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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Obama administration, under fire for not taking a harder line on China over its currency, appears set to move against the Asia export powerhouse on other fronts as next year’s U.S. elections approach.
The United States is likely to launch fresh challenges against China at the World Trade Organization, probably stoking tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.
“I expect the United States will be bringing more cases against China in the coming year,” said James Bacchus, who as a former WTO appellate judge used to sit in judgment of international trade disputes.
Already firmly in campaign mode, President Barack Obama recently boasted of taking a tougher line on trade than his predecessors. China, its currency and other trade issues have already become a big issue in the election campaigning.
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has ratcheted up his criticism of China, despite his party’s traditionally pro-free trade stance.
“If you are not willing to stand up to China, you will get run over by China, and that’s what’s happened for 20 years,” the former Massachusetts governor said on Tuesday.
He was speaking shortly after the U.S. Senate passed legislation to crack down on Chinese currency practices that U.S. lawmakers blame for millions of lost jobs.
Sensitive to how the criticism of China plays with U.S. voters, Obama has not yet explicitly said he would veto the bill. In any case, the legislation is unlikely to pass the House of Representatives where Republican leaders have voiced concern that it might breach WTO rules and could spark a trade war which would damage U.S. corporations.
But Obama is likely to want to show voters his mettle on trade issues and trade experts say he has plenty of options to pursue which, unlike the Senate currency bill, are likely to conform with WTO rules.
New government data on Thursday that showed the U.S. trade deficit with China hit a record $29 billion in August and is also likely to set a record for the year could add to the pressure on Obama to act.
Last week, U.S. trade officials notified the WTO of some 200 Chinese government subsidy programs and scolded Beijing for not taking the action itself as required under WTO rules.
U.S. officials at the WTO’s headquarters in Geneva also recently took China to task over agricultural policies that they said unfairly discriminated against foreign suppliers.
One case likely to surface in coming months is a complaint against Chinese export restrictions on rare earth minerals used in variety of high tech and clean energy goods, Bacchus said.
Jeffrey Schott, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said he also believed U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk’s office was laying the groundwork for a number of new trade cases against China.
“I think USTR is moving aggressively to ensure strong enforcement of U.S. trade rights and I think that is a high priority in the White House,” Schott said.
Both Obama and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner have recently sharpened their criticism of Beijing’s failure to protect U.S. intellectual property, an area that the United States has successfully challenged in the past at the WTO and could be ripe for additional complaint, Bacchus said.
In another warning sign for China, U.S. lawmakers have been pressing for action against Chinese government subsidies for its solar industry and other “green” technologies, an area prominently included in the USTR report to the WTO last week.
The United States may need to tread carefully in that area since it has its own programs to support renewable power.
Analysts cautioned the highly charged political atmosphere in Washington — as Republicans and Democrats struggle for position ahead of presidential and congressional elections in 2012 — could be misread by Beijing.
China faces a leadership succession of its own in 2012-13, adding to the potential for tensions between the two countries to worsen.
“We’ve been seeing for some time in (the United States) a serious flirtation with increased protectionism,” said Doug Paal, a China expert and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
“I have been telling the Chinese that they should take this seriously, but I’ve been warning them that next year is the one that they’re really going to have to worry about.”
Eswar Prasad, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Brookings Institution, said any tit-for-tat measures had the potential to blow up into something much more serious.
“There is a real and present danger that symbolic measures initiated by either side spiral into a more serious trade conflict as both sides strive to flex their muscles for the benefit of domestic audiences,” Prasad said. “Much acrimony lies ahead but the big question is whether it will spill over into open warfare that could be mutually harmful.”

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Lawmakers drop call for new Red Line study
A House-Senate conference committee has dropped language in the budget bill that would have called on the Maryland Transit Administration to conduct a new study of a heavy rail alternative to the current O'Malley administration plan to build it as a light rail line.
The Senate had proposed the language, which would also have required new studies on two proposed Washington suburban transit lines, after hearing testimony from foes of the current Red Line plan that new guidelines for transit projects promulgated by the Obama administration could open the door for heavy rail -- similar to Baltimore's Metro subway.
The MTA disputed that interpretation, saying the new guidelines provide no basis for reopening the fundamental plan decided upon by Gov. Martin O'Malley last summer.
House budget leaders -- led by Prince George's Del. Tawanna Gaines -- opposed the language. In the end, the House position prevailed -- in large part because of opposition from supporters of the proposed Purple Line in Prince George's and Montgomery counties. Purple Line fans were no more eager for delay than Red Line supporters.
Baltimore's deputy transportation director, Jamie Kendrick, credited Sen. Verna Jones with leading the charges against the language. According to Kendrick, she offered a compromise that Red Line foes refused.
Some Baltimore media outlets were persuaded to make a big deal over the Senate language, apparently not realizing that it was only committee "narrative" -- non-binding recommendations attached to the budget. Without money to pay for a new study, it was an essentally symbolic gesture, but the MTA argued that it could harm its chances for federal approval of its projects.
MTA deputy administrator Henry Kay said a full restudy of heavy rail could cost millions for the Red Line alone, while even going through the motions of a perfunctory study could cost tens of thousands of dollars.
Foes of the Red Line might have a case, but their legislative strategy was really doomed from the get-go. In transportation, a "study" with no dollars behinds it is no study at all.


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The benefit of generating exclusive mortgage leads goes beyond having an easier time converting them when you don't have to compete with 5 other lenders. Generating a mortgage lead can be the beginning of a potentially long and mutually fruitful relationship. We tell our loan officers to "generate leads so someday you don't have to." What this means is that the power of exclusive leads is the steadily increasing size of your database. At some point, if you market to your database
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1. How are my leads being generated?
2. What traffic source? Display ads, Facebook Ads, Google Ads, Organic Search, Affiliate/Referral marketing, or some combination of these? (If affiliate/referral marketing is being used, RUN. You can never be sure you're getting exclusive leads as long as your lead vendor is buying leads and reselling them)
3. Are my leads 100% exclusive, forever?
4. What do you do if my lead inquires again through your marketing?
5. How many other loan officers do you sell leads to in my market?
Now the answers to these questions may not give you a 100% definitive answer, but the level of confidence that your representative can answer those questions is crucial to understanding whether or not the marketing company you're working with has a business model that profits over quality/longevity.
Is it Worth It To Buy Leads That Aren't Exclusive?
It can be tempting to purchase leads that are advertised at insanely low prices. After all, if you can get leads for $5 apiece and convert 1/200, that's still less than $1k per closed loan right? Wrong. You have to factor in a couple of other elements into the equation. For example, if you're buying a mortgage lead that isn't exclusive, you're likely purchasing a rate-table lead. What this means is that the person who filled out their information was expecting to shop 3-5 lenders against each other to get the lowest rate. If you're not the most competitive in your market, this typically will mean smaller margins, and a higher amount of time invested per loan (back and forth with customers, losing customers to rate at the last minute). In fact, this is a problem with most refinance leads in general, which is why we specialize in exclusive purchase mortgage leads.
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Even if you can verify that the leads you're generating are 100% exclusive, you haven't necessarily ensured that you're receiving quality leads. Exclusivity is one of a few different factors that are really important to understand when you're buying mortgage leads. Arguably the most important thing to look for in a mortgage lead is the proper amount of intent. Through the questions that we shared earlier, you can help identify whether or not the exclusive mortgage leads you're purchasing have the proper intent to be worth your time.
Some examples of leads with a high level of intent would be leads that are searching for prequalification information on Google, leads that have enquired for a mortgage in the last 30 days (trigger leads), leads that respond to direct mail campaigns with
realistic rate estimates, and many more. Some examples of lead sources with low intent would be any lead generated with Facebook or Banner/Media ads. These are typically not being targeted while they searching for information and instead are just engaging with advertisements that catch their eye, distracting them from their original intent.

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But the British government's response to the crisis in Anguilla has prompted anger, NPR's Frank Langfitt reports from London . He says a former Anguillan official, Dorothea Hodge, told The Guardian newspaper that the U.K. 's response has been "pathetic.
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Using forms in your case could be “penny wise but pound foolish”. Candidly, I think forms are dangerous because they may lead to unfair and legally unsound divisions of your community estate. For instance, the value of some assets are not readily apparent, like pensions, profit-sharing plans, and businesses – these could represent a larger piece of a community estate than you think. Maybe you’re willing to give up too much at the front-end to get out of the marriage quickly – this will have long-term effects, especially in possible loss of retirement assets.
If you have questions or concerns about these areas, only retaining counsel will give you assurances that your agreement is thorough, fair and just.
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That’s possible, since the “devil is in the details”. My original fee for preparing your forms will not be refundable if you do not have an agreement, however, I will be an immediate resource for you.
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New Walking Dead season 3,episode 9 sixth spoiler clip released. Recently, AMC dropped this new,6th,sneak peek/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming “Walking Dead” episode 9 of season 3,and it looks fairly interesting as Tyrese and company start asking a lot of questions,and more. The episode is called, “The Suicide King.”
In the new clip, Herschel is spotted,fixing up one of the stranger’s legs,and chatting up Tyrese and company. Then Beth gets asked about Lori and Rick’s baby until the girl gets the hint that the baby’s mother is dead. From there, she apologizes and walks off.
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The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has finally honoured the invitation of the Police CID over the leaked audio tape involving him.
Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo went to the Police headquarters in the company of senior lawyers, some of whom, served in the erstwhile Mahama administration.
It comes after reports that the Police were seeking an arrest warrant to go after the NDC chair following his failure to report himself on two different occasions.
In the leaked audio, Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo told party communicators that “we’re going to take her [EC boss] to the cleaners.”
“As for the EC chair, we must wage a relentless war on this EC chair. Me, she doesn’t want to see my face,” Ofosu-Ampofo allegedly said at the meeting which took place after the Ayawaso by-election.
As part of strategic communication plans for the NDC going into the 2020 elections, Ofosu-Ampofo also gave his blessings for the communicators to verbally attack the Peace Council chairman Professor Emmanuel Asante.
A statement by the Police CID said Mr. Ofosu-Ampofo must report at the CID Headquarters in Accra on Thursday to help with investigations.
However, commenting on the storm that followed the leak, the former Eastern regional minister told NDC supporters in Accra Saturday that he meant no harm.
“…I want to assure you that I am a man of peace, and my hands are clean. I have been in politics for many years, there’s no evidence I have won my victory through violence or spoken against anybody. I want to remain focused, the NDC wants to remain focused. We will win the election freely, fairly and clearly.”
Meanwhile, former President John Mahama has defended the comments saying it was not a declaration of attack on the Peace Council chair but a call for members of the NDC to criticise him.
“… In the circumstances, I mean, of course, for our Chairman, who had witnessed the violence – the guy whose leg was shot, the bone had shattered and the bone fragments were lying on the ground – anybody who saw it will be traumatised. And, so, if a few days after he [Ofosu-Ampofo] was talking and said: ‘we should attack the Peace Council Chairman’, he didn’t mean we should go and beat the Peace Council Chairman, he meant that we should criticise him”.


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Diversity in Hollywood tentpoles has become a hot button issue in recent years, and the Star Wars franchise has emerged as one of the leaders in this regard. After The Force Awakens was led by the trio of Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story featured the most diverse ensemble in a Star Wars film to date. The scrappy band of Rebels tasked with stealing the Death Star plans were brought to life by a collection of talent including Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, and Wen Jiang. It was nice to see such a well-rounded group in a big studio film, as the cast truly reflected the world Rogue One was released to.
Lucasfilm's decision to go this route has paid off handsomely. Rogue One is marching towards the $1 billion club with $800 million grossed worldwide, and audiences have already become quite fond of the new characters. One fan in particular has a personal connection to Cassian Andor, the Alliance intelligence officer played by Luna, and the actor has now shared that viewer's touching story.
On Twitter, Luna posted a moviegoer's account of their experience seeing Rogue One with her father, who is Mexican. Reading it through, it's apparent that Luna's performance as Cassian made a profound impact on them. Check it out below:
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It's safe to say Luna will not be the only one who gets emotional after seeing this heartwarming tale. In all likelihood, this is just one instance of Cassian's portrayal resonating with fans and bringing them joy. For years, blockbuster tentpoles have primarily used male Caucasian actors for main hero roles, but things are starting to change now in the modern age. Besides Star Wars, other major franchises like Marvel and DC have various projects such as Wonder Woman and Black Panther coming through the pipeline that have many people excited. It's great that these movies are being made, since their benefits can go far beyond making the studio a hefty profit. Movies have the potential to influence a viewer's life in a meaningful way, and progress like having Luna star in Rogue One speaks to audiences on an important level.
With most of the Force Awakens actors returning for this year's Star Wars: Episode VIII, it's highly possible that the galaxy far, far away continues to have this kind of effect on audience members. Rumors for that film are pointing to Poe Dameron taking more of a leadership position within the Resistance, and it sounds like Finn will be paired with a mystery character played by Kelly Marie Tran. Lucasfilm has yet to hire a female director to helm a movie in the galaxy far, far away, but they keep making strides with the talent in front of the cameras, and that goes a long way in broadening the property's already wide appeal.
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- Star Wars: Rogue One / Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) release date: Dec 16, 2016
- Star Wars 8/Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) release date: Dec 15, 2017
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The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation working in partnership with The Landmark Society of Western New York announced the availability of the Genesee Valley Rural Revitalization Grant Program to support rural communities in the Finger Lakes and Western New York.
This funding is made possible by a grant received from the Paul Bruhn Rural Revitalization Grant Program as administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, and will allow OPRHP and LSWNY to offer reimbursable sub-grants for historic building repair and rehabilitation in small rural communities located in eligible counties. Matching funds have been provided by the Rochester Area Community Foundation, Letchworth Gateway Villages, and LSWNY. This program will support local governments, non-profit and commercial property owners, and small businesses in their efforts to preserve the historic places that have shaped their community’s social fabric and economy.
“A community’s historic resources are tremendous assets to tap into heritage tourism opportunities, which is why we feel incredibly grateful to the National Park Service to help us offer these funds to property stewards located in the Genesee Valley,” said Erik Kulleseid, Commissioner of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. “Small businesses, non-profits, and municipalities have suffered during the pandemic. Our goal is to see these funds used as a tool to assist with local recovery.”
“We are thrilled to partner with NYS Parks to assist with offering this important funding for rural rehabilitation projects in our most treasured Genesee Valley Communities,” said Wayne Goodman, Executive Director of the Landmark Society of Western New York, “and we are grateful to the National Park Service for recognizing the value of preserving some of our most historic communities.”
This GVRR grant program will be administered by OPRHP and LSWNY. Applications will be available through the Landmark Society of Western New York in early-January 2021. The program will include two grant rounds with application deadlines of March 31, 2021 and September 30, 2021 respectively. For more information on the grant program, contact Megan Klem, Preservation Planner, at [email protected] or visit www.landmarksociety.org/GVRR.
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RELIABILITY AND SECURITY AND STABILITY
This is the overall objective of power system design and operation. To be reliable, the power system must be secure most of the time. To be secure, the system must be stable but must also be secure against other contingencies that would not be classified as stability problems e.g., damage to equipment such as an explosive failure of a cable, fall of transmission towers due to ice loading, or sabotage. As well, a system may be stable following a contingency, yet insecure due to post-fault system conditions resulting in equipment overloads or voltage violations
May be further distinguished from stability in terms of the resulting consequences. For example, two systems may both be stable with equal stability margins, but one may be relatively more secure because the consequences of instability are less severe.
Security and stability are time-varying attributes that can be judged by studying the performance of the power system under a particular set of conditions. Reliability, on the other hand, is a function of the time-average performance of the power system; it can only be judged by consideration of the system’s behavior over an appreciable period of time.
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Never has heroin been more deadly nor this cheap in the St. Louis area. Purity levels have skyrocketed, while prices have plummeted on the street to $5 to $10 a button (dose), reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A lethal new twist has flooded the market: fentanyl. The cheap synthetic opioid is 50 times . . .
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This would be a dream come true. I still remember the very first interactive desk I saw back in Even scribbles on the table will be interactive and editable! Just gotta make it affordable. iDesk, High Tech Bureau for Apple products.
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Hate crimes reported to the FBI decreased slightly last year from their record high in 2017, according to the FBI’s annual hate crime data report released Tuesday.
The FBI received 7,120 reports of crimes motivated by bias or prejudice in 2018, 55 incidents less than were reported the previous year. Crimes against property decreased in 2018 while personal physical attacks, which made up 61 percent of total hate crimes, increased.
A hate crime as defined by the FBI is a “criminal offense against a person or property, motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity.”
Violent hate crimes increased by nearly two-dozen from the 1,183 violent incidents recorded in 2017 to 1,204 incidents in 2018. The FBI defines violent crime as murder, voluntary manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Hate crimes resulting in death also ticked up to 24 people, including the 11 victims who perished in the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting in October of last year, the deadliest attack ever on the Jewish community in this country.
Hate crimes involving religion declined last year while incidents motivated by race and sexual orientation or gender identity escalated.
Reports of crimes motivated by the victim’s religion fell to 1,617 from 1,749.
Racially-motivated crimes affected 5,155 victims last year, an increase from the 5,060 people who were victims of such crimes in 2017. Hate crimes against Hispanics in particular spiked, up to 671 victims from 552 victims in 2017.
Meanwhile, perpetrators motivated by sexual orientation committed crimes against 1,445 victims last year, compared to only 1,338 victims the previous year.
A total of 16,039 law enforcement agencies submitted the data used in the report to the FBI. However, some cities and states did not collect the data on hate crimes or report it to the agency, and many victims of hate crimes never report it to law enforcement.

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Friday March 5 brings the musical legends to the Capital District. Dave Mason and Leon Russell are playing a show together at the Hart Theater at The Egg in downtown Albany. Dave Mason was a founding member of Traffic and recorded with other legends such as Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones. Leon Russell has been touring since the 60’s and has been featured on more studio albums by major artists than you can shake a stick at. The same night, Richie Havens is at Proctor’s Theater in Schenectady. Richie is of course most famous for his performance at Woodstock in 1969. If you’ve never been to Proctor’s, this would be a good night to go. The theater is absolutely beautiful and luckily has been saved from the wrecking ball more than once.
Thursday, March 4
Classic Rock / Reggae influenced Fingerdiddle is at Trapper’s Tavern in North Creek from 7-10pm. This is a fun two-piece band with a guitar and drummer. Look for them sometime Whitewater Derby weekend as well.
Friday, March 5
Another duo with guitar and drums – Sirsy is at The Putnam Den in Saratoga at 9pm. There is an opener.
Red Molly will be playing two shows at Caffe Lena in Saratoga, one at 7pm and one at 9:30pm. Caffe Lena’s website says they are “Called “a cross between the Dixie Chicks and O’ Brother, Where Art Thou’” this hot NYC trio blends their voices on irresistible songs by Gillian Welch, Iris DeMent and Hank Williams, adding in bluegrass standards, old-time southern gospel, and classic American tunes. You simply can’t hear them without falling in love.”
Tickets are $20 at the door.
Eat, Sleep, Funk plays at 20 Main in AuSable Forks at 10pm.
Dave Mason & Leon Russell at The Hart Theater at The Egg in Albany 7pm.
Richie Havens at Proctor’s Theater in Schenectady at 7pm.
Tim Herron Corporation at Slicker’s in Old Forge at 9pm.
Saturday, March 6
Tim Herron Corporation at the Monopole in Plattsburgh at 9pm.
Jen Gadway is a solo singer/guitar player who will be playing at Laura’s Tavern in North Creek at 9pm.
Wednesday, March 10
Vinnie Leddick at barVino in North Creek at 7pm.
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who came out on top of a key decision in her defense of a state law aimed at curbing illegal immigrants, praised the U.S. Supreme Court Monday for taking on a nationally important case.
The high court had agreed to review the U.S. Department of Justice's challenge to Arizona's SB1070, the first in a wave of state laws that attempt to make life inhospitable to illegal immigrants by prohibiting them from seeking work and authorizing law enforcement to determine the status of anyone detained or arrested.
The Justice Department was able to get a preliminary injunction against four of the most onerous parts of Arizona's SB1070. The Obama administration has said federal law preempts state attempts at regulating immigration.
Brewer, a Republican elected to her first full term in 2010, said Arizona had been more than patient waiting for Washington to secure the border. The state was forced to address problems illegal immigrants pose, she has argued.
I am confident the high court will uphold Arizona's constitutional authority and obligation to protect the safety and welfare of its citizens, Brewer said in a statement defending the law. This case is not just about Arizona. It's about every state grappling with the costs of illegal immigration.
The case the Supreme Court accepted Monday will reverberate beyond Arizona's borders. Other states seeking to curb illegal immigration had passed their own versions of SB1070, some of which include harsher provisions.
The Justice Department went after Alabama, South Carolina and Utah for their efforts to pass laws targeting illegal immigrants.
Brewer said she was stunned at the audacity of the Obama administration to sue Arizona in an effort to throw out SB1070.
That shock turned to outrage as the federal government proceeded to file suit against three more states... that followed Arizona's lead, Brewer said.
Arizona Law: New Issues for Supreme Court Justices
These Arizona-style immigration laws will pose new issues to the Supreme Court justices. Two major cases argued before the high court--De Canas v. Bica, decided in 1976, and Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, decided in May--upheld a state's right to regulate illegal immigrants through employment laws.
However, the new wave of state immigration laws goes beyond employment and touches on law enforcement and housing matters. Without an express prohibition blocking states from entering these areas, the Supreme Court will have to decide if Congress intended for federal immigration law to reign.
Brewer said the law she signed April 2010 was crafted to ensure that it could withstand a federal preemption challenge.
I was keenly aware of the need to respect federal authority over immigration-related matters, Brewer said. The legislation authorizes cooperative law enforcement and imposes sanctions that consciously parallel federal law.
A Justice Department spokesperson was not immediately available to comment on the Supreme Court's decision.
The Obama administration's top Supreme Court lawyer, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, had said that the justices would be premature to review the Arizona case, as the Justice Department lawsuits are still making their way through the appeals process.
While the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco last year upheld a preliminary injunction on Arizona's SB1070, Verrilli said in November that there is no reason to think that reviewing this preliminary injunction would resolve the lawsuits against other states.
The provisions in SB1070 currently under an injunction require law enforcement officials to determine the immigration status of anyone detained or arrested; authorize warrantless arrests of any undocumented resident who had committed a public offense; require immigrants to carry documents; and making it a state crime for illegal immigrants to look or accept work.


At Stratfor, THE report you should read on the Mexican weapons trade:
Mexico: Economics and the Arms Trade
At the far end of the spectrum is the black arms market where the guns are contraband from the get-go and all the business is conducted under the table. There are no end-user certificates and the weapons are smuggled covertly. Examples of this would be the smuggling of arms from the former Soviet Union (FSU) and Afghanistan into Europe through places like Kosovo and Slovenia, or the smuggling of arms into South America from Asia, the FSU and Middle East by Hezbollah and criminal gangs in the Tri-Border Region.
Nation-states will often use the gray and black arms markets in order to deniably support allies, undermine opponents or otherwise pursue their national interests. This was clearly revealed in the Iran-Contra scandal of the mid-1980s, but Iran-Contra only scratched the surface of the arms smuggling that occurred during the Cold War. Untold tons of military ordnance were delivered by the United States, the Soviet Union and Cuba to their respective allies in Latin America during the Cold War.
This quantity of materiel shipped into Latin America during the Cold War brings up another very important point pertaining to weapons. Unlike drugs, which are consumable goods, firearms are durable goods. This means that they can be useful for decades and are frequently shipped from conflict zone to conflict zone. East German MPiKMS and MPiKM assault rifles are still floating around the world’s arms markets years after the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist. In fact, visiting an arms bazaar in a place like Yemen is like visiting an arms museum. One can encounter century-old, still-functional Lee-Enfield and Springfield rifles in a rack next to a modern U.S. M4 rifle or German HK93, and those next to brand-new Chinese Type 56 and 81 assault rifles.
There is often a correlation between arms and drug smuggling. In many instances, the same routes used to smuggle drugs are also used to smuggle arms. In some instances, like the smuggling routes from Central Asia to Europe, the flow of guns and drugs goes in the same direction, and they are both sold in Western Europe for cash. In the case of Latin American cocaine, the drugs tend to flow in one direction (toward the United States and Europe) while guns from U.S. and Russian organized-crime groups flow in the other direction, and often these guns are used as whole or partial payment for the drugs.
Illegal drugs are not the only thing traded for guns. During the Cold War, a robust arms-for-sugar trade transpired between the Cubans and Vietnamese. As a result, Marxist groups all over Latin America were furnished with U.S. materiel either captured or left behind when the Americans withdrew from Vietnam. LAW rockets traced to U.S. military stocks sent to Vietnam were used in several attacks by Latin American Marxist groups. These Vietnam War-vintage weapons still crop up with some frequency in Mexico, Colombia and other parts of the region. Cold War-era weapons furnished to the likes of the Contras, Sandinistas, Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front and Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity movement in the 1980s are also frequently encountered in the region.
After the civil wars ended in places like El Salvador and Guatemala, the governments and the international community attempted to institute arms buy-back programs, but those programs were not very successful and most of the guns turned in were very old — the better arms were cached by groups or kept by individuals. Some of these guns have dribbled back into the black arms market, and Central and South America are still awash in Cold War weapons.
But Cold War shipments are not the only reason that Latin America is flooded with guns. In addition to the indigenous arms industries in countries like Brazil and Argentina, Venezuela has purchased hundreds of thousands of AK assault rifles in recent years to replace its aging FN-FAL rifles and has even purchased the equipment to open a factory to produce AK-103 rifles under license inside Venezuela. The Colombian government has accused the Venezuelans of arming the FARC, and evidence obtained by the Colombians during raids on FARC camps and provided to the public appears to support those assertions.
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doTerra Donation Of $5 Million For Oncology Center, Gets Social Media Criticism
In accepting a $5 million gift from doTerra that sells essential oils, St. Elizabeth Healthcare announced that it aims to explore untraditional therapies at its new cancer center. But social media commenters accuse the Edgewood system of selling out to a multilevel marketing firm.
This month, dozens of Reddit, Twitter and YouTube participants raised an online clamor over the $5 million gift, the biggest ever to St. Elizabeth’s foundation, from doTerra, a Pleasant Grove, Utah, firm that calls itself the world’s largest producer and vendor of essential oils.
In revealing the gift in October, St. Elizabeth officials also announced that the first floor of its five-story cancer center, set to open in August, will be named the doTerra Center for Integrative Oncology.
The center’s director, oncologist Douglas Flora, said he is perplexed at the blow-back to adding aromatherapy to other options at the center, including yoga, massage therapy and acupuncture.
What are essential oils?
Essential oils are compounds extracted from plants. People can eat the oils, mix them into drinks, apply them to the skin or add them to infusers to release the aroma. DoTerra advertises that adding essential oils to daily regimens promotes overall wellness.
Patients, Flora said, already are seeking other methods of dealing with the pain, insomnia and other side effects of cancer treatment, including essential oils. In the new cancer center, patients can try those methods under doctor supervision.
“There are things that merit further investigation that may yield promise,” Flora said. “We want to accommodate those into our patient-care activities once the data is sufficient. It doesn’t mean that we would be substituting any of these measures that we use now. … We’re not going to let anything that harms our patients into our building.”
Dr. Russell Osguthorpe, doTerra’s chief medical officer, said the company has expanded research into its products. He said no less an institution than the National Cancer Institute is looking at essential oils, among other therapies.
“DoTerra is putting our resources in support of these sorts of initiatives,” he said. “We want to support a place where patients can use an evidence-based approach under the guidance of world-renowned cancer physicians at St. Elizabeth.
“We’re not selling anything in that space at all, quite the opposite. We agreed early on, we would not sell in that space. It’s a place of healing, not a place of business.”
Social media commenters say advertised benefits of essential oils are exaggerated. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved essential oils to treat any medical condition.
In September 2014, the FDA sent doTerra a warning that some salespeople, who doTerra calls “wellness advocates,” were telling customers that essential oils could treat or cure conditions including the Ebola virus.
Osguthorpe and other doTerra officials say the company has worked with the FDA since then to correct sales language and train wellness advocates to steer clear of explicit promises. The FDA has taken no further action since the 2014 letter.
The social-media objections to the arrangement also say St. Elizabeth is giving doTerra access to patients for potential sales recruitment.
The company is a multilevel marketer, which encourages distributors to bring on new salespeople, who then pay distributors a percentage of sales. Flora said doTerra will not be recruiting salespeople at the center or selling its product there.
Jeff Holiday of Eugene, Oregon, produces YouTube videos full-time about pseudoscience and alternative medicine. On Jan. 9, he made a 23-minute video to lash St. Elizabeth for collaborating with doTerra.
“When you have somebody who is in a vulnerable situation, like going in for cancer treatment, not only vulnerable to secondary responses or stress responses but also vulnerable to desperation, you have a lure for anybody who is a snake-oil salesman,” he said. “The very concept of something that is anti-medicine contributing $5 million should be raising extreme amounts of concern.”
DoTerra has funded research at Roseman University of Health Sciences in Nevada to study essential oils. In 2018, doTerra donated $5 million to the Huntsman Cancer Foundation in Salt Lake City for the expansion of the cancer hospital at the University of Utah, including its Wellness and Integrative Health Center.
Flora said he has seen the consequences of misusing non-mainstream treatments. He was caring for a young breast-cancer patient with the powerful drug tamoxifen to prevent a recurrence. But without telling Flora, the patient also took St. John’s wort, an herb that some people believe eases depression. But the two drugs do not work well together and, Flora said, “We lost her.”
Last summer, Flora said, a former patient approached him about essential oils. Nicole Chase, a doTerra wellness advocate, told him about her experience, and Flora expressed interest in learning more.
Osguthorpe and other doTerra officials then flew to Northern Kentucky to meet Flora and see the cancer center under construction. Flora said he was impressed with their desire to put the rigors of science behind its products.
“No company in that field has really devoted resources like a typical pharmaceutical company to research,” he said.
Expansion of cancer care
Cancer care in the Cincinnati region is growing because the incidence of lung, breast, colon and other cancers is among the highest in the nation – “ground zero,” as Flora calls it. Kentucky is No. 1 in the nation for lung-cancer deaths.
UC Health, the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center collaborate on the UC Cancer Center. This month, the TriHealth system cut the ribbon on its new dedicated building in Montgomery.
St. Elizabeth’s center will be 250,000 square feet and will offer the mainstream treatments of chemotherapy and radiation. The 8,400 square feet of the first floor that will become the doTerra Center for Integrative Oncology.
Flora said that perhaps one half of one day a week, patients can try aromatherapy with doTerra essential oils. All additional therapies will be supervised and monitored by a medical doctor specializing in integrative care, who Flora is in the process of hiring.
Integrative medicine is growing in popularity. The National Institutes of Health has a wing called the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine hosts the Center for Integrative Health and Wellness.
Himself a cancer patient, Flora said he has found that using lavender oil has improved his sleep. “My personal belief, as a cancer provider, is that we’re poorly educated about these things. My feeling is that if we built something like this, and bring a trained medical doctor to supervise this, our level of expertise will go up.”
As reported by Eu.cincinnati.com
doTERRA® is an integrative health and wellness company and the world leader in the Global Aromatherapy and Essential Oils market. doTERRA sources, tests, manufactures and distributes CPTG Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade® essential oils and essential oil products to over seven million doTERRA Wellness Advocates and customers.
Through industry leading responsible sourcing practices, doTERRA maintains the highest levels of quality, purity and sustainability in partnership with local growers around the world through Co-Impact Sourcing®.
The doTERRA Healing Hands™ offers resources and tools to global sourcing communities and charitable organizations for self-reliance, healthcare, education, sanitation, and the fight against human trafficking. Through the life-enhancing benefits of essential oils, doTERRA is changing the world one drop, one person, one community at a time. To learn more, visit www.doterra.com.
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History – The history of this place begins from the times of Bhagawan Adinath. Previously this place was called by the name Prayag. The tree under which Bhagawan Adinatha attained omniscience is found at this place. It is called by the name ‘Akshray Vatavruksha’. In a holy book of the year 1556 of the Vikram era, there is a mention of the wooden sandals of Bhagawan Adinatha under this tree. But at present the wooden Sandals are not found here. There is a mention of this place in the book ‘Vividh Tirth Kalpa’ of the 14th century and many other holy books. It is from this place that Bhagawan Adinatha has attained salvation. The construction of the first ever samavasarana was done during the period of the attainment of salvation Bhagawan Adinatha. GomukhaYaksha and Goddess Chakreshvari become Shsandev and Shasanadevi at this place. the Ashram of Bhardavaj Muni and the Lakshagaru built by the architect Maya to kill the Pandavas of the mahabharatha was here. Mata Marudevi, (mother of Bhagwan Adinath) attained omniscience here .There is a Panchavati temple of Digambara’s. In the museum run by the local administration we can find many jaina idols and inscriptions. In the fort there is a pillar built by King Samprati. On it, there are inscriptions describing the achievements of king Samprati. This is sacred place even for Hindus. The Kumbamela held once in every twelve years attracts Lakhs of devotees from diffrent parts of the world. The most important aspect of this place is that the three sacred rivers of India viz. Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswathi join at this place.
How to Reach – Allahabad is at a distance of 4 kilometers from Purimtal. The boarding and lodging facilities are available near the temple.
Main Deity – About 2 feet high, white colored idol of Bhagawan Adinatha in Padmasana posture (in the Swetambara Temple), idol of Bhagawan Adinatha in the Padmasana posture.


On the energy flux reaching planets during the parent star's evolutionary Track:The earth-sun system.
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The total flux of energy emitted by a star is a basic source of almost all physical and chemical processes in the atmosphere and on the surface of a planet. On the other hand, the upper parts of atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere are influenced to a great extent by tiny energy fluxes contained in the stellar XUV radiation and wind that are mostly responsible for ionization and photodissociation of atmospheric constituents and their escape. The latter problem is essential for the eventual detection of planets around stars. This paper demonstrates quantitatively how the above energy fluxes vary during a star's evolution. The results are presented for a solar-type star and a planet located initially at a distance of 1 AU from the star, providing insight into the past and future of the Sun and Earth. Among other things, the adopted model predicts that the maximum values of the energy flux reaching the Earth during giant phases of the Sun are greater than the respective values observed at present (the quiet Sun) by about 5 orders of magnitude for the solar wind, 3 orders of magnitude for the total radiation, and 2 orders of magnitude for the XUV radiation. On the other hand, the latter increases enormously (about 6 orders of magnitude) during a brief period of the post-asymptotic giant stage and decreases fast when moving to and during the white dwarf phase.


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Fairmont The Palm hosts renowned photographer
Olivia Arthur to take three month residency at Dubai hotel
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in partnership with Cuadro Gallery has welcomed photographer Olivia Arthur to Fairmont The Palm for a three-month residency until December.
The hotel company has partnered with Cuadro to host artists participating in the gallery’s longstanding residency programme, which has brought 12 international artists to the UAE over the past five years.
The residency is also a major component of Fairmont’s art@fairmont programme, during which Arthur will live and work inside the property “to provide guests with a distinctive opportunity to view firsthand, her work, inspired by the cultural landscape of Dubai and the UAE”, the company said.
Arthur hails from London and began working as a photographer in 2003 after moving to Delhi, India.
Starting in 2006, Olivia began working on a photo series about women and the East-West cultural divide.
“During my tenure in Dubai, I will be producing a series that explores the boundaries between fantasy and reality,” she asserted.
“I will explore Dubai through the eyes of a fictional character who in their innocence and naivety marvels at the strange and sometimes incredible world before them.”
Visitors to Fairmont The Palm will have a glimpse of her work during weekly open studio days.
As part of the partnership, monthly lectures will be scheduled at Fairmont The Palm, Fairmont Dubai and Fairmont Bab Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi.
Cuadro will lead the talks to provide guests with an understanding on the art landscape in the region, methods behind creating and designing artwork, through panels of industry experts.

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What do you get when you take a high powered EVO made to run the toughest hillclimb in the nation and put its rally shoes back on? Well, you basically get a low level aircraft!
After a bit of a rough ride at Pikes peak this year the car is back in action and ready for another local hill climb. Monarch is part of the CHCA series, in fact it is the last race of the series. The Kerns currently hold the record on the hill when they ran previously in the EVO with almost 200 less horsepower than it has currently. After fixing damage, replacing parts and basically converting it back to a rally car we took the car out to CORE to test it out.
The EVO has so much power that all four wheels spin in nearly every gear on the dirt. It is a bit of an incredible thing. In addition it goes so much faster than the BMW that when you are going along the same course you spend close to double the time simply off the ground. There were several times when I thought: “Hmm, I sure hope we can land, regain traction and make that corner right there.” The funny thing is that the Ohlin suspension is so smooth compared to the BMW that even though you can tell you are going faster, the visual inputs are coming at you quicker, but it feels so smooth that you feel as though you are either going the same speed or going slower than the BMW.
After a solid run at CORE we packed it up and headed home. No need to run it all day but we had a good solid test and it was a bit humbling to see Dave say with what appeared to be genuine surprise. “Wow, after testing with the BMW all summer, the EVO is FAST!”
If you looked up the word ‘determined’ in the dictionary, it says “see racekern.com.” The Kerns have had some of the toughest years at Pikes Peak and each year they come out of it wit a smile on their face and a lesson learned. Some of those lessons I don’t think they could have ever avoided so it is amazing how positive and driven they can remain!
This year’s lesson? Dirt may be scary at times, but asphalt has many faces to. The thing about dirt is that you are relying on a surface that has minimal grip, so you are driving in such a way that you are constantly compensating for that lack of grip. On asphalt you are using all the grip that you can get out of the road. So if that grip goes away, you have a much tougher time. This year the Kerns found a part of the course that dust, gravel, something was blown onto the road and braking grip was eliminated! Stephan Verdier found the same place, but his experience was even more catastrophic! So ride along with the Kerns as they take you up the mountain. Keep your eyes peeled for their incidents and for the pieces that decide not to make it all the way to the summit with them!
Take a moment and read the Kern’s recap on the week at Pikes Peak on RaceKern.com
Every year I go up to Pikes Peak for the hill climb and every year the adventure is a bit different. I have worn many hats on the mountain including Photographer, writer, video guy and even tour guide. This year was a bit different. My roll this year was a bit more involved with the teams and it really gave me a good look at what they have to go through to make it to the summit.
Now let me clarify, the teams that I have been spending more time with are all small budget teams. These are guys and girls that don’t have the big dollar budgets and the ones that are sometimes the most impressive on the mountain with the least amount of fanfare. This year I spend the most time with the Kerns.
Dave and Allison are a great duo of Husband and Wife, Driver and Co-Driver. They have two race cars and I am pretty familiar with nearly all the nuts and bolts on both of them now. Their BMW Compact race car you can see more info on the build on my site and the EVO is their hill climb car for Pikes Peak. They seem to always find just enough support to be able to pull off another hill climb and they don’t show up with junk. The EVO is over 600 hp at the wheels, it is very well thought out with weight reduction measures taken at any place that they implement them. It is a rocketship with tires in my opinion and in the capable hands of the dynamic duo, it is a force to be reckoned with.
The other teams, who’s cars I don’t work on, but who I spend time with instead are the teams of Spencer Steele and Jimmy Olson. I met both of these guys through Ice Racing in Georgetown and these guys, well they are best friends and some of the fastest guys on the mountain. Their budgets are reflected in their vehicles as well. Spencer has a philosophy that you don’t paint a car till you can find out what color duct tape you can buy and Jimmy, well, he’s actually driving a car for a different owner named Butch. Both of them have a collection of used tires that they have collected from other teams, they have motors that they built themselves and every part of the work on the car they have a hand in. None of these teams tuck their driver in to get a good nights sleep then go to finish work on the car, the driver is the main part of the team and is integral in making the car go both on the course and in the pits.
In the weeks leading up to PPIHC these teams were working on cars. The kerns were driving to Chicago to get a new AMS power package put into their car. Spencer was building a motor and Jimmy, well he was trying to get his own car running for the event when catastrophe struck and he ended up running in Butch’s car. Exhaustion leading up to the event is a regular thing for these guys and with minimal support a lot of this is just out of pocket expenses too. On Tuesday night, the night before practice, we were under the Kerns EVO readying the car for the next day on the mountain and though the car was mostly ready, the final touches took till nearly 11pm to get through. With a wakeup call at 2:30, that makes for a short night!
On the mountain the first day, the Kerns were battling an under steer issue. With new suspension that they hadn’t been able to test due to rained out track days, they were experimenting on the mountain with the new suspension setup and it was pushing like crazy. Spencer and Jimmy were experimenting too, but they were working with different tires. With all the new pavement on the mountain the tires that they have used in the past, the Pikes Peak Specials, seemed to be too dirt oriented and not quite as pavement friendly, so they were playing with different front tires, different rear tires and run after run you would see different things being tested.
After practice the Kerns headed off to PPIR to continue testing and tuning. The suspension needed to be changed, tire pressures needed to be dialed in and the handling needed to be corrected. After hours at the track only a minimal improvement was felt. It was clear that they were missing something, but there was still time. With that being said, I as able to ride in the car for the first time at the end of the day and experienced a vehicle that has some intense amount of power. 0-60 seems like a silly measurement in this car as you feel that you could just barely stand to drive this thing 60 when it has so much more power to go. Maybe 0-100 or 0-150 even is more appropriate!
Practice day two came about and the same tweaks were being made. The kerns were working with suspension and at the same time AMS tuner Mitch was dialing in the tune on their motor. Jimmy and Spencer were clearly testing tires on each section to see what they could figure out would be faster and I was on the side of the mountain taking video of all of them. In case you don’t remember, last year we ran cameras on most of these cars and this year we stepped that effort up quite a bit. Cameras on the cars and a lot of video from the side of the mountain as well. This is a huge undertaking so check back in a week or so and I will have our final edit up for you to check out.
After practice the kerns headed out to PPIR again, this time they had an infield spot to work on the car. Federal Tires rep Taz Yeh came out to lend a hand and his help was fantastic. His knowledge of the tires and the suspension worked out well and they were able to dial in the suspension and tire pressures to really meet Dave’s driving needs. At the end of the day we laid down a final run on the track. Fully drifting most of the turns in 3rd gear with predictable handing in an AWD car… what an impressive feeling!
Practice day three was qualifying day. This was also the only day on dirt and the dirt was LOOSE. Yeah, The kerns headed up on their newly dialed suspension and they were looking quick. 5:09 was their qualifying time which bettered their previous best qualifying time on the mountain! This was good for second qualifying position however by 4 seconds and they were sure that they could find the extra seconds on the mountain. Jimmy and Spencer were battling out in their own class. Jimmy put down a 5:00 and Spencer a 5:07. With these two guys though that difference in time was going to be cut down… You can just feel the competitive nature between these two best friends! After practice everyone was off to Fan Fest.
Saturday the teams were dialing in, changing oil and just finalizing the prep for race day. Spencer and Jimmy were aligning their cars when I stopped by and as you can imagine it was unique. Big teams, they use tire alignment machines, lasers and other goodies. Jimmy and Spencer? They have a tape measure, a retractable dog leash 4 beer cans and a stick of aluminum. Now keep in mind they have this down to a science. They use two Coors cans on the back of the alignment bar and one Coors and one Bud can on the front… since the Bud can is shorter.
Race day came and the crowds were just huge. It is great to see people recognizing the majestic nature of this mountain and this race. I was asleep at Devils Playground and when I woke up there were probably 500 cars around me. It is a great sight to see! The weather was warm but a bit windy. Overall it was a perfect day for a race and clearly a great day for the unlimited class. Monster set a new record of 9:51, Rhys at 10:09 showed that his car was really capable on the mountain in only two years of running that car and Jean Phillipe had a very impressive appearance at 10:17 which is amazing for the first year on the mountain at all!
The Kerns were poised to break their own record. They headed up the mountain and as they did I turned my radio off. I didn’t want any of that audio on my video. So I waited. They passed by and when I saw their car my heart dropped. Something’s wrong. I turned the radio back on and found that they had crashed at ragged edge and later found out that they crashed, lost a headlight, lost a side skirt, tore a hole in their front suspension and tore the tire on their rear wheel. By the time they got to Cog Cut the were running on a rim and when they got to the top at 12:12 they found that they had just placed 4th in their class… 15 seconds down from the leader while running a flat for the last 5-6 miles of the race. Pretty amazing if you ask me, especially when the race is 12.42 miles long!
Jimmy and Spencer were battling it out as well. Both passed by at a crazy amount of speed and in the end they were separated by 1 second. 1 SECOND! It is incredible. Spencer took the win; Jimmy took second with Spencer’s time being 10:42. Now, here is a little detail for you. This is what impresses me the most. Spencer’s time of 10:42 was set in a car running used tires, a home made motor and duct tape nose cone. This is a homemade project with nearly no support. Spencer’s time was good for 4th fastest overall time on the mountain. This is up with cars that have hundreds of thousands of dollars wrapped up in them. Cars that show up with a crew of mechanics and specialists. Both his time and Jimmy’s time is just incredible to me when you look at the budgets involved. This is what makes Pikes Peak most impressive to me I love that a team with a car built in their garage can show up and challenge the biggest budget factory teams. I think it is an incredible race when money doesn’t dominate and experience skill can win. This really makes this race awesome to me and I am pretty fortunate to have the ability to spend time with these guys and experience the race through their eyes!
I will have a video up from all of these cars and more very soon, in the mean time, check out some quick teasers…
Three days of practice are done. Qualifying has happened and the results are online. The Kerns have been dialing in the vehicle all week. With a major change in suspension this year in response to the added tarmac the testing to dial in the suspensions performance is critical. We were finally able to get it dialed in to Dave’s needs on Thursday night.
This year Dave and Allison have been supported by AMS again for his engine setup, tuning etc. They have also been picked up by Federal Tires. One of the nice things about both of these sponsors is that they are here, they are hands on and they are bringing their own setup experience. So out at PPIR this week while testing they have been hands on, talking about suspension setups, tire pressures engine setup and more. It has been a very interesting experience and I can’t imagine that we would have gotten the setup to dave’s liking as quickly without them.
As we were heading out Dave Carapetyan’s crew rolled up with his newly built Unlimited car. So new in fact that it didn’t get to practice all week.
They were in for a late night and said they were hoping to be at practice on Friday however a blown head gasket held them back from that goal.
We’ve been shooting video all week as well, as you may remember from last year, we are doing a similar project again this year. Spencer Steel, Jimmy Olson, Savannah Rickli and Dave & Allison Kern are all participating and we may even have some video from a motorcyclist, Darryl Lujan. So far I have a ton of video.. I mean seriously, I can’t get through it all just yet, but I can show you a bit of a Teaser… So check this out.
I don’t know why I forget this stuff, but I am remembering how much work making a mold is… Yeah. It is one of those things that I remember when I really think about it, but when I haven’t done it for a while I convince myself that it will just take a few hours.
If you haven’t seen part one of this build check it out here. This time I have been going layer after layer, working my way up and trying to get a nice smooth final product. There have been some tricky parts like the airbag area and the vent holes. In addition the portion that I have made with foam is a bit tricky as well, occasionally when you get beyond the bondo layer you find out what happened very quickly when you hit the soft foam! I reached a point where I needed a much better visual indicator of what was going on. So I had to put a coat of glossy paint on in order to see the lines better than I could with the flat primer. So I chose a red paint and painted it up. It gave away some issues immediately. There were some sanding marks that were a bit deeper than anticipated, some waves that I needed to sort out and basically it just did exactly what it needed to do.
So I did a full wet sand on the part and really smoothed it out. some spots got all the way back to bondo again through the paint layer and the primer layer. Once I got it all smoothed out another layer of glossy red and WOW! what a difference! It looks very good right now. There are a few little imperfections, they are all pits and will actually be easier to fix in the mold itself so I am going to leave them and sand them out of the final mold.
After the mold was fully prepped we took aluminum tape to create the rest of the part. Basically the part needs draft, so using the tape is much faster and easier to shape for portions of the mold that we don’t care about. Plus it doesn’t really stick to the fiberglass, so that helps as well.
I believe that there will be two more parts to this project, one more for the mold making and one more part for the final part that we pull off the mold. Check back soon!
Well, I always find my way into various projects. It is funny, the more things you say yes too the more that you can learn. So with that in mind I set off to make a new dash for the Kern Racing Pikes Peak EVO.
For those of you not familiar with this car, I have built a few parts for the Kerns already. Last year I worked on their Aero Package and in the last few years the Kerns, piloting this car, have held the record for the Time Attack 4wd class at Pikes Peak. This team is unstoppable with the proper equipment and I am happy to be able to help them with their quest.
This year they are switching to Pikes Peak Open. This allows them a few more options in lightening the vehicle. Weight is a huge advantage in racing. Lotus has a saying “performance through light weigh” this saying just means that you don’t need as much power if you have less to move. So with the new possibilities every option needs to be considered. So Dave has been working on ideas. Remove brackets, replace windows with lexan, remove lights, remove dash…. wait. We can’t remove the dash, we need that to block reflections from the windshield. we need it to hold critical components like the speedometer and switches that we need. So instead it needs to be a composite dash of some sort. Now to give you an idea, the current dash weighs in at 38lbs. That is a lot of weight! Why does it weight that much you ask? Well, glovebox, vent plumbing, plastic bits, tabs, mounting brackets and more stuff that isn’t needed in a race car all add up pretty fast. With a carbon dash, we should be able to get that down to about 2 lbs! 36lbs of weight savings!
So to start I began with the original dash. This is to provide the form of the dash that we will end up with rather than try to duplicate it out of foam. The first steps were to mount this to a board, and begin creating the form of the underside of the dash. This dash will have a slightly different shape than the original in order to minimize material and make it very stiff and light.
I started shaping the foam and coating it with bondo in order to create a nice solid surface to create the mold from. Any factory dash is going to have texture to it and I needed to eliminate that texture. So coating it with bondo while starting to fill in the holes was pretty crucial. We are eliminating all of the vents on this dash except for the defrost vent. This one we will still need!
After the first layers of bondo a lot of sanding goes on, I kept smoothing this thing down so that the dash shape stays the same. I don’t want to lose the form of the dash while slathering it with all this bondo, so I figure work my way up slowly. Once I got to a point that I felt comfortable I started filling in gaps. Vents on the sides were the first stop.
The vent holes on the front needed to be filled next, so a piece of foam went in and bondo was applied over top. This is a bit complicated because we really want to make sure the shape holds true to the shape that the dash gives us already. The last thing I’d want is for someone to be able to identify where the vents were at one point.
Slowly I built up layers and sanded them back to get the shape correct. Over a few attempts I got this thing pretty close.
I am sure you can see that there are a lot of colors going on now. Primer grey, bondo (grey), glazing putty (white) and the actual dash (black). All these colors start taking away the visual cues of the lines that you are looking for when you are trying to make a part. So the best plan is always to coat it again every once and a while. get a good idea what it looks like in one color and start working hard at the areas that need improvement. I knew that I wasn’t ready to be done, but I really wanted to see where I needed to work the hardest so I did a quick coat of primer. Nice and heavy and this time I did black so it would give a good visual indicator.
I am sure you can see that there are some inconsistencies in this thing. It isn’t perfect by any means and it isn’t perfectly straight or anything. But this is getting very close. I have a bit more sanding to do, I have a bit more bondo to do and hopefully in the next day or two I will be able to finish up this part of the project so I can start waxing it and pulling a mold off this buck. Check back for the next part. If you have any questions, post them up! I’ll try to answer them.
Oh, notice as well, all the seams are filled, all the switch locations are filled and everything is pretty close to smooth. Details are next!
I’ve been living vicariously through some of my friends by helping them with their race cars. Mostly I’d say it has been Dave and Allison Kern. Originally I had helped them with some work on their Pikes Peak Hill Climb Evo. I did a bunch of work on their aero package, but also ended up welding some parts as well as installing and fitting body parts as well. It is fun to get to work on this stuff. There is a lot of problem solving and a lot of building, creating and working with your hands. Currently they are working on the creation of a BMW rally car.
The BMW will be used as a 2wd Rally car. It is cheaper to run and compete in and with a privateer budget that is good news. It is also going to provide the opportunity to run in Max Attack which is a 2wd specific rally event that will give them good competition in an affordable package. If all that wasn’t enough the BMW will be set up so the drivers seat is able to accommodate a shorter driver or a taller one…so Allison now has the ability to drive!
The car has been caged by SCR Performance but Dave is taking on the majority of the rest of the work. The beginning steps (beyond all the research that he has into figuring out the parts for the car) is the underbody. The BMW isn’t exactly designed for Rally, so you have a couple options. Paint the car and replace the chassis when it gets wrecked or try to protect the chassis. The plan for this car was to protect the chassis with Kevlar and Macropoxy. Macropoxy is a paint that is a good barrier against rust and light impact. Kevlar, well that takes the bigger dings and dents well. The EVO Works well with the Kevlar under body, but it is separating a bit in places, so this time we tried a few different tricks to try to keep the body and the kevlar together.
The Kevlar now has epoxy that has been seeped into all the welded seams so it hopefully gets more adheason, also we put chunks of Kevlar into some of the gaps between seem welds so those will hopefully give the kevlar even more places to adhere.
It is a messy process, so we only have a few photos of this part. This is what the end result looks like. Almost time to flip the car over and start putting parts on it!
I’ll be helping them out whenever I can, so keep an eye back and I’ll post up some progress as we go. In the mean time you can check them out on Facebook
There is definitely something unique about going to bed with your alarm set for 2:30 am. Personally, I do this pretty rarely, so when I do, I have back up alarms that are extra loud and maybe even closer to my head than normal. Surprisingly it is always easier to get up than I expect. This is what it takes to spectate the Pikes Peak international Hill climb.
Every year I head down to this race. Normally as a photographer for a magazine. This year however I went down simply to watch…and take photos…just not for a magazine.
Thursday morning at 3:30 am, we were rolling through the gate on the way up the mountain. Darkness hides the exposure on the sides of the road as we gained elevation but onward and upward we went heading past Devils playground, Engineers corner, the W’s and many other famous corners on the mountain. We finally made it to our destination in Boulder Park. It is always a good idea to get to Boulder park first. That way your car can be the most protected from the rocks and debris that the vehicles will inevitably throw backward as they accelerate away. This year I was joined by my good friends John Grimberg and Jeremiah Hueske. Jeremiah has come to the event the last couple years…it has become a bit of a tradition and we are now collecting more people to share it with.
We parked the car and shut off the lights to complete darkness at approximately 12,700 ft, the temp said it was 44 degrees, but the thin air simply chilled you to the bone when you stepped out of the car. We stayed inside, protected from the elements, watching top gear. As the sun snuck up from the horizon the mountain was revealed to us and we began listening intently for the sound of engines. Soon, the sound struck our ears and we knew the day was about to begin.
Cars began charging up the mountain, one after the next. The most anticipated were the newest vehicles, two Ford Fiesta’s driven by Marcus Gronholm (codriver Timo Alanne) and Andrea Eriksson (codriver Per Ola Svensson) as well as the RS 200 driven by Mark Rennison. Of course, Monster Tajima was right up there as well with a purpose built vehicle that has been coming to the event for years, but the facination was with the new drivers and vehicles…
Eriksson came charging past then suddenly there was a red flag. word came across the radio that his fiesta was on it’s roof!
Mark Rennison had issue the day prior and was taking his practice runs in a rental car as well, so Monstar and Gronholm were showing us how fast the mountain could be driven.
Among the other drivers were Rhys Millen and the Kerns. Rhys is a top drifter and he simply makes things look perfect when he drives by. His car is always sideways and he is one of the most exciting drivers to watch. The Kerns put their stamp on the race last year with an impressive time that shattered the record in their class by nearly a minute! This year they were back with 200 more horse power under the hood and a lot more technology in the car.
The driving was incredible, faster and faster during each practice run. You could see the line being etched into the road and the drivers beginning to find their pace as they practiced the course. As the excitement rose the time progressed and 9am came around. Practice was over. We were back to our hotel about 10 hours after we woke up and it was only noon!
Friday started the same way, 2:30 rolled around and we were getting up. Packing for the day and getting ready to head up to the mountain again. This time we were headed to the lower section. We arrived at our destination, Eleven Mile, and immediately saw something we hadn’t seen before, Cars. There were nearly as many vehicles on Friday, practice day, as there normally is during the race. It was clear that the new drivers were bringing more fans!
The sun began to rise and the fans emerged from their vehicles. The day was perfect, not a cloud in the sky and just a faint breeze. The first engine began up the hill and we all waited in anticipation. The motors are often so loud that you would swear that they were coming around the corner you are looking at even when the vehicle is still a mile away! Soon the first car blasted around the corner and threw a huge plume of dust into the sunlight. The car dissapeared as fast as it arrived, the entire time we saw the car it was completely sideways at full speed. This is why we come here!
The anticipaction of the race began, speculation of who could take down the 10 minute barrier… Then speculation on what the weather would do and whether or not Eriksson and Mark Rennison would get their cars back together. Then of course the topic of the event came up.
Pikes peak is the only event that I know of that every driver comes back, not because of the event, but because of the mountain. The draw of that mountain is strong enough that every driver that I have spoken to repeatedly says “I don’t think I want to do this anymore” but every year they are back. I am sure you are wondering why they wouldn’t want to do this anymore. The reason is simple. The race is run very poorly. The marketing, organization and, well basically everything all seem as though they undergo no planning and are simply put into place by hasty descisions and big egos. This year no timing was displayed to help boost interest in the race. Never has there been marketing in Denver…which is 70 miles away from the event. Restrictions are put on the Media at such a high level that they don’t want to show up to the race for any reason other than its history.
But even though competitors feel as though they were duped, media feels unwanted and spectators have to make a large effort to spectate (this is just the nature of the race however, not a reflection on the organization) the event is successful. I can’t wait till tomorrow to head up to Devils Playground and watch fans and vehicles roar as the clock ticks. I hope to see the record fall, but a small part of me wants to see the mountain hold back that 10 minute barrier once again! All this will have to wait, because tomorrow is race day and tomorrow the mountain will decide.

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