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One of the greatest parts of my job is working with Brides and Grooms! We love helping people visualize and plan their special day here at the Meadows Museum.
We have one-of-a-kind spaces that ensure memorable and stunning events. Most recently we had a gorgeous couple get married upstairs in our gallery spaces. The photos speak for themselves!


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Despite many troubles, GameStop (NYSE:GME) might yet survive the death of physical media. The video game retailer reported its second-quarter earnings Thursday, and not all the news was good. Total sales came to $1.74 billion, a fall of more than 3% for the period. Profits dropped down to just below $31 million from $40 million during the same period last year.
As always, it was used video game products that accounted for the lion's share of GameStop's gross profits. Used video games and gaming machines sales totaled more than $292, generating 46% of the company's profits. Chief executive Paul Reins said, "GameStop's resilient retail model enabled us to achieve our earnings plan despite a challenging period for the industry."
Challenging period indeed. The second quarter was rough for most players in the traditional video game field. Nintendo's (PINK:NTDOY) Nintendo 3DS crashed after a successful March release, Sony (NYSE:SNE) saw PlayStation 3 sales sink, and game publishers like Take-Two (NASDAQ:TTWO) saw earnings fall even with successful releases like L.A. Noire, a title GameStop singled out as one of its bestsellers for the period. These companies are GameStop's business, and their poor sales mean trouble for GameStop's future.
There is a major silver lining in the company's earnings report, however — GameStop is growing its digital games business. One reason those game device makers and game publishers are hurting is the growing prominence of low-cost mobile and social games accessible on smartphones and web browsers. GameStop has been pushing hard to evolve its business beyond its brick and mortar stores to accommodate the new digital market.
GameStop has opened new stores that push digital content alongside retail products and has made a number of high-profile acquisitions to give itself a foothold in the space, including the independent games website Kongregate. The effort is paying off. Digital sales grew 69% over the second quarter. The company's "other" reporting category, which includes digital products, racked up sales of $98 million and accounted for nearly 42% of the company's profits.
Will digital content see GameStop return to the massive profits and huge share prices it enjoyed back in 2008? Probably not, but the company has at least proven that it won't die alongside the disk-based video game.
The chain isn't slowing down, either. A Friday report at Games Industry.biz said GameStop currently is testing a new cloud-based gaming service that will stream PC, PlayStation 3 and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox 360 games to audiences without them having to purchase the games themselves. Think of it as Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) but for video games.
This is similar to existing services like OnLive that have proven viable if not yet profitable. Spawn Labs, a streaming technology company GameStop acquired in April, is developing the service. Although it hasn't detailed pricing yet, GameStop expects to open the service for business during the first half of 2012.
This is how GameStop will survive the death of physical media — by transforming from a retailer into a service company. Will it survive as a major publicly traded company? Check back in 2015.
As of this writing, Anthony John Agnello did not own a position in any of the stocks named here. Follow him on Twitter at @ajohnagnello and become a fan of InvestorPlace on Facebook.

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Pan-grilled steak accompanied by a light sauce made with mushrooms and Worcestershire sauce.
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 18 mins
Yield: 4 x approx. 3 oz steak servings
Brush steak with a little oil to stop surface drying out and sticking to pan.
Cook on high in a heavy-based pan (preferably non-stick) until well sealed (about 2 to 3 minutes each side for boneless cuts, 3 to 4 minutes each side for bone-in cuts) before turning, using the juices which appear on uncooked side as an indication when steak is ready to turn.
For rare, remove immediately after sealing. For medium or well done, reduce heat to medium/low and continue cooking about 2 to 3 minutes each side for medium, 4 to 5 minutes each side for well done. For a really tender, juicy result, lean beef is best cooked to rare or medium only.
Test that the steak is cooked to your liking by pressing with tongs rather than cutting it. Cover and rest about 2 minutes before serving to retain juiciness.
While cooked steak is resting, add onion and mushrooms to pan. Cook 1 minute. Add stock and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly until slightly reduced. Add parsley and any juices from rested steak. Serve over the steaks.
Serve with steamed seasonal vegetables and baked or mashed potatoes.
Serving suggestions are not included in the nutritional analysis.
Recommended Cuts:
Boneless Steak: Sirloin [New York cut], rib eye, rump [including eye, center cut and tip], fillet, round eye medallion, or blade.
Bone-in Steak: Blade, T-bone, rib, or sirloin [Porterhouse].


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Presumably in an effort to engage younger audiences, this happened last week, resulting in the respectable, gray-haired host of a popular TV quiz show singing clues through a trendy pitch-correcting software used by artists such as T-Pain and Kanye West.
If you heard someone mention "Auto-Tune the Jeopardy" last week and figured it was the funny new conceit from the Auto-Tune the News bunch, well, not quite! Last Wednesday, on a real Jeopardy broadcast, Alex crooned "Battle Hymn of the Republic," "The Farmer and the Dell," and more, all with the help(?) of Antares' Auto-Tune software.
They have some wacky settings that screw up Alex's voice to the point that you can't even recognize it, and all his vocals are accompanied by goofy Songsmith-esque backing tracks, so listening to the Auto-Tuned clips isn't as painfully awkward as you'd assume it would be. In fact, Auto-Tune Alex's "Oh Susanna" is kinda hot and I wouldn't be at all opposed to hearing R. Kelly hop on the remix. [The Daily What]


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One-two-three finishes for the host team were spearheaded by senior DeShawn Hollis-Baker in both the high jump and triple jump, by junior Tyler Mercer in the shot put, and by sophomore Terrence Collins in the long jump. The visiting Tigers took the top two places in the pole vault, but for the field events as a whole, they were outscored 37-8.
"We lost to GFS last year," pointed out Quakers coach Steve Bonnie, "and this year we're a little bit stronger and we ran a little bit harder."
He noted, "I'm pleased by the development of DeShawn, who won those two jumps and also won both of the hurdling events [110 and 300 meters], even though he just started learning the hurdles. I was happy to see our young sprinters coming around, like Daryl Worley and James Biggs-Frazier."
Worley, a sophomore, won both the 200 and 400 meter dash, while Biggs-Frazier, a freshman, placed second in the 100 meters and third in the 200. Another Charter ninth-grader who impressed Bonnie was Tre Williams, who won a finishing sprint in the 1600 and was third in the 800.
"GFS is a good team and they have very good distance guys, so overall I was happy with our performance today," Bonnie stated. "We have a lot of young guys, and as the season goes on I think they can really do a great job for us."
Germantown Friends had some experience in its favor in the sprints, with senior Ibrahim Kamara winning the 100 and securing second in the 200.
"Ibrahim had a good day for us," remarked GFS mentor Tom Myran, "and I was also glad that we had a lot of competitive distance races. A number of those races were close the whole way, so the kids could really see how strategy affects things – when to be patient and when to go.
"I was happy with the way Christian Brady ran and competed in the 800," Myran went on, "and the same with Cameron MacTavish in the 1600. Our 3200 guys, Peter Lee and Lyle Wistar, also ran a good race."
Lee and Wistar, a junior and a sophomore respectively, stayed in step through most of the two-mile event to captured first and second place. Brady, another junior, won the 800, and MacTavish, a senior, was runner-up in the 1600 by less than half-a-second.
Germantown's best showing in the field events was a one-two performance in the pole vault, courtesy of juniors Derek Kern and Nick Miller.
"Field events are not necessarily our strength yet," commented Myran, "but we had Derek do 9'6" in the pole vault, which is what he did at the end of last season. A lot of the kids remembered their best results from a year ago, and I think they came out trying to match or exceed them."
At the end of the afternoon, the Tigers won the mile relay with an all-senior quartet made up of David Waterman, Evan Caldwell, Caleb Rau, and Charlie McClelland. As part of a second GFS foursome in the same race, Kamara turned in a 51-second split.
"We were still sort of looking for the fourth leg in our four-by-400," Myran said, "and with Ibrahim's split today I think we found it."
Individual Results
100 Meters
1. GFS Ibraheim Kamara 11.2
2. PC James Biggs-Frazier 11.5
3. PC Shaquan Lewis 11.7
200 Meters – timing error
400 Meters
1. PC Daryl Worley 52.7
2. GFS Charlie McClelland 52.9
3. PC Kolonji Smith 54.4
800 Meters
1. GFS Christian Brady 2:07.6
2. PC David Zager 2:08.9
3. PC Tre Williams 2:09.9
1600 Meters
1. PC Tre Williams 4:43.0
2. GFS Cameron MacTavish 4:43.4
3. GFS Henry Blood 4:44.3
3200 Meters
1. GFS Peter Lee 10:50.6
2. GFS Lyle Wistar 10:50.9
3. PC Jorin Schug 10:51.2
110 High Hurdles
1. PC DeShawn Hollis-Baker 16.4
2. PC Austin Williams 16.6
3. GFS Zhewen Zhang 18.1
300 Intermediate Hurdles
1. PC DeShawn Hollis-Baker 43.3
2. GFS Zhewen Zhang 44.1
3. PC Austin Williams 45.7
High Jump
1. PC DeShawn Hollis-Baker 5'10"
2. PC Austin Williams 5'10"
3. PC Abdul Muhammad 5'8"
Long Jump
1. PC Terrence Collins 18'5.25"
2. PC Steve Miller 18'4.5"
3. PC Vineet Krishnan 18'3.5"
Pole Vault
1. GFS Derek Kern 9'6"
2. GFS Nick Miller 8'6"
3. PC Gibson Roberts 8'6"
Shot Put
1. PC Tyler Mercer 44'9"
2. PC Jake Richards 41'7.5"
3. PC Henry Morgan 37'4.5"
Triple Jump
1. PC DeShawn Hollis-Baker 41'1.75"
2. PC Vineet Krishnan 37'7.5"
3. PC Abdul Muhammad 37'2.75"


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In Pakistan, 14 independent power producers plan financial closure by end-2011 on projects totalling 700MW. In the next two years, the Pakistani government envisions actual installation of 150MW of wind.
The Nepalese government has announced plans to set up a 20MW project and is examining tax exemptions for the import of machinery and equipment needed for wind energy projects. It has also taken steps towards a national wind energy policy. Charus Development Nepal, Indian wind turbine supplier Suzlon and AGA Middle East have submitted proposals for projects with combined capacity of 200MW.
Sri Lanka
The National Energy Policies and Strategies of Sri Lanka document seeks the gradual increase of renewables. Hopes are now that wind from the Kalpitiya peninsula, Mannar Island, the Jaffna peninsula and the central highlands can be tapped. The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates about 25GW of potential wind generation in the island state but, due to grid limitations, only 200MW is feasible. Today, a sole 3MW pilot project at Hambantota is installed.
A lack of reliable wind speed data has kept Bangladesh from progressing beyond a pilot 900kW grid-connected project in the Muhuri dam area that was commissioned in 2004. But the Bangladesh Power Development Board hopes to implement a 100MW offshore wind project at Anwara Upazila, in Chittagong district.


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Book Review: Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation
Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation
By Andrea Wulf
350 pages (220 of text; rest is bibliography, footnotes, acknowledgements and index)
Cost: $30.00
The obsessive gardener in all of us can take comfort in knowing this Fourth of July weekend that the "Father of our Country" practically killed off an entire arbor of trees and shrubs by transplanting too early.
"Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation" by Andrea Wulf contains this tidbit and more on George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison.
An impressive work of research, "Founding Gardeners" decribes how each of the men, planters and ersatz landscape designers in addition to presidents and statesmen, found inspiration in the American soil – the means of independence from Britain as well as personal and national wealth.
Early Americans in general favored plants brought from Europe – tulips, yew, lilacs, tuberose. George Washington turned his back on that. During the war, in between strategizing, he would find his mind wandering to Mount Vernon, working out what he might plant on his return home, and where – the gardener's curse. After his marriage in the 1750s to Martha Custis, he rebuilt his inherited house at Mount Vernon to face west, to the New World, not east, toward Britain and the Old World.
He expanded on that after the war, and was quite single-minded about seeking out every native tree he could find in the wilds of his extensive land holdings and planting them in the arbors and drives of Mount Vernon. So impatient was he as he scoured for ash, red-bud, pines, black gum, dogwood — he also got linden from New York State, aspen from Fairfax, Va., and magnolias from further South — that he had his slaves and gardeners digging and transplanting the trees along his Serpentine Walk that January of 1785. Even in Virginia it was not the mildest of times – and sure enough, ice came through not long after, bending and breaking many of the young trees.
Washington did eventually shape Mount Vernon into the first American garden, says Wulf, creating the first ornamental garden planted with almost all native species in his transition from Virginia planter to revolutionary landscaper.


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Transpire needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 135 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
Technology and business consulting for large corporate businesses.
It would be nice to see a brand mark that can be used for things like profile pictures etc. This could be done using the first letter U or otherwise.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Nefazodone Hydrochloride Oral tablet
What is this medicine?
NEFAZODONE (nef AY zoe done) is used to treat depression.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?
They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
bipolar disorder or mania
heart disease
liver disease
suicidal thoughts, plans, or attempt; a previous suicide attempt by you or a family member
an unusual or allergic reaction to nefazodone, other medicines, food, dyes, or preservatives
pregnant or trying to get pregnant
How should I use this medicine?
Take this medicine by mouth with a glass of water. Follow the directions on the prescription label. You may take this medicine with or without food. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed. Do not stop taking this medicine suddenly except upon the advice of your doctor. Stopping this medicine too quickly may cause serious side effects or your condition may worsen.
A special MedGuide will be given to you by the pharmacist with each prescription and refill. Be sure to read this information carefully each time.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
Overdosage: If you think you have taken too much of this medicine contact a poison control center or emergency room at once.
NOTE: This medicine is only for you. Do not share this medicine with others.
What if I miss a dose?
If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
What may interact with this medicine?
Do not take this medicine with any of the following medications:
ergot alkaloids like dihydroergotamine, ergotamine, methysergide
medicines called MAO Inhibitors like Nardil, Parnate, Marplan, Eldepryl
methylene blue
SSRIs like citalopram, escitalopram, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, and sertraline
red yeast rice
This medicine may also interact with the following medications:
general anesthetics
medicines for anxiety or sleeping problems, such as alprazolam, diazepam, or clonazepam
This list may not describe all possible interactions. Give your health care provider a list of all the medicines, herbs, non-prescription drugs, or dietary supplements you use. Also tell them if you smoke, drink alcohol, or use illegal drugs. Some items may interact with your medicine.
What should I watch for while using this medicine?
Tell your doctor if your symptoms do not get better or if they get worse. Visit your doctor or health care professional for regular checks on your progress. Because it may take several weeks to see the full effects of this medicine, it is important to continue your treatment as prescribed by your doctor.
Patients and their families should watch out for new or worsening thoughts of suicide or depression. Also watch out for sudden changes in feelings such as feeling anxious, agitated, panicky, irritable, hostile, aggressive, impulsive, severely restless, overly excited and hyperactive, or not being able to sleep. If this happens, especially at the beginning of treatment or after a change in dose, call your health care professional.
You may get drowsy or dizzy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs mental alertness until you know how this medicine affects you. Do not stand or sit up quickly, especially if you are an older patient. This reduces the risk of dizzy or fainting spells. Alcohol may interfere with the effect of this medicine. Avoid alcoholic drinks.
Your mouth may get dry. Chewing sugarless gum or sucking hard candy, and drinking plenty of water will help. Contact your doctor if the problem does not go away or is severe.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?
Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
allergic reactions like skin rash, itching or hives, swelling of the face, lips, or tongue
changes in vision
dark urine
feeling faint or lightheaded, falls
flu-like symptoms like fever, chills, cough, muscle or joint aches and pains
irregular heartbeat
loss of appetite for several days
prolonged or painful erection
redness, blistering, peeling or loosening of the skin, including inside the mouth
suicidal thoughts or other mood changes
trouble passing urine or change in the amount of urine
unusually tired or weak
yellowing of the eyes or skin
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
nausea or stomach upset
This list may not describe all possible side effects. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Where should I keep my medicine?
Keep out of the reach of children.
Store at room temperature below 40 degrees C (104 degrees F). Keep container tightly closed. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
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Matt Barber of Liberty Counsel, who seems to specialize in making arguments that are particularly moronic even for a wingnut, told Instant Analysis, the American Family Association's latest "news" site, that giving gay people equality will criminalize Christianity. I can't seem to copy this, so here's an image of it:
No Matt, you're confusing not being allowed to impose your religious beliefs on others with not being allowed to have your religious beliefs. Those aren't the same thing.


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Here's the latest...even linked by a big so called alternative site. Tennessee Imam Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi Jew: Christians are Filthy, Their Lives and Property Can be Taken in Jihad by the Muslims
Hundreds of comments at the article supporting the meme of the 'filthy Muslims,' many of which I suspect are Sunstein policy employees, sort of scary if not, and I thought I would add my own slant.
I'm no expert in all things Muslim. Insiders to the details should correct me if I'm wrong. I just call 'em as I see 'em at the moment but Wahhabism seems to me to be to Islam what Christian Zionism is to Christianity. Both are on the same side, the zionist money side. Peter Chamberlin has done much to expose the Wahhabist agenda as have a number of Muslim sites. There aren't many secrets in this divide and conquer psyops.
Some people blindly follow those who are in place as religious leaders. Muslims, Christians, Jews...it's equal opportunity to lead the flock in the way of deception and profit for a few psychopaths.
I saw where in Mufreesboro "Jews and Muslims set aside their differences about religion and the Holy Land," in a place where the Faithful find common ground. But the prerequisite for coming together must always be the holocau$t.
A few in the audience also spoke about having family members murdered by Nazis in Germany during the Holocaust and wanted to know Islam's stance.
Bahloul {mosque spokesman} said Islam lacks one main leader who can acknowledge the Holocaust the way Roman Catholics can through their pope.
Let's just always dance around the facts. Let's just pretend that we can all get along if we just waltz around truth and everything will be OK. Us vs. them is always the goal. Bankers and their syncopaths smile as we stumble in their playground."I'm speaking against (the Holocaust) today," Bahloul said. "It was horrible. Islam is clear against the killing of anyone."


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Army veteran Patrick Nickle didn't have a story to tell. He had dozens.
For documentary maker Justin Atkinson, it was a matter of finding the right one. Nickle, a Cottage Grove police sergeant, earned a Bronze Star for his service in Afghanistan in 2009 and also served a second deployment to Qatar in 2016.
"I was trying to find the story," Atkinson said. "When he started talking about his first deployment to Afghanistan he got very emotional. I thought, 'Whoa, that's the story I want to tell.'"
Nickle is one of three local veterans who are featured in "A Salute to Veterans" on local cable channel SWC-TV, where Atkinson works. The series premiered Nov. 6 on Channel 18 will run throughout November.
Nickle shares his experiences in a segment titled "A Soldier's Journey."
"It was an honor that he was willing to talk about his experiences so openly," Atkinson said.
Nickle deployed to Afghanistan as a captain in the Army Reserve. He was stationed at Bagram Air Base, which was then the largest U.S. military facility in Afghanistan. Among its vast complex of airfields, barracks and support buildings was a new prison, built to replace the controversial Bagram Theater Internment Facility. The new prison housed suspected Taliban militants and other insurgents.
Nickle was in charge of the day-to-day operations of Charlie Unit, where some of the most dangerous offenders were kept. He had 142 soldiers under his command.
It was a grim, dangerous work, a combination of tedium and terror. Inmates would throw their feces at the guards. The daily weather forecast always included a chance of mortars, which were launched intermittently by militants in the mountains outside the base. You felt vulnerable, particularly when you bedded down in your tent for the night.
"It got to the point where people think, 'It's not going to happen to me,' or you just become numb to it," Nickle said.
Then came the day a mortar round landed in the base, close enough for Nickle to feel the impact. He began to have real doubts about whether he'd make it back.
"That one really kind of hit home," he said. "That's when I started writing letters to each member of my family. They're still sealed. One is to both my boys. One is to my ex, my brother, sister, each parent and step-parent."
Nickle, who retired from the military last year, followed his father and older brother into the military. His father Paul is a Vietnam War veteran.
"I saw how proud my father was when my brother joined active duty," he said.
Nickle served with the Minnesota National Guard and on active duty in the Marine Corps. But he wanted to earn his deployment patch, that distinctive insignia that would show he had served in a combat zone.
He got his wish, Atkinson said. But it came at a cost. During the documentary, he told Atkinson that he still has trouble sleeping.
"He was excited to get his deployment patch," Atkinson said. "Over the course of that deployment, he started to question whether or not it was worth it. If he died over there, his kids wouldn't have a father anymore. Just confronting mortality and what's ultimately really important in life is something I found really compelling about his story."
"A Salute to Veterans" also feature segments on Michael Wimmer of Woodbury, who served in Vietnam with the Marines and earned a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. The third segment, "The Service of Dave Conrad," is a tribute to the late commander of American Legion Post 98 in St. Paul Park. Conrad served two tours of duty in Vietnam with the Marines. He died Sept. 21, 2016.
"A Soldier's Journey" has been nominated for an Upper Midwest Regional Emmy Award. Atkinson is nominated along with Brian Schmidt, director of photography; Mark Martinez, executive producer; and Ann Simpson, aerial videographer.
Army veteran Patrick Nickle didn't have a story to tell. He had dozens.


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I've been researching for the past few week on the parts I should order to build up a bulletproof EMaxx and this is what I've come up with. It started with me buying a TMaxx from a friend and wanting to convert it to brushless. I then ended up getting the 3908 rolling chassis from lumidave and it has snowballed into a pretty expensive build. I'm going to leave the TMaxx alone and not touch it. Its my first nitro rc fwiw.
I'm at work offshore for 2 more weeks (been out here 4 already..) and I'll have 4 weeks off when I get home. Hopefully everything is waiting for me when I get there and I can have some monster truck fun! My wife will be opening all my packages and sending me pics of everything as it comes. I've already received the rolling chassis and a few other things. Here's my list of parts I just pulled the trigger on on eBay. If there are other things I should order please let me know. I'm opened to all advice as this will be my first monster truck...well I guess the TMaxx was but it's arrived while I've been at work..
EMaxx 3908 Rolling Chassis
Traxxas EMaxx blue & Black body
FLM10700 LCG Chassis
FLM Ultimate hybrid bulk
-TA 5k diff fluid
-TA 3k diff fluid
-HPI 86598 13x16x.2mm shims x 20
Losi LST2 XXL CVDs
-HPI 101060 Cups x2
Tekno Axel Carriers with 17mm adapters
-HPI 96710 8x12x.8 shims x2
-TA 15x21x4 bearings x 10
Proline 3.8 trenchers on ½ offset wheels
RPM 80462 A-Arms x 4
T-Bone racing front and rear bumpers with T-Bar
FLM19000 Shock Towers
Traxxas 4962 Big Bore shocks
Castle Mamba Monster 2200kv motor
Robinson Racing Double disk slipper
Robinson Racing Hardened steel 60T spur
Robinson Racing Extra Hard 15T, 24T pinion
HPI Flux Blur esc (already have)
Spektrum SR3100 for DX3s
Hot Racing TM3348x bellcrank
Hitec HS-7954sh servo
Not much so far
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X-Maxx Max6 | EB48.3 | ET48.3 | Axial Grave Digger
I would recommend the trencher x tires over regular trenchers. Looks like youve done ur homework. Flm makes for a good looking rig. I would also go for a light battery setup.
Merv, Sl4sh, P4de, Embe, Slash
i didn't know about the trencher x. They look bigger. Are you saying to use lower mah batteries?
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Compared to each other, Trencher 40 series are higher - TrencherX wider.
Weird as it sounds, I liked performance of stock tires better.... and also like zero offset better.
But it would be boring if all E-Maxx's looked the same. Looking forward to see a FLM LCG build. Not many of those around..
Merv, Sl4sh, P4de, Embe, Slash
do i really need to upgrade the bulk head brace?
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X-Maxx Max6 | EB48.3 | ET48.3 | Axial Grave Digger
Ultra Shocks and Big Bores are really 1:10 scale shocks. E-Maxx really is a 1:8 scale truck.
These 8 shocks are ok on stock plastic build, but when adding lots of alu stuff, and truck gets heavy, the thin shock shafts could eventually bend on cartwheels and bad landings. At least that's how I felt
1:8 scale shocks, such as UE SuperShocks I used, would be the best direction.
And since you did the wise and upgraded to Losi XXL cvd, there's plenty of room for for bulkier shocks.
Spring choice will depend on where/how you drive. Be careful not to use too hard springs!
No need to update, even use, braces when using the FLM ultimates. But I used a RPM one.
Oh - and I would have used the lot stronger UE knuckleheads over the FLM towers (as I also used, but found them a little too soft)
How about Skid plates? - find something stronger than FLM
5k front diff oil - maybe a little thin? But depends on where you drive
Good combos are (R2-F5), (R3-F7), (R5-F10)
At the end, I settled on (R5-F10)
Trenchers perform BETTER than stock tires. But I found they actually performed to good, especially on grass where I did most of my driving. To much traction (wheelies) and sidebite (roll over)
That's the reason I liked stockers bettter. But TrencherX made the truck look BAD...
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I tried finding the knuckleheads on ebay but couldn't. I wasn't sure about how long it would take to get the towers from ue so I went with flm. I did see how yours bent though. Ill order the UEs if the flm ones get messed up too much, same with the shocks.
What skid plates would you recommend that I get?
I ordered the UE knuckleheads and at 50% off! I received a lot of parts at the house today and my wife sent me pics. I had her put the trenchers on the roller and take some pics with the tmaxx and I'm getting excited!
I have two questions.
1. what skid plates are the best?
2. will I need an external bec for this servo?
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Thanks patreus. So I guess I should rephrase that and ask which are the best available skid plates?
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I'm having great success with the 3 piece RPM skid plate covers.
With a 7.4 volt servo I would think you would need a 7.4 BEC but I'm not certain.
I have a set of the integy titanium skids on my project. They are much stronger than the cheaper aluminum ones.
They could have made them even stronger by eliminating the cut outs for the suspension pins? I also have a set of the integy EVO5 skids on my other maxx. They are a bit stronger than the cheaper aluminum ones too and dont have the big cut outs.
I ordered the rpm skids but i'll try the steel or titanium ones if these fail or if I feel like I need to order more stuff... i ordered a castle bec as well. I'm looking forward to getting off this boat and getting home next wednesday. I should start the build next Thursday!
next question: in my research I read a couple of comments on putting an electronics box in place of one of the servos. Is that just relocating the stock box or is there another one that fits in there?
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The rpm skids mount over top of the plastic, aluminum or titanium skid plates. They are not a stand alone skid plate. Only protectors for skid plates. They do not connect the bulkheads to the chassis support rails.
Not shure about the electronics box. But I think some people just relocate the stock box.
I see, thanks for the info. My concern now is that the lcg chassis will cause the skids available to not fit. I'll try sending an email to flm to see what's up.
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Okay I ordered the RC solutions steel skid plates. I thought they were a good deal at $18 apiece but then the shipping was $18 as well. Oh well. I think I have everything I need to start this build. The only thing I may want eventually is a roll cage of some type.
I think what's going to happen is that i will eventually tear the tmaxx down and use all the parts from the roller to build a second emaxx. I will probably try out the double velineon system in it since I have two laying around. I will try it and see what nitro is all about first though. I may leave it alone too...we'll see
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Looking good mate
Rock n Rolla !
I finally made it home and have begun working on the truck. First I am very impressed with how big the truck is. I wasn't it to be so big! 2nd the trenchers that I ordered are actually Trencher Xs! I also picked up some hpi phaltline tires for road use at the lhs.
The mamba monster esc I was planning to use along with two other mamba monster I have are not working properly. One of them allows the motor to chime but when you press the accelerator it sound like its cogging and wont go either direction. I tested the motor with my flux blur esc and the motor spins just fine. the other two esc's wont even make the motor chime but they both have blinking lights. I will be using the flux blur for now.
Another problem I had is with the spektrum sr3100. I could not get it to bind at all.
One thing that I will have to modify is the UE shock mounts. They don't quite mate up to the Ultimate hybrid diff but luckily I had the flm ones ready to go. Here are some pics of the build so far:
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UE Knucklehead towers won't mate up to the FLM Ultimate Hybrid Bulk/Diff Combo?
That's the set up I planned on going with at some point. I'm interested on how that works out.
The T-bone bumpers look great!
Thanks, I really like those bumpers. No the lower arches on the knuckleheads needs to be trimmed for it to work. I'm fine with the FLMs until they break. I've been driving the truck a bit and I absolutely love it! I think 4s is enough for now. I tried it on 5s but I'm worried something will break. One problem I'm having is with the toe links. The two times that the truck has toppled over something has happened to the links. The first time the driver link got smashed into the rod ends on both side, the second time I ripped one of the end links off the ball. I ordered the upgraded traxxas links but I'm not convinced that they are the best. What are some other options?
here are some new pics:
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Looks very familiar buddy!
Had the same rod end problems on mine. Ended up with the TRX Aluminum ones, but with Revo rear toe adjustment rod ends. They are thicker and beefier than the usual rod ends used on everything else, and can only be found on the rear Revo toe links.
How are you liking those shocks? I used Some 1/8 scale Ofna's on mine.
Rustler 4x4 VXL
Okay cool I'm going to order those ends. That's a good looking truck, I need to get some mashers too. Are those functioning beadlocks? what brand are they? I put the bigbores on with the springs they came with and the shock fluid that was included and the truck just hit the floor with no rebound lol. luckily i ordered the vg racing heavy duty springs and they are pretty stout. I'll probably go with some other shocks in the future and I will look into the ofna's. I'll probably switch to the regular flm chassis as well.
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Yeah, they're completely functional, and awesome!
3.2 Mashers on 3.2 Maximizer Beadlocks. I love that setup. Too bad they don't make many good 3.2 tires anymore, at least not like they make 3.8 and 40 series.
Rustler 4x4 VXL
dang it...now I have a need for that combo!
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I still like the 3.2 tires over the 3.8's. They weigh less and handle better. Although I do really like my 3.8 Badlands on TRX 3.8 1/2 offset Geode wheels.
Rustler 4x4 VXL
Quick ?. When you guys upgrade to the FLM blukheads are you also upgrading the hinge pin or are you keeping the steel one that it comes with.
I found that the tbone front and rear bumpers were limiting my arm travel so I crudely modified them.. I also installed the traxxas aluminum links and received the erevo rear endlinks but have not installed them. While driving around I lost the front differential center drive cup so it's in two wheel drive mode now.
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I'm taking the front and rear apart now. I was going to switch out the outdrive cups to the hpi ones but Instead I will be switching back to the stock axles. I need to order different inner bearings for the lst2 axles. The 15x21x4 bearings bind up once they get smashed into the Tekno carriers.
MacKenzie- I'm using the stock hinge pins
M n M- I took pics for you of the ue knuckleheads and how they just barely don't work. The need just a fraction of a millimeter shaved off to line up properly. I will be using the ue's on my tmaxx e conversion later this week. Also, the ue's use the old style circular body posts.
with a regular button head screw
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no problem. I'm not sure why the 2nd pic is broken but here is the link.
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I only had one of the bearings get smashed into my carriers. Obviously it comes from the diff cup pushing back on the dogbones on a hard awkward landing. I simply adjusted my pivot balls out in the A-Arms a little more, and never had the problem again. Never pulled a pivot ball out of the arm either.
Rustler 4x4 VXL
I had a great time with this truck during my time off work. I tried a dual 3s setup for a few minutes but blew up three of the stock axles and tbh 6s is too much for my taste on this build. 4s was plenty of fun. I radared the truck at 35mph on 4s. I want to eventually get aluminum arms and they will probably be flm. I need to go back to the xxl axles as well
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Dunno why you bought the original truck, you've changed pretty much every part on it, you'd have been better off building it piece by piece.
In other news, that thing is awesome.
Thanks! I didn't buy the original truck and I pretty much did build it piece by piece! I bought the roller but I knew that I had a tmaxx that I wanted to convert over to emaxx so the parts have all been used between the two builds.
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Nice build, I may add the LCG chassis and the diff/bulks to my emaxx
Thanks, I like the lcg chassis a lot! The only thing I don't like is how the batteries hang below the body.
I'm about to pull the trigger on ordering the Unlimited Engineering widetrack suspension and two sets of supershocks for this build since all that is in stock now. I might even modify a set of knuckleheads to work with the hybrid bulks. I'm also going back to the xxl axles since I've done more reading on how to make them work right.
Another item I want is a proline Raptor body and a wing to help protect the body in the rear. Im wandering what wing mount i should use?
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The widetrack suspension, supershocks, hot bodies lightning wing and wing mount have been ordered! I will be staying with the flm towers since they were designed to use the hot bodies wing mount.
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Well the Unlimted Engineering suspension and supershocks are waiting at home for me! I get off work tomorrow so I should be installing this stuff on Thursday.
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#11 Pretty
you have very beautiful extensions, song and the dance would work, you just needed to control and make ur movements more fluid
#10 could have been
you are a very strong dancer with alot of technique going for you, but you danced like you didn't understand the song. There wasn't really a connection.
#9 Where's the Emotion?
I felt like the whole time you were putting on a character face, nothing or a smile. This is not a happy song were you can just smile and make faces. Also there was just nothing there for me. sorry:<
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goodbye my almost good dancer...
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Did u have on the bloomers that come with the costume? bc it looks like u just have on underwear
#6 ummm...
so you have good technique, but you just go so fast that everything turns into mush. like if you listen to the song its not very fast moving or choppy (but thats how you danced it) and your running needs alot of work to. when you run it doesnt look very purposeful so it looks SLOPPY!!!! all in all there was way too much giong on
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too much is going on - It would be nice if you had a few fast parts- but more slow emotional connection would work
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the pink underwear things are distracting and sort of ruin the dancing
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Your pink panties are distracting, it looks like you forgot to put an actual bottom on over your undies.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Two people died and three others were injured in a shooting and stabbing at a jewelry store in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood Friday afternoon, police said.
Officers responded to reports of shots fired around 2 p.m. at 888 Brannan St. When they arrived, they encountered a man, covered in blood, walking westbound on Brannan Street.
As officers attempted to approach him, he took out a gun and fired multiple shots at the officers, according to police.
The male suspect then ran to a nearby restaurant and continued firing at additional officers that had arrived at the scene, before apparently running out of ammunition and surrendering to police.
When the man was detained, police found two guns and a knife.
The suspect was taken to San Francisco General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries to his hands. His identity is not being released by police.
Authorities then went to Victoga Inc., a jewelry store in the GiftCenter & JewelryMart complex at 888 Brannan St., and found two women, deceased. Police would not the nature of their injuries.
A male victim was also found suffering from gunshot and stab wounds and was taken to San Francisco General Hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
Two females were also found injured, one suffering from gunshot wounds and the other from stab wounds. Their conditions were unavailable Friday.
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He said police have not yet determined a possible motive for the shooting.
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Neither IBM nor Google has ever released information on the money changing hands for these intellectual property (IP) transactions.
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To hear the vaccine pushers say it, all the recent outbreaks of mumps and measles are caused by too few people seeking out vaccinations. It's all those "non-vaccinated people" who are a danger to society, they say, because they can spread disease.
Reality tells a different story, however: It is the vaccinated people who are causing these outbreaks and spreading disease!
Just this week, an outbreak of mumps among more than 1,000 people in New Jersey and New York has raised alarm among infectious disease authorities. The outbreak itself is not unusual, though. What's unusual is that the health authorities slipped up and admitted that most of the people infected with mumps had already been vaccinated against mumps.
In Ocean County, New Jersey, county spokeswoman Leslie Terjesen told CNN that 77 percent of those who caught mumps had already been vaccinated against mumps.
77 of those infected had been vaccinated
Usually this information is censored out of the press. The vaccine industry wants the public to believe that vaccines are effective at preventing infection. So the media typically refrains from reporting what percentage of the infected people were already vaccinated against the infectious disease.
But in this case, the 77 percent figure slipped out. And now intelligent observers are increasingly seeing the truth about these vaccines:
* Infectious disease vaccines simply don't work. If they did, then why did all these children who were already vaccinated still get mumps?
* Vaccines may actually increase your risk of disease. Notice that far more vaccinated children were stricken with mumps than non-vaccinated children?
* The people who administer vaccines never tell you that their vaccines don't really work. They tell you that you'll be "protected" with the vaccine, implying a near-100% level of protection (which is blatantly false).
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The lies of the CDC
The CDC claims the mumps vaccine is 76 to 95 percent effective, but they offer no scientific evidence whatsoever to support that claim. To date, there has never been a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study published on the mumps vaccine in humans. The so-called "scientific" evidence supporting these vaccines is purely imaginary.
I still have a $10,000 reward offered for anyone who can provide a single scientific study proving the safety and effectiveness of any H1N1 vaccine (http://www.naturalnews.com/027985_H…). To date, not a single person has stepped forward to claim that $10,000. I might as well raise the reward to a million dollars, because I'll never have to pay it: There is no scientific evidence proving the safety and effectiveness of these vaccines!
Does being vaccinated raise your risk of infection?
The CDC also says that 2009 was a bad year for mumps outbreaks. They blame all the people who refuse to be vaccinated for causing these outbreaks. Their theory, of course, is based on the imaginary idea that mumps vaccines halt mumps infections. But once again, it's all imaginary! As we saw this week in New Jersey, most of the people who get infected in these outbreaks are the very people who were vaccinated!
[efoods]If mumps vaccines actually worked, then what you should see instead is the mumps infection spreading among those who refused the vaccines, right? It's only logical.
In fact, if vaccines really work, then why should the vaccinated people be bothered at all by those who don't get vaccinated? After all, if their vaccines protect themselves from disease, then non-vaccinated people are no threat to them, right? So why are vaccinated people so pushy about forcing non-vaccinated people to get vaccinated?
The shocking truth about infectious disease and vaccines, however, is very different from what you're told by the drug companies (and the health authorities who pander to their interests): Some vaccines may actually promote the very diseases they claim to prevent!
That may be why 77% of those who recently got mumps in New Jersey were, in fact, the very people who were vaccinated against mumps. The vaccine may, in fact, weaken your immune system against future infections, causing you to become more susceptible to future outbreaks.
Many thousands of Americans who died from H1N1 swine flu were the very people who got vaccinated against H1N1 (http://www.naturalnews.com/027956_H…).
The great vaccine hoax exposed
Take a look at nearly every outbreak of infectious disease in recent years and you'll find the same pattern. You'll either see that most of those who got infected were already vaccinated, or you'll see those statistics completely stripped out of all media reports.
It's all part of the grand vaccine cover-up. Vaccines simply do not work as promised. Vaccines do not offer the level of protection against infectious disease that they promise. In fact, vaccines are far less effective than vitamin D in preventing infections!
Instead of shooting up our children with over 100 different vaccines (which is now standard practice, by the way), what we should be doing is boosting their immune function with vitamin D, zinc and immune-boosting nutrients from medicinal plants. That would protect them from all common infectious diseases at the same time, and it doesn't require needles or the use of dangerous chemical preservatives like thimerosal, which is linked to autism.
Don't believe the recent attacks on Dr. Wakefield. This was an organized smear campaign designed to discredit Dr. Wakefield before he could publish the results of his "14 monkeys" study that shows severe neurological harm caused by vaccines given to young primates (http://www.naturalnews.com/028109_A…).
There is a way to protect people from infectious disease: Give them the immune-boosting nutrients their immune systems need to defend themselves against disease. Outbreaks of infectious disease would plummet along with seasonal flu deaths.
Of course, so would sales of vaccines. And that's the whole reason you never hear health authorities recommending vitamin D even though it's far more effective than any vaccine at preventing infectious disease (http://www.naturalnews.com/027385_V…). The CDC, we now know, is little more than the marketing branch of Big Pharma's vaccine operations. That's why the former head of the CDC, Dr. Julie Gerberding, is now suddenly the president of Merck's worldwide vaccine division (http://www.naturalnews.com/027789_D…).
Vaccines make lots of money, but they don't make people immune to disease. The fact that so many vaccinated people are being stricken with the very diseases they were vaccinated against is proof that vaccines fail to deliver what they promise.
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Nationwide rallies target birth control measure
WASHINGTON — Demonstrators gathered Friday at rallies around the country to decry the Obama administration's policy of requiring private health insurance plans to cover contraception as a violation of religious freedom.
In Washington, the rally began with speeches in Upper Senate Park and a march to the U.S. Supreme Court. Congresswoman and one-time GOP presidential hopeful Michele
Bachmann of Minnesota said the heart of the issue was religious freedom.
Bachmann of Minnesota said the heart of the issue was religious freedom.
She says Obama "had no problem telling the religious organizations and the religious-oriented people of this nation that they must be forced to violate their religious beliefs under his health care mandate."
The issue has united multiple faiths. Recently, evangelical, Orthodox Jewish, Roman Catholic and Mormon leaders helped form networks in every state dedicated to religious liberty.
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Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Female vs. Male Long Race Recovery
I was inspired to write this post after reading emails and comments from many of you, then looking into it further and noticing a pattern: men tend to get injured during races, women 1-2 weeks after.
Why is this?
Let's look at women first: they are more flexible than men, due to estrogen, so this in itself helps prevent injury during the race itself. Plus, women tend to be extremely good at noticing warning signs from their bodies. This helps prevent them from pushing themselves to the point of injury.
Men are more likely to go all out and either get injured or make it through the race and do well. After a marathon or ultra marathon, a typical man's response would be "I just ran a marathon, so I'd better not run for a while."
Whereas women seem to think they can just return to their normal exercise routine. It is hard to say if this is soley the result of pyschosocial factors such as the need to stay thin and the need to prepare for the next race, or if there is also a biological reason for this train of thought.
Here is my experience vs. SR's after our last marathon: During and shortly after the race I felt good. The very next day, I went out for a 20 minute run without any specific pain, but just a general fatigue. Over the next few days, I ran between 20 minutes to an hour, slowly, just trying to recover. But as they days went by, my right hip bothered me more and more. Yesterday, it was to the point that I couldn't walk without a limp because my right leg had been pulled a good 2 cm shorter than the left due to muscle tightness in my right lower back and hip. It is so painful that I have trouble sleeping if I don't have a heafty dose of anti-inflammatory in my body.
SR on the other hand didn't run at all for 4 days after the race. After marathons or ultras he is so sore that he can barely walk the next couple of days. Now it has been 10 days since the race and he is back to his normal running routine without any injuries or pains to speak of.
I was moved by Marie-Aline's story of running her debut marathon in 3.10 and feeling great, returning to hard training a week later and ending up with an ankle injury that gradually worsened and left her unable to train for 18 months!!
Another small amount of evidence comes from the Trans-Alpine race where women's teams classically start out doing well, but by the end of the week, a much smaller percentage of women's vs. men's teams are able to complete the course (due to injury). And I do not believe this was caused by a lack of training.
The importance of pre and post race nutrition as well as adequate rest has also been raised many times. But I struggle to find evidence or good guidelines.
My informal research has led me to believe that men and women should follow different guidelines, but I am sadly far from proposing any due to lack of evidence. I look forward to all of your thoughts on this subject.
No running song today... but I will give a shout out to Danni, who sent me some running music, which I am so excited to hear :)
3 comments:
- Danni said...
Let me know when you get it! Hopefully you won't hate all of it. If you do it's ok of course.
- 21 January 2010 at 03:50
- Spare Rib and J-Bone said...
I'm sorry to hear about your injury. I know how frustrating that can be. After many similar experiences, I have learned to just trust what all the books tell you. After a marathon, take a few days completely off. Just force yourself to do it. Don't take two weeks off, but figure out what works for you and do it. Rest! For me it seems to be about 3 or 4 days. Good luck with the injury... make sure your bed is not too soft. That exacerbates my hip issues when the flare up. Sleeping on the floor may be a better option.
- 22 January 2010 at 12:28
- Olga said...
I can't help you because your research is based on road marathons fast all-out running. I' think you may want to take a few days off just due to pounding and beating you get from the surface. Get better!
- 22 January 2010 at 22:03


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As rebel fighters held back the sparse traffic, a Russian-made jet landed on an improvised airstrip on the Nalut to Jadu road in Libya's western mountains.
It was Aug. 22, and fighting was still raging between rebels and supporters of strongman Muammar Qaddafi in Tripoli. But several members of the National Transitional Council, based in the eastern city of Benghazi, had arrived at the makeshift airstrip to make the two-hour drive to Tripoli and establish the NTC as Libya's sovereign power.
Among them was Faraj Sayeh Eltayef, a Tripoli native and minister in the NTC's executive council, who announced on Saturday that a democratic transition is already well under way.
"We've established task forces for every sector in Tripoli: water, electricity, security, preserving the infrastructure," said Mr. Eltayef, who is in charge of preparing the country for a democratic transition. "In eight months' time we will hold elections for a national council, which will select a new government. At the same time, 15 individuals will be appointed to write a new constitution."
But while the rebels successfully came together to expel Mr. Qaddafi from Tripoli after 42 years of dictatorship, their ability to maintain that unity and lead a successful transition to democracy is already coming into question.
If an interim government fails to take firm control very soon, Libya could face a power vacuum in which disparate armed groups fight for control of the oil-rich country.
East-west tensions
One of the key problems is a division between the eastern rebels, based in Benghazi, and the western rebels who led the assault on Tripoli that broke Qaddafi's hold on the country.
Benghazi and Tripoli have long been regional rivals, and were played against each other by Qaddafi. Even if the NTC were to appoint a temporary government tomorrow, some in Tripoli say they won't accept ministers chosen by the Benghazi leaders.
"We think the government should be formed by someone from Tripoli, or at least from the western part of the country," says Mohammed Omeish, the coordinator for the Coalition of February 17, an umbrella organization for opposition groups in the capital. "It would be a good way for the NTC to show that it is serious about national unity and that it is not Benghazi that's running the show."
A list of 40 NTC members, which has not been circulated previously for security reasons, shows at least five members from Tripoli, along with five from Benghazi. But some of those who represent Tripoli have lived abroad for decades, which may not be received well by Tripoli residents.
NTC chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil said in a recent press conference that the current council, which includes 42 members, would grow to 80 members once all areas of Libya come under opposition control. Qaddafi forces still control some areas of Libya, including the cities of of Sirte and Sabha.
According to Mr. Omeish, "the people of Tripoli will not accept a government formed by Jibril," who is from the east.
NTC waiting to name a temporary government
NTC officials in Benghazi, however, don't appear to feel pressure to consolidate leadership in Tripoli to avoid a rift. Mr. Abdel Jalil has not announced plans to move from Benghazi to Tripoli, and the NTC will not name a temporary government until "total liberation," which will come with Qaddafi's capture, says NTC deputy chair Abdel Hafidh Ghoga.
"We don't believe that the crowning of this revolution will be complete until such time as Qaddafi and his inner circle and his sons are captured. As long as he is at large, he will always be a threat to Libya, and to the international community," says Mr. Ghoga.
Waiting to install a credible government that can steer the transition period risks further instability, says a Western diplomat who asked not to be named. "That's a little bit risky because if it takes a long time [to find Qaddafi] you have this weak institution leading the state," he says. "I think it's really important for them to take over the government institutions there quickly. Otherwise there will be a vacuum."
Those living in difficult humanitarian circumstances in Tripoli after fighting to rid the city of Qaddafi's forces say they want leadership on the ground in the capital, not talking with foreign leaders abroad or in Benghazi.
While at least eight members of the NTC are now in Tripoli, along with most of the members of its executive council, the top two NTC leaders – Abdel Jalil and Mahmoud Jibril, who is sometimes called the prime minister, have yet to be seen in the capital.
They attended a meeting in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday and have been invited to Paris this week. They are working urgently to get foreign banks to release billions in Libyan assets that were frozen in a global bid to pressure Qaddafi.
"People want to see Jalil and Jibril in the streets of Tripoli," says Omeish. "If you want to be a national leader, you should be in the capital in this time of crisis. This is not the time to be working behind the scenes."
Their absence may have left a vacuum that has already been filled. "It has already been decided that the local Tripoli council will run things in Tripoli," says Mr. Omeish. The NTC, he adds, "is mostly symbolic now."
Getting Qaddafi
If Qaddafi remains at large for an extended period – Saddam Hussein was not captured for nine months after the US invaded Iraq – the NTC says it will appoint a new executive committee, instead of a temporary government, giving the reins to a weakened institution at crucial time of transition.
The current executive committee – in practice the transitional government – was ordered dissolved early last month. The move came immediately after the rebel's military leader, Abdul Fatah Younes – a former Qaddafi interior minister – was murdered in Benghazi on July 28 while in rebel custody. At least one member of the council was found to have been at fault for "administrative mistakes" that allowed the assassination to happen.
Yet as a matter of practice, committee members are still carrying out their duties, while members of Gen. Younes' Obeidi tribe have threatened to take action on their own if justice isn't served.
Foreign affairs
Jibril's extended time spent outside Libya – he has rarely set foot in his home country in recent months – has paid dividends. Dozens of nations have recognized the NTC as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people, and the US and European nations have begun unfreezing government assets to give the new government the cash it needs to keep services running and police on the streets during the transition period.
In Tripoli, another challenge to the new authorities are the thousands of fighters who roam the streets, Rambo-style, who also display regional rifts.
Celebratory gunfire is a staple of any rebellion, but the Libyan rebels come equipped with anti-aircraft guns mounted on the back of pick-up trucks, and they take pleasure in firing them into the air. For the residents of Tripoli, for whom the reality of war only set in a week ago, it is quite a shock.
"All the Tripoli fighting units have been brought under control of the Tripoli local council," said Omeish. "But it is true that the fighters from outside Tripoli sometimes behave in an improper fashion, like going into neighborhoods and shooting off their anti-aircraft guns. This has angered some people."
Omeish admits that the fighters from places like Misurata in the east, or Zintan, Jadu, and Nalut in the western mountains, have not submitted to the authority of the Tripoli council.
"We try to ask them not to do that," says Omeish, "but it is not always easy."


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