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You guys get the idea, post up what you did to or with your Revo today...
I went out bashing in Griffith Park with my new spool installed, quickly broke my first axle, put in the spare which last quite a bit longer but eventually broke when I landed at full throttle... Went to my LHS picked up some steel axles and installed them, can't wait to try and break them!
I stripped off old paint and repainted my Revo body. It is a 2.5 body.
One shot.....One kill, no exceptions
Dude that looks great for a stripped off paint job, what did you use to strip it? Sweet.
I Finished the Erevo build till the new axle carrers come in.
Serviced the Mad Max Revo, tranny work,
New push rods on the oringinal revo, found a leak in the exhusst coupler going to put it back together now.
The conversion is getting some love today
15 IS Enough, Time to thin down the fleet some.
I discovered that my clutch spring broke!
nothing, its setting as a roller collecting dust inside the garage lol.
i never thought of peeling off the old paint. great job!!
Just hand polished my trinity pipe
One shot.....One kill, no exceptions
tried a friend slayer body on the revo..its awesome with the big wheels..looks a lot better in real than the photos.
it would require the slayer extended bumpers to be installed, and the fenders to be haves a little to make room for suspension travel
the only problem i can think of is that the rear bumper would get in the way if you weelie
absolutely nothing for the last 2 years...
you know.. i never had a sig.. but i do now...
LOL KG, I bashed them all today, had to wrap up the heads for the first time this year, the badlands on the Erevo with the full offset is awesome, got the RD racing carriers in the mail today, that's tonight project and filling the second set of big bores on the flux, ran out of shock oil, I love this being laid off thing, nothing like full time RC'ing, but the party's not going to last much longer so I'll take full advantage of every bit of it, I love the nitros but now I get to turn the lights on and I can bash the electrics all night if I want to and these electrics are sick as sick can get. Total Blast!! Rock on Brothers.
15 IS Enough, Time to thin down the fleet some.
Beat it till it bled and then beat it for bleeding Then cleaned it real good and painted the push rods and toe links. I looked for some Traxxas blue rods and links but they don't make them ??? Found some paint in the shop that matches the lighter blue
In the second picture you can see the white lettering on the inside of the tire... think I may keep going on all for Takes a little time and a steady hand using a paint pen... a beer or two as well Also put the stock rims/tires back on.
White letters;
i added fuel line to the head today...
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i put on the rc solutions rollcage and ordered the red traxxas aluminum push rods and toe links. how do you post pictures in this place......im illeterate, stupid and most of the time a slow learner. Lol
I am waiting for the roller I snagged off ebay, then the build begins!
Had nothing to do on the Revo today because it is running great and I actually have nothing ordered for it. I am working on an engine and chassis for another RC that shall remain nameless as it is made by someone else...
Finally got around to cleaning and getting it ready to run again. Took apart the tranny and installed FOC. Instructions weren't too clear so I forgot to use a set screw to hold the gear on the new shaft. Once that was installed it runs real nice. Hasn't been run in over 8 months but I just reset it to factory and it started right up and takes off with a touch of the throttle. I love the 3.3. Reliable engine and craftsmanship!!
Revo 3.3, 2WD Slash, Rustler VXL, and MERV VXL.
I replaced some blown out rod ends on the rear shocks/push rods from doing cartwheels in the grass yesterday. Also burned the feces out of my finger trying to grab it mid tumble.
Learning how to jump over a golf course sand trap is fun! Economic downturn has been bad for the golfing business, but great for me. And I don't replace my divots!
RPM rod ends just as good as the rest of their products? Rod end supply is getting low.....
I put in an os.30 vg in mine!!
Can you pass me another screw?
This past weekend i put a new body on after painting it.
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mine still collecting more dust and from that point on, I pretty much use it as a spare parts.
Beat the two LRP 30 revo's today hard, broke nothing, it was in the 20's, heads wrapped up and kept them in the 250 range with plenty of smoke, had to replace the second gear clutch, after I broke the shaft a while back it looked fine but what happens during the trauma is the seat for the bearing gets knocked out of round, you can't see it by eye but the bearing knows it, so the bearing cooks, heats up that spot were the pin is and in no time the shaft is busted again, took me 2 shafts to figure it out, so for future reference if you take out 5393 you mind as well get 5390 when you fix it, even if it looks ok and the bearing is cheap. Great day for bashing. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year y'all. I hope you guys all turned in your wish lists.
15 IS Enough, Time to thin down the fleet some.
Today I ordered a new BUKU big block clutch system with the Komposite shoes. Also ordered a new 19T clutch bell. Can't wait to get it installed!!!!
Put ST clutch on, new fuel lines and brake pads today. Checked fuel tank aswell.
Took it out in freezing temps, ran it through the snow. First time running it since my daughter broke one of the rear A-arms. Totally different tuning in the cold. It acted like it was always lean, even when rich, but I didn't wrap the head. All in all it was good fun.
I have a habit of treating my neighbors sloped front yard like turn 3 at Daytona...with the close gear set I'm at a 30 k whistle when i hit her driveway. I get three passes before she comes outside and cluelessly sweeps the landscape bark back where it belongs...I did that...again.
@ jake...before i got a clue w/nitro...And the jury is still out..We were sure we could catch a tune with an open header...night after night...mind numbing jato runs in the street...you get the idea. Cops...landlords...u name it. This from a group of friends that are discussing the pros and cons of alcohol plus NOS for our desert toys...sigh. My best friends current sand rail config weighs a hair over 1200lbs and the juiced Ls1 turned 650 bhp on the dyno...I fear for our lives...
I bought a new 2.4 ghz radio some new suspension arms to replace a couple cracked ones. I also got a new spur and clutch bell, resonater pipe, a couple new shock ends, some new pivot ball dust caps. Now I get to wait for it all to come,meanwhile I'm gonna do a little tear down and clean session and get it ready for the 3.3. Pretty pumped about this truck, already have a jato but thats for summer time now and the revo will be year round fun.
Just bought a 2.4 ghz radio and the newer optidrive to go in my 5310.
One shot.....One kill, no exceptions
kicked it so it would not feel neglected lol
looking at the new tqi remote and dock with reciever and telemetrix
Revo 3.3 2006
Juggernaut 2
Dumas Quicky 40
Put it in the new bag my wife got me, we did early gifts before the insanity showed up, just a few, the best part is the Sony Handycam, full hd dudes, I am going to be making some awesome videos from now on, lol. The gear bag is awesome I fit the E revo in it with the trenchers on it with no problem, and you can carry a ton of stuff, lol so the rigs can travel in style now. lol Merry Christmas to you all, I hope the RC Santa is Good to you all.
15 IS Enough, Time to thin down the fleet some.
Put the Goliath's back on to tear some stuff up!
I started to do a small tear down to get ready for new parts and found out I need more new parts. Front diff is toast and a couple bad push rod ends. This is starting to become a nickle and dime addiction, parts are cheep just seems like more and more are needed but if your not gonna do it rite dont do it at all i guess.
thats the way it is... most plastic parts are consumables.. especially rod ends... so may as well stock up on them... she i race the revo.. it was the single most changed item on my truck was push rod ends... i race every weekend... so about once a month i changed them... just be sure i don't have a dnf because of it...
you know.. i never had a sig.. but i do now...
Gave it a boxing day kiss hehe


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The Oregon/NASA Space Grant Consortium has become a major investor in the South Metro-Salem (SMS) STEM Partnership, organized by Oregon Tech and a coalition of 15 school districts, six institutions of higher education, nine community-based organizations, and 11 core business partners. The Partnership formed to catalyze Oregon students to achieve STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) degrees and certificates, and reach Oregon's education goals by increasing the access, excitement, and engagement of students in STEM courses and experiential learning, including NASA and Oregon Space Grant resources.
According to Jack Higginbotham, Oregon Space Grant Consortium Director of Space Programs at OSU, "The South Metro-Salem STEM partnership is an excellent example of how congressional funding of the NASA education mission can serve as the seed for private and public entities to come together to address local and state STEM education objectives. The partnership provides students and teachers access to NASA facilities and continuing education opportunities that build not only their excitement about a career in a STEM field, but develop a tangible product that serves as a source of pride for themselves, their families, school and state. An example is the recent deployment of a student experiment from West Salem High School on the International Space Station, with results being presented in the future at an Oregon/NASA Space Grant conference."
The Oregon/NASA Space Grant Consortium's $80,000 investment will allow the STEM Partnership to hire a STEM NETwork Director, who will work to connect the hundreds of community and business volunteers with the region's students to help them experience the excitement of space, environment, or computing through experiential learning. Specifically, the STEM NETwork Director at Oregon Tech will implement one of the SMS STEM Partnership's three core strategies, building the STEM NETwork, envisioned as an online clearinghouse that will connect business and community STEM resources with regional teachers, students, and classrooms. The STEM NETwork Director will identify ways that NASA resources can be included in the professional development of teachers associated with the SMS STEM Partnership and with the development of STEM curriculum that uses space or aerospace related, hands-on activities to meet state STEM teaching standards.
Other regional investors in the STEM NETwork are First Tech Federal Credit Union, FLIR, Eaton, Mentor Graphics Foundation, PGE Foundation, and the 15 school districts that are STEM Partners. Chylon Pappas, Community Relations Director at First Tech Federal Credit Union explains, "We're excited for the appointment of the STEM NETwork Director as this position will allow the SMS Partnership to launch the STEM NETwork which will connect our tech community volunteers with educators to create meaningful STEM experiences in the classroom. These efforts will drive us closer toward our goal of developing a diverse and career-ready workforce for our community."
Oregon Tech, on behalf of the South Metro-Salem STEM Partnership, has hired Jill Hubbard as the STEM NETwork Director. Ms. Hubbard is a former engineer with over 10 years of experience at Intel and Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation, and is concurrently a teacher at Tualatin High School. She teaches engineering and computer science courses and coaches FIRST Robotics, Oregon Game Programming Contest (OGPC), and Willamette Programming Teams. She provides summer training to educators via the TAO Foundation and Tigard Tualatin University as well as programming and engineering courses for high school students through Saturday Academy.
For more information about the STEM NETwork, contact email@example.com. About Oregon Tech
Founded in Klamath Falls in 1947, Oregon Institute of Technology is one of seven universities in the Oregon University System, and the only public institute of technology in the Pacific Northwest. Oregon Tech provides degree programs in engineering and health technologies, management, communication, and applied sciences that prepare students to be effective participants in their professional, public, and international communities through hands-on learning. Oregon Tech has a full-service, residential campus in Klamath Falls and an urban, industry-focused campus in Wilsonville. Visit www.oit.edu to learn more about Oregon Institute of Technology. About The Oregon/NASA Space Grant Consortium
The Oregon/NASA Space Grant Consortium is an affiliation of 15 universities and colleges and 4 institutions of informal education from across the state that implements Congressional and NASA efforts to enhance the nation's science enterprise. This involves funding research, education, and public service throughout the state at all grade levels to promote a diverse and well-educated science, engineering, and technology workforce. Oregon State University serves as the lead institution for the Consortium with Oregon Tech and four other OSGC institutions providing leadership for the South Metro-STEM partnership. Visit http://spacegrant.oregonstate.edu for more information about Oregon Space Grant. About the South Metro-Salem STEM Partnership
The SMS STEM Partnership is a collaborative of community leaders, representing 15 school districts, 6 higher education institutions, 11 industry partners and 9 community organizations, with the vision to catalyze Oregon students to achieve STEM degrees and certificates, and reach Oregon's education goals by increasing the access, excitement and engagement of students in STEM courses and experiential learning. For more information, contact Lita Colligan at email@example.com or www.oit.edu/stem.

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Blu-Ray disks hacked by sweet talking teenagers
While politics and humour are banned
Letters Fury swept the blogosphere today with accusations over how police and university authorities dealt with the shooting of 32 students at Virginia Tech University yesterday morning:
Mis-directed anger and frustration... Gotta blame someone and the killer is dead, so blame the university and cops. Perhaps they could have responded better, who really knows at this stage? How do you prepare and respond to these crazy events?
The reality is you rarely can stop a crazed killer before or while they are on these killing streaks. We live in a world that has gone mad. Get use to it because it's only gonna get worse.
The world really is mad if people think they can control teenagers' raging hormones:
Anyone who actually believes they can make a policy to reduce the sex drive of humans, especially when they finally find out what all the extra bits are really for, should be prohibited from serving in public office. It's enough that there's a species-wide hysteria surrounding JuJu, Allah, Jahwe, God and sundry fictional characters, actually denying humans the right to be human should be grounds for immediate dismissal.
The only thing that works is to be open and frank, to teach people to love their own bodies and that of others and to share pleasure responsibly. As long as we're going to be mock-squeamish about even mentioning the parts let alone naming them and how to use them, you might just as well burn the money in a stove for all the good it will do preventing humans who want to find out what's it all for to get their groove thing going.
NO other species on the planet has a problem with their sex drive, only Homer Saps feels the need to install guilt in its members about it.
"Get their groove thing going?" Enough said.
So nowadays when we're balding and stuck in our offices we're supposed to say "Damn, I wish I was 14.9 years old again..."
Hormonally challenged? From what I remember of my teenage years it was more like hormonally empowered or in many cases hormonally frustrated.
In many cases? Speaking from experience?
"23 per cent in both groups said they always used a condom, 17 per cent only sometimes using a condom, and four per cent never did."
And the rest used what? Wished upon a star? A sock?
The good news is that despite it being totally obvious that this was never going to work (the campaign, not the sock - although I'm fairly sure that wouldn't work either), despite it being totally obvious that any more money spent will be money spent very badly, nothing will prevent the wingnuts running this country from throwing billions more at this.
It's like that peculiarly popular trend spreading across the US, where fathers take their daughters out for the evening, make them pledge to abstinence until they're safely married (sort of like some medieval ritual where they agree to being owned by one person prior to being handed off to another).. then act all horrified when their charges engage in every form of sexual activity more thoroughly than those that steer well clear of these weirdo bashes.
Neither group showed more inclination than the other to use contraception, either. Of those who said they'd had sex in the last year, 23 per cent in both groups said they always used a condom, 17 per cent only sometimes using a condom, and four per cent never did.
What happened to the other 56%? Eunuchs? Prefer animals? Dead bodies perhaps?
There are some numbers missing, granted, but that's just sick.
And then this....out of nowhere...
What is is about GW that cause you lefties to be so filled with blind hatred and rage that you need to stab yourself in the eye with a pen to calm yourselves down. I wonder what you will do when he is no longer president. Who will become the focus of your hatred? I do hope you don't have any children or pets at that time. Or maybe you will be happy because hillary or Obama will make the world an instant utopia? Yeah right.
Moving on, Gary McKinnon lost his appeal last week and still faces extradition to the land of George Dubbya.
This 'biggest hack'; is that biggest in the way that Howard Marks was the biggest dope dealer in US history? (ie: Not at all - but it did get an extradition, so that's alright then.)
Can el Reg not start a petition on Mr. Blairs website to offer some counter-view to the "omg, he's so evil" mass media? The Reg clearly has a lot of readers and i'm sure you'd get a lot of support.
Perhaps the petition could read: "Do not extradite McKinnon for US political reasons". While he's committed a crime which he freely admits and should be punished accordingly, its sick for the US to use him as a pawn in their mass misinformation campaign in their 'war of terror' by destroying his life.
When you break into a computer system belonging to a foreign government that is called espionage. It is spying. You only have the say so of this individual to go on. As a community we have to hand out maximum sentences to nip this in the bud. There has to be an example of this kind of illegal activity having a penalty so others will not attempt this kind of childish and illegal behavior.
Hackers were characteristically busy last week, and discovered content protection keys that gave them unfettered access to Blu-Ray and HD-DVD content. Not that this is the first time the disks' security has been breached:
Ever since I learned about the authorisation keys, I wondered how long it would be until someone got their keys revoked. How long now, i wonder until someone finds a flaw in a major popular piece of commercial hardware like a £3k TV or £900 media centre and the entire piece of hardware gets revoked with no possibility of re-flashing, etc
As soon as a few tens of thousands of customers are affected by this I wonder how 'must-have' HD will be then...
Hi John,
I am surprised by the media buzz around this, after all what about Slysoft's AnyDVDHD which claims to circumvent HD and BlueRay protection using a different approach (i.e. not key grabs from memory), I would have thought that this would have been more of an 'issue' to the industry.
Not that i am complaining, I fully support the efforts of Slysoft in removing this non-fair-use protection of media content, When you have children, it should only be fair to make copies of purchased content, it doesn't take a 3 year old long to wreck a disc after all!
Everywhere you look on the net it mentions these 2 hackers and their efforts, but nowhere is AnyDVD mentioned, it just surprises me, thats all.
Anyway, you and the rest of The Register crew, keep up the good work.
Cheers, Dave
Patching a buggy piece of Windows software is one thing, but deliberately destroying deployed hardware is another thing. Revoking the keys from a hacked hardware player (i.e. destroying Granny's BluRay player) would put the industry up against consumer protection legislation and tort law not to mention charges of criminal damage.
Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my password...Tired of trying to hack into systems without luck? Help is at hand in the favourable form of a chocolate bar:
As was pointed out last time someone published similar statistics; all this proves is that 26% of people are too stupid to make up a fake password in order to get free chocolate...
Cheers, Andy
Sweets also made the news as reports suggest that mobiles top the priority list of yoof, ousting old school faves CDs, chocolate and cigarettes:
This story just proves that cellphones are entertainment for the clueless.
Sticking with entertainment, the spat between rival operators Virgin and Sky escalated with Virgin saying 'we'll see ya in court'.
About time Sky got the boot stuck into them. Bastards have been abusing their monopoly position for years.
They buy up the rights to sports (e.g. Super14 Rugby), ban others from showing or providing coverage of the games to people in the countries with the highest demand (e.g. UK) and then only show 2 or 3 of the 6 (Or 7 if no Byes) games a week. Most weeks you don't even get highlights.
I hope they get shafted good & proper.
Speaking of shafting, we received some criticism of our own. This, in response to news that Europe and the US sat down to discuss how to civilise the US war on terror:
US crusaders? Register's areas of expertise and proper journalism I come to The Register for technology news, with a focus on IT, networking, and digital media. The various science tidbits are also useful and interesting.
For these matters I think The Register, snarky attitude and all, is quite useful.
I find the incessant one-sided political drum beat created by items on the front page most annoying and inappropriate. I wouldn't count on National Geographic or NME (New Music Express?) to provide me with high quality technology news. Why should anyone expect that The Register has any particular expertise in world politics?
Of course those at The Register enjoy free speech, which should be the right of anyone. And everyone has political opinions. But it seems to me that those at The Register are taking unfair advantage of their captive audience by pummeling them with political propaganda that has little to do with the reason people come to the site in the first place.
Today's outrage is this sentence that leads off Mark Ballard's article...written, by the way, as a news item without any indication of it being an opinion column or editorial.
" Emissaries from the European Parliament arrived in Washington today with a message of restraint and fairplay for US crusaders in the "war on terror". "
The phase "war on terror" is put in scare-quotes indicating skepticism and irony. The phrase "US crusaders", however, is left unadorned. This phrase, of course, is very popular among the likes of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. The two word phrase references the genocide perpetrated by the Church in the middle ages, and encapsulates the al Qaeda lie that "America and the Jews" want to kill of Islam and its followers.
The combination of this phrase and quoting "war on terror" is an effective piece of deadly propaganda. It leaves the impression the writer agrees with bin Laden and company, and views the western claim of self-defense against terrorism as a lie.
My suggestion is that The Register avoid political issues not obviously and uniquely related to the realm of IT.
Failing that, political reporting should not editorialize. And if The Register cannot resist the impulse to take advantage of its platform to spout off on all manner of political opinion…political opinion should be restricted to clearly labeled editorial columns.
Thanks for listening,
Philip Galanter
p.s. Please resist the glib retort that George Bush once used the word "crusade" in reference to the US actions in the middle east. It was clearly the unfortunate use of the now generic sense of the word. It was quickly retracted…but was not even a mistake when properly understood. Bush no more intended to imply that this is a war of Christians against Moslems any more than the charity organization "Crusade of Mercy" does.
And secondly:
I first discovered The Register about 6 months ago when linked to it by an article from another web site. I thought it was a good source of quick tech info, cutting through the verbose offerings of more "official" sites such as EE News. I added a link to your site on my small tech company's web site and added The Reg to my morning reading during breakfast.
After many months of reading I'm having a couple of problems. The biggest problem is deciphering the headlines to determine whether it's worth reading. Remember, I'm reading this quickly during breakfast along with several other sites to get the tech news of the day. As I understand it the Reg is proud of it's creative bullet headlines, I wouldn't want to trample on that but I'm sure I've skipped over a good many articles because of the mind bending headlines that I have no time to mess with.
That leads to the next problem, which is that sometimes I'm not sure if I'm reading a tech news source or Punch. Humor is good but som! e of the subjects lead me to wonder if I should still link to your site on my web site because of childish or gross topics.
The third thing, and less important, is that I notice that Microsoft and the US government get pummeled regularly. I've used DOS so I have no great love of Microsoft, and I believe that governments should be questioned.
I guess I sometimes wondering if I'm reading tech info or a diatribe of some kind. Overall I like the Reg or I wouldn't bother suggesting how to improve it, I hope it will continue to improve. I'm sure there are a lot of people like myself who want to get tech news without reading volumes. Thanks, Frank L.
That's all for today. We'll be back - politics and humour free - on Friday. ®
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Phantom 9 team spent much more on safety measures than is mandated by Superboat International.
Sheltered under a dimly lit metal roof on Orange Avenue, the damaged Phantom 9 sat trailered with a bare hull and no deck, as driver Mark Niemann sat in his office just a few steps away.
He and throttleman Kurt Jagel had experienced one of the worst crashes in Suncoast Offshore Grand Prix history Sunday, and it was the first on the circuit in the Superboat Vee class. Their vessel, a 30-foot $150,000 Phantom Speedster, was shredded from cockpit to engine block.
"Things felt pretty normal, and then before we knew it we were sideways," Jagel said. "It was a really violent impact, and my side of the boat just exploded."
Midway through the second lap in the first race at 11 a.m., things looked normal for the pair inside the cockpit and also to spectators. Within seconds, the boat lifted out of the water, tilted and barrel-rolled several times.
After the mist cleared, it was apparent that Jagel had taken the brunt of the impact on the port side, which initially collided with the water. The cockpit was shredded, the engine sat exposed as fiberglass bobbed around the boat like small icebergs.
From above, photographer Tom MacKnight peered into the viewfinder of his camera and was snapping photos of the ordeal. He could see the crash out of the corner of his eye, as his attention was also on other racers at the time.
MacKnight, who is the owner of tmack Productions, was contracted by the Grand Prix to shoot photos and video of the race.
"When I saw what happened, I was shaking," he said. "Quite frankly, they're lucky to be alive."
The pair was running the boat wide open at more than 80 mph before abruptly stopping. While sitting in his office Tuesday recalling the accident, Niemann held up his thumb. He came out with only a small gash on his finger that had already scabbed over.
Niemann says that the thousands his team spends on safety precautions and gear likely saved his and Jagel's life. He was a former pace boat driver for the Union Internationale Motonautique — Europe's governing body of racing — and still adheres to the much stricter guidelines the organization has set forth, simply from habit.
Super Boat International, an American corporation that sanctions the Grand Prix and other events, does not have the level of safety measures in comparison to other parts of the racing community. It is a not-so-kept secret, with the latest deaths occurring in 2011, as Sarasota native Joey Gratton and two others died midway through competition at the 2011 Key West World Championships.
It was a shock that jolted the racing world, and still resonates today. But two years later, regulations have not been amended.
"Basically, things haven't changed much," said John Carbonell, president of SBI. "When a racer crashes, we look at the tape and see what happened."
Litigation continues between the Grattons and SBI.
Safety first for Phantom
While other racers were dropping thousands of dollars on Mercury engine enhancements, the Phantom team initially used it on precautionary measures.
Jagel credits their high-performance racing seats — made by Italian auto manufacturer Momo — for absorbing the brunt of the breakneck forces he and Niemann experienced in the crash. The chairs are full-length and wrap around the head, keeping the pilots in place while the boat violently bounces.
"Those definitely saved me from all the force coming in on me," Jagel said. "The seat took a lot of the impact coming into my head."
Niemann says that when he and his throttleman first purchased the boat, many of its safety harnesses were crusted over with rust from age. It was the start of a long overhaul that transformed the boat from a skeleton to an auto racing-like cockpit.
New electronics were installed in the process, along with seats, reinforced glass and harnesses. After dumping thousands into the project nearly three years ago, both men say it paid off well Sunday.
Even the reinforced shielded glass that surrounded the cockpit was destroyed, which was a gauge on how severe the crash actually was. While some boats use a simple plastic glass window to race, others use stronger materials.
Overall, the windshield was also a lifesaver for the driver and throttleman.
The glass is made from one sheet, and undergoes a complex molding process to ensure its durability. Phantom Boats manufacturer Will Smith has even claimed he has fired a gun at the shield, and that bullets actually bounced off.
"The windshields are supposed to take an outward hit, not from the inside," said Smith. "On Mark's boat, we're putting in more glass to slow down a crash."
Even when Niemann and Jagel first climbed out of the wreckage of their vessel, the safety gear they wore also kept them safe. Like European racers, the two wore jumpsuits, which made them easy for emergency crews to spot and also prevented them from bodily injury.
A memorable crash
Michael Stancombe, 46, who has been racing for 35 years, can relate to Phantom when it comes to crashing. He and his father, George, 66, experienced an accident in June at Orange Beach, Ala.
But for Stancombe, a throttleman for Team Peppers/Lucas Oil, Niemann's crash stands as one of the worst he has seen in his tenure.
"I haven't witnessed a violent wreck like that since 1998, and that was when my dad and I had our accident," he said. "God was watching out for them. . . . Everything happened at the right time for this circumstance to occur."
Stancombe is well aware that Phantom was equipped with high-performance safety rigging. That stems from Niemann's experience in Class 1 European racing in the United Arab Emirates.
"It's the way I got into offshore racing with the teams from Qatar and Dubai," Niemann said. "I got involved with Class 1 in 1999, and there were some terrible accidents, along with many deaths."
The UIM became heavily involved in making the sport safer in the early 2000s. The organization knew that, with some teams holding a budget as high as $8 million, they could afford to spend money on safety.
This was also the case in the country of Monaco, which faced its own tragedy in October 1990.
Stefano Casiraghi, a multimillion-dollar Fiat investor and son-in-law of Prince Rainier III, was killed defending his world championship super boat title off the shores of Cap Ferrat. After the accident, Monaco banned offshore racing and is still outlawed.
A safety gap
Today, Europe requires super boats to have safety devices in place and working — made easier due to the immense sums of prize purses awarded to the winners of races, some up to $100,000.
Superboat International, which has a significantly smaller prize purse and sponsorship following than UIM, has struggled to put safety measures in place, leaving it up to racers to spend money on engine enhancements or safety gear.
Most choose improving speed over precaution, which is becoming more problematic as drivers find ways to make their vessels increasingly faster. Niemann says that boats in his class originally topped out at roughly 90 mph, and now make it to 96.
Even racing attire is optional, as extra cash is not usually spent on items for safety. Just take a look at the pits at the Grand Prix, where you can see racers in flip-flops and shirts. Even a radio announcer Sunday noticed one driver clamoring out of his boat in jean shorts.
But SBI does require all vessel operators to undergo a yearly dunk test in a cockpit-like contraption, which simulates a capsized boat.
Since its beginning, it has trained racers to not panic in life-threatening situations and also to get out of the chamber as quickly as possible.
Jagel says that the simulation is second nature to today's drivers.
Cockpits have also changed dramatically in the past 20 years, as they are now reinforced with heavier materials. But even today, competitors like Jagel can collide with a wave that causes severe damage, no matter how strong it may be.
This is one reason why the Phantom 9 race team wears jumpsuits, which protect them from receiving gashes from collapsing fiberglass and whatever else may be thrown their way.
And with the recent Phantom crash, the team is looking to invest more money on safety. So far, the costs are around $30,000, and could extend upward.
Niemann and Jagel say that they are trying to keep from dipping into their personal funds. Phantom Boats is also trying to cut a deal with the team to get them back in action.


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Over the next two days we'll getting a couple of updates for some Beta Zone so keep an eye out. First up is Facebook for BlackBerry. The change log is below so make sure you head on over to the BlackBerry Beta Zone to download the update OTA.
Change log:
- BBM Profile Update doesn't include tagged friends from Check In
- Navigation Grid Does Not Open
- If user initially canceled BBM connection then changed the option to Connect from BBM, Facebook connecting to BBM process did not appear automatically after reopen Facebook
- Replies to Events or Friend requests through the device's today view is not working
- "What's on your mind?" is cutoff with large font on publisher
- Status Publisher - Friends picker screen is unusable in landscape mode
- Skip button in BBM upgrade dialog needs to be translated
- Posts being loaded twice
- "Connecting to BBM" dialog appears every time the user opens the newsfeed or reopen Facebook on BIS SN device
- BBM connected Profile Issue: The text in the dialog that opens when clicking on the application link in the personal message should not say the app is not installed or that the app is not available in App World
Visit the Beta Zone on your mobile browser to update the beta Facebook for BlackBerry app.


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Hatha Yoga Drop-in
This is a practical drop-in weekly session on Friday mornings from 10am to 11.30am at the Vallance Community Centre in Hove.
Please note the class not run during school holidays
Hatha includes most yoga styles. It is an old system that includes the practice of asanas (yoga postures) and pranayama (breathing exercises), which help bring peace to the mind and body, preparing the body for deeper spiritual practices such as meditation.
Lisa's classes are suitable for beginners through to more experienced practitioners. This class will balance asanas (yoga postures) that strengthen and create flexibility in the body, with a calming and relaxing experience. There is no requirement to be flexible or to have had experience of yoga before.
Yoga mats will kindly be provided by Brighton Yoga Foundation and YogaMatters, but feel free to bring your own if you have one.
Lisa has been practicing yoga for roughly twenty years and qualified as a teacher this June. She trained with Revitalise in Hove, a 200 hours yoga alliance and YMCA (government) accredited course.
No need to book, it's a drop in, just turn up.


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Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,
Witches' mummy, maw and gulf
Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark,
Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark,
Liver of blaspheming Jew,
Gall of goat, filmed by Ken Hughes.
Yes! Ken Hughes films Philip Yordan's Macbeth-as-an-Amurrican-gangster epic, in which lumpen Paul Douglas as the titular JOE MACBETH rises to the position of kingpin in a version of the New York mafia recreated on a small scale in England. The British version of America always seems like a cheap-ass solution, or at least it does when it's obvious. Here we get reasonable but small sets, and a few obvious stock shots to broaden out the scope. What really gives it away is the cast.
Douglas and Ruth Roman (as Lily Macbeth) are the sort of affordable American stars who could be tempted over for a British film (Douglas had appeared in the minor classic THE MAGGIE a year earlier). The supporting cast is made up of a mixture of Americans abroad (Bonar Colleano, who's very good here as a cheeky combo of Fleance and Macduff; beetle-browed Robert Arden of MR ARKADIN fame — both these guys appeared in A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH) and those Brits who could muster a convincing yank accent. I'm inclined to think the following scene will be amusing to British movie fans:
After watching THE ATOMIC MAN, in which Charles Hawtrey intrudes like a music hall apparition, I'm beginning to suspect that Ken Hughes liked having Carry On film stars pop up and wreck his ambiance just for the hell of it.
Also prominent in this scene is Ruth Roman. She does make a terrific Lady Mac, I take back anything bad I may have said about her. I think this kind of role maybe suits her better than the more tame parts I've seen her in. Her biggest problem is creating any kind of heat with the doughy Douglas, who's good at freaking out, sweating and shaking his jowls as if he's trying to physically detach them from his face and make them fly off and stick to the walls, but his baggy, Lon Chaney Jnr. appearance is a little unhelpful in more tender moments.
R.R. plays it fierce in the early scenes, and the snappy, snippy relationship reminds me of Douglas' marriage in LETTER TO THREE WIVES. This is an unusual version of the play in that the Macbeths actually grow closer together. As a femme fatale, seducing her husband into murder, Roman, "the nicotine-stained goddess of the denim pantsuit" (here clad in revealing gowns) is very effective — Mrs. Mac uses sex as a weapon.
As one reared on Jon Finch in the Polanski version, I had trouble imagining how Douglas and Roman could have reached the age they're at without previously showing the ferocious ambition that overtakes them. A straight rendering of the play would offer us a supernatural catalyst, whereas here, Roman's fortune-telling friend is an insufficient motivation. Stripping the play of the uncanny does do it quite a bit of damage. Without the prophecies about Birnam Wood and "no man of woman born", the climax loses it's plot twists, although Yordan arguably improves on Shakespeare by bringing Macbeth and wife to their doom together.
The femme fatale scenes make me think that a straight noir approach would work better than a gangster one. For one thing, the underworld vibe is utterly generic, with Hughes concentrating his attention on creating a viable N.Y.C. in Pinewood or wherever, so that he has no opportunity to create the specific details that make a film like SCARFACE or THE PUBLIC ENEMY so memorable. And killing a kingpin lacks the moral outrage of killing a king: murder is a commonplace in Joe Macbeth's world, so there's a loss of dramatic force there too.
The best bits:
1) A distant bell tolls each time a kingpin dies. When Douglas has offed his boss (Gregoire Aslan, a surprisingly gallic mafiosa), the bell is accompanied by shrieking birds, and the killer's moral torment is reminiscent of Sydney Chaplin's downfall in Hughes' CONFESSION.
2) A completely unShakespearean character, Big Dutch, an oyster-munching vulgarian played by Harry Green, who has no reason to be in the film really, but frees everyone from the need to do a paint-by-numbers Shakespeare-goes-gangster movie. His grotesque, slobbering scenes are weirdly pointless but hypnotically repellent, focusing on the act of EATING to the exclusion of all else. "What an attractive man," remarked Fiona, dryly. Accompanied by his food taster and two weird-looking blond girlfriends, Green's ebullient schtick is almost Lynchian in its unashamed status as gratuitous cameo grotesque. Slurp!
3) Bonar Colleano's reaction to the death of his family. This always seems a near-impossible scene to play. How do you act a thing like that? Hughes holds on the speaker's face for ages, with Colleano's suffering hidden except as mirrored in the guy's reactions. Then he does cut to B.C. and holds on him for ages too. And Colleano pulls it off. This guy got plenty of work as a stock American in the U.K. but either got stuck with some Brit screenwriter's idea of what a yank should be, or played nationality-neutral roles (as in the fine DANCE HALL) where his American accent raised unanswerable questions. A shame.
4) Angus (Walter Crisham). A problematic role in the play. If memory serves, Polanski and Tynan made him a traitor, just to give him something to do. Ken Campbell speculated that the seemingly pointless role was just an opportunity for Shakespeare to do a walk-on ("Cos he always liked to be in 'is own stuff, like Hitchcock,"). Here he's the butler at the mansion house which passes from one kingpin to another, and his willingness to serve whomever's in charge, coupled with his revealing just how often the place changes hands, is a nice warning of how short Macbeth's reign will be.


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- 3-Hand
- 3-hand movement and crown placement at 3 o'clock.
- Classic with a twist.
- Clean and considered with a 40mm case and printed hour indices.
- Modern
- Printed hour indices with a stamped seconds track.
- Comfortable Band
- Tapered custom leather strap with custom solid stainless steel buckle closure.
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- Watch MovementMiyota Japanese quartz 3 hand movement and crown placement at 3 o'clock.
- Watch DialThe dial features bold printed hour indices and a stamped seconds track.
- Watch Case40mm, 50 meter/5 ATM custom stainless steel case, hardened mineral crystal, double gasket crown, stainless steel screw down caseback, and spring pin lugs.
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- Water Rating50 METER / 5 ATM
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It was a long time that I opened an old PC over here. As far as I know I could still use windows the former time years ago. But now it starts up only partly. I edited the setup but that's not the cause that the startup is incomplete. Sometimes the startup progresses a little bit furher and then I get the message "hard disk(s) fail(s) (80)".
I saw several threads in this forum about "hard disk(s) fail(s) (80)", even one from the year 2000.
Nowhere I had the impression that they were talking about a broken hard disk. But if I remember well I saw the same message on the screen of my laptop around the year 2006 and later also. As far as I remember the hard disk was broken and had to be replaced which has been done.
Please may I conclude from "hard disk(s) fail(s) (80)" that the disk is broken?
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I have a bunch of almond flour in my cupboard leftover from my last flirtation with low-carb eating.* So this recipe published recently in the Miami Herald caught my attention. Just five ingredients—almond flour, powdered sugar, lemon zest, egg whites, and almond extract. Decorative clove "stems" optional.
They're similar to marzipan, but not as sweet. Only 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar in the recipe goes into the cookies, and even a generous coating will only use another 1/2 cup, so most of the 2 1/2 cups called for is just for storing them. I'm not totally sure what the point of that is. I guess it might prevent them from absorbing moisture, although an air-tight container would probably suffice, especially if you eat them quickly.
The powdered sugar might detract a little bit from the pear resemblance, but it covers the cracks that appear during baking and I'm not sure they'd be quite sweet enough for me without it. If you generally like your sweets sweeter, you might want to double the amount of sugar in the dough. If that makes it too dry to work with, just add a little water. I suspect you could probably replace the egg whites with water if you wanted to make them vegan. There are other recipes that call for orange flower water and no eggs. I imagine you could use cinnamon and a dash of cayenne in place of the lemon zest for a spiced version.
But I'm also pretty pleased with what you get by following recipe as written—crisp on the outside, chewy on the inside, not overly sweet, and kind of adorable.
*In the short term, low-carb diets tend to perform better for both weight loss and health indicators like blood lipids than low-fat or calorie-restriction diets, but in most long-term controlled studies low-carb doesn't do much (if any) better. As with most diet research, it's hard to tell if the long-term failure is because most people stop following the diet or if weight regain happens even when people stick to the diet. If the former, it's unclear if that's primarily a psychological issue (will-power is a limited resource) or if there are physiological reasons (e.g. decreased leptin levels depress metabolism and increase appetite). Or both. Anyhow, I'm not interested in losing weight (or it might be more accurate to say I am interested in not being interested in losing weight), but many low carb adherents also claim to experience improved well-being, mental clarity, etc. so I was sufficiently intrigued to try it few times. Mostly it seems to make me slightly lethargic and depressed, so I never last longer than a couple of months.
Recipe: Amigthalota (Flourless Almond Cookies)
from the Miami Herald, who adapted it from The Complete Middle East Cookbook by Tess Mallos (Tuttle, 1999)
- 3 cups ground almonds
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar (only about 1 cup really necessary)
- 2 egg whites
- zest of 1 lemon
- 2 drops almond extract
- 25-30 whole cloves (optional)
1. Whisk together the ground almonds and 1/2 cup sugar. Beat the egg whites until slightly frothy and stir them into the almond-sugar mixture. Add the lemon zest and almond extract and stir until it forms a firm dough.
2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Lightly coat your hands with oil or butter, pinch off walnut-sized pieces of dough and roll them between your palms to form smooth balls. Or, if desired, mold into a pear shape and stick a clove in the top.
3. Bake about 20 minutes, until set and lightly browned. If they look like they're browning too quickly, cover them with another sheet of parchment paper.
4. While still warm, dip or roll the cookies in some of the remaining powered sugar and then let cool. Store in an airtight container, sprinkled with the rest of the powdered sugar (probably optional).


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I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
[Verse: Immortal Technique]
Yeah, my truth is the ark of the covenant buried in Ethiopia
Watch who you fucking with in Minneapolis
Somalian, when I go home
The world I use to know is gone, and now I'll live on my own
For what shall it prosper the rapper with creative control
To sign a deal with the devil and lose his soul
My still born first expression is cold
Like the faces of slave masters on the paper I fold
Subliminal racial supremacy choking me quick
Like the bedtime stories of Joseph Smith
Lynch mob gunning for me, trying to murder my seed
So shorty put 'em in the Nile in a basket of reeds
And now I stare in to the future with a spiritual flashlight
Wondering who the fuck was me in a past life
Bad diet, fuck raw, die young, fast life. Same as a crash flight that took off when the music died on your last night
Tell 'em the truth and they call you a traitor
Talk to 'em honestly and they call you a hater
Losing my composure cause the message is urgent
Talking reckless, drunk on the mic, like Larry Merchant
Cursing at the serpent Sumerian demons
Who brush their wings against the air that I'm breathin'
A heathen with nothing left to believe in. Even a reason from living that was forgiven by God and not religion
Envision Jesus risen from the dead like Horus
In the baptist church shaking off the rigor mortis
The borders should be illegal instead of the people
That were here before the Bible and all of its sequels
I speak to the detached and unrealistic
That were born normal but turned socially autistic
We resisted homeland securities mission
Because I know what they really envisioned
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Fiddlestix™ is a 68-piece construction toy set from Ideal® that is perfect for the budding architect or engineer! This classic wood connector set is great for letting kids unleash their creativity and imagination. Kids will be able to create countless combinations of structures such as windmills, Ferris wheels, helicopters, and more! Construction toys foster basic spatial, coordination, problem-solving, and visualization skills! Perfect for kids ages 4 and up!
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Jarocki remains undefeated after the first day of competition (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – After the first day of competition at the Ivy League Round-Robins, the No. 3 Harvard women's fencing earned two victories at Brown's Olney-Margolies Athletic Center to sit third with a 2-1 mark.
The Crimson (10-4) opened and closed the day with wins. Harvard downed Yale, 23-4, to start the day and closed it with a 22-5 victory over No. 7 Penn. The Crimson's lone defeat came by the swords of top-ranked Princeton, 15-12, who finished the day atop the standings with a perfect 4-0 mark. Fifth-seeded Columbia also remains unbeaten at 3-0 to sit second.
Harvard received a dominant performance from its sabre squad who swept each of its Bulldogs and Quakers opponents and only dropped a single match against the Tigers to combine for a 26-1 bout record. Adrienne Jarocki led the way as the freshman went unbeaten on the strip (9-0) to claim the top spot in the individual standings while her weapon mates, sophomore Aliya Itzkowitz and junior Kara Lee are knotted for second with 8-1 marks each.
The epeeist's 19-7 performance was highlighted by Isabel DiTella. The sophomore registered a 7-2 record, putting her in a tie for second in the weapon standings. Junior Emma Vaggo is seventh with a 6-3 mark while sophomore Nina van Loon sits 11th at 3-6.
Senior Alexandra Kiefer shined in the foil with a 8-1 showing to land in a tie for second. Freshman Liana Yamin boasts a 5-4 mark which knots her in eighth. Classmate Hali Nelson rounds out Harvard's foil fencers with a 3-6 mark, which lands 13th.
The Crimson continues to hunt for its fourth Ivy League title tomorrow morning when the team takes the strip against Columbia at 10 a.m., followed by an 11:30 a.m. match against Cornell. Harvard closes out the round-robins against Brown at 4:45 p.m.


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Time is part of Human existence. Time has many facets, Clock Time, Calendar Time and Human Time, among the ones we are most familiar with. Time has fascinated many science fiction writers and philosophers, though no Science is yet able to define or agree on what Time is.
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A perfect mix of old and new, with a rich history, but a modern contemporary feel - you can definitely enjoy the best of both worlds during your stay in Edinburgh. The choice of accommodation in Scotland's vibrant capital city is just as rich, and whatever the size of your budget, we've got it covered.
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The Cameron University Library and the Lawton Area Reading Council (LARC) are pleased to bring noted authors David Titus, Kim Doner and Rebecca Dotlich to campus this semester. Each will be featured in three presentations on two consecutive days. Titus will appear on March 4-5; Doner on March 24-25 and Dotlich on May 1-2. The presentations are aimed at elementary school children and are open to the public at no charge.
A popular author, storyteller and "string man," Titus will make his presentations in the Shepler Ballroom at 9:45 a.m., 11 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. With a piece of string and a thread of a story, Titus captures his audience, young and old. He has been entertaining children and adults in libraries, schools, churches and at conferences and festivals since 1968. He travels extensively, consulting, conducting workshops and residencies, instructing adults in storytelling, and collecting stories and string figures.
Collecting string tricks from Tibetan refugees in Nepal, Pakistani refugees in Cairo, or a traveler in the Seoul airport, Titus shares them in other parts of the world. He is the author of "Native American String Figures," "African String Figures" and "Native Alaskan String Figures," oversized soft-cover books with pictures and written directions for making a number of figures that he has collected on his travels.
Titus has been a librarian in Ohio, Michigan, Honduras, and Oklahoma and has served as a consultant in the areas of library and media programs for the Oklahoma State Department of Education. He is a past president of Territory Tellers, the statewide storytelling guild.
LARC is a service organization dedicated to promoting a life-long love of reading and is open to all who strive to give students the gift of reading. The organization provides opportunities for public school students to interact with outstanding authors, illustrators, and presenters. Dr. Lynda Robinson, CU Professor of Education, is the organization's president.
For more information, contact Dr. Judy Neale, Cameron University Library, at 581-2855, or Dr. Lynda Robinson, Cameron University Department of Education, at 581-7915.
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Top 5 Project Management Podcast Sites
Podcasts are rich media content that usually contains audio, sometimes with video, PDF, and other digital files. They are listened to either online from the podcast site, downloaded manually, or pushed automatically to computers and personal media players through web syndication. There has been a steady growth of awareness and listening to podcasts year on year, perhaps due to the increase of personal medial players in different forms such as smart phones and tablets. The popularity of iTunes can also be considered an important factor, since many podcasts are now available through it. No matter how the podcasts are listened to, they give several advantages to certain groups of listeners like project management professionals.
Advantages of Listening to Podcasts
Project managers in particular can take advantage of the benefits of listening to podcasts. For instance, project management podcasts are considered a horizontal media form, which means that the producers or podcasters are consumers themselves, and consumers or listeners can easily become producers also. Both sides can engage in conversations, and since podcasts are an intimate way of delivering content, project professionals can build strong learning partnerships with one another.
Another important advantage of listening to project management podcasts is using it to fulfill the PMI's Continuing Certification Requirements. Just by listening to a PM-related podcast, project managers can earn Professional Development Units (PDU) to help them accumulate the required PDUs during the 3-year cycle. According to the latest PDU Category Structure and Policies from the PMI, 1 PDU can be earned for every 1 hour spent in a self-directed learning activity (Category C), and up to a total of 30 PDUs per cycle can be earned for this category, of which listening to a podcast qualifies as a self-learning activity.
Other advantages include being able to connect to other project managers, having a more convenient and personal way of getting information, and also spending less to obtain valuable information, since many podcasts are free.
The Top 5 PM Podcast Sites
Below is a list of the top 5 project management podcast sites we have come across. Criteria in choosing include having options for free or paid subscription, having the most recent podcast activity, regularity, availability of other PM resources, and options for listening to the podcast.
1. The PDU Podcast (Highly Recommended)
Highly Recommended – The PDU Podcast helps PMPs and PgMPs earn PDUs comfortably. The podcast site is also brought and produced by the same people producing the Project Management Podcast. The difference is that the PDU Podcast is a premium paid site that allows listeners to earn Category A PDUs, as it is a PMI Registered Education Provider, and the choice of either a monthly subscription of $19.99 or an annual subscription of $199.99 that guarantees 21.75 PDUs for the Year 1 podcasts. Year 2 and Year 3 monthly video webinars are presented by known personalities from the PM, management, and business fields.
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2. Project Management Podcast
Project Management Podcast offers both a free and a premium podcast subscription. The premium subscription costs $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year. Advantages of the premium subscription include availability of all episodes, which compared to the free subscription, only consists of the last 10 episodes. This PM podcast site offers several ways to be updated of the podcasts which include iTunes, FeedBurner, Google, and Yahoo.
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3. The People and Projects Podcast
The People and Projects Podcast is a PM podcast from Andy Kaufman, PMP. He works with clients all over the world as a speaker, author and executive coach to help these people and organizations improve project delivery and team leadership. This podcast site offers both a free and a premium subscription, with the premium costing $9.97 per month or $97 per year. The updating of the podcasts is available on iTunes, by email, by FeedBurner and other web-based podcatchers.
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4. The Sensible PM Podcast
The Sensible PM Podcast is from Mark Phillipy, a project manager with more than 15 years of experience in the IT industry. His free podcasts are aimed to help bring PM insider information and practical tips to listeners. The site has two podcast sections, the Sensible PM Podcast and the Sensible PM 101 Podcast, with the latter dealing with more basic principles. The podcast can be played online from the site, downloaded or be viewed via Google+ Hangout.
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5. Ricardo Vargas's 5-Minute PM Podcasts
Ricardo Viana Vargas is an experienced project, portfolio and risk management specialist with several credentials including PMP, PMI-RMP, PRINCE2 and MSP. He is also an author of 12 books and the current director of the Project Management Practice Group at the UNOPS. His site delivers 5-minute PM podcasts every two weeks or so, tackling a variety of concepts, views and news. The audio can be listened to online or downloaded through free apps for the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. The podcasts are also available in Brazilian Portuguese language.
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Podcasts are considered a converged medium because of its ability to combine several technologies. It is also considered a disruptive innovation due to the challenge it poses to standards and norms such as those established in the radio business. All of these characteristics, however, are giving advantages and benefits to many people, including project managers, because of the freedom to easily create valuable content and the availability and ease to receive them.


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Microsoft announced today that it has rolled out a public test version of its Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) software technology.
WinTPC is described by Microsoft as a "locked down version of Windows 7" that's designed to allow organizations to reuse their PCs, including older equipment, as thin clients. It's the virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) successor to Microsoft's Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs solution, which is based on Windows XP Service Pack 3.
The WinTPC solution will be available to customers with the Software Assurance licensing option in place. Software Assurance is an added licensing cost that provides educational resources and no-cost software upgrades within the specific contract interval. However, even though users must have Software Assurance to use WinTPC, the community technology preview (CTP), announced today, will be open to all to try.
The public CTP of WinTPC is currently available at the Microsoft Connect portal here (requires Windows Live ID sign-up). At that page, look for the Windows Embedded Standard product, and there will be a link to join the WinTPC trial.
One of the benefits of using WinTPC for thin clients is that it doesn't require organizations to sign up for a Windows Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) license. The VDA license is an extra cost for thin-client Windows users because, according to Microsoft's licensing scheme, the use of thin clients for VDI deployments isn't included as a benefit of Software Assurance licensing.
WinTPC will tap Microsoft's RemoteFX technology, which is incorporated into Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, to enable a rich graphics experience on a remotely hosted desktop. Microsoft has typically said that RemoteFX runs applications with its Aero user interface, which was first introduced in Windows Vista. RemoteFX also can support intense graphics, such as CAD drawing programs, on thin clients, Microsoft claims.
Users will also be able to use System Center Configuration Manager to deploy WinTPC images and manage those virtual desktops. Microsoft also added write filter support with this CTP release. The write filter support is a security measure that can help organizations better manage the security of endpoint devices.
HP and Wyse Technologies are working on new thin-client devices based on the Windows Embedded operating systems, but Microsoft is claiming that older "legacy" PCs and devices can be used with WinTPC. The options include using devices with lower RAM and CPU capacity. Microsoft's views on the types of hardware that can be used with WinTPC are described in this blog post.
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Discover all that San Antonio has to offer at the convenient, comfortable Holiday Inn & Suites San Antonio Northwest near UTSA. At our hotel, you will find modern luxury and contemporary southern hospitality.
The Holiday Inn & Suites San Antonio near Six Flags is located at the heart of shopping, dining, entertainment and the arts in the Northwest corridor of San Antonio. We are located minutes from Six Flags Fiesta Texas, The Shops at La Cantera, The Rim Outdoor Mall, La Cantera Golf Resort, UTSA, USAA, Medical Center, Valero, KCI, NuStar, FBI Regional Offices, and many more.
Getting here is fast and convenient too. Out Hotel boasts easy access to IH-10, Hwy 1604,. We are about 10 miles north of the San Antonio International Airport, Downtown San Antonio and the Riverwalk.
Whether you are coming to San Antonio for business or just for fun, your room at the Holiday Inn & Suites San Antonio near UTSA is your personal retreat. With amenities such as complimentary Wi-Fi Internet access, outdoor pool and Hot-Tub and Kem's, our full service restaurant and bar; you'll have room to work, relax and make the most of your day.
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- Significant mining (gold), agricultural (cocoa), oil and gas resources
- Stable democracy
- Attractive business environment, favourable for FDI
- International financial support
- Infrastructure gaps (energy, transport)
- Dependent on commodity prices (gold, oil, cocoa)
- Fragile banking sector
Risk assessment
Robust growth, despite constraints on the banking sector
Although the one-off effect of bringing the TEN and Sankofa hydrocarbon fields onstream faded in 2018, growth remained robust and is expected to remain so in 2019. The oil and gas sector should continue to drive growth, notably owing to the expected increase in production at the Jubilee and the Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) oil fields. In addition to the contribution from hydrocarbons, exports should also benefit from the opening of the country's first gold refinery, scheduled for mid-2019. Manufacturing industries are expected to contribute to the expansion too, supported by public investments through the One District, One Factory programme and improved electricity supply. Meanwhile, the construction sector should also contribute to the growth of the secondary sector through increased public investment in infrastructure, including the transport network. While agriculture is set to continue to grow, difficulties in the cocoa sector are likely to persist, with international prices remaining relatively low and the fight against Cacao swollen-shoot virus (CSSV) expected to continue. Forestry activities will play a part in primary sector growth. Domestic consumption, boosted by the increase in the minimum wage, should continue to fuel growth in services: ICT, trade, as well as education and health should thus keep expanding briskly. However, inflation – which is flirting with the top end of the Bank of Ghana's target range (between 6% and 10%) – could eat away at the contributions from these consumption-dependent sectors. In addition, while non-performing loans remain high, the fragile local banking sector is expected to continue to drive service growth down.
From fiscal consolidation to fiscal discipline
The budget deficit is expected to widen in 2019, linked to debt interest payments. The government will, however, try to preserve the primary surplus. After a major push to curb expenditure under the IMF programme completed at the end of 2018, spending is expected to keep pace with rising revenues. Efforts to contain the wage bill, which takes up almost half of tax revenues, will likely be continued in order to increase the resources allocated to capital investment expenditure. On the revenue side, measures to broaden the tax base will be a focus, with steps to automate tax procedures. In addition, the government is planning to reform the system of tax exemptions. The deficit will be chiefly financed by bond issuances on international capital markets, project loans, and loans from the local banking sector. The primary surplus and strong growth should enable the debt-to-GDP ratio to be brought down. Nonetheless, the debt trajectory will remain exposed to the vulnerability of state-owned energy companies and banks, with the government already being forced to take over debt in 2018. In addition, while debt levels look to be at a less worrying level thanks to the rebasing of GDP, they remain relatively high.
In 2019, the current account deficit is expected to narrow slightly, reflecting changes in the trade balance. Specifically, despite a likely rise in imports of capital goods, the trade surplus is poised to increase thanks to higher exports, particularly of oil and gas. Expatriate remittances will also make a positive contribution to the current account balance. However, the technical services related to the development of these resources will continue to affect the balance of services. Profit repatriation by foreign companies and debt interest will maintain the income deficit. FDI and external loans will finance the current account deficit while also building up foreign exchange reserves, which are sufficient to cover between three and four months of imports. Despite the support provided by foreign exchange earnings in the oil and gas sector, the cedi – which came under pressure in 2018 due to currency sales following the tightening of US monetary policy and difficulties in the banking sector – could continue to depreciate.
A stable political environment, despite fierce rivalry
Elected in December 2016, President Nana Akufo-Addo and his New Patriotic Party (NPP) succeeded John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The peaceful political handover, despite the sometimes fierce rivalry between the two main parties, underlined the country's democratic credibility and political stability. Although growth rates are high, progress in curbing poverty and stopping corruption – two central themes of the campaign run by the NPP and President Akufo-Addo – will be the focus of public scrutiny as the November 2020 elections approach. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, who was elected head of the NDC in November 2018, will be in charge of (re)structuring his party in a bid to lead it to victory in the elections.
The business environment remains relatively favourable when compared with Ghana's regional peers, despite ongoing issues relating to the infrastructure deficit and red tape. The country has moved up six places to 114th (out of 190 countries) in the 2019 Doing Business ranking, benefiting in particular from measures that make it easier to obtain building permits. However, the cost of insolvency proceedings and the limited recourse available to creditors remain major weaknesses.
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In November 1965, LIFE magazine published an article titled "The Year of the Rookie" -- a look at the remarkable crop of players making their debut in what LIFE characterized as "a rough world full of strange codes and crafty old pros." The article, meanwhile, focused primarily on one rookie in particular, a force of nature named Dick Butkus, and featured photos by the great Bill Eppridge that caught something of the 22-year-old linebacker's storied intensity on the field.
Here, as the 2013 pro football season wends its chaotic way toward the playoffs (How many teams have a shot at the postseason this year? 20?), LIFE recalls that 1965 season, and especially the one rookie who not only lived up to the hype, but happily stalked it, grabbed it and slammed it, dazed and bruised, to the ground.
As LIFE told its readers:
The Chicago Bears paid Dick Butkus nearly $1,000 a pound to play football for them and every time Butkus crashes into an enemy blocker he returns full value on the pounds, all 245 of them. In his first pro year, he has taken over the middle linebacker's job and helped restore the legendary ferocity of the Bears' defense. In the National League, so many first-year men have muscled into the starting lineup -- a record 25 -- that this has proved the Year of the Rookie. Among the rookies, Butkus so far is the best. A teammate halfback, Gale Sayers, has been the offensive star -- he scored four touchdowns in one game and at mid-season led the league ins coring. Olympic sprinting champion Bob Hayes scored three touchdowns for Dallas, the first four times he got the ball. The Giants have sometimes had more rookies in the lineup than veterans -- and won more games the first month than they did all last year. The rookies had to make it by brawn and book learning in a rough world full of strange codes and crafty old pros.


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