech
NC State coach Elliott Avent talks about the Wolfpack's loss to Georgia Tech in the semifinals of the ACC Baseball Championship in Durham, N.C., Saturday, May 25, 2019.
NC State coach Elliott Avent talks about the Wolfpack's loss to Georgia Tech in the semifinals of the ACC Baseball Championship in Durham, N.C., Saturday, May 25, 2019.
The door was open for N.C. State to win its first ACC title in 27 years. Georgia Tech slammed it right in the Wolfpack's face.
Michael Guldberg's three-run home run keyed a 9-2 Yellow Jackets' win on Friday night in the semifinals of the ACC tournament.
With top-seed Louisville out and annual power Florida State safely back in Tallahassee, the third-seeded Wolfpack (42-17) had a real chance to end its conference title drought which goes back to 1992.
But a thrilling pool-play win over nemesis Wake Forest is all N.C. State will have to show for the week in Durham. Georgia Tech (41-16) will face North Carolina (41-17) in the championship game on Sunday (noon, ESPN2) at the DBAP.
"We didn't do our job tonight and we paid for it," N.C. State coach Elliott Avent said.
The gigantic Jackets, who won the Coastal Division, mashed 11 hits and looked like they would have fit right in the old American League West in the 1990s. They got a home run from one expected source in the second inning. First baseman Tristin English hit his 17th of the season, to the opposite field, for a 1-0 lead.
An RBI triple from catcher Patrick Bailey tied the game at 1 in the third for the Wolfpack. Then Guldberg provided the unexpected power for the Jackets in the fifth.
The 6-foot, 168-pound sophomore pulled a three-run shot over the famous Bull in left field. Guldberg didn't have a home run this season before Saturday. He did hit two last season. Notably, all three in his career have been of the three-run variety.
"The ball was flying tonight," Avent said. "It was absolutely flying."
It was for Georgia Tech. The massive Baron Radcliff (6-4, 228 pounds) added a two-run double in a five-run eighth inning for the Jackets.
N.C. State's bats were quiet for the second straight night. After the dramatic 6-5 comeback win over Wake Forest on Thursday, N.C. State had one hit and was shutout by FSU on Friday.
First baseman Evan Edwards had a double in the eighth but the Wolfpack's three best hitters struggled against Georgia Tech's pitchers. Reliever Jonathan Hughes (8-2) was particularly effective, allowing only two hits and one run over five innings. Edwards, Bailey and shortstop Will Wilson were a combined 3 for 14.
"We hung in there and tried but they pitched better than we hit," Avent said.
N.C. State's lineup is top-heavy and not built to manufacture runs from the bottom of the order. That was evident when light-hitting rightfielder Lawson McArthur struck out looking with two runners on to end the eighth inning. It was still a 4-1 game at that point and then the Jackets racked up five runs in the bottom of the inning.
So it's Georgia Tech and UNC on Sunday for the title while N.C. State will await its NCAA tournament fate. N.C. State's conference championship drought in football, basketball and baseball — the only Power 5 team without one in the 2000s — continues for another year.
After losing the final two games here in Durham by a combined score of 20-3, Avent said his team needs to find a way to recoup before the NCAA tournament.
"If we don't play the game better than we played tonight, and doing the little things — big things, we're fine — the little things if we don't get better in that, you're not going to advance in a regional," Avent said.
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