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It's 3:45 a.m. and I'm still working for you Canes fans. Just finished uploading all of the postgame audio from a pumped up UM lockerroom following the Canes' big 34-17 blowout of 20th-ranked Texas A&M.
I predicted a Canes victory. But not like this. UM was up 31-0 late before it became garbage time in the fourth quarter. A&M scored a cheap touchdown with five seconds left to make it look closer than it was. Coach Randy Shannon is sure to point out the mistakes -- he's a perfectionist -- when he meets with the media in a little over seven hours inside the Edgerrin James room. But there's a lot for Canes fans to be excited about today. Let's review.
- (I'm going to try and say this with confidence) The Hurricanes have an offense again. For the first time since... since... since... I can't remember... Miami's offense looked good in a big game. UM totaled 402 yards for the second straight game and scored more than 30 points for only the third time in the last 20 games.
- Kyle Wright was 21 of 26 for 275 yards and two touchdowns. He fumbled once, yes. But other than that, he looked nearly flawless and a lot like the No. 1 quarterback in the country Miami thought it was getting when he signed in 2003. Wright has officially staked his claim to the quarterback job -- until he looks like the old Kyle again.
- As for Kirby Freeman, he can play backup the rest of this year, but he might want to start getting involved in the punting competition. Considering the struggles Miami's kickers have had, that might not be a bad idea. It is something Freeman did well in high school, averaging 43.3 yards a punt. When Jacory Harris, and Taylor Cook come in next year and Robert Marve gets healthy, odds are Freeman won't be taken seriously for the starting job when Miami can invest its time and energy into the other three. Besides, Matt Bosher may soon be out of a job. He had one punt for 26 yards. Daryl Strimple had one for 23 yards.
- Miami's defensive front seven is as solid as any in the country when healthy. Antonio Dixon started and showed his value in that rotation at defensive tackle, providing a solid plug alongside Teraz McCray and Dwayne Hendricks. Miami's defense may not be able to stop one of the country's top five teams, but it proved can keep its team in a game against a Top 25 team. A&M had the fifth-best rushing offense in the country coming in. Miami's D held it to 98 yards, the first time it had less than 100 in 22 games. That's saying something. Shoutout to Clint Hurtt by the way for the chest bump with Vegas Franklin. Big Hurtt's got about a 10-inch vertical!
- Here's an official shoutout to UM offensive coordinator Patrick Nix, whose wife is expected to deliver the families' fourth child at any moment. Mrs. Nix was at the game Thursday while her husband was finally looking like the coordinator Randy Shannon raved about. Nix called three direct snaps to running backs. Two ended in touchdowns. He also implemented more playaction passes -- well more because it was more successful than ever.
- Was that a tight end? Yes it was. Nix was knocked for not using his tight ends enough this season. Before Thursday, UM's tight ends had one catch all season. Dedrick Epps had 2 for 20 yards and Chris Zellner had 2 for 14 yards and a touchdown. You got to start small, I guess.
- Welcome back Sam Shields. Virtually invisible through the first three games, Shields showed the type of danger he posses by not only catching a deep ball, but turning that wide receiver screen up field for a big gain. Shields said the right things in the lockerroom afterward, not complaining about having only one catch coming in.
- Darnell Jenkins is becoming the go-to man on third down. The fifth-year senior has proven to be the only UM receiver not afraid to go over the middle and take a lick. He's also turning out to be Kyle Wright's favorite target. I asked Kyle about it in the lockerroom (CHECK OUT WHAT HE SAID IN OUR AUDIO SECTION). Lance Leggett made another nice catch down field. But its apparent, he's scared of getting hit and Jenkins and Shields are the go to players when the team needs a play.
- Graig Cooper looked super, including his 30-yard run and 12-yard touchdown pass in which he bowled over an A&M defender on his way to paydirt. But Coop needs to hold onto the ball. He fumbled twice Thursday. I would be surprised to see him walking around campus with a football tucked under his arm. (By the way, does the fact Shawnbrey McNeal took seven carries mean Derron Thomas has officially been passed up on the depth chart?)
- How about Willie Cooper? The Canes were supposed to get hampered when it lost Lovon Ponder two weeks ago. But Cooper, known more for getting shot in the butt and one late-game INT against Duke, finished second on the team in tackles with five. He also had a tackle for loss and two forced fumbles, one which led to Graig Cooper's 12-yard touchdown catch which basically put the game away. Randy Phillips didn't have a bad game either at safety. He finished with 5 tackles too.
- After the game, I bumped into four players from the No. 1-ranked high school team in the country, Northwestern's Jacory Harris, Sean Spence, Marcus Forston and Tommy Streeter. Streeter, the only non-UM commitment, got an earful from the crowd near the West End Zone, who were hooting and hollering for him to commit to the Canes. His buddies left him alone to soak it all in, including questions from TV cameras. Streeter, a 6-5, 200-pound receiver who had three touchdowns in Northwestern's big win against Southlake Carroll, told me he's not ready to commit yet. Can't blame him. As Forston, Spence and Harris told me (check out their audio) it doesn't hurt to be the last man standing when you make your commitment. You get lots of attention. Streeter got it first hand as fans were chanting Tommy! Tommy! in unison as the Canes were walking off the field. He also got a love pat from receivers coach Marquis Mosely who posed the question: "You ready yet?" Streeter isn't. But it might be only a matter of time.
Those are my initial thoughts, notes. What did I miss? What did you see? How do you feel after arguably the biggest win in the OB since... since... since... (you fill in the blank). What else does Miami have to do to improve? Did the Canes build enough excitement in you to make you a believer again? Should the Canes be ranked after this win? Can they run the table and win the ACC? How much heavier is the UM bandwagon going to be this morning? Are you willing to accept those bandwagoners?
I'm out. Holler back with your thoughts.
PS - Came back to add this YouTube Highlight Reel from the game in case you missed it.


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1. Viewing attachment from a View formMisi Mladoniczky Mar 29, 2012 2:26 AM (in response to Karthick Krishnan)
The data is compressed within the BLOB, and the compression method is not a public thing.
In theory, you should be able to read the BLOB into an ARFieldStruct from the BxxxCyyyyy table, and set the Original/Compressed sizes and file name from the Bxxx table.
Try creating a filter plugin that populates a display-only attachment field for you with these values. I have not tested this, but hopefully the API will know that when the buffer has the same size as the compressed size, it needs to be uncompressed...
Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://rrr.se
2. Viewing attachment from a View formKarthick Krishnan Mar 29, 2012 3:52 PM (in response to Misi Mladoniczky)
Hi Misi,
Thanks for the information.
Since i have the attachment table in a different database other than the arsystem database, I tried to read the attachment data from the DB using a java program(without using remedy api). But, as you mentioned its showing some encrypted data.
Is there any way to decrypt/uncompress the same using remedy api?
If so, what is the method and the structure to hold the same.
3. Viewing attachment from a View formMisi Mladoniczky Mar 30, 2012 1:30 AM (in response to Karthick Krishnan)1 of 1 people found this helpful
That was what I suggested originally.
1. Call the filter plugin
2. The filter plugins retrieves the data from your external source
3. The filter plugin assigns the retrieved data to an attachment field
BLOB -> Buf
OrigSize -> OrigSize
CompSize -> CompSize
Name -> Name
4. The filter plugin returns the attachment field
I have not looked at the Java API, but presumably the same kind of attributes are available there...
I am suggesting a filter plugin, as these are easier to program than ARDBC plugins, but that might be an option. You must run something that has access to the API.
Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://rrr.se
4. Viewing attachment from a View formKarthick Krishnan Apr 2, 2012 6:02 AM (in response to Misi Mladoniczky)
I have tried the following using a simple java api program.
1. Read the data from the database BxxxCyyyyy table and assign it to AttachmentValue
- AttachmentValue av1=new AttachmentValue(rs.getBytes(2));
2. Put it on the Entry e1, and save the request
- e1.put(536870914,new Value(av1));
- asu.createEntry("kkArcAttRetreive", e1);
I am getting the below error
ERROR (102): Message not in catalog; Message number = 102
Any idea on this error and how to proceed with this?
5. Viewing attachment from a View formMisi Mladoniczky Apr 2, 2012 7:18 AM (in response to Karthick Krishnan)
I am no expert on the Java API, but that will definitely not work.
You need to be able to directly access the following which you CAN set in the C-API:
- Buffer (the data from the BLOB)
- Name (of the attachment from the BXXX table)
- OrigSize (from BXXX table)
- CompressedSize (from BXXX table)
It is not 100% sure it will work anyway, but in the normal client C-API I think that this would be taken care of. I am assuming that the same will be true if you assign a compressed buffer in the filter API if you also supply the OrigSize and CompressedSize parameters. Or maybe it should work without the Size-attributes if those values are somhow stored within the header of the compressed BLOB...
Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://rrr.se
6. Re: Viewing attachment from a View formSteve Ghost Aug 6, 2014 12:06 PM (in response to Karthick Krishnan)
as a note, its possible to deduce the compression algorithm they used (its not all that complicated...)..
Here is a java class to decode it...
[Java] Remedy Attachment Converter - Pastebin.com
Also attached is a simple program to convert a blob(saved) file and move it to a an uncompressed file..(i.e very basic..more proof of concept then anything else..)

subset: commoncrawl


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Fast, easy summary view of NICE guidance on 'self harm'
Self-harm: The short-term physical and psychological management and secondary prevention of self-harm in primary and secondary care
Clinical guidelines, CG16 – Issued: July 2004
In November 2011 the following recommendations were replaced with recommendations from Self-harm: longer-term management (NICE clinical guideline CG133): recommendations 18.104.22.168 and 126.96.36.199 on assessment of risk, 188.8.131.52 on special issues for children and young people, and 22.214.171.124 on psychological, psychosocial and pharmacological interventions.
Recommendation 184.108.40.206 on psychological, psychosocial and pharmacological interventions has been withdrawn.
The NICE clinical guideline on self-harm covers:
- the care people who harm themselves can expect to receive from healthcare professionals in hospital and out of hospital
- the information they can expect to receive
- what they can expect from treatment
- what kinds of services best help people who harm themselves
The guideline does not attempt to explain self-harm or describe the treatment in detail.


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It's trivial to block this -- just add a batch file nofb.bat that replaces your host file with the one that has facebook redirected to 127.0.0.1. If you use fb and wish to actually go there, you can have another bat file, gofb.bat which changes host file back to the one with facebook entry commented out (the bat file may call a little executable that flushes local DNS cache on your machine by resolving the affected domain name). In general case, if you wish to do this selectively for n tracking sites, with n>1, you will need one bat file that blocks all of them and one for each site that has just one site site unblocked, hence you need n+1 bat files. Also, going to any of the tracking sites to use their services will also cost you an extra click for in and out.
Note that google, digg and many others are doing the same kind of tracking, whether you subscribe to their site or not. You get ID on their servers attached to your cookies, tracking your visits anywhere where their bug is placed. That way they can sell to some site A which you are visiting now the fact that you have also visited sites B, C, D,
Simpler way:
Block www.facebook.com and facebook.com (which serve the offsite like buttons and such).
Allow m.facebook.com (which doesn't serve like buttons or any scripts).
The result is an ad-free light-weight facebook page without app spam in the feeds, faster page loads off-site, and no Flash cookies or other persistence, without batch file hackage.
It's trivial to block this --
I'll give you $100 if you can somehow explain this process to my barely-computer-literate-but-facebook-loving relatives.
Yep. I've been aware of this long before Facebook even added that feature. After all, this is the reason that most email programs/sites don't display images by default because spammers use it to verify/track email addresses.
The stupid thing is that the websites just give Facebook the free space without getting anything in return. FaceBook has a free ad on every single page that sites display the Like button on, and all the site gets is the chance that the user will add it to their list of liked things, and
I'm tired of Facebook, but there really is no good alternative.
There is being social in person...but that's a little strange for us I admit
The stupid thing is that the websites just give Facebook the free space without getting anything in return. FaceBook has a free ad on every single page that sites display the Like button on, and all the site gets is the chance that the user will add it to their list of liked things, and maybe--if the stars align--their addition will be reflected in someone else's feed and make it go viral.
This is mutual advertising. I understand why sites add the like and share this buttons.
I know people see the stuff I mark liked because I have lost "friends" over it
Yeah, that's what I use it for: advertising. Not to make money from it, either, but rather just to get the word out.
If someone is not a Facebook member I wonder exactly what they're so worried about, though. As mentioned, Google and DoubleClick and other analytic services do the same thing with your anonymized data, and in return you get statistics about the people visiting your site. That's what companies who base their revenues on advertising do. They all want to track you and aggregate your data so they
Meh, facebook is just connective tissue; grey matter. I don't really use it all that differently from twitter... actually most of my FB posts come from twitter.
The real content gets posted to Slashdot, LiveJournal, Blogspot, Flickr, Picasa, Youtube, etc., sometimes even Buzz. Twitter / FB are just open / closed syndication engines for that content, sort of like a consolidated form of RSS with some extra integration features.
Relevant to the actual subject, StumbleUpon has always provided a much better "Like" button... since it includes a "don't like" button and actually does something useful with the information you provide by giving you more random links that you would probably like based on what you have in common with the other people who liked that link.
Strangely, I have no desire to share this StumbleUpon "like" information with the rest of my IRL friends on FB / twitter, partly because our pr0n tastes can be quite different, but in general I just don't care to share links as a feed. If there's an article someone should read, I send them a directed email. If I find something funny, I might go so far as to post it to our IRC channel.
Come to think of it, I think FB / Twitter might just be some sort of gap filler for people who don't lurk on IRC.
I'm tired of Facebook, but there really is no good alternative.
I'm tired of Facebook because it needs no alternatives. Narcissists may need an outlet but they always have, but I dont need to be part of their constant need for attention. The one thing I thank Facebook for, is teaching me that my 'friends' have boring lives, and they have as little real interest in my life as I do in theirs. I find myself encouraged to go DO things that are worth posting, and having DONE something really worthwhile the reward has nothing to do with posting it on Facebook.
Exactly. Can we get a !news tag on this?
I'm not a doctoral candidate, and I could have told you that.
Facebook's primary objective is data collection and selling it to marketers. It's kind of what they do.
...or in the bleeding obvious that has already been told to everyone that didn't work it out.
Not so different from Google...
If you even have a facebook session going - and the controls for a "Like this" button are on the page, I wouldn't be surprised if that information gets stored.
"Hey you're logged in! Hey this control knows you're logged in, so it'll work instead of redirecting you to login. Hey, why don't we just send information back to facebook that you visitted this page, even if you didn't hit the like button!"
Would this shock anyone? I haven't proven it but its not far off nor technically impossible. In fact it's pretty
Facebook's 'Like This' Button Is Tracking You
I now feel I have the courage to speak out about what happened one month ago.
I was walking home from a late night shift and noticed a glassy aero blue vehicle drive by me slowly. I couldn't see inside through the blue glass reflection but the vehicle moved at an ominous pace. I quickened my pace and made hast for my house now only five blocks away. I broke into a run at four blocks, I was so close to home and safety. But I heard the squeal of tires on pavement behind me and my pulse spiked. I covered the next two blocks as fast as the wind but the blue vehicle was faster. It pulled up onto my lawn in front of me and the doors opened as I ran by it. I didn't look, I couldn't look at them but I heard pixelated fingers running through the grass as I scrambled to find the key to open my front door.
I opened the door and turned around to slam it shut but there was a blocky thumb that caused it to bounce back. My wife came in to see what the commotion was about and screamed as the first hand with its blue cuff and erect them grabbed my ankle and tripped me. "Get the children to the panic room" I screamed. And in ten seconds my family was safe but I still grappled with the blue shaded hand holding me down mercilessly as three more hands with blue cuffs came in through the open door. Another held down my other ankle as the third raised his cuff to expose his fully erect thumb. The fourth pulled my pants down and I screamed in agony as I was viciously sodomized in my own living room while my family watched from the panic room camera. For hours it went on while the fourth Facebook 'Like' hand sat their smoking a cigar, laughing and rubbing his thumb and forefinger together when I asked why they were doing this to me. Why? Again, they rubbed their thumbs together with their fingers signifying money.
The police said I was powerless, I had given up my right when I had clicked through the Terms of Service to join Facebook. Zuckface could do whatever he wanted to do to me and I was powerless. The policemen told me to go back to my Farmville and watch my crops and just be happy the 'like' hands had left me alive, at least the Zuck had shown some mercy. Then they excused themselves and cautiously walked out to their squad car, hands ready on their sidearms, alert for any remaining 'like' hands.
It happened to me and it could happen to you.
Funny? Troll?
Head explodes
Thanks for the story. Now I won't be able to sleep tonight.
Thanks for the story. Now I won't be able to sleep tonight.
There, there, fellow victim, I have a method to help you with this problem. Lay on your bed, look at your hand, now back to me, now back at your hand, now back to me. Sadly, your hand cannot stop the 'Like This' button, but if you stopped using Facebook and switched to Diaspora, you could avoid the blue terror like me. Look down, back up, where are you? You're on a cloud with only about five hundred other users. What's in your hand, back at me. I have it, it's your mouse connected to your computer where you just need to enter your password one final time to leave Facebook. Look again, the mouse is now diamonds. Anything is possible when you're not promoting Facebook. I'm on a butterfly.
This post is exactly why Slashdot needs to implement a Like button for comments.
The police said I was powerless, I had given up my right when I had clicked through the Terms of Service to join Facebook.
The like hands are chasing me too. But I have not joined facebook, and I have not clicked through their terms of service.
And that is why we like Add Block Plus. Not only does it protect some of your privacy, it also speeds up your page loading.
And that is why we like Add Block Plus. Not only does it protect some of your privacy, it also speeds up your page loading.
Unfortunately it makes your CPU slower, because it has to translate all the blocked ADD instructions into a NEG SUB pair.
Even easier, I just keep Facebook sandboxed in a totally separate browser that never visits any other website. This browser is also equipped with adblocking, script blocking and so on.
They can't track you if you don't go anywhere. I also never click on links in facebook posts or on the facebook page - I copy and paste them into a text file and strip off any added facebook nonsense to get to the actual URL.
Except the article is about facebook tracking everyone on sites other than facebook, such as when you go to some stores website and they have a 'Like It' button for all their products
But don't bother reading the article or even the summary or anything.
I have an adblocker that keeps that crap off the page in my primary browser - I don't see those facebook "like" boxes.
Since the "clean" browser also has no idea about my facebook information, any tracking they are doing is totally unconnected to me.
That isn't going to help you. If you had read TFA you would know that this is about the Facebook Connect 'Like' buttons that have been showing up on many of the popular websites and how it tracks you behaviour even if you aren't signed up with Facebook. Essentially Facebook has become another cross-site marketing tracker which given their abysmal outlook on privacy shouldn't be a surprise but is still worth noting because of their prevalence.
+1. Best place to keep FB is on its own Web browser separated from everything else using SandboxIE or a VM. Then on the other Web browsers used for general browsing, have their cookies auto-blocked. If you want to "like" something on FB, cut and paste the link into the FB browser.
Just Ghostery gets rid of 390 trackers for me.
This is why I use plugins like Defacer [babelstudios.se], which hides the iframes for Facebook and (coming soon) the other Share buttons.
There's also a filter subscription for Adblock Plus to block social annoyances: Fanboy Annoyances List [makeuseof.com] (I found it thanks to this article [makeuseof.com]).
Defacer is great, and it automatically removes (part of the) button clutter. For some added Google protection, there's also this: http://www.orbicule.com/incognito/ [orbicule.com]
I'm not sure if Top Sites in Safari load all scripts, but at the very least it loads images, which are also used for tracking, therefore Defacer is probably not enough.
How about writing a browser extention that, in the background, visits all known sites that have the 'like' button (intelligently upgraded? That way, they won't know which sites you visited legitimately, thus the data they collect on you is worthless?
every time you shower you're in danger of getting wet, and supporting socialist water works
every time you shower you're in danger of getting wet, and supporting socialist water works
This is about getting splashed from outside of the shower.
I've been noticing this some weeks ago when, on cnn.com, a widget informed what my friends like.
I basically developed the habit of logging out of FB every time, it's not that hard.
As for the Adblock/Noscript solution, I refuse to use it. I wore the hat of a webmaster and I know how important advertising is.
I honestly doubt that this is how it works. When I'm not logged in, that data does not appear. Also for the sake of clarity I must bring to light the fact that I have several FB accounts. This might screw their profiling (the profiles have wildly divergent interests and behaviors).
Again, this is only my personal account, so take it with a grain of salt.
As for the Adblock/Noscript solution, I refuse to use it. I wore the hat of a webmaster and I know how important advertising is.
How important it is to sites that depend on polluting your mind, you mean.
I'm not going to argue with you on this topic. It is a personal choice, which I made based on my personal experience. You are free to have your own opinion, just don't judge others who choose to think otherwise.
You are free to have your own opinion, just don't judge others who choose to think otherwise.
That is a load of dingo's kidneys. The brain is one big meat-based discrimination machine. It lets you make yes/no decisions in an analog world. You felt free to share your opinion, and have clearly already made your own related judgments, but you don't want to hear anyone else's. You do not have the right to not be offended.
As for the Adblock/Noscript solution, I refuse to use it. I wore the hat of a webmaster and I know how important advertising is.
Well, I wasn't going to click on the ads anyway, so I'm sure as hell not going to use my bandwidth to view them. Just because you signed a contract with someone who sells ads, doesn't mean you signed one with me -- I don't ow any advertiser my time, my eyeballs, or my bandwidth.
If your site folds because I didn't allow ads, well, your site would have folded anyway, and someone els
Ok, I'll bite. How do you know that you won't click the ads, if you don't even visualize them?
As for the "owing" part, you have no argument from me, I only see it as a gesture of politeness
I don't use adblock because I use some basic settings (no flash, block unrequested popups, block images from certain servers) that filter the real crap well enough most of the time. But that's not the point:
I don't mind well-targeted ads *that don't slow things down*, but we hardly ever see those anymore. I was astonished the other day when I was at some tech site and was served simple, fast-loading ads directly relevant to the site topic itself -- and I'm like, hey, get a load of these ads that I *don't* w
I put put 127.0.0.1 in my hosts file for facebook after my gf dumped me and I noticed almost every website calls the facebook like.ph url when you click on a link. Very annoying when trying to navigate with the back button
Add this to your Adblock Plus filter:
What like button?
You can still use facebook, but they're blocked from any page that isn't facebook.com.
Roosendaal says that Facebook's tentacles
Anyone else read that as Facebooks testicles.
I call them my four horsemen of the adpocalypse:
Adblock Plus [mozilla.org]
NoScript [mozilla.org]
RequestPolicy [mozilla.org]
RefControl [mozilla.org]
Other than my Facebook-specific Firefox profile, it's as if Facebook doesn't exist.
Since TFA was rather short on details, I get the impression that blocking/disabling third party cookies solves this, since the cookie is from facebook and I'm looking at $SITEXYZ.
Thufir's a Harkonnen now.


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My 1995 Ford Thunderbird LX, equipped with a 4.6L OHC "Modular" V8 engine, rear-wheel drive and a healthy dose of torque built on the MN12 platform.
I have owned "Lightning" for about 2 years now as both my main project car and previously as my daily driver.
Even with some of the issues she had due on one part to poor previous ownership and on another to the harsh climate here. I really love this car for a lot of reasons and I find it impossible to let it go.
I just recently got her off the road to begin the resurrection project after I found another daily driver (1999 Ford Escort SE). One of the biggest parts of this challenge is not working on her though, it is actually demolishing the old garage and building a proper one in it's place, so that I can actually work on the project properly and safely.
I will post the to-do list of everything I am doing to Lightning on here eventually.
To-Do List For 2011-2013:
Everything, seriously..
This is my first car. I have drifted thousands of miles in this car i have gotten tons of tickets in this car even won some races but manly just drifting, but one thing i can say is it is awesome to drive Pontiac's it creates excitement.
- MN12 Platform
- 4.6L OHC "Modular" V8 (281ci.)
- 205 hp @ 4,500rpm, 265 lb·ft @ 3,200rpm
- 4R70W 4-Speed A/T + O/D
- 2-Door Coupe
- 200.3" - Length
- 72.7" - Width
- 52.5" - Height
- 113" - Wheelbase
- 3,725lb Curb Weight
Mileage: 132,000 km's
260 Horsepower
280 lb/ftTorque
0-60 - 6.3 Seconds
1/4 mile - 15.5 Seconds
Top Speed 160
- Fuel Economy - I averaged about 28 mpg with the original
- Power Everything
- Independent Rear Suspension
- Variable Assist Power Steering
- Leather Interior
- 6-Way Power Driver Seat
- 2-Way Power Passenger Seat
- AM/FM Radio
- CD Player (Original Ford)
- Illuminated Keyless Entry
- Remote Starter
- Rear Window Defroster
- Moonroof / Sunroof
- Cup Holders
Grand Prix Competition Group (Comp-G) included:
Supercharged 3800 V-6
TAPshift 4-speed overdrive automatic transmission but now it's a manual
StabiliTrak stability and yaw control
MagnaSteer II Variable Ratio Power Steering
4-Wheel Antilock Disc Brakes
Monitor for all systems gas, tire pressure, oil, coolant, engine etc..
Driving Lights
Air Conditioning
Power Windows, Door Locks, and Seats
ADVANCED SECIRITY SYSTM,??AM/FM/XM Satellite/CD Stereo Heated Front Seats, REAR SUBS
"NIGHT RIDER" has no photo albums.
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Durban Open changes schedule in honour of Nelson Mandela
Durban, South Africa, December 10, 2013 – The schedule of the FIVB Beach Volleyball Durban Open has changed following the announcement that South Africa's national hero Nelson Mandela will be laid to rest on Sunday, December 15.
The semifinals and finals, originally scheduled for Sunday, December 15, will now be played on Saturday evening, with the promoter and the city of Durban ensuring an adequate light system for the evening matches.
"As a mark of respect and recognition of the incredible impact that Nelson Mandela has made in the transformation of the South African political, economic and social landscapes we have decided to dedicate this FIVB Open to Mandela," said Sunil Geness, promoter of the Durban Open.
"As such, a decision has been taken to compress the tournament in order for everybody to pay respects to this great man on the day of his funeral, Sunday December 15. We would like to thank the FIVB and the international players for their compassion, respect and understanding of the situation."
The FIVB double gender Durban Open starts on Wednesday, December 11 with the qualification tournament for the men and women, while the main draw pool play will start on Thursday.
This is the second time the city of Durban will host a FIVB beach volleyball event, following the men's only tournament in 1996. In total it is the fifth FIVB event in South Africa. Cape Town hosted two men's only tournaments in 1995 and 2004 and a double gender event in 2005.
Durban is the third largest city in South Africa after Johannesburg and Cape Town. With a population of almost 3.5 million it is also the largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal and is located on the east coast of the African continent.
Nelson Mandela, South Africa's anti-apartheid icon and the country's first democratically elected president, died last Thursday at the age of 95. He will have a state funeral and will be buried in Qunu, his childhood village, about 460 kilometres to the south of Durban.
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The Browns are showing interest in free agent wide receiver DeSean Jackson, according a report that might turn out to be an inadvertent April Fools' joke.
Jackson, released by the Philadelphia Eagles on March 28, visited the Washington Redskins for three hours on April 1 but left without signing a contract, according to ProFootballTalk.com.
Also on April 1, NBC Washington reported the Browns and San Francisco 49ers are contenders for Jackson, who last year caught 82 passes for 1,322 yards and nine touchdowns. All are career highs.
The NBC affiliate did not attribute its report to any source in Cleveland or San Francisco, not even the mysterious "anonymous source," who is everywhere in the NFL at this time of year. It is possible Jackson's agent planted the story to squeeze more money out of the Redskins.
So why would Eagles coach Chip Kelly cut a dynamic receiver such as Jackson, 27 years old, from his high-powered offense? According to a story last week in NJ.com there were several reasons — alleged ties to a Los Angeles gang, which has been involved in two homicides since 2010 plus "a bad attitude, inconsistent work ethic, missed meetings and a lack of chemistry with head coach Chip Kelly," according to the story.
Jackson on March 26 issued a statement denying any gang involvement:
"I would like to address the misleading and unfounded reports that my release has anything to do with any affiliation that has been speculated surrounding the company I keep off of the field. I would like to make it very clear that I am not and never have been part of any gang. I am not a gang member and to speculate and assume that I am involved in such activity off the field is reckless and irresponsible.
"I work very hard on and off the field and I am a good person with good values. I am proud of the accomplishments that I have made both on and off the field. I have worked tirelessly to give back to my community and have a positive impact on those in need. It is unfortunate that I now have to defend myself and my intentions. These reports are irresponsible and just not true. I look forward to working hard for my new team. God Bless."
The Browns are looking for a wide receiver to complement Josh Gordon, who last year led the NFL with 1,646 receiving yards. They used free agency to sign Andrew Hawkins, who in 2012 caught 51 passes for the Bengals.
The Browns have 10 draft picks and are expected to use at least one on a wide receiver if they do not sign one in free agency.
Jackson caught 356 passes for 6,117 yards and 32 touchdowns over six seasons with the Eagles.


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McGowan made her first appearance in a Hollywood film with a bit role in the 1992 Pauly Shore comedy Encino Man. Her role in the 1995 black comedy, The Doom Generation, brought her to the attention of film critics, and she received a nomination for "Best Debut Performance" at the 1996 Independent Spirit Awards. McGowan was subsequently cast as Tatum Riley, the best friend of Neve Campbell's character Sidney, in the 1996 hit horror film Scream. McGowan spent the majority of the 1990s appearing in a variety of independent films, including roles in Southie, Going All the Way and Lewis & Clark & George. She appeared in the critically-acclaimed short Seed, directed by San Francisco-born filmmaker Karin Thayer, in 1997, and played opposite Peter O'Toole in the 1998 film adaptation of the Dean Koontz novel Phantoms. Notably, McGowan also starred in the 1999 comedy/drama Jawbreaker, where she played a high school student who tries to cover up a classmate's murder. That role earned McGowan a nomination for Best Villain at the 1999 MTV Movie Awards. In 2001, McGowan was cast as Paige Matthews in the popular WB television series Charmed, as a replacement lead actress after Shannen Doherty's dismissal from the show. She was offered to be a producer after the seventh season, but turned it down.[5] The series ended its run on May 21, 2006. [6] In May 2005, McGowan portrayed actress/singer Ann-Margret in Elvis, a Golden Globe-winning CBS mini-series about the life of Elvis Presley. That same year, she lent her voice to the video game Darkwatch as a femme fatale named Tala. The game was published by Capcom for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. In 2006, McGowan had a brief role in Brian De Palma's Academy Award-nominated film The Black Dahlia. The following year, she starred in the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez double-feature Grindhouse, released on April 6, 2007. Cast in utterly divergent roles, McGowan appears in both portions of the film, as dark brunette, go-go dancing Cherry in Planet Terror, and as blonde, girlish Pam in Death Proof. McGowan attended the 60th Annual Cannes Film Festival to promote Death Proof along with Robert Rodriguez, Rosario Dawson, Tracie Thoms, Zoe Bell, and Quentin Tarantino. [7] According to Variety, McGowan has signed on to play the tragic B-movie staple Susan Cabot in the upcoming film Black Oasis. Director Stephan Elliott (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) has penned and will direct the film based on a Premiere magazine article by John H. Richardson. Shooting will begin fall 2007.[8] During a press junket to promote Grindhouse, when asked whether rumors were true that McGowan would appear in the upcoming Sin City 2, a smile was the only reply. Although recent reports claim McGowan would be cast in Robert Rodriguez's upcoming Barbarella remake, no official confirmation has been reported.


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2nd time attempting this bread. Still cooling, so I haven't cut it open yet to see how the crumb is. From Advanced Bread and Pastry by Michael Suas.
8% flour prefermented. (By my math it was actually 8.6%, out of 500 g total flour I used, to get 100 g levain (20%) I needed 41 g flour and 2 g rye flour at these percentages.)
Levain Formula
Flour 95%
Rye Flour 5%
Water 50%
Starter (stiff) 80%
Stiff starter is 50% hydration in this book. Ferment 8 hours @ 65-70 F.
Final Dough
Flour 100%
Water 63%
Honey 18%
Vanilla Extract 1%
Cocoa Powder 6%
Instant yeast 0.4% (The recipe calls for 0.3% osmotolerant instant yeast, I used regular instant yeast at this amount.)
Salt 2.3%
Levain 20%
Chocolate Chips 20%
Mix to medium consistency. Add chocolate chips at the end of mixing until just incorporated. (He doesn't use an autolyse, but I think I will try one next time.)
Bulk fermentation: 2 hours
Preshape: light ball
Bench rest: 20-30 minutes
Shape: boule or batard
Final Proof: 2 1/2 - 3 hours
Score as desired
Bake with steam, 400 F 35-40 min for 1 lb loaves. Mine is larger than that, 500 g total flour not including what's in the stiff starter, and it took about 50 min to finish. I used a dutch oven for baking, 20 minutes covered, 30 minutes uncovered.
The first time I made it, I actually had to go out while it was proofing and came home an hour late, 4 hours proofing total. I was sure it would be overproofed, but it actually worked fine. I also bulk fermented that one 3 hours. This one was with 2 hours bulk and 3 hours final proof, and I wonder if I couldn't have gone longer. My dough was hovering around 74-75 F this time, didn't check the temp last time.


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Blanks, Venable, Alonso homer in Padres' 13-4 win
By BERNIE WILSONAP Sports Writer
Andrew Cashner pitched 6 2-3 strong innings and Kyle Blanks and Will Venable homered off Dan Haren to lead the Padres to a 13-4 victory Sunday and a split of their four-game series.
"It's huge. They have probably one of the best rotations in baseball, let alone lineups," Cashner said. `'That's a really, really good team over there. After we lost the first two we definitely played better the last two games."
After Eric Stults outpitched Jordan Zimmermann on Saturday night, the Padres got to Haren early on Sunday. The Padres tied their season high in runs and their 15 hits against four Nationals pitchers were two short of their season high.
"It was good to bounce back in beating Zimmermann, who is arguably the best pitcher in the National League right now. That was a big win last night," San Diego manager Bud Black said.
"Then to come back today against Haren, who's a great competitor. We got to him early and got him there in the middle part of the game with a couple big swings. Good for our guys. It was a good win."
San Diego's Yonder Alonso homered off Drew Storen leading off the eighth to finish 3 for 4 with two RBIs and three runs scored. It was his sixth homer.
Everth Cabrera and rookie Jedd Gyorko each had two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored. Cabrera had three stolen bases to give him a major league-leading 18.
"We're swinging really good right now and we're seeing the ball so good right now," Cabrera said. "It feels great. I'm happy."
Cashner (3-2) allowed three runs and seven hits, struck out six and walked one.
He retired the first seven Nationals batters and the Padres jumped on Haren for three runs in the first.
"Cash carried that momentum all the way through the game," Black said. "I thought he did a nice job with the fastball-change combination. He wobbled very little. I thought he was in control of the game and pitched very well."
The Nationals have lost six of nine.
Haren (4-5) got off to a rough start by allowing three runs in the first inning and was gone after the fourth-run fifth. Haren allowed nine hits while striking out five and walking two.
With the Padres leading 3-2, Venable opened the fifth with a shot deep into the stands in right field, his sixth. Haren retired the next two batters before Alonso doubled to left-center and scored on Gyorko's single to left.
Blanks then lined Haren's next pitch an estimated 383 feet off the side of the Western Metal Supply Co. brick warehouse in the left-field corner for a 7-2 lead. It was his third.
"Way too many mistakes," Haren said. "I didn't feel good out there. I didn't have much. I made a bunch of mistakes in the first inning. I kept it close for a while but you can't keep leaving balls out over the plate to a professional lineup. I kept fighting myself. I was working behind in the count too much, which is a recipe for disaster."
The Padres scored three runs against Haren in the first on three hits and a walk. Carlos Quentin and Gyorko had RBI doubles and Alonso a sacrifice fly.
The Nationals pulled to 3-2 in the fourth on Ryan Zimmerman's two-run homer that went an estimated 414 feet into the second deck in left, his third. Steve Lombardozzi was aboard on a leadoff infield single after his hard smash went off Cashner's glove. Cashner was knocked backward by the impact. He stayed in the game.
The Padres scored five runs on four hits, two walks and a sacrifice fly off Ryan Mattheus in the seventh. Cabrera had a two-run single.
"Very disappointing," Washington manager Davey Johnson said. "I hate to even talk about that one today. We didn't pitch very well. We got back in the ballgame but Haren obviously didn't have his stuff. The bullpen didn't do it. Tough day."
NOTES: The Padres had a season-high five stolen bases. ... Washington's Adam LaRoche hit an RBI single in the seventh to extend his career-best hitting streak to 16 games. ... Nationals OF Bryce Harper sat out a second straight game with a bruised left knee from his collision with the right-field wall at Dodger Stadium last Monday night. .... Haren's poor start ended a string of nine consecutive games in which Washington starters allowed two or fewer earned runs. ... The Nationals open a three-game series at San Francisco on Monday night. LHP Zach Duke (0-0, 8.40) is scheduled to start against RHP Ryan Vogelsong (1-4, 8.06). Duke is slated to make his first start since July 10, 2011, at St. Louis. ... The Padres continue their homestand with a three-game series against St. Louis that starts Monday night. The Cardinals are scheduled to start RHP Shelby Miller (5-2, 1.40) vs. RHP Jason Marquis (5-2, 3.49).


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Mike is a familiar face at FEGA shows and has enjoyed a reputation of being a top flight hand engraver and teacher for many years. Collectors love his award winning work, and one of his hallmarks is true professionalism in every respect. Mike has set many students on the path to hand engraving and has selflessly shared his time and talents as president of FEGA. Be sure to check out his website at FirearmsEngraving.com for more photos of his beautiful engraving.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Mike Dubber!
Q. Whats your name? Michael Dubber
Q. Where are you from? Evansville, Indiana
Q. How long have you been engraving? 44 years, more or less.
Q. What made you become and engraver? I was in my first year of teaching, 1966 fine arts, at the secondary level in Evansville. IN. Two other teachers, both Industrial Arts teachers, urged me to try engraving. They had been in the system only a few years and each had an interest in firearms. One was doing stock work checkering and finish work the other was doing metal work bluing, scope mounting, etc. they thought that since I was an art major, that I might have an interest in engraving. I was hooked immediately, and I still am.
Q. Are you a professional engraver? Yes, although Ive had various careers over my lifetime, I have always been an engraver at heart. After teaching school for ten years I changed to the jewelry industry where I learned more about engraving things other than firearms. I left the jewelry store in 2008, but during my years there I spent most of my time at the engraving bench. Since then I have been entirely engaged in firearms engraving.
Q. How did you learn engraving? It was difficult in the beginning to find any material or other source for learning the art. I looked at photos of firearms, my associate teachers helped me make tools and fashion holding devices, but at that time there was little or nothing available for study and there was no one in my area who engraved firearms. I starting at Gem Craft Jewelers as a trainee under a gentleman named Ernie Tapscott. Ernie was a Jeweler extradinaire and he was an accomplished jewelry engraver as well. I learned all the associated arts of stone setting and jewelry manufacturing and repair from him. Ernie was a hand push engraver, and I learned how to do that, but I also applied and transitioned those skills to hammer and chisel engraving for firearms.
Q. What was your biggest obstacle when you started? The biggest obstacle was finding information, even basic information, about how to engrave. The jewelers manuals of the time (most of which were written at the turn-of-the-Century) and those contain information about hand push engraving. That related very little to what I was trying to do on firearms. It was not until 1979 when E.C. Prudhomme wrote the book The Art of the Engraver that I had some real study material. Mr. Prudhomme offered one short chapter on technique at that point in time I considered that to be revolutionary to my art, and how I approached engraving!
Q. Are you a hammer and chisel and or push engraver, or do you use pneumatic tools? The answer is YES! I consider it my good fortune to have learned and used both hammer and chisel and push engraving during the first 12 years of my career. I got my first GRS GraverMeister in 1979 and started a gradual changeover and melding of techniques. 45 years later I divide my time between all three disciplines I never go a working/engraving day without using hand power, hammer power, and air power in completing the project on my bench. I offer all my students the opportunity to use very piece of equipment I have in my studio, including all brands of contemporary air assisted engraving tools as well as the hammer and chisel.
Q. What are your favorite books pertaining to engraving? To start, my engraving and firearms library is extensive, and I spend a great deal of time learning and relearning about this art. My favorites change now and then, and those books that first helped me understand the art are my all-time favorites, so, the short list is:
James B. Meek, The Art of the Engraver, because it was my first introduction to engraving
C. Roger Bliele, American Engravers, because that book revolutionized engraving in America
Ron Smith, Drawing and Understanding Scroll Design (1 and 2), because I use them occasionally myself and recommend the highly to my students
C. Roger Bleile American Engravers, American Engravers, The 21st Century, because Roger and his first book in 1979 were instrumental in the outgrowth of the modern engraving in the USA, and especially in the formation of FEGA .The 21st Century brings it all home.
Q. Of the Old Masters, whose work is among your favorite? Frank Hendricks, because I regard Frank as the Renaissance Man of modern engraving, and because I knew him personally, and because he, more than any other, fostered the idea of sharing this art with his fellows and started the movement that manifests itself today in what we see about American Engraving in print and on-line. Furthermore, he was a great artist and engraver. His work was old world, and although I know this question probably should have drawn out names like Nimschke, Kornbrath and that group, Frank worked in the same way.
It was C. Roger Bleile who started the movement to that brought engravers together, and it was Frank Hendricks who helped incorporate and solidify our future. It was also Frank who the planted the seeds of sharing and education within our Charter.
Q. Whats the worst engraving mistake you ever made, and how did you fix it? I must admit to many engraving mistakes I love lettering, I do it all the time, but I also have done, at least, my fair share of misspelling. But if we are talking about a real mess of a mistake: as young engraver, and not knowing better, my work was decorative, and consisted of a lot of wriggle cut....what we call Western Style Belt Buckle Engraving today. It was my first Model 12 Winchester and my local gunsmith polished it out for engraving. I laid a rolling scroll pattern that covered the entire right panel. I vised it up and started wriggling at the rear of the action. As I rounded the first scroll and headed down the panel, the wriggler slipped and cut an arrow-straight version of the Grand Canyon down the entire side of that Model 12. The damaged side had to be draw filed and polished back to smooth.
Q. What are the majority of your engraving jobs? Today I spend the majority of my time at firearms work thats because Ive retired from the jewelry store. I still do all the engraving for that store and several others in town, but the good thing is that I dont have to go to work every day!
Q. What kind of magnification do you use? Im a Magna Visor engraver its all I ever needed, and Im still comfortable there. I have good eyes and I wear contacts. My Optometrist makes these wonderful, light-weight precision half-lens dual-magnifying spectacles that Ive been wearing for 40 years. With contacts lenses to correct vision, the magnifying glasses and the Optivisor, I can see most anything I need to engrave clearly.
I have a microscope, but it gets very little use .for most of the engraving I do it is an obstacle to my work. I can always pull it into place when I need to bring something close like detailing the face and eyes of a human or animal figure.
Always looking for the ultimate source for magnification, I recently purchased a set of Zeiss Surgical Loupes. These allow me to engrave without the obvious physical restrictions of the microscope, so the Zeiss Loupes might be the answer. I do not object to the use of scopes, loupes, or any other source of magnification. After teaching engraving to well over 450 students, I truly understand that everyone sees differently. Moreover, most folks do not see well enough to engrave without magnification of one kind or another. I have to qualify what Im saying here because I engrave firearms and jewelry .not nickels and miniatures of one kind or another. What I object to is telling everyone that they must have a microscope to engrave well thats as absurd as it is expensive.
Q. Do you like or dislike lettering? Ive spent much of my career engraving lettering I love it! I admire those who can do it well and I enjoy teaching lettering. I can make more money per hour cutting letters than any other engraving I do.
I was in a conversation with Ben Lane during the recent CCA Show in Kansas City. Ben and I were discussing engraving with several students of the art. Ben said that best practice than any beginning engraver can do is script lettering because it contains all the elements of the art of cutting metal .and I agree.
Q. What kinds of engraving do you refuse to do? As a commercial engraver I have engraved a long list of things, big and small, hard and soft, and did a lot of stuff for groceries! That list includes many items I cut as part of my daily business that I would not cut today. Im sure most engravers are the same; we refine our taste, we find our niche, and at the peak of our careers we determine a direction that does not include all those things we had to engrave while we were in survival mode.
Now, having turned my nose in disgust at trite engraving jobs, big and small, I might engrave another one of those brass antebellum door knockers, but only if the commission is $1,000, like the one I broke rank for last year. There must be a pecuniary message in there somewhere?
Q. How do you rate the quality of engraving done today as opposed to 50 100 years ago? I truly admire the work of the old Masters, they gave us a platform, standards and goals, but they could not compete with the Modern Masters.
Q. Do you perceive any part of hand engraving as a dying art? Yes, perhaps the arts of hammer-chisel work and some hand-push engraving has capitulated to modern method. The age of air gravers has flourished and brought new talent to the stage; it is taking root over the staunchest objections of Old World convention. Thats regrettable for us old dogs, but its also part of growth in a technical age. The ability to work with ones hands, eyes and artistic intellect are more important to me, and thats what I try to foster in my students. Drive the graver with air, I dont really care. Likewise, when we come to rely entirely on computers, printers, 4 axis mills, stamps and other mechanical devices to design and cut engraving - take the art out our hands we will unequivocally abandon traditions of hand engraving, and it wont be the same. Ill probably be gone by then, so Ill leave it to the new generation to keep the faith - please!
Q. What countries impress you with their highly skilled engravers? Ive been to the studios in Brescia; Creative Arts, Pederosoli, Fracassi, and Giovanelli to name a few. I was very excited to see that Creative Arts listed as a GRS Grand Masters Class I applied immediately! The Italians are all about art it has existed in them for so long, and they do it so well!
Q. What advice would you give to someone who wants to learn engraving? Buy books, CDs, spend considerable time drawing scrolls. Look at and listen to the Forum chatter, theres lots of good information available there. Be cautious of the kind of advice you pick up there, because theres also a lot of questionable information being passed around.
Beware of salesmanship and personal preference when choosing your engraving equipment. Try all brands of engraving equipment before you choose I will never tell anyone what they should buy until I see how they work.
At your very first opportunity enroll in a class; dont put it off. Your engraving skills will grow exponentially through good instruction with a qualified teacher.
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(MCT) — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The White Sox appear to be preparing for life without free agents A.J. Pierzynski and Kevin Youkilis.
"We do feel that some of the options we like are starting to come close to making a decision, whether it be via free agency or via trade," general manager Rick Hahn said Monday night, shortly after Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and several high-ranking officials left a hotel suite. "And if we want to move forward, that very well may have to come to a head in the coming days. But we certainly don't feel any pressure that we have to make a move."
Pierzynski's status could be settled soon after catcher Mike Napoli signed a three-year, $39 million contract with the Red Sox, and the demand for Youkilis will increase after it was learned Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez will be sidelined at least through June because of a hip tear.
While Hahn has stayed in contact with representatives for Pierzynski and Youkilis, the Sox have a surplus of pitching he might be able to trade to address third base and a left-handed hitter to replace Pierzynski.
"We may well have to dip into some of that (pitching) depth," Hahn said. "And we won't have the luxury of waiting around until spring training to do that."
Pitcher Gavin Floyd is the most obvious trading chip, and moving his $9.5 million salary would enable Hahn to address areas of need.
The Sox would like to add a low-cost starting pitcher to replace Floyd and have expressed interest in free agent Brandon McCarthy, an industry source confirmed Monday. McCarthy, who started his career with the Sox, has fully recovered after getting struck in the head by a line drive in September while with the A's.
Hahn reaffirmed his faith in Tyler Flowers as the starting catcher and Hector Gimenez as the backup should Pierzynski depart. The Sox hope Flowers can produce more power and cut down on strikeouts while handling a pitching staff that trusts his pitch selection and defense.
If the Sox change gears, the Red Sox could be a possible trade partner because they need a starting pitcher such as Floyd (who could be reunited with bullpen coach Juan Nieves) and have switch-hitting catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia available.
"You have to make sure you have contingency plans lined up, all of which you judge against the status quo,'' Hahn said.
Extra innings: Sox first baseman Paul Konerko is on Team USA's provisional roster for the World Baseball Classic. Konerko has healed from left wrist surgery but sported a large scar. Andre Rienzo will pitch for Brazil, and pitchers Jose Quintana (Colombia) and Hector Santiago (Puerto Rico) are under consideration. ... Pitcher John Danks (left shoulder surgery) remains on schedule to be ready for the start of spring training. Trainer Herm Schneider examined Danks last week in Dallas.


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Everything old is new again – especially when it comes to the classic 1964-1/2, '65 and '66 Mustangs.
Like many makers, Ford has a catalogue full of parts for those original pony cars, everything from brakes to seats. But now, it seems, you can even order all-new, factory-approved Mustang bodies rather than having to scrounge up rusted and dinged-up originals.
"The 1964-66 Mustang is the most restored vintage vehicle," said Dennis Mondrach, Ford Restoration Parts licensing manager. "But the number of original 1964-66 vintage bodies is shrinking every year. Most of the original Mustangs left in scrapyards are rusted or wrecked beyond repair."
So, for those determined to have an "original" Mustang, Ford turned to Pennsylvania-based Dynacom International, which was given access to original technical drawings, blueprints and specifications for parts. The supplier is producing precise duplicates of the original body – albeit with a few modifications that customers are likely to appreciate.
"The new body shell is made of virgin metal and uses modern welding techniques," explained Mondrach. "It comes rustproofed, and after final adjustment and finish preparation of the body panels, it is ready for painting and final assembly."


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Garrett is making his return in a new Thief, and just in case you forgot who he is and what he loves, a new trailer tells you that he loves to steal. Its a nice video, but again, don't expect any gameplay. You didn't want to see that any way, did you?
We get to hear more of the gravelly tones of Garrett's new voice actor, Stephen Russell, and a brief mention of some of the tools he will be using. Unfortunately there isn't too much new but pretty (dark) graphics and a backstory most of us are familiar with.
If you want more Thief, here is is. The game is coming to PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One sometime next year.
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Pulse Electronics Introduces Low Profile 700-LTE Switchable Antenna for Tablets
Pulse Electronics Corp., a provider of electronic components, introduces the first 700-LTE (long term evolution), high performance, low profile antenna for LTE-enabled tablets. This switchable antenna for mobile connected PCs is only 1mm high. It enables four states for low band: 700 to 750 MHz (LTE low), 750 to 790 MHz (LTE high), 820 to 900 MHz (GSM850), and 880 to 960 MHz (GSM900), and covers 1800/1900/2100 for high band applications, with switching implemented directly from the device's display area.
"Real-time applications, games, video downloading, and other ultra-fast broadband services require LTE. Advanced antenna solutions are a key concept behind the superior performance of LTE. Yet, incorporating LTE in the thin, sleek, tablet PCs has provided challenges to tablet designers and manufacturers. In addition, tablets have to accommodate lower bands and GSM and these all have to be interchangeable. Pulse Electronics' new antenna makes switching frequencies easy, is only 1mm high, and provides high performance for mobile connected PCs," explained Maritta Timosaari, Director of Sales and Marketing for Pulse Electronics Mobile Division.
Pulse Electronics' LTE antenna has a length of 65mm and a width of 12mm, incorporating flexibility as the length can be varied according to customer requirements. The antenna can be adjusted for various display sizes, as long as good grounding to the display shield can be provided. Because the antenna pattern is basically planar, it can be installed at the furthest point from the body, which makes it favorable for SAR-sensitive applications. It is compatible with metal tablet holders and with several antenna manufacturing technologies, such as LDS, flex, and sheet metal. The switch is a Sony SP4T.
Pulse Electronics' switchable antenna for LTE applications is RoHS compliant. It is customizable. Engineering samples are available.


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County shaken by Shakers
In-form Bury made certain of their npower League One status and dealt Notts County's play-off hopes a huge blow after a Mike Grella double sealed a 4-2 win at Meadow Lane.
The visitors took the lead in the 42nd minute when David Worrall took on a Grella pass and slammed a right-foot shot inside the near post from 25 yards.
County equalised a minute after half-time when Bury's Giles Coke diverted Alan Judge's cross into his own net.
Bury responded almost immediately when Grella expertly chipped past Stuart Nelson to restore their advantage.
The away side stretched their midway through the second period when Coke teed the ball up for Grella, whose deflected shot deceived Nelson.
Sub Mike Edwards gave County hope in the 79th minutes when he planted a header into the top corner before Bury's Andrai Jones saw red after picking up two bookings.
However his team made sure in stoppage time when Mark Carrington broke away to score with a sublime finish.
Notts County 2-4 Bury: Match Report - view commentary, squad, and statictics of the game as it happened.
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Database structure
From Joomla! Documentation
This is one of our principal "landing pages" identified from the Google Analytics data. I think you need to think about what information people are looking for when they type "Joomla database" into their search engines. I would suggest that you start off with an introduction (that we can re-use as a glossary entry), then mention which databases we support (basically just MySQL at the moment). Then add links to further documentation like the DB schema, descriptions on individual tables, links to the API reference, how-to's on using the database API classes/methods and so on.
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Could the new documentation please provide explanation of the three letter acronyms used in the database names?
Tony Davis 08:29, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
I am new to Joomla!, and am trying to understand its capabilities regarding forms and databases. Searching "database" in the wiki search box, I landed at this page, with no other results listed, nor links from this page to other useful pages about Joomla & databases. A more general, useful search result from searching "database" would have been the http://docs.joomla.org/Category:Database page. Perhaps a link to that could be added in a "see also" list at the end of this page.
cowboyjo 11 Apr 2009
This page and the one on the list of fields seem unnessacery?
Who is it aimed at? anyone installing Joomla would have needed to get a database created and anyone making changes to the database structure are likely to be devs that would know how to find the structure of the database using something like phpmyadmin or just the sql explain statement?
Also the DB gets new tables added to with almost every extension installed and unless this structure has been taken from the 1.6 vanilla install then it is probably going to change for that. (is that an issue?)
--Matt Newman 17:09, 27 November 2009 (UTC)


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This is a big "thank you" to the management and staff of The Village Squire in McHenry for saving the day. On March 3, we had a baby shower scheduled for more than 25 guests at another restaurant in town only to find out about an hour before the shower that the restaurant could not accommodate us due to a water main break.
In a panic, with guests traveling from as far as Chicago and Peoria, we contacted the manager of The Village Squire, who graciously accommodated us and our guests. Kudos also to our wonderful waitress and the kitchen staff who helped save the day.
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Pike County Arts and Crafts will host artist Janet Campbell for its First Sunday demonstration at 1:30 p.m. May 5.
Pike County Arts and Crafts will host artist Janet Campbell for its First Sunday demonstration at 1:30 p.m. May 5. Campbell will demonstrate the technique of "pouring" watercolors. Instead of using a brush, the colors are mixed with water in containers and poured onto the paper. Living on the Shawangunk Ridge in the lower Catskills, close to the Bashakill Wetlands in Sullivan County and near the farms of Orange County, Campbell is never at a loss for inspiring subjects. The public is invited to this free event to learn about the process. The event will be held at the Milford Borough Hall, 109 W. Catharine St., Milford, Pa. Visit pikecountyartsandcrafts.org.
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Student-Athlete's Condition Upgraded Thursday, Dec. 6
Friday, Dec. 07, 2012
Utah State men's basketball student-athlete Danny Berger's condition was upgraded Thursday, Dec. 6, from critical to fair, and he was moved out of ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and into CVU (Cardiovascular Unit) at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah.
Berger, a junior forward from Medford, Ore., had a serious medical situation during practice Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 4, and was tended to on the court by USU Assistant Athletic Trainer Mike Williams. CPR was performed and the AED (automated external defibrillator) was used on him until ambulance personnel arrived. Medical tests and evaluations on Berger are ongoing and more information will be released when available.
Utah State men's basketball is scheduled to return to action Saturday, Dec. 8, when it hosts Western Oregon in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum at 7 p.m.
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I have observed a South London 'conserved listed' large 30 acre or so cemetery area (wooded and grassland) for many years confined within a dense urban townscape. The Speckled Wood butterfly has always been one of the first butterflies to be noticed in relative abundance during April/May and the last to depart Sept/Oct. This year 2014 few were noticed emerged after our prolonged wet Spring. Alarming to me, they have disappeared completely this mid June which is completely out of character over a decade or more of witness for this species in my observed London area. Perhaps, a second brood might show up again soon. In contract this year we have had an unusual glut of Ringlets present totally out of character and never noted in former observations other than a single spotting in the last couple of years. Marbled Whites have been abundant again this year, while, not over-present in the past. We have had frequent Wasp Spiders - now not present at all save a single one last year. We are concerned about our 'listed area' of flora, etc. not being municipally managed intelligently being that the municipality appears to have no convergence with 'the listing authority'. Comments please.
There may be no 'right' answer here, but here are my comments...
Change can be worrying, but is not necessarily a problem. The vegetative side of the ecosystem is always in a state of flux - bare soil becoming colonized, then the herbs being replaced by scrub then trees. The various states of succession have different denizens in terms of animals, birds and invertebrates. Once climax forest is reached (assuming we are in a temperate climatic zone), change continues on a smaller scale, as old trees die or get blown down, clear patches starting the cycle again and providing rich woodland margins and rotting trunks.
As you have noted, ringlets and marbled whites are moving-in. To me that suggests there may be more open area and/or somewhat different mowing regime for the grass. But in a general sense, that is incidental. You have a familiar set of creatures and plants in your expectations, but they would only persist med-long-term if the site was managed very carefully overall. ...Probably more-carefully than is financially practical, apart from keeping the burial areas mown to a certain length of sward, and that is only part of the ecosystem, of course, though important for the browns (incl. marbled white).
One also has to bear in mind the population dynamics over a larger area. The changes you see in your site will inevitably partly reflect regional changes.
Also, in commenting on the butterflies (and wasp spider), you may be missing the larger picture - the majority of species are less obvious (moths, bugs, flies, beetles, etc.) It could be that the overall number of species is increasing, which one would normally deem as good. It is not an easy domain in which to be objective, and universally useful metrics are difficult to define.
Well, that's just my opinion, and I don't know the site.
I suggest you find the local branch of Butterfly Conservation and get their take on it.
If you do so, I'd be interested to hear how you get on.
Lovely photo
Many thanks Mike...
for your valued professional comments to my concern about an unusual and sudden disappearance of Speckled Wood butterflies (from my years of observing) in a South London cemetery being the extensive twinned 'Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries' of Lewisham. Considering the ubiquitous nature of this butterfly more than other of the species seen over many years are, all of a sudden, no longer noticed mid year in little changed woodland cemetery habitats that I frequent . This butterfly's 'early year 2014 demise' does remain problematic to me even with your most reassuring advice. Perhaps, one should be concentrating on the caterpillars which, I have to admit, I don't tend to search out – only coming across them by accident while looking out for butterflies. I am not aware I have ever spotted a Speckled Wood caterpillar. In considering municipal management – wholly un-knowledgeable and unintelligent as to habitat re when to cut the grass and when not to – rather, a constant strimming and mowing regime that seems to cut and slash (particularly in summer) every other day with potential to cut away flora that invertebrate creatures need to thrive upon in the borough of Lewisham whose conservation remit is lamentably lacking in said cemetery's designated nature listed site.
I am sorry to hear of the Speckled Wood's lack of numbers It belongs to a Butterfly family that normally only feed at night and if in the open in the day drop with the slightest movement, its very rare to see a larvae
As for strimming slashing its unlikely to harm the larvae as they will be well down at the food base or under moss stones. The adults may be missing because the grass is greener elsewhere
In my limited experience there is always a drop in numbers at this time of year we are between two generations
My sub species is a different colour to the Uk
PS Marbled Whites are the same Genus and the larvae have similiar foodplants /habitate so things cannot be that bad
Ah - that cutting regime (if that's not too posh a word for what happens) does sound wildlife-unfriendly; a bit of a 'green desert' situation (though things like craneflies will probably like it).
It is never a bad thing to have observations. We can't make meaningful interpretations without them. If you get a response from BC, you may find they have had smiilar reports from elsewhere (or not; yours could be the first). They may have an explanation of sorts; perhaps in some sites there was a correlation with increased numbers of some parasite (like the small tortoiseshell scenario) or increased use of some pesticide, for instance. That is, there may be an explanation, good or bad.
In any case, I hope the speckled woods return and cheer you up. They are charming denizens of dappledness, and the appreciative's lives are a bit poorer for their absence.
Thank you Steve...
Your Speckled Wood 'sub species' is such a surprise and is wonderfully photographed reminding me of an old Victorian book plate that intrigued me a while ago that illustrated English butterflies of bygone times one of which denoted an 'Orange Speckled Wood' no longer present in Britain as far as I know...
Unfortunately, municipal strimming in London boroughs, often given over to private contractors with no sensitive knowledge can be extremely vicious, without any account when strimming to their insensitive mown results. I.e. strimmed tall grassed areas are mashed to a pulp right down to ground level leaving, often, bare earth patches. Thick mashed strimmed grass and thatch is too often left to lie smothering any chance of satisfactory ongoing flora regrowth. This has to have consequences to species able to thrive.
Keep yor pecker up they will be back
I revisited a different rambling (part kempt and part wonderfully wooded and wild) South London cemetery today and was pleased to spot a single Speckled Wood which type also is drastically down in that location so early in the year. Instead, (as in the other urban London cemetery) Ringlets also seemed abundant that I have never viewed there in previous years. And, what a surprise to witness a Ringlet variant male of which I saw several of the same so distinctive the lighter rear wings in flight that I wondered what I had come across if not a Ringlet?
Nice, pleased for you
Sorry to rehash this thread, but I felt compelled to ad my observations as well. Our observations are a great tool in keeping an eye on our natural world, you should definitely contact British Butterflies and I just wanted to post mine.
I am in Hastings East Sussex, and we have seen some odd things in our normal butterfly populations as well. I of course can only speak of my own 'local' patches, but we too have seen great numbers of Ringlet Butterfly this year. Where we would normally only have seen 10 in a day I counted around 50 yesterday. As for Speckled Wood, their numbers are down from last year where we are as well, although I'm still seeing individuals after the 13th, but in general not as many as last year. A local patch I frequent we counted 16 White Admiral where we had only ever seen one two years ago. I have only seen one common blue and no other blues or small coppers where we would normally and in fact, last year's second brood was amazingly well populated. Small Heath is another to have suffered and Grizzled Skippers at two normal locations here we have found none this year.
Lepidoptera are a fantastic tool in seeing quickly what changes (be it to habitat or weather/climate) mean to wild areas. I would wager that our winter weather had winners and losers but played a big part, and that we are seeing that in some lepidoptera species, (there are some moths too showing similar signs winners and losers). The good news is that they are also very quick to recover as we saw last year with the dismal cold spring we had and the second brood (here at least) was busting with species.
As Mike says things are quite dynamic in nature, but I would agree that although the management may not have contributed to what you're seeing, councils should pay better attention to the needs of nature. We have the same problem here adjacent even to SSSI sites councils are contracting for mowing paths for dog walkers' in complete contrast to what nature needs. I saw a recent article here about road side verges and a conservation group urging councils to leave them alone and only cut them twice a year.
Basically we can live in hope!
Good post; interesting observations and thoughts.
Talking about population recovery: I meant to mention that there are multiple drivers for that. For instance:
- In a particular site, a drop in the numbers of a target species may cause the population of its predators to drop, meaning that the following season may see a higher percentage survival of the immature stages, making up for a smaller number of eggs.
- The population of the target species in a site may normally be partly immigrants/vagrants from nearby sites. That can allow the locally-grown individuals to disappear entirely one year (maybe if a vital plant is removed or dies), yet the site can become populated the very next year. A lot depends on the species, because some are great wanderers while others never stray far from their larval foodplant. In mentioning 'nearby sites', I am effectively talking about 'wildlife corridors', which are important for other reasons, too.


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QuBIT Review
Many video games can be broken down into one of two types: there is the kind you can sit back and just relax with as you enjoy seeing what the game has to offer, and then you have the kind where you must be at attention as long as the game is in play, on the edge of your seat, ready for anything. QuBIT seems to fall into the latter category, though it seems to be due more to its controls than by design.
The premise is simple: you take the eponymous QuBIT mining robot down to the surface of a planet, where it races along, smashing through differently-colored crystals to give energy to the QuBs which orbit the robot. The more crystals you smash in a row, the more bonus point multipliers you get. Smash crystal sets of different colors in the right sequence, and you get more points. And along the way, QuBIT is burning up fuel, thus necessitating you find and ride along energy streams.
I knew those mushrooms didn't taste right…
Plus, the further you go, more different-colored QuBs join you from the Mother Ship to collect the energy of the new colors of crystal which pop up along the way. And if you take too long, the crystals will lose their energy before you can smash them, leaving you to take damage from them instead. Take too much damage or run out of energy, and the Mother Ship beams you back up. In true old-school arcade fashion, the overall goal is to keep collecting energy so you can get as far as you can, and then try to top that the next time.
While the graphics, sound, and theme are all fun, the one problem we had was with the controls. There are four types, and you can control their sensitivity. QuBIT moves along automatically, leaving you to steer by either tilting the iPhone, using one of two on-screen sliders, or a two-button system composed of a left and a right button on their respective sides of the screen. All control schemes have you touch the center in order to boost QuBIT along and ride the energy streams.
Interstellar math.
Even after adjusting the sensitivity, though, the latter three control schemes just didn't seem to work very well. The ideal way to control it is through the tilt controls, but unfortunately these tend to be a bit less responsive than the game requires. Simply put: this was not a game you can just lie back and play, because it throws the accelerometer off, and we saw no way to calibrate it. As a result, this is very much a frantic "sit up and play" type of game, which can be problematic if you just want to relax.
It might be argued that the iPhone is not the ideal place for QuBIT; one could easily imagine it working as well or better on a dedicated gaming platform like the Wii, PlayStation 3, or Nintendo 3DS, or even the Xbox 360. On the other hand, if always sitting at attention as you play, and you like the quick-reaction gameplay, then this game is definitely worth checking out.


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According to court descriptions and the arrest affidavit, Jackson received charges of resisting arrest and first degree assault of an officer after Sterling Police Sgt. Warren Sica, trying to contain Jackson while he was resisting arrest, dislocated his shoulder falling to the ground.
But the court agreed that had Jackson not had a lengthy criminal record, they likely wouldn't have sought a prison sentence at all. That's because, as Chief 13th District Judge Michael Singer put it, "Probably everyone involved would say, 'I could've handled that better.'"
Public Defender Tom Ward said Jackson went to a trailer home he was renting in Sterling to do repair and maintenance work when he found the tenants had changed the lock. After entering the home, Jackson found animals in the trailer, argued with the tenants and called the Logan County Humane Society, who subsequently called the police once they saw the dispute.
Ward told the court Jackson became angry and that Sica had been cutting him off.
Video from the police car's dash cam provided to the court showed Hrycaj and Sica attempting to handcuff Jackson, Jackson resisting and all of them falling to the sidewalk, causing Sica to dislocate his left shoulder.
Ward also said that Jackson, who appeared in court wearing an eye patch, had since been assaulted by an inmate while in custody and had since lost the vision in his left eye.
He argued Jackson's two-year sentence, which was stipulated in the agreement, should run concurrent to (or at the same time as) his prior sentence since he'd been engaged in a lawful activity when he was contacted and had lost the vision in his eye as a result of the ordeal. Jackson did have multiple felonies (two vehicle theft-related), he acknowledged, but none were violent.
Brittny Lewton, 13th District Attorney, said the new sentence should run consecutive with (in addition to) his old sentence, and that regardless of intent Sica sustained a serious injury and has been on light duty ever since. Running the sentence concurrent would play down the seriousness of the offense.
"Even if you don't like the officer you get, you don't get to resist," Lewton said.
Jackson asked the judge for a concurrent sentence, saying the incident has been a struggle for his family and that the eye injury would force him to change his career as a truck driver. His wife and daughter were in the courtroom, but didn't speak during the hearing.
Judge Singer agreed that had Jackson not had a lengthy criminal history and had Sica's injury not been so serious, the case could have possibly been taken care of in county or municipal court. But because he did have felonies against him and because Sica's injury was serious, the incident turned into a "pretty serious crime."
Still, he said a concurrent sentence -- with 186 days credit for time served since he was incarcerated -- should be sufficient.
"I'm not terribly excited about it," Singer said. "Generally speaking, he should know to keep your mouth shut. ... Instead he set himself up for a mandatory sentence."
Lewton said after the hearing that she thought the sentence was appropriate, but that it could've been harsher. Ward said that because of Jackson's multiple felonies, he'd face habitual criminal charges had he gone to trial. Had he been found guilty, Jackson would have faced four times the maximum sentence for his initial crimes.
"Why would I take that risk?" Ward said. "You have to weigh the risks and rewards."
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The Record claims Best of Show award at newspaper convention
February 11, 2013
The Record, the award-winning student newspaper at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, won Best of Show in the four-year weekly broadsheet category at the 22nd annual Associated Collegiate Press' Best of the Midwest College Journalism Convention, held Feb. 8-10 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel, Minneapolis.
It is the third time in five years that The Record placed first in the category.
Student writers and photographers won individual awards as well.
- Evan Gruenes, a junior political science major, won first place for his news photo of the funeral at SJU of Cold Spring Police Officer Tom Decker;
- Joe Mellenbruch, a senior communication major and sports editor, placed third for his news story about the retirement of SJU football coach John Gagliardi;
- Chris Heitzig, a sophomore philosophy and economics major, placed third for single page design for his variety page submission;
- Ellen Newkirk, a senior communication major and opinion/editorial editor, took fifth place for her news story about students taking pieces of old football turf as memorabilia.
- Jill Yanish, a senior communication major and managing editor, was one of four editors chosen to speak at the editors' roundtable at the conference.


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Portrush Surf School Northern Ireland
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Let Irish National Team Surfer and Northern Ireland's most experienced, and longest established, Surfing Instructor Martin "TK" Kelly show you how its done!
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We are based in Portrush, Co Antrim, Ireland's premier 'Learn to Surf' location, with a choice of 7 amazing beaches stretching from Downhill to Portballintrae, all with vastly different wave characteristics.
Our new training base, shop, and hire centre is now open at the town end of East Strand Promenade, directly opposite The Arcadia building in Portrush. Call past at anytime during the day to book a lesson and/or hire equipment (surfboards, wetsuits, bodyboards, etc.)
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We are proud to be the only Surf School in Northern Ireland to limit our Kids Summer Surf Camps to only 12 Children per session!
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Portrush Surf School and Martin "TK" Kelly have had the pleasure of teaching both Gary Lineker and Will Young over the past couple of years here in Portrush.
Gary Lineker was in town shooting for the BBC programme Northern Exposure.
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Famous pop-star Will Young is a keen surfer back home in England and wanted a quick run out in the surf when he was on his Irish tour in 2011.
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TK's a genius - we had a fantastic fun day. He made sure we were safe and knew what we were doing, and even had some of us standing up on the surf boards by the end of the lesson!! Great day out in the sunny North coast.
From surfing the net at Bluecube to surfing the waves with TK Surf School
As a digital advertising agency we wanted something different to the standard corporate day out, something that would be reflective of the exciting, innovative approach our clients expect when working with us. We wanted to give them a memorable day out that was a break away from their daily work routine.
A day away from surfing the internet became a day out surfing with TK Surf School. We have been going back twice a year for the last 4 years and never fail to have a fantastic day. Our staff love it, and most importantly our clients love it, they are always asking when the next day out will be.
Even though we can't always rely on the weather or waves, the friendly, professional approach of Martin and his team means we can always ensure a great day out. We've found that getting into a wetsuit and taking a cold shower in a car park usually doesn't fail to bond everyone involved.
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