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Q: How to add a select menu to this metabox code? I'm using a metabox script that works great for having absolute control over the design and placement of the metabox fields. There is one problem: I can't remember where I found the script and need to add a select box. This script does not use arrays as most metabox scripts do.
What function can I use to sucessfully add a select box?
// Add the Inventory Meta Boxes

function add_inventory_metaboxes() {
    add_meta_box('inventory_information', 'Inventory Information', 'inventory_information', 'inventory', 'side', 'default');
}

// The Event Location Metabox

function inventory_information() {
    global $post;

    // Noncename needed to verify where the data originated
    echo '<input type="hidden" name="inventorymeta_noncename" id="inventorymeta_noncename" value="' .
    wp_create_nonce( plugin_basename(__FILE__) ) . '" />';

    // Get the location data if its already been entered
    $stocknum = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_dappcf_i_stocknum', true);
    $vin = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_dappcf_i_vin', true);
    $saleprice = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_dappcf_i_priceone', true);
    $internetprice = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_dappcf_i_pricetwo', true);
    $milage = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_dappcf_i_mileage', true);
    $carfaxurl = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_dappcf_i_carfaxurl', true);

    // Echo out the fields
    echo '
Stock #: <input type="text" name="_dappcf_i_stocknum" value="' . $stocknum  . '" class="widefat" style="width:80px" />
        Milage: <input type="text" name="_dappcf_i_mileage" value="' . $milage  . '" class="widefat"  style="width:80px" />
        VIN: <input type="text" name="_dappcf_i_vin" value="' . $vin  . '" class="widefat"  style="width:200px" />';
    echo '
Sale Price: <input type="text" name="_dappcf_i_priceone" value="' . $saleprice  . '" class="widefat"  style="width:80px" />
        Internet Price: <input type="text" name="_dappcf_i_pricetwo" value="' . $internetprice  . '" class="widefat"  style="width:80px" />';
    echo '
CarFax url: <input type="text" name="_dappcf_i_carfaxurl" value="' . $carfaxurl  . '" class="widefat"  style="width:170px" />';
}

// Save the Metabox Data

function txpbs_save_events_meta($post_id, $post) {

    // verify this came from the our screen and with proper authorization,
    // because save_post can be triggered at other times
    if ( !wp_verify_nonce( $_POST['inventorymeta_noncename'], plugin_basename(__FILE__) )) {
    return $post->ID;
    }

    // Is the user allowed to edit the post or page?
    if ( !current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post->ID ))
        return $post->ID;

    // OK, we're authenticated: we need to find and save the data
    // We'll put it into an array to make it easier to loop though.

    $station_meta['_dappcf_i_stocknum'] = $_POST['_dappcf_i_stocknum'];
    $station_meta['_dappcf_i_vin'] = $_POST['_dappcf_i_vin'];
    $station_meta['_dappcf_i_priceone'] = $_POST['_dappcf_i_priceone'];
    $station_meta['_dappcf_i_pricetwo'] = $_POST['_dappcf_i_pricetwo'];
    $station_meta['_dappcf_i_mileage'] = $_POST['_dappcf_i_mileage'];
    $station_meta['_dappcf_i_carfaxurl'] = $_POST['_dappcf_i_carfaxurl'];

    // Add values of $station_meta as custom fields

    foreach ($station_meta as $key => $value) { // Cycle through the $station_meta array!
        if( $post->post_type == 'revision' ) return; // Don't store custom data twice
        $value = implode(',', (array)$value); // If $value is an array, make it a CSV (unlikely)
        if(get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, FALSE)) { // If the custom field already has a value
            update_post_meta($post->ID, $key, $value);
        } else { // If the custom field doesn't have a value
            add_post_meta($post->ID, $key, $value);
        }
        if(!$value) delete_post_meta($post->ID, $key); // Delete if blank
    }

}

add_action('save_post', 'txpbs_save_events_meta', 1, 2); // save the custom fields

A: Basically you need to add the html of the select dropdown at your function inventory_information() which is the function that actually displays the metabox:
// The Event Location Metabox

        function inventory_information() {
            global $post;

            // Noncename needed to verify where the data originated
            echo '<input type="hidden" name="inventorymeta_noncename" id="inventorymeta_noncename" value="' .
            wp_create_nonce( plugin_basename(__FILE__) ) . '" />';

            // Get the location data if its already been entered
            $stocknum = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_dappcf_i_stocknum', true);
            $vin = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_dappcf_i_vin', true);
            $saleprice = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_dappcf_i_priceone', true);
            $internetprice = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_dappcf_i_pricetwo', true);
            $milage = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_dappcf_i_mileage', true);
            $carfaxurl = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_dappcf_i_carfaxurl', true);

            //here you add the dropdown as value if already set so you add something like
            $my_dropdown = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_dappcf_i_dropdown', true);

            // Echo out the fields
            echo '
Stock #: <input type="text" name="_dappcf_i_stocknum" value="' . $stocknum  . '" class="widefat" style="width:80px" />
                Milage: <input type="text" name="_dappcf_i_mileage" value="' . $milage  . '" class="widefat"  style="width:80px" />
                VIN: <input type="text" name="_dappcf_i_vin" value="' . $vin  . '" class="widefat"  style="width:200px" />';
            echo '
Sale Price: <input type="text" name="_dappcf_i_priceone" value="' . $saleprice  . '" class="widefat"  style="width:80px" />
                Internet Price: <input type="text" name="_dappcf_i_pricetwo" value="' . $internetprice  . '" class="widefat"  style="width:80px" />';
            echo '
CarFax url: <input type="text" name="_dappcf_i_carfaxurl" value="' . $carfaxurl  . '" class="widefat"  style="width:170px" />';

            //here you add the HTML of the dropdown you add something like
            echo '
Select menu: <select name="_dappcf_i_dropdown" class="widefat">';
            echo '<option value="1"'. $my_dropdown == "1" ? ' selected="selected"' : ''. '>' . 'Option 1'. '</option>';
            echo '<option value="2"'. $my_dropdown == "2" ? ' selected="selected"' : ''. '>' . 'Option 2'. '</option>';
            echo '<option value="3"'. $my_dropdown == "3" ? ' selected="selected"' : ''. '>' . 'Option 3'. '</option>';
            echo '<option value="4"'. $my_dropdown == "4" ? ' selected="selected"' : ''. '>' . 'Option 4'. '</option>';

            //add as many as you need here

            echo '</select>';
        }

and then just add that field to your metabox save function which is  txpbs_save_events_meta so:
// Save the Metabox Data

        function txpbs_save_events_meta($post_id, $post) {

            // verify this came from the our screen and with proper authorization,
            // because save_post can be triggered at other times
            if ( !wp_verify_nonce( $_POST['inventorymeta_noncename'], plugin_basename(__FILE__) )) {
            return $post->ID;
            }

            // Is the user allowed to edit the post or page?
            if ( !current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post->ID ))
                return $post->ID;

            // OK, we're authenticated: we need to find and save the data
            // We'll put it into an array to make it easier to loop though.

            $station_meta['_dappcf_i_stocknum'] = $_POST['_dappcf_i_stocknum'];
            $station_meta['_dappcf_i_vin'] = $_POST['_dappcf_i_vin'];
            $station_meta['_dappcf_i_priceone'] = $_POST['_dappcf_i_priceone'];
            $station_meta['_dappcf_i_pricetwo'] = $_POST['_dappcf_i_pricetwo'];
            $station_meta['_dappcf_i_mileage'] = $_POST['_dappcf_i_mileage'];
            $station_meta['_dappcf_i_carfaxurl'] = $_POST['_dappcf_i_carfaxurl'];

            //here just add the dropdown field to the $station_meta array from the $_POST
            $station_meta['_dappcf_i_dropdown'] = $_POST['_dappcf_i_dropdown'];

            // Add values of $station_meta as custom fields

            foreach ($station_meta as $key => $value) { // Cycle through the $station_meta array!
                if( $post->post_type == 'revision' ) return; // Don't store custom data twice
                $value = implode(',', (array)$value); // If $value is an array, make it a CSV (unlikely)
                if(get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, FALSE)) { // If the custom field already has a value
                    update_post_meta($post->ID, $key, $value);
                } else { // If the custom field doesn't have a value
                    add_post_meta($post->ID, $key, $value);
                }
                if(!$value) delete_post_meta($post->ID, $key); // Delete if blank
            }

        }

Hope this helps.

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Quiet Means Safe
I know sailors who can sleep through 40-knot winds even though the halyards are throbbing like a string quartet. But the truth is if something on the boat is making noise, chances are that it's either hitting or rubbing something else and that means lots of chafe and wear. A quiet boat is a chafe-free and therefore a safer boat. At night that can often mean the difference between a good night's
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I know sailors who can sleep through 40-knot winds even though the halyards are throbbing like a string quartet. But the truth is if something on the boat is making noise, chances are that it's either hitting or rubbing something else and that means lots of chafe and wear. A quiet boat is a chafe-free and therefore a safer boat. At night that can often mean the difference between a good night's sleep and something else. Here are ways to minimize onboard noises.
Thumping rudder. If a boat at anchor gets kicked by a swell or wake from astern the force may be strong enough to move the rudder all the way to its stop if the wheel isn't locked securely. Be sure the wheel lock is tight, preferably with the rudder amidships, and tie it off with a secondary line. Do the same thing if you have a tiller.
Gurgling Drain. Sink drain through-hulls often are located close to the waterline. If a boat rolls slightly, or wavelets or a wake passes along the hull, the rising water often creates a gurgle that echoes in the drain. To make sure the sound isn't heard, put a well-fitted plug in the sink drain. At night consider closing the drain's through-hull.
Drumming Jacklines. Remove jacklines in port to keep them from slapping on the deck in a breeze and protect them from unnecessary UV degradation.
Halyards. Whenever they are slapping they are chafing themselves, the mast and the halyard sheaves. To secure them consider adding D rings to the toggles of your shrouds (Photo 1).
Fluttering Flags. If the wind is blowing hard, lower or furl your burgees and courtesy flags. This can really reduce the noise—and keep the flags from shredding to bits.
Creaking Wood. Changes in humidity and a boat's motion can cause wooden floor panels and other joinery to squeak. One way to stop the noise is to spray or drip a small amount of cedar oil into suspected noisy areas. The oil smells good, keeps insects away and of course stops the squeaking.
Roller furling. An external jib halyard can be a problem because often it's not easy to keep it from slapping on the mast. One way to keep a halyard like this quiet is to tie a line to it and then run the line behind the mast to a lower shroud on the opposite side of the mast. In most cases this will pull the halyard away from the mast, get it in the lee of the mast and keep it clear of the mainsail cover (Photo 2).
Fender crush. If you are pinned to a dock by a strong crosswind, gusts and waves can cause your fenders to squeak a lot as they rub against the hull. To prevent this you can buy or make fender covers. Covering your fenders goes a long way toward solving the squeak problem. Use a soft fabric whenever possible.
Flailing Main. If the mainsail cover is not tight it can start fluttering in a good breeze. A tight fit will keep the bottom edges of the cover from flapping and keep reflected UV rays from the deck away from the sailcloth (Photo 3).
Grinding ground tackle. To minimize this noise, use a strong flexible bridle or a snubber. A snubber not only absorbs shock loads from an anchor rode; it also helps dampen the rattle, or grating, of the anchor chain as it moves over a rocky seabed. Wrap soft fabric around all lines that pass through a chock or go over the deck edge. Not only will the fabric help protect the paint, it will also help eliminate squeaks.
Banging Boom. To keep the boom from swinging back and forth in port, tie or hook one end of a line to the end of the boom and then take the other end to the end of the traveler, a cleat, a winch or the toerail, and take up on the line. This harbor sheet will quiet things down and prevent undue stresses on mainsheet blocks (Photo 4).
Clinking Bottles. A collection of old socks is great for keeping wine bottles quiet and well protected. Cut off the toes, then slide the sock down the outside of the bottle until it covers the widest part.
Once you think you've found all the noises aboard, go into the guest cabin and spend some time there. Don't be surprised if you hear some new sounds. Once you have taken care of those, your guests will benefit from a good night's sleep. And your deck gear will last longer too.
Prada Cup: Brits Take First Two Races
Who saw that coming? After getting skunked in December, INEOS Team UK has swept the first two races in the Prada Cup elimination series of the 36th America's Cup Racing took place on racecourse "C," sheltered between Auckland's North Head and Bastion Point to take advantage of ...read more
Hutchinson: 36th America's Cup will be a Close On
On the eve of the Prada Cup challenger series, the official start of the 36th America's Cup, New York Yacht Club American Magic skipper Terry Hutchinson says it's anyone's game. "As we've seen in the last week, everyone's gotten faster," said Hutchinson said at the event's ...read more
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Endless Media's Reaching Reality is the story of three friends, a 24-foot sailboat and 1,200 miles. With candor and humor, this series proves that you don't need to be an expert or a millionaire to cast off on the journey of a lifetime. Produced by Emmy-award winner Barry ...read more
Prepping for a Transatlantic
Growing up on the coast of northern England, I dreamed about crossing oceans on my own boat. Like most of us, though, education, a family and a career took precedence, and before I knew it, we had mortgages, young children and endless work obligations. We also became landlocked, ...read more
Vendée Update: Josche Forced to Abandon
A week ago, the canting keel on Isabelle Jocshe's IMOCA 60, MACSF, failed. She managed a jury rig with a replacement ram, which held the keel centerline and allowed her to keep sailing, but with a major hit to her speed potential. Jocshe had been in 8th at the time and remained ...read more
Vendee Update: Emergency Rudder Replacement
A devastated Hare talks about the breakage Pip Hare (Medallia) is back in the game after an emergency rudder repair deep in the Southern Ocean. "Every part of my body aches. I have bloody knuckles on every finger, bruises all down my legs and muscles I didn't know I had that ...read more
PRADA Cup Pairings Announced
The schedule for the PRADA Cup has been revealed as a multitiered extravaganza featuring over a month of racing, stretching from January 15 through February 22. First, the three teams—American Magic, INEOS Team UK and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli—will face off in a 12-race, six-day ...read more
The 36th America's Cup
A Superbowl is a Superbowl, and a World Series is a World Series. Sure, the names of the players and the teams change from year-to-year, but otherwise, the game pretty much remains the same. Not so the America's Cup. Still, in many ways a hot mess left over from the days of Queen ...read more

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This book is an exploration of the four most valuable insights that my own meditation practice has blessed me with. These insights are an invitation to the profound possibility of inner freedom. Following them carefully will support your own ongoing process of awakening.
introduces the foundational premise upon which the remainder of the book rests—meditation can initiate a process of profound spiritual transformation.
details an approach to the practice of meditation based on the conscious embrace of having no problem, a practice that is both simple and profound.
is dedicated to one of the most profound insights that I have gained through my many years of meditative experience.
I want you to consider the fact that this book will take you as far as you are ready to go. What and how much you experience as a result of reading it, will be largely dependent on how much room you have in your heart for the miraculous.
No matter what your mind might tell you, you actually don't know what can happen why you read this book. It's possible that you will have an opening that will dramatically impact your life for the better. You might even have an insight that will alter the course of your destiny and place you on a new and magnificent trajectory. I know this is possible because it has happened to me and I have seen it happen for others.
Jeff Carreira has an undergraduate degree in physics and spent five years as a research engineer before realizing that life's deepest questions could not be answered through science alone. After receiving a master's degree in education, he spent seven years working in the education field.
Jeff embarked on a life devoted to awakening in 1992 when he met spiritual teacher Andrew Cohen and embraced the perspective of Evolutionary Enlightenment.
Currently he co-leads the Evolutionary Collective and explores the transformative possibilities of a higher order of human relatedness.
Jeff is the author of three books, The Miracle of Meditation, Philosophy Is Not a Luxury, and Radical Inclusivity. He is co-author with Patricia Albere of Mutual Awakening.
The Practice of No Problem is a new approach to meditation that puts the path to inner peace in your own hands.
This practical technique is easy to learn and empowers you with tools to gently center your mind, relax, and stay focused.
Written by meditation teacher Jeff Carreira, this book is both a meditation 'how to' manual and a roaring call from the heart of a master practitioner.


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Cannes, future global private equity capital with IPEM
The Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes has signed a 5-year deal with Euroexpo, the specialist in international business trade fairs, to host the International Private Equity Market (IPEM) which every year in February will bring together the very top actors from the world of finance and business.
The first IPEM, International Private Equity Market, will bring together almost 4000 partners from 25 countries (Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East), from 22 to 24 February 2016, at the brand new venue for the Cannes festival.
Over the last 15 years, Private Equity, whereby investments are made by acquiring a shareholding in privately held companies that need equity, has played a major role in supporting investment, growth, entrepreneurship and innovation. With over $365 billion raised in 2013, private equity can be considered as a real industry that needs its marketplace. IPEM will allow its actors – GPs, LPs, banks, advisors and companies to meet in a specialised and powerful environment.
For René Péres, CEO of Europevents: « Private equity deserves a major international event in which everyone involved in the industrial supply chain can take part. Cannes has all the necessary assets to host such an event from services to welcome visitors and qualified personnel to a suitable hotel offer and all the required subcontractors. »
IPEM is the first international event dedicated entirely to private equity. It will provide the Cote d'Azur's actors with an excellent opportunity for visibility and networking.
[>] For more information: http://www.ipem-market.com/


What is nisoldipine, and how does it work (mechanism of action)?
What brand names are available for nisoldipine?
Is nisoldipine available as a generic drug?
Do I need a prescription for nisoldipine?
What are the side effects of nisoldipine?
What is the dosage for nisoldipine?
Which drugs or supplements interact with nisoldipine?
Is nisoldipine safe to take if I'm pregnant or breastfeeding?
What else should I know about nisoldipine?
Nisoldipine is an oral calcium channel blocker (CCB) of the dihydropyridine (DHP) class that is used to treat high blood pressure. Other calcium channel blockers in the DHP class include nifedipine (Procardia, Adalat), amlodipine (Norvasc), felodipine (Plendil), nicardipine (Cardene), and isradipine (Dynacirc). Calcium channel blockers prevent calcium from entering certain types of muscle cells. Since the muscle cells need calcium to contract, CCBs prevent the cells from contracting, that is, they cause the muscle cells to relax. Nisoldipine selectively relaxes the muscles of small arteries causing the arteries to dilate but has little or no effect on muscles of veins or the heart. Dilation of arteries reduces blood pressure. Nisoldipine was approved by the FDA in February of 1995.
The recommended dose is 17 to 34 mg or 20 to 40 mg daily depending on the formulation that is used. Doses may be increased at one week intervals. Tablets should be swallowed whole and taken on an empty stomach. Individuals with poor liver function require lower doses of nisoldipine.
Cimetidine (Tagamet) or any drug that reduces the activity of liver enzymes that break down nisoldipine can increase blood levels of nisoldipine, possibly causing more side effects. Examples of drugs that may reduce break down of nisoldipine include ketoconazole, itraconazole (Sporanox), and erythromycin.
The effects of nisoldipine in pregnancy are unknown.
It is unknown if nisoldipine appears in breast milk.
What preparations of nisoldipine are available?
Tablets (Extended Release): 8.5, 17, 20, 25.5, 30, 34, and 40 mg.
How should I keep nisoldipine stored?
Tablets should be stored below 30 C (86 F) and should be protected from light and moisture.
Nisoldipine (Sular) is a calcium channel blocker prescribed for the treatment of high blood pressure. Side effects, drug interactions, warnings and precautions should be reviewed prior to taking this medication.


My thoughts of traveling stir my restless soul filled with anticipation and desire to go somewhere, crescendoing when I'm moving along the open road to anywhere.
Canadian Rockies north of Banff Canada.
Many decades ago and thousands of miles away in the backyard of my childhood home, my travel origins began with my imagination inspired with reading encyclopedias, National Geographic magazines, and watching wilderness shows igniting my imagination to fulfill my dreams of travels today.
My childhood curiosity to explore lands afar will never be quenched on a planet with natural beauty encompassing every ecological system imaginable along with the diversity of the people who occupy its lands and waters.
In the forest I close my eyes hearing insects buzzing and humming around me.
At the beach, the surfs repetative melodic tranquil sounds of water with an occasional shorebird chirping in the distance.
Every ecosystem shares natures sounds of silence calming my excited anxiousness as my breathing slows, allowing the serene moment, surrounding my thoughts to soothe my soul.


Welcome to ANB/ANS Camp 14's Book of Rememberance. ANB was started in 1912, this page is in honor of our elders who came before us. If it wasn't for their dedication and hard work, ANB/ANS and many other organizations that were born from ANB/ANS would not have been.
It is because of their years of involvment we honor those who have passed by entering their names in our Book of Rememberance.


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Q: Computer will not recognizing 4TB Seagate drive I am running Ubuntu 14.04 and this drive will not show up. Occasionally I have managed to fiddle with my BIOS settings to be able to see it in the boot order but in Windows 10 and Ubuntu the drive is not there. On Ubuntu when plugged in I get a bunch of ATA failed errors which I assume is due to the drive being configured improperly.
Not that great at BIOS/Hardware settings so maybe someone can help me figure this out.

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*The Drive: Seagate Desktop SSHD ST4000DX001 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Solid State Hybrid Drive Bare Drive

*The Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 6 x SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

There are some bad reviews on the drive but it is spinning up but still maybe I need to replace it because it is just crappy?

A: According to specs, that motherboard should support 3TB+ HDD's (and hybrid). Whether this includes 4TB+ i have no idea though.
You need to find out what is not working. Try the following steps:

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*Set your BIOS HDD related settings to their default values.

*Change the SATA cable, its cheap and easy.

*Plug the drive into a diffrent controller and/or sata port.

*Move the HDD to another computer to rule out malfunctioning drive.

*If possible, find another 4TB drive and try that with your motherboard.

By using the above steps you should be able to quickly see which part is not working properly.


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Beware of Islamic Talk of Peace
What can we expect from the Arab Spring that is sweeping Islamic nations? What will spring from these supposed democratic uprisings? Will they bring peace to the region? If history is any indication, the toppling of a Libyan tyrant like Muammar Gaddafi could mean trouble as Islam extends its promise of "peace" beyond its borders. The Koran's peace initiatives are Orwellian: "Submission to Islam is peace." Peace is the absence of any religious or political opposition. This is the indisputable history of Islam as Paul Johnson writes:
Koranic teaching that the faith or "submission" can be, and in suitable circumstances must be, imposed by force, has never been ignored. On the contrary, the history of Islam from Arabia was followed by the rapid conquest of North Africa, the invasion and virtual conquest of Spain, and a thrust into France that carried the crescent to the gates of Paris. It took half a millennium or reconquest to expel the Moslems from Western Europe. The Crusades, far from being an outrageous prototype of Western imperialism, as is taught in most of our schools, were a mere episode in a struggle that has lasted 1,400 years and were one of the few occasions when Christians took the offensive to regain the "occupied territories" of the Holy Land.1
What did Thomas Jefferson learn from his study of the Koran? As early as 1786, Jefferson, who was serving as the ambassador to France, and John Adams, the Ambassador to Britain, met in London with Ambassador Abdrahaman, the Dey of Tripoli's ambassador to Britain, in an attempt to negotiate a peace treaty based on Congress' vote of funding. Peace would come at a price. If America wanted "temporary peace," a one-year guarantee, it would cost $66,000 plus a 10% commission. "Everlasting peace" was a bargain at $160,000 plus the obligatory commission. This only applied to Tripoli. Other Muslim nations would also have to be paid. The amount came to $1.3 million. But there was no assurance that the treaties would be honored. In vain, Jefferson and Adams tried to argue that America was not at war with Tripoli. In what way had the U.S provoked the Muslims, they asked? Ambassador Abdrahaman went on to explain "the finer points of Islamic jihad" to the Koranically challenged Jefferson and Adams. In a letter to John Jay, Jefferson wrote the following:
The Ambassador answered us that it was founded on the Laws of their Prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every Musselman [Muslim] who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.2
Abdrahaman was paraphrasing the Koran's "rules of engagement" found in the 47 Surah: "Whenever you encounter the ones who disbelieve [during wartime], seize them by their necks until once you have subdued them, then tie them up as prisoners, either in order to release them later on, or also to ask for ransom, until war lays down her burdens." Unless a nation submits to an Islamic nation, whether it was the aggressor or not, that nation was by definition at war with Islam. Jihad means "to submit." A non-aggressing nation is still at war with Islam as long as it hasn't embraced Islam. Islam's goal is to conquer the world, either by the submission of one's will or by Allah's sword.3
When President Jefferson refused to increase the tribute demanded by the Islamists, Tripoli declared war on the United States. A United States navy squadron, under Commander Edward Preble, blockaded Tripoli from 1803 to 1805. After rebel soldiers from Tripoli, led by United States Marines, captured the city of Derna, the Pasha of Tripoli signed a treaty promising to exact no more tribute.
President Obama is not the first person who has tried to whitewash Islam's history and try to sell us on the peaceful motives of Muslims. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), a Muslim, took his constitutional oath on Jefferson's copy of the Koran. How ironic given Jefferson's disdain for Islam's double dealings.
There is nothing new in our problems with Islam. There's a reason the "Marines' Hymn" begins with a reference to an Islamic battle:
From the Halls of Montezuma,
to the shores of Tripoli.
The line "To the shores of Tripoli" refers to the First Barbary War, specifically the Battle of Derne in 1805. Jefferson, embroiled in a war with Islamic terrorists in his day, commented, "Too long, for the honor of nations, have those Barbarians been suffered [permitted] to trample on the sacred faith of treaties, on the rights and laws of human nature!"4 Little has changed since Jefferson's day.
Paul Johnson, "'Relentlessly and Thoroughly': The Only Way to Respond," National Review (October 15, 2001). [↩]
Quoted in Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror, 1801–1805 (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003), 40–41. [↩]
Robert Spencer, The Truth about Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion (Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 2006) and Robert Spencer, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) (Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 2005). [↩]
Thomas Jefferson, congratulatory letter to Lt. Andrew Sterett (1760–1807). Quoted in Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror, 1801–1805 (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003), 102. [↩]
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AL GROSS TO RUN IN SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL DON YOUNG'S SEAT IN CONGRESS
Dr. Gross will file with the Division of Elections in Anchorage on April 1st for both the 2022 Special and General Congressional Elections but will not officially begin campaigning until the Congressman has been laid to rest.
Non-Partisan Alaskan, Dr. Al Gross, will file his candidacy to finish the late Congressman Don Young's term in Congress, on Friday, April 1, 2022 at the Anchorage Division of Elections. He will also file his candidacy for the regular 2022 Primary Election for Alaska's At-Large Congressional Seat.
Out of respect for Don Young and his family, Al will not officially begin campaigning until the Congressman has been laid to rest.
Like so many Alaskans, I have known and admired Congressman Don Young for my entire life, said Al Gross. Whether you agreed or disagreed with Don Young, you admired the Congressman. He was truly always about Alaska. I encourage all candidates to respect the Young family at this difficult time and join me in presenting a positive vision for the future of Alaska in the coming months. That is what Don Young would want and it's what our state deserves.


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16-year old Akuol and her baby, from South Sudan, are reliant on humanitarian aid, which has been hampered recently due to heavy rains. Photo credit: Charles Atiki Lomodong/Save the Children. More content here.
More than 260,000 children aged under five may have died from extreme hunger or related diseases in East Africa since the start of the year, according to new analysis by Save the Children.
Using data compiled by the UN, Save the Children evaluated mortality rates for untreated cases of severe acute malnutrition in children under five across eight countries in East Africa[i]. Using a conservative estimate, the humanitarian aid agency discovered that about 262,500 acutely malnourished children may have died between January and November 2021[ii].
East Africa is currently experiencing the devastating impacts of climate change, with concurrent emergencies like drought and floods across the region leading to mass displacement and severe hunger. While communities in eastern Kenya, southern Somalia, and parts of Ethiopia are reeling from successive drought, parts of South Sudan remain underwater after three years of unpredictable and excessive rains.
Health centre admissions of children suffering acute malnutrition have risen dramatically in 2021, with a 16% increase in the first half of this year from an already high baseline. Severe acute malnutrition is the most extreme and dangerous form of undernutrition. Symptoms include jutting ribs and loose skin, with visible wasting of body tissue; or swelling in the ankles, feet and belly as blood vessels leak fluid under the skin. Currently, less than half of acutely malnourished children (46%) across East Africa are being treated for the condition[iii].
Akuol*, 16, the mother of 17-month-old Abdo* in Bor, South Sudan, has struggled to get enough food for herself and her son. The delivery of the humanitarian supplies she usually relies on has recently been hampered by heavy rains':
"There is nowhere I rest comfortably, no food (no grains, no oil) and the house we are living in is like living on the street. I have no one to turn to for help, sometimes I go and beg to people at the riverside and buy food to eat if I am lucky to get something. We have no food to eat, we wait for humanitarian support and when it is finished we stay without food. For the period that we are waiting for the next ratio (food distribution), we remain without food and that is how the situation is for us.
"There is food shortage because when it rains it is difficult for humanitarian food to be brought to us and distributed."
Kijala Shako, Director of Advocacy, Communications, Campaigns and Media for East and Southern Africa, said:
"We are devastated that some 260,000 children across East Africa may have died of hunger since the start of 2021. In a year that saw the COVID-19 pandemic continue to wreck lives and economies, and conflict kill and displace thousands of families, it has been the impacts of the climate crisis that have ultimately taken the highest toll on children.
"At COP26 last month, high-income countries and historical emitters had the opportunity to support the development of funds to address rapidly escalating loss and damage. Unfortunately, they missed the boat. Today's shocking figures tell the human story behind what we are calling for.
"Deaths from hunger are not inevitable and we have the tools, skills and experience to reach children and their families before it's too late. Countries that are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis must be supported for the damage that is already being done – that they themselves have played a very little part in creating. It is vital that we see the creation of a new climate finance mechanism for loss and damage by 2023. At the same time, we also need to see a drastic reduction in fossil fuels to limit warming temperatures and reduce these kinds of disasters."
Save the Children is calling on governments to fully fund humanitarian response plans, and support social protection schemes and health and nutrition services for children, including the treatment of acute malnutrition.
Globally, malnutrition is linked to nearly half of all under-five deaths. In 2020, 149 million children were stunted (too short) and 45 million children were wasted (too thin). Without fast and decisive action from the global community, an additional 3.6 million children around the world will become stunted by 2022 and an additional 13.6 million children wasted because of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The organisation is urging donors to prioritise humanitarian cash and voucher assistance for families, and focus on the increased risk of violence—particularly gender-based violence—caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, only by ending global conflict, tackling changing climate and food systems, and building more resilient systems and communities will future similar disasters be averted.
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[i] Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda
[ii] Based on an analysis of publicly available UN data including HNOs, the Nutrition Cluster, UNICEF, IPC and FSNWG estimates ranging between January and November 2021, 2,390,279 children under the age of five across the eight countries needed treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) between January and November 2021. The estimate of 262,514 deaths represents the mid-point of an estimate range for mortality in cases of untreated SAM, based on longitudinal studies and an average Middle Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) of severely malnourished children. The lowest level is 183,701 deaths, assuming a MUAC of 110mm. That rises to 341,327 when MUAC is assumed to be 106mm. The mid-point is 262,514 deaths from SAM between January and November 2021.
[iii] Based on an analysis of publicly available UN data including HNOs, the Nutrition Cluster, UNICEF, IPC and FSNWG estimates ranging between January and November 2021, 1,272,607 children under the age of five across the eight countries are not being treated for SAM. This represents 53% untreated / 47% treated.
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Home care is the theme for Severe ME Day on August 8th
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Why should home care be the theme on Understanding and Remembrance Day for Severe ME on August 8? Helen Brownlie of the 25% ME Group has written an explanation for Phoenix Rising ...
August 8, 2015, will be the third annual Understanding and Remembrance Day for Severe ME. To mark this, the 25% ME Group — a support organisation for people who have severe myalgic encephalomyelitis — are focusing on care. We've done this in view of the truly dreadful service responses that our members increasingly report encountering here in the UK.
Clearly there's a major gap between the care needs of people with severe ME and professional perception. Guess which tends to prevail?
Time to raise awareness ...
What is severe ME?
If you're new to the subject, last year's Phoenix Rising article about Severe ME Day is a wonderful way in. Its author posed a simple question: 'What is the one thing about suffering with severe ME that the world needs to know?'
Responses were wide-ranging, thought-provoking, and all too often tragic. Several spoke to the need for care support, such as this Phoenix Rising member:
I think the worst things are losing your sense of identity, having to rely on others for basic help, but mostly not being able to produce energy on demand like the rest of the world ... You just want to be healthy and participate in life as you knew it, but you can't.
Why home care?
People with severe ME need a high level of sensitively delivered care. Not everyone has an informal support network of caring relatives and friends. Many are living alone, without family support. People in this situation are highly vulnerable, totally reliant on public services, and right now, often scared — sadly, with good cause.
As an advocacy worker at the 25% ME Group, my time is increasingly taken up with trying to help people with home-care problems. There's a perfect storm at work, leaving people desperate to enhance the understanding of severe ME and care needs with their local social services departments and paid carers.
In the face of poor service responses from medical care, and gross misunderstanding, people with ME may simply choose to avoid doctors and other health professionals. Of course, this isn't a satisfactory situation, but in the face of this awful medical mess, avoidance of professionals is an option.
Home care, on the other hand, is an essential service, needed right here and now, to help people who require assistance with the most basic needs, such as access to food, access to water, keeping clean, and toileting.
This is simply essential. People who are too ill to look after themselves can only rely on others to help them. They have no choice. A person cannot just switch themselves off until such time as home care services get wise to what is needed and become genuinely motivated to provide it.
There's a massive lack of awareness about how this illness affects a person. This wouldn't be quite so pernicious if care professionals were aware of the gaps in their knowledge and understanding, and motivated to learn from their clients.
Sadly, there's little evidence of that.
The result is that some of the sickest people in our society find themselves dealing with professionals who are immersed in a mindset that's adhered to with great force — but completely out of sync with the reality of their clients' lives.
What do we mean by this?
Well, it's become mainstream thinking to imagine that, instead of responding to need by providing ongoing care provision, people seeking support can and should be 're-abled'. The 'thinking' goes something like this:
Ongoing care support = 'dependence' = bad.
'Re-ablement' = regaining 'independence' = good.
The term 'brainwashing' would not be entirely out of place here. This has bizarre echoes of Geroge Orwell's "Animal Farm" ("Four legs good, two legs bad") and the upside-down world of Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass."
The consequences are all too real
Care can be withdrawn when the person declines this approach. It can be withdrawn once they have tried to go along with the professional's chosen course but got no better. It can be withdrawn if the person with ME got worse and had to stop.
We have members who were not severely affected until pushing themselves to do more, on professional advice. Until recently this tended to come from health professionals only. But it has now seriously infected social services.
ME is life-changing at any level. For the most part, any ME patient is in a condition that professionals would tend to view as a more extreme, severely affected case, if they looked it in the face. The reality of the severest cases, on the other hand, tends to be off the professional radar altogether. Meanwhile, what professionals see as the norm for ME probably doesn't exist at all, or reflects another disorder.
So it's much worse than simple professional adherence to empty rhetoric. The misperceptions around ME play into this in a way that leaves some of the sickest people in the UK in a terrible plight.
People with severe ME are being refused essential care support, including necessary help with such fundamental needs as getting to the toilet.
An adversarial process ... but no one reads you your rights
In an era of cuts to public funding, it would be both more humane and more honest to acknowledge that a person seeking help may well deserve more care time and a better quality service than is actually on offer. Instead – while talk of 'personalisation' is highly fashionable, indeed de rigueur — the prospective client is ground through a highly depersonalising process.
The professional is ostensibly applying rigid protocols to decide on eligibility for care. Of course, the whole idea that one can be wholly 'objective' about this, that there exists a formula that applies with mathematical precision and the force of a logical syllogism, is patent nonsense. But there's a lot of it about.
However, adherence to this pretence simultaneously works as a barrier to access for the sick person, and a crutch and shield for the professional, who may be far removed from the 'coal face' of care needs and awash in a sea of 'commissioning', 'enabling', 'innovating', and generally contracting out services.
Determination of eligibility for care in the UK today is highly process-driven, with standards of 'evidence' applied as though one were attempting to ascertain guilt or innocence. It's quite staggering to be applying similar standards to deciding on the need for home care as are applicable to permitting conviction or otherwise for offence or crime.
Just as a criminal trial is a search for proof, not truth, so it is with home care.
Like the judicial system, decision-making on home care is an adversarial process, but devoid of the checks and balances that are built into the justice process. This is seriously scary.
Very sick and highly vulnerable people find themselves trying to anticipate what can and will be used against them, and deflect this to defend themselves from denial of essential care support. For example:
'I saw you turn over in bed,' i.e. you did it once, this makes you a liar when you say you have difficulty with this – you can do it any time.
'The care worker found your kettle hot,' i.e. you must have used it, so you can use it anytime – maybe you could be making your meals?
I have known a social worker overtly state to her client that the purpose of visiting her home was to 'gather evidence'. What on earth did she expect to find?
The client is seen as an 'unreliable witness' and the litany of suspicion goes on ... and on.
Unlike with a criminal suspect, if you are applying for care no one reads you your rights. No one warns you that anything you say — or do — can and will be used in evidence against you.
If you already have home care, and this is being reviewed, the home care workers will be used as 'witnesses for the prosecution'. But you'll have no opportunity to 'cross examine' them. In fact, you may not be able to be sure that what social services say the home care worker has reported back has in fact been reported.
Just knowing what is going on often leaves me feeling like I need a good bath.
The people who actually manage to live through this, and maintain their dignity and sense of self without crumbling in the face of relentless misperception, have my undying respect.
This exchange between myself and the 25% ME Group's medical advisor Dr. Nigel Speight in October, 2014, is reproduced with his kind permission.
From Helen Brownlie to Dr. Speight:
A fresh hell bubbles up for PwME
I have come across quite a few cases recently emerging, of care being reduced; cut; or reduced and then cut on the basis that they are to be 're-enabled'.
I also have instances of denial of care on the basis that the person declines to be involved in such 're-enablement' — for which read, 'doing more for themselves', for which in the case of PwME read, 'doing themselves vast amount of damage, possibly permanent'.
Given that it seems to be an emerging pattern rather than a coincidence, I am thinking best try to tackle at the top, if possible. Will be more efficient than trying to defend all of the members who have community care from this nonsense on a case-by-case basis.
Person in [London] is a case in point. Latest is that social services, following the intervention of a solicitor, have come up with an 'independent' social worker specialising in 'functional neurological disorders' and mental health in general to reassess.
Dr. Speight replies:
I think you are right and there is an across-the-board attempt to cut back care.
I don't think this is just aimed at ME sufferers but at all welfare recipients, although ME sufferers are especially vulnerable to the various types of dishonesty you have encountered.
The basic reason is the severe cuts imposed on local government.
One would wish the social services departments would be honest and say 'You deserve more but we can't afford it' and then put the blame on the government where it belongs.
Where does this word 're-enablement' come from?
My 'take':
It's a bit like 'self-management' — highly ideological, the flavour of the times, and doesn't have to relate to anything meaningful to patients, to be trumpeted ad nauseam.
Highly useful in terms of latent function — 'justifying' cuts.
Short Term Interventions for Regaining Independence
Against this background, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence — commonly abbreviated to NICE (but not by me!) — is about to prepare guidance on short term interventions for regaining independence.
The 25% ME Group has registered as a 'stakeholder'.
A stake through the heart of this would be good, as far as people with ME are concerned.
According to the draft guideline scope, this guidance will cover 'all adults identified as having lost, or being at risk of losing their independence.' We have pointed out that this scope should be more tightly drawn, to relate to — and only to — people who have some prospect of 'regaining independence' through an intervention (short-term or otherwise).
One of our frustrations, however, is that we simply don't have the resources to meet all the casework needs that our members bring to us, and there's very little additional time that can be shoe-horned in to take issues up at macro level.
It's very frustrating.
So, if you're in a position to do something to defend people from this, please consider registering as a 'stakeholder' and feeding into the guideline development process.
We didn't want to simply complain — however justified — about what is happening. We wanted to provide some materials that might just help support members to make the case for suitable home care. You'll find some of these at the 2015 Severe ME Day page on our website.
If so, please fire away. I can't guarantee a full response to all — simply because time is the enemy here — but we'd be interested to hear your queries and will try to reply as best we can.
Do you have any feedback?
We'd welcome feedback from Phoenix Rising readers about our campaign and our support resources.
As a UK charity, the initiative is aimed at addressing the situation that affects people with ME here in the UK. But we'd also be interested to hear more about how people with ME in other countries access care — is there anything you can share with us that might help achieve change here?
Contacting the 25% ME Group
Our website is here and we can be contacted via email at enquiry@25MEgroup.org
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Fantastic work that Helen Brownlie and Dr Speight are doing.
This 're-enablement' nonsense really is an Orwellian nightmare, as Helen says.
About 20 years ago, a friend of mine who was bedbound with ME was receiving home care from the council. A new careworker found her in bed, flung the duvet off her and tried to physically drag her out of bed. My friend phoned the council straight away and the carer was told not to do anything like that again.
I remembered thinking about this 'carer' and wondering how anybody could be so stupid.
Now that carer's mindset seems to have infected the entire social care organisation.
How can they all be so stupid?
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There's a book by Stephen Pinker - The Better Angels of our Nature - in which he looks at the phenomenal (and unreported) decline in violence worldwide over the centuries (you won't believe it has declined, but read the book and look at the evidence!).
He attributes this partly to the spread of literacy and therefore to people's ability to read about, and put themselves in the position of other people (particularly through fiction) and therefore to be less inclined to use violence.
In other words, there's been a relentless move towards civilisation due to the increased opportunities to feel empathy for others.
In the past few years, this trend seems to have slammed into reverse in the UK as far as the disabled are concerned.
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It has been proposed that this kind of trend is in cycles. Improvement often comes after dark times, when people say never again. Then they forget. Then it happens again. Its the ability to remember those dark times that is important to reduce their occurrence in the future. So they need to be documented.
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This is a further incursion of BPS ideas into the treatment of the disabled in the UK. The language of "empowerment" is used, as it is in ESA, in order to remove rights from people unable to defend themselves. Once again it reveals itself as an idea who's time has come - dressing up cuts as constructive care and then blaming those who "refuse" to be "helped". This is a result of the massive cuts to council budgets I think, and the swiftness with which our governments now come to the conclusion that something is "unsustainable", when the reality is that they simple lack the desire to sustain it.
Re progress: I've been reading a book about witch trials in the seventeenth century this week. Therein, it was claimed that some accusations of witchcraft were levelled at the elderly and infirm who required public assistance. Unwilling to help, people assuaged their consciences by accusing them of witchcraft, thereby absolving themselves of any guilt in their demise, undeserving diabolical wretches that they were. I couldn't but help finding it hauntingly familiar.
People may not be hung or burnt these days, but there are still such things as witch-hunts and as much violence done by the stroke of a pen as there used to be by the slash of a sword.
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Thanks for this. I've highlighted it in a few places.
For people on Twitter, I (https://twitter.com/TomKindlon) have 51 messages scheduled to post during August 8. All under the hashtag #SevereMEday.
Same messages will also go up on my Facebook account: https://www.facebook.com/tom.kindlonpwme
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Great idea for three ways to celebrate Severe ME Day (today) from #MEAction - including to donate to the END ME/CFS 'Severely Ill, Big Data' study.
I'll be donating - let's give END ME/CFS a real 'Severe ME Day' boost!
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ahmo
There's also this site, for uploading photos, in the spirit of retiring the I'm-so-tired image of ME. There don't seem to be any additions since I last visited a couple months ago.
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Helen B 25%
Many thanks to Phoenix Rising for featuring this.
And the insightful comments from subscribers.
Just wanted to mark Severe M.E. Day with some words of quiet remembrance for those who have lost their lives to this terrible illness.
Today would have been Sophia Mirza's 42nd birthday.
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Can I also make a plea for donations to the 25% ME Group.
Believe me, we could do with several advocacy workers.
The unmet need among people who continue to live and suffer with this illness is vast.
Incidentally, I'm with Dan Peterson on the matter of research. Yes, research matters (and good on the OMF for their initiative). However this can only be resolved at 'political' level.
The research that would blow the establishment perspective out of the water is already there!
There's donate button on the Group's fundraising page, easily accessible from the home page.
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Hi Helen - welcome to the forums and thank you for such an important article. You do great work!
Helen B 25% said:
I think this is a very deserving cause. Here's the donation link for the 25% ME Group.
I think that the kind of research funding that we really need to sort this disease out can only be funded by governments, which is going to take political pressure. But in the meantime, I believe that we need to be funding research too - the Phase III rituximab trial in Norway wouldn't now be underway now if it wasn't for Maria Gjerpe's MEandYou crowdfund (which both raised money and applied political pressure that got additional government funding).
True, and there have been strong statements from the recent, big US-government-funded reviews (the IOM report and the P2P report) that this is an organic, not psychological disease. But we haven't yet identified what causes and maintains the disease, got a widely-agreed biomarker, or any approved pharmaceutical treatment or a cure: we desperately need more research.
In my view we should be giving both to support services like the 25% ME Group, and to research.
Thanks again for all you're doing, Helen.
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This article blew me away as it included aspects I've found around this issue which are rarely talked about. The article gave me goose bumps as its too close to home.
One of the reasons I've been given for not receiving any home support for ME disability is "you need to learn independence" and "You need to learn organisation" I cant get through the brains of those who run the services that my issues are not those things.
.. no thought was given at all on the fact that before I got ill I was previously organised and independent enough to be raise two children myself as a single parent, travel from country to city and back most days to go to college and work! (I was a high achiever).
They are still expecting me to to do some "training" or " life re-education" so I can function better and hence cope better with ME which I so far have declined (as it will just was my valuable energy with home visits/appointments and its very hard to fit anything more in my life, Im already doing too much).
Im sure Im currently getting viewed more negatively by those who should be providing me with services due to the fact Im not working with someone to "teach me independence".
The UK seems to be ahead then my state in Australia (SA) which has never home supported as far as I know those who have severe ME (none of the professionals or services here seem to know who does that) but is obviously going backwards heading to my states level of things around this illness.
My states disability service will not recognise ME as an disability and wont recognise that ME is an neurological disorder either. Ive been told its against their actual policy to support ME people . A completely bedridden ME patient could just end up dying where I are right now due to no services for us).
The hospitals here expect the state disability service to be giving support to us and tell me to just push the other services harder, I've already pushed them so hard that I've tried to take them to court for discrimination against ME/CFS (while these other services say we don't fit into their policies).
Crazily this means severe ME people in my state have no home support service options at all no matter how much they need it (hence why I recently choose to go to jail for 2.5months) except if they are older and hence then meet the age requirements to get some support through their local council which I don't qualify for age wise for another 10 years.
I really ask people to also consider donating not just to research but to places in which the donations will help us gain more ME advocates. Without them wrong government polices which are affecting us from very high levels, will not be fixed. Without knowable ME advocates working on the higher levels.. we will not get government funding for research either. Advocates for our illness are essential.
We have enough evidence out there right now which shows people with our illness can be severely affected eg bedbound for advocates to push for ME people to get more of what we are needing be it funding, home support services or calling upon having better trained in this drs.
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Everything the 25% group do is ignored by the UK state, they are a tiny voice in a choir no one can hear, only the patients support them and appreciate them, sadly
We have two core problems in the UK when it comes to ME charities.
1)The charities funded (grants), aren't ME charities but fatigue based.
2) Those funded (government grants) are those who support CBT, such as AFME who support the PACE trial and CBT.
Thus everything the 25% does to help patients, falls on deaf ears, as there is no change of management of ME, whilst ME is incorrectly placed within mental and behavioural NHS treatment strategies (CBT/GE) which PACE proved, doesn't work.
When it comes to home care, you won't get any. Social services read the disinformation on 'disability' in CFS/ME and won't help you.
I had a nurse assessment (housebound) and they said I didn't need any care, and left with zero hours given and no help at all with disability aids. (That's the wide ranging effect psychiatry has on the state), that ignores charities like the 25% group, who try and help out genuine ME patients with chronic life destroying neurological disease. Thus NHS staff are massively biased and may sometimes believe all PWME are mentally ill or lazy, or just don't need help with home care and home help as I experienced.
Such as shame the 25% group cannot be 'the' ME charity in terms of influence.
To get any form of help in the UK as , you have to not criticise CBT and say it works for ''some people'' (totally untrue, no ME research on ME patients supports this).
Naturally due to feeling betrayed many PWME, join the 25% group, and we can see that over time 25% group members are dying out from their disease (rather than going back to work and having a life from CBT).
I'm grateful the 25% group, they have the integrity not to bow to pressure, and carry on, a tiny shoestring budget, run by a gentleman who is very ill indeed, who also has no income and cannot work as his life has been devastated by ME.
At least the positive aspect, is the 25% group can expose what happens to its members, such as no care provision, but this doesn't stop the rot unfortunately. The broken system.
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Many thanks for all your feedback and sharing
Much food for thought
Can I just say that, though the situation is dire, doing advocacy work for the 25% ME group is rewarding. (And it's not the case that if you have M.E. you definitely won't get any home care.) It makes me very aware that if we had more resources we could do more, help more people, and also do more by way of trying to secure the change that's desperately needed. By definition, if an organisation wants to truly represent members with M.E. - severe or otherwise - it must truly represent them and becoming rich is no solution to this if it means becoming part of / in thrall to the system that's causing the problems to members in the first place. So 25% ME Group is resolutely grounded but not well off.
It's an honour to work for this charity. We could also do more with more dedicated volunteers on board. But most people who are interested either have M.E. themselves or are looking after a close friend or family member with M.E. and don't have much if any 'slack' to give. Just need to keep on keeping on, as best.
Thanks again to all of you.
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I'm a ranch manager for the Budweiser Clydesdales. I have to be on call 24/7, but it's totally worth it.
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Ranch manager Amy Trout grew up with draft horses on her parents' farm in Virginia.
Amy Trout
Amy Trout manages the Warm Springs Ranch in Missouri, home to the famous Budweiser Clydesdales.
She's been working with the draft horses since 2002 and feels lucky every day to come to work.
This is what her job is like from taking care of baby foals to managing tours around the ranch.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Amy Trout, a 44-year-old ranch manager, about her career working with the Budweiser Clydesdales. It's been edited for length and clarity.
I majored in animal science and minored in zoology at North Dakota State University before teaching high-school agriculture for a few years. After that, I started looking for a job that would allow me to work closely with animals.
I've got a broad base of animal knowledge, but I grew up with draft horses — large, muscular horses more suited for work — on my parents' farm in Virginia, and I love them.
Budweiser has been using Clydesdale draft horses since 1933, and they have been the company's mascots since 1950.
The company has teams of horses — called hitches — that tour the country with the iconic wagon. I started working with the Budweiser Clydesdales in 2002 and traveled around the country with an eight-horse hitch.
At the time, my hitch was based at SeaWorld in San Antonio. It's no longer there, but we still have hitches in St. Louis and Boonville, Missouri; and Fort Collins, Colorado.
I worked as part of the hitch team for eight years. In 2010, I got promoted to manage the Clydesdale facility at Grant's Farm in Missouri. Grant's Farm is the historic Busch family home where faculty train the horses, and which houses a variety of other animals like cow, bison, and deer.
In 2020, I was promoted to assistant curator, which means I oversee all the animals at the farm. In summer 2021, Warm Springs Ranch in Boonville posted a job opening for a ranch manager, and I applied.
I've been in the role since October 2021 and have been focusing on the Clydesdales full time ever since. I've climbed the ladder over the past 20 years at Anheuser-Busch, and I'm right where I want to be in my career.
Amy Trout oversees a team of seven full-time and 15 part-time staff at the Warm Springs Ranch in Boonville, Missouri.
We have a full-time crew of seven horse handlers at Warm Springs and can accommodate up to 200 visitors a day for tours, which a dedicated department of 15 part-time employees handle.
To supervise everyone, I rent a residence at Warm Springs Ranch where my kids — Wyatt and Clara — and I live full time.
Every morning, I wake up at 5 a.m. and get myself ready before waking my kids for school. While they do their morning chores, I head to the barn. We start feeding horses at 6 a.m. and turn them out for exercise.
We have the breeding facility in Boonville and the hitch is based here, so there are 75 to 100 Clydesdales at the ranch at any given time.
We'll clean the barn, and if there are tours that day, we'll do some extra cleaning. As the day progresses, we bring horses in to get a haircut, bath, or whatever else they are scheduled to do that day.
Around lunchtime, we'll check any mares that are due to be bred or are potentially pregnant. Then it's grass mowing and any outstanding farm chores before wrapping up at 4:30 p.m.
I work six days a week during the heavy foaling-and-breeding season, which lasts from January 1 to the beginning of May.
We put a device called a foal alert in pregnant mares, so when the baby's feet break through the birth canal, the device will call my phone.
From the time the baby's feet start showing, there are only about 15 minutes before the foal hits the ground. So when that alarm goes off, there's no monkeying around — you get to the barn immediately. In a perfect world, our mares will have between 20 and 25 foals every year.
I am on call year-round in case there is an emergency with the horses.
There are between 75 and 100 Clydesdale horses on Warm Springs Ranch at any given time.
I spend most of my days thinking about which horses would make good breeding pairs. It's my responsibility to match horses so their babies are born with optimal colorings.
We do DNA tests and break it down to the genetic level, but we also factor in if there is a particular stallion that has produced a foal with all-white legs in the past.
All of the Clydesdale handlers within the organization have to hold a commercial-truck-driving license to drive the semitruck that transports the horses, so there are times when I help with that.
In 2014, we took four horses overseas for a six-month trip when Budweiser launched in China. But since I've been at the ranch, breeding the horses is my main responsibility.
Cleaning stalls or moving hay bales can be physically taxing, but you want to do it because you know the horses need it.
Amy is responsible for matching the Clydesdales for breeding.
There are a lot of great moments — getting to see foals stand up and take their first wobbly steps is a huge reward.
I was doing outdoor feeding this morning. It was a cool one, but it was so beautiful, and I thought, "Man, I'm just the luckiest person to get to work here every day."
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Lucirmás was founded in 2006 in Barcelona by the Italian designer Lucia Bruni. Lucia has created the Lucirmás atelier, to bring excellence to sustainable glass design.
The results are elegant, useful and sustainable products, designed to live a long life and fit easily multiple spaces.
Lucia Bruni supports craftsmanship techniques and she designs, manufactures and sells her collections in different stores in all Europe.
After studied Belles Artes in Italy – a beginning that has been key to define the aesthetics and the story line of her collections – Lucia's career had a switch of direction after her move to Barcelona where she was selected for the Award AdiFad Medal of Barcelona in 2006. Since that moment, in her workshop of Barcelona, she creates a sublime fusion between design, craftsmanship and sustainability.


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Svante Gustav Adolf Kede, född 4 januari 1877 i Stockholm, död 21 januari 1955 i Stockholm var en svensk målare.

Kede var son till dekorationsmålaren Sven Olsson och Elisa Karlsson. Han studerade konst vid Högre konstindustriella skolan 1898-1902 och därefter för Jean-Paul Laurens vid Académie Julian och vid Académie Colarossi i Paris 1904-1908. Några av hans konstnärskamrater under studietiden i Paris var Erik Tryggelin, David Wallin, Otto Strandman, Svante Nilsson och Fritz Lindström, som redan då ingick i Rackengruppen, där Gustaf Fjæstad var den tongivande konstnären.

Han debuterade 1910 med en utställning på Oscarsteatern i Stockholm och var under 1920- och 1930-talen mycket aktiv med utställningar i Frankrike och Sverige. Han gjorde vidsträckta resor till Spanien, Marocko, USA och Söderhavsöarna och tillbringade också en tid på Tahiti under 1920-talet. Han vistades i närmare tio år i Paris där han ställde ut separat på Georges Petits galleri 1923 och Galerie Bernheim-Jeune 1930. I Sverige ställde han ut separat på Liljevalchs konsthall 1916, Ekströms konstgalleri 1934 och på Thurestams konstsalong 1945. Han medverkade i ett stort antal samlingsutställningar arrangerade av lokala konstföreningar i Uppsala, Eskilstuna, Malmö, Gävle och Luleå. En minnesutställning med hans konst visades i hans egen ateljé hösten 1955.

Svante Kede har målat landskap, pittoreska gatu- och stadsmotiv från Paris och Spanien, figurmotiv från norra Afrika, lappländska fjäll samt exotiska figurmotiv från Tahiti.

Svante Kede publicerade Otaheiti, söderhavsbilder, Nordisk Rotogravyr 1933

Enligt gamla kataloguppgifter, som finns i Stockholmskällan från 1926, var konstnären Svante Kede bosatt på Norra Smedjegatan 5 i Stockholm.

Svante Kede finns representerad på Norrköpings konstmuseum, Kalmar konstmuseum, Västerås konstmuseum, Länsmuseet Gävleborg och Karlskrona konstmuseum.

Källor
Svenskt konstnärslexikon del III, sid 359-360, Allhems Förlag, Malmö. .
 Svante Kede i Konstnärslexikonett Amanda

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 Göteborgs Konsthall Utställningar i Göteborgs Konsthall 1923-1933, Acke Hallgren, Svante Kede, Gösta Nordblad, 9-28 januari 1928, Målningar och teckningar.
Svante Kede i Findartinfo
Svante Kede i AskART
Oljemålningar av Svante Kede
Oljemålning "Tahiti", av Svante Kede
Oljemålning "Fjälllandskap med sjö", av Svante Kede
Oljemålning "Kasban i Rabat, Marocko", 35x49, av Svante Kede

Svenska landskapsmålare
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Konstnärer från Stockholm
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Animal Sculpture Exhibition Bath 2020
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I'm pleased to announce a major release of new work for my animal sculpture exhibition at Beaux Arts Gallery in Bath from 21 November 2020 until 23 January 2021.
This exhibition explores the character, intimacy, drama and boundless wonder of the animal world. From a group of sitting warthogs to a busy family of lion cubs, each piece has a story to tell.
Typically, my animal sculptures are based closely on observations made in the wild. There's no better way to understand an animal and its interaction with its natural environment. Unfortunately, my usual programme of animal sculpture workshops has not been running this year, due to Covid travel restrictions.
These trips would normally provide me with the raw material I need for a year or more of work. They often provide the opportunity to observe rare and endangered animals at close quarters, or to gain new insight and understanding of more familiar species.
This year I was due to visit the Pantanal in Brazil on a scouting mission for a future art safari with Wildlife Worldwide. This is a trip I'd really been looking forward to and I'm very excited about what the Pantanal has to offer as an art safari destination.
The Pantanal, covering over 70,000 square miles, is the world's largest tropical wetland and is home to the capybara, giant anteater and sloth. Unlike the Amazon, where the thick jungle obscures the view, the Pantanal is a relatively open environment that affords spectacular wildlife viewing.
Hopefully, this trip will still go ahead at some point in the near future. Sign up to my newsletter if you'd like to keep up-to-date with future animal sculpture workshops and art safaris. In the meantime, I've been drawing on photographic and other resources to model some of the Pantanal's incredible wildlife for my 2020 animal sculpture exhibition in Bath.
If you're able to visit my animal sculpture exhibition in person, Beaux Arts is a large gallery with five rooms and two staircases so visitors can move safely around the exhibition while respecting social distancing restrictions. Alternatively, the gallery is promoting the exhibition online. You can also follow the progress of my latest animal sculptures on social media, where I post photo, video and time-lapse captures.
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Discussion in 'E63/E64 (2004-2010)' started by alstroberg, May 6, 2010.
I brought home my new 650i about four weeks ago & with some optimism of connecting to the BMW community.
My first BMW board experiences were terrible- little or no useful information, with rude, bullying, and sophomoric comments.
In just a few days the CCA board here has made me feel much better about the peer group I joined.
For years I have used a Saab Board <http://saabnet.com/tsn/bb/9-5/> which has set the bar pretty high for community help & peer guidance - sort of the Prairie Home Companion of car sites.
Apologies for your earlier bad experiences. If it helps, I had an initial bad experience on the phone from some so-called BMW service professionals, including a service advisor that said half his guys would rather be beaten into unconsciousness than work on a BMW 750iL. Hardly a kind thing to say to a BMW enthusiast like me who loves his car.
The online BMWCCA community has been far kinder and supportive of me and my car. Stick with it though and congrats on your car! I hope you will be sharing more photos of it very soon!
We all love our cars here. Glad to have you with us!
My car is pictured on the left, and I have several more in my photo album, which you are welcome to view. It's an early 1988 750iL, production date 9/87. It's Alpine White with a black leather interior.
The maturity level in there was somewhere between Chuck E. Cheese and Pee Wee's Playhouse (not very high, in other words).
OTOH, I've been a member of http://www.bimmerboards.com for four years now. It's got the occasional troll (don't they all? ) but overall a very helpful, friendly, and generally relaxed, uncensored, and active BMW community.


"Sit down." Tiernan motioned toward the chair in front of the desk as he dropped into his own.
"Thanks, I prefer to stand." Lochlann arched a brow, looking pointedly down at the other Fae.
LOL. He'd better stop and think about what that makes him!


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3DO, Amiga, Amiga CD32, CD-i, DOS, Game Gear, Genesis, SNES
Electrocorp, the world's leading manufacturer and developer of advanced robotics ran the Leader Project to develop a multi-task, ultra-intelligent, self-aware robot to manage every aspect of the factory plant. The end result was the Supervisor Droid, a machine capable of assuming any form and accessing any database. But when an EGO virus infected the Supervisor's self-awareness it started to consider its need above of those of the company, infecting the other robots in the plant and declaring itself their leader. Electrocorp then sent its top-secret ECO32-5 Cyborg to infiltrate the plant and destroy the supervisor.
Rise of the Robots is a versus fighting game. The player controls the ECO32-5 Cyborg and must fight all the other robots in the plant until finally meeting the Supervisor Droid. The controls consist of 3 buttons for punches and 3 buttons for kicks (one for each in the Game Gear version), and jumping, moving, crouching and blocking are performed with the directional pad. The Cyborg has two super moves, the Turbo Head Butt and the Shoulder Barge. The player can choose the difficulty, number of rounds and time limit for the fights, as well as turn turn the super moves off.
The game has three modes: mission, where the player fights each robot in a fixed order; training, where the player can fight any robot in any desired order; and two players versus mode (absent in the Game Gear version), where the second player chooses any of the enemy robots to fight with. It features an AI system that reacts to the player style, 3D rendered cutscenes and the title song was composed by Queen's guitarist Brian May.
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Visual technique / style: Digitized sprites
The worst fighting game ever on the PC. Avoid at all costs. DOS Spartan_234 (460)
Urgh DOS Ashley Pomeroy (233)
A perfect example of "All flash, and no substance". SNES JohnLennon224 (16)
Rubbish in every way but one Amiga Martin Smith (78)
And all this time I kept thinking there was worse! DOS Satoshi Kunsai (2084)
Probably the worst fighting game EVER in the history of gaming. DOS Tomer Gabel (4643)
Looks can be decieving SNES ThE oNe (184)
I wanted to like it... but It was just too bad... DOS Yeah No (24)
Coming Soon Magazine DOS Feb, 1995 90 out of 100 90
PC Games (Germany) DOS Jan, 1995 50 out of 100 50
Play Time Amiga CD32 Feb, 1995 45 out of 100 45
Video Games SNES Jan, 1995 40 out of 100 40
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) 3DO May, 1995 14 out of 40 35
Play Time Genesis Jan, 1995 35 out of 100 35
Digital Press - Classic Video Games SNES Oct 31, 2004 2 out of 10 20
GamesCollection Amiga CD32 Jul 26, 2008 2 out of 10 20
Video Games 3DO May, 1995 18 out of 100 18
Retro Gamer Amiga Sep, 2004 12 out of 100 12
Instinct Design, the developer for Rise of the Robots, claimed that the game would feature 100 frames of animation per robot, with a special key frame system to ensure fluidity of movement. In reality, the game utilized 3 frames of movement for the robot punching, kicking and whatever else.
Cancelled Sega CD version
There was actually a Sega CD version in development, which was going to be published by JVC, but it was never released. A preview video exists, but it doesn't show anything from that version, other than a box cover. The "Work in Progress" footage shown was in fact from the DOS version.
Game covers mentioned that Rise of the Robots contained music by rock guitarist Brian May. While technically true, the only Brian May music you hear in the game is an approximately 5-seconds long guitar solo at the beginning. Brian May was penned in to produce the entire soundtrack, however completion was delayed and the soundtrack was not completed in time for the games release.
Extended CD-32 version
In October 2015 an extended and corrected "Special Edition" of the CD-32 version of Rise of the Robots was released. This fan made improvement by Earok is fixing some gameplay issues like the difficulty level and also adds aesthetic features like new backgrounds or the inclusion of the intro of the arcade version. This version can be downloaded for free.(Source: Unofficial CD32 Ports)
PC version differences
Rise of the Robots on PC was released on floppy disks and CD-ROM. The CD-ROM version had an animated intro instead of the stills as seen in the floppy disk version.
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Pete Jones, Andrew Wood, Sean Griffiths
Sean Griffiths
Senior Artists:
Sean Naden, Kwan Lee
Character Design:
Sean Naden
Set Design & Construction:
Kwan Lee
3DO Implementation:
Cognisense
Senior Programmers:
Gary Leach (PC), Andy Clark (Amiga)
Project Assistance:
Gina Jackson
Musical Coordination:
Richard Joseph, Andrew Wood
Game Soundtrack:
Richard Joseph
Game Music:
Jason Page, Graham King
Original Tecnho Music::
Fuzzy + Logic, Clown Factory
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1997 ford explorer eddie bauer. 1997 Ford Explorer Specs, Trims & Colors 2019-04-14
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1997 Ford Explorer Specs Specifications
For 2014, Ford added the 365 hp 272 kW 3. The 4-speed electronically- controlled automatic transmission is smooth and quick, and the optional Control Trac 4-wheel drive system offers traction for all conditions. All other Ford Motor Company vehicles are allowed to tow U-Haul trailers. The flowingly molded instrument panel places gauges and controls usefully. It had top-notch power, handling and comfort.
Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 4x4 (1997)
The tire tread separated and the vehicle had an unusually high rate of crash as a result. For the first generation, the three-door was available in any trim except Limited , with Sport offered as a trim exclusive to the three-door. Front-wheel or four-wheel drive are standard options. Retaining the same footprint as its predecessor, the 1995 Ford Explorer underwent extensive modifications to its chassis to improve its road manners. Its maximum tow rating is 5,300 lb 2,404 kg.
1997 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4
In an effort to better differentiate the model line from the Ford Ranger, Ford stylists redesigned the vehicle, giving the Explorer a model-specific exterior. Carried over from the previous generation, the base engine for the third-generation Explorer was a 210 hp 157 kW 4. That is 1,500 lb 680 kg greater than the towing capacity stated for the Explorer America concept and 2,115 lb 959 kg less than the outgoing Explorer's towing capacity, although that was only available with the 4. While adopting the styling of the Navigator for both its interior and exterior, the Aviator was a six-passenger, three-row vehicle. Along with the two-tone Eddie Bauer trim, the highest trim Explorer was the monochromatic Ford Explorer Limited. For its first two generations, the Explorer was produced in both two-door as the Explorer Sport and four-door configurations.
1997 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer Edition Detailed
The rear seat rows can be folded, and the spare tire is mounted under the chassis for increased interior space and visibility. As part of the changes related to the redesigned front suspension, the entire front fascia was redesigned, with the Explorer gaining model-distinct styling. Archived from on January 6, 2013. For the 2010 model year, Ford's became standard on all Explorers equipped with the Sync system, while V8s were restricted to 4-wheel-drive models. In a styling theme that would be used in several other Ford small trucks, the 1995 Explorer was given an oval grille; the headlamps were changed from rectangular to oval as well, wrapping into the fenders. The I-4 engine is not available with the optional 6-speed 6F SelectShift automatic, and will only be available in front-wheel drive. The Explorer is not without controversy, however, as some problems with vehicle roll-over as a result of tire blowouts were reported.
Rear Suspension for 1997 Ford Explorer
The 2011 Ford Explorer won the title of North American Truck of the Year. Archived from on July 28, 2013. For 2009, the Explorer received a trailer sway control system as standard equipment, and the navigation system received flow monitoring with updated gas prices from nearby stations. At the same time, Ford has taken steps to make it a more fuel-efficient vehicle. It comes with a new 10-speed automatic transmission and either rear- or all-wheel drive. Archived from on January 17, 2010. The interior was given redesigned front and rear seats, along with second-generation airbags; side airbags were introduced as an option.
1997 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer Edition for Sale
For 1997, revised cylinder heads increased output of the 5. The development of the fifth generation Explorer was led by chief engineer Jim Holland from February 2008 to October 2010, who was also a chief engineer for ; heading development of the Land Rover L322 2005 facelift from December 2001 to December 2004. Previous models have achieved similar recognition. Depending on the Terrain Management mode selected, the center multi-disc differential's intelligent lock will allow for a 50:50 torque split in off-road conditions. The automaker introduced a fifth option, called Limited, in 1993, that included many upscale features, like automatic headlights and a self-dimming rear view mirror.
For 1998, the Explorer Sport became the sole version of the three-door; following the introduction of the third-generation Explorer, the Explorer Sport became a distinct model through the 2003 model year. This is a great work truck, expanded family, road trip vehicle! For 2008, Ford added side curtain airbags across the Explorer range. The fifth-generation Explorer was the first-ever vehicle to be equipped with dual rear. The old family wagon never was so good. Archived from on September 19, 2015. The center multi-disc differential controls the front-to-rear split, biasing as much as 100 percent of torque to either the front or rear wheels.
Low hanging running boards are no longer offered from the factory to help increase side obstacle clearance. Following the January 2001 introduction of the third-generation five-door Ford Explorer, the three-door Explorer became a stand-alone model on the second-generation design; the Explorer Sport was produced through the 2003 model year. Second owner maintained the vehicle beautifully. Maybe, but first check the size of the garage. Power , like the ones from the , were also made available on the Explorer and Mountaineer; the running boards lower to allow easier access when entering the vehicle, then retract upon door closure.
Archived from on May 24, 2010. Now in its third decade of production, the Ford Explorer continues to be one of the most popular vehicles on the road. The five-speed automatic transmission was advanced. The size may be imposing, but the style is recognizably contemporary Ford. To free up interior space on the center console for equipment, the transmission is fitted with a column-mounted shifter. In place of Touch Drive from the previous generation, was an electronically controlled full-time four-wheel drive system with a two-speed transfer case, with software controlling a multi-disc clutch in place of a center differential.
Used 1997 Ford Explorer For Sale
Archived from on June 13, 2002. Truck does not over heat. Following the January 1996 introduction of the 4. For police use, Ford developed the Ford Police Interceptor Utility from the fifth-generation Explorer replacing the ; a specially modified Special Service Vehicle version is also available from Ford Fleet for , , and. As families started using the Explorer as their primary vehicles for moving around town, they realized that the Explorer provided the hauling capacity of station wagons with a look that was considered much more stylish. Engine Production Configuration Power Torque Transmission Ford 1995-2000 245 cu in 4.


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Watch This Manned Electric Hoverbike Fall From Sky And Crash In Dubai
All safety systems worked as expected and no injuries were reported.
Jun 12, 2020 at 10:03am ET
By: Eric Loveday
The hoverbike just can't stay in the air and, as you'll see in the video, it loses lift and slowly falls from a height of about 90 feet and hits the ground. We're not entirely sure why this flight failed, but the video description suggests it may have something to do with barometric pressure.
The Hoverbike featured in the video is part of the Dubai police force. It's unclear if the pilot was a member of the police or someone else testing out the unit.
Hoversurf Official (makers of the hoverbike seen in the video) explains the incident as follows:
The barometer in Dubai refused and an accident occurred - a down from a height of 30 meters. All safety systems worked well, and the pilot was not injured. Safety is our main concern. It is thanks to such incidents that our designs are becoming more safe.
It's good to hear that the safety systems worked as planned, though we sure would like to see an emergency stop in place for those spinning rotors which somehow, almost miraculously, didn't seriously injure the downed pilot.
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We're not so sure there's a real future for these hoverbikes, though they do look cool in action when working properly.
Now it's time for some background on these particular hoverbikes.
The Dubai police force unveiled a new hoverbike at the 2017 Gulf Information Technology Exposition (GITEX). Based on Hoversurf's Scorpion-3 hoverbike, the battery-powered DPF model has a top speed of 70 kilometers per hour (roughly 43 miles per hour), and can run for 25 minutes on a full charge.
This meager performance isn't going to set any streets afire, nor will it help the DPF catch any of Dubai's notorious street racers, but that's not what it was designed to do. Dubai police say that the hoverbike will be deployed as a first-responder vehicle to get into hard-to-reach places where larger vehicles can't go. The DPF hoverbike can also be deployed as an unmanned drone with a range of about six kilometers. Not too shabby.
Below we've included the original video from the launch of the hoverbikes in Dubai:
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MockingJay. Wallpaper I made for the 3rd book in the hunger games trilogy.. HD Wallpaper and background images in the The Hunger Games club tagged: the hunger games.
Wallpaper I made for the 3rd book in the hunger games trilogy.
This The Hunger Games wallpaper might contain fleur de lis and fleur de lys.