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    medicaid discontinued without due process in Indiana

    My disabled brother in Indiana got a notification letter on the 9th that he would have a phone appointment on the 8th. On top of that they used the wrong phone number to try to call him so he wouldn't have been able to receive the call in any case (it was the sprint cell phone my parents got for...
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    payday loans

    I haven't seen any data or articles on this topic. What percentage of currently extended credit is in the form of payday loans? Are those loans also sold as securities? What role, if any, do they play in the current liquidity crisis? I still see them all over the place. IMHO the "bailout"...
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    Obama defends the right to vote

    This is based on a false rumor and has been discredited in other threads Senior Anandtech Moderator Common Courtesy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The main reason I favored Hilary in the primary was that her website...
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    XP sp3 broke media player volume control

    This is irritating to me as I have a wireless mouse and always prefer to adjust the volume with the mouse scroll wheel, which has always worked before with windows media player classic. After installing windows xp sp3 the mouse wheel no longer adjusts the volume. Is there a fix for this? Also is...
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    McCain ads show "pattern of deceit"

    So McCain has released a whole series of ads that seem intended to deceive the viewer regarding Obama's tax policy. I believe that McCain is being deliberately deceptive, and that it is because he knows that Obama's policies are better for most Americans, so he needs to mislead people to get an...
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    hp laptop hd replacement-resolved

    Edit-Problem is now solved. The adaptor is just so small and resistant to being pulled off that I mistook it for being part of the drive itself. Apparently the connector is also not available for separate purchase, hence my being unable to find such a connector. Original post preserved as...
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    K7MNF nforce2 cpu temperature

    I have an emachines c3070 that I am just now trying to overclock after several years. What temperature monitor software gives the most accurrate readings for the FIC K7MNF motherboard? I've been trying motherboard monitor, but that tends to give anomalous readings, sometimes reading below 0 C...
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    ethanol blends can improve mpg

    Cliffs: For some vehicles, a 20% or 30% blend of ethanol into gasoline resulted in higher mpg than unblended gasoline. Only four vehicles were tested, but 3 of those four showed an optimal blend of ethanol that gave better mpg than without any ethanol. Remember, raw energy content of fuel is...
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    New 125 mpg toyota concept car 1/X

    http://www.greencarcongress.co...02/toyota-1x-plug.html "The hybrid powertrain in the ultra-lightweight 1/X combines a home-rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack with a 500cc flexible-fuel engine in a system that is 1/4th of the total weight of the Prius powertrain. The result is a vehicle...
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    1996 escort horn

    I found the summary of the relevant TSB. Does anyone know of a way to disable just the horn on a 1996 Ford Escort? Is there a fuse that controls only that? It's really annoying, and when driving it makes one rather seem like an asshole to have one's horn go off with every turn. Technical...
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    Invasion of the Opossums

    The first one was on Monday (no pics). This morning at about 5:30 my dog alerted us to the presence of another Didelphis virginiana via frantic barking. opossum.JPG
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    1GB (1x1GB) DDR 400 (PC3200)

    Those of us who have yet to make the jump to ddr2 but only have one ddr slot open have not been lucky, this is the lowest price with no rebate that I've seen lately. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...p?Item=N82E16820340002
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    Hot Fuzz $8.99+shipping

    I've never heard of this place before, I just found it while googling for a better price on Hot Fuzz, since paying more than $10 for a single definition DVD in this day and age is ridiculous. http://www.dvds4ur1.com/ Place doesn't pass the stink test. Address for these guys is either a...
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    House votes to finally end the SUV subsidy!

    Full article "By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 15 minutes ago Declaring a new direction in energy policy, the House on Saturday approved $16 billion in taxes on oil companies, while providing billions of dollars in tax breaks and incentives for renewable energy and...
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    How to change the batteries on a lock de-icer from avon

    Yeah you just have to pry it open at the seam on the side where the two halves are joined. Yes it just heats up the lock, it also has an led flashlight. It uses 2 AAA.
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    Wind can provide 25% of delivered energy

    http://www.awea.org/newsroom/releases/G...ota_Wind_Integration_Study_121306.html "Results of a new study show that, under the right policies, utilities can incorporate wind power into their resource portfolio, comprising up to one-fourth of their delivered energy, without sacrificing...
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    Fence Jumping Immigrant saves falling 2 year old

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16185536/ So is this a bad thing because the parent's genes will continue to be represented in the next generation, or a good thing because the child was saved from harm? It clearly shows that immigrants are not stopped by fences, thus proving the border fence...
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    Warhammer: Mark of Chaos

    What's the slowest video card that you've run Mark of Chaos on with acceptable gameplay (even with eye candy turned off)? I know their website says geforce 4800, with geforce 6800gs recommended, but how does it actually look on a geforce 4800? What's the cheapest graphics card that will make...
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    squisher for elite

    What kind of adhesive is safe for birds (doesn't produce toxic fumes) and effective at keeping linoleum stuck to plywood? The birds live in the same airspace as the renovation project in question. Google merely turns up the fact that adhesives create fumes that can be dangerous for birds...
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    audio prematurely looping on some websites

    My brother is having problems getting ytmnds to play properly. Some of them work fine, others don't. The sound just plays the first one second of audio, then starts over, ad infinitum. This includes ones that work fine for me. He's using firefox 2.0 He is using zonealarm, which I don't use...
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    PSA: Most blacks don't have a photo id.

    http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_20050619/ai_n14673154 " The contrast between adults of color and whites are sharp. A bit more than half of African-American men (55%) and a bit less than half of Hispanic men (46%) lack a valid driver's license. In contrast, only a sixth of...
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    Withrdrawal from Iraq scheduled for October 2008

    The 2008 election cycle will feature the withdrawal of the last US troops from Iraq as the "October surprise". The only reason troops are still over there is so that their exit may be timed for greater political leverage. It will all be for naught, however, as the Diebold machines will ensure...
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    Join the Plane Does NOT take off club by posting here

    OK, this is now the most divisive issue to ever hit AT. More inflammatory than abortion, immigration, or net energy from ethanol (which is positive btw, did you actually read pimentel's recent study? It assumes tractors only last five years when in fact they usually last fifteen. He also assumes...