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GMC Savana Cutaway Van - 2014

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New for 2014

  • Exterior colors: Cyber Gray Metallic, Quick Silver Metallic, Bronze Alloy Metallic
  • 160-amp alternator
  • 9900 GVWR available with 159-inch wheelbase

Product Information

The GMC Savana Cutaway van is known by customers and upfitters alike for the flexibility and durability of its three available wheelbases, single or dual rear wheels and three engine choices – including the powerful Duramax 6.6L turbo-diesel.

For 2014, the Savana Cutaway continues to provide options for a variety of uses, and introduces a few new items, including new exterior colors – Cyber Gray Metallic, Quick Silver Metallic and Bronze Alloy Metallic – as well as a 160-amp alternator that allows more accessories to run on the powerful electrical system.

Additionally for 2014, the Express features a new 9900 GVWR with the 159-inch wheelbase, along with higher GVWRs on 3500 models, including 10,050 pounds (4,559 kg) and 10,100 pounds (4,581 kg). The 4500 models have a maximum GVWR of 14,200 pounds (6,441 kg).

Additional highlights:

  • 139-inch, 159-inch and 177-inch wheelbases
  • 4.8L and 6.0L gas V-8s with six-speed automatic transmission
  • Duramax 6.6L turbo-diesel V-8 with six-speed automatic transmission
  • Dedicated liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) package (4500 models with 6.0L)
  • Four-wheel disc brakes with antilock
  • Available locking rear differential (standard with YF2-code ambulance package)
  • Available OnStar with Turn-by-Turn navigation.

Special-equipment packages also are available for ambulance, RV, shuttle bus and school bus construction.

Savana exterior features

  • A chrome appearance package including a chrome front bumper and a chrome grille with dual composite headlamps is available. Black-painted bumpers are standard
  • Heavy-duty LED flashers are standard
  • Heated and power-adjustable outside folding mirrors are available on 3500
  • Wide-stance sail-panel-mounted outside mirrors are available
  • Sixteen-inch steel wheels are standard
  • Dual rear wheels are standard on 4500 and available on 3500
  • Exterior colors: Quick Silver Metallic, Cyber Gray Metallic, Dark Blue Metallic, Black, Dark Green Metallic, Summit White, Victory Red, Wheatland Yellow and Bronze Alloy Metallic.

Savana interior features

  • Air conditioning is standard (air conditioning delete is available)
  • Cruise control, power windows and power locks are available
  • A range of audio systems, including CD/MP3 capability, USB port and navigation, is available on all models. An audio system provision package is standard
  • SiriusXM Satellite Radio is available
  • Driver information center is standard on all models
  • Brake warning indicator is available
  • Two auxiliary 12-volt power outlets located on the interior engine cover are standard
  • Leather-wrapped steering wheel is available
  • Remote keyless entry is available
  • Remote vehicle starter system is available.

Savana powertrains – 6.6L Duramax diesel

The powerful Duramax turbo-diesel V-8 is offered in Savana Cutaway, delivering best-in-class torque and horsepower. Known by its “LGH” engine code, it is rated at 260 horsepower (194 kW) and 525 lb.-ft. of torque (711 Nm).

Designed to meet more stringent government emissions requirements, the LGH Duramax employs a robust EGR cooling system, along with revised turbocharger tuning that helps enhance EGR performance. It also has a large-capacity selective catalytic reduction system. In fact, the engine features the latest in emission control technology, making it the cleanest Duramax engine ever produced. NOx emissions are controlled via a Selective Catalyst Reduction aftertreatment system that uses urea-based Diesel (Emission) Exhaust Fluid (DEF). The DEF is housed in a 5.83-gallon (20 L) tank and needs to be replenished about every 5,000 miles (8,000 km). Electrically heated lines feed the DEF to the emission system to ensure adequate delivery in cold weather.

The Duramax also includes GM’s second-generation diesel particulate filter system. Unlike most competitors’ systems, the Duramax regenerates its diesel particulate filter using a downstream injection of diesel fuel directly into the exhaust stream and can travel up to 700 miles (1,125 km) between regenerations – a 300-mile (482 km) increase over the previous Duramax engine. The use of downstream injection also helps improve engine life by eliminating concerns about the possibility of diesel fuel contaminating engine oil, which can happen when fuel used for regeneration is introduced directly into the cylinder.

Savana Cutaway also provides outstanding cold-weather performance, thanks to the Duramax’s microprocessor-controlled glow plugs, which are capable of a gas engine-like start performance in less than three seconds in temperatures as low as -20 degrees F (-29 C), without a block heater. The engine has been developed to operate for at least 200,000 miles (322,000 km) on a rough-duty cycle without the need for a major overhaul.. It is also backed with a five-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty.

A fuel-operated heater (FOH) is available for vans equipped with the Duramax 6.6L to quickly provide heat to the vehicle interior in cold weather. This seamlessly integrated system is designed into the Savana chassis, saving customers the time and labor of upfitting an aftermarket system. The electronically controlled, fuel-operated heater operates automatically, turning on and off within parameters that include outside air temperature, fuel level, coolant temperature and engine use. It features a self-contained, pressurized auxiliary coolant heater (with a surge tank) that uses diesel fuel to generate up to 17,200 Btu/h (5 kW) of heating energy.

The Duramax engine is backed by GM’s Hydra-Matic 6L90 heavy-duty six-speed automatic transmission featuring Tow/Haul mode.

Gas/FlexFuel engines

A 4.8L V-8 is standard on 3500 models and cranks out 285 horsepower (212 kW) and 295 lb.-ft. of torque (398 Nm), while a 6.0L V-8 is standard on 4500 models. It is rated at

342 horsepower (255 kW) and 373 lb.-ft. of torque (506 Nm). The 6.0L is also offered in a special version – engine code LC8 – with hardened valve seats for the available Dedicated Liquefied Petroleum Gas model (4500 models).

The 4.8L and 6.0L engines are part of GM’s Gen IV small-block V-8 engine family. Designed for quiet operation, these engines include:

  • Special friction-reducing polymer coating on piston skirts
  • Full-floating piston pins
  • Damping patch on the oil pan (externally mounted)
  • Timing chain tensioner
  • Quieter alternator.

Savana’s engines not only provide a quiet ride, they assure long-lasting performance. Each one was validated under extreme conditions, with the 6.0L engine dynamometer-tested to the equivalent of 200,000 miles – 50,000 miles more than other engines in the family. The engines also feature many long-life engine components such as iridium-tip spark plugs, engine coolant, accessory drive belt and sealing gaskets that may reduce maintenance intervals and costs.

Stringent durability testing of the engines included cycling them between peak torque and peak horsepower rpm points – the equivalent of towing a heavy trailer up a steep grade – for 600 straight hours.

The 4.8L and 6.0L engines are matched with the 6L90 fuel-saving six-speed automatic transmission.

Powertrain special features

  • Dual 145-amp alternators are available
  • 160-amp alternators are available
  • 600-CCA battery is standard with 6.0L engine; 770-CCA battery is available.
  • Dual heavy-duty 770-CCA batteries are standard with Duramax-equipped models
  • Fuel-operated auxiliary heat generator is available with Duramax-equipped models
  • Cold-climate package with engine block heater is available on all models
  • High-idle switch for greater accessory performance at a job site is available on all models
  • Oil life monitor is standard on all models
  • Transmission cooler is standard on all models.

Chassis and suspension

Cutaway models are built on a strong, ladder-type full frame architecture. Varying frame sections support the 139-inch, 159-inch and 177-inch wheelbases. Soft-mount body-mount “donuts” and bolts, which attach upfit bodies to the chassis, are available on all models.

All Cutaway models feature an independent short-long arm (SLA) front suspension, power steering and four-wheel disc brakes with four-wheel antilock. At the rear is a hypoid drive axle and multi-leaf springs.

Additional chassis and suspension features include:

  • A locking rear differential is available on all models.
  • Fuel tank configurations with three- or four tanks are available on 4500 with 6.0L and LPG package.
  • Axle ratios include: 3.42, 3.54, 3.73 and 4.10.


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  • CNN's Costello reported that McCain "would" support AZ ban on same-sex marriage, but not that he did in 2006 -- and it lost

    RESEARCH ››› May 19, 2008 4:44 PM EDT ››› BRIAN LEVY

    CNN's Carol Costello said that Sen. John McCain "told reporters ... he would support a [same-sex marriage] ban in his own state of Arizona in November," without noting that McCain previously supported such a ban in Arizona that was rejected by the state's voters in 2006.

  • CNN re-airs smear video, no mention of McCain campaign's attacks on Obama patriotism

    RESEARCH ››› March 26, 2008 5:54 PM EDT ››› BRIAN LEVY

    Reporting on a YouTube video that CNN's Wolf Blitzer described as portraying Sen. Barack Obama and his wife as "America-hating racists," correspondent Carol Costello quoted, without challenge, a Republican National Committee official saying attacks on Obama's patriotism "do[n't] come from us." Costello did not note that Sen. John McCain's campaign has suspended one staffer for circulating the video and that the campaign also reportedly said it was "an error" when it sent out a Wall Street Journal op-ed attacking Obama's minister.

  • CNN's Situation Room again aired McCain's attacks on Clinton over earmark without noting his missed vote to remove it

    RESEARCH ››› February 25, 2008 5:29 PM EST ››› LAUREN AUERBACH

    CNN correspondent Carol Costello aired a video clip of Sen. John McCain criticizing an earmark requested by Sens. Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton in which McCain says: "Senator Clinton tried to spend $1 million on the Woodstock concert museum." However, Costello did not mention that McCain skipped the vote on removing the earmark, as other CNN reporters have also failed to do.

  • CNN repeats smear of Obama supporters as "creepy" and "cult-like"

    RESEARCH ››› February 15, 2008 8:32 PM EST ››› BRIAN LEVY

    CNN's Carol Costello said that audience response at a Barack Obama rally is "a scene some increasingly find not inspirational, but 'creepy,' " quoting columnists who have likened Obama supporters to members of a cult or described their enthusiasm as "creepy." On-screen text during Costello's report read: "OBAMA-MANIA BACKLASH" and "PASSION 'CULT-LIKE' TO SOME." Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer similarly cited other writers to make the same assertion: "ABC's Jake Tapper notes the 'Helter-Skelter cult-ish qualities' of 'Obama worshipers,' what Joel Stein of the Los Angeles Times calls 'the Cult of Obama.' "

  • CNN aired Laura Ingraham saying conservative "suicide voters" might vote for Clinton over McCain

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    RESEARCH ››› January 30, 2008 1:16 PM EST ››› BRIAN FREDERICK

    Discussing driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, CNN correspondent Carol Costello remarked on The Situation Room that the issue "literally drives some off the deep end, like Lou Dobbs."

  • CNN's Costello echoed Politico falsehood about Democrats being "Zero for 40 on Iraq"

    RESEARCH ››› November 14, 2007 7:33 PM EST ››› KATHLEEN HENEHAN

    Echoing the false assertion in a Politico article that Democrats are "Zero for 40" on passing "bills limiting President Bush's war policy," CNN's Carol Costello reported, "Forty times Democrats have forced a vote to curtail the Iraq war and 40 times they've lost." In fact, in April, both the House and Senate passed war funding legislation that included a timetable for a U.S. troop withdrawal, which President Bush vetoed.

  • CNN reported on some who say single women voters are "stupid," "slutty, anxious female[s]"

    RESEARCH ››› November 2, 2007 7:19 PM EDT ››› KATHLEEN HENEHAN

    Discussing young female voters' support for presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, CNN's Carol Costello asserted, "[I]f Hillary Clinton can persuade these young, single women to vote for her, many say she will win. And those who oppose Clinton know that. That's why they're calling these young women voters stupid." She added, "[T]he online magazine Jezebel dubbed them the elusive, slutty, anxious female, that's slutty in a political sense of course," a reference to a June 14 Jezebel item with the headline: "Barack Obama Lures Elusive Slutty Anxious Female Demographic."

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    In a CNN segment on a new book purporting to tell, in Wolf Blitzer's words, "exactly why white men are leaving the Democratic Party," correspondent Carol Costello asked, "[W]hat's a [Bruce] Springsteen-loving white man to do? Recent history says, 'Vote Republican.' " In fact -- as Costello herself noted at the conclusion of the segment -- Democrats "picked up 6 percent more white men" in the 2006 midterm election. Further, Springsteen himself campaigned for Democrat John Kerry for president in 2004 and recently said of the Bush administration: "I think that we've seen things happen over the past six years that I don't think anybody ever thought they'd see in the United States."

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    During a September 21 interview, CNN's Carol Costello interviewed National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, but she did not ask LaPierre about controversial remarks made by Ted Nugent -- an NRA board member -- during an August concert in which he insulted Sens. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Dianne Feinstein.

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    RESEARCH ››› May 9, 2007 7:02 PM EDT ››› MATT GERTZ

    CNN's Wolf Blitzer and Carol Costello drew an analogy between the French presidential election and a possible 2008 matchup between Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani, misleadingly suggesting that the victory of "law-and-order, plain-talking conservative" Nicolas Sarkozy in France bodes well for Giuliani -- whose actual record on security issues has come under considerable criticism -- and referring to Clinton as a "liberal woman" who is similar to Sarkozy's opponent, the socialist Ségolène Royal.

  • In report on Imus' "past political guests," Costello did not address Imus' ban on Clinton appearances

    RESEARCH ››› April 10, 2007 6:56 PM EDT ››› SARAH PAVLUS
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Report: ABC Prepping Live TV App To Show At Upfronts

Once-upon-atime-BThe battle for sight, sound and motion mindshare is about to leap onto devices in a more substantial way. ABC is set to preview for advertisers live TV streams of its programming to devices, according to a report at The “Watch ABC” service presumably would follow the lead of another Disney TV brand, ESPN -- whose “Watch ESPN” app gives fans access to the live streams across five of its cable channels as well as archived coverage. Disney also issued “Watch Disney” apps that feed live TV onto devices from the company's kids' networks.

According to Bloomberg, “Watch ABC” may not roll out to consumers until the fall TV season launches. It will require authentication by pay TV subscribers that they already receive the network programming by other means. The network will make the service part of its upfront presentation to advertisers next week, the report claims.

Extending the TV grid live and on demand in its entirety to devices would represent another front in the ongoing battle between traditional programming formats and the online video outlets -- especially Google’s YouTube and increasingly Facebook. The ubiquitous social network has emerged in recent years as one of the largest distributors of video content, albeit much of it user-generated and shared.

The move by ABC would be the first aggressive move by a major broadcaster to make the smartphone and tablet into another venue for live streams. This comes just as digital endemic YouTube is trying to craft more TV-like experiences and content channels across desktop and devices.

Meanwhile, the startup Aereo is threatening to do an end run around TV programming distribution deals by piping over-air signals onto devices.

After years of big talk, the TV Everywhere model finally appears to have accumulated momentum -- at least insofar as the broadcasters, distributors and new startups are scrambling to ensure that they are not cut out of the supply and value chain. Along with OOT set-top boxes, mobile screens shake up the TV universe in ways that make all of the incumbents uncomfortable.

When people are looking for good TV content, it is an open question whether their loyalties are with TV networks, cable or satellite providers, or the specific show properties. There is probably no single answer, but there will be a lot of shaking up and shaking out over the next few years. No one but the consumer really will own the experience. Everyone else is just scrambling to get their nose in.

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07 Jul 2014
04 Aug 2014
James Whitbread
Agency, Display, Sponsorship
Full Time
Contract Type

Are the most forward thinking business in digital out of home today. Their screens are situated in some of the highest footfall retail, healthcare and leisure venues worldwide and are a regular feature on client's plans from many industries, especially FMCG, automotive and media.

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  • Work alongside the sales support in the team to ensure all proposals and presentations are delivered on time and of a high standard
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This is an immediate hire for someone with the right agency contacts, proactive attitude and drive to succeed. With this roles comes the kudos of working for one of the UK's most famous entreprenuers with a history of success and business growth

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It’s global warming time, and the earth has warmed a few degrees. Guacamole’s southern invasion of the United States has stalled, and maple syrup has fled further into Canada. Trout and salmon are gone from the lakes and streams.

Although many dismiss evidence of global warming as a hoax, scientists say there is more carbon dioxide now in the earth’s atmosphere than at any time during the past 800,000 years — indicating some sort of change. As advances in modern farming technology raises global crop yields, gains in wheat and corn since 1980 have been blunted some five percent due to warming.

Now, Chipotle says global warming threatens its future supply of locally grown organic avocados from California, though the fruit is grown conventionally in tropical and Mediterranean regions. For now, the supply remains steady but researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, among others, say California’s avocado crop will decline 40 percent during the next few decades.

“Increasing weather volatility or other long-term changes in global weather patterns, including any changes associated with global climate change, could have a significant impact on the price or availability of some of our ingredients,” company officers wrote last month in their annual report. “In the event of cost increases with respect to one or more of our raw ingredients we may choose to temporarily suspend serving menu items, such as guacamole or one or more of our salsas, rather than paying the increased cost for the ingredients.”

Presently, the socially responsible burrito chain charges $2 for a side of guacamole, a signature aspect of the company’s high-quality fast-food fare whose absence might indeed affect sales. With no guacs to kill for the guacamole, Chipotle may as well pour ketchup over that new vegan burrito.

Aside from California’s avocado crop, North America’s northwestern stand of sugar maples is retreating northward further into Canada, as many plant species are forced to migrate a few feet north per year, or die. Although 80 percent of the world’s maple syrup was produced in the United States by the 1950s, researchers from the University of New Hampshire say further mercury rises will bring fierce competition from oaks and hickories, pushing the maples further away. Today, Quebec produces three-quarters of the world’s maple syrup supply, with U.S. states from Wisconsin to Vermont facing a declining yield should temperature in the future rise much further.

Last June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture priced the average gallon of maple syrup at $39.10 with domestic production down 30 percent from 2011 at $74.6 million. So, for now, maple syrup on everything — while it lasts.

Without cheap guacamole and maple syrup, the world may survive. As global warming threatens low-lying areas of poorer countries, scientists expect food production to rise in many areas of the world. But broad classes of food now taken for granted may disappear from our menus, and perhaps even the greater earth. Although old-timers are quick to remind that fish was once a “poor man’s meal,” prices will continue to rise as salmon and trout, among other cold-water species, disappear from the abundantly teeming lakes and streams once found in the New World.

As global temperatures rise, some marine species have already migrated to higher latitude, as freshwater and Arctic fish are left with nowhere to go. With greater levels of carbon dioxide absorbed into the oceans, scientists reporting in the journal Nature in 2012 predicted a 24 percent drop in 600 marine fishes by mid-century.

To many scientists, global warming remains a certainty as investigators blame a 12-year pause in rising temperatures on abnormal volcanic activity. And as the hardiest of plants and animals march toward higher ground, only one thing remains in doubt. How will America’s celebrity chefs respond to changing foods with changing tastes?

Source: Cheung WWL, Sarmiento JL, Dunne J, et al. Shrinking of Fishes Exacerbates Impacts of Global Ocean Changes on Marine Ecosystems. Nature. 2013.


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Awareness of attachment

Experiments with
being aware of attachments

The Meditation Second for now:

Becoming aware
of what I want to hold on to

This meditation can go very deep. Being friendly and unattached while looking at attachments... Observing obvious and subtle things I want to hold on to. It can be people, thoughts, emotions, the body, the feeling of "I"...? It is alright to find many things, the technique is about becoming aware, no judgement necessary. Then, the realization of who is aware...

Osho on attachment to the body

Toss attachment for body aside,
realizing I am everywhere.
One who is everywhere is joyous.

Sutra from the Book of Secrets

The body, a companion for life times

"There is a deep attachment to the body – bound to be, it is natural. You have been living in the body for many, many lives, from the very beginning. Bodies have changed, but you were always with a body, you were always embodied.

Who are you without the body?

There have been certain moments and times when you were not embodied, but then you were not conscious. When you die from one body, you die in unconsciousness and then you remain unconscious. Then you are born again in a new body, but then too you are unconscious. The gap between one death and another birth is unconscious, so you don’t know how you will feel when not embodied. You don’t know who you are when you are not in a body. You know only one phenomenon, and that is of embodiment; you have always known yourself in the body.

You feel you are the body

This has been so long, so continuous, that you have forgotten that you are different from it. This is a forgetfulness – natural, bound to happen in the circumstances – hence the attachment. You feel you are the body – this is the attachment. You feel that you are not anything other than the body, not anything more than the body. You may not agree with me at this point, because many times you think that you are not the body, you are the soul, the self. But this is not your knowing; this is simply what you have heard, what you have read, and what you have believed without knowing."

Osho, excerpted from
The Book of Secrets, Chapter 57

Osho: You don't know what attachment is

You will jump out of hell if you know

"Your attachment has not proved a hell yet. Whatsoever Buddha says and Mahavira says is irrelevant. They may go on saying that attachment is hell, but this is not your feeling. That’s why you again and again ask how to be detached, how to be not attached, how to go beyond attachment. You go on asking this “how” only because you don’t know what attachment is. If you know what attachment is, you will simply jump out of it. You will not ask “how.”"

Osho, excerpted from
The Book of Secrets, Chapter 57

Becoming courageous

Falling within

"You go on clinging to the surface, afraid that if you leave the surface you will be lost. Really, clinging to the surface you are lost. But deep down there is darkness and you cannot see any ground; you cannot see anything else than the surface. All these techniques are to make you courageous, strong, adventurous, so that you can stop the holding on and fall within yourself. That which looks like an abyss, dark, bottomless, is the very ground of your being. Once you leave the surface, the periphery, you will be centered. This centering is the aim.

Doing is the problem

You are always tense, that is the holding, the clinging. You are never relaxed, never in a state of let-go. You are always doing something: that doing is the problem. You are never in a state of non-doing, when things are happening and you are just there not doing anything. Breath comes in and goes out, the blood circulates, the body is alive and throbbing, the breeze blows, the world goes on spinning around – and you are not doing anything. You are not a doer. You are simply relaxed and things are happening. When things are happening and you are not a doer, you are totally relaxed. When you are a doer and things are not happening but are being manipulated by you, you are tense."

Osho, excerpted from
The Book of Secrets, Chapter 71

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If you could go on a month vacation, (no work, no bills, no thought of the expense...) where would you go and what would you do? Or, would you just stay home with the phone off the hook?

I'd get in the car and start driving. Maine has alway interested me and seeing all the stuff between here & there would be fun!

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I'm not a bar person - been there, done that. I like day hikes and art galleries and watching the sun rise. I like brunch and good coffee, not much for sitting in a movie theater. My idea of "roughing it" is Motel 6!

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The purpose of this group to unite pug owners all over the state of Colorado!!  Lets ban together and get to know each other and our dogs.  I want to use this group to connect doing the following activities:

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    I will not be able to make it so this one will be "unorganized". I'm leaving for vacation at 7:30 Sun morning so I'm going to be running around all day - I hope everyone has a good time!

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If you are interested in meeting people from all over the world in Pittsburgh and learning more about different cultures, join us on Thursday, August 1, from 5:30-8:00 pm at Luke Wholey's Wild Alaskan Grille for the GlobalPittsburgh First Thursdays happy hour.

Bring your friends, family and colleagues or come alone - you will make new friends here! This month we will be celebrating the 2nd year anniversary of our First Thursdays. Lots of surprises and prizes, food and drink specials and a birthday cake are guaranteed!

GlobalPittsburgh First Thursdays is a regular monthly night of networking and socializing with different themes and different activities - but always with an international flavor - on the first Thursday of every month. It's an evening of friends, interesting conversation and good spirits with an international flair. Everyone is welcome!

Luke Wholey's is located at 2106 Penn Avenue in the Strip district.

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Michael Wagner always gets a pretty good guitar sound. Beau Hill has always been pretty weak in that department. Look at Winger too, it wasn't until Pull that they finally got a great guitar sound and that was when Mike Shipley came on board.

He did get a great sound out of Europe though.

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GOP bends its own new House rules  —  Just hours after taking control of the House, Republicans passed a sweeping set of rules promising transparency and reform.  —  But the new majority is already showing these promises aren't exactly set in stone.  —  After calling for bills to go through …
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President Obama's motorcade: A seatbelt-free zone?  —  Does President Obama wear a seatbelt in his presidential limo?  He is supposed to, but there are indications that he doesn't.  —  After then-New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) was seriously injured in a car accident in 2007 …
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NASA chose this windswept Antarctic expanse as a stand-in for Martian plains due to its low humidity and frigid temperatures. Unlike most of the continent, the ground in the dry valleys is laid bare thanks to steep mountains that block encroaching sea ice and powerful gusts of wind that can reach hurricane speeds, evaporating any moisture in the area. Unsurprisingly, there's very little life in the area, save for scattered patches of moss and tiny invertebrates. There is some water, but it's not exactly drinking material. Don Juan Pond is the saltiest body of water on the planet, allowing it to remain liquid even when the water reaches subzero temperatures.


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Prevention of Injuries in the Elderly

by James T. Pacala, MD, MS

The elderly are vulnerable to injury due to falls (see Falls in the Elderly). A falls prevention program, including exercise (with or without physical therapy) and vitamin D supplementation, should be implemented for people who are at high risk of falls or who have already fallen.

Driving hazards

All elderly people should be reminded to use lap and shoulder belts and to refrain from driving when they are under the influence of alcohol or psychoactive drugs.

For the elderly, risk of injuring themselves and others while driving is higher than that for younger adults because of age-associated changes and conditions common among the elderly. Driving ability should be investigated with further questions and, if indicated, with formal assessment for any of the following:

  • Poor visual acuity

  • Dementia

  • Functionally significant impairment of neck or trunk movement

  • Poor motor coordination

  • Bradykinesia

Also, a family member’s or friend’s concern about the patient’s driving ability should prompt further inquiry and assessment.

Formal assessment of driving ability can be done by an occupational therapist (see Functional Assessment of the Older Driver). Many states have laws that mandate physician reporting of suspected impaired drivers. Sensitivity is required when a health care practitioner must recommend cessation of driving because such a recommendation threatens autonomy.

Home hazards

The home may have many hazards. For example, people with peripheral neuropathy are at increased risk of burns from excessively hot water; burns can be prevented by setting the hot water heater temperature at < 49° C. For people with dementia, using electrical and gas appliances is particularly dangerous; use of alarms and automatic shut-off features on appliances can help. Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors should be installed and maintained. Firearms should be safely stored or removed from the home.

All patients or their caregivers can complete a home safety checklist to identify hazards. Physical and occupational therapists may visit a patient’s home to assess its safety.

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Lebanon One Year After the Israeli Withdrawal

by As'ad AbuKhalil | published May 29, 2001

Quiet has apparently returned to the Lebanese-Israeli border after violent incidents last week marked the first anniversary of Israel's forced withdrawal from southern Lebanon. Israeli forces shot two Lebanese men who were throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers across the border, and downed a small plane flying into Israeli airspace from Lebanon. Last year, the world, and the US in particular, heaped praise (and in the US case, additional aid) on Israel for ending an occupation that had lasted, in effect, for more than 24 years. But Israel left southern Lebanon the way it has (not) left the West Bank: more impoverished and more devastated than when it "arrived." Hizballah's vow to continue fighting for Israeli evacuation of the disputed Shebaa Farms area and the return of Hizballah leaders imprisoned in Israel is only one cause of ongoing Israeli-Lebanese tension. Israeli leaders used to assert that Lebanon would certainly be the second Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel. But the bitter taste of the Israeli occupation remains: now, it can safely be said that Lebanon will be the last Arab country ever to sign a peace treaty with Israel. Many of Israel's former allies on the Christian right wing have not forgiven Israel for what they perceive as the abandonment of their cause. Even Antoine Lahad, former commander of Israel's proxy militia, the disbanded South Lebanon Army (SLA), revealed in a recent interview his anger at the "Israeli betrayal."

Just over a year since a prolonged guerrilla campaign compelled Israel's withdrawal—albeit incomplete—from the south, internal and regional tensions weigh heavily on the political system and on ordinary Lebanese. Lebanon's political elite has written the obituary of the Lebanese civil war more than once, officially in the 1989 al-Ta'if agreement, which reoriented Lebanon toward the Arab world, especially Syria. Yet the underlying conflicts that produced Lebanese civil wars in the twentieth century, if not the nineteenth, remain unresolved. The al-Ta'if constitutional reforms juridically established what had previously been an informal understanding that Muslims and Christians are equal in number in Lebanon. Lebanon is still governed according to this myth.

Billionaire Prime Minister

The post-war era in Lebanon has largely been shaped by the personality, ambition and financial interests of billionaire Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, the Silvio Berlusconi of Lebanon. Hariri made his money as a construction mogul in Saudi Arabia, and still holds Saudi citizenship. He enjoys the enhanced powers granted to the Sunni Muslim prime minister by the al-Ta'if constitutional reforms. Christian leaders have raised a hue and cry over what they see as the reduction of the powers of the presidency—Lebanon's highest office—which is reserved for Maronite Christians. But Hariri's remarkable influence stems more from his great personal wealth and his network of alliances and connections, which he has used not only to enhance his own standing but to punish his rivals. Before returning to the prime ministership in 2000, he halted many "rebuilding" projects and orchestrated a daily drumbeat of economic doom and gloom in the media to undermine the government of former prime minister Salim al-Huss. These moves basically spread the message that economic misery would not end as long as Hariri was kept out of the premier's office.

Hariri's campaign reinforced the power of money in Lebanese politics. The summer 2000 elections were probably the most financially corrupt in the modern history of the country. Foreign media reported the disbursement of large sums to buy votes for political neophytes whose constituents barely know who their new representatives are. As one poor Shiite voter said, "If [Hariri's people] pay me, I will show up and do what they want." Estimates vary, but Hariri certainly spent in excess of $100 million on his glitzy, overpowering campaign, waged mostly in the media. Glossy, oversized posters printed at high cost in France covered edifices of buildings. Hariri's honest but weak rival al-Huss, who lost his seat, said that since the construction magnate now controls (directly or indirectly) all but one of Lebanon's daily newspapers, campaigning against him was extremely difficult. On election day, Hariri's Beirut lists swept the entire three-tier districts. The role of the Syrian government was less heavy-handed than in past elections, as Bashar al-Asad had just assumed the presidency in the wake of the death of his father, and was likely consumed with internal matters. The Syrian intelligence apparatus in Lebanon, headed by Ghazi Kanaan, was active in supporting and opposing various candidates. But Kanaan did not succeed, for instance, in his efforts to unseat or weaken Druze leader Walid Jumblatt.

Rebuilding for Whom (And at What Price)?

Hariri's reform plans have been simple and clear: to recreate pre-war Lebanon, flaws and all. But it is precisely the pre-war concentration of banks, hotels and service industries in Beirut that helped to generate the country-wide resentment which propelled civil strife. In present-day Beirut, largely uninhabited luxury apartment buildings dot the shoreline, but one looks in vain for subsidized housing for the poor. Hariri took out huge loans—increasing Lebanon's foreign debt from $3 billion to around $30 billion—largely to finance high-profile accommodations for Lebanon's trickle of tourists. Beirut's new Olympic stadium, expanded and modernized airport and lavish conference center do little for the average Lebanese. The rebuilding effort also aims to recapture for Lebanon its pre-war status as the casino, playground and brothel of the region. But wealthy Gulf Arabs now have European and US destinations, and less affluent Gulf Arabs may prefer Syria, which offers cheaper, less extravagant versions of Lebanese entertainment and pleasures.

Hariri has been an unabashed advocate of privatization (as was his predecessor al-Huss), and has given ownership of the Lebanese postal service to a Canadian company which charges DHL prices for domestic mail. The government will be privatizing the water and electric companies, though these experiments have been abysmal for Greater London. Two years ago, Microsoft representatives gave the government the Arabic text of a new copyright law for the Lebanese parliament. Lebanese officials were warned by the US Embassy that foreign investment would not arrive without the law's passage. The parliament did what it was told, causing the prices of software and CDs to skyrocket beyond the reach of all but the ultra-rich. Inflation has affected consumer staples, as well: Hariri advised those complaining about increasing poverty to repair their old shoes, instead of buying new ones. Of course, Hariri does not run Lebanon by himself, as much as he tries.

Contending with Neighbors

A prime source of headaches for the country is that Israel has not really left. Not only has Israel continued to violate Lebanese airspace and bomb targets deep into the heartland, but Israeli troops still occupy the Shebaa Farms area, which the Lebanese government maintains is part of south Lebanon. Following last year's withdrawal, the UN, under pressure from the US, asserted that Israel had completed its obligation to leave Lebanese territories according to UN Security Council resolution 425, and that the Shebaa Farms are Syrian, not Lebanese territory. It is odd that the UN accepts the US-Israeli position on the disputed territory, although Syria itself asserts that it is indeed Lebanese. The UN argues that Lebanon is unable to present documentation of the 1951 Lebanese-Syrian "oral agreement" in which Syria says it ceded the farms. But no one disputes that the Shebaa villagers who worked the farms prior to their occupation by Israel in 1967 live in Lebanon. It is also curious that the UN has treated the occupation of what it says are Syrian lands so casually. Of course, with its generous assertion of Lebanese sovereignty over the farms, the Syrian government retains what is called the "Lebanon card" in Arab-Israeli diplomacy.

The Lebanese government always has to contend with Syrian influence: 30,000 or more Syrian troops, and many Syrian workers, are in Lebanon. In the 1970s, Syrian officers and soldiers engaged in notorious acts of thuggery and criminality. Today the military presence is felt mostly in the political arena. In April, Hariri displeased his Syrian allies by allowing his main daily mouthpiece al-Mustaqbal to question the wisdom of Hizballah's most recent attack on Israeli soldiers in the Shebaa Farms. Syrian President Bashar al-Asad canceled a scheduled meeting with Hariri, receiving instead his Greek Orthodox deputy, Isam Faris, the other billionaire in the cabinet (who contributed to George W. Bush's campaign). Asad did not meet with Hariri until May 22, apparently feeling the need for a united front against Israel as the withdrawal's anniversary approached.

There are substantive Lebanese grievances against the Syrian intervention in Lebanon; many would simply like Syria to produce a timetable for withdrawal or to redeploy its forces outside of the environs of Beirut. Southern Lebanese farmers complain that the influx of cheap produce from Syria undercuts their livelihood. But many complaints of the "anti-Syrian" camp are xenophobic. Led by Jubran Tuwayni of the Beirut daily an-Nahar, "anti-Syrian" analysts have highly exaggerated the number of Syrian workers in Lebanon in order to blame them (and, by extension, Syria) for the worsening economic conditions in the country. Syrian workers are the gypsies of Lebanon—many sleep in parking lots or abandoned cars—but the right continues to insist that they are stealing the country's wealth.

Sectarian Tensions

Hariri also needs to navigate between various interests in a small republic teeming with sects and political bosses. Last September, Maronite patriarch Nasrallah Sfayr began vocally demanding that Syria commit to withdrawal from Lebanon—a demand which had previously been the domain of the exiled right-wing General Michel Aoun and his cohort. Sfayr does not necessarily speak out of a firm attachment to the sovereignty of Lebanon, as he was largely silent about the Israeli occupation, and recurrently pleads for judicial mercy for ex-SLA militiamen charged with crimes. Many members of the Maronite establishment still harbor the fantasy of restoring Maronite political hegemony in a country that is over 70 percent Muslim. The patriarch is emboldened in his pronouncements by the change in government in Syria; critics of the Syrian presence seem confident that Bashar will not resort to the tactics of his father in Lebanon. Complicating the constantly confusing political map of Lebanon is the emergence of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt (formerly the leader of the Lebanese left) as a critic of the Syrian presence. Jumblatt claims to argue on principle, though his new stance has served his electoral interests, since his districts now have a heavy Christian presence. He can no longer win elections with only Druze votes, as he did in 1992. On May 22, however, Jumblatt also met with Asad, and emerged from the meeting talking about Arab unity.

Still, the recent intensification of Lebanese sectarian tensions paints a grim picture. In April, the commemoration of the anniversary of the Lebanese civil war turned into a sectarian spectacle. The increasingly assertive Maronite-oriented right wing, hoping to reduce Muslim political power, highlighted the imperative of Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, prompting the government to ban public demonstrations. Nevertheless, members of the cultish Sunni movement known colloquially as al-Ahbash took to the streets brandishing swords, hammers and axes, sending a sectarian message to the right. The constitutional reforms of al-Ta'if, which ostensibly ended the civil war, may have only provided a respite from bloody sectarianism. They failed to address the roots of the conflict: a political system which cannot guarantee democratic freedoms and constitutional equality, as long as it adheres to obsolete arithmetic formulas for the distribution of power according to sectarian affiliations. It is hazardous to predict the future of Lebanon, given the multiplicity of domestic and regional variables to which Lebanon has been held hostage for decades. But it is safe to say that the last chapter in the centuries-old conflict in Lebanon has not yet been written. If the Syrians do withdraw, many fear that Lebanese feuds could easily be reignited. The Palestinian refugee population in Lebanon, which already suffers cruel treatment at the hands of the Syrian and Lebanese governments, could serve as a convenient scapegoat.

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verb di·verge \də-ˈvərj, dī-\

: to split and move out in different directions from a single point

: to be or become different

Full Definition of DIVERGE

intransitive verb
a :  to move or extend in different directions from a common point :  draw apart <diverging roads>
b :  to become or be different in character or form :  differ in opinion
:  to turn aside from a path or course :  deviate
:  to be mathematically divergent
transitive verb
:  deflect

Examples of DIVERGE

  1. A prism causes rays of light to diverge.
  2. They were close friends in college, but after graduation, their lives diverged.

Origin of DIVERGE

Medieval Latin divergere, from Latin dis- + vergere to incline — more at wrench
First Known Use: 1665

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Synonym Discussion of DIVERGE

swerve, veer, deviate, depart, digress, diverge mean to turn aside from a straight course. swerve may suggest a physical, mental, or moral turning away from a given course, often with abruptness <swerved to avoid hitting the dog>. veer implies a major change in direction <at that point the path veers to the right>. deviate implies a turning from a customary or prescribed course <never deviated from her daily routine>. depart suggests a deviation from a traditional or conventional course or type <occasionally departs from his own guidelines>. digress applies to a departing from the subject of one's discourse <a professor prone to digress>. diverge may equal depart but usually suggests a branching of a main path into two or more leading in different directions <after school their paths diverged>.

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So…we were at The Dump and I was browsing the clearance section when I saw this lonely little chair sitting there by itself. Nice structure, good frame, solid wood, incredible price – SOLD!

I bring it home late last night very excited to try it out first thing this morning while continuing work on my Cosmo bag.

I come bounding down the stairs in my Sunday morning comfy clothes (aka. leggings and t-shirt), run to the sewing nook throwing myself into my new chair super excited…

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posted by Blazecock Pileon at 11:01 PM on March 4, 2013 [1 favorite]

It reminds me of the many very specific British documentary series the ABC shows, where an old comedian will slowly walk across the many lakes of Britain or James May will tour toy shops in Cheltingham or a vaguely colonialist old man will recreate the Grand Tour that young Victorian gentlemen would take. They're the perfect blend of relaxing and informative.
posted by Charlemagne In Sweatpants at 11:14 PM on March 4, 2013

I want a murderer's bell....
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 11:17 PM on March 4, 2013

By same team that does the brilliant Look Around You series. Also easily found on Youtube.
posted by dephlogisticated at 11:39 PM on March 4, 2013

More recent London market: with fish.
posted by ArkhanJG at 11:44 PM on March 4, 2013

The markets of Britain; often a shambles but can be on the cheapside.
posted by Abiezer at 12:07 AM on March 5, 2013 [6 favorites]

This has to be a double. I've definitely seen it before, and not too long ago at that. Damned funny, though.

Edit: not a double, but it was linked early in in this thread.
posted by Decani at 12:15 AM on March 5, 2013

Get on with it!

This was hilarious! Mind you, I loved Look Around You. Have these folks done anything else I should seek out immediately?
posted by barnacles at 12:44 AM on March 5, 2013

I'm having a complete 'Jack Hargreaves Out of Town' flashback now - eating cheese sandwiches for tea with my Gran while watching Southern Television and waiting for Emmerdale. This is up there with the Scarfolk thread for catapulting unsuspecting people back into the Seventies.
posted by toadflax at 1:48 AM on March 5, 2013

Particularly enjoyed the Titt-Vision logo at the end.
posted by yoz420 at 1:51 AM on March 5, 2013

The animal market bit was especially brilliant.
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[pause] "Mini Emus"
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posted by HuronBob at 3:33 AM on March 5, 2013

a vaguely colonialist old man will recreate the Grand Tour

Ha. Michael Portillo, I assume...
posted by anagrama at 5:22 AM on March 5, 2013

Very, very funny. Makes me nostalgic for the Britain of someone else's youth.
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I didn't find that funny at all. It shot at surreal but fell short. Or maybe it was satire against nostalgia, I don't know. It's like somebody saw Look Around You and settled upon making a cheap imitation...except that it's the same folk.
posted by Jehan at 6:02 AM on March 5, 2013

Did more than it said on the tin.
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Posted on August 9, 2011 by Frank Di Giacomo, Publisher

We are living in interesting and challenging times. Our nation is just beginning to emerge from a crippling recession, which on the business end forced us all to hunker down and find ways to be smarter and more efficient. Of course, we are still not completely free of financial crisis.

Despite these economic challenges, though, it remains a good time to continue building your business and making connections. A great way to do that is to visit this year's BusCon, which is being held from Sept. 13 to 14 at the Navy Pier in Chicago.

As it has been in years past, 2011's BusCon is the perfect time for you to get out of the office and kick the tires of all the latest vehicles, see the newest technological advances, enrich your professional education and make new connections.

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There are plenty of reasons to attend BusCon, but the best one, perhaps, comes from something I recently read somewhere: "While virtual relationships are the rage, nothing replaces the energy of face-to-face interactions."

That pretty much says it all, doesn't it? By getting out of the office, you get to put a face to the name and add a personal touch you just can't get from behind a desk. Also, by getting out and meeting more people from your industry, you can learn how they may be handling similar challenges at their companies. Maybe they came up with a plan you haven't thought of yet, or are trying a product or a way to conduct business that you were interested in but just weren't sure how it would work out. Either way, getting to BusCon and gaining some outside perspective can definitely help you come up with more efficient solutions to take home.

And, if you are thinking of expanding your businesses services, coming to BusCon will put you in close contact with professionals from a variety of sectors, including tour & charter, universities, public transit, limousine operations and more. What better way to determine what may be the best decision for your business, than to meet others working in these sectors and hear their stories, firsthand?

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As I mentioned earlier, BusCon is a great opportunity for attendees to inspect new buses, comparison shop and ask a manufacturer representative key questions that will help in making an informed decision. Our 115,000-square-foot show floor will have everything from cutaway vehicles to luxury motorcoaches, with many of those models more environmentally friendly than they have ever been. Several companies will be showcasing new products that can help your vehicles or operations become more efficient.

Manufacturers on tap this year for the industry's largest collection of bus models include: ABC Companies, Arboc Mobility, The Braun Corp., Bus and Coach International, Champion Bus Inc., CH Trading Co., Daimler Vans USA LLC, ElDorado National, Ford Motor Co., GM Fleet and Commercial, Glaval Bus Inc., Goshen Coach, IC Bus, Krystal, Supreme Corp. and Turtle Top.

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