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Tickets for the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Second and Third Rounds, which will be held in First Niagara Center, will go on sale Saturday, Oct. 19 at 10 a.m. Fans looking to purchase tickets to the First Four, second and third-round games or regional competition should go to www.NCAA.com/mbbtickets.
The 2014 championship begins with the First Four, four first-round games taking place in Dayton, Ohio March 18-19. Second and third-round action will take place in eight cities across the United States, including Buffalo, March 20-23. Canisius, Niagara and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference will be serving as the hosts for the second and third-round games in First Niagara Center, where games will be played March 20 and 22.
This marks the fifth time since 2000 that Buffalo has been selected as a host city for the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. All four previous events have sold out. Since the 2000 tournament, two schools (West Virginia and Connecticut) started its run toward the Final Four in Buffalo. The UConn team that played its first and second round games in First Niagara Center in 2004 eventually went on to win the National Championship.
Anaheim will serve as the West Regional site and Memphis will host the South Regional on Thursday and Saturday, March 27 and 29. Indianapolis will be the site for the Midwest Regional Friday and Sunday, March 28 and 30, and Madison Square Garden in New York City will host tournament action for the first time in 1961, when it plays host to the East Regional March 28 and 30.
The 76th Men's Final Four will be hosted by North Texas April 5 and 7. General tickets to the games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington are sold out, but fans still have the opportunity to purchase The NCAA Experience ticket and hospitality packages by visiting www.NCAA.com/VIP. The NCAA Experience ticket and hospitality packages for preliminary rounds of the championship can be purchased at that website via PrimeSport, the official ticket and hospitality provider of the NCAA.


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Federal Goverment Awards Worcester Airport $350,000
Congressional Delegation secures funds to market airport
WORCESTER – The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) today announced that Worcester Regional Airport has been awarded a $350,000 Small Community Air Service Development grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The grant will be used to implement a targeted marketing and advertising campaign to promote JetBlue service and re-establish Worcester as a viable commercial air service market.
"I am very pleased that the Department of Transportation is continuing to demonstrate their commitment to making commercial air service at Worcester Airport a success," Rep. James P. McGovern said. "I will continue to work with Massport and with local officials to help strengthen and broaden that service."
Worcester Regional Airport has been without airline service since March 2012. To address this, Massport and the City of Worcester, along with the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, business and academic leaders and elected officials joined forces to successfully recruit JetBlue to Worcester. Starting in November, JetBlue Airways will begin offering one flight daily flight to Orlando and another daily flight to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on 100-seat Embraer 190 aircraft.
"JetBlue has made a wise business decision to fly out of Worcester. The market exists in the Central Massachusetts region for them to be successful here,' said Tim Murray, President and CEO, Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce. "This grant will go a long way in getting the word out that the Worcester Regional Airport has commercial service to two very desirable locations."
In 2010 Massport acquired the airport from the city of Worcester and has since invested $10 million to strengthen its basic infrastructure with another $40 million contemplated to meet FAA guidelines and to improve its landing system.
"JetBlue links Worcester and Central Massachusetts to the broader air service network, gives people choices and strengthens the competitiveness of this region and contributes to economic development," said Massport CEO Thomas P. Glynn. "This grant would not have been possible without the commitment and support of our partners in the City, at the Chamber of Commerce and academia. I am especially grateful to Congressman McGovern for his leadership and tireless work with the Congressional Delegation on our behalf."
JetBlue is well known not only for its low fares, but also for its growing domestic and international reach and its superior customer service and amenities. As the largest airline serving Boston Logan and with services to seven other New England markets, JetBlue has a broad and loyal customer base in the Worcester region.
"It is all about team work. JetBlue is investing millions to their routes from Worcester to Florida. They want to grow with us. Their success is ours and vice versa," stated Michael V. O'Brien, Worcester City Manager "In the spirit of teamwork, we are grateful to the FAA, and to our Congressman, James P. McGovern, for their commitment that will match local and state dollars and in-kind donations to do our part to make JetBlue a success over the long haul."
At its peak in 1989, Worcester airport served more than 340,000 people and between 2009 and 2012, 250,000 people chose Worcester Airport. Worcester Regional Airport serves Worcester County, the second fastest growing county in Massachusetts, along with the Boston Metro West region and the bustling Interstate 495 corridor. A Massachusetts Department of Transportation economic impact study found that Worcester Regional Airport contributes $51.5 million to the regional economy.
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The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) owns and operates Boston Logan International Airport, public terminals in the Port of Boston, Hanscom Field and Worcester Regional Airport. Massport is a financially self-sustaining public authority whose premier transportation facilities generate more than $8 billion annually, and enhance and enable economic growth and vitality in New England. No state tax dollars are used to fund operations or capital improvements at Massport facilities. For more information please visit massport.com.

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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by himat, Jun 25, 2010.
Lebron should retire. Nobody would expect that.
I would love that. Have to wonder if he detracts more fans to the game than he draws. Seems like few outside of Clev like him.
Yeah, honestly as time goes on any comparison to MJ just gets further away. This guys ego is just sad.
James is certainly not detracting more fans than he attracts. Sure he's got a big ego but which superstar hasn't? I don't think I've hardly read a bad word about the guy. He sure likes the spotlight but that's just a good thing for the sport. I much rather have a guy like LeBron as the star of the sport than Crosby who says no to the Letterman show after the olympic gold. I don't think I really get why I'm supposed to dislike him so much? Is it because his ego? Isn't Kobes just as big? Carmelos? He's a lot closer to a good role model than those guys atleast. Shed some light for a guy whose pretty new to the sport and only read positive articles about the guy in swedish magazines.
I'm loving the writing that's coming out of Adrian Wojnarowski from Yahoo right now. This guy is the ultimate LeBron hater. Although his hating is starting to wear thin now, I'm just glad there is at least one semi-prominent writer out there that isn't afraid to give it to LeBron. LeBron aims to upstage NBA Finals - NBA - Yahoo! Sports NBA stands at LeBron's beck and call - NBA - Yahoo! Sports Summer of LeBron overshadows draft - NBA - Yahoo! Sports Have a read of these Mogilny.
Pretty interesting webz, thanks. Wade will sign in Miami, and LBJ will go somewhere, maybe Chicago, both signing early. Then they will put more full count presses on free agents than they have on opposing point guards in their entire careers. LBJ will not like Wade courting kids he wants to play with and a new rivalry will be born. A boring one, but a rivalry nonetheless.
Maybe LeBron goes to Miami and Wade goes home to the windy city. ...Who cares. We got Charlie Villanueva!
Can't say I'm convinced after reading a couple of articles by a hater. Don't really see what's so upsetting in those articles either. It's not like he raped someone or pulled a gun in the locker room.
Reading articles like these makes me happy that Dumars blew our salary cap on Gordon and Villanueva.
while I still have my issues with the signings last summer, the thought process was perfect, might have preferred different players last summer (but can't name them..... so i'll go with who joe signed). Players are going to get way overpayed this summer and I think its not going to work out for most of the teams with cap space this summer.
Lebron met with the Knicks ~Donnie Walsh and Diantoni today and also Nets new owner and jay-z ....I think Beyonce was the deal breaker, but she stayed at home.....so don't expect him to sign with the Jayz-Shore folks...
I bet LeBron already knows what he is going to do. He is just messing with people.
He likes the attention. I heard on the radio today that he is going to milk this thing until Monday.
I'd say he'll stretch this out to at least the end of July.
Most defennitely, wouldn't surprise me one bit if he held the league and media hostage all summer. I think this is going to blow up in everybody's face, especially if Amare goes to NY.
It looks like LeBron might make up his mind on Monday according to SLAM. SLAM ONLINE | » Nets Confident After Meeting with LeBron James
I wouldn't be surprised if two top FAs team up. I just don't think one of those will be LBJ. THere are reports everywhere that Knicks have pretty much reached an agreement with Amare and they are making a compelling pitch to Wade. That might be a better pairing than LeBron-Bosh.
knicks and amare? runnin and gunnin....not surprising
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Yesterday, New York Attorney General - and gubernatorial candidate - Eliot Spitzer (left) made headlines with a call for video game legislation as well as a universal rating system which would cover games, movies, television and music.
In the wake of Spitzer's criticism, the video game industry has been swift to react. The first game-oriented site to report the Spitzer story yesterday, GamePolitics brings readers industry reaction today.
ESRB president Patricia Vance, whose organization came under fire from Spitzer, said, "ESRB ratings are clear as day on the front and back of virtually every video game sold nationwide, and they provide consumers with useful and easy to understand information with which to decide about whether they consider a game appropriate for their family. Consumer research shows that 74% of parents with children who play video games are regularly using the ESRB ratings... We would be happy to provide information about our ratings to Mr. Spitzer, and hope we can find ways to cooperatively ensure that children play age-appropriate games, as we have done with other Attorneys General around the country."
Over at the ESA, Doug Lowenstein had this to say:
"The (ESA) sincerely appreciates and respects the concerns of Attorney General Spitzer. A uniform rating system is a good idea in principle. But there are practical problems involved with applying the same standards to fundamentally different media that make realization of this ideal immensely challenging... By imposing a 'one size fits all' formula on these widely divergent entertainment mediums, a universal ratings system could actually create confusion, not simplicity. We would also point out that any universal rating regime would require the support of many other industries... making this an issue that transcends whatever views ESA may have."
"With respect to his call for 'safe games' legislation, six courts have blocked or struck down such laws in five states and, notably, all have resoundingly rejected the unpersuasive claims made by states that violent video games cause aggression. If Attorney General Spitzer is elected, we would look forward to working cooperatively and constructively with him, as we have with others, to pursue constitutionally sound alternatives that empower parents to make whatever choices they feel are best for their families."
And finally, Bo Andersen, president of the VSDA, said:
"Attorney General Spitzer's comments remind video game retailers once again that that every retailer must be proactive in responding to the concerns of parents over the content of certain video games...
VSDA provides tools for retailers to do this and actively encourages retailers to utilize them and every retailer should make this their pledge to parents. We note, however, that the Attorney General's call for legal sanctions against retailers is apparently based on misunderstandings about what retailers are doing currently."
"Regarding Attorney General Spitzer's assertion the video game industry has failed to regulate itself, the latest findings of the Federal Trade Commission on the ability of minors to purchase Mature-rated video games shows a substantial increase in self-regulation, particularly by major retailers..."
"Concerning the Attorney General's call for signage on video game ratings in retail establishments, the most recent survey of retailer signage conducted by the (ESRB)... found that eight in ten stores (79%) had signs explaining the video game rating system... Passing another unconstitutional law will do nothing to help parents control the video games their children play."


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- Are there drivers available for this, yes or no, and can a mere mortal like me without a lot of Linux experience install them?
- The instructions I found for installing this card seem to mention removing the wireless card and snipping the antenna wires. Why? Wouldn't that disable Wi-Fi connectivity. That sounds scary.
- When I have bittorrent downloads to watch, I have to run a BT client on my PC and FTP them to the (jailbroken) ATV with XBMC installed. Is there some way to manage torrents directly on the AppleTV and store the files locally?


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Green Bay Volleyball Announces Summer Camp Dates
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – First-year head coach Sean Burdette and the Green Bay volleyball program will be hosting a series of 13 camp sessions for a variety of ages and skill levels during the month of July. All camps will be held at the Kress Events Center on the UW-Green Bay campus.
The camps will be directed by Burdette, who was hired as the Phoenix head coach on March 18. Additional instructors at the camps will include members of the Green Bay volleyball team and coaching staff, area high school and club coaches and Green Bay volleyball alumni.
"This year's Green Bay Volleyball Summer Camp Series will be highlighted with camps for players of all ages and playing abilities," Burdette said. "Campers can choose from half and full day camps to our Elite High Intensity and College Prep Position Camps. We have commuter and resident overnight camper options available for many of our camps. Our staff and players are greatly looking forward to working with the campers this summer."
Green Bay volleyball will also be hosting the Nike All-Skills and Advance Skills Camp (July 20-23) and the Nike Position Camp (July 23-25). More information and registration for the Nike Camps can be found at www.ussportscamps.com.
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For any additional questions regarding the Green Bay Volleyball Camps, please contact Sean Burdette at 920-370-5534 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Session 1: July 5 Setter/Hitter Camp (Grades 6-12)
This camp is designed for each athlete to further develop their skills as an attacker or setter. The first part of camp will work on the individual skills & techniques of the specific position then. Hitters and Setters will combine at the end of the camp to work on connections and play-set hitting.
9:00am-4:00pm w/ Lunch break from 12-1pm
- Commuter $85.00 (Lunch NOT provided)
Session 2: July 6 – Serving Camp/Jump Training, Speed, Agility & Quickness Camp (Grades 6-12)
This combines our 1/2 Day Serving Camp and our 1/2 Day Jump Training Camp into a Full Day session. 9:00am-4:00pm w/ Lunch break from 12-1pm
- Commuter $85.00 (Lunch NOT provided)
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Learn the perfect serving techniques for your game using the Overhead Floater, Top Spin, Jump Floater, Jump Top Spin, Drive Serve and Hybrid Serves. 9am-12pm
- Commuter $45.00 (Lunch NOT provided)
Session 4: July 6 – Jump Training, Speed, Agility & Quickness Camp (Grades 6-12)
Apply the techniques the Green Bay Phoenix Volleyball Players use in their year-round training program to increase their vertical jump, speed, agility and quickness. Each camper will take home a workout they can use year round.
- Commuter $45.00 (Lunch NOT provided)
Session 5: July 7-10 – Coed Youth All-Skills Day Camp (Grades 1-8)
This All-Skills Day Camp introduces BOYS and GIRLS to the basic skills and fundamentals of volleyball. Come and join in the fun with the Green Bay Volleyball Players and Staff while they teach you the skills of passing, serving, hitting, blocking and setting and how they apply to game play. 9:00am-4:00pm w/ Lunch from 12-1pm (Lunch NOT provided)
- Commuter $160.00
Session 6: July 11-13 - Elite High Intensity Camp (Grades 8-12)
This fast paced and rigorous camp offers a unique elite level training experience for players wanting to compete at the next level. Advanced skills and techniques will be taught through position training as well as competitive situations.
Fri. 1pm-9pm / Sat. 9am-9pm / Sun. 9am-4pm
- Resident Overnight $295.00
- Extended Day Commuter $250.00
Session 7: July 11-13 - Individual Skills Camp (Grades 4-12)
Our most popular camp is back! Come train with the Phoenix Staff and Players. Individual camp sessions are designed to improve the fundamental skills of volleyball: passing, serving, setting, attacking, blocking and defending. Campers will take those learned skills and apply them to daily game play and competitive competition sessions
Fri. 1pm-9pm / Sat. 9am-9pm / Sun. 9am-4pm
- Resident Overnight $295.00
- Extended Day Commuter $250.00
Session 8: July 14-15 - College Prep Position Camp (Grades 8-12)
This camp is recommended for position players entering high school through rising college freshmen planning on playing at the next level. This fast faced, college caliber camp is designed to give high school players the chance to test their physical and mental skills, while training at the highest level. Available College Prep Camp Sessions: Attacking Camp / Grit & Guts Libero Camp / All-American Setting Camp
Monday 9am-9pm / Tuesday 9am-4pm
- Resident Overnight $250.00 (All Lodging/Meals Included)
- Extended Day Commuter $200.00 (Lunch & Dinner included)
Session 9: July 19 - High School Team Shootout (Grades 9-12)
This 1-day camp allows teams to compete against other local and regional teams to prepare for the high school season. Coaches can work with their own team or sit-back and observe while our camp staff coaches work with your team. There will be a brief team practice session in the morning followed by team tournament to crown and Team Shootout Champion. Please contact Head Coach Sean Burdette at: email@example.com for Housing & Meals options. JV & Varsity Divisions
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Yankees looking at Astros' Keppinger
The Yankees, searching for bench help, have spoken with the Astros about infielder Jeff Keppinger, according to major league sources.
A trade does not appear close, but the teams have engaged in recent discussions, one source said.
The Astros increased the possibility of trading Keppinger on Friday by reaching agreement with free agent Bill Hall on a one-year contract to play second base.
The Yankees had shown interest in Hall, but Keppinger, who stands to receive a raise from his $1.15 million in his second year of arbitration, could fill a similar role.
Keppinger, 30, was the Astros' primary second baseman last season. He can back up at all four infield positions and also has made five career appearances in the outfield.
The Astros likely would ask for no more than a mid-level prospect in return, especially now that Keppinger has lost his everyday job.
Keppinger batted .288 with a .351 on-base percentage and .393 slugging average last season, with six home runs and 59 RBI in 575 plate appearances. He lacks speed and power, but was the most difficult player to strike out in the majors last season.
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A hearing scheduled regarding a motion to suppress evidence, which was already postponed once from May to today, has been postponed again until Nov. 1. A trial date could be set as soon as Thursday when a pre-trial hearing is scheduled. But, according to Pro Football Talk, the trial presumably won't start before Dec. 27, when a readiness hearing is scheduled.
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Star linebacker Brian Urlacher is calling it a career after 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears.
The eight-time Pro Bowl player announced his retirement on his Twitter account Wednesday. In a statement, he said, "After spending a lot of time this spring thinking about my NFL future, I have made a decision to retire."
"Although I could continue playing, I'm not sure I would bring a level of performance or passion that's up to my standards," he said. "When considering this, along with the fact that I could retire after a 13-year career wearing only one jersey for such a storied franchise, my decision became pretty clear."
Urlacher was the face of the Bears' franchise and leaves as one of the game's great linebackers. In March, he and the Bears were unable to reach a contract agreement and he became a free agent.
He started 180 games from 2000 through 2012, and recorded a team-record 1,779 tackles.
Crabtree has Achilles surgery
The San Francisco 49ers suddenly have a huge void in their receiving corps: Michael Crabtree is sidelined after surgery on his right Achilles tendon.
San Francisco's leading wide receiver underwent surgery Wednesday, though the team is optimistic he will return at some point in 2013. Crabtree had surgery one day after suffering the injury during 7-on-7 drills in an organized team activity.
"Michael Crabtree underwent surgery to repair his Achilles tendon that he tore yesterday," coach Jim Harbaugh said. "Surgery was successful and we do not anticipate it will be season-ending for Michael."
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Geno Smith has joined Jay-Z for one big sports and hip-hop collaboration.
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All week and through next Monday, the Woot writers are sharing the movies that make them crap their pants in terror - figuratively, we hope. Here are five movies that give Jason Toon the willies - because they seem like they could actually happen...
(WARNING: Some of the following trailers may be slightly NSFW. Watch... but at your own risk!)
By the time my voice dropped, movie monsters had lost the power to scare me anymore. Not only were the likes of, say, Freddy Krueger just so ridiculous, I also knew too much about the moviemaking behind it to suspend my disbelief. "Hey, if you look right, you can totally tell he's the guy from V." The movies that have kept me up nights in the last couple of decades are the ones about horrors that could be all too real: nuclear war, dictatorship, ecological catastrophe. If viewers use horror movies as a means of escape from reality, these terrifying scenarios leave you nowhere to run to.
Children of Men (2006)
"Day 1,000 of the siege of Seattle." Those are the very first words you hear in Alfonso Cuaron's brilliant future shocker. 18 years after humanity stopped giving birth, the all-grownup world is torn by fascism, terrorism, disease, and a general nihilistic anomie. Clive Owen sleepwalks through a Britain even grimier and more depressing than the real thing. This is what the V for Vendetta movie should have felt like.
Soylent Green (1973)
Global warming, food shortages, pollution, blackouts, drab khaki clothing: the future of Soylent Green would be a major bummer even without the famously monstrous ending revelation. It's the oldest movie here, but its particular vision - a chaotic, sun-blasted New York populated by barely-human rabble living in stripped cars, ruled by a vicious, effete, utterly corrupt elite - rings as true as any of them.
The Day After (1983)
If zombies and slashers don't scare you anymore, try this: there are still thousands of nuclear weapons around the world, any one of which could go off at any time! While the Cold War context of The Day After is a historical relic, the most relentlessly grim TV movie ever made in America has lost none of its power to shock. This deeply disturbing picture of post-apocalyptic life has nothing in common with your favorite first-person shooter. (If that's still not enough to freak you out, try Threads, the even bleaker BBC take on nuclear aftermath. But trust me: you really probably shouldn't.)
If I had to bet money on any of these movies essentially coming true, it'd be Mike Judge's criminally underpromoted look at a future America that's somehow even dumber than today's. Everything is covered in flashing corporate logos, the main form of artistic expression involves guys getting hit in the nuts, and big-box store greeters mumble "Welcome to Costco, I love you." If you haven't seen it, you might be part of the problem.
The Running Man (1987)
The thing that horrified me the most when I first saw it: in the future, a can of Pepsi costs seven bucks! There's also global economic collapse, food riots, totalitarian dictatorship, and an absolutely cynical, vicious mass media that makes game-show entertainment out of what are, essentially, extended public executions. On the last count, at least, reality is starting to catch up to The Running Man.
What favorite dystopia of yours have I left off? Mad Max? The Handmaid's Tale? Minority Report? What movies make you scared, not of what lurks in the shrubbery, but of what lurks in humanity's future?
On the Beach, based on the book by Nevil Shute. After a nuclear war has destroyed all life in the northern hemisphere, an American submarine crew and the inhabitants of Australia await their deaths from radioactive fallout, which takes a year or two to make its way south. The most depressing book I've ever read, and the movie's not much better.
Someone should say something here about A BOY AND HIS DOG.
Idiocracy is definitely one of the scariest movies ever. The problem is Mike Judge's whole concept of high birthrates for low intelligence couples and low birthrates for high intelligence couples is happening in America today.
The consolation in it: Genetic variation means you can be a smart kid born of below average parents, so we'll never completely get to the point of Idiocracy.
rwave wrote:...The consolation in it: Genetic variation means you can be a smart kid born of below average parents, so we'll never completely get to the point of Idiocracy.
So you believe genes play a bigger role in the development of the child than their environment? What if the parents are too stupid to educate the child? What if the teachers at the school are dumb? What if the TV, Internet, and other media the kid absorbs is stupid? What if libraries are considered a waste of space and the books are lost? How will a child become intelligent in such an environment? Even if they do grow-up to be smart, there will be no jobs for them and nobody will breed with them because they're not considered "cool". It will progressively get worse to the point that it's impossible for someone to grow-up to be smart even if they're born "gifted". It's a snowball effect that'll just get worse as time goes by. (unless trends change)
EDIT: Great movie, by the way.
bsmith1 wrote:So you believe genes play a bigger role in the development of the child than their environment?
I believe genes play a big role in base learning ability. I can't remember exactly but I believe intelligence is also affected by environment (IQ, which is not a complete measure of intelligence, can change). Genetic aptitude is a huge component though.
In Idiocracy EVERYONE was of zombie level intelligence. That's why I said we would never reach quite that point.
matthew wrote:Someone should say something here about A BOY AND HIS DOG.
I got about ten minutes into this and then quit to go play Fallout 3.
9 (not the Musical), was another good post apocalyptic movie.
yay taco
tgentry wrote:I got about ten minutes into this and then quit to go play Fallout 3.
I agree! Plus wasn't that with Don Johnson?
Try "The Quiet Earth".
No offense but this is a horrible list of scary movies. (maybe one or two of them are a little scary because they are so close to reality but for the most part....no way!)
I'd add the Planet of the Apes movies, A Clockwork Orange, and Logan's Run to this list. (of not so scary alternate future movies)
What? When did tgentry get tagged as "staff." Wow. That's kinda' neat ... contest winner makes it big.
itt... neckbeards that work in IT complaining about stupid people.
I read a story in Analog or Asimov's back in the 80s that had a similar plot to Idiocracy, but without the time travel angle. Dumb people outbreed the smart people until the smart people become subservient to the booooos.
As an aside, after Richard Dawson's performance in The Running Man, I've never been able to see him as the puckish gameshow host or Limy soldier I once knew.
Totally counts as "something!"
The Road
A terrifying movie. It will depress you as you realize how terrible people would actually act in some post-apocolytic world.
Then you will just go hug your loved ones.
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A terrifying movie. It will depress you as you realize how terrible people would actually act in some post-apocolytic world.
Then you will just go hug your loved ones.
I'm depressed at how terrible people act in a pre-apocalyptic world.
I agree wholeheartedly that Idiocracy is a scary movie. The first time I saw it I laughed all the way through. Then about a half hour after it was over the reality of the world around me set in and I could see the telltale signs of our trip down that path. Its not just the dumb people out breeding the smart that is scary, its the dumb people that are idolized and have money and power. Its also the fact that we have made everything so safe and stupidity proof that there is almost nothing to weed out the weak and stupid amoung us. We need a preadator...... maybe some sort of genetically mutated giant bird? hmmmmmmm
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Rick Steves SpecialA Symphonic Journey | Saturday, 8 p.m.
Rick Steves, America's leading authority on European travel, teams up with the Cascade Symphony Orchestra and maestro Michael Miropolsky for a musical journey that begins in the United States, and touches down in seven different European countries. The special, taped at the Edmonds Center for the Arts near Seattle, Wash., celebrates music's power to stir the patriotic soul. Playing musical tour guide, Steves utilizes his extensive knowledge of European history and culture to help set the context for each piece. Then, the orchestra performs a selection of stirring 19th-century anthems by Romantic-era composers, including Grieg, Smetana, Strauss, Berlioz, Elgar, Wagner and Verdi. Each selection honors a particular nationality, while the finale, Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" (Europe's official anthem) pays homage to the continent's motto of "United in Diversity." The music is accompanied by a montage of evocative video images from each country.
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EarthcasterSunday | 8 p.m.
EARTHCASTER documents Thomas Sayre?s evolution as an artist, and follows Sayre and his crew as they build two of his signature massive earthen sculptures. Working out of a repurposed warehouse in Raleigh, N.C, the internationally known sculptor and designer has been creating public art installations for decades in sites around the world. From Thailand to Turkey and in a number of U.S. cities -- including Baltimore, Charlotte, Denver, Nashville, Portland, Raleigh, Tucson, and his hometown of Washington, D.C. -- Sayre has been commissioned to reflect the distinctive identity and history of each place. Through a process he calls "earthcasting," Sayre explores the differences between forms made by nature and those made by humans. Using heavy equipment to dig complex molds in the earth, the artist then pours in colored concrete that echoes the hue of the native soil. Once the concrete cures, the sculptures are lifted by crane to stand in bold relief against the sky and landscape. Interviews with colleagues, friends, family members, and everyday citizens who encounter Sayre's work daily, address the value and significance of public art in the chaos of the digital age, and what his work reveals about ourselves, our communities and our planet.
Victorian Slum HouseThe 1860s | Sunday, 9 p.m.
The series, which features modern-day people recreating 19th-century life in London's East End, begins with the participants moving into an 1860s tenement that includes sparse rooms, a shared water pump and outdoor privies. They seek to make a living by matchbox making, wood turning and the rag trade, work once done by their impoverished forebears.
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AreaCritical Studies in Asian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions
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Ph.D. University of California-Berkeley, Buddhist Studies, 2011.
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Professor Lin specializes in South Asian Buddhism, with focus on the cultural history of Tibetan Buddhism during the early modern period. Her research interests include Buddhist hagiographical literature and art, the innovative interpretation of canonical tradition amidst social change, and Tibetan engagement with other courtly cultures of South and East Asia. Her current book project examines how Tibetan monastic and courtly culture intersected during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, especially through productions of the Wish-Fulfilling Vine (Skt. Avadanakalpalata, Tb. Dpag bsam 'khri shing), Ksemendra's Sanskrit anthology of Buddhist narratives. Professor Lin's other research projects address Tibetan re-imaginings of the Buddha's life and the development of classical Tibetan poetry and poetics from Sanskrit models in institutional, material, and ritual contexts.


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hi guys new to the forum ..... ok so here is what i did this past few days (olmost done with it)
hi guys new to the forum ..... ok so here is what i did this past few days (olmost done with it)
Kool whats it made from???
well i started on the armor and new fg helmet not done but getting there ,still need work on some parts
Fantastic work so far!! So are you making the whole thing wearable?? That'd be great to see
very nice
That is more than just cool.
a quick cape test to see the look of it.............(will be more ajusted on the head) v1.0 of staff also done
here some progress pics , painted the parts (need to weather them and reclear). need to finish painting the fingers, need to do is finish upper legs(olmost done to paint) and still need to do the hip parts .(sry bad cell pics)
first test fit , I was alone so I didn put all on (kinda hard ) and take pics same time lol
still need few adjustments but should be a display I guess
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you can barely see helmet in this one ( and the cover all was just temporary
Looks great dude....
Hey Lowlow!
Glad you posted these here, it's a great kit!
You've got some mad skills bro.
finally did a display for it ... (not the best pics sorry)
Amazing, I cannot find anyone that is making to sell cool stuff like this


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It will be a little more of a hunt than finding a 350 but you will come up with a good one by arming yourself with the good info already posted. I did see a couple typo/errors in previous posts. You can't have a 283 with a 327 block. A 327 is 4" bore which would make a 302 with a 283 crank.And there was no small journal 350. The easiest way would be to find a 350 block and buy a 327 (or 307 as mentioned) large journal crank. To bore a 283 block you would definitely want it sonic tested and with a .125" overbore it would be the last rebuild on that block. Personally I would hold out for a small journal 327 engine. All of them had forged steel cranks and there is something to be said for the lower bearing speed on the small journal crank. I wouldn't get too excited about any heads that came on a 327, even double hump (which can be 1.94 or 2.02 intakes) The cost of going through a set of those old heads will be more than you can buy a brand new set of better flowing heads for. I just threw away a set of 250 horse power pack heads.
If you go with a large journal engine, just look for the casting number ending in 010. That will mean it's a 4 inch bore. Probably 90% of the 350 blocks are 010 blocks.
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Went to; *****http://car-part.com***** and found 45 327 engines. Priced from $1564 with a 3 year waranty all the way down to $150 for a runner.
They're out there. that was the just first search.
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You might want to try what i did, in So. Calif. I advertized I wanted to haul away a 327 engine need not pass smog and as complete as possibe, the first one was a 350 sm journal good short block, the second one the guy wanted $50 for a complete motor large journal less carb pulley and accessories. The third I came accross was a 327 1963 from a still owned corvette with the camel hump heads. long block offenhouser intake no carb pulleys or distrributor. I gave $300 for it and it runs beautiful. I to am new at this stuff and we (my 17 year old) son put it in my frame for my 50 f1 pu and it fired write up and we were two super happey fellows. It is taken shape. Hope to try to drive this truck after 2 1/2 years in a couple of months. Ed ke6bnl
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You might want to try what i did, in So. Calif. I advertized I wanted to haul away a 327 engine need not pass smog and as complete as possibe, the first one was a 350 sm journal good short block, the second one the guy wanted $50 for a complete motor large journal less carb pulley and accessories. The third I came accross was a 327 1963 from a still owned corvette with the camel hump heads. long block offenhouser intake no carb pulleys or distrributor. I gave $300 for it and it runs beautiful. I to am new at this stuff and we (my 17 year old) son put it in my frame for my 50 f1 pu and it fired write up and we were two super happey fellows. It is taken shape. Hope to try to drive this truck after 2 1/2 years in a couple of months. Ed ke6bnl
|I'd try the local engine shops and such. I got my 327 W/ new forged steel crank for $300. At that point it had already been hot tanked and MagnaFluxed. It even still had the origional bore sizing.
The engine I mentioned was a running engine I saw it myself its sitting in the southwest corner of his shop looked in good shape to me. The guy who owns the junk yard I trust.
If you are stuck on a 327 and dont care if its not original find a 307 crank and stick it in a 350 block.
Here is also one link to one of the books on Amazon-
The block is the same- Same bore, different stroke, so different crank. The early 327s had a smaller main diameter, but newer matches the dia of the 350. A lot of interesting history and compatability to look at if you are interested.
oops, While I'm typing away, Kevin wrote the appendix to all of the books that I have... WOW! Good data, Kevin.
327 to 350 are the same blocks. You have a different stroke. This may simplify things a little:
262 = 3.671" x 3.10" (Gen. I, 5.7" rod)
265 = 3.750" x 3.00" ('55-'57 Gen.I, 5.7" rod)
265 = 3.750" x 3.00" ('94-'96 Gen.II, 4.3 liter V-8 "L99", 5.94" rod)
267 = 3.500" x 3.48" (Gen.I, 5.7" rod)
283 = 3.875" x 3.00" (Gen.I, 5.7" rod)
293 = 3.780" x 3.27" ('99-later, Gen.III, "LR4" 4.8 Liter Vortec, 6.278" rod)
302 = 4.000" x 3.00" (Gen.I, 5.7" rod)
305 = 3.740" x 3.48" (Gen.I, 5.7" rod)
307 = 3.875" x 3.25" (Gen.I, 5.7" rod)
325 = 3.780" x 3.622" ('99-later, Gen.III, "LM7" 5.3 Liter Vortec, 6.098" rod)
327 = 4.000" x 3.25" (Gen.I, 5.7" rod)
346 = 3.900" x 3.622" ('97-later, Gen.III, "LS1", 6.098" rod)
350 = 4.000" x 3.48" (Gen.I, 5.7" rod)
350 = 4.000" x 3.48" ('96-'01, Gen. I, Vortec, 5.7" rod)
350 = 3.900" x 3.66" ('89-'95, "LT5", in "ZR1" Corvette 32-valve DOHC, 5.74" rod)
364 = 4.000" x 3.622" ('99-later, Gen.III, "LQ4" 6.0 Liter Vortec, 6.098" rod)
383 = 4.000" x 3.80" ('00, "HT 383", Gen.I truck crate motor) (5.7" rod)
400 = 4.125" x 3.75" (Gen.I, 5.565" rod)
Two common, non-factory smallblock combinations:
377 = 4.155" x 3.48" (5.7" or 6.00" rod)
400 block and a 350 crank with "spacer" main bearings
383 = 4.030" x 3.76" (5.565" or 5.7" or 6.0" rod)
350 block and a 400 crank, main bearing crank journals
cut to 350 size
The 400 block is the same size but the two center cylinders are different configuration than the 350 (sistered cylinders) so some parts are not interchangeable.
HemmiGremmi has a 350 for sale in the For Sales. #35 in the For Sales.
so, for me, this begs the question, and again if i'm way off base i apologize, but then,
what is the difference between a factory 327 and a 350 block made into a 327? ( if i asked that right) and what are the pro's/cons?
i always thought you could make a smaller motor into a bigger engine, but not vice-versa.
i'm very glad i found this place!!
|I would just find a 350 block which are cheap and plentiful and a 307 crank which are also plentiful, grab some decent pistons for a 327 and there you have it.
Kevin hit the nail on the head with junk yard stuff. Sometimes you can get a decent block, but there are a lot of things that can go wrong. Around here, one of the yards that I use will guarentee no cracks, but only to the point of me picking out another block and trying again. That's on 350s, though, and finding a 327 complete and in good shape will be tricky, at best.
To check for cracks, you really need it torn down and checked, by magnafluxing. That means that buying a bone yard engine and finding a bad one is a lot of work, just to find out you need to do more work. There aren't any great shortcuts, just some time to tear them down. It would be a good learning experience, but it is time consuming and can get a little frustrating.
If you are set on a 327, find a good 350 block and get a 327 large journal crank- (Same block) Buy a couple of books, "How to Rebuild SB", "How to Hotrod SB Chev," "Chev SB V-8 Interchange Manual," or several others. Just do a search and look for SB books. I would get the books first and then start looking around.
Good luck with this project. Just remember to have fun and ask a lot of questions as you go. There are a lot of SB Chev folks on this board that can answer a lot of questions.
thx for all the advice. i have a couple questions and comments.
first, i definitely dont want a rebuilt or kicking motor. The main thing i'd like to get out of this hobby is the knowledge of tearing it down and fixing it and putting it back together. Then i want to bolt it into a body that i've re-stored, turn the key and go happy into the sunset looking for my next one.
So that being said, i'm going to call the numbers and other resources you all mentioned here, and see what they have to say.
question: when you say "block", do you mean, literally, just the block itself, or the block, pistons, cam, etc? Or maybe a better question is, should i concentrate on just getting a good block, and then replace all the guts as i go? And if that's the best case, quality wise, is it also much more expensive then fixing wht you can and replacing what you must?
This may be silly, but are there any simple tests when looking at prospective motors, to see if they are cracked or shot?
Can i pour oil into them or water or something that will leak out or should i pretend i never asked that question and slink away back to my dungeon and get to turning wrenches?
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From what I remember, there are two types of garbage collection, which can probably be best described as active and passive. The latter is the easiest to explain, it waits until the SSD is inactive (system idle) and then performs its routines, typically only when the SSD is full, or close to it. Active is a type that will clear unused blocks, even while the SSD is in use (while keeping the performance hit to a minimum). So if you want maximum and continuous performance, an active collector would be better.
After a fair bit of reading, and for the type of workload you'd be using, a non-sandforce controller would be best. Sandforce controllers tend to be rather poor with incompressible data (in terms of stability). Games and especially movies, use a lot of incompressible data. Next one to avoid would be Samsung 800 series SSDs, as they have a very low priority GC that's passive, so performance will degrade rapidly once the drive becomes full. The Crucial M4 will degrade rapidly too after the drive is full without TRIM, so that's likely out too (passive GC).
The strong Contender here is the Corsair Neutron (LAMD Controller), which has some very consistent results when full, even if it isn't strictly speaking, the fastest drive. The OCZ Vector, not to be confused with the Vertex series, is another possibility too (Indilinx Controller). I'll keep reading up on some others, if I can find relevant performance data as to long-term stability.
TRIM is a standardised ATA command, so the 'custom software' solutions are just GUI wrappers for the command. The Intel Toolbox though, just has a lot of other features and tools for analysis. If an SSD does not support TRIM, or the OS doesn't, these tools can then provide a means to manually run garbage collection across the entire drive at the user's discretion, thereby simulation the effect of TRIM.
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Thank you, that answers my questions perfectly. Very much appreciated.
Corsair Neutron GTX seems to fit my needs pretty well, but I will take a look at reviews and benchmarks for the OCZ Vector as well as they seem to be in the same price class.
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How about the Marvell controller? SSDs running the Marvell controller such as Plextor m5 Pro and also the Corsair Performance Series seem to perform well overall including torture tests. How do you think these compare to the Neutron series?
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The Plextor M5 Pro also suffers from rapid degradation too it seems. Anandtech covered most of the recent drives and plotted their long term performance consistency, so you can flick through the results there...
The Micron P400M looks to be a good drive too (Micron owns Crucial). Just be aware, that it's an enterprise drive, and costs more as a result. The Crucial/Micron M500 is due out soon too, and that is likely to have similar consistency (won't know for sure till later).
I'm still not sure on the Samsung 840 Pro, its firmware issues appear to be cleared, so its a case of checking user feedback. Just make sure it's the Pro version, and not the standard 840.
And yeah, OCZ had taken a beating on reputation, their catalogue is littered with failures from dodgy Sandforce tweaks and corrupt firmware. To say they were the only ones to suffer would be silly, since even Corsair took a massive rep hit with its Sandforce Controllers. This is partly why I and many others suggest staying clear of Sandforce based SSDs, there are just too many horror stories. Now, that doesn't mean to stay clear forever, the next batch may be different, since it has been over a year since a major release or chip update. Things are more centred around 20 and 19nm NAND at the moment.
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|I have seen more than one compressor junked when a cleaning or simple replacement or repair of valves would have fixed the problem. That backflow valve between the tank and the pump is very important and needs to always be functional especially when the reed valves are in good shape and the pump is working at it's maximum efficiency! In Ogre's case the reed valves certainly needed replacing but they were not the direct cause of the problem even if new ones did seem to solve it, for a while anyway. No matter how much the reed valves leak the tank should not leak down while idle because there is not supposed to be any pressure between the tank and the pump during this time that's what the unloader does, it relieves pressure on the pump head (and the reed valves) so that the motor does not have to start the pump with a load on it. Leaking reed valves certainly will cause a problem with long pump up times, or if bad enough not even reaching cut off pressure, but leak down while idle will be a backflow valve problem (assuming the air is leaking from the pump and not a leak in the tank or air line system).
On the Coleman oil-less the valve is really nothing more than a ball and seat. I got the compressor for next to nothing because it would run but not pressurize the tank. The ball had stuck to the seat and all it took was a cleaning of the corrosion and it went on to pump just fine.
In Ogre's case, this valve sure could be leaking, like oldred said. Might not even cost anything to fix.
There's a little more to it than just those reed valves and if you are relying on them to maintain tank pressure that will not last long at all. However the good news is that the problem is both easy and cheap to fix, since the tank pressure was leaking back through the pump then the back-flow in the tank (where the inlet pipe connects) is leaking allowing pressure to flow back against the pump. This is a bad condition and needs to be fixed but as I said it is quick, cheap and easy by simply removing that valve and either cleaning (that usually fixes them) or replacing it. The reed valves are not meant to hold back tank pressure, they should not have pressure on them when the pump is idle, and when the tank pressure has leaked back to the pump as yours was apparently doing then the pump must start under load which is really hard on the motor, this also makes me wonder about your unloader valve. Do you still get that momentary hiss when the compressor shuts down? Maybe it is not even shutting off completely and tends to leak sightly? This would (should!) occur if the backflow valve is leaking, in any case leaking reed valves will not allow the tank pressure to leak down if the backflow valve is working properly nor should they be expected to.
I thought about rebuilding my old one, And I even searched for a rebuild kit and came up empty. I did not look hard. I even looked in to buying a new pump from harbor freight and nothern tool. I may end up rebuilding or replacing the pump on it to sell in the future. It was a dual piston 60 gallon compressor. The specs where a little lower then the new one.
I bought it 8 years ago used from a pawn shop. I have no idea how old it really is. It had other issues besides the valves leaking. The motor was getting weak. It would hesitate sometimes when over 100psi. And I started to notice lots of rusted metal bits when I drained it. bad pump, weak motor and rusted tank. not worth spending a lot of money on.
If i can get my hands on a gasket kit I would like to take it apart and see if I can fix the valves with out spending more then $50 and if I can fix it I will give it to my dad to air tires a other lite duty work. I donno
One more note on the morgan compressor: I ment to mention that the "Morgan" company is based in South Carolina.
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i just rebuilt the reed valves on our shop compressor for $60.
the kit included 8 reeds, 6 rings, gaskets and shaft seals.
if your compressor supplied enough cfm for you, then rebuild it.
ours was leaking down, at first it was occasional,
eventually it ran 6 times an hr with no air usage.
it should be easy to get a rebuild kit for a devilbiss compressor
after tearing it down, i realized that we probably could have gotten away with just flat sanding the reed plate.
heat from running too long had warped the plate around the reed seats.
maybe that is all you need.
note to self: yes the compressor will keep up to the sandblaster,
but don't blast for 2 hrs straight...
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Oh Yeah I forgot to mention they do DO NOT have them in store. I had to order mine online, site to store. Good news is it was free, Bad news I had to pay tax. The site to store shipping took 7 days total. (including weekends).
Im glad I could help out! I wanted to wait until I used the compressor before I recommended it to anyone. And so far the only thing Ive seen that I don't like is the factory warranty. I highly recommend the northern tool warranty. The paper work they sent with the compressor has the factory warranty in detail, and it pretty much says they will not replace or repair it. They had many crazy rules. Like if you leave it bolted to the pallet then it is void, It has to be hooked up by a licensed electrician, It is void if used for commercial work, And this one is great. The warranty is void if you ever hook up a tool that requires more CFM then the compressor is rated for.
The factory warranty sucks.. I did not realize that until tonight. The $50 extra northern tool warranty is very good. It says if the product is ever defective they will replace it (Not repair) for free and deliver then new one. for 2 years. well worth the $50.
Just so you guys know, The devilbiss 80-gallon air compressor that is for sale at sams club, for $1199 is the same compressor. the only difference is the tank. The devilbiss does not have the air regulator built on the tank like this one. But the pump and the motor are the same. The funny part is the devilbiss is 1cfm higher and 1 hp less.. But I checked the model numbers off the pump and motor and they match the devillbiss (ex-cell by devilbiss )
A quick google of the pump and motor model numbers show the motor is used on many many brands and model compressors ranging in size from 60-100 gallon tank. The strange part is almost every manufacture that uses the same model motor, rates it at a different horse power. 3.4 hp the lowest (bel-aire 80gallon) and 6.1 being the highest (craftsman 60-gallon). When I googled the pump model number all I found was this compressor, the kobalt, devilbiss and one red 80-gal campbell hausfiled sold only at the home depot.
Also listed as refurbished for $899
|lots of refurbished computer equipment is ok also. 1 year ago I got a Western Digital 500 GB Studio edtion external hard drive that was 'refurbished'. at the time, they were retailing about $300.. I won the auction for $61/ free ship.. when it came to me it was in the standard brown box, but a little peice of paper stating it was entirely new stock from a closed electronics/ computer store. I think it was OEM stock
|It says free in store delivery on the shipping calc page.
They have a store here in knoxville Tn. so I will try to get by there this evening and see if they have one on the floor. Seems like even if they don't they should be able to order one to the store without incurring that high shipping cost.
Yes it is single stage, that "V" design is a good one. Usually a V type pump like that will have good performance specs because that design lends itself to better cooling than the inline type, the three cylinder is even better than a two cylinder V type.
BTW, the specs on that thing seem to be honest and the motor rating looks to be true HP.
|220 for shipping makes it cost prohibitive for me...........lol
Used, on eBay for $660 + S&H. Two years old. That one above really IS a deal!
Oldred, what's the deal on the 3 cylinder pump- is it single stage, or?
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