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What it Means to be an American
Raynard Jackson | 7/3/2013, 12:36 p.m.
With the deepening polarization of our country, I have been reflecting on the cause of this polarization.
One of the major issues confronting the U.S. is what it means to be an American. This may sound a bit trite, but this is at the heart of a lot of the intractable problems we are facing as a country. Everyone wants to carve out their own identity, with individuality being the motivating force behind the move, not the betterment of America.
There was a time when we were simply all Americans. Then we became Irish-Americans, Jewish-Americans, African-Americans, Homosexual-Americans, Illegal-Americans, etc.
There used to be the Chicago Bulls, the Jackson 5, and the Supremes. Then they became Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5, and Diana Ross and the Supremes.
We used to rally around the principle of being an American. We "Pledged Allegiance (now optional)," we sang the national anthem at public events (now controversial), we prayed at graduations (mostly illegal and very controversial).
Blacks, Jews, and Mexicans celebrated their heritage, but still considered themselves Americans first. Now that has all changed. You have people in the country that cannot speak English and have no interest in learning. They expect America to accommodate their unwillingness to learn our language.
Now you have illegals in the country demanding rights; homosexuals wanting to become a protected class based on their sexual preference, and you have the county of Los Angeles required to print ballots in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Japanese, and Korean.
These ballots are mandated by federal law. The Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 was originally enacted to prohibit state and local governments from denying or abridging the right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude," a right guaranteed by the 15th Amendment. It applied to political jurisdictions with a history of denying such rights to Black Americans and was specifically aimed at removing barriers to voter registration. It was intended to be a temporary remedy. But in 1975, Congress greatly expanded the Voting Rights Act's original intent by inserting special protections for "language minorities." The so-called language minorities singled out for protection under Section 203 of the Act were: American Indians, Asian Americans, Alaskan Natives, and citizens of Spanish Heritage. For the first time in our history, states and counties with substantial populations of these newly-protected protected language minorities were required to provide ballot and election materials in languages other than English.
Our shared values, not our uniqueness, is what makes us Americans. The English language should be the language we can rally around and the language that creates a common bond.
When you focus on the individual, the group loses its identity. We must get back to what it means to be an American. We must speak one language – our national language – and not have our motives questioned for insisting on that basic requirement. No other country abandons its language to accommodate "language minorities" who don't speak its national language.


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PBA charitable activites help worthy causes across America
Over the course of the past 12 months, in addition to ongoing activities over the years, Professional Bowlers Associations tournaments under PBA Tour, PBA50 Tour and PBA Regional banners have contributed significantly to charitable causes across America.
Some of the benefactors of PBA tournaments and fund-raisers include: Hubbard (Ohio) High School Bowling, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Wounded Warriors, American Cancer Society, Relay For Life, The Boys & Girls Clubs, Alzheimer's Association, Lorain County (Ohio) Kids Fund, Police Activities League (PAL), Andy Dye Foundation (Junior Bowling Program), Dan Kondas Fund, Autism Awareness, Special Olympics, Race For The Cure, Coldwater High School Bowling, Multiple Sclerosis, Tony Reyes Memorial Fund, Baer Foundation, Chron's & Colitis Foundation, Youth Scholarships, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Boys Ranch.
"The PBA is proud to partner with worthy charities all year across all of our programs," PBA Commissioner Tom Clark said. "And we are glad we can be part of the entire bowling industry's huge contributions to important causes."
Clark said the PBA's five-year partnership with NBA star Chris Paul's CP3 Foundation, bringing awareness to the foundation's work enhancing children's lives, has been rewarding among other efforts.
"The PBA is a supporting member of The Bowling Foundation, the charitable arm of the sport," Clark added, "and a number of our player members, on their own initiatives, have created their own scholarship and charitable fund-raising projects. When we announce the winner of the inaugural Tony Reyes Community Service Award early in 2014, everyone will get a better idea of the kind of commitment I'm talking about."
ESPN and the PBA have announced a change in the January telecast lineup.
The finals of the Japan Cup, originally scheduled to air on Jan. 19, will now air on Sunday, Jan. 12, at 1 p.m. ET and coverage of the PBA Regional Players Invitational Finals and PBA50 Finals will now air on Sunday, Jan. 19, at 3 p.m. ET. The finals of the Teen Masters Grand Championship, presented by the PBA, will follow the RPI/PBA50 telecast at 5 p.m. on Jan. 19.
"This moves the important PBA Japan Cup national title event up in the TV schedule and gives us a chance the following week to spotlight three distinctly different aspects of the PBA with a three-hour block concentrating on our regional program, senior program and commitment to the stars of tomorrow."
PBA BOWLING CHALLENGE GAME SETS BLAZING PACE IN iOS INTRODUCTION
Two weeks after the introduction of the iOS version of PBA Bowling Challenge, one of the world's most popular games for mobile devices, there were 743,782 downloads recorded for Apple-product smart phones and iPads…and more than 5.5 million game sessions had been played.
At the highest point of the second week, according to PBA Bowling Challenge creator Concrete Software, the game ranked No. 3 among all iPad installs and No. 23 for all iPhone installs.
"The day before he died, I got to have a really nice chat with him and tell him how much I loved him…" said Chris Hardwick in a moving tribute to his late father, PBA Hall of Famer Billy Hardwick, on his Sunday night "Talking Dead" show on AMC. To listen to Chris Hardwick's complete message, click here:
● Jeff Roche of Dearborn, Mich., defeated Carleton Chambers of Detroit, 224-208, to win $2,000 and his first PBA Regional title in the joint PBA Pro Bowl Central/Midwest Open presented by Dexter at Pro Bowl West in Ft. Wayne, Ind., on Sunday, Nov. 17.
● Lonnie Waliczek of Wichita, Kan., defeated reigning PBA Player of the Year Sean Rash, a former Wichita resident now living in Montgomery, Ill., 268-225, to win the PBA Budweiser Wichita Southwest/Midwest Open at Thunderbird Bowl Sunday. Waliczek and Rash dominated the field in qualifying, and easily advanced to the championship match where Waliczek started with a spare followed by eight strikes in winning the Wichita event for the second time. He also earned $2,700.
● Kyle Troup of Hickory, N.C., defeated B.J. Moore of Apex, N.C., 256-226, to win his seventh PBA Regional title in the Gloucester Southern Open presented by Radical Bowling at Village Lanes in Gloucester, Va., Sunday. With his second win of the year, Troup tightened up the 2013 South Region points race with two events remaining. Connor Pickford of Charlotte, N.C., who finished third, is the current leader with Troup in second place.
● George Tignor of Winchendon, Mass., successfully defended his title when he defeated PBA Hall of Famer Tom Baker of King, N.C., 278-248, to win the PBA50 Bryan's Bowling Center Eastern Open presented by The Insurance Market at Bryan's Bowling Center in Laurel, Del., Sunday. Tignor won his only previous PBA50 Regional title in the same event a year earlier.
● Dean Richards of Tacoma, Wash. and partner Daniel Jackson Jr. of Portland, Ore. posted a 3-2 match play record and a 12-game total of 5,365 pins Saturday to win the PBA Lithia CJDR Northwest Doubles at Go Bowl in Pasco, Wash., on Saturday by 12 pins over Rob Edwards of Vancouver, Wash. and Curtis Messer Jr. of Aberdeen, Wash. Richards and Jackson split the $2,500 first prize.
● The Nov. 22-24 weekend PBA Regional schedule features Steve Cook's Fireside Lanes Capital City West/Northwest Open presented by DV8 in Citrus Heights, Calif., and the Dallas Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeons Southwest Open at Allen Bowl in Allen, Texas.
Two events are on tap for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend: the Beaumont Southwest Open presented by Roto Grip at Crossroads Bowling Center in Beaumont, Texas, and the La-Z-Boy/Monroe Sport Center Non-Champions Open in Monroe, Mich.
For complete schedules, rules and entry information, visit pba.com, open the "schedules" tab and click on Regional Tours to find the event(s) in your area.
● PBA charter member and hall of famer Carmen Salvino of Chicago celebrates his 80th birthday on Saturday, Nov. 23. To help celebrate his milestone birthday, Salvino shared the story of his remarkable career in bowling – and other facets of his life – in a full-length feature story that will be posted on pba.com on Friday.


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A ridiculous article appeared in the South Florida media Saturday, seemingly reporting as fact that Jake Long's days with the Dolphins are numbered. The article cited no source. The article made the leap that because the Dolphins drafted Jonathan Martin to play right tackle, that must mean the team's left tackle was done in Miami.
The article irked the Dolphins public relations staff and, more importantly, made general manager Jeff Ireland upset enough to address it first off in his post-draft press conference.
Here is what Ireland said ... along with everything else said at that presser.
"Before we get started I want to clear the air on an article, I don't normally go overboard on media speculation but last night I saw an article about Jake Long. I have plans to keep Jake Long right here for a long time. So, don't get ahead of ourselves and you guys have a question, especially on that here on a press conference standpoint. You guys are obviously free to ask me about those things and I'll give you an honest an answer as I can. We have plans to keep Jake around here. We drafted Jonathan Martin to be a tackle on this football team. A right tackle on this football team so let's don't speculate any further than that."
"We had a great day today though fellas. We have a great staff upstairs. I want to thank my scouting staff in particular Chris Grier, Brian Gaine, Chase Leshin, and those guys worked long hours and I got a great staff of scouts. Thank Joe (Philbin) and his staff did a tremendous job. We're still in the process…we're getting through the free agency process which has been very productive tonight. I think we got some really good guys but that's talk about the five picks we had today. Obviously we went up and got Lamar Miller. My vision for Lamar is just to come in here and learn and develop. He's got as natural run skills as I've seen. I thought he was one of the better run backs in this year's draft. He's got good hands. He's very quick. He's got exceptional change direction. I think he had over 2,000 yards in just 335 carries in just two years. He was just a one-year starter. He's got some kickoff return ability to him. So, we just felt like he was too good a value to pass up. I'm in the business of collecting good football players. I'm in the business…when you put the board up you follow the board and I have a good friend of mine once told me that if you have a strength of your team you build it, and don't be afraid to build it. And so that's what we're doing with Lamar. We have a strength at that position and we're not afraid to build it."
"The next player was Josh Kaddu in the fifth round from Oregon. A linebacker. We feel like he can play really any linebacker position. We think he's an outside linebacker. I don't see him as Mike but I do see him as a Will or a Sam. Tremendous athlete. (The guy) is explosive. He can run. He's got long arms. He can drop. He can cover. He's got great range and we think he's going to immediately have an impact on special teams. That's our vision for him right now. He's a good kid and we're glad to have him as well.
"Sixth round we took the all-time leader receiver at Michigan State B.J. Cunningham. This guys just a good football player. He's not the fastest. He's not the biggest. He's not the quickest. But he is one darn good football player and you can't have enough of those guys in your football team. He's got very good hands. He's tough. He transitions catch to run very well and look forward to having him compete for a roster spot here.
"The next player we took was Kheeston Randall a defensive linemen out of Texas. He's big. He's 6'4", 305 lbs. He runs really good. He's got very long arms. We think he can play any position on the defensive line. A three, a five, a one. So he's got versatility. Got a good chance of seeing him at the Senior Bowl. Had a good week of practice there and he's smart and he' tough and so we feel very good about Kheeston.
"Second seventh round pick was Rishard Matthews. Big, physical receiver. I think he had 91 catches I think this year for over 1,000 yards. I think a 15-yard average. He's a team captain there. We had a good grade on this young man and you know he's one of those receivers that he plays a lot bigger than he is. There's some comparisons to some people in the league that I won't get into but I don't want to make any false predictions about the kid but feel very good about this young man. He can run well. He catches the ball as good as anybody. Has big hands and so we have very good vision for him as well."
(On if he was surprised to see Lamar Miller in the Fourth Round) – "We were. I expected him to go a little bit earlier but you know that's the draft. And for whatever reason he was still sitting there I felt it was too good a value to pass up and so we went up to try to get him in front of a couple of other teams."
(On how do you vision giving Reggie Bush, Daniel Thomas, and Lamar Miller carries this season) -"That's the coach's job to get those guys carries. He's a developmental running back right now so he's going to have to learn how to be a pro and he's going to be a little sprinkle back until he becomes a full throttle back. He needs to become a little bit more rugged and he has to learn to pass protect a little bit better. We certainly have a vision for his as a kickoff return for him. The guy can catch. We may be able to put the guy in different spots from the running back position, but he was just too good of a talent. I'm going to leave it up to my coaching staff to find the right position for him and the right number of plays and how we get him into the game."
(On drafting University of Miami players, what did you like about them) -"Well, we had a chance to visit with pretty much all of the University of Miami guys. We kind of had our own special day. It was a Miami Hurricane/Miami Dolphin Day and really had a chance to spend some time with them. We want to try to create a relationship with the Hurricanes and Al Golden. He's been very good to me. I respect him very much as a head football coach and I know the way he coaches. I like the way he coaches his players. I believe in his program. I believe in him. We had good long talks about each of these players we drafted. I think from Al's prospective and my prospective, I think we're just scratching the surface of the ability of the two players from the University of Miami. Obviously, Olivier (Vernon) and Lamar (Miller), I think they're two tremendous prospects. The ceiling is endless."
(On selecting a WR later in the draft rather than higher, did you not see value in the position) -"Well, a little bit of both. I have confidence in the players I have on the roster. We still have some young players that are ascending. I think we've drafted a couple of good players. We definitely think can ascend, but again we're in a reach. That's not my philosophy. The board speaks to me when I'm in the draft and wasn't going to reach for anything. I was going to let the board speak to you. Like I always said, if the value marries the need then you marry it together. In this case at the receiver position that it married together in the sixth round."
(On addressing the safety position, did you not see value in the position) -"Yup, I didn't think this year's draft at the safety position was a real strong draft. You can miss on some of those guys if you're not put in the position to really get those guys."
(On having enough explosiveness at WR or is that not what you're trying to do) -"Well, you're always looking for explosiveness, but it's not just the receiver position. Coach (Joe) Philbin will tell you, it's about the offense and we got some tight ends and we got some running backs and receivers and we know it's about scheming it to where we can get the ball to the best hands of the playmakers that we have. I have a lot of confidence in Joe and his staff to be able to scheme it up. We don't play for a couple more months too so we'll see what acorns fall off the tree."
(On if you believe the new offensive system will improve the receiver's numbers this season) -"Absolutely, I do (laughing)."
(On how important was this draft for you) -"It's extremely important. I go into every draft that it's important. We're trying to win championships. I just believe this is the best way to build a team. Like you said, my second time to be fully control of the draft. It's extremely important for me. It's extremely important to this franchise that we hit on a lot of these players, all of them. Again, maybe I am naïve that I think I can hit on all of them, but we put a lot of effort into scouting these players and interviewing them. Chasing them across the country and we definitely put ourselves in position to be drafting these players and feel like they're all great kids. They'll have a chance to compete and add depth to this football team."
(On worrying if the defense did not get address this draft) -"No, I'm not. I'm not worried about that. Really haven't in particularly focused on one thing in the draft room and again the board kind of speaks to me and we're trying to address some certain things and I'll let the board speak to me. Again, I'm in the business of collecting good football players whether it's a need position or not. I'm in the business of getting as many good football players on this football team as we can here during this process."
(On Cameron Wake's contract status) -"Well, the official comment is I don't talk about any kind of contract negotiations in the media. I'm just not going to do it."
Coach Joe Philbin also addressed the media. And here it is:
(On if he felt he improved the offensive line during the draft) – "We're really pleased with Jonathan Martin. We think he has a chance to come in and compete for playing time right away. We're excited about getting our hands on him and working with him. So again how much we improve…obviously we have some players on the roster, some young players as well, that need to develop. We need to take a good look at them. We got a good look at them for three days without the pads, so we may not get a true handle on where some of the younger guys on the roster are until we get to the padded work. It's certainly an area we want to improve and I feel good about the draft pick that we made but we still have a lot of work to do."
(On seeing a player like RB Lamar Miller, UM, dropping to the fourth round) – "I think he's an outstanding fit schematically. When you talk about explosive plays, the two statistics in football offensively that matter are protecting the football and creating explosive plays. We look at Lamar Miller as a back that has an opportunity create explosive plays. He's a guy who we think can break tackles. He has very good speed. If you looked at our board, and Jeff said that it was hard to ignore the guy. I liked him very much, the scouting department liked him very much, so when you look at a guy that has that kind of ability, it's hard to pass up a guy like that."
(On if he feels as though he has enough pulling guards on the team) – "We pulled a little bit there. We did some of those schemes during the three-day camp. I wouldn't say that I'm totally sure yet, to be quite honest with you. We did a little bit of it, but not enough for me to say definitively one way or the other."
(On the way he feels that the roster has changed because of the draft) – "I'm delighted about the guys we've added to the roster. I really like the character of the guys. The passion for the game of football, that was really important. Jeff and his staff do a great job finding out those answers. In conjunction, our coaches watched, though not nearly as much as the scouts, but they commented on the fit as to a scheme standpoint. I'm delighted with the guys we've added at this point in time."
(On the upcoming rookie mini-camp and any goals he might have for it) – "Hopefully, if the play's going to the right, to get everyone to step to the right and not run into one another. That's honestly one of the primary goals. It's going to be more of an orientation. It's not going to be, let's do a hundred up-downs and see whom we can run out of here. We're going to get them oriented to the weight room, get them oriented to some of our player engagement programs, we're going to get them adjusted to our practice structure, our practice tempo, our schemes, our classroom environment, our weight room environment, all of those things. What we want to do is to prepare them for the OTAs and get them a little bit comfortable – a little bit – with the playbook. We're not going to go nearly as fast as we do with our other guys. In five practices, as I mentioned to you yesterday, we put in first down, second down, third down, red zone, two minute…we're going to do first down and second down with these guys. If they can get half of it and remember 25 percent, seriously, we're ahead of the game. So it's more of an orientation than a real camp and it's going to be slower paced, not nearly as fast as we move with the other guys."
(On QB Ryan Tannehill, Texas A&M, and his familiarity with the offensive playbook) – "Well, I was a little shocked when (assistant quarterbacks coach) Zac Taylor came...they met at 7:00 and he came back at 10:00 and said they were done. The guy's already done. I said, gee, Zac, three hours and the kid knows the whole playbook. We might need to spend more time in coaches' meetings if this is the problem. We've been here three months and the guy's learned the offense in three hours. Again, I don't know how many guys – I was talking to Kim Bokamper early this morning – how many guys were drafted today, two hundred fifty seven? I would guess that two or three other guys in the whole draft felt as comfortable as Ryan Tannehill did walking into a building. I would guess. And it may not have been anyone else, but there certainly weren't a lot of guys that would have had the comfort level that he did today. And I think that's good for a little while. Because he's such a competitor, I don't think it's going to be an issue. I know we aren't getting a complacent player because he feels like he knows a couple of people. That's really the exact opposite. The only reason he's here is because of his competitive nature and athletic ability. I think he and Zac…they met last night, they met this morning before you guys met with him at 10:00, he had already put in a good morning's work. I think he'll be off to a good start."
(On if he was looking for a particular wide receiver make up in the players you drafted) – "Not really. I'm not really big into he's an 'X', he's a 'Z', he's a slot, I think I told you guys that. It's not that that I don't believe in let's have a go to receiver or a big guy that can win a one-on-one match up. I love to have those guys, don't get me wrong. But I don't think in terms of 'X ' and 'Z'. The way we teach the passing game is we have individual cuts. We have two man concepts. We have three man concepts. I think the more guys that you can get into different spots to create mismatches for the defense, the better you are going to be. So I don't think we locked in, somebody asked me is he a 'X' or a 'Z', I don't know, he is a receiver. We're going to get him, we are going to watch him, we are going to get him on the field and see if he operates better inside or outside. We like the size of both of these guys. They are a little bit bigger targets as a wide out. (Rishard)Matthews is a little bit faster, but they are both physical guys. They are both competitive guys. I think it speaks highly, (B.J.) Cunningham is the all-time leading receiver in the history of the school and they have had some good football players roll through that campus. We liked the way he caught the ball over the middle, we like his competitiveness and (wide receivers coach) Ken (O'Keefe) went up there to watch him work out as did Chris Grier, I believe. So again, I am not good at that stuff, he's an 'X' and he's a 'Z' and all that."


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NPR Blog on Planned Parenthood Sting Earns Critics
The liberal activist group Moveon.org is rightfully concerned about the release of a video that appears to show a Planned Parenthood worker advising a pimp and prostitute on medical services, including abortions, for under-age sex prostitutes.
Moveon.org's concern focuses on the fact that Andrew Breitbart, controversial publisher of eponymous news portals, has put the 10-minute video on his Big Journalism website, and NPR's Eyder Peralta blogged about it.
Lila Rose, head of Live Action, is behind the recent video. Live Action opposes abortion rights. Her group has released more than a dozen hidden camera videos of Planned Parenthood workers violating their organization's guidelines. Some have led to state investigations.
Rose works closely with Breitbart, who along with National Review and others, is promoting her video. The Planned Parenthood worker shown in the video was fired Wednesday.
Breitbart promoted edited video excerpts last July of a speech given by Shirley Sherrod, a former black U.S. Agriculture Department worker. The excerpts made it appear Sherrod told the NAACP that she had intentionally discriminated against white farmers. He said he did not edit the video, but wouldn't say who did.
Before anyone asked her what she really said, she was fired. Many news organizations jumped on the story without checking out the entire NAACP speech.
Breitbart also has ties to James O'Keefe, the young man who successfully cost ACORN its government funding after he secretly videotaped ACORN employees giving advice on tax breaks and home loans for a business involving underage El Salvadoran girls.
NPR incorrectly reported that O'Keefe was involved with Rose's video but corrected it. The network also ran an editor's note about the blog.
Breitbart posted the videos at biggovernment.com. ACORN, a left-leaning community services organization, subsequently was forced out of business, even though it had become clear that the videos had been heavily edited to make the actions of ACORN employees appear worse than they were.
After NPR's blog about the latest videos focusing on Planned Parenthood, Moveon.org sent out an advisory Feb. 2.
"Enough is enough," it said. "It's time for the media to do their job. NPR – yes, that NPR – just ran an article on their website reporting on Breitbart's lies as if they were real news. Please call NPR immediately and tell them 'not to help Breitbart do to Planned Parenthood what he did to Shirley Sherrod.'."
Wednesday, my phone rang off the hook with over 80 people complaining about Peralta's post. Some hadn't even read it. This I know because I asked them about specifics, and two hung up.
NPR is not giving Breitbart and Rose a free pass or promoting the video. Or tilting the story leftward, as a Breitbart blogger suggests.
NPR's post is a news story: A group that opposes abortion has set up hidden camera stings against Planned Parenthood, which offers abortion as part of its medical services. Breitbart, who has a history of selective editing, is promoting the video. And Planned Parenthood, worried that its offices had been approached by a sex-ring, alerted the FBI.
If you read the NPR blog posting you will see that Peralta used the word "purports" in describing what the video seems to show. Peralta said he used the word "purports" even though he watched the 10-minute video because he did not know if the video was selectively edited.
What Peralta could have done is a better job providing background information on Live Action, Rose and her campaign against sex-trafficking and abortion. He stated that O'Keefe was not connected to it, but didn't then say who was behind the video.
He said he thought Breitbart's posting of the video was newsworthy because it targets Planned Parenthood, which is the largest provider of women's health services in the country. [Thursday, Rose and Breitbart released another Planned Parenthood sting video.]
"We point out that Planned Parenthood found out this was a hoax and went to the FBI, that's certainly giving both sides," said Peralta. "This is newsworthy because of what happened with ACORN. If a video like this could take down an established organization like ACORN, this is not something to sneeze at. Something like this should be reported."
Rose objected to calling her group "conservative," though opposition to abortion in this country most often comes from the political right-of-center.
But she's right. NPR could have avoided attaching a political label and still effectively described Rose's group. It is always critical to describe what a group stands for – especially one that is not well-known. But not always necessary to attach political labels.
Correction Feb. 4, 2011
I stated incorrectly that Andrew Breitbart selectively edited the Shirley Sherrod video that got her fired from the US Department of Agriculture. Instead, he was involved in promoting the out-of-context video excerpts on his new sites.


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Cars have come a long way from their roots as steam-powered horse carriages, but the internal combustion engine will always have an Achilles heel; overheating. It doesn't matter how old your car is, all cars are susceptible to overheating, especially out on the race track where they can run at wide-open throttle for a long, long time. Nobody likes to see that temperature gauge start creeping up, as it could indicate any number of engine issues from a leaky radiator to a blown head gasket.
For such a simple-yet-integral part of an engine, there seems to be a million and one things that can go wrong with a radiator.
A good mechanic always starts by checking the simple stuff first, so for the purposes of this article we will focus on diagnosing a busted radiator. Much of what we discuss here can be applied to a broad spectrum of motorsports, as well as non-racing endeavors. When it comes to pushing an engine to its absolute limit though, there are few events as demanding or brutal as circle track racing.
The Common Cause Of Corrosion Is You
The obvious first step to diagnosing a busted radiator is a visual check, inspecting for leaky hoses, loose fittings, and so on. Sometimes finding a leak requires running the engine; other times it can be done by just looking under the car. Checking and tightening all the connections is a great first step, but a leaky radiator is usually just a symptom of a deeper problem, and diagnosing why your radiator is leaking is a job best left to the experts.
That's why we turned to Jason Danley of Speedway Motors to fill us in on some of the most common issues when it comes to diagnosing a damaged radiator. "The biggest things with radiators are internal corrosion and leaks, damaged fins and a clogged radiator," says Jason.
"On passenger cars the biggest issue with radiators is that people don't change their coolant enough, or at all. What it will do is actually corrode the inside of the radiator, blocking passages and restricting the water, preventing the radiator from passing water through the passages to cool it. I've actually seen that corrosion break loose from the radiator and spread to the water pump, intakes, and even the engine block," says Jason.
If the corrosion goes unchecked, it can even eat away at parts of the radiator and cause small holes that will only get bigger over time. These small holes can be difficult to find via visual inspection, so Jason recommends using a pressure checker. "Auto parts usually have these, and you just put it in the place of a radiator cap and make sure your cooling system is holding the pressure it is designed for," says Jason. "The pressure depends on the car and the radiator manufacturer, though it is common for radiators to hold between 10 and 12 PSI." Again though, that number depends on the specific radiator.
Depending on the age of your car and the condition of the radiator, corrosion may or may not necessitate a replacement radiator. If you want to keep your radiator in good condition though, the simple thing to do is replace the coolant every now and then. "The general rule of thumb is to change it every two years at least," explains Jason. "If you're putting a lot of miles on whatever you're driving, you'll want to do it more often."
If you do find yourself with a leaky radiator caused by corrosion, you may consider using one of the many magical fluids claiming to stop leaks. "Those will work on pinholes on a radiator, or something like that," says Jason. "The big thing with that is every time you change the fluid, you have are going to lose that stop leak, so you have to reapply it. And if you use too much, it cold plug up the system, preventing water from flowing through the radiator." As we'll see later, it is also important to ensure that you're not causing a chemical reaction with whatever additive you put into your radiator.
The Funny Thing About Bent Fins…
Another common problem, especially among home mechanics (yours truly included) is the issue of bent fins. Radiator design hasn't changed much in the past 100 years, save for switching the tanks from a top-to-bottom setup to a crossflow (side-to-side) setup. In all radiators, hot water from the engine flows into the radiator, and then passes through a number of narrow tubes with fins on either side. Air flows over these fins (either from forward motion or pulled through by the fan) which dramatically increases the ability of a radiator to shed heat, allowing the water inside to drop as much as 30 degrees before going back into the engine block.
As important as these fins are, they are also extremely delicate, and sometimes us home mechanics have the bad habit of banging and shoving parts like the radiator into place. This can bend and damage the fins, which is never a good thing. "Any time you bend that fin, it will prevent the air from going through the radiator," says Jason. "This will in turn effect how it can cool. Small rocks can bend fins, or if you hit a bird or debris on the road. If you're into driving off-road, mud or dirt can get into those fins too, blocking the air the same as a bent fin would." Jason recommends giving your radiator the occasional blast of water to blow out debris that collects over time.
AFCO Dual-Pass Radiator
To compliment our crate engine in our project car, we ripped out the stock radiator that was consistently failing us and outfitted it with a brand new dual-stage AFCO radiator. Beyond cooling though, what are the advantages of upgrading a radiator?
- 100% TIG welded with no epoxy.
- All Aluminum design allows us to take a little unneeded weight off the nose of the car.
- The dual-pass allows water to stay in the radiator longer for additional cooling.
- 100% pressure tested before it leaves the factory.
If you have bent fins though, don't get too worried just yet; a few bent fins here or there isn't the end of the world, or even your radiator. "If you have some decent-sized areas, like baseball-sized or larger, that could greatly affect the way the radiator cools," says Jason. Even if you have a large area of bent fins, chances are your radiator can still be saved so long as the cooling tubes themselves aren't pinched. "Most auto parts stores sell or loan what they call a radiator comb, which is used to straighten the fins back out. Unless the fins are broken, you should be able to straighten them out.
Digging Deeper Into The Cooling System
Dirty and corrosive coolant, loose hoses, and bent fins are common causes of an overheating engine, but sometimes the problem is deeper than the radiator itself. In maintaining our "Fix the simple stuff first" theme, it's time to start looking outside of the radiator for overheating issues. "You have to make sure that the water is flowing through the engine," explains Jason. "Stuck thermostats will impede that flow, as well as a blockage a radiator hose. It could also be a sign of a broken water pump."
"A lot of cars these days are equipped with electric fans. A pretty good sign that you have a fan problem is if your car overheats while you're sitting on the grid or under caution, but while you're moving the temperature stays down," says Jason.
If you've gotten this far, but are still having cooling problems, the issue could be one of the most dreaded engine malfunctions known to mechanics the world over; a blown headgasket. For the average passenger car, a blown headgasket is a problem that can be ignored for a quite a while. For serious racers though a blown headgasket could mean a whole lot of damage to the engine, including the radiator.
Replacing a head gasket is a lot more involved than replacing a radiator, or thermostat, and so you want to be sure that that is really the problem. "If you do a pressure test on the radiator, and it doesn't hold pressure, that could be a sign of a blown head gasket," explains Jason. "If you're losing coolant but don't know where its going, you could have a blown head gasket. But you're going to want to run further tests, like a cylinder leak down test first. If you've got coolant in your oil, it is a pretty good sign you have a head gasket."
The Football Blowout Issue
But what if you check to ensure the radiator isn't leaking, the thermostat and water pump is working, and you fix the broken head gasket, but the system is still not cooling right? That blown head gasket may have damaged your radiator more than you know. As Eric Saffell over at AFCO Racing explains to us, excessive internal pressure can be a very big problem. "The case I want to talk about is a racer who sent us back his radiator due to a cooling issue," says Eric. "Naturally you want to make sure that the thermostat and water pump are working, and that the radiator itself isn't leaking. This case that all checked out."
However, if an engine loses a head gasket, all of that compression (in the cylinders) has to go somewhere," Eric explains. "If the engine is leaking on the compression stroke, that compression is leaking into the water cooling system. The capillary tubes, which are wide and very flat, can be deformed by this pressure, taking on an almost football shape, pointed on the ends by rather thick in the middle."
"What happens," says Eric. "Is that the pressure essentially crushes the fins, restricting airflow through the radiator. In that instance, you'll have a particular section of the radiator, or in a worst-case scenario, almost the entire core of the radiator, and you'll see all the fins look like they've been smashed. A quick check for this is to drain the radiator of all the fluids, take it out of the car, and hold it up to the light. If you can't see look through the radiator, you want to do a more thorough visual inspection."
"In this case though, you could see that the whole core itself was swollen in a football pattern. The common thinking is if a radiator isn't leaking, it's fine," says Eric. "We've probably seen this more in circle track applications, but with power adders becoming more commonplace in drag racing we're likely to see this happen more often there as well. You know when guys lift the head, they don't think they're damaging the radiator or cooling system, but in this case a lot of damage was done, and the only solution was to replace the radiator completely. If you had a pressure checker in the cooling system, you'd definitely see a spike in pressure in the cooling system in cars where this happened."
Chemistry In Your Coolant
As of late, Eric has also seen the increasing use of cooling additives in the radiator. Back in the day, a lot of radiators were made from brass or copper, but today radiators are more and more made from aluminum. These metals all have different properties, and mixing and matching can be corrosive. "Sometimes you'll have guys who find an old bottle of radiator additive and they'll add it without thinking, causing a chemical reaction within the radiator that can eat away at the internals. It will eventually find a place to create a pinhole or a series of pinholes." To avoid this, just make sure whatever stop leak or cooling additive you use is designed for an aluminum radiator (if that is what you're using…which you probably are.)
Another problem? Electrolysis. "When the ignition system isn't properly grounded, the electrical current can run through the chassis and through the radiator," says Eric. "Electrolysis can cause rapid corrosion through an electrochemical reaction in aluminum radiators. You can actually measure the electrical current in the chassis and the radiator." The easiest way to check for electrolysis is to hook up a test light to your radiator while turning on the car and making sure you ground your ignition system properly.
For such a simple-yet-integral part of an engine, there seems to be a million and one things that can go wrong with them. But if you start off your diagnosis with the simple stuff, chances are you can save yourself a whole lot of time and frustration. Sometimes though a leaky radiator is a symptom, rather than a cause. This guide should help you get through some of the agony and irritation of fixing an overheating problem, and hopefully next time your radiator springs a leak you'll be better prepared get it back to working order. And big thanks to Jason Danley and and Eric Saffell for helping us put this article together.


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20,000th Volunteer joins Projects Abroad
Seventeen year old Manon Oliver from England is the 20,000th volunteer to join Projects Abroad. Manon and her brother, both from ACS Cobham International School have joined a two week medical project in India this summer.
Dr Peter Slowe, Director of Projects Abroad met up with Manon at the ACS Cobham International School with Recruitment Director, Ian Birbeck, to present her with a certificate and camera. Ian was one of Projects Abroad's first twenty volunteers joining a teaching program in Moldova back in 1992. He said "it is amazing to think that since I first joined Projects Abroad almost a baseball stadium's worth of other volunteers have joined our programs. There were 15 of us teaching in local schools in Moldova. I had a great time and have been involved with Projects Abroad ever since."
Manon heard about Projects Abroad through seventeen year old, Kristina Johansson (from the same school) who went away with Projects Abroad on a care project working in an orphanage in Ghana last summer. She came back and did a presentation to the school to help fundraise for the orphanage she worked in. She is going back this summer to help out.
Dr Peter Slowe said "I started this program as a geography lecturer aiming to send away some of my students to Eastern Europe. Sixteen years later we send away volunteers at the rate of 4,000 a year to twenty three destinations on four continents. The projects are worthwhile, adventurous and enjoyable. We now employ over 250 staff around the world to give secure back-up to every volunteer. I am sure Manon will have a great time in India. It is where I spent my gap year and met our Indian Director, Chinnasamy Rajendran, as a young teacher."


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With games rapidly approaching, Dale Sveum and his coaching staff have set the first three spots in the rotation to open up the Spring
schedule this weekend. Rodrigo Lopez will get things started, he will be followed by Ryan Dempster, and Matt Garza. Dale Sveum was quick to caution fans trying to read too much into Dempster being ahead of Garza, saying that they will determine the rotation to start the season sometime in the middle of spring training. Lopez gets the first crack to prove he belongs at the back end of the Cubs rotation. Other competitors for the four/five spots in the rotation per Sveum are Randy Wells, Travis Wood, and Chris Volstad. It looks more and more like it will be something along the lines of Garza, Dempster and Maholm to head the rotation, but anything can and usually does happen in the Spring.


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As a mother of a little girl I want to raise my daughter to be strong, independent, confident and comfortable with herself just the way she is. Because she is a beautiful and amazing person just the way she is. In the modern world, part of that means teaching her that there are all kinds of women. The labels that society places on women about how we should act, look, talk, and relate to people are not how she should decide what type of woman she wants to be. I want her to know that if she doesn't fit that stereotype, that's ok.
Before I became a mother I was very passionate about not gender stereotyping. I was just not going to have a pink nursery and dress her every day in pink frilly dresses. I was going to be careful not to treat her differently than I would treat a boy.
I had seen a report on TV years ago that was testing if the personality differences between boys and girls was preprogrammed or based on their environment. In this report they put people in a room and brought them a baby dressed in pink frilly dresses. The adults were very gentle with the girls and touched them softly, whispered to them, etc. Then they took the baby out and brought in a baby dressed in what we traditionally think of as boy clothes. These same adults treated the boy baby differently. They were rougher, bounced the baby more, didn't talk in the same soft tones, etc. But as it turns out…it was the same baby, just dressed differently each time. After seeing this, I was absolutely convinced that I was not going to do this. My daughter was not going to be dressed in all pink and be surrounded by princesses.
But…she had other ideas. My daughter is now 4 ½ years old. And she loves all things pink, sparkly, frilly and covered in princesses. She has been telling me for more than a year that she wants a pink princess room. (Not Disney princesses…we don't do those). She loves to wear dresses and play with her kitchen and her babies. I rarely wear pink, so she's not getting this from me. She just likes it. And I've come to decide that maybe that's ok. Maybe part of being feminist (and raising a little feminist) is not pushing androgyny. Maybe it's more about choices. It's about giving her the choice among stereotypical girl things and boy things…or a little bit of each. It's also about embracing femininity and the things that make women and girls different and special rather than seeing them as weaknesses. Maybe it's about not assuming when we see little girls in pink frilly dresses that the parents are limiting her choices and definitions of womanhood, but recognizing that girls who are feminine, love pink and all things girly are just as strong, intelligent and valuable as the women who don't.
I will still introduce her to traditionally "boy" things, like football, cars, power tools, etc. I will do so to widen her choices and experiences, and to teach her she can do anything a boy can do. But I will not do it to deny all things feminine. I often think of a story my friend told me. Her 7yo daughter plays on co-ed football team in the summer and is their top scorer. One day after her game they came home, and she asked her mother to paint her fingernails pink. To me that's what real equality is. Giving the same value to "boy" things and "girl" things and not limiting any activity, color, job, method of dress, or personality trait to only one gender.
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An Architect's Journal comment welcomes Grannary Square as 'London's finest new public space'. So, many congratulations to the designers: Townshend Landscape Architects. It opened as a public open space in 2012 and had a great season in 2013 because of the fine summer weather. Rory Olcayto rates it a better contribution to King's Cross than the work of its panoply of big name architects (John McAslan + Partners, PRP, MaccreanorLavington, Glenn Howells, Carmody Groarke, Stanton Williams, David Chipperfield, Allies & Morrison, AHMM, Feix & Merlin, etc). Olcayto could have added that Grannary Square is likely to outlive ALL the buildings – just as St James's Park has, so far, outlived Whitehall Palace by 300 years.
I see the design as a great start on what may become a great public open space. The design is strong and simple. The water feature is big and bold. The grove of trees with unfixed chairs and tables is a welcome homage to W H Whyte. The artificial grass steps, facing the sun and the canal, are a great success. All good. Grannary Square is a little blank and empty – but can be expected to fill up with people and uses as Argent's King's Cross Development gathers steam.
As I was pressing the button to take the photograph, below, a distraught mother ran to me and cried 'Excuse me – why are you photographing my children?'. She accepted my explanation and said that her husband was a photographer and often had similar complaints. I asked why she was troubled. 'I don't know' she said 'I just feel that it is my job to protect my children'. It reminds one of primitive peoples' idea that something belonging to them them has been 'taken' when the camera clicks – and of girls who both want to be looked at and do not want to be looked at. Lin Yutang commented that 'All women's dresses, in every age and country, are merely variations on the eternal struggle between the admitted desire to dress and the unadmitted desire to undress'. Do mother's want their children to be admired?
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NEW YORK (AP) After sun reflecting off the ice delayed the first hockey game at Yankee Stadium, the New York Rangers and pinstriped goalie Henrik Lundqvist beat the New Jersey Devils 7-3 in snow and cold Sunday.
Rick Nash scored for the fifth straight game, and the Rangers used a four-goal second period against Martin Brodeur to take the lead for good.
After Dominic Moore and Marc Staal had goals in the first for the Rangers, Mats Zuccarello scored two straight to put New York ahead for the first time. Carl Hagelin and Nash found the net, too.
Lundqvist, who sported stylish pinstriped pads for the occasion, stumbled through a difficult first but settled down and made 19 saves.
Jaromir Jagr had two assists to excite the large number of New Jersey fans who made the trek to the Bronx for what was nominally a Devils home game.
DETROIT (AP) – Nick Bjugstad scored in a shootout and Tim Thomas denied Detroit three times, lifting the Panthers to a win over the Red Wings after trailing by two goals twice in regulation.
Brad Boyes scored a game-tying, short-handed goal with 3:46 left in the third period a couple minutes after teammate Drew Shore scored.
Detroit's Gustav Nyquist and Daniel Alfredsson scored 1:19 apart midway through the second and Riley Sheahan had a goal late in the second period.
Jonas Gustavsson, filling in for the injured Jimmy Howard, had 33 saves in his third straight start for the Red Wings.
Thomas stopped 26 shots.
CHICAGO (AP) – Al Montoya made 34 saves, Andrew Ladd scored his 150th goal and the Jets rallied to beat the slumping Blackhawks.
Blake Wheeler had two third-period goals as Winnipeg won for the second straight day and improved to 6-1 under new coach Paul Maurice.
Brandon Bollig scored in the first for the Blackhawks, and Corey Crawford had 18 saves.
Montoya was terrific while subbing for Ondrej Pavelec, who had started the last eight games for Winnipeg. The Chicago native shut down the Blackhawks after an early gaffe put the Jets into a 1-0 hole.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Kevin Bieksa scored his second goal of the game at 2:15 of overtime, lifting the Canucks to a victory over the Coyotes.
Zac Dalpe and Chris Higgins each had goal and an assist for Vancouver, and Jannik Hansen also scored. Bieksa also had an assist and Roberto Luongo, shaky at times, made 29 saves for the Canucks.
On the winner, Bieksa chipped his fourth goal of the season over Phoenix goalie Mike Smith just as a Coyotes power play expired.
Antoine Vermette had a hat trick for Phoenix, and Shane Doan added a goal and an assist. Smith finished with 20 saves.
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) – Ryan Smyth had a goal and an assist, and the Oilers snapped a season-high six-game losing streak with a victory over the Predators.
Justin Schultz, Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent Hopkins each had a goal and an assist and Nail Yakupov also scored for the Oilers (16-32-7), who won for the fifth time in 22 games. Edmonton has had five losing streaks of at least five games this season.
David Legwand scored for the Predators (23-23-8), who have lost two in a row.
Smyth scored his 125th power-play goal as an Oiler, tying him for second on the team's all-time list with Wayne Gretzky and putting him one back of leader Glenn Anderson.


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Jon Lovitz
For the last twenty years, Jon Lovitz has been one of the best known comedians in the universe…well, according to his cats.
For the first ten years of his career, he did plays in high school, earned a B.A. in Drama at the University of California, Irvine and studied acting with Tony Barr at the Film Actors Workshop.
After an unfruitful year in New York, he returned to Los Angeles and at the advice of Tony Barr, he began concentrating solely on comedy. He began taking classes at the famous improve comedy group, "The Groundlings" in 1982. A year later, after being accepted into "The Sunday Company", Jon got his first job as an actor for two weeks on the television show "The Paper Chase: the Second Year". Thinking he was on his way, he promptly quit his job at the clothing store…and became a messenger. The next three years – nothing!!! Then, in September of 1984, he was accepted into the main company at the Groundlings.
On March 28, 1985 the Groundlings appeared on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson". It was here Jon premiered his character "Tommy Flanagan of Pathological Liars Anonymous". This kicked off a series of events, including getting an agent, a movie ("Last Resort") and a series ("Foley Square") on the same day, a voice over for a cartoon ("The Brave Little Toaster") and the big break of his career (with the recommendations of Larraine Newman and Charles Grodin) "Saturday Night Live"…all this by September of 1985.
He has not stopped working since. He was nominated for an Emmy his first two years on Saturday Night Live. He became known for many characters, including "Tommy Flanagan of Pathological Liars Anonymous" ("Yeah, that's the ticket!"), "Master Thespian", "Hannukuh Harry" and "the Devil". He has appeared in over thirty movies, including "Big", "A League of Their Own", "The Wedding Singer", "High School High", "Small Time Crooks", and "Rat Race". He has worked with some of the best comedy directors, including Penny Marshall, Rob Reiner, Jerry Zucker, and the man who influenced Jon to be a comedian in the first place (when Jon was 13), Woddy Allen. He has also worked with such filmmakers as Todd Solonz (in "Happiness") and Richard Kelly (in "Southland Tales").
Jon has become well known for his distinctive voice. He was the lead voice of the character "Jay Sherman" in the acclaimed cult cartoon series, "The Critic" and has done voice overs for many other animated features ("American Tale: Fievel Goes West", "Cats and Dogs", "Eight Crazy Nights", etc.) He has also worked on "The Simpsons" many times, including creating the character of Marge Simpson's boyfriend, "Artie Ziff" (which sounds suspiciously like Jay Sherman).
He has appeared on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre in Neil Simon's play "The Dinner Party", taking over the lead role from Henry Winkler. He has sung (yes, he can sing!) at Carnegie Hall three times (including "Great Performances: Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall) and sung the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium and the U.S. Open. And he sung with English rock star, Robbie Williams at the Royal Alpert Hall and appears on his album, "Swing While You're Winning!"
He was the first famous guest star on the hit show "Friends" and guest starred on "Seinfeld" the same week. In 2005 he guest starred three times on the hit show "Las Vegas" in a recurring role. In 2006, he was offered (and accepted) a recurring role on the hit show "Two and a Half Men", playing Charlie Sheen's nemesis, Archie Baldwin.
Two years ago, he pursued his dream of becoming a stand-up comedian. He is one of few performers to start as an actor and then become a stand up and is now successfully headlining in nightclubs, theatres, and casinos across the country (a BIG THANK YOU TO DANA CARVEY!!!!)
"I've had a great career. I've been very fortunate and I would be remiss not to give credit to my great teachers, Ashley Carr, Robert Cohen, Stuart Duckworth, Bill Needles, Tony Barr, Warren Robertson, Randy Bennett, and Phyliss Katz."
In 2006 he will appear in four feature films: Mel Brook's "The Producers: The Musical", Adam Sandler's "The Benchwarmers", Richard Kelly's "Southland Tales" and Amy Heckerling's "I Could Be Your Woman" (where he plays Michelle Pfeiffer's ex-husband… and Jon left her, just so you know!)


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Landsvirkjun and Becromal Iceland have signed a declaration of intent on negotiations relating to energy purchase for a pure silicon plant. These negotiations will continue to at least the end of January.
Landsvirkjun and Becromal Iceland have signed a declaration of intent on negotiations relating to energy purchase for a pure silicon plant. These negotiations will continue to at least the end of January.
Árni Gunnarsson, engineer in the engineering and construction division, stated to the newspaper Morgunblaðid this morning that the noise from borehole 36 at Krafla was ear-splitting. The hole was opened and vented yesterday.
The US radio station NPR is currently broadcasting programmes on atmospheric issues and global warming. Four programmes on Iceland were broadcast in the series. Bjarni Pálsson, engineer at Landsvirkjun, was involved in two programmes.
Þeistareykir ehf., a company jointly owned by Orkuveita Húsavíkur, Norðurorka, Landsvirkjun and the districts Aðaldælahreppur and Reykdælahreppur, has submitted a draft for an assessment plan with respect to the planned Þeistareykir Power Plant.
Last week, Landsvirkjun issued bonds amounting to USD 75 million under the company's European Medium-Term Notes Framework Agreement; the amount corresponds to ISK 4.5 billion.
The Kárahnjúkar hydroelectric station was formally launched today in the presence of many guests in Fljótsdalur station and at Hotel Nordica in Reykjavík.
Landsvirkjun and Theistareykir have signed an agreement with Jardboranir hf regarding drilling five new exploratory boreholes in North-east Iceland next year.
Yesterday, Kristján L. Möller, Minister of Communications, presented Landsvirkjun with the Icelandic Quality Award. Örn Marinósson, Deputy Managing Director, accepted it on our behalf at a formal ceremony.
Landsvirkjun decides to enter into negotiations with customers that intend to develop server farms in in Iceland.
Landsvirkjun has decided to adopt the US dollar as its operating currency from the beginning of next year.
Kárahnjúkar Power Plant has started producing electricity using water from the Hálslón reservoir. During the next few weeks, Turbines 2–6 in the Fljótsdalur powerhouse will undergo final tests before coming into service one at a time.
Landsvirkjun reserves the right on its own part to seek ratification of the assessment board's conclusions.
A notable milestone in the construction of the Kárahnjúkar Power Plant was reached today, when water from the Hálslón reservoir was diverted into the installation's headrace tunnel.
Geysir Green Energy (GGE) and Landsvirkjun have signed an agreement regarding the purchase by GGE of Landsvirkjun's 24.35% holding in Enex.
In this image, taken last Sunday, Hálslón Reservoir looks like any other lake in Iceland as seen from space.
Landsvirkjun has signed an agreement to access Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT's) extensive Industrial Liaison Program with the intercession of Reykjavík University.
Thirty-four lectures covering research, preparation and construction of the structures at Kárahnjúkar, Fljótsdalur and the headrace tunnel under Fljótsdalsheidi.
Work on the first borehole in the Icelandic Deep Drilling Project will commence shortly in Krafla, according to a formal announcement made at a press conference today. Further drilling will follow at Nesjavellir and Reykjanes.
Landsvirkjun has decided in cooperation with the engineers and contractors involved in the project to hold a technical seminar on the 690 MW Kárahnjúkar Hydroelectric Project in September this year
Landsvirkjun has started the process of developing a hydrogen production facility at Ljósifoss Hydropower Station.
Acceptable first quarter results under challenging external conditions.
At Landsvirkjun's board meeting, on April 20, 2020, the board of directors agreed on a new dividend policy for the company.
Landsvirkjun has exercised an issuer call option to redeem a bond on 28 October 2020 of the amount of USD 50,000,000.
Landsvirkjun's contribution to reigniting the economy.
Jónas Þór Guðmundsson re-elected chairman of the board.
Landsvirkjun and MýSilica join forces to support innovation and development in the Mývatn area.
The offering was very well received, with an order book which was multiple times oversubscribed.
Landsvirkjun will deliver 100% certified renewable energy to the high-performance computing data center.
The visitor center is temporarily closed due to COVID-19. This is only a precautionary measure.
The ratings apply to long- and short-term commitments, with and without the guarantee of collection.
Acceptable results in challenging external conditions.
A dialogue between the companies amid challenging conditions in aluminium markets.
An open meeting presenting the details of a new action plan.
Landsvirkjun's results for the first nine months of the year 2019.
According to Moody's, the upgrade reflects the continued improvement in the company's credit profile.
Outstanding companies build their business on a strong foundation and are focused on the interests of investors and shareholders.
Kristín Linda has participated in various international co-operations on environmental issues.
Strong cash generation and a historically high equity ratio.


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Ubuntu 12.04 Beta users are being asked to help test an improved version of the Files Lens for Unity.
The file search in the 'testing' version has been tweaked to look for files sources additional to Zeitgeist – Ubuntu's activity and file logger. This change, Canonical's Alan Pope says, means the Lens is 'more likely to find the things you're looking for'.
Currently only files that have been logged by Zeitgeist appear in search results. This means that if Zeitgeist hasn't logged a file or folder then it won't be shown in the search results – a less than ideal situation.
The improved lens still shows results from Zeitgeist but augments them with 'results obtained by invoking locate' (a command-line file searching tool). "It's a simple change," says Alan, "but most welcome, and in need of testing!".
How to Test
The one requirement for the lens is that you are using Ubuntu 12.04. If you're not then you can not upgrade to the improved Files lens.
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:unity-team/lenses-testing
- sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install unity-lens-files
You will need to logout of Unity and back in (or reboot entirely) for the new lens to take effect.
Once in, try out the improvements by searching for files that you know you have (ergo so you know that if they don't show then it's not because they don't exist!)
Bugs should be filed against Unity-Lens-Files in Launchpad, but be sure to mention that you're using the new PPA if doing this.
Image credits: Alan Pope


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Rock Star Treatment
As part of Lexington Medical Center's 40th Anniversary Celebration, the hospital honored four employees who have worked at the hospital for 40 years.
Last Thursday, the hospital hosted a special breakfast for them and their families. The honorees had Rock Star treatment. Each one received a gift card as a present for their many years of service. Then, a limosuine drove them to Columbiana Centre for a shopping spree. After the shopping trip, they went to lunch at Copper River Grill.
The honorees are Sharon Rogers, Ronelle Schumpert, Carol Jodie and Danny Huguely. Thank you all for you wonderful service to LMC and our community.
This month, Lexington Medical Center celebrates its 40th anniversary. We opened as a small county hospital on January 6, 1971. Today, we've grown into a modern medical complex with state-of-the-art technology and an unsurpassed culture of caring. Each day this month, we'll share a story from our hospital's history book.


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(SingularityHub) – Here's a disconcerting thought: for the past thirty years, genes have been patentable. And we're not just talking genetically modified corn – your genes, pretty much as they exist in your body, can and have been patented. The US government reports over three million gene patent applications have been filed so far; over 40,000 patents are held on sections of the human genome, covering roughly 20% of our genes.
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29 September 2010
Let me present a backhanded insult about Alex Ross. (Which is to say, a compliment.) Here's the thing that pisses me off about the guy. As a MacArthur Award-winning classical critic, Ross feels obligated to devote the majority of his writings to his specialty, that being 20th century-composed music. Say what you will about composed music, but from the perspective of the early 21st century it's looking like an increasingly rarefied, quite specialized, and relatively unlistened to form of music.
The tragedy: I think Ross's real gift is his ability to write shockingly illuminating and intimate criticism and profiles of more popular artists such as Radiohead, Pavement, Bjork and Bob Dylan. (Most of these articles, originally published in The New Yorker, seem to have been scrubbed from the internet, but a number of them appear in his recently published book, Listen to This.)
Ross's writings on popular music are illuminating in large part because he seems oblivious or disinterested in the sectarian conflicts that make much pop criticism especially irrelevant to normal people. Viewing music from the perspective of a classical fan, he realizes "newness" and originality are something that happens once or twice a decade rather than five times in every month-long blogcycle; he realizes that "bestness" is something you must observe over a career rather than a single record.
The tragedy: I wish Ross wrote about popular music more often. He's certainly better at it than The New Yorker's pop critic of record Sasha Frere-Jones. Frere-Jones is better than 95% of pop critics out there (maybe more!) and he is often an erm, impressive risk-taker who leads critical opinion rather than following the pack. But it's also obvious that he's as intoxicated by a personal notion of rock stardom as any of the pop musicians he covers. I get that tinny, foreign, metallic taste of ego on the tip of my tongue almost every time I read one of his pieces.
Unaffected by rock & pop groupthink, Ross's shiz-nit is a paradigm of clarity in a pop crit universe dominated by the same morass of crap that makes popular culture (sans criticism) so hard to navigate, so glutted with dross.
And now, as if to go back on everything I've said I want Ross to do, here's an excerpt from his excellent profile in this week's magazine about composer John Cage. I think there's a tiny bit of chronological fuckery going on in the piece (and even the excerpt) but who cares with writing this good. Ross's clear-eyed identification of what makes Cage so inspiring — his realization that this "composer" is, as much, a philosopher, an artist — is a perfect instance of Ross's genre-agnostic vision of what makes music good:
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"I wanted to make poverty elegant," he once said.
By the end of the fifties, however, Cage's financial situation had improved, though not because of his music. After moving to Stony Point, he began collecting mushrooms during walks in the woods. Within a few years, he had mastered the mushroom literature and co-founded the New York Mycological Society. He supplied mushrooms to various elite restaurants, including the Four Seasons. In 1959, while working at the R.A.I. Studio of Musical Phonology, a pioneering electronic-music studio, in Milan, he was invited on a game show called "Lascia o Raddoppia?" — a "Twenty One"-style program in which contestants were asked questions on a subject of their choice. Each week, Cage answered, with deadly accuracy, increasingly obscure questions about mushrooms. On his final appearance, he was asked to list "the twenty-four kinds of white-spore mushrooms listed in Atkinson." (Silverman supplies a transcript of this historical moment.) Cage named them all, in alphabetical order, and won eight thousand dollars. He used part of the money to purchase a VW bus for the Cunningham company. The following year, he appeared on the popular American game show "I've Got a Secret": as he had done on "Lascia o Raddoppia?," he performed "Water Walk," a piece that employed among other things, a rubber duck, a bathtub, and an electric mixer. Cage charmed the audience from the outset; when the host, Garry Moore, said that some viewers might laugh at him, the composer replied, in his sweet, reedy voice, "I consider laughter preferable to tears." (YouTube has the clip.) Radios were included in the score, but they could not be turned on, supposedly because of a union dispute. Instead, Cage hit them and knocked them on the floor.
Enjoy the visuals:
(Image of John Cage score "Fontana MIx" at top of this post via Data Is Nature.)
Posted by Alec Hanley Bemis
Tags: 4'33", Alex Ross, Bard College, Classical Music, Four Seasons, John Cage, MacArthur Award, Mushrooms, Sasha Frere Jones, The Fifties, The New Yorker, The Problem With the Avant Garde, The Sixties


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Art History
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Email: email@example.com
Chair and Provost Professor of English and Art History: Kate Flint, Ph.D.
Professors: John Bowlt, Ph.D. (Slavic Languages and Literatures); Leo Braudy, Ph.D. (English); Kate Flint, Ph.D. (English); Selma Holo, Ph.D.; Eunice Howe, Ph.D.*; Carolyn M. Malone, Ph.D.; John Pollini, Ph.D.; Vanessa Schwartz, Ph.D. (History)
Associate Professors: Sonya Lee, Ph.D.; Richard Meyer, Ph.D.; Ann Marie Yasin, Ph.D. (Classics)
Assistant Professors: Daniela Bleichmar, Ph.D.*; Suzanne Hudson, Ph.D.; Megan Luke, Ph.D.; Sean Roberts, Ph.D.
Art history combines the study of art with the study of culture. The undergraduate major not only receives sound training in the history of art but also a basis in other humanistic disciplines. The curriculum is designed to guarantee students a general knowledge of both western and eastern art, and to offer a variety of upper division courses in specialized areas. Majors are exposed to a diversity of theoretical approaches and encouraged to sharpen their critical and conceptual thinking. This foundation has enabled many art history graduates to pursue advanced degrees in nationally recognized programs, to enter diverse fields, including law or business, and to pursue careers in the arts.
A special feature of the undergraduate program is the apprenticeship, which affords upper-division students the opportunity to work in the professional art world in return for elective credit. Students gain valuable job skills in local museums, galleries, auction houses, and art foundations. Apprenticeship placement is also available during the summer months throughout the United States.
Graduate students in art history pursue a wide range of subject matter, using a variety of methodologies and techniques. Graduates may also pursue parallel interests by taking courses in outside departments such as history, classics, East Asian languages and cultures, Slavic languages and literatures, French, German, Italian and others.
Graduate students are encouraged to participate in annual conferences and symposia. Travel grants are available through the department. In addition to an excellent slide library, electronic access to university library catalogues from home or office, courtesy privileges and cross-registration of course work at UCLA, our graduate students have access to numerous research opportunities in and around Southern California at institutions such as the Los Angeles County Museum, the Huntington Museum, the Archives of American Art, the Institute for Modern Russian Culture, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities.


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2:30 – 3:30pm Intermediate/Advanced Tai Chi
December 5, 2017 @ 2:30 am - 3:30 pm
The ancient Chinese practice of Tai Chi appears to be good for you in just about every way. Tai Chi is one branch of Qigong, a series of exercises that harness qi ("chee") or life force energy. Tai Chi is a 2,000 year old, non-competitive, self-paced system of gentle physical movements for exercise and stretching. Each posture flows into the next without pause, ensuring your body is in slow and constant motion. It is sometimes described as "meditation in motion". Tai Chi has many different styles. Each style has it's own subtle variations and purposes. The Tai Chi classes we offer at Synergy are the only Tai Chi movement sequences approved by the Arthritis Foundation.