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In Unions There Is Strength - For Whom?
Public-sector unions vs taxpayers is a zero-sum game.
By Will Offensicht | January 27, 2012
We've discussed the impact that money from outside the state is having on the effort by Wisconsin liberals to replace Governor Walker. The unions and their liberal supporters desire to punish him for limiting the power of public-sector unions to fleece the taxpayer and they want to send a message to other Republican governors not to try the same thing. 40% of the teachers in Madison County called in sick and then picketed at the state house to block the new laws. Democrat state legislators moved out of state to keep the legislature from having a quorum, and liberals poured much money into elections for the state Supreme Court in an attempt to block the law.
Threaten My Rice Bowl, Will Ya?
What did Gov. Walker do which roused so much fury? The New York Times reports:
Among key provisions of Mr. Walker's plan: limiting collective bargaining for most state and local government employees to the issue of wages (instead of an array of issues, like health coverage or vacations); requiring government workers to contribute 5.8 percent of their pay to their pensions, much more than now; and requiring state employees to pay at least 12.6 percent of health care premiums (most pay about 6 percent now) …
Once the law went into effect, it turned out that removing health care from bargaining had the biggest short-term effect. In the past, union contracts had required that school districts purchase health care from a specific union-owned provider. Once they were free to ask insurance companies to bid on the job, cities found that they could purchase health care far more cheaply than from the union-favored firm.
This saving allowed most school districts to balance their budgets without cutting pay or laying off teachers. Once can only speculate on how much tax money that was supposed to pay for health care wound up in the coffers of the unions who required that school districts hire that specific company.
The Washington Post went into more detail:
No, what the public sector unions really can't abide is the legislation's requirement that public employees vote every year on union representation, coupled with an end to the automatic dues check-off on state paychecks. For the first time in decades, these organizations would actually have to prove on a regular basis that they're voluntary; and they would have to collect their own political war chests, instead of relying on the government to extract the cash for them.; [emphasis added]
Re-read the sentence above - under Walker's reform, unions have to prove by secret ballot that they're voluntary organizations instead of holding members and their cash by intimidation and the power of law, and they have to prove that the services unions provide are worth their cost to the workers who pay the dues. Although there were essentially no government employees laid off after Walker's law went into effect, there were layoffs - the union had to lay off many members of its administrative staff once their former captives had the ability to refuse to pay union dues and gleefully exercised it.
It's Do Or Die!
Wisconsin is an unusually union-friendly state which is why their budget crisis seemed so dire. The loss of dues income by the Wisconsin teachers shows plainly that the only way public sector unions can exist is through coercion and intimidation. When given a choice, teachers would prefer not to pay the union dues because they don't believe that the services the union provides are worth the price demanded.
The only way that unions can gain members is to badger legislators into passing laws requiring government employees to pay union dues as a condition of being hired.
The 2010 elections showed that Wisconsin voters are concerned about budget deficits and don't want taxes to go up. Having overcome a great deal of illegal opposition including faked sick calls, the Republicans are in no mood to let the unions' good times roll.
Hot Air tells what's at stake:
The standoff in Madison could become a seminal moment in American politics. At stake is control over public policy. Will that control go to the voters who rejected years of Democratic policies that brought huge budget deficits in Wisconsin thanks to pandering to public-sector unions, or to the unions who need to perpetuate those policies in order to get the cash necessary to wield power? Will Wisconsin have a representative government at all, or merely a rubber stamp for union bosses? [emphasis added]
Hot Air and the Washington Post have it right - this is a do-or-die moment for government employee unions. If the Republicans are able to deny union-coerced dues in Wisconsin, of all places, other Republican governors will do the same.
As with teachers' unions who oppose any change in classroom technique no matter how many children graduate without being able to read, this dispute over Governor Walker's hold on his office has nothing to do with the interests of the members whom the unions claim to represent. Changing health care providers cut costs enough that most cities were able to avoid layoffs. Not having to pay union exactions saved teachers a lot of money.
The only real "harm" done was to the unions' cash flow. Since this money is the source of their political power, the union leadership is pulling out all the stops to try to defeat the reforms.
If Republicans can kick union snouts out of the public trough in Wisconsin, it can be done anywhere.
Regardless of how the effort to recall Governor Walker turns out, there's simply no way the state can pay the gold-plated union pensions which were "negotiated" over the years. Those pensions won't be paid no matter what happens.
If Governor Walker stays in office, he plans to make further adjustments to keep his state solvent. If the voters throw him out. the state will go broke in pretty short order.
That's why this is such a "Go for broke" vote, in both directions. If the unions win, the state will go broke, if the unions lose, the unions will go broke and their leaders will have no more political power. We're looking on with bated breath to see how it comes out.
Will Offensicht is a staff writer for Scragged.com and an internationally published author by a different name. Read other Scragged.com articles by Will Offensicht or other articles on Economics.
Swamped by High Seas of Money 1
Union Cancer Goes for Broke
Wisconsin May Take an Ax to State Workers' Benefits and Their Unions
Tyranny in Wisconsin, part 3
WSJ: Unions about power, not democracy
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When the producers yield to the demands of the looters (unions) they are not praised but despised. The more the looters will demand until every last drop of blood is extracted from the corpse. The looters all throughout history have used the mantra of the public good and fairness to justify their demands. Each time it has ended in everyone starving and devastation. The producers act like slaves as they allow the burden of feeding not only their own families but those of the looters.
The voters of Wisconsin have a clear choice, vote free money and benefits for the unions from their very own pockets or say no, make your own way, we will no longer participate in our own suicide. If Wisconsin can do this at one point in time they will begin to question why they have exorbitant taxes extracted from their checks. A consumption tax is the fairest way to fund government as everyone would see what the real cost is.
A seminal election? Yes, one that could possibly put our country back on the track to capitalism, the system that raised serfs and peasants out of poverty and into a wealth that they could only dream about.


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In the Settings menu, press and then slide the Wi-Fi switch to the ON position.
This will turn on Wi-fi. The switch should say ON and it will be blue.
Your Walkman player will start searching for available Wi-Fi networks. When you see the network you want to connect to in the list under Wi-Fi, tap it.
NOTE: If for some reason you do not see your network, you can enter the information manually. Tap ADD NETWORK and enter the appropriate information.
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A Leader for Our Time
Jim Edwards' first car wasn't an American teenager's usual first car. As his longtime friend Scott Blackstock recalls, when Edwards turned 16, his first car was a very old—and very used—sports car. One of Edwards' classmates ran into the back of it, significantly damaging the car. A local mechanic and salvage yard owner in Edwards hometown of Barnesville, Georgia, knew how much Jim loved that … Continue reading A Leader for Our Time
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Leader of the Pod
If you look closely at the chilly, choppy waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, you might catch a glimpse of sleek black fins—the telltale sign of J pod, the extended family of orcas who haunt the inland waters between Washington state and British Columbia. Like all orca pods, J pod is matriarchal, made up of descendants of four matrilines. The pod sticks together; … Continue reading Leader of the Pod
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When Jelena Obrenic landed in Stockton, Calif., in July of 1991, her world was turning upside down. A month before, Slovenia and Croatia had declared independence from her home country, Yugoslavia, triggering several violent years of civil wars, ethnic conflict and the final collapse of Balkan Communism. It was her 18th birthday. She was alone in a new country as an exchange student, with $500 … Continue reading A Fresh Perspective
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Where Jeff Szyperski Knows Your Name
If you tag along with Jeff Szyperski in Kilmarnock, Va., the first thing you notice is that he seems to know everyone he sees. Drivers roll down their car windows to yell hello. In a branch of Chesapeake Bank, he greets the customers in the teller line by name and asks them about their kids. And he knows the names of all 240 employees of … Continue reading Where Jeff Szyperski Knows Your Name
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Making Miracles in Memphis
Viewed from Pitt and Barbara Hyde's office perched on the bluffs of Memphis, the Mississippi River appears to meander lazily on its way. But appearances can deceive. The river's smooth, muddy surface hides a powerful flow of more than 300,000 cubic feet each second, moving boats along at a rate of up to three miles per hour amid threatening eddies and undercurrents. Barbara and Pitt—winners … Continue reading Making Miracles in Memphis
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Nine Young Bankers Who Changed America
Early in 2016, while tracing the history of U.S. savings banks for an article I was writing on their bicentennial, I was intrigued by the stories of two of the founders of the savings bank movement: Philadelphian Condy Raguet and Bostonian James Savage. Both were 32 when, in 1816, they founded the first American savings banks in their respective hometowns. In addition to their contributions … Continue reading Nine Young Bankers Who Changed America
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Eyes on the Horizon
Not long after he became chairman and CEO of First Horizon National Corporation in 2008, Bryan Jordan found himself at the doctor. The doctor asked him what he did for a living, and Jordan replied that he was a banker. "Who do you work for?" the physician asked. "I said I work for First Horizon, and I started explaining what I did and he let … Continue reading Eyes on the Horizon
A Handcrafted Banking Turnaround
The year was 2011, and Blaine Jackson faced a tough choice. The then-34-year-old and his young family were seeking to relocate from Atlanta's northwestern suburbs to Charlotte, N.C. Jackson was the chief financial officer at a struggling community bank in Woodstock, right in the "ring of death," as the circle of failing banks around Atlanta was known in the years shortly after the financial crisis. … Continue reading A Handcrafted Banking Turnaround
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Daniel Joseph Greene (1850 – December 12, 1911) was a Newfoundland politician who briefly served as the colony's Premier.

A native of St. John's, he studied law at Laval University and became a lawyer. Daniel Greene was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1875 and became Leader of the Opposition in 1887. In 1889 he became a minister in the government of Liberal Premier Sir William Whiteway. A year after the controversial 1893 elections Whiteway's government was dismissed by the governor Arthur Murray due to petitions alleging corrupt electoral practices. Murray appointed Tory leader Augustus F. Goodridge as the new premier and helped the minority government stay in office. However, Goodridge resigned in December 1894 after the collapse of two banks.

Greene had become acting Liberal leader due to the disbarment of Whiteway from holding electoral office. On December 13, 1894, following the collapse of Goodridge's government, Greene was sworn in as premier.

Green's government promptly passed the Disabilities Removal Act  allowing  candidates who had been disqualified because of election irregularities in 1893 to seek election again. Specifically, it allowed Whiteway to return as Premier which occurred on February 8, 1895 when Greene resigned.

He died in St. John's in 1911.

His nephew Joseph M. Greene also served in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1928 to 1932. Joseph Green's son, James Greene, was leader of the Opposition Conservative Party from 1960 to 1966.

See also
Université Laval

References

External links

Premiers of Newfoundland Colony
Politicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
1850 births
1911 deaths

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Daniel Juette
Associate Professor of History
University of Heidelberg, Germany, PhD 2010
Area of Research/Interest
Cultural History, Urban History, History of Knowledge, Jewish History, German History, History of Material Culture and Everyday Life
Daniel Jütte is a historian of early modern and modern Europe. His research interests lie in cultural history, urban history and material culture, history of knowledge and science, and Jewish history. He is currently working on a history of transparency from antiquity to modern times.
Jütte is the author of two monographs. His award-winning The Age of Secrecy: Jews, Christians, and the Economy of Secrets, 1400–1800 (Yale University Press, 2015; first German ed. 2011) offers a general history of secrecy in the early modern period, with particular attention to the role of secrecy and secret sciences in Jewish-Christian relations. His second book, The Strait Gate: Thresholds and Power in Western History (Yale University Press, 2015), explores how doors, gates, and related technologies such as the key and the lock have shaped notions about security, privacy, and shelter.
Before joining NYU, Jütte taught as lecturer in the History Department at Harvard University as well as at the University of Heidelberg, from which he earned his Ph.D. in 2010. He has also held a number of fellowships: Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows (2011–2015); Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin (2015–16); and Eurias Fellow at the University of Cambridge (2016–2017). In addition, his work has been supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung), and the Daimler Benz Foundation.
Jütte has been recognized for excellence in teaching, but he also enjoys engaging non-academic audiences and readerships, e.g., as a contributor to media networks (such as the BBC, CNN, and Deutschlandradio) and major daily newspapers, including the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Die Welt.
Fellowships/ Honors
Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows (2011–2015); Honorary Starr Fellow, Harvard University (2013); Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin (2015–16); Eurias Fellow, University of Cambridge (2016–2017). Prizes include: Dyos Prize (Urban History; 2013); Ruprecht Karls Prize (University of Heidelberg 2012); Bruno Heck Science Prize (Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 2011).
The Strait Gate
The Age of Secrecy: Jews, Christians, and the Economy of Secrets, 1400–1800
Von der Toskana in den Orient: Ein Renaissance-Kaufmann auf Reisen
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012
Der jüdische Tenor Heinrich Sontheim (1820–1912)
Stadtarchiv, Göppingen, 2006
"Sleeping in Church: Preaching, Boredom, and the Struggle for Attention in Medieval and Early Modern Europe" (accepted for publication in the American Historical Review, forthcoming).
"Toward a History of the Corner" (forthcoming in RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics).
"Survivors of Witchcraft Trials and the Quest for Justice in Early Modern Germany" (forthcoming in the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies).
"Comfort, Class and Climate Change: The Rise of Glass in Late Medieval and Early Modern Domestic Architecture" Cultural & Social History 15, no. 5 (2018), pp. 621–641.
Walls, Borders, and Boundaries in World History (AHR Conversation with S. Akbari, T. Herzog, C. Nightingale, W. Rankin, and K. Weitzberg), American Historical Review 122, no. 5 (2017), 1501–1553.
Defenestration as Ritual Punishment: Windows, Power, and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe, in: Journal of Modern History 89, no. 1 (2017), pp. 1–38.
"Living Stones: The House as Actor in Early Modern Europe." Journal of Urban History 42, no. 4 (2016), pp. 659–687.
"'They shall not keep their doors or windows open': Urban Space and the Dynamics of Conflict and Contact in Premodern Jewish-Christian Relations." European History Quarterly 46, no. 2. (2016), pp. 209–237. Winner of the journal's annual prize for the best article published in 2016
"Window Gazes and World Views: A Chapter in the Cultural History of Vision." Critical Inquiry 42 (2016), no. 3, pp. 611–646.
"Smashed Panes and 'Terrible Showers': Windows, Violence, and Honor in the Early Modern City," West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture 22, no. 2 (2015), pp. 131–156.
"Entering a City: On a Lost Early Modern Practice." Urban History 41, no. 2 (2014), pp. 204–227. Winner of the Dyos prize for the best article submitted to the journal in 2012
"Interfaith Encounters between Jews and Christians in the Early Modern Period and Beyond: Toward a Framework," American Historical Review 118, no. 2 (2013), pp. 378–400.
"Trading in Secrets: Jews and the Early Modern Quest for Clandestine Knowledge." Isis 103, no. 4 (2012), pp. 668–686.
For a complete list of publications, please see www.danieljuette.com/publications/
Associate Professor of History daniel.juette@nyu.edu King Juan Carlos Center, Rm. 613
53 Washington Square South
Daniel Juette's Personal Page


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import (
	"github.com/juju/utils/packaging/commands"
	"github.com/juju/utils/proxy"
	gc "gopkg.in/check.v1"
)

var _ = gc.Suite(&ZypperSuite{})

type ZypperSuite struct {
	paccmder commands.PackageCommander
}

func (s *ZypperSuite) SetUpSuite(c *gc.C) {
	s.paccmder = commands.NewZypperPackageCommander()
}

func (s *ZypperSuite) TestProxyConfigContentsEmpty(c *gc.C) {
	out := s.paccmder.ProxyConfigContents(proxy.Settings{})
	c.Assert(out, gc.Equals, "")
}

func (s *ZypperSuite) TestProxyConfigContentsPartial(c *gc.C) {
	sets := proxy.Settings{
		Http: "dat-proxy.zone:8080",
	}

	output := s.paccmder.ProxyConfigContents(sets)
	c.Assert(output, gc.Equals, "HTTP_PROXY=dat-proxy.zone:8080")
}

func (s *ZypperSuite) TestProxyConfigContentsFull(c *gc.C) {
	sets := proxy.Settings{
		Http:  "dat-proxy.zone:8080",
		Https: "https://much-security.com",
		Ftp:   "gimme-files.zone",
	}
	expected := `HTTP_PROXY=dat-proxy.zone:8080
HTTPS_PROXY=https://much-security.com
FTP_PROXY=gimme-files.zone`

	output := s.paccmder.ProxyConfigContents(sets)
	c.Assert(output, gc.Equals, expected)
}

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Stories By Year
AmirMateen.com
Special Report-PPP 4 Who's who in the invisible govt of Zardari
PPP, Stories, The News, Year 2010
By Amir Mateen
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari looks taller by readily giving away his powers through the 18th Amendment. But this may have been one of the smartest moves that he ever made.
Beneath this faÁade of a seemingly powerless Presidency lurks the most potent political and administrative machinery this country has ever seen. He has got twice the size of senior bureaucrats overseeing his invisible government than Musharraf had. The dictator was often accused of running the entire show from the Presidency and his prime ministerial troika was dubbed as a mere rubber stamp. But Musharraf only had four director generals of grade 20. Zardari's administrative colossus has five additional secretaries of grade 21 (Zaid Zaman, Shahzad Arbab, Ishaq Lashari, Zafar Qadir and his press secretary Taimoor Azmat); the sixth slot vacated recently by Abdul Shafiq who got promoted as Secretary is to be filled; Justice (R) Ali Nawaz Chauhana gets the equivalence of additional secretary as legal consultant; Additional Secretary Hassan Javed of the Foreign Office has been replaced by Director General, Farrukh Amil; and at the top is Secretary to the President, Asif Hayat. There is a team of baboos and finally, at the top of this pyramid sits a super babu.
The team of baboos runs the invisible government of Zardari where they get a soft copy of every important file — involving lucrative deals, leases, exemptions, quotas, awards of contracts, important transfers and postings — from every ministry, division, or corporation. A discreet system has been devised where a copy (called "soft" because it is not officially required and acknowledged) of every important file from every government department lands at the Presidency. Once it is approved at the Presidency, after the "deal" they say, the message is conveyed to the concerned department or ministry either on telephone or through a coded message like, say, a green "tick" mark.
A huge structure of government officials is maintained at the Presidency and nothing escapes them. The size of the Presidency is almost double the Prime Minister's Secretariat. The PM Secretariat has four additional secretaries of grade 21 and a recently promoted, out of turn, principal secretary, Nargis Sethi.
Nargis is the junior most official ever posted as principal secretary, which is considered as the pinnacle of bureaucracy. She serves the purpose as being so inexperienced and junior she cannot resist the mighty team of baboos in the Presidency. The reason for maintaining so many senior officials at the Presidency is that seniority brings access to a dedicated "green" telephone. They can simply call the ministries for the movement of "important" files up and down and convey the approval and disapproval of any project, transfer or contract. No questions asked; no proofs whatsoever.
Zardari has been smart enough to keep the team of baboos. Learning from their earlier experience, which resulted in them ending up in jails and exiles, they have tailored a system which will not leave a single proof of any irregularity this time around.
The team of baboos has organised his administrative mammoth so well that nothing gets done without it. The additional secretaries have been kept under the guise of administration, coordination, establishment, human development, infrastructure, foreign and legal affairs. Each official is actually given charge of a province along with a long list of divisions and projects. For instance, Additional Secretary Ishaque Lashari has to monitor the Sindh province and the Cultural Division, the Environment Division, the Education Division, HEC, the Food and Agriculture Division, the Health Division, the Overseas Pakistanis Division, the Housing and Works Division, the Human Rights Division, the Labour and Manpower Division, the Livestock and Dairy development Division, the Population Welfare Division and the list is endless. He ensures that not a single thing is approved in these divisions without a nod from the Presidency.
The 18th Amendment has taken away the powers Zardari could not use. He knew that he did not have the political strength to remove or change the chief of army staff; nor could he remove or change the chief justice as proved by events; and nor did he have the strength to dissolve the Parliament. And he also knew where he drew his power from and you know what? That invisible government stays-and is thriving.
Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, one must say, is "game" to this whole system. He maintains a faÁade of sometimes being "independent" and resisting the presidential overtures. But on the inside he lets Zardari run the government with occasional "chunks" from the booty thrown his way as well.
Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said he was not aware of the "invisible government" but confirmed the placement of all the government machinery at the Presidency. Babar being a straight and honest soul would not know of such mechanisms. He is not drawing any salary and is using his own car, fuel and even telephone. Many others like the president's Political Secretary Rukhsana Bangash, Hisham Riaz (the son of the recently imprisoned FIA's Ahmad Riaz Sheikh), Farahnaz Ispahani will also claim that they are not drawing any salary but they enjoy the perks of the Presidency with a relish. A battalion of "go-betweens" of the invisible government, named as unofficial advisors, hangs out permanently at the Presidency. The most important of them all, Dr Qayyum Soomro, is known to be the person "who gets things done." The most sought after person in Pakistan, Soomro, a former jail doctor, had dedicated his life to bringing "biscuits and pastries" for the president's guests. Zardari once scolded him for not serving me tomato sauce when I visited him at the courts. He is believed to have kept a visa of Afghanistan and a vehicle ready on the border to whisk him away from the "ECL eyes" if push comes to shove at some stage.
The "hangers-on" never leave the Presidency in the hope that they might attract the eyes or the ears of the president at any time of the day or night. They do not have offices in the Presidency but are looking for any chunks from the invisible government. Waqar Ali Khan, whose family has a way of getting into the Senate through "golden brief cases" is a bona fide "hanger-on." Musharraf, despite his love for cronyism, did not make this one a minister. The credit goes to the "People's Party" for making him part of the cabinet. He almost made it to the Finance Ministry. Imagine a cat guarding milk. The rest of the list of "hangers-on" is long, the most active among them being Abida Hussain's daughter, Sughra Imam, Jamil Soomro, Mehrin Raja, Farzana Raja and Kamal Majidullah.
The biggest circus at the Presidency goes in the media section. The media is accustomed to having the good old Farhatullah around from the difficult years when his office did not even have proper chairs. Come power, a whole band of media handlers have jumped in. Farahnaz Ispahani watches the interest of her company, which the Haqqani couple claims they have disowned on paper, than of the President.
Dr Qayyum Soomro also arranges the president's meetings with journalists, mostly with his own types though. Farzana and Fauzia also delve into media affairs. The team of baboos has brought in Taimoor Asmat as president's press secretary. He is the same person that Pervaiz Elahi deputed for PPP's vilification in the last election. Interestingly, he is obliging the same media company that was earlier banned for its malpractices. But this is the criterion that makes Zardari's team shine out.
—Concluded
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Bombardier completes CMS retrofit on Global Express XRS in Singapore
By Izzy Kington on	 25th July 2019 Completion, Refurbishment & Maintenance, Facilities, IFEC & CMS
Bombardier's service centre at Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore has completed the first full CMS retrofit on a Bombardier business jet in the Asia-Pacific region. The customer opted to replace the 10-year-old CMS on their Global Express XRS with Lufthansa Technik's nice HD CMS and an SDR wi-fi system.
"This Global Express XRS customer sought a facility that had the ability to take on such an upgrade to enhance the customer experience," said Simon Wayne, general manager of the Singapore service centre. "The passenger control units for the nice HD system fit into the Global's existing locations, which saved the customer time and money."
The milestone comes as the service centre is in the midst of an expansion that will see the facility more than quadruple its 100,000ft² (9,260m²) footprint to approximately 430,000ft² (40,000m²). Building work started in February 2019, with a targeted completion date in 2020. The "super centre" will offer a full range of maintenance, refurbishment and modification services on site.
"This achievement underscores the outstanding engineering and maintenance teams that we have at the Singapore service centre serving our customers in the Asia-Pacific region," said Jean-Christophe Gallagher, vice president and general manager, customer experience, Bombardier Business Aircraft. "Since opening in February 2014, the Singapore centre has established itself as a centre of excellence for all types of retrofits, maintenance procedures and upgrades. With the expansion of this facility, we will continue to provide customers in the Asia-Pacific region with enhanced reliability and service options and create future opportunities to reach more achievements like this one."
The service centre expansion will introduce new customer facilities, including a 37,000ft² (3,500m²) paint shop, "advanced" interior finishing capabilities, with key support functions such as training, sales and customer support, and an expanded portfolio of component, repair and overhaul services. It will also offer heavy structural and composite repair capabilities, in addition to a 10,000ft² (929m²) integrated parts depot.
The centre can service the full range of Bombardier Global, Challenger and Learjet aircraft including the flagship Global 7500.
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The other day, on January 1st, I went out shooting with as small cadre of great photographers around New York City. We didn't have much of an agenda when we started on Essex Street in the Lower East Side. I strapped on my Canon 14mm prime lens and resolved to use it as the only lens for the day. I wanted to see how much fun I could have with the linear distortion that this lens is famous for.
After about an hour of roaming the streets, we decided to walk across the Williamsburg Bridge. Whenever visitors come to NYC and we go shooting, I usually opt to cross the iconic Brooklyn Bridge because of how gorgeous it is. The Williamsburg Bridge is certainly more of a utility player here. Not much in terms of aesthetics – it just faithfully serves its purpose of allowing commuters to cross from one borough to another.
About halfway through, the bridge forks into two primary paths. My original knee-jerk reaction was to shoot this head-on. That's how I started my frame and almost as quickly got back up and walked away. There was nothing to it. It was so boring. I wanted to change the frame up a bit to add something more dynamic, incentivizing the eye to follow through.
Enter our friend, the Dutch Tilt. A quick Google search will give you an idea of how the Dutch Tilt can be used – or overused. Like anything in life, it's good to enjoy in moderation (leave your HDR is the devil comments at the door, though :) ). I felt that, by tilting the lens counterclockwise just a bit, the scene became that much more interesting. Since I was going for distortion, I wasn't fazed by the lack of perfectly rectilinear lines. I also liked that I could terminate the arm bar onto the lower left corner of the frame. I love doing that.
This is a nine exposure tone-mapped HDR image, processed in #Photomatix. I had to tone-map here because there was a huge amount of dynamic range that exceeded the capabilities of a single RAW file. Doing so allowed me to preserve highlight detail and also keep the darker shadow detail. I added a series of effects from +onOne Software Perfect Effects 3 to stylize and created a shallow depth of field using FocalPoint 2.
When I returned to Lightroom, I used an adjustment brush to bring out the detail and gamma of the pedestrian icons on the ground by boosting clarity and brightness. I also added some saturation to the yellow lines and grate using another adjustment brush.
So there you have it. And with that, I ask – what is your thought on using a Dutch Tilt?Share it out.
love the tilt — you got interesting drawings on the street as the center of attention — and, as always, your processing.
i tilt often, especially when my lens and position can't get wide enough to get the information i want into the frame.
I'd never heard of the term Dutch Tilt before, so thanks for explaining something I had seen but never known what it was!
+Lisa Jones My pleasure! That's why I love trying to add some educational/anecdotal content to each image I post.
Your photo is a good case for it. Honestly its the first time I heard the term. Always nice to learn about a new concept in photography. The changes you made in the photo are very subtle. I never would have known if you had not mentioned it.
Great perspective and wide view. Nice image.
+Brian Matiash Very cool image. Dutch tilt can work for the composition, as it does here. Doesn't every Photographer go the a tilt phase, I know I did. Hence the caution about its overuse. But that led to a better understanding of when and how to use it….so it was worth a month or two of throw away images. Lastly this is very timely, we just talked about Dutch Tilt in a hangout Monday. I see that +Boris Gorelik has already added his "+2".
dutch tilt absolutely works here and i love everything about this shot!!
Great Love how you captured and processed this!
I like to throw a tilted shot in with my lifestyle photos of people, especially when I'm doing a tighter shot. I usually shoot it all ways though: horizontal, vertical, and tilted … then again, I am shooting stock and want there to be more than one option for designers to pick from.
+Shane Srogi That sounded like a great hangout – hopefully I can make future ones!
And I do agree with you – and you do bring up an interesting point to chat about (could make a great hangout). Namely, I think it would be really interesting to discuss all of the different phases that photographers (both new and seasoned) go through as they grow and learn. I'd love to get a hangout scheduled around that.
My first time hearing that phrase as well. There is a "Tilt-Shift" option on my camera360 app that is pretty cool, I don't know what that term means or what exactly it is doing, but it seems to make part of the image more focused than the other. Interesting and informative post, I like reading about the actual process of creating such an image.
I love the tilt I just forget that I can use it, honestly I probably have about 5 (purposefully) tilted images, something I'l have to work on keeping in mind while I'm out shooting. What do you think about tilting during a portrait?
Dude this came out rockin. Nice job!
+pete collins Ahhh yeah, those were the good ol' days.
I dutch tilted my wife once, but it didn't work out and she spent a week on meds.


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Women's Voices Theater Festival
The Women's Voices Theater Festival: 'Phoebe in Winter' at the Single Carrot Theatre
Lauren Honeycutt
War is a horrible thing. It not only affects those who fight in the trenches, but it impacts those waiting for their loved ones at home. And once these soldiers arrive home (or don't, in some cases), what happens next? Single Carrot Theatre's Phoebe in Winter shows how much a war can affect the identities of an entire family.
Playwright Jen SIlverman.
Part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival, Jen Silverman's Phoebe in Winter opens with the elderly Da Creedy and his maid/illegitimate daughter Boggett awaiting the return of his three sons from war. Soon after sons Anther and Jeremiah arrive home, the door bursts open to reveal Phoebe, holding an gun and insisting that since her brothers were killed by soldiers in the war, she will now claim this family as her own. Phoebe quickly gains power in the household, causing Boggett to take on the role of the still-missing Liam and Da Creedy to don a maid's outfit to care for the household. Once Liam arrives home, however, everything quickly changes, information about the war and the family's former roles are revealed, and no one feels comfortable in their own skin.
Genevieve De Mahy's direction is spectacular from the moment the audience arrives at the theatre until the final creative curtain call. When my friend and I entered the theatre, we had to walk across the stage with a scene between Da Creedy and Boggett already in progress. My friend turned to me and whispered, "Are we supposed to be on stage?" Yes, we were, and it's directing choices like this one that make the audience feel like part of the cast from moment one.
Lauren Erica Jackson is powerful as the confident and vigilant Phoebe. Even in moments when she seems vulnerable or tender, she still wears the armor of Phoebe's thick skin.
Richard Goldberg is comical and endearing as the befuddled Da Creedy, who desperately searches for a comfortable identify throughout the show.
The three soldier brothers are a perfectly matched set. Paul Diem does a wonderful job with the role of overly-polite and overly-apologetic Anther. Matthew Shea is electric as the hot-headed Jeremiah, and Dustin C.T. Morris is engaging as the childlike, loveable Liam.
Stealing the show, however, is Lauren A. Saunders as Boggett. Her character smoothly and quickly evolves from a hysterical maid to a confident soldier. Even at her most self-assured moments, one can see the emotions brimming at the surface, ready to erupt as soon as Liam arrives home. She is truly a star.
Scenic Designer Jason Randolph's set is a multi-level masterpiece, decorated with vintage furniture and accessories (including a gorgeous claw-foot tub with running water!).
Sarah Kendrick's costumes are not only detailed and lovely (down to the tiny buttons on Boggett's shoes), but they also help to distinguish the characters' old and new identities. For example, as Phoebe becomes from ingratiated into the home, her wardrobe becomes more like that of a dignified lady and less like that of a combat solider.
Lighting Designer Tabetha White beautifully accentuates the scenes with light and makes the final climactic scene even more powerful by lighting the entire stage in red.
Sound Designer Steven Krigel's incorporation of music and news through the vintage radio adds even more meaning to already poignant scenes.
While the acting and production of the show is top-notch, the play itself could use some work. The play begins and draws the audience into a family in conflict. Once Liam arrives home, however, everything is turned on its head, and the work turns from compelling to bizarre, and at times, it's confusing.
Lauren Erica Jackson in 'Phoebe in Winter.' Photo courtesy of Single Carrot Theatre.
Not only do we see the turmoil that erupts in a post-war family, but the characters of Phoebe and Boggett exemplify the strength of women that is meant to be showcased during the Women's Voices Theater Festival.
Phoebe in Winter has an exceptional cast that must be seen.
Running Time: 90 minutes, with no intermission.
Note: This performance contains nudity and fog.
Phoebe in Winter plays through October 18, 2015 at Single Carrot Theatre—2600 North Howard Street, in Baltimore, MD. For tickets, purchase them online.
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Lauren Honeycutt has been involved in theatre since she played a Townsperson in her 4th grade production of 'Steamboatin'. Since then, she performed in community theatre productions of 'Once Upon a Mattress,' 'The Wiz,' and played the role of Penelope Ann in 'Bye Bye Birdie.' Lauren taught English and Drama for 8 years, directing the school plays, and she was a choreographer and assistant director at Drama Learning Center. Currently, Lauren works for an educational publisher and enjoys her happy farm life in Harford County.


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Tennis is one among the famous and fastest-growing sport in Dubai. This developed and beautiful city is known for hosting Duty Free Tennis Championships. Keeping the love for tennis in mind, tennis clubs and coaching centers have been established throughout Dubai in order to provide the public with opportunities to play and compete for life. Either you are a beginner, social player or a skilled tennis player, Dubai has numerous well-known organizations for you to participate in, polishing your tennis skills.
The tennis clubs and coaching centers of Dubai provide you with an amazing environment where you can go and be socialized, meeting the tennis enthusiasts. This simple guide contains some well-known tennis clubs and coaching centers of Dubai in order to facilitate you in selecting the one according to your requirements.
Al Nasr Leisureland is one among the best family oriented leisure centers for sports and leisure. Moreover, it is the right place to be if you really love to enjoy tennis and other sports in Dubai. It is an ideal grooming place for the tennis beginners and professionals. Al Nasr Leisureland also organizes various tennis events.
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The Ritz Carlton Dubai, luxurious hotel, offers some of the uniquely designed tennis program programs. Non-hotel guests can also enjoy the tennis programs offered by the Ritz Carlton Beach Club Dubai, paying the charges. The club is committed to help people of all ages in enhancing their tennis skills. You can take your family along with you as the club offer special sessions are also conducted for the children.


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Grey's Recap: Stakes are high for Alex Karev
Cayla Masters September 30, 2016, 10:14 am
After Alex Karev's tearful arrest last week, viewers can't even bare to see his life spiral out of control any more. Unfortunately, Thursday night's episode was not any better.
DeLuca's lawyer is now pushing for Alex to be convicted of a felony rather than a misdemeanor. Alex has pleaded not guilty to the charges. What is most frustrating about all of this is the fact it all could have been avoided. Jo should have just been honest with Alex from the very beginning. We have seen how much compassion Alex possesses and as doctor who specializes in pediatrics, we know he has a pure heart of gold. So yes Jo, we're kind of blaming you for Alex's life deteriorating.
As for the other drama going on in the hospital, Maggie is continuously fantasizing about Riggs. Although she enjoys the hot and steamy parking lot dreams, she decided to ask him out on a date. Meredith obviously tries to be supportive, but it's difficult when she has clear feelings for Riggs herself.
Baby Harriet is going home, but April isn't quite ready to be released under doctor's orders. The fact her little girl left the hospital and she's stuck there caused her to feel a great deal of anger. April looked at it as she's losing precious time to bond with Harriet. Jackson tried to explain to her that she has the rest of her life to spend with their daughter and should focus on getting better. April doesn't want Jackson's sympathetic words or help because they aren't together.
Amelia decided to have a housewarming party with hopes to make Riggs and Owen's friends again. She knows how close they were at one point, observing how happy they were at her and Owen's wedding. Owen tried to tell her she doesn't want to rekindle their friendship.
Jo is assigned to work with Amelia and her patients. Amelia got Jo to open up to her about how she is doing. The entire hospital is picking sides and making predictions as if this were two teams going head to head in the Superbowl. After seeing Jo practically on the verge of a breakdown, Amelia asked her to attend the housewarming party she's hosting so she can get away from the drama in her life for one evening. She also noted that Alex will not be in attendance.
Owen asked Meredith to go to the housewarming party to keep Riggs occupied. This way, he won't be stuck engaging in conversations with him. He saw how well Meredith and Riggs hit it off at the wedding. Meredith said she can't, obviously wanting to avoid the tension with Riggs. Maggie swooped in and said she would go in place of Meredith, who then decided she would join Maggie and attend. Hmm, jealousy getting the best of you, Mer?
Speaking of Meredith, she also ran into DeLuca in the elevator and tried convincing him to drop the charges, reminding him that everyone has a call of bad judgement from time to time. This rubbed DeLuca the wrong way, seeing this as Meredith trying to blackmail him.
Alex has been trying hard to focus on his work. He was in charge of handling the case of a young boy named Zack whose appendicitis posed a threat to his new kidney. Meredith told Alex about how poorly the encounter with DeLuca went, then insisted he come to Amelia and Owen's housewarming party.
Ben noticed something suspicious on Zack's tests; however, Alex brushed it off because his mind became consumed by the second degree charge and losing everything he has. But, not being on his A game caused Alex to miss a sign that Zack had an infection and needed urgent surgery.
At the Hunts' party, Meredith warned Riggs that Maggie planned on asking him out. She instructed him to be nice and say no. After their brief encounter, Meredith saw Jo and suggested she talk to Alex as she knows that Jo cares about him. She clarified that she does care, but only about what Alex did to DeLuca.
Jo walked outside and found herself face-to-face with Alex. He apologized for everything, though Jo wasn't phased. She explained to Alex that he continuously lashes out and hurts people and sure as hell hurt her when he effortlessly called her trash. Sigh, can't these two just talk their problems out like two normal people?
Back at the hospital, Zack's condition had gotten worse. When Alex arrived, Bailey refused to let him scrub in. She also questioned Meredith as to why she threatened DeLuca. "There's no need to go down with him," Bailey told Meredith, advising her to stop trying to help Alex. Meredith tried to clear the air with DeLuca. She then asked him to help assist her on Zack's surgery. Before his procedure, Alex told his Zack to be strong, reminding him that "nothing's as bad as broccoli."
Bailey took note of Alex's positive influence on his former patient, reminding her how great of a doctor he is despite this mess. Bailey broke the news to Alex that he cannot perform surgery at Grey Sloan anymore; however, she isn't going to go as far as to fire him. He will be demoted and start working at the Denny Duquette Clinic.
Jackson knew how upset April has been being in the hospital and away from their daughter, so he Facetimed her to sing Harriet to sleep. Jackson then asked April to move in with him until she was fully recovered. This way, she can have the help she needs. April was hesitant and wanted Jackson to respect boundaries, but told her ex that she'll think about it. We wish April would stop being so stubborn. After all, Jackson is Harriet's father!
The episode ended with Jo returning to her and Alex's loft. Alex is at his pal Mer's drowning his sorrows in beer and popcorn. Meredith spilled to him that she had sex with Riggs in her car. As she was about to fill him on the love triangle, Maggie arrived home and went straight for the tequila bottle. As expected, Riggs turned her down when she asked him out. He explained that he wasn't ready to date anyone right now. Meredith tells her half-sister that it is now time to move on. Maggie agreed, until her hope was restored when realizing Riggs said he wasn't ready to date "right now." As Alex quickly caught on and exchanged a look with Mer, Maggie declared that she was going to "give it some time." Yikes, just when Mer thinks she dodged a bullet, she ends up being dug a deeper hole.
Do you think it's time for Meredith to come clean and tell Maggie about her and Riggs? Send us a tweet at @CelebMix and let us know your thoughts!
Written by Cayla Masters
Music, pop culture and cheesesteak lover. Follow me on Twitter, @caylamasters
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The big turnout (10.000 according to Reuters) at Semayawi Party's demonstration in Addis Ababa yesterday has nudged a good number of opposition activists to indulge into a binge of triumphalism in the blogosphere.
By the same token, just because 10,000 Ethiopians took part in a peaceful protest in Addis Ababa, doesn't mean that opposition parties have won a general election. So why are we witnessing scripts of jollification in the blogosphere?
In his latest online sermon to the toxic Diaspora – a Diaspora that has refused to pay heed to his weekly call that they should turn radioactive - Professor Al Mariam is seen committing a lapse of judgment which, I must state, are wholly unbecoming of a man with glittering credentials. In his attempt to make a mountain out of a molehill, therefore, he portrays the peaceful protest as a milestone occasion in the annals of Ethiopia by equating it with Ethiopia's awakening. His long-drawn-out "Ethiopia has risen" is, therefore, nothing more than a chilly reminder that popinjays, like Al Mariam, not only have a clue about the reality on the ground, but worse of all, they are at loggerheads with the will and aspirations of ordinary Ethiopians. Like always, this fugleman of the politics of hate has 'sexed-up' his sermon with a dollop of hyperboles. Contrary to the account of Reuters' on the spot correspondence, Al Mariam, the sensationalist, has raised the number of people who took part in the demonstration from ten thousand to one hundred thousand.
On a more serious note, however, what the granting of permission for a demonstration to take place - especially at a time when critics of EPRDF are making preposterous claim of Ethiopia has turned into a bon-fire waiting to happen following the death of its visionary leader, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, - signifies is a state of supreme confidence on the part of Prime Minister Haile Mariam Desalegn's administration. Viewed from the point of view of a much vaunted demonstration, however, what you see is not what you get. For a start, though the protest was called and organised by Semayawi Party the great majority of demonstrators where from other parties carrying out collateral duties. Secondly, the fact that the most the hugely publicised demo can draw is a mere ten thousand - in a city of over 4 million - is proof, if proof were required, that support for EPRDF in what is believed to be a stronghold of Ethiopia's mongrelised opposition remains solid.


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FDA News about Expanded Access Program
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"The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) applauds the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for finalizing its efforts to streamline the process used by patients and their physicians seeking expanded access to investigational new drugs and biologics.
Their release of the final Individual Patient Expanded Access Investigational New Drug Application - Form FDA 3926 - can be used by physicians to request expanded access, often referred to as "compassionate use," for patients suffering from serious or immediately life-threatening diseases and for whom no comparable or satisfactory alternative therapy is available. The shortened form reduces the time to completion from hours to only 45 minutes; a drastic improvement in alleviating the burden on patients and their physicians. To provide further clarity, step-by-step instructions have also been provided for completing the new form.
In addition, the FDA also released two additional final guidance documents outlining what expanded access is, when and how to request it, and the type of information required to do so. The other provides regulations on how patients may be charged for investigational new drugs.
NORD submitted comments to the FDA on the Individual Patient Expanded Access Application: Form FDA 3926 in April 2015 outlining our enthusiastic support for the creation of a unique form tailored specifically to individual patient expanded access requests."
- From NORD Press Release.
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The purposes of this investigation were to further examine whether there was a relationship between gender and a locus of control orientation, as well does a specified major, in this case being STEM-related majors, constitute a higher internal locus of control? A review of the present literature demonstrates a lack of research in regards to undergraduate major and locus of control orientation. The need for further understanding in regards to the gender gap within STEM-related majors is established. To investigate further, data was collected via undergraduate students' completion of Rotter's Locus of Control I-E scale and a brief demographics questionnaire, which was made available through the Rowan Subject Pool Online Survey Database. Two-way analysis of variance revealed no significant relationship between both gender and major in regards to a more dominant locus of control orientation. Interpretations of these findings as well as limitations of the present study and conclusions to be made are discussed.
Napowanetz, Nicole, "Undergraduate major and locus of control" (2014). Theses and Dissertations. 321.


Friday trips to the farmer's market!
Fun with paint and words.
A little addition to our entry way -- cacti makes things greener and easier on the eyes, no?
The eve of a full moon! Look up tonight!
This week went by at a super speed. Being sick doesn't help with the pace of life although the downtime is good too. Wishing you a lovely weekend!


Okay, you know the drill: purchase a house below the current market rate, make some repairs and improvements to it, and then turn around and sell [flip] the house to generate big profits. While the concept of flipping houses is nice, the reality is that so much more is involved in flipping real estate. Without the proper knowledge on how the process works, you could end up being saddled with a house you really do not want to own or end up taking a big loss on the sale of your property. The real estate market has the potential to create huge profit windfalls for the savvy buyer. Here are a couple of tips to help increase your profit margin when flipping houses: Buy low and sell high. How do you find homes to buy below the market? 1.
Create a free brochure titled "3 ways to avoid foreclosure and get cash NOW for your equity". Then, distribute your brochure to people who are currently in the foreclosure process and homeowners who are currently 90 to 120 days behind on their mortgage payments. By the way, one of the helpful tips in your brochure should be to call you for a quick sale. You can obtain foreclosure information from your local court house. For a list of homeowners who are currently behind on their mortgage payments you will need to contact a credit agency - Experian.
com, Equifax.com, or TransUnion.com. 2. Contact divorce attorneys in your area. Offer your home buying service as a resource to help clients liquidate their homes quickly at a fair price. Now, before you get into house flipping there are five main points you must take into consideration prior to closing on your deal: Acquisition Costs – Every home will cost you money before the deal is even finalized. Plan on writing out checks to your attorney, to the title company, government agencies – such as recording fees, and an application fee for a mortgage [unless you are paying cash], and other closing costs. Look into getting an option arm mortgage loan with a 1% minimum payment. This type of loan program can increase your cash flow by cutting your monthly payment in half! These loans will also allow you to take a small piece of your equity and turn it into a tax deduction by creating deferred mortgage interest.
Management Costs – During the period you own the home you can expect to shell out cash for property taxes, utilities, lawn maintenance, homeowners insurance, mortgage payments, and more. The longer you keep the home, the more expenses you will incur. Home Improvement Costs – Are you ripping out the kitchen? Laying new flooring? Putting in a new garden? Whatever repairs and improvements you make, are you certain that you can recoup these costs when you flip the house? Will the value of the house increase enough to cover your expenses? Selling Costs – Once you are ready to sell the home, will you be selling it privately or through a realtor? Real estate commissions running as high as 6% can eat up your profits very quickly. In addition, you will need to pay an attorney to represent your interests and pay any other related expenses. Capital Gains – A "good problem" to have is to make so much money off of flipping houses that you have to worry about paying capital gains taxes. You may avoid federal taxes, but your state or local government may assess a tax on you. Count on it especially if you live in a high tax area! The "deal" you thought you made with the purchase of a house can quickly evaporate if the market turns cold or your expenses run too high. Carefully consider all five points before taking action and know your local real estate market inside and out. Yes, people do make tidy profits by flipping houses, while others lose out. Do your homework before jumping in to make certain that you understand everything before buying a house that you plan on flipping later.


Sparky and Chuck, housemates and fellow intelligence analysts in Last of the Annamese, learn to identify by sound the explosions they hear as the North Vietnamese lay siege to Saigon. They can tell mortars from artillery and distinguish between friendly and enemy fire. Toward the end, what starts as distant thunder becomes explosions inside the compound where they're holed up.
Once again, the experience of Sparky and Chuck is based on my own during the fall of Saigon. Unlike my characters, I never became adept at classifying the weapons being fired based on the sounds of their impacting shells. Sparky and Chuck had both worked closely with mortars and artillery. My time providing signals intelligence support to combat units was spent exclusively with infantry. I certainly saw close up the results of shelling, but I never worked in direct support of artillery.
What I became very good at toward the end was gauging how close the rocket, mortar, and artillery explosions were to me. I listened as they came nearer and knew almost to the hour when shells would land in our compound. The first contiguous hits came on the night of 28 April 1975. By the time I was evacuated by helicopter on the night of 29 April, our compound was taking direct hits. The building next door to us was destroyed, and the western gate to our compound was struck, killing two Marines on guard there. I never suffered a direct hit, but several were close enough that my hearing was permanently damaged. To this day I wear hearing aids.


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Hey i read some info recently about advantages of different types of fuel injection. I have a 1996 Camaro with teh 3.8 SFI V6 i found that Direct injection seems to be the best option however i have SFI. is there a way to switch form SFI to direct injection? From what ive read i think the differnces would be the intake manifolds and the head and some computer tweeking. probably sounds like a stupid idea but im a big dreamer and this sounds like a fun project if its even possible.
i wouldve liked the power but that wasnt the whole reason direct gets better effeciency was another reason. and trust me id love to get a V8 but i dont have the funds right now and insurance for a 17 yo male even with my perfect record is still insanely high even with the V6. i was just thinkin in my own world and tryin to gain some knowledge. cuz eventually i plan on pulling the motor and rebiulding it i figured might as well make it direct injection while im at it. thanks for the info though, hate those computers they put in the cars.
Good for you for the perfect driving record. Wish I could say that when I was 17. Just know that there's near DNA with the original engine and transmission with most cars and trucks too. Alterations to entirely different systems (engine, trans and lots more) would be such a hassle and so expensive there's no savings IMO. This car should be pretty efficient the way it was designed. The slight upgrade in any power or fuel efficiency is pennies vs the cost and time to make legal real changes.
You would need to go back to 1974 or older to really be able to play around with cars to your liking. Same here with the over computerizing of cars. It's a love/hate thing. When the systems work perfectly it's just that - perfect. When they screw up it costs more big time.
Why does this or do you think it needs an engine overhaul? Cared for it should be serviceable for a long time.
If on a budget and for fun with a car I'd go with cosmetic changes you may like more than mechanical stuff. It was built to be the best it could for the year and engine it is. Not much you can do to improve on it for power or economy IMO. Spending a couple thousand to get 2 MPGs and 10 more HP just wont pay off if you even get that.
its only a perfect driving record cause i dont get caught ;) luckiest driver oyull ever meet when it comes to havin fun in cars. only time i ever see cops is when i think of doin somthin then decide against it cause it doesnt feel right.
my car doesnt need it but its something i want to do with this car, it was my first car and i love it to death but unfortunatley the past owners didnt have the same mindest, its on its second transmission which i had ot replace about a month after buyin the car, and it only gets around 18MPg where as ive read they should get around 23-25 and ive heard people getting that around ehre too. The coolant that was in the car was horrible sludgy when i bought likie someone mixed the original dexcool and a green antifreeze, and i just recently got the overheating problem that has been intermitten for some time fixed by flushing the radiator out about 5 times at jiffy lube thankfully i have a friend that works there and they only charged me for one flush and even gave me $20 off. It burns oil pretty bad and i think its leaking out of the valve covers onto the exhuast but without an exhaust gas anylyzer i cant be sure. i think i might go get a compression tester and test it soon to see if the rings are doing theyre job or not. other than that and the cosmetics it needs its a fun car. and i figured if i was gonna save the money up and rebuild it id put a cam in it and possible swithc to direct injection maybe find one of them buick 3.8 superchargers too XD and the ABs system doesnt work brakes are fine but no ABS and no parts store has the right scan tool to read those ABs systems so thats gonna have to wait.
About oil leak/consumption: Before you go nuts make sure the PCV system is clear and working properly. If even normal blow-by exceeds the PCV system gaskets start leaking and sometimes badly. If a proper compression test really shows excessive ring wear it won't be so easy or cheap to fix that. They can last ages but with running hot in it's history anything is possible and seems it may not have had the best of care before you got it.
If it was burning the oil also you would near certainly have a very dirty tail pipe inside and signs of blue smoke. Depends on how much it's consuming and where.
Your gas mileage is most dependant on the driving conditions. Some you can help and if always in traffic it going to register lousy MPGs.


A long 478-yard par 4, this hole is truly strong! Into the wind and with a menacing green setting, this hole adds teeth to the front nine. The left side affords the best approach into a green and away from five bunkers.


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Taller Tour
Sun 18th Apr 2021 7.00pm
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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic this show has been rescheduled.
Jamie Cullum is now scheduled to perform at Portsmouth Guildhall on the rescheduled date of 18th April 2021.
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After recently announcing the release of his new album, 'Taller' (out 7th June, via Island Records), critically acclaimed musician and songwriter Jamie Cullum announces he will be taking to the stage for a 2021 tour. The 12-date tour will see Jamie perform live at venues across the UK including a night at the iconic London Palladium. His dynamic live performances have always captured the attention of the audience through Jamie's undeniable energy, boundless talent and stage presence.
Jamie says – 'It's going to be so fun playing this new music out on tour with my incredible band. We're going to draw on these new songs and reinvent plenty of old ones too. The Taller 2021 tour is going to be a memorable one!"
The new album 'Taller' sees Jamie bravely explore more personal subject matter with a fresh sense of authenticity, each song reflecting a desire to grow and learn and explore life for the beautiful muddle it is.
Title track 'Taller' lyrically shows an emotional honesty which is explored throughout the album. Of title track 'Taller', Jamie says, "Historically there has been jokes about my physical stature and being married to a taller woman – so I wanted to own it. Using this as a jumping off point it became a song about the need to grow within your relationship and meet each other eye to eye, allowing room for both darkness and light."
Other tracks on the album have prominent funk, pop and gospel influences such as 'Usher', 'Drink' and the powerful 'Mankind,' whose lyrics are a soulful collective call for an alienated society. What's obvious throughout the album is that Jamie is not seeking approval, but writing music which feels true to him, letting his feelings dictate the creative process.
Jamie says, ''This album is really a love letter to my wife. It's an album of my songs that takes stock of where I am right now. They were my working notes for life. My 'Fortysomething' if you will. I wanted to put aside whether it was a jazz record, whether it was ticking this or that box. The songs would be king and they would be honest. I feel more proud of this than anything I've done''
With 10 million album sales to date and his successful BBC Radio 2 Radio show, Jamie Cullum is a celebrated musician the world over with loyal fans in every corner of the globe. With a career spanning over 20 years, his legendary live shows have seen him perform and work alongside artists as diverse as Herbie Hancock , Pharrell Williams, Kendrick Lamar and Lang Lang, whilst the success of his major label breakthrough, 'Twentysomething' and its follow up 'Catching Tales' saw him nominated for a BRIT, Grammy and numerous other awards around the world.
In addition to his enduringly successful recording career, he has also established himself as a multi-award winning music broadcaster. He approaches all aspects of his career, as he has from the beginning, as both a fan and a student with seemingly boundless creativity and enthusiasm.
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Here are a few shots I grabbed of my friend's Christie and Matt. Christie is the girl from my earlier post.
It was a nice visit, I was sad to see her leave. I wish she was closer!
She was wearing one of the mustaches I got her from Jamie! She pretty much rocked it like I knew she would!
So, James and I went on a date tonite! First one in FOREVER! It was so wonderful. We went to our favorite pizza spot, Fralo's. We split a hand tossed pizza, he got bbq chicken and i got pepperoni, pinneapple and spinach. Then we got a layered vanilla and chocolate cheesecake that was on a chocolate cookie crumb base and it has caramel, nuts and mini chocolate chips on top, with a homemade whip cream on the side, um yeah! And a hot sweet chamomile tea, perfect.
Then we went to Walmart and got James a new playstation controller and i got a rad pink plaid flannel!
Tomorrow is going to be a long day of CLEANING house and CATCHING UP on custom orders. Time to get BACK TO WORK!


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Free Docuseries "Vaccine Secrets: Covid Crisis" August 30
by Joseph August 28, 2021, 11:39 am 1k Views
By Neenah Payne
Register for the free 10-episode docuseries Vaccine Secrets: Covid Crisis which begins on Monday, August 30th 8PM ET/ 5PM PST. Each episode will be available for 24 hours before the next episode goes live. You'll hear from top doctors, scientists, researchers, and survivors who reveal the REAL dangers of the unapproved, experimental injections which don't meet the criteria for vaccines. Big Tech and the mainstream media are censoring this information.
See a Sneak Peak of the docuseries.
The free 57-page eBook: The Truth About The COVID-19 Vaccine Finally Revealed includes interviews with seven top doctors including Dr. Peter McCullough, Dr. Carrie Madej, Dr. Lee Merritt, Dr. Mark Sherwood, Dr. Andy Kaufman, and Dr. Judy Mikovits.
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The Vaccine Secrets: Covid Crisis docuseries includes these episodes:
1: Vaccine Truth: Dispelling the Myths
2: Vaccine Cover Up: The TRUE Number of Deaths & Injuries
3: Vaccine Pushers: Driving False Narratives
4: Vaccine Unknowns: The Greatest Human Experiment Ever
5: Vaccine Risks: Harm to Women and Children
6: Vaccine Alternatives: Safe, Effective Treatments that are "Cancelled"
7: Vaccine Tyranny: Fear Factor, Coerced into Compliance
8: Vaccine Freedom: Your Right to Say NO
9: Vaccine Agenda: The Great Reset
10: Vaccine Remorse: What to do if You've Already Been Vaxxed
Dr Joseph Mercola points out in his article Should Unvaccinated People Be Put on No-Fly List?
"Even a 100% Vaccination Rate Cannot Eliminate COVID. Most recently, Carnival cruise lines experienced an outbreak despite every last person on that ship having proof of COVID "vaccination." The cruise liner had even intentionally reduced capacity from 4,000 to 2,800 to provide ample social distancing capability. None of the measures worked. People got sick anyway, which makes perfect sense if you remember that the shot doesn't provide immunity, only symptom reduction.
Cases such as these clearly reveal that even if everyone gets the shot, SARS-CoV-2 will mutate and continue to circulate, taking people out here and there. To think that giving up basic rights and freedoms is the answer simply isn't logical. Taking responsibility for your own health is, and that includes deciding if and how you want to protect yourself from SARS-CoV-2.
Not everyone is deathly afraid of COVID-19. Many realize there are safe and effective treatments available, such as the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance's I-MASS Prevention and At-Home Treatment protocol and I-MASK+ Early Outpatient Treatment protocol.
Nebulized hydrogen peroxide can also be used for prevention and treatment of COVID-19, as detailed in Dr. David Brownstein's case paper34 and Dr. Thomas Levy's free e-book, "Rapid Virus Recovery." And if there's effective treatment, there's little need to risk permanent side effects from an experimental gene technology that can only provide a narrow range of protection in the first place."
Dr. McCullough's reacts to BSW Lawsuit on the Ingraham Angle (Video)
Peter McCullough, MD, MPH speaks with Laura Ingraham about the CDC admitting that vaccinated individuals can transmit Delta and about how Dr McCullough is being sued by BSW Health over media and meeting appearances.
ABOUT HALF THE CASES ARE VACCINE FAILURES (Video)
YouTube Banned Dr. Peter McCullough's Viral Medical Video
Peter McCullough, MD testifies to Texas Senate HHS Committee
Testimony given March 10, 2021
Dr. McCullough explains that in May 2020, he put together a team of doctors to develop a protocol on early treatment of COVID and they published the paper The Pathophysiologic Basis and Rationale for Early Ambulatory Treatment in the August 8 issue of The American Journal of Medicine. Dr. McCullough was the lead author, but there were dozens of other authors from the best institutions in the US and Italy, doctors who are considered the premiere physicians in a variety of fields. It became the most cited paper in all of medicine at that time and the world started knocking on his door.
Dr. McCullough made a YouTube video with four slides from this peer-reviewed paper, published in one of the best medical journals in the world. The video went viral, but within a week, YouTube banned it — based on what authority?
Dr. McCullough became the lead witness for the Senate testimony in November 2020 because there was a near total black on any treatment for COVID patients.
Dr. McCullough explains that there are 4 pillars to pandemic response:
Contagion Control (masks, lockdown, social distancing, washing hands, etc.)
Early Treatment to reduce hospitalization and death
Treatments in hospitals to save lives
He points out that governments in many countries (including the US, Canada, Australia, and Britain), focused primarily on Contagion Control and Vaccination with a little focus on Late Hospital Treatment. However, Early Treatment has been completely missing.
COVID Shots Are Killing Large Numbers of People
World Renowned Conventional Doc Blasts The COVID JAB-Erwocks links to an interview with Dr. Peter McCullough, Vice Chief of Internal Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center. The article says Dr. McCullough "might be the world's top cardiologist, who also holds an MPH degree and is a professor of medicine. His work/background is totally stunning, and seems impossible for one person. …Even better, he's also world famous. Meaning…he has the exceptional intelligence to analyze and dissect the COVID VAX atrocity. The measured way in which he delivers this bombshell is also remarkable."
Dr. McCullough discusses the blood clots for which the J&J product was halted and points out that the blood clots caused by the mRNA vaccine are "probably 30 times that" — but it has not been halted. Dr. McCullouogh says "…keep in mind that the NIH is a co-owner of the Moderna patent."
The article points out:
"One horrific injustice noted is that people are not being fully informed of the vaccine risks, nor of the volume of serious reactions. Official propaganda says 'Safe'. McCullough indicts every member of the criminal cartel running this scam, from NIH to the WHO to the Gates Foundation. That spectrum includes the individual most of us know as a criminal from the outset – Anthony Fauci. Not that the clotting issue takes anything away from the part about being WAY past the death point where any drug would normally be pulled."
Dr. McCullough explains that if a new drug causes five deaths, it gets a "Black Box Warning". At 50 deaths, a new drug is called off the market. The 1976 SARS vaccine program was stopped after 25 deaths. However, in the US when about 77 million people had been fully vaccinated with the COVID shots, there were 2,260 deaths reported. Yet, those may be just 1-10% of the real number because a Harvard study showed that just 1% of vaccine injuries are reported to VAERS. Most of the deaths from the COVID shots occur on Day 1, 2, or 3. Some even occur at the vaccination center! Yet, now the plan is to vaccinate 12-15 year olds who have less than a zero percent risk of catching the virus!
Dr. Carrie Madej: Most Pivotal Moment in Human History
Dr. Carrie Madej warns in The Battle For Humanity that the COVID injections have two purposes:
To reprogram our DNA to make us human-AI hybrids that are easier to control
To implant a Digital Vaccine ID that will allow total control over each person
The site warns:
"There is a battle raging for humanity. Dr Carrie Madej reveals how Big Tech collaborates with Big Pharma to introduce new technologies in the vaccines that will alter our DNA and turn us into hybrids. This will end humanity as we know it, and start the process of transhumanism: HUMAN 2.0.
The plans are to use vaccines to inject nanotechnology into our bodies and connect us to the Cloud and artificial intelligence. This will enable corrupt governments and tech giants to control us without us being aware of it."
Dr. Madej explains that we are at the most pivotal point in human history because this is the advent of transhumanism which is a merger of humanity with Artificial Intelligence.
In Alex Newman Interviewing Dr. Carrie Madej – COVID Shots, DNA & Transhumanism (Video), Dr. Madej explains that she gained this information at scientific and business meetings. She says, "The truth shall make you free". She says we need to have knowledge about the truth so we can make important decisions for ourselves and for humanity.
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Dr. Madej says the most important question now is "What does it mean to be human?" because challenges to our humanity are happening at light speed. She explains that our genome is comprised of DNA that provides the information and blueprint which makes us human and separates us from all other organisms. There are 135,000 terabytes of information in one human genome.
So, if your DNA is changed with synthetic DNA, are you still human? Changing even one protein of our DNA can cause disastrous results. The DNA is read into RNA which creates the proteins that build our bodies. So, the RNA is a key go-between. Dr. Madej points out that the COVID-19 "vaccines" are a gene-modification technology. The COVID shots include the unprecedented mRNA technology which has never been used in any other vaccine and has not gone through years of testing required of vaccines.
For more information, see: Dr. Carrie Madej: COVID Shots Facilitate Transhumanism.
Dr. Judy Mikovits' Explosive Interview
Dr. Judy Mikovits is featured in the film Plandemic Indoctornation which went viral in 2020.
The Rude Awakening with Judy A. Mikovits, PHD
Dr. Judy A. Mikovits earned her BA in chemistry with a specialization in biology from the University of Virginia in 1980 and her PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology from George Washington University in 1992. In her 35-year quest to understand and treat chronic diseases, she has co-authored seminal papers culminating at least a decade of research in each of four fields: immunology, natural products chemistry, epigenetics, and HIV/AIDs drug development. In 2006, she became attracted to the plight of families with neuroimmune diseases including ME/CFS and autism. Dr. Mikovits has been primarily responsible for demonstrating the relationship between environmentally acquired immune dysfunction, chronic inflammation, and these diseases.
Dr. Mikovits has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles, many in the world's top medical journals and she has been profiled in Discover magazine as well as the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Her pioneering work during her 20-year career at the National Cancer Institute includes the discovery of the modulation of DNA methylation machinery by human retro viral infection and the development of the concept of inflammatory cytokines and chemokine signatures of infection and disease, which was first published in 1999, when she directed the Laboratory of Antiviral Drug Mechanisms in developing therapeutics and diagnostics for HIV/AIDS and AIDS associated malignancies.
These are all therapies that are still the standard of care twenty-five years later and credited with saving millions of deaths from HIV/AIDS.
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Ending Plague: A Scholar's Obligation in an Age of Corruption — August 31, 2021
In Vaccine Researcher Drops Bloodcurdling 'Truth Bomb', Dr. Mikovits warns that the COVID shots the shots can cause Multiple Sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, Alzheimer's, and accelerated cancer. She has predicted that the injections may kill 50 million Americans.
WSJ Warns About COVID Shots
The June 22 Wall Street Journal article by Joseph A. Ladapo and Harvey A. Risch Are Covid Vaccines Riskier Than Advertised? reports:
"There are concerning trends on blood clots and low platelets, not that the authorities will tell you."
It points out:
"One remarkable aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic has been how often unpopular scientific ideas, from the lab-leak theory to the efficacy of masks, were initially dismissed, even ridiculed, only to resurface later in mainstream thinking. Differences of opinion have sometimes been rooted in disagreement over the underlying science. But the more common motivation has been political.
Another reversal in thinking may be imminent. Some scientists have raised concerns that the safety risks of Covid-19 vaccines have been underestimated. But the politics of vaccination has relegated their concerns to the outskirts of scientific thinking—for now."
It adds:
"Nonetheless, the large clustering of certain adverse events immediately after vaccination is concerning, and the silence around these potential signals of harm reflects the politics surrounding Covid-19 vaccines. Stigmatizing such concerns is bad for scientific integrity and could harm patients.
Four serious adverse events follow this arc, according to data taken directly from Vaers: low platelets (thrombocytopenia); noninfectious myocarditis, or heart inflammation, especially for those under 30; deep-vein thrombosis; and death. Vaers records 321 cases of myocarditis within five days of receiving a vaccination, falling to almost zero by 10 days. Prior research has shown that only a fraction of adverse events are reported, so the true number of cases is almost certainly higher. This tendency of underreporting is consistent with our clinical experience.
The CDC and FDA are surely aware of these data patterns, yet neither agency has acknowledged the trend. The implication is that the risks of a Covid-19 vaccine may outweigh the benefits for certain low-risk populations, such as children, young adults and people who have recovered from Covid-19."
Why Natural Immunity Is Vastly Superior To COVID Shots
Del Bigtree, host of The Highwire, demonstrated in How Del Has Been Ahead of The Curve on COVID In July in Episode 226 Ahead of The Curve that he showed last year why the COVID injections cannot compete with natural immunity in dealing with variants. Del used a football analogy to show the difference between the powerful "non-specific antibodies" in the natural immune system that can handle any variant vs "specific antibodies" created by COVID shots that can handle only ONE version of the virus and are powerless against all variants!
THIS SHOWS THAT ONLY THE UNVAXXED CAN PROVIDE THE HERD IMUUNITY TO END THIS VIRUS!
All of Episode 226 (Video) is worth watching, particularly starting about 39 minutes.
CDC Admits Fully Vaccinated People Spread Delta Variant
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky just reversed policy reports that the "new data" shows the COVID injections don't stop infection or prevent transmission. So, getting the shot doesn't protect the people who get it or others. She says we should expect tens of thousands of breakthrough cases.
See Why War On Unvaccinated Is So Dangerous For Everyone
"Old Man In A Chair" Series
WHY AND HOW THEY PLAN TO KILL SEVEN BILLION BY DR. VERNON COLEMAN (Video)
Dr. Vernon Coleman is the author of several books including:
Endgame: The Hidden Agenda 21
Anyone Who Tells You Vaccines Are Safe and Effective Is Lying
The Amazon description says:
"He has been researching and writing about vaccines for 50 years. He has lectured doctors and nurses on the subject. He used to debate vaccination on TV and radio but won every public debate and these days vaccine supporters will no longer debate him. His books have sold over two million copies in the UK and have been translated into 25 languages."
His website is at www.vernoncoleman.org.
Neenah Payne writes for Natural Blaze and Activist Post
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Breaking Bad's third season went out with a literal bang last night, but given some ambiguity in the way the scene was shot and edited, many fans have been left wondering about what actually happened. Well, as it turns out, the ending wasn't meant to be ambiguous at all. Spoilers ahead.
In interviews with both the AV Club and Alan Sepinwall today, show creator Vince Gilligan — who wrote and directed the episode himself — reveals that Jesse Pinkman indeed shot and killed Gale, the hapless meth chemist. Gilligan isn't too surprised by the confusion. Before the episode aired, his editor had pointed out that the way the camera moves gives the impression that Jesse was shifting his aim, and since we never actually see what happens after the shot is fired, we have reason to believe that Jesse wasn't successful in murdering his mentor's rival. Nonetheless, Gilligan insists that none of that was intentional, and that Gale is indeed a goner. Now you know!


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I was so excited when Magda and Michael got engaged and has asked me to document their wedding day. I was anticipating their wedding day like a child waiting for Christmas and then I packed my bags and off to Melbourne l went.
Magda got ready at her stunning family home, surrounded by family and bridesmaids.
Before the ceremony I caught up with Michael and the boys and it was wonderful to see him surrounded by family and groomsmen. A drink of Scotch was had and off to the church we went.
When the speeches came along l don't think there was a dry eye in the room, I am so glad l had the camera in front of my face.
Magda and Michael, I can not thank you both enough for having me document your wedding day. I had such a wonderful weekend and am so happy to have been part of your day.