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On a recent trip to the all-GM show in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the opportunity to spend several hours touring the Gettysburg battlefield site presented itself. There is an almost a reverent atmosphere here, the place where tens of thousands of men perished over the course of three days. Right or wrong, North or South, they were still American soldiers fighting for what they thought was right.
Today our American solders are embroiled in conflicts around the globe. These solders are our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters. Our Project American Heroes '57 Chevy is a way to honor and support them. All parts, talents, and time have been donated. Once the vehicle is auctioned, all monies raised will be donated to the Armed Forces Foundation, earmarked for Iraq and Afghanistan war vets. (You can donate at any time at www.projectamericanheroes.org.)
No hot rod project is complete with out a ground-pounding engine, and this is where Project American Heroes pulls out the big guns. Ben Smeding and the crew at Smeding Performance took the task of building the heavy artillery 572 big-block. Smeding Performance (Rancho Cordova, California) is best known for its dyno tested, turnkey crate engines. When Ben agreed to custom-build our 572, we couldn't have been more pleased and promptly jumped on a plane to Northern California.
After all was said and done, zero hour arrived and it was time to dyno test the monstrous 572. After its break-in period, every attempt to make a power pull resulted in a bogged down motor and an eventual blowback/reversion through the carburetor. Ben thought that a valve was not properly sealing. Sure enough, after checking the valves it was found to be a sticky hydraulic roller lifter. Note: This is why Smeding dyno tests and tunes every engine after it's built. After a lifter swap and final tuning, the 572 was ready. And it did not disappoint. At 5,900 rpm it produced 717.8 horsepower, and at 4,300 rpm engine torque peaked at 709.5 ft-lb. The throttle response on the 572 is excellent. At 2,500 rpm the torque is a frame twisting 565.9 ft-lb and only climbs higher as the accelerator opens up.
Shock and awe? No doubt about it.
Starting with a standard Dart block with an unfinished bore, Smeding Perfomance crew member Daniel Moody bores each cylinder to a gaping 4.630-inch and applies the finish hone, then paints it black. The Rottler M65 boring bar will automatically bore each hole to exact tolerances. The machine also has the capability to parallel deck the block or recess the bottoms of the cylinder bore for connecting rod clearance on long stroke applications.
Smeding bores the block to within .005-inch of the finished bore. The block is then final-honed with an automatic Rottler honing machine with a diamond hone. Smeding matches each piston to its respective bore. This was an easy process with the high-quality Ross pistons because each piston was almost dead-on in size when compared to the next.
When it came to balancing, every part of the assembly is weighed separately (rods, pistons, wrist pins, rings, and bearings) to determine the bob weight.
Smeding spends the extra time to internally balance all of their big-block Chevy assemblies. This makes it possible for the end user to easily adapt the correct flywheel and balancers.
The crankshaft is a 4.250-inch stroke, 4340 forged steel unit that is nitrated and internally balanced. The lightening holes in the journal are drilled before the crank is heat-treated so that no part of the crank goes untouched. Smeing uses only 270 degree rod and main bearings for optimum lubrication.
The 4340 forged H-beam connecting rods are 6.535-inch long, and incorporate ARP 7/16 cap bolts along with forged Ross Pistons with Total Seal moly rings.
Racing Head Service (RHS) Pro Action #11002 aluminum cylinder heads come with 2.300-inch intake and 1.880-inch exhaust valves. Intake port volume is 360cc, exhaust ports, which are raised .500-inch, have a volume of 135cc. Smeding reshaped the combustion chambers, outwardly opening them up to take full advantage of the monster 4.630 cylinder bore. Once the grinding was done, the heads were milled .025-inch, bringing the chambers back down to a pump gas-friendly 9.9:1 compression ratio. The combustion chambers are now 118cc (just slightly lower then the advertised 119cc size from RHS). While the heads came pre-assembled, Smeding, like any engine builder worth his dyno numbers, completely disassembled the check spring heights and pressures. Smeding set the spring pressures on the Comp beehive springs to their preferred closed seat pressure of 125 pounds, and opened seat pressure (at .600-inch of lift) of 340 pounds.
With all the machine work completed, the crank balanced, pistons and rods weighed and assembled...
...the short-block assembly went together without a hitch. And we were nearly ready for the top end build.
Smeding chose a Comp Cams hydraulic roller stick, ground to Smeding's specs of .613-inch lift (on both intake and exhaust), duration at .050-inch for intake of 248 degrees and 258 degrees for exhaust. Smeding orders its cams for a late-model engine, so they come with a stepped nose. This allows for the easy use of a thrust plate; no need to mess with thrust buttons to stop camshaft walk.
Comp's extra-large, heavy duty adjustable single roller timing chain assembly was used.
Smeding degreed the cam for 108 1/2 degrees intake lobe center, which equates to 1 1/2 degrees of advance for better low-end drivability.
When we asked Ben why he uses Pro Race, ProStreet balancers, his reply was: "They are very affordable and work excellent." Smeding has never had one fail.
A Canton oil pan (# 15-350) was used. These particular ans fit on '66-67 Chevelles and have a shorter sump to work with Tri-Five steering. The pan is clearanced internally for a large stroke crank and incorporates integral crank scrapers. A Melling standard volume oil pump with a Canton pickup tube was installed before the pan, obviously.
Smeding chose to go with Comp's high body lifters, which are commonly used in high-performance applications. Smeding prefers this configuration because of the added lifter-to-tie-bar-to-block clearance and uses them in higher end applications where the extra cost is warranted. Compare the size of the lifters in the middle to a stock one on the left and an average sized aftermarket lifter on the right. Does size matter? Apparently so.
Because of the thin spacing between cylinder bores on these big-bore engines, Fel Pro metal layer steel Permatorque MLS head gaskets were used. The use of this type of gasket is critical to the engine's sealing. The #1077 big bore gaskets are .041-inch thick, which combined with the piston-to-deck-height clearance of .003-inch, gives a relatively tight total of .044-inch, right where Smeding likes it.
The pre-assembled RHS heads, which have all been gone through, are next up on the list.
An Edelbrock Victor Jr. intake was used with some black RTV to seal the ends and ARP six-point stainless bolts. We also used a trick swivel stainless steel water outlet from Performance Stainless Steel. They so supplied us with a full compliment of stainless steel pipe plugs.
Smeding recommended a Holley Ultra HP 950-cfm carb to feed our beast. This is the latest/greatest that Holley has to offer with anodized billet metering bodies and base plate, four-corner idle adjustment, and changeable idle feed restrictors.
The Ultra series of carburetors are 100 percent wet flow tested from the factory and come with "out-of-the-box" performance calibrations. Even Ben Smeding Jr. helped out with some of the fastening of the ARP bolts.
Believe it or not, the more time-consuming aspect of this engine build was installing the March serpentine system-2 1/2 hours later it all came together. We found the instructions a bit difficult to follow, but eventually we got everything properly aligned and bolted on.
Because of the possibility of variances in the mounting positions of some of their components, the March system doesn't come with a belt. A quick measurement with blue masking tape determined the length. The harder part of this equation is finding a good auto parts store that has the proper length belt.
Holley supplied us with its new Performance Mechanical billet pump. It's a great looking pump and is solidly built. We had to clearance the March idler bracket with a dremel tool in order for the pump to fit.
MSD recommended one of its billet Ready-to-Run distributors. The folks there were more than confident that this would do the trick on our 572. We used the conversion kit that came with the distributor to lock out the vacuum advance. Chad Martin, our dyno guy, stayed with the blue advance stop bushing that is installed from the factory. This keeps the advance to a maximum of 21 degrees.
He did change the advance springs to one heavy silver spring and one light silver spring. This will bring all the advance in by about 3200 rpm. To complete the ignition, we used an MSD #8202 Blaster Coil and 8.5mm Super Conductor wires.
Here's the PAH heavy artillery after Chad fully dressed her in full "get-down-to-business" dyno garb. Smeding used Earl's black -8 Pro-Lite 350 hose and their Ano-Tuff hose ends and carb line kit. After breaking the engine in on standard racing oil, Smeding refilled it with Royal Purple 10-40 synthetic. Besides having a stealth look, this stuff is awesome to work with compared to braided stainless line. You can cut it with a razor knife and you don't have to battle any sharp frayed wires.
Seeing is believing. We included a copy of the dyno sheet to look at. We also high lighted the peak torque and horsepower numbers to make it easier to read.


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Yesterday, we reported on the security flaw in Windows 7's UAC slider dialog, and today, Microsoft has given a response to the situation, but it doesn't seem like the company intends to fix it. "This is not a vulnerability. The intent of the default configuration of UAC is that users don't get prompted when making changes to Windows settings. This includes changing the UAC prompting level." I hope this reply came from a marketing drone, because if they intend on keeping this behaviour as-is in Windows 7 RTM, they're going to face a serious shitstorm - and rightfully so. Let's hope the Sinfoskies and Larson-Greens at Microsoft rectify this situation as soon as possible.
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A screening of The Radiant Child, a documentary from director Tamra Davis about artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, will take place Tuesday, March 19 at 4:30 p.m. in the Davis Center's Sugar Maple Ballroom.
The event, sponsored by the UVM Libraries and the Office of Student Life and Campus Programs, is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.
The L.A. Times wrote of the film: "Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child is a remarkably rich documentary possessing depth, range, insight and compassion. Basquiat was born into an upper middle-class Brooklyn family. Although intermittently felled by psychiatric problems, his mother exposed him to great museum art an early age. By 17, Basquiat found refuge in the teeming lower Manhattan art and club scene of the early '80s, and was nudged from graffiti artist to a full-fledged painter who could paint with words."
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EJ25 to EJ22 Swap in CA
Posted 03 November 2012 - 06:04 PM
I've read around and I've gotten the idea that this is basically a plug and play.
What I want to know is if anyone has done this CA and had any problems with passing smog? Since I am putting an older engine in my car will it pass CA emissions?
Posted 03 November 2012 - 07:10 PM
though i understand CA is crazy with smog...do they actually look at every car and verify the engine?
the 95 is the easiest and cleanest to do.
Posted 03 November 2012 - 07:53 PM
they're so similar, basically the same engine that's why it's so easy to swap. you'd have to have someone well versed in Subaru's look at the engine to even tell, there's no way for an average emissions worker to know.
though i understand CA is crazy with smog...do they actually look at every car and verify the engine?
the 95 is the easiest and cleanest to do.
CA is assinine over emissions.. Well if I am using the same ECU it shouldn't matter right? I have never smogged a car with a swapped engine, so I don't know how they do that. Do they take the emission using the year of the car or would they use the year of the engine? Anyways, I guess I'll find out. I need to get this car running for my DD.
Posted 03 November 2012 - 09:02 PM
gotta be some CA folks here to respond. if they don't look at and thoroughly inspect (and know a lot about them) the engine they can't tell a difference.
did you google it? i'm sure there are hundreds/thousands of questions like this across all vehicles for that ignoramus state.
Posted 03 November 2012 - 11:04 PM
right - leave the EJ25 ECU, no need to touch that.
gotta be some CA folks here to respond. if they don't look at and thoroughly inspect (and know a lot about them) the engine they can't tell a difference.
did you google it? i'm sure there are hundreds/thousands of questions like this across all vehicles for that ignoramus state.
Thanks for the replies.. but I have to rethink my options.
Apparently I can't do this swap in CA, well not legally anyways.
This is from the CA EPA Air Resource Board website:
"Engine Changes
Engine changes are legal as long as the following requirements are met to ensure that the change does not increase pollution from the vehicle:
The engine must be the same year or newer than the vehicle.
The engine must be from the same type of vehicle (passenger car, light-duty truck, heavy-duty truck, etc.) based on gross vehicle weight.
If the vehicle is a California certified vehicle then the engine must also be a California certified engine.
All emissions control equipment must remain on the installed engine.
Vehicles converted to 100% electric drive, with all power supplied by on-board batteries are considered in compliance with the engine change requirements. All fuel system components must be removed prior to inspection. For additional information contact the ARB helpline at (800) 242-4450
After an engine change, vehicles must first be inspected by a state referee station. The vehicle will be inspected to ensure that all the equipment required is in place, and vehicle will be emissions tested subject to the specifications of the installed engine."
Anyone know where I can get cheap rebuilt EJ25s for my LGT?
Posted 05 November 2012 - 11:07 AM
Doing this swap leaves you with an unused tube at the front, passenger side of the intake manifold. (97 canister is in rear, 95 up front)
But, aside from that, they may not notice......if they do......tell them it is a 97 engine and all the emmisions equipment is still original.
I think the key will be not volunteering too much information.
Posted 05 November 2012 - 11:23 AM
use a 1997 EJ22 intake manifold with front canister so it's identical to the EJ25?
(97 canister is in rear, 95 up front)
The law is meaningless - how do they enforce it? How do they inspect? They're not going to disassemble the motor...so what do they do? Make it look right and be done with it, I'd do it.
Most automotive laws regarding emissions, fluid, exhaust, and more - are violated by the thousands ever day. Find out how they inspect, not what is written, and fly in under that.
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Thursday, November 16, 2006
Wednesday in the MZone - Just 3 days until The Game
In anticipation, we have a full slate for you here today. Scroll down to find...
* The secrety key to Michigan's success this year
* An Ohio State group we're actually cheering for 100%
* A Two-Minute Drill loaded with stuff from across the land about The Game
And, in case you checked in early Tuesday but didn't come back (shame on you), we have a couple posts we put up late yesterday:
* A promo video for The Game edited by MZone reader Brickeye that is one of the best we've seen
* The MZone has teamed up with EDSBS to cover "The Crisis in Columbus"
Last but not least, be sure to catch COLLEGE FOOTBALL AMERICA, our live Internet show tomorrow, Thursday, from 8-10pm EST (5-7pm PST) on NowInLA. Our very special guest will be Will Leitch, the editor and all around head honcho of the best damn sports blog on the Internet, Deadspin.com. So be sure to check us out. Best of all, it's an interactive site so you can upload pictures, videos and leave comments live during the broadcast.
Also, if you're a U-M or OSU student and would like to give us a live update from your respective campus tomorrow, drop us an email.
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ESPN had a nice piece on Bob Ufer
- November 15, 2006 9:39 AM
- Andy said...
Classic stuff non-PC stuff from Ufer...
* he once referred to an Ohio State sellout crowd as "10,000 alumni and 74,000 truck drivers."
* mentioned that Buckeyes fans love to chant anti-Michigan slogans, "while all of us up here in the water wonderland never forget that Ohio is still a four-letter word"
My favorite (from 1969), which also describes this upcoming saturday:
Call it what you will, it promises to be 2½ hours of some of the most exciting football in the 104-year history of man's inhumanity to man
- November 15, 2006 10:24 AM
- Andy said...
ESPN.com story on the Dead Schembechlers
Yeah, this is normal
- November 15, 2006 2:02 PM
- stosh said...
don't know if you have seen this site or not. http://www.deadschembechlers.com/
- November 15, 2006 4:02 PM
An amazing Wolverine Fan!!
- November 15, 2006 4:41 PM
- Andy said...
Example #10,000 why YOUTUBE should have some sort of barrier to entry before allowing video posts.
As a Michigan fan, I do not condone this activity and want to apologize for any harm made to our buckeye visitors.
- November 15, 2006 5:28 PM
yost - no post about lloyd carr storming out of an ESPN on ABC interview earlier this week? Sounds like lloyd is pretty tense. Rumor has it that the question he was asked was: "So are you Tressel's bitch?"
- November 15, 2006 6:22 PM
A poem I found on the net.
The annual wave of scarlet and gray
They're not really fans but it's Michigan day
So shake off the moth balls and dust off your caps
We'll point you to where the party is at
A rivalry rich with tradition and glory,
But that's only telling our side of the story.
Your tradition is rich too because you pay your players
You thought Mo Clarett was the next Gale Sayers.
You mortgaged your trailers to purchase his jersey
Then next thing you knew it's the news at 10:30.
Guess you bought him a car and you furnished his pad,
But hey, that paid for the yardage he had.
Turned your backs quick and called him a liar
But then why was your AD forced to retire?
Wrought with the scandal it was comfort you sought,
So we kindly remind you players are recruited, not bought.
You hopped on the wagon in January '03
When you won the title with 12 men on your D.
Twelve men? You might ask, that doesn't sound right
But eleven wore silver, one wore black and white.
He blew his late whistle and you shouted with glee
Your team's MVP was a damned referee.
You worship a dead guy, in peace may he rest.
But Woody's greatest achievement was when Bo headed west.
You'll say that you hate him, but you're really just jealous
Because Bo left the Bucks for those Michigan fellas.
He made the right choice, which you wish you could do.
But Wolverine fans have standards you can't live up to.
You'll say that you hate us, call Ann Arbor a wh*re,
But your alums don't have the money to pay her to score.
You've got a great band, we know we do too.
But we're more concerned with football than the geeks with the flutes.
Academically challenged, I'll tell you why.
It takes every Buckeye four years to "dot the I.
"Your coach wears a sweater just like Mr. Rogers,
Your team could be called the probation dodgers.
So remember one thing when you head for the showers,
You just got beat by a perennial power.
O-H-I-O is shouted by thee,
And the word that you spell to gain your degree.
There's just one more thing before I conclude,
You're never as good as the Maize and the Blue
Enjoy. RBratton
- November 15, 2006 7:54 PM
My roommate insists on constantly listening to the Dead Schembechlers, its seriously the most annoying stuff in the world. I've got huge Buckeye spirit, and a deep respect for our rivalry, but c'mon. It's guys like the Dead Schembechlers that are the ones out there burning couches
- November 15, 2006 11:35 PM
A great place to find out everything you ever wanted to know about DETROIT AND MICHIGAN
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April 7, 2007
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - As final home matches go, this one was a doozy. After losing the doubles point, UC Santa Barbara battled back with four singles wins, including two come-from-behind three-setters, to post a thrilling 4-3 decision over the University of Hawaii on Saturday morning at the Robertson Gym Courts.
Making the result even more dramatic was the fact that Kristen Wilson, the only senior on the Gaucho roster, fought back after dropping the first set of her match at No. 6 singles, to post a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over Florence Hasko.
"This is a match that Kristen will remember forever," said UCSB head coach Pete Kirkwood. "The tears were rolling down her face at the end and that said it all."
With the score knotted at 3-3, the Gauchos needed a comeback at No. 1 singles to secure the match win. Junior Marta Simic lost the first set to Julia Hodes, but then won the second set. With the third set tied at 4-4, Simic fell behind 40-0, but battled back to break serve, taking a 5-4 lead. Simic then held serve and walked off with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory.
"That ninth game was about 10 minutes long," Kirkwood recalled. "But after that, Marta was very calm and she stepped-up and served out the match, sending the Gauchos into Easter Sunday as 4-3 winners."
In addition to the wins by Wilson and Simic, UCSB received singles wins from Asagi Onaga at No. 3 and Brittany Kausen at No. 5. Onaga defeated Kana Aikawa 6-3, 6-1 and Kausen topped Samanta Cappella 6-3, 6-4. Kirkwood felt that Onaga's win was pivotal.
"Asagi was the catalyst," he said. "She evened the score at 1-1 and that really gave us the impetus to keep battling."
After Onaga tied the score, Hawaii won at No. 2 and No. 4 singles to take its 3-1 lead. Brittany Kausen pushed the match score to 3-2 with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Samanta Capella, setting the stage for the heroics by Wilson and Simic.
While the Gauchos dropped the doubles point, Simic and Charlotte Scatliffe, the usual No. 3 player, defeated Hodes and Sophie Kobuch, 8-4. UCSB dropped the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches, but in the end the end it didn't matter.
The victory improves UCSB's overall record to 9-7. The Gauchos remain 5-2 in Big West play. The Rainbow Wahine drops to 5-14. They are 1-0 in the Western Athletic Conference.
Santa Barbara will now travel to Pullman, Washington, for four matches. The Gauchos will play Idaho on Thursday, April 12 at 7:00 p.m. and then will take-on Eastern Washington (Friday, April 13, 1:00 p.m.), Washington State (Saturday, April 14, 1:00 p.m.) and Gonzaga (Sunday, April 15, 1:00 p.m.)
UCSB 4 Hawaii 3 Singles #1 Marta Simic UCSB def. Julia Hodes 3-6,6-3,6-4 #2 Sophie Kobuch Hawaii def. Carina Bjornstrom UCSB 7-5,6-1 #3 Asagi Onaga UCSB def. Kana Aikawa 6-3,6-1 #4 Chloe Bihag Hawaii def. Tova Hausman 6-1,6-3 #5 Brittany Kausen UCSB def. Samanta Cappella 6-3,6-4 #6 Kristen Wilson UCSB def. Florence Hasko 4-6,6-1,6-2 Doubles #1 Simic/Charlotte Scatliffe UCSB def. Hodes/Kobuch 8-4 #2 Bihag/Hasko Hawaii def. Bjornstrom/Onaga 8-6 #3 Julis Sandborn/Aikawa def. Wilson/Bryanna Ojeda 8-3


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Why not just arive on a landing visa.. get your ARC papaerwork and then convert that to an ARC.
I am in Korea now and they dont ask you anything on the way in here either like Taiwan. The Korean immigration officers comment to me was that he didnt think I looked Chinese enough when looking at my Taiwan passport.
call me on 010 8659 5597 if you have any questions
dasmania wrote:Absolute proof right here from someone who has also done it (Visa-Exempt Entry + Work Permit from employer in hand = visitor visa -> resident visa -> arc):
Plus a quote from the visa-exempt section:
"Duration of stay:
1. The duration of stay starts from the next day of arrival and is not extendable. Foreign visitors must depart by the end of the said duration. Please click here for " Penalty for overstay".
2. Visa-exempt entry cannot be converted to other types of visas, unless the following exceptions:.
A. Foreign visitors entering the R.O.C. through visa-exemption may only apply for converting to visitor visas within their legal stay at the Bureau of Consular Affairs or branch offices of MOFA in case of: severe acute diseases, natural disasters or other force majeure reasons, which hold them back from leaving the R.O.C. In addition, white-collar professionals who have obtained the work permits within their legal stay may apply for work visas, together with their spouse and minors (under age 20) entering the R.O.C. at the same time.
B. For U.K. passport holders, please refer to "Notice for British & Canadian Passport Holders Who Enter Taiwan Visa-Free and Apply for an Extension of Stay".(doc檔案)"
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text: "Angela Missoni told the Italian newswire Ansa after her Fall 2013 show on Sunday that she hasn't lost hope that her missing brother, Vittorio Missoni, will be found. Perhaps that's why her collection was so comforting and so optimistic. Many of the looks that came down the runway, whether cut from Lurex or the textured knitwear for which the house is so well known, were topped off with robe-like coats, and some of them were cast just off the models' shoulders. The mostly black and white palette was shot through here and there with appealing shades of lime green, orange, and cobalt." - fashionologie.com


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With a slow in the residential housing market many potential buyers are looking to get the most bang for their buck, and Green home builders are looking to step up to that challenge. Jeff Piper of Village Homes says, "If the question is, will the buyer experience cost savings over the long run by using a green builder, the answer is yes, they will."
Piper says green building is becoming more of a factor in home buying.
"The cost of energy is going up and home buyers don't want to spend all of their money on their monthly utilities," says Piper.
Builders are required to meet specific regulation in order for a home to qualify as a green built home. Features like tankless water heaters, special windows and doors and engineered decking, but with all the added features comes an added price.
"Unfortunately when you are spending more to build the house then its going to be more for the buyer," says Piper. There are three approved methods to build a green home. Each method rates houses on a point scale, houses must score a certain number to qualify as a green home.
Even with the slightly higher price tag residents say it's the quality they are concerned about.
Piper says, "It's a good investment a lot of folks will understand that they are investing something more into their home in the front but there is a payoff on the backside." As technology continues to develop the requirements for a green built home will continue to change along with it.


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An apologetic Buffalo Bills cornerback Leodis McKelvin acknowledges he was wrong and will not dispute a $75 fine for failing to follow a crew member's orders during a flight to Buffalo.
McKelvin said Thursday that he was ticketed for refusing to turn off his cellphone and failing to buckle his seatbelt while traveling from New York City on Tuesday.
He says he's apologized and intends to pay the fine. Buffalo's 2008 first-round draft pick adds he should've known better and did what he was told.
Buffalo's WIVB-TV first reported McKelvin had been fined on Wednesday.
A Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority police report says McKelvin refused to comply with a request to turn off his cellphone and place the bag that was under his seat into an overhead compartment.


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Could someone who is on CricSim pleaese get in touch with Prez and Cevno (if he's on there too)?
Oh for a strong arm and a walking stick
Sorry about the delay guys.
I'll be making an interesting pick and choose Hashim Amla.
@CowsCorner - 202 followers and counting!
Disclaimer: I am a biased South African. Anything I say is likely to have something in it that ultimately favours the Proteas.
Woodfull (C)
Healy (WK)
Res: Saqlain Mushtaq
The batting isn't the best, but hopefully the depth of Proctor at 8 makes up for that!
VVS Laxman
WG Grace
Virender Sehwag
Mohammad Yousuf
Mahela Jayawardene/VVS Laxman
Andy Flower (WK)
Richard Hadlee
Shaun Pollock
Wasim Akram
Anil Kumble
Shane Bond
12th man - VVS Laxman/Mahela Jayawardene
Alright post your final lineups here and I'll get the voting thread ready
kingkallis- Garfield Sobers
Himannv- Imran Khan
Marcuss- Adam Gilchrist
Cabinet96- Keith Miller
Eds- Malcolm Marshall
Cevno- Richard Hadlee
Blakus- Vivian Richards
MrPrez- Jaques Kallis
watson- Glenn McGrath
Jager- Curtly Ambrose
AndyZaltzHair- Dennis Lillee
kyear2- Jack Hobbs
kyear2- Shane Warne
AndyZaltzHair- Fred Trueman
Jager- Sachin Tendulkar
watson- Michael Holding
MrPrez- Muttiah Muralitharan
Blakus- Sydney Barnes
Cevno- Wasim Akram
Eds- Brian Lara
Cabinet96- Len Hutton
Marcuss- Bill O'Reilly
Himannv- Alan Davidson
kingkallis- Wally Hammond
Jager- Waqar Younis
kyear2- Allan Donald
Himannv- George Headley
AndyZaltzHair- Ray Lindwall
Eds- Joel Garner
Marcuss- Aubrey Faulkner
kingkallis- Dale Steyn
Blakus- Graeme Pollock
Cabinet96- Clyde Walcott
Cevno- Shaun Pollock
MrPrez- Mike Procter
watson- Andy Roberts
watson- Greg Chappell
MrPrez- Victor Trumper
Cevno- Andrew Flower
Cabinet96- Jim Laker
Blakus- Sunil Gavaskar
kingkallis- Richie Benaud
Marcuss- Ian Botham
Eds- Barry Richards
AndyZaltzHair- Clarrie Grimmett
Himannv- Frank Tyson
kyear2- Ricky Ponting
Jager- Harold Larwood
AndyZaltzHair- Les Ames
kyear2- Everton Weekes
Blakus- Herbert Sutcliffe
Jager- Neil Harvey
Cabinet96- Courtney Walsh
Marcuss- Steve Waugh
Cevno- WG Grace
MrPrez- Allan Border
watson- Alan Knott
kingkallis- Rahul Dravid
Himannv- Ken Barrington
Eds- Kapil Dev
Eds- Frank Worrell
Himannv- Denis Compton
kingkallis- Matthew Hayden
watson- Hedley Verity
MrPrez- Ian Healy
Cevno- Anil Kumble
Marcuss- Javed Miandad
Cabinet96- Fazal Mahmood
Jager- Wilfred Rhodes
Blakus- Kumar Sangakkara
kyear2- Denis Lindsay
AndyZaltzHair- Arthur Morris
watson- Bob Simpson
Jager- Dudley Nourse
AndyZaltzHair- Clive Lloyd
Eds- Gordon Greenidge
kingkallis- Graham Gooch
Marcuss- Geoff Boycott
kyear2- Colin Croft
Himannv- Hanif Mohammad
MrPrez- Saqlain Mushtaq
Blakus- Frederick Spofforth
Cevno- Virender Sehwag
Cabinet96- Bruce Mitchell
Cabinet96- Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Cevno- Shane Bond
Blakus- Peter Pollock
MrPrez- Bob Willis
Himannv- Bill Lawry
kyear2- Ted Dexter
Marcuss- Ian Bishop
kingkallis- Wes Hall
Eds- Charles Macartney
AndyZaltzHair- Bill Ponsford
Jager- Alec Stewart
watson- Rohan Kanhai
Cabinet96- David Gower
Cevno- Inzamam-ul-Haq
Eds- Hugh Tayfield
AndyZaltzHair- Frank Woolley
Marcuss- Stan McCabe
Jager- Doug Walters
MrPrez- Bill Woodfull
kingkallis- Kevin Pietersen
watson- Mushtaq Mohammad
Blakus- Kumar Ranjitsinhji
Himannv- Peter May
kyear2- Vijay Merchant
kyear2- John Snow
Himannv- Derek Underwood
Blakus- Hugh Trumble
watson- Lindsay Hassett
kingkallis- Rod Marsh
MrPrez- Brian Statham
Jager- Douglas Jardine
Marcuss- Graeme Smith
AndyZaltzHair- Eddie Paynter
Eds- AB de Villers
Cevno- Mohammad Yousuf
Cabinet96- Alec Bedser
AndyZaltzHair- Ian Chappell
Jager- Matt Prior
MrPrez- Younis Khan
Marcuss- Charlie Turner
Blakus- John Waite
Himannv- Godfrey Evans
kyear2- Martin Crowe
Eds- Eddie Barlow
kingkallis- Neil Adcock
watson- Mark Taylor
Cevno- Mahela Jayawardene
Cabinet96- Michael Hussey
Cabinet96- Damien Martyn
Cevno- VVS Laxman
watson- Tony Greig
kingkallis- George Lohmann
Eds- Jeffrey Dujon
kyear2- Richie Richardson
Himannv- Bobby Peel
Blakus- Warwick Armstrong
Marcuss- Trevor Goddard
MrPrez- Hashim Amla
Jager- Gary Kirsten
AndyZaltzHair- Zaheer Abbas
I have lineups for everyone but Marcuss, so won't be long.
Ah, I found Marcuss' lineup how he wanted it. I am assuming Goddard will be his twelfth man. I will make the thread now.
Time to prepare for the second season of the League. I want to make sure everyone knows the rules beforehand so we can start sooner rather than later (obviously after voting is over).
Rules for the voodoo draft
- The concept of this draft style is to marginally reduce the selection pool of players in order to increase the difficulty and use of strategy.
- At the start of each round, all drafters will need to send me an email nominating the player they want in their team. If two people select the same player, that player becomes unavailable to all drafters (becomes voodoo).
- The players who become voodoo will not appear on the selection board in order to make it visually easier for players to see who needs to repick. They will appear on the voodoo list below.
- Every player who chooses someone without challenge instantly gets their pick.
- The players who get eliminated/selected will be posted up by myself, and then the players who drew for someone will then get a chance to choose someone else.
- I will need to select my player beforehand so that it is fair for everyone (honour code applies for me).
- Don Bradman will be available for selection.
- My email I will use will be mrtownsend@live dot com.
Example round using current players. Players who appear on the lists are those that will be kept. The drafter is then locked out for the rest of the round
Himannv- Richard Hadlee
Cevno- Jack Hobbs
MrPrez- Garfield Sobers
watson- Phil Tufnell
Jager- Keith Miller
kyear2- Shane Warne
Voodoo list: Don Bradman
kingkallis- Curtly Ambrose
Himannv- Richard Hadlee
Marcuss- Len Hutton
Cabinet96- Imran Khan
Cevno- Jack Hobbs
MrPrez- Garfield Sobers
watson- Phil Tufnell
Jager- Keith Miller
AndyZaltzHair- Malcolm Marshall
kyear2- Shane Warne
Voodoo list: Don Bradman, Glenn McGrath
kingkallis- Curtly Ambrose
Himannv- Richard Hadlee
Marcuss- Len Hutton
Cabinet96- Imran Khan
Eds- Viv Richards
Cevno- Jack Hobbs
Blakus- Muttiah Muralitharan
MrPrez- Garfield Sobers
watson- Phil Tufnell
Jager- Keith Miller
AndyZaltzHair- Malcolm Marshall
kyear2- Shane Warne
Voodoo list: Don Bradman, Glenn McGrath
That would be one round. Easy enough to understand?
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text: Excellent seller here in my book!!! Bought his blown orion 2500D! He did not have paypal so he offered to do a COD. So I agreed (obviously) and 2 business days later the amp arrived just as described (DOA b/c that is how I bought it LOL). Showed excellent communication and honesty excecuted sell just as he said it would go down. Would gladly do business with again!! ANYTIME! (now it is time to send that puppy to KBaudio!!!hehehe) 2 Thumbs up!


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Boot-up caused much wailing from the Beast and I found I could get to bootup by removing one of my RAM chips. (ddr1, 1MB)......
Inserting a known good one led to dire warnings from the BIOS. Firstly it sed set the PC speed right in BIOS (AMD 3200+) but it was set to 200, which my local Linux-friendly dealer sed wos OK (Phoenix Award Bios v6.00PG, for acer <R01-A4>.
It also complains of CMOS checksum error.
No matter how I try I cannot get the Beast to store BIOS changes to cache. Setting the clock right, reset config data. new battery for BIOS and setting su and user pwds at the start and end of a session still means that I can not get it to boot first from CD. There seems no way out for me since I have defaults from the start. However, I can get a stable Mate GUI.
I loaded LXF166 DVD and wished to start Disaster Recovery Kit. I can select it and select autorun but I get the msg
Autorun not found.
I tried from the cmg line as
sudo autorun
No autorun.
Where am I going wrong, please?
I am trying to run memtest to see if I can isolate the problem.
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- Premier League
Ashley decided to appoint Kinnear
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley was the sole decision maker in the move to appoint Joe Kinnear as the club's director of football and he will not go back on the plan despite the backlash from media and supporters, ESPN understands.
Manager Alan Pardew has declined to comment in the days since Kinnear revealed he had agreed a three-year deal with Ashley, but he was not alone in being kept in the dark over the appointment.
Newcastle United sources claim that high-profile members of club staff were taken by surprise when Kinnear announced in a TV interview that he had agreed a deal to return to the club he managed in the 2008-09 season.
Ashley is said to have been disturbed by his side's flirtation with relegation last season and the experience is believed to have been the catalyst for him to change the structure of the club this summer.
The selection of Kinnear for the key role has been derailed somewhat by his bizarre radio interview on talkSPORT on Monday evening, when he offered up a series of mistaken claims about his career, and suggested he has the power to "open doors" to any manager in world football.
Those boasts were greeted with scorn by most observers, especially after he mistakenly named French midfielder Yohan Cabaye as 'Yohan Kebab' and the club's managing director Derek Llambias as 'Derek Lambeze'. But Kinnear has found a voice of support in the Newcastle dressing room.
Respected defender Steven Taylor broke ranks as he risked the wrath of irate Newcastle supporters by offering a warn endorsement of Kinnear.
"Joe was great for me when he was manager and I really enjoyed playing for him," Taylor told Sky Sports. "We were in a great position under Joe in the league until he got ill and it was after that that things went wrong.
"Joe wears his heart on his sleeve and he tells it as it is and I think he is someone that Newcastle exactly need. Joe has lots of experience and he is very knowledgeable and I for one am really excited to see him back at Newcastle."
However, former Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd has join the chorus of disapproval after the manner Kinnear's return left him stunned.
"For Joe Kinnear to come out and say the things he has said, I can't believe it," said Shepherd on talkSPORT. "I certainly wouldn't let him into Newcastle. I would have got rid of him before he got there because it is ridiculous what he has been saying, it really is.
"There is something that is not right. Everybody knows that in the business. There is something that isn't right here."
Keith Bishop Associates, the London-based PR company Ashley used in managing his affairs, has been flooded with media enquires in the days since Kinnear returned to the Newcastle hierarchy, but there is still no hint that the Newcastle owner will offer an interview to explain the decision.


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I think there may be something wrong with the averages (the gust readings are about right). It's reading 4 MPH when it's really averaging ~24 MPH: http://arbor-studios.com/weather/
I compare it to readings from WindOnTheWater:
http://www.windonthewater.com/link.htm? ... 75085&z=11
The webcam verifies that there are whitecaps, but alas, I think I have too much work to do here to make the drive.


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Supreme Judicial Court (October 15, 2009)
The Commonwealth must obtain judicial approval pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 17(a) (2) prior to issuing a subpoena duces tecum for the production of records from a third party in advance of trial or an evidentiary hearing.
The defendant was charged with murder in the first degree. He was ordered held without bail in a secure unit at a Department of Youth Services correctional facility. As the defendant's case progressed the prosecutor issued a series of subpoena duces tecums to the correctional facility's keeper of records, seeking "any books, papers, visitor log, taped phone calls, and pin list" for specific periods of time. The subpoenas directed the keeper of records to produce the materials in person at a scheduled court date or in lieu of a court appearance, to provide the records prior to that date. The records were mailed directly to the District Attorney's Office and the prosecutor turned over copies to the defendant.
The defendant notified the Commonwealth of his intent to rely on a defense of lack of criminal responsibility because of mental disease or defect. In response, the Commonwealth informed the defendant of its intent to search the subpoenaed telephone recordings for evidence of criminal responsibility. The defendant moved to suppress the recordings claiming that the Commonwealth lacked authority to issue the subpoenas without first obtaining judicial approval pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 17(a)(2), as construed by Lampron, 441 Mass. 265 (2004). The Commonwealth argued that G.L. c. 277, § 68 allowed it to issue the subpoena on its own and that even were judicial approval required, they would be entitled to such approval.
Chapter 277: Section 68. Issuance of subpoenas by attorney general and district attorneys
The attorney general and district attorneys may issue subpoenas under their hands for witnesses to appear and testify on behalf of the commonwealth, and such subpoenas shall have the same force, and be obeyed in the same manner, and under the same penalties, in case of default, as if issued by the clerk of the court.
The judge allowed the defendant's motion to suppress concluding that the Commonwealth had erred in failing to seek prior judicial approval before issuing the subpoenas.
Subsequently, the Commonwealth moved under rule 17 and Lampron for judicial approval to subpoena a portion of the recordings it had originally sought, namely, recordings of the defendant's telephone calls. The judge found the Commonwealth had failed to satisfy the requirements of Lampron and denied the motion.
The Commonwealth then filed a petition under G.L. c. 211, § 3, seeking review by a single justice of the denial of its Lampron motion. Alternatively, it requested leave to pursue an interlocutory appeal from the allowance of the defendant's motion to suppress. The single justice denied the Commonwealth's petition but granted it leave to pursue an interlocutory appeal from the suppression ruling.
The Supreme Judicial Court agreed with the Superior Court judge that the Commonwealth was required to comply with rule 17 and to obtain prior judicial approval in seeking the defendant's telephone records from the jail; however, the Commonwealth's failure to comply did not itself warrant suppression of the defendant's recorded telephone conversations. The defendant's motion to suppress raised a claim that suppression of this evidence was required because turning the records over to the prosecution without any showing of probable cause violated his constitutional rights. The judge did not reach these claims, but the defendant is now entitled to have them considered.


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Scroll-driven animation of a logo
The illustrations on the final page of the attached PDF should make the project clear at a glance.
The scroll-driven animation of a logo. CSS & SVG-based. You're welcome to propose other approaches, but this would likely be based on Scrollmagic. (see [url removed, login to view])
When bidding for this project, please describe skills and related work to CSS/SVG-based animation, and scroll-driven animations using Skrollr, ScrollMagic, or other techniques.
Thank you,
Paul DuVernet,
Creative Director, Mica Desig
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end the book scanning initiative and close its book search engine. But I was even more surprised to read the motivation:I was a little surprised to see that Microsoft decided to
"Given the evolution of the Web and our strategy, we believe the next generation of search is about the development of an underlying, sustainable business model for the search engine, consumer, and content partner. For example, this past Wednesday we announced our strategy to focus on verticals with high commercial intent, such as travel, and offer users cash back on their purchases from our advertisers."
In other words, the book search engine didn't make enough money and Microsoft decided it's better to focus on areas that are more profitable. Instead of improving their search engine with valuable content from books and offering better search results, Microsoft chose to make decisions based on the short-term profits.
This is also visible in the Cashback offering: "Microsoft Live Search cashback is The Search That Pays You Back. Find great deals on millions of products from hundreds of brand name stores that you know and trust. You will be able to earn cashback savings based on a percentage of the product price. Your savings will be paid to you via your choice of a deposit to your PayPal account, direct deposit to your bank account, or a check in the mail."
Microsoft hopes to attract more search users, but this will probably work in the short term. People will only go to Live Search for the rebates and they'll return to Google to find information on the web. If you pay your users and define your service as "The Search That Pays You Back", your brand's value diminishes because the search should pay off through its own merits.
Google has a long-term strategy for its search engine and for the other services. "Our goal is to develop services that significantly improve the lives of as many people as possible. In pursuing this goal, we may do things that we believe have a positive impact on the world, even if the near term financial returns are not obvious. For example, we make our services as widely available as we can by supporting over 90 languages and by providing most services for free," wrote Google's founders in the IPO letter.
To offer a compelling alternative to Google, you need to offer services that are more valuable to the user, even if there's no profit involved. Google thinks you first need to create a great service and then start to find the business model. Microsoft still has to work on building a great search engine, so discontinuing the book search engine is not a step in the right direction.
Asfaar Burhaniyah 2.0
Asfaar Mubaraka of al Dai al Fatemi Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin (tus) across the globe since 1424. (previous asfaar shall be added too insha allah as soon as possible.)The Placemark centered is the Current Location of His Holiness Dr. Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin (TUS). comments are welcome.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Microsoft's Short Term Thought
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MEMPHIS (AP) – FedEx Corp. says it will buy up to 30 Boeing aircraft from United Airlines and convert them into cargo planes.
Financial terms of the deal were not released.
FedEx disclosed its plans in a regulatory filing. The package-delivery company said it would buy 14 Boeing 757 aircraft, which will be delivered through 2015, and could buy up to 16 more 757s.
United announced last year that it would buy 150 Boeing 737s over the next several years to replace older 757s.
FedEx spokesman Jess Bunn said Monday that the purchase of planes from United is the latest move in a fleet-modernization program that started several years ago.
"We are retiring older, less efficient aircraft and replacing them with more modern and efficient ones," he said.
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Meals are served at Wesley Community Senior Center, 1615 S. Roberts St. Breakfast is served from 8 to 8:30 a.m. Lunch is served at noon. Milk is served at all meals. There is a $3 charge. Meals are for seniors, 55 and older. Seniors and visitors planning to have lunch at Wesley Community Senior Center are asked to call 806-372-7960 by 9 a.m. daily.
Wednesday - Breakfast: Orange juice, cereal, bananas. Lunch: Milk, beef and cheese quesadillas, rice and beans, salad and ranch dressing, peaches. Snack: Iced water, Goldfish crackers, orange slices.
Thursday - Breakfast: Milk, oatmeal, toast, oranges. Lunch: Milk, lemon chicken drumsticks, buttered baked potatoes, green beans, pears. Snack: Milk, bananas and vanilla pudding with Nilla Wafers.
Friday - Breakfast: Milk, pancakes with syrup, strawberries. Lunch: Milk, steak fingers, garden medley, macaroni and cheese, bread, pears. Snack: Iced water, Ritz crackers with cheese, apple.
Monday - Breakfast: Milk, ham and cheese with homemade biscuits, apple slices. Lunch: Milk, spaghetti with meat sauce, salad and dressing, corn, toast and pineapple slices. Snack: Apple juice, cake, orange slices.
Tuesday - Breakfast: Milk, eggs, sausage links and toast. Lunch: Milk, chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, peas, bread, peaches. Snack: Iced water, Cheez-It crackers, apple slices.
Lunch at the Polk Street Silver Grill inside Amarillo Senior Community Center, 1200 S. Polk St., is served from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Monday through Friday. It is $5.50 for members and $6.50 for guests. All meals include one choice of two entrees, two choices of four vegetables, one choice of four salads and one choice of at least six desserts, plus beverage.
Wednesday - Chicken livers
Thursday - Barbecue sausage
Friday - Baked tilapia
Monday - Stuffed bell peppers
Tuesday - Oven-fried chicken


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Grundy County area parkinson's support group invites you to learn about two new, great projects.
Two speakers are featured at this special meeting. They will each tell about programs they are involved in and how they focus on Parkinson's disease.
Anyone who has Parkinson's, caregivers and others who want to learn more about Parkinson's and the projects is welcome to attend. There is no attendance fee.
Jennifer Wolff, Parkinson's Care Team Member
Jennifer Wolff, of Waverly, has been a practicing occupational therapist for seven years, the last six with
Taylor Physical and Occupational Therapy at Waverly Health Center in Waverly. Although she is a "generalist", she specializes in hand therapy, neurologic therapy and cognition. She took her first course on Parkinson's in 2007, and her interest has only grown since then. She started a support group in 2009, joined four other staff in attending the National Parkinson's Foundation Allied Team Training, became a Parkinson's Recovery Wellness clinician in 2012 and attended the 2013 Parkinson's Advocacy Network conference in DC last February.
Wolff will speak about the Parkinson's CareTeam, who they are, assessment day, the evaluations they do, recommendations and individualized plans for therapy, nutrition and medication they develop for persons with Parkinson's. The team helps arrange appointments for assessment, works with your insurance company to get preauthorization and learn about any out-of-pocket expenses.
Mike Whitson, Parkinson's Research Investigator
Mike Whitson, of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, is the Principal Investigator of Parkinson's Disease Research Study. His interest in this disease began when a close relative being diagnosed and living with Parkinson's. Over the years the courses and work he has done all lead him through life to become a researcher. Of course the unknowns of Parkinson's drew him to attack the disease.
Whitson will speak about a research study starting at UNI that will investigate the relationship between eye movements and Parkinson's disease and the potential development of a model to detect Parkinson's disease.
Whitson looks forward to attending the September meeting and having the opportunity to talk about the research and learn more about the support group members and their PD experiences.
Additional details:
Everyone who wants to learn more about the Parkinson's Care Team at Waverly and the research study at UNI is welcome to attend Sunday, September 8, at 2 p.m at the Dike United Methodist Church, 439 Church St., (at the west edge of Dike). Contact Corrine at 319-240-7407 with questions.


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Ga. – The Evoshield Canes (4-0) used an eight-run inning and solid
pitching to run-rule the Florida Hardballers 16u Black (2-2) 10-0 in
just five innings in a Monday afternoon pool S matchup at the 2012
WWBA 16u National Championship.
Bellinger (2014, St. Sebastian's School, Mass.) delivered the major
blow, blasting a grand slam to left-center off right-hander Jake
Thompson (2015, Buchholz H.S., Fla.) to cap an eight-run second for
the Canes.
who verbally committed to Vanderbilt University shortly after his
freshman season began at St. Sebastian's in 2011, fouled off a
pitch before unloading on Thompson's offering high in the strike
zone. The left-handed hitter, who plays first base as well as seeing
time on the mound as a left-handed pitcher, already is listed at
six-foot-six, 226 pounds.
attended the Junior National Showcase last month in Minneapolis,
Minn., and earned high marks from the likes of David Rawnsley,
Perfect Game's National Director of Scouting. Rawnsley said
Bellinger's power "comes very easily" and that he "has a very
good idea and approach" at the plate.
Game ranks the Massachusetts product as number 13 in the high school
class of 2014 as well as its number one first baseman.
just a freakish 16-year-old," said Evoshield Canes head coach Jeff
Petty after the victory. "He's got power at the plate obviously.
I think he has a chance to be an extremely high-level draft pick out
of high school."
who describes himself as a power hitter, said Vanderbilt's baseball
program stood out to him.
coaching staff is the best in the country in my opinion," said
Bellinger, who also visited University of Virginia before pledging to
spite of his verbal commitment, Bellinger said he has looked at
programs like Georgia Tech, University of Miami (Fla.) and Stanford
still have my options open," said Bellinger of the state of his
On a
team that has surrendered no runs through four games and 19 innings, Bellinger
is far from the only standout player on the Canes.
this team alone, I think we have 10 or more guys committed to
college," said Petty, who serves as the organization's general
manager and owner. "I think in the draft in June we had 18 guys
that played in our organization at one time or another get picked."
far as the class of 2013, outfielder Jake Fraley (2013, Red Lion
Christian Academy, Del.) looks to have a promising future ahead of
him. Perfect Game pegged Fraley as the nation's number 71 player in
the high school class of 2013 after he attended last month's
National Showcase, also in Minneapolis.
was great," said Fraley of the National Showcase. "It's really
good for a position player because you get to feel out what the best
pitching in the country is for a couple of days."
who has been with the Canes since the fall of 2010, has left a
favorable impression on many a coach and others with his play.
plays as hard as he can all the time," said Petty of the
centerfielder. "A scout was complementing him the other day. We
were beating some team last week by 12 runs, and he was legging out a
hustle double. It was 100 degrees outside. He just never takes a
pitch off. He's got a great arm, he can run and is showing some
signs of power."
six-foot-one, 185-pound athlete gave his verbal commitment to
Louisiana State University in the fall of 2011. He also considered
University of North Carolina, University of South Carolina and
University of Maryland.
single time I've gone up in a level of baseball, I've always had
that certain coach that I've clicked with and who has taught me a
lot," Fraley said. "I went to LSU, got to talk with the coaches
one-on-one and I just knew it was the right spot."
Bellinger in the Canes' class of 2014 are third baseman Charlie
Cody (2014, Great Bridge H.S., Va.) and shortstop Jack Gerstenmaier
(2014, Douglas S. Freeman H.S., Va.).
both run really well. They have great baseball instincts," said
Petty of the left side of the Canes' infield. "Great defenders.
Go-getters and they don't take anything for granted or anything
lightly. They play hard all the time."
a starter at third base as a freshman on Great Bridge's 2011 state
championship team, described himself as athletic, fast and versatile.
He verbally committed to Virginia last month.
really felt like I fit in there," said Cody of Virginia. "I
really liked the coaches and the atmosphere. And they obviously have
a great baseball program, and their academics are very good."
also considered North Carolina, Vanderbilt and Miami among others.
six-foot-one, 180-pound infielder attended the Junior National
Showcase last month, and ranks as Perfect Game's number 131 high
school class of 2014 player.
was very impressed with that and had a good time there at the
Metrodome," said Cody of the Junior National.
but not least there is Gerstenmaier, who began his Canes career in
the fall of 2010.
just a great organization and a lot of exposure," said the
six-foot-one, 188-pound infielder. "I went to a tryout in 2010 and
it went well."
also verbally pledged to Virginia last month. In addition, he
considered North Carolina and South Carolina.
the likes of Bellinger, Fraley, Cody and Gerstenmaier among others,
it is easy to see why the Canes have yet to lose or allow a run yet
in this tournament.
played sound defense, and like I said we're not taking anybody
lightly," said Petty of the team's play in this event. "Our
guys understand that down here you can get beat at any given time. If
you take a pitch off, that can cause you to lose down here. All the
top players in the country are here right now in this age bracket."


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Auditions for roles in East Central University's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" will be held at 4 p.m. Nov. 10 [MONDAY] for non-ECU students and community members and at 4 p.m. Nov. 11 [TUESDAY] for ECU students.
The auditions for the musical will be held in the Black Box Theatre on the lower level of Science Hall.
Photographs of life in Calcutta shot by three East Central University students and their instructor will be on exhibit beginning Thursday [NOV. 6] in the Hallie Brown Ford Atrium of ECU's Linscheid Library.
Opening receptions will be scheduled at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday in the atrium. The photos will be on display through Nov. 25.
Douglas Humpherys, chair of the piano department at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., will perform a solo piano concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 [SATURDAY] in the Dorothy Summers Theatre at East Central University. The concert is free and open to the public.
Humpherys completed graduate degrees at the Juilliard School and the Eastman School of Music where he is a professor of piano.
Best-selling author Dr. Ali Shehata will present a lecture on Islam Nov. 10 [MONDAY] at East Central University. He will discuss "Is Islam a Threat to Our Freedom?" at 7 p.m. in the Estep Multimedia Center in the University Center.
Several local Islamic professionals also will be on hand to help answer any questions that may arise from the presentation.
Noted historian Dr. Marvin Kroeker, retired chair of the History Department at East Central University, will be honored Nov. 6 [THURSDAY] for his longtime service to ECU and the community.
ECU's Department of History and Native American Studies will host a reception for Kroeker at 4 p.m. in Danley Hall. Following the reception, a bench will be dedicated in his name on the Tom Crabtree Honor Plaza on the east side of Science Hall.
Barbara Miller of Ada and Shane Casey of Tecumseh wear their crowns after being named Homecoming queen and king at East Central University. Miller, a senior majoring in business administration, represented the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She is the daughter of Ron and Lee Miller of Ada and the granddaughter of Barbara Lackey of Lindsay and the late Raymond Lackey and of Berniece Miller of Vinita and the late Ray Miller. Casey, a senior majoring in biology, represented Bio-Med/Tri Beta. He is the son of Ralph and Gayla Casey.
Oklahoma Centennial Poet Laureate Dr. N. Scott Momaday will share his poetry at East Central University's Literary Arts Festival at noon Nov. 6 [THURSDAY] in the Dorothy Summers Theatre, followed by a book signing from 1 to 1:30 p.m. in the theatre lobby.
Because seating is limited, individuals wishing to attend must call 580-559-5456 and reserve tickets by Nov. 4 [TUESDAY]. Tickets are free and can be picked up at the door the day of the event from 10 to 11:45 a.m.
An 8th grade algebra teacher who never uses textbooks or assigns homework will share her passion for helping students understand math - and for trying new teaching methods - during the 12th annual Marvin Stokes Endowed Lectureship Monday [OCT. 27] at East Central University.
Heather Sparks, the 2009 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, will speak at 6:30 p.m. in the Estep Multimedia Center on the first floor of the University Center. Her presentation is open to the public at no charge. Area Teachers of the Year for 2007-08 also will be recognized during the evening.
Russian pianist Arsentiy Kharitonov will perform at 6 p.m. Thursday [OCT. 30] at the Ada Arts & Heritage Center, 14th and Rennie.
The concert is free and sponsored by East Central University's Music Department.
A native of Stary Oskol, Russia, Kharitonov has performed in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Netherlands, Germany, Finland and the United States.
Students about to complete associate's degrees in December who plan to transfer to East Central University can see what ECU has to offer and enroll for the spring semester during Transfer Enrollment Day on Nov. 5 [WEDNESDAY].


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Kernel: Whatever Arch throws at me
WM: Openbox. I've tried tilers, but found them to be a pain for many GUI apps.
Editor: Geany. Vim when not in X.
Terminal: urxvt
FM: Don't really use one, except for mounting, until I find a better solution. Coreutils FTW.
Pictures: Mirage
Video player: MPlayer with VDPAU.
Browser: Firefox. edit: not light, but I like it, and it has some very nice add-ons, like NoScript.
IRC: XChat
Chat: Most of my friends use MSN, so emesene. It does the job.
Archives: Extract script. Made a quick mod to it so it accepts multiple input files. If I want to browse an archive, I use Vim
Last edited by JohannesSM64 (2009-11-18 00:55:27)
Tried xmonad and found it a pain. GIMP breaks it.
Not exactly. I just have to be sure to open it up in its own desktop so its floating panels don't get in the way of others.
Kernel: Arch stock
WM: XMonad, as you could probably guess
Awesome when I have to test my Java programs. The hacks for XMonad don't seem to work
Editor: Emacs opens quicker than vim on my machine, Leafpad only if I want to quickly paste my programming assignments into Eclipse as I still can't seem to import stuff
Terminal: Originally URxvt-tabbed as I love not having 10 windows open on my netbook
Now, I use whatever Alt+Shift+Enter opens
File manager: Bash + coreutils as already mentioned, XFE if I absolutely have to have a GUI
Presentation: OO.o Impress for Powerpoints, xpdf for LaTeX slides
Process management: top, ps, kill
Images: feh
I'm not sure if I am the only person in the world aware of this feature, but you can drag the tabs from Gimp's brushes/textures/whatnot third window into the tab bar of the toolbox window. Tada, now Gimp needs just two windows (the toolbox and the image pane), and this tiles beautifully.
Gimp could do this for at least five years, and I've never felt the need to float any window in the app. I was amused by all the noise caused by the single-window-gimp screenshots, as that is what my config has always looked like.
I'm not sure if I am the only person in the world aware of this feature, but you can drag the tabs from Gimp's brushes/textures/whatnot third window into the tab bar of the toolbox window. Tada, now Gimp needs just two windows (the toolbox and the image pane), and this tiles beautifully.
Gimp could do this for at least five years, and I've never felt the need to float any window in the app. I was amused by all the noise caused by the single-window-gimp screenshots, as that is what my config has always looked like.
Holy crap! That's great! I'm an idiot for not realizing this before...why isn't that the default? Just have one neatly organized toolbox, instead of cluttering the display with 3 windows..
Last edited by moljac024 (2009-11-18 18:16:57)
The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck, is the day they make a vacuum cleaner.
But if they tell you that I've lost my mind, maybe it's not gone just a little hard to find...
Kernel: Stock arch kernel
No reason to go elsewhere.
WM: Awesome
Not as light as dwm, but still very nice, and very powerful.
DE: None.
Nothing's as light as just a WM
Editor: Vim
Much the same as can be said about awesome as a WM.
File Manager: None.
I just use CLI tools.
Terminal: URxvt
No-nonsense, and a great daemon concept.
Browser: No award.
I use Firefox, but it's not light by any means. No other browser gets the job done for me.
Email: Gmail and alpine
GMail is the nicest mail client I know of, period.
I use alpine for my work mail. It's more focused on a good IMAP experience than mutt is, and less confusing. (The group I work in owns Cyrus IMAP, so I think I care about being happy using it )
Music: mpd with mpc and ncmpcpp
Lots of power, very little system requirements. ncmpcpp's tag editor really shines as well.
Image Viewer: geeqie
Not really my style, but a good product nonetheless
Image Editing: None.
I don't need this.
Pdf Reader: apvlv
All the support of poppler, and a very nice UI.
CD burning: cdrkit and dvd+rw_tools
No need for fancy GUIs here!
Torrents: rtorrent
I understand this app better than transmission, which would be my second choice
Video Player: mplayer (CLI)
Plays everything, no goofy controller widgets to get in my way.
System Monitor: Plain ol' top
Still the best. Simple as.
Archive Manager: CLI tools
No need for GUI frontends.
Office: No award.
Google docs is still quite buggy, and OpenOffice, which I actually use, is quite capable but not light.
Chat: Gmail chat, mcabber
Gmail's chat for my AIM-using friends, mcabber for work use.
CD Ripper: abcde
It doesn't get much lighter than that for Ogg/Vorbis!
Best new LnF App of 2009: I don't think any of my picks are actually new, except maybe apvlv.
Kernel: Custom BFS Kernel.
I like running an optimized and configured kernel, makes a difference if done right.
WM: Xmonad.
I am new to tiling WMs but Xmonad can have my babies.
DE: None.
Not required.
Editor: Vim
I don't need to start a flame war explaining how much I love and depend on my reliable Vim.
File Manager: MC
Bugs aside great filemanager.
Terminal: Terminator, urxvt.
The former because I used to use it to obtain the tiling effect I new get from my WM.
Browser: uxbl/midori
Uzbl is great but it can be a real pain if you are dealing with the main stream dribble that passes as web development these days.
Email: fetchmail.
Nuff said.
Music: mpd + ncmcpp
I think enough people have elaborated on ncmcpp's awesome features.
Image Viewer: feh
Simple, gets the job done.
Image Editing: gimp, imagemagick
Both very good at what they do and Gimp is pretty light in comparison to say Photoshop CS4.
Pdf Reader: xpdf.
Nice and simple.
CD burning: cdrecord.
cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom archlinux.iso
Torrents: Enhanced Ctorrent
Better than rTorrent in my personal opinion. Tiny footprint, reliable and seeds like a champ.
Video Player: mplayer.
The linux media player.
System Monitor: htop, netstat.
Accurate and informative.
Archive Manager: bzip2
It works, it's fast, it's light(ish).
Office: Vim + LaTeX.
Nothing makes docs look more sexy.
Chat: finch/pidgin.
If finch wasn't so horribly broken sometimes I wouldn't need pidgin but alas, it still needs work.
Best new LnF App of 2009: Xmonad. No doubt the best tiler out there.
Just like to mention a few of my favorites:
Image Viewing:
Feh - I love this guy. Super lightweight, yet very powerful. Check out the man pages
Web Browser:
Iron - Chrome without all the Google nasties (If you are the tinfoil hat type, like me)
e17 - Not super stable for me yet, but I still love how pretty and functional it is for how few resources it uses.
System Monitor:
Conky & Htop
Here we go:
Kernel: Stock arch kernel
WM: None
DE: None.
Editor: Nano
File Manager: Bash
Terminal: Terminal
Browser: Links
Email: ssmpt
Music: mplayer
Image Viewer: Feh
Image Editing: Mirage
Pdf Reader: Evince
CD burning: dd
Torrents: rtorrent
Video Player: mplayer
Archive Manager: tar
Office: nano ;D
Chat: finch, irssi
CD Ripper: cdparanoia
My lightweight beats your lightweight.
/me utters words of doubt (no WM, but you apparently use X? I mean mplayer (unless you use aalib) and evince, feh etc...)
"People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both." - Benjamin Franklin
"Enlightenment is man's leaving his self-caused immaturity." - Immanuel Kant
One could use X with only a terminal opened running screen.
In which case your WM would be TWM.
A fully functional gconf-free XFCE desktop:
- kernel: default
- editors: Mousepad (simple), Geany (advanced)
- FM: Thunar + actions for XArchiver (builtin), Catfish search (custom action), Gnome-MPlayer (custom)
- terminal: XFCE4-Terminal
- browser: FireFox/Swiftweasel
- e-mail: Claws
- music: I was using Gnome-MPlayer, but from today I'll use Pragha - simple gtk music manager with last.fm support
- image viewer: Geeqie - GQview follow-up; I'll try today GLiv and Viewnior, too...
- image editor: GIMP
- PDF reader: Evince-GTK (thanks b9anders for the ideas)
- CD/DVD-burning: XFBurn, SimpleBurn
- torrent: Transmission-GTK
- video player: GNOME-MPlayer - simple and fast, no GNOME dependencies, actually
- system monitor: XFCE4-TaskManager
- office: OpenOffice
- IM: Pidgin
I'm content of everything, except FireFox and OpenOffice, which are very heavy, but there's not true alternative for my needs.
A fully functional gconf-free XFCE desktop:
- kernel: default
- editors: Mousepad (simple), Geany (advanced)
- FM: Thunar + actions for XArchiver (builtin), Catfish search (custom action), Gnome-MPlayer (custom)
- terminal: XFCE4-Terminal
- browser: FireFox/Swiftweasel
- e-mail: Claws
- music: I was using Gnome-MPlayer, but from today I'll use Pragha - simple gtk music manager with last.fm support
- image viewer: Geeqie - GQview follow-up; I'll try today GLiv and Viewnior, too...
- image editor: GIMP
- PDF reader: Evince-GTK (thanks b9anders for the ideas)
- CD/DVD-burning: XFBurn, SimpleBurn
- torrent: Transmission-GTK
- video player: GNOME-MPlayer - simple and fast, no GNOME dependencies, actually
- system monitor: XFCE4-TaskManager
- office: OpenOffice
- IM: Pidgin
I'm content of everything, except FireFox and OpenOffice, which are very heavy, but there's not true alternative for my needs.
Thanks for telling me about taskmanager
I created a git package for it if you want to test it out
Kernel: kernel26
WM: xmonad
Works flawlessly with dual monitors and CapsLock as mod
Editor: vim + latex if I need it
Terminal: urxvt
using set -o vi
Browser: firefox
vimperator rules! Ctrl+i to edit text in an external editor (gvim)
Mail: gmail
Music: mpd + ncmpcpp
Image Viewer: feh
Video Player: vlc
System Monitor: htop
Archive Manager: no gui application
PDF: epdfview
Chat: pigdin, irssi
with facebookchat plugin
Calendar: remind + wyrd
Last edited by ScottKidder (2009-12-02 06:16:39)
Best "new" find: ncdu
It is like xdiskusage, but for the terminal. And really fast. Would be nice if it had color, but there are animations instead. It only took me years to find it, because the description is so vague compared to xdiskusage.
Kernel: Stock arch kernel
Only kernel I have used, best kernel I have used compared to many others. Pretty thorough and lightweight.
WM: Openbox
Lightweight, easy, fast, quick, need I say more?
Don't need one, Openbox fullfills all
Editor: Geany
It is not only a development environment, it also edits text files!
Lots of features, very quick speeds.
File Manager: Pcmanfm
Tabbed browsing, Nautilius like searching within each "tab", can mount and unmount as well when configured correctly.
Extremely light, used for LXDE(Lightweight X Desktop Environment).
Terminal: Sakura
Might not be the lightest but it sure is full of feature and speed when it comes to startup time.
Nothing can beat elinks in system resource management. However, I use Firefox with only one extension, the BlackX theme that it has. Adding other extensions would only add to the "beast" that firefox is. Also, in the search box, you can add Archwiki as an option.
Email: Gmail/Yahoo
Using the internet for this, ofcourse their servers will be fast no matter what you throw at em.
Music: Goggles Music Manager
Available via a "pacman -S musicmanager" (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gog … ic_Manager). Extremely fast and no need to mess around with MPD privileges, the mysql lite that it contains processes file lists quickly and startup is almost instant. No need for a splash screen.
Image Viewer: Feh / Gqview
Nothing beats feh, except Gqview when it comes to having features in comparison to speed.
Image Editing: GIMP
It does everything I want to do, even takes screenshots.
Pdf Reader: GV
Only one of the light PDF viewers that loaded the pages the quickest. Might not look pretty, but it's "pretty" fast!
Torrents: Deluge
Somehow p2p is being shaped where I'm so the encryption technology that Deluge provides comes in handy when downloading distros.
Video Player: VLC
My favorite player, does everything I want it to do, no fuss and is pretty fast.
System Monitor: Conky
Customizable, and pretty if you handle your code well. Did I forget to stay that it loads in an instant.
Archive Manager: Extract/Xarchiver
The extract script can be pasted into your .bashrc (look at post-installation tips) and is very handy. Xarchiver is the frontend to those types of terminal commands, very fast as well and easy to use.
Office: Abiword/Gnumeric
A best combination of light independent productivity apps. However, there is no powerpoint equivalent to the two above so openoffice is still a necessity.
Chat: Emesene/Skype
Pidgin would be a far better choice, but I hardly use any of the features that it contains. Emesene allows webcam video as well.
CD Ripper/Burner:Brasero
Feature rich and worth the extra "heavyness".
Last edited by 3]) (2009-12-24 02:53:25)
"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."-- C.A.R. Hoare
90% of the programmes listed here are neither light or fast! Sure they might do a lot, be easy to use, this makes them good to use but not light and fast.
Here another list:
- kernel: default
- editors: Mousepad (simple), Geany (advanced),
- FM: Thunar + actions for XArchiver (builtin),
- terminal: XFCE4-Terminal
- browser: FireFox (yea i agree, it's not "light" hence we should not accept this as light&fast nomination)
- e-mail: Claws
- music: Audacious
- image viewer: Gpicview
- image editor GIMP the best but heavy, hence i nominate: mtpaint
- video player: MPlayer - simple and fast.
- openoffice: good but heavy, i nominate: Gnumeric+Abiword
- in the terminal my file manager: mc and editor: ne
Last edited by henkidefix (2009-12-25 20:06:03)
Kernel: kernel26-zen - It includes the BFS scheduler, which makes some things a bit faster for me.
WM: Openbox and Tint2-svn - Does almost everything I want. I've tried Awesome, but I didn't really like it. Stacking WM's are nicer. ^^ And Tint2 is just awesome.
DE: None - Who needs those?
Editor: Medit (dev) - I'm currently running an old development build of 0.9.5 (latest release is 0.9.4). The latest source from Hg does not build on Linux.
File Manager: Thunar - It's fast and it automounts my USB devices.
Terminal: Sakura and Urxvt - Sakura, because it has tabs. I know there's also a tabbed Urxvt, but it isn't as good as Sakura. I couldn't even close tabs, so I had to code that myself...
Browser: Chromium - It's GUI is way more responsive than Firefox.
Email: Gmail - Just because I can access it everywhere.
Music: Pymp - I mostly listen audio streams. So a "playlist with buttons" is enough.
Image Viewer: Feh and Gpicview - Feh is really fast, but I use Gpicview when I want to view all the images in a folder.
Image Editing: Gimp
Pdf Reader: Epdfview
CD burning: Recoder
Torrents: Transmission
Video Player: Mplayer and VLC - I only use VLC when I can't play something with Mplayer.
System Monitor: Conky
Archive Manager: Squeeze, but mostly 7z, zip/unzip and tar.
Office: Openoffice - Not really lightweight, but I must use it for school.
Chat: Pidgin-mini (+Gfire) and Weechat
CD Ripper: Grip - I don't use it that much.
Here's my list of LnF apps:
Kernel: Stock kernel26
WM: Openbox + obmenugen (for dinamic menu generation) - I really love Openbox and, plus obmenugen, it's the perfect combination to me (I know, what else can I say?)
Panel: bmpanel2 (recently discovered, and I'm pleased)
Wallpaper Setter: Feh
Editor: gEdit
IDE: YaPe
File Manager: Thunar
Terminal: Sakura - It's really fast, and I have personal motivation in using it (I written by myself a little, really tiny, code contribution)
Email: Gmail
Image Viewer: gPicView
Pdf Reader: Evince (I didn't know about evince-gtk, I'll be switching ASAP)
Video Player: Mplayer (CLI) and GNOME-Mplayer
System Monitor: Conky, htop, lxtasks
Archive Manager: Xarchiver and CLI tools (tar, 7z, gzip, bzip2, ...)
Chat: GMail account with http://jwchat.org (I'm behind a lot of proxies)
Desktop Notes: gNotes
Mixer: gMixer
I left some categories empty because the apps I use in it are anything but light: K3B, Openoffice, Firefox, Thunderbird (as RSS reader, really confortable), Rhythmbox, GIMP, Inkscape, Sound Converter, Sound-Juicer, ...
See you
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 GHz | 2x1GB 667MHz | 250+750GB Seageate SATAII | Samsung 19" TFT 1440x900
Openbox + obmenugen + PyTyle | bmpanel2 | oblogout | conky | pyBgSetter (with Esetroot as backend)
Projects: obmenugen, pyBgSetter
Kernel: Stripped down <insert latest kernel here> with -ck patchset
WM: DWM w/ feh and dmenu
Terminal: urxvtd + tmux
Editor: You mean there's other editors besides Vim?
Video: mplayer-svn with lots of disabled features
Music: mpd + ncmpcpp
System Monitoring: htop, conky-cli, and inotail -f on everything.log
Email: Gmail (via Chromium, which is fast, but certainly not light)
File Management: core-utils
Archive Management: Bash aliases are enough for me
I'd love to see someone write an ncurses playlist manager for mplayer.
I'd love to see someone write an ncurses playlist manager for mplayer.
What about mpd with dmenu?
ugh, too much turkey. I meant to include a url in my post above -- http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=677226
I was thinking you might be able to get ideas for using dmenu with mplayer.


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graphic designng post
Budget $250-750 USD
I need a graphic designer for my upcoming social media post... graphic designer must be able to design post like this
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Budget is $750
Total images : 85
Duration: 10 days
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text: Philip K Dickhead writes "Bloomberg is reporting that the World Health Organization discovered a single, surprising characteristic that's emerged among swine flu victims who become severely ill: They are all fat. Infected people with a body mass index greater than 40 suffer respiratory complications that are harder to treat and can be fatal. The virus appears to be on a collision course with the obesity epidemic. WHO officials are gathering statistics to confirm and understand this development. 'It's very likely that if we went back retrospectively and looked at people who did poorly during seasonal flu, what would shake out is that obesity would be one of the risks.' Fat cells secrete chemicals that cause chronic, low-level inflammation that can hamper the body's immune response and narrow the airways, says Tim Armstrong, a doctor working in the WHO's chronic diseases department in Geneva."


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- "Describe, with examples, the ways in which Transforming Spells must be adapted when performing Cross-Species Switches"
- —The fourth year transfiguration homework[src]
Transforming Spells are transfiguration spells of unknown incantation; they are used to perform transformation magic.
Nature and Teaching
Transforming spells seem to be related to changing guinea fowl into guinea pigs, as these spells were the subject of an essay written for homework after a class on that charm[1].
As Professor McGonagall taught her fourth year students in Transfiguration class, Transforming Spells can and must be adapted in some manner in order to perform Cross-Species Switches. This was the subject of an essay they had to write for that night's homework[1].
See also
Behind the scenes
- It is currently unknown whether this refers to a specific set of Transformation spells, or if it refers to any spell that might transform something. If the latter is the case, such spells as the Avifors Spell and the Snufflifors Spell might be considered Transforming Spells.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First mentioned)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 22 (The Unexpected Task)
|Professors: Albus Dumbledore · Minerva McGonagall
|Textbooks: A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration · Intermediate Transfiguration · A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
|Known practitioners: Emeric Switch · Circe · Falco Aesalon · Mirabella Plunkett · Thaddeus Thurkell ·
|Transfiguration spells studied at Hogwarts: Chair to cat · Match to needle · Snail to Teapot · Teacup to Rat · Switching Spell · Transforming Spell · Avifors Spell · Felifors Spell · Mice to Snuffboxes · Beetle Buttons · Rabbit Slippers · Vera Verto · Teapot to tortoise · Draconifors Spell · Lapifors Spell · Vanishing Spell · Owl to opera glasses · Guinea fowl to guinea pig · Hedgehog to pincushion · Porcupine to Pin Cushion · Small Child to Rat · Meddling Man to Monkey · Crinus Muto
|Branches of Transfiguration: Transformation · Vanishment · Conjuration · Untransfiguration


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by Tim Caynes
Do you have a wallet in your pocket? Do you also have a mobile in your pocket? Isn't that really annoying? Don't worry, mobile network providers, device manufacturers and banking corporations are already working together to provide the solution you never knew you needed - the mobile wallet. But what is a mobile wallet and how should it work? What are the customer experiences that a good mobile wallet solution should support? In this session we will talk about a project for a major network provider and what we learned about designing the mobile wallet, including: o Understanding and validating the multi-channel user journeys o Developing an information architecture o Designing and developing wireframes and prototypes for multiple mobile devices o Conducting usability testing with multiple mobile devices o Working with multiple technology platforms and service providers We'll discuss what went well, what went not quite so well and what caused us to throw mobile devices across the office (clue: this happened quite often). Questions answered : What is a mobile wallet? Why would anyone want one? What are the user experience considerations when designing a mobile wallet? How many times can you throw a mobile phone against a wall?
21st May to 1st June 2012


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Aggies Complete Day One At Raleigh Relays
RALEIGH – Sophomore Nakita Gray is slowly making a come back after not having a successful weekend at the 49er Classic. At the Raleigh Relays at Paul Derr Track, Gray was able to jump 5-feet, 8 ¾ inches, placing third overall in the invitational section of the women's high jump.
The men's 1,600 meter spring medley is a relay that requires two 200 meter runs, a 400-meter run while the anchor runs an 800.
The Aggies A-team placed third behind Hampton and Michigan State. The relay consisted of seniors Desmond Lawrence and Darryl Williams and freshmen Dorian Claggett and Josiah Elliott who finished at 3:25.34. The Aggies B-team, senior Jeffery Lewis, freshmen Joshua Peoples and Barry Harris and junior Saeed Jones finished in fifth place at a time of 3:26.50.
Senior Jessica Farr qualified for the women's 100 meters by placing sixth at 11.76.
Freshman Todd Townsend placed fifth in the men's 110-meter hurdles, qualifying him to return to the finals tomorrow. Townsend improved his time to 14.24, after his 14.52 last weekend.
Sophomores Demetria Dickens and Paige McIntosh had a successful day in the women's discus by throwing personal bests. Dickens placed 12th, throwing the discus 143-feet, 11 inches. McIntosh finished 44th at 110-feet, 11 inches.
"A good start to the weekend," said Duane Ross, director of track and field programs. "Todd (Townsend) and Jessica (Farr) will represent us well tomorrow in the finals of their events. We still need some improvement in other areas, specifically the field event areas where we need better discipline and focus. It's good to have quality competitions like this close to home where our families, friends and alums can come support while also allowing us to get a lot of quality preparation in."
The meet is scheduled to continue Saturday morning at 9 a.m., with the men's 10,000 meter run.