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Current Affairs of August 2009 for all types of Competitive Exams Read top news headlines and latest major events happened in India and World in the month of August 2009. The information given will help you to prepare for exams like: IAS, PCS, UPSC, Railways, SSC, Banking and all other competitive exams.
Current Affairs of 01 August 2009
- The country's largest two-wheeler maker Hero Honda Motors Ltd reported a jump of 30.39 per cent in its sales at 3,66,808 units in July compared to the sales in the same month last year.
- The landscape of Income Tax returns filing has been witnessing a slow and steady change with e-filing of returns picking up momentum, especially among the youth, owing to factors like familiarty, ease-of-use, security and speed.
- In a rebuff to PDP which targeted Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over the 2006 sex scandal, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday that the investigation into the case has been completed and the lists circulated by the party in J-K Assembly were uncorroborated "pieces".
- Sri Lanka beat Pak by 6 wickets
- To ensure that the benefits of reservation reach all the deprived communities who have to compete with the "better off" within themselves, the grandson of Dr BR Ambedkar and former MP Prakash Ambedkar has decided to launch a unique campaign to advocate rationing of quota.
Current Affairs of 02 August 2009
- Taking a big leap in its technological quest, IIT Kanpur has developed a nano-satellite which is expected to provide real-time data on drought, flood, vegetation and forestation. The satellite, designed and developed by a group of students of the institute, will be handed over to ISRO, which is expected to launch it by the end of the year.
- French virologists said they had found a new subtype of the AIDS virus that appears to have jumped the species barrier to humans from gorillas.
- Strongly backing its players, the BCCI on Sunday rejected a controversial WADA anti-doping clause which makes it mandatory for cricketers to be available for out of competition testing, a decision which puts the Indian Board on collision course with the ICC.
- Pakistan's Parliament should decide the fate of former President Pervez Musharraf following the Supreme Court's verdict that the emergency imposed by him in 2007 was unconstitutional and illegal, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said.
- Former Iranian president and key supporter of Iranian opposition movement, Mohammad Khatami, denounced on Sunday the trial of around 100 people accused of rioting after the victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Current Affairs of 03 August 2009
- Engineering firm Larsen & Toubro said it has bagged two orders worth Rs 5,300 crore (USD 1.18 billion) from state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corporation for offshore hydrocarbon projects.
- The H1N1 virus or swine flu claimed its first life in India when a 14-year-old girl died of multiple organ failure today at the Jehangir Hospital in Pune. She was a Class IX student of St Anne's Girls High School in the city.
- Scientists create 'gas gauge' to avoid pregnancy loss.
- Tiger Woods cruised to his easiest victory of the year, getting away with an awful round to open the Buick Open and an average one to hold off a weak field.
- Search planes hunted Monday for an aircraft carrying 16 people that is believed to have crashed in eastern Indonesia.
Current Affairs of 04 August 2009
- A local court found an ex-TDP MLA and six others guilty of detaining a passenger train in Guntur district and sentenced them to six months imprisonment.
- Premium men footwear and fashion lifestyle brand Red Tape is planning to invest Rs 100 crore by the end of next year as a part of its plan to treble the number of its exclusive outlets in the country.
- Legal tangles might have caused some delay but more than half of the construction work at the Commonwealth Games Village is over and the facility would be ready in March next year, the Sports Ministry said on Tuesday.
- The All India Football Federation is planning to approach cash-rich Indian Cricket Board for financial assistance for its national team's 2011 Asian Cup preparations.
- An 86-year-old woman has been arrested in Chicago for the 61st time after she was caught stealing items worth about USD 250, including anti-wrinkle cream and batteries, from a retail shop.
Current Affairs of 05 August 2009
- Robert Pattinson has been named the sexiest man in the world in a new poll.
Infosys Technologies, India's No. 2 outsourcer, is pursuing deals worth $1 billion in this quarter and has 12-15 deals in the pipeline, its chief executive and managing director said on Wednesday.
- Cricket is all set to touch a new high as the Europe's longest glacier in Alps will soon host an exhibition match between two all-star teams from India and England at an altitude of 11,330 feet, surrounded by snow clad peaks.
- Al-Qaeda second-in-command, Aymaan al Zawahiri, has accused US President Barack Obama of continuing to spill the blood of Muslims, and said Israel is a "crime" that must be wiped out.
- Former US president Bill Clinton, left Pyongyang on Wednesday after securing the release of two female American journalists, who were arrested by North Korean officials, some five months ago.
Current Affairs of 06 August 2009
- India expressed its interest in having civil nuclear cooperation with Australia amid indications that the two countries are likely to sign an energy agreement in November under which Australia may supply uranium for joint venture power plants.
- Accusing Union Ministers belonging to Trinamool Congress of "instigating" violence while visiting sensitive areas in West Bengal like Lalgarh, the CPM asked the Centre and the Congress to clarify their stand on the issue.
- In findings that may further strain Congress-BSP relationship in Uttar Pradesh, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has detected serious lapses and irregularities in the implementation of the NREGA scheme in the state.
- Agreements between former President Bill Clinton's foundation and two drug companies will lower prices on medications for patients with drug-resistant HIV in the developing world.
- Australia will mount three high- profile visits, including by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, to India this year as part of Canberra's efforts to reinforce ties with New Delhi in the backdrop of a series of attacks on Indian students Down Under.
Current Affairs of 07 August 2009
- Jammu and Kashmir's ruling National Conference party on Friday said it had never opted for state's accession with either India or Pakistan and asked Islamabad to apologise for claiming Kashmir on communal ground.
- Two suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militants, who were arrested in New Delhi on Thursday night, had undergone training in terror camps in Pakistan and had been told to carry out strikes in the national capital, police sources said on Friday.
- The World Health Organization has announced that the first vaccines for swine flu pandemic are likely to be ready for use by September this year.
- Strongly backing the Obama Administration's endeavour to deepen bilateral relationship with India, a powerful Republican Senator said Indo-US strategic ties would bring stability not only in the region but also across the world.
- The US Air Force on Friday launches a new Global Strike Command responsible for nuclear forces after two major mishaps raised doubts about the supervision of the country's atomic weapons.
Current Affairs of 08 August 2009
- The Government said oil and gas explorers are bound by the production sharing contract (PSC) which gives it the right to approve a gas price formula and decide on utilisation of the fuel.
- Atleast 38 people are feared buried in a landslide resulting from a cloudburst in Nachni area near Munshiyari in Pithoragatrh district of Uttarakhand.
- Samajwadi Party, which supports the UPA from outside, blamed its "faulty" policies for uncontrolled inflation and targeted the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh over the prevailing drought situation in the state.
- Search engine Google on Saturday admitted its "mistake" of wrong depiction of certain areas of Arunachal Pradesh as parts of China and said its maps would be rectified shortly.
- Teenager Umar Akmal smashed an unbeaten 102 off 72 balls and skipper Younus Khan made 89 as Pakistan piled up 321-5 in the fourth one-dayer against Sri Lanka here on Friday.
Current Affairs of 09 August 2009
- Taking a strong exception to Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's statement, that Reeda Sheikh was responsible for the entry of swine flu in India, members of her family on Sunday demanded his resignation.
- The Municipal Corporation byelections to Ward number 10 witnessed a low voter turnout on Saturday. After a record-breaking voter percentage during the Lok Sabha elections, only 41.09 per cent votes were polled today.
- Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has challenged the Taliban to prove that their top leaders Baitullah Mehsud and Hakimullah Mehsud are still alive.
- Typhoon Morakot churned toward China forcing the evacuation of nearly 1 million people Sunday, a day after lashing Taiwan with torrential rains that caused the worst flooding on the island in 50 years.
- At least 38 people are feared buried in a landslide resulting from a cloudburst in Nachni area near Munshiyari in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. Unofficial sources are putting the toll at more than 50.
Current Affairs of 10 August 2009
- Domestic passenger car sales recorded 30.91 per cent increase at 1,15,067 units in July from 87,901 units in the same month last year.
- Late King of Pop Michael Jackson had reportedly offered 800,000 dollars to a doctor in a desperate bid to feed his prescription drugs addiction, in the run up to his 50-date concert tour.
- Aggrieved by the alleged hacking of her daughter's password for the GUJCET online admission process, which led to her daughter's selection for an Amreli-based civil engineering college, a Bharuch-based woman has moved the Gujarat High Court to secure the girl's admission at any college of her choice, now.
- West Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach, who plays with Indian Premier League team Kings XI Punjab, has been charged with assaulting police while allegedly trying to escape custody after a traffic accident.
- An estimated 400 Taiwanese are unaccounted for after a mudslide spawned by Typhoon Morakot struck their isolated mountain village, a police official said on Monday, and a newspaper quoted a resident as saying as many as 600 were buried.
Current Affairs of 11 August 2009
- The Indian rupee depreciated by 22 paise to 48.02 against the US dollar in early trade on expectations of more capital outflows and dollar demand from importers.
- Less than 24 hours after Jammu Kashmir's Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma told the State Legislative Assembly that there has been no case of swine flu detected in the state, the Jammu Kashmir reported its first case of swine flu on Monday late evening.
- Four new venues and a third place playoff match will be introduced in the third Indian Premier League which will get underway in Hyderabad on March 12, 2010 with a game between IPL II winners Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders.
- Chinese diplomats are entitled to object to Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer's public appearances in Australia, but must do so politely, Australia's government said Tuesday.
- Flooding in Taiwan triggered by Typhoon Morakot has killed 38 people and another 62 are missing, rescuers said on Tuesday.
Current Affairs of 12 August 2009
- The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India has achieved the feat of rolling out the 1,00,000th of its flagship export model, A-Star.
- In a crucial testimony, the FBI on Wednesday told a special court trying the Mumbai terror attack case that Global Positioning System (GPS) devices used by terrorists had indicated that they had come from Karachi.
- Mumbai's Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) K L Prasad has been appointed State Intelligence Department (SID) chief, the Home Department said.
- All 13 people aboard a chartered plane heading to a tourist region of Papua New Guinea were killed when the plane crashed while approaching the rugged terrain during foul weather, Australia's prime minister said Wednesday.
- China has formally arrested four employees of Australian mining giant Rio Tinto on charges of trade secrets infrigment and bribery, a downgrade from more serious claims of espionage.
Current Affairs of 13 August 2009
- Reminding the government of its duty to provide special care to reserved category students in higher educational institutions, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered IIT-Delhi to reconsider the expulsion of SC/ST students on account of poor performance.
- Google Earth's got some competition now — from the Indian Space Research Organisation which today unveiled its beta version of Bhuvan (meaning earth in Sanskrit).
- Seven more people died of swine flu taking the death toll in Malaysia due to the deadly H1N1 virus to 51, a health official said on Thursday.
- Carla Bruni is planning to have her first child with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2011 to boost her husband's chances of clinching a second term the following year, a news report has claimed.
- Major departments in British universities such as physics, engineering and computing could collapse without students from non-European Union countries such as India.
Current Affairs of 14 August 2009
- The IMF Board of Governors have approved a general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) equivalent to USD 250 billion to provide liquidity to global economic system by supplementing its member countries' foreign exchange reserves.
- In yet another evidence of Pakistan link to the 26/11 terror attacks, a witness on Friday told the special court in Mumbai that five mobile phones used by terrorists in the dastardly act were manufactured by Nokia Inc in China and shipped to Pakistan in June 2008.
- After Congress President Sonia Gandhi, it is now time for son Rahul to reach out to the dalits in Uttar Pradesh and galvanise the party to take on the Mayawati government.
- US committed to strong ties with India: Clinton I-Day message.
- With an aim to save Mohali from water scarcity in the coming days, municipal councillor Kuljeet Singh Bedi filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday.
Current Affairs of 15 August 2009
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation will launch an Automotive Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) test facility at the Vehicle Research and Development Establishment Ahmednagar on Sunday.
- Congress president Sonia Gandhi is set to revamp the All-India Congress Committee next week, inducting some new general secretaries while relieving some ministers of their organisational responsibility.
- Roger Federer beat Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3 7-6 at the Montreal Masters on Thursday, ensuring the world's top eight players will compete in the quarter-finals of an ATP event for the first time.
- Suno Hind ke rehne walon suno suno… As strains of this commanding song filled the air at Epicentre, Gurgaon, on Friday, the familiar words sounded unusually powerful. Composed by the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) after the Bengal famine in 1942, it still evoked strong feelings.
- With the assembly elections scheduled in October, the state government has decided to create a 4 tier network of Self-Help Groups in rural areas and provide them marketing facilities and finance to raise their income.
Current Affairs of 16 August 2009
- The US Embassy says an American man imprisoned for sneaking into the home of Myanmar's democracy leader has been flown out of the country.
- President Barack Obama's special envoy to Pakistan praised the country's "very significant" progress in taking back key areas from Taliban militants and said the US would provide more weapons for the fight as well as badly needed economic aid.
- Taiwan leaders, already under fire over the response to a typhoon that likely killed hundreds, have accepted foreign aid after earlier refusing the offers, officials said on Saturday, as the President apologised.
- After two-and-a-half years, Odeon has thrown open its gates once again. Big Cinemas, a division of the Reliance-owned Adlabs Group, had taken the property on lease from the original owners — the Sahni family.
- The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is constituting an Air Traffic Experts Committee to look into the various economic, social and political factors that affect air traffic.
Current Affairs of 17 August 2009
- Former 'Spice Girl' Victoria Beckham's waif-like figure and British accent is worrying the producers of 'American Idol' who think that her 'Posh' image might not go down well with the viewers.
- Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, India's top IT services firm by sales, is seeing an increase in corporate technology spending in Asia Pacific in the current quarter on signs of economic revival, an official said on Monday.
- Recuperating from a second surgery on his injured eye, Indian hockey goalkeeper Baljit Singh will meet his surgeon for a check-up on Monday at the Alabama hospital where he was operated. Baljit, who was successfully operated upon on Tuesday last week, said he was feeling better but his eye remains bandaged.
- The police have arrested two minor boys for stabbing a youth over a minor brawl.
The deadline to convert petrol and diesel-run autorickshaws into LPG-run ones is fast approaching, but the city has only two LPG filling stations for the 3,500 registered autos in the city.
Current Affairs of 18 August 2009
- A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talked about the "credible" information about possible strikes by Pakistan-based terror groups, India said on Tuesday that it was not intended to "impugn the actions of Government of Pakistan.
- Pakistan on Tuesday said it cannot take "lightly" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks about terror groups based in this country planning fresh attacks on India and is awaiting New Delhi's response to its request for sharing information in this regard.
- Taking into account the business traveller's need for comfort, convenience and flexibility, Oberoi Hotels & Resorts has introduced the special 'Oberoi Business Travel Plus' package at the Oberoi hotels in Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata.
- American singer Miley Cyrus has decided to air a feud with her ex-boyfriend Justin Gaston on the Internet, and blast him on her Twitter.com page. The feud is said to have started after Gaston posted a note on his web blog.
- The video testimony of an American witness in the 26/11 trial was deferred on Monday as he was vacationing in Canada and not carrying the documents he needed to answer the prosecution's questions. The proceedings were adjourned till Tuesday.
Current Affairs of 19 August 2009
- Pop princess Britney Spears and socialite Paris Hilton may never get to meet US President Barack Obama and the Queen of England, but their dogs are going to compete against the latter's pets in a contest.
- Hewlett-Packard Co reported slightly better-than-expected third-quarter results on Tuesday, helped by strong server sales, but the company expressed caution about business demand, and shares fell 2 per cent in extended trading.
- Faced with a players' revolt, the Delhi Ranji team started its preparatory camp for the upcoming domestic season without seven players but officials insisted that unrest against the DDCA was not the reason for their absence.
- The Faridabad police lodged an FIR against RPS Associates on Monday on charges of cheating and breach of trust after the residents' welfare associations of Green Valley (on Surajkund Road) lodged a complaint.
- Godhra Local Crime Branch arrested a 45-year-old woman from the town on Tuesday for possessing a fake passport. According to the police, the accused had two passports with which she had travelled to Pakistan twice.
Current Affairs of 20 August 2009
- Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo, Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, Chanda Kochhar, CEO of ICICI Bank India and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Chairman, Biocon India are the only Indians in Forbes annual list of the 100 most powerful women.
- Brushing aside criticism that it acted in haste, the BJP today said Jaswant Singh had committed grave indiscipline and went against the party's core ideology in his views in Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Sardar Patel meriting summary expulsion, a charge strongly denied by the former Union minister.
- More overseas tax havens could turn into traps for tax cheats as the US-Swiss settlement over UBS AG invigorates an international campaign to flush out hideaways for illicit or undisclosed money.
- After actor and film maker Aamir Khan refused the offer to be brand ambassador for its anti-child labour campaign, Maharashtra Government has approached superstar Shah Rukh Khan, a senior minister said.
- Eighteen of Gujarat's 26 districts have more fluoride concentration in their groundwater reserves than the permissible limit, leaving those who use groundwater prone to tooth decay and weak bones, says the latest State of Environment Report 2009.
Current Affairs of 21 August 2009
- Microsoft India recently announced the commencement of road show covering 16 cities to mark the launch of Windows 7, which is scheduled in October. From August to September 2009, Microsoft expects to reach out to over 1,800 partners across several cities including Pune, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Lucknow, Ranchi and the five metros.
- HDFC Standard Life, one of India's leading private life insurance companies has selected SAP as its technology partner to enhance its customer centricity and set new benchmarks in service standards.
- Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, on Friday indirectly hinted that former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje could be removed from the party on grounds of indiscipline.
- Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has issued a fatwa (decree) against Muslim quacks saying medical practice without proper qualification is 'haram' in the Shariat law.
- Six months after his death in the bloody BDR mutiny, Subedar Major Nurul Islam has emerged as a national hero in Bangladesh.
Current Affairs of 22 August 2009
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is not intervening or mediating in the Ambani brothers' gas dispute, though he believes that the two top industrialists should patch up in national interest, an official in Prime Minister's Office said.
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy has directed the district Collectors to submit a preliminary report in 24 hours on suicides by farmers.
- A defence lawyer representing Mumbai-based TV actress Urvashi Dhanorkar has denied that her client is guilty of child abuse.
- India and Nepal reached a new trade treaty and an agreement to control unauthorised trade, particularly from a third country, aimed at widening the bilateral economic engagement.
- Barack Obama will make his first official visit to China as US president in mid-November, Jon Huntsman, the new US ambassador to China.
Current Affairs of 23 August 2009
- Unidentified assailants shot dead a top Central Excise officer in Varanasi's Karaundi area in the evening.
- Even though bankruptcy-hit US auto giant has been reiterating that its Indian business will remain unaffected, the company will miss its 2010 deadline for achieving 10 per cent share in the car market.
- Notwithstanding the box office failure of her debut film 'Luck', Shruti Haasan has co-directed a music video for her father's Tamil film 'Unnaipol Oruvan'.
- The death toll from Typhoon Morakot was raised to at least 650 on Sunday after the worst weather disaster to hit Taiwan in half a century.
- In a startling disclosure, the detained LTTE chief Kumaran Pathmanathan has told investigators that the rebels had tried to acquire nuclear weapons and know-how to be used against the Sri Lankan army.
Current Affairs of 24 August 2009
- Transformers' beauty Megan Fox is set to show off her funny side by turning host for the popular show 'Saturday Night Live'.
- Maoists on Monday blew up a railway track in Latehar, about an hour after the Rajdhani Express crossed the stretch, and bombed a mobile tower in neighbouring Palamu district during a 48-hour bandh called by them in five states, including Jharkhand.
- Tottenham Hotspur maintained their perfect start to the season when they came from behind to win 2-1 at West Ham United and stay top of the Premier League on Sunday.
- A U.S. official charged with enforcing U.N. sanctions on North Korea sought South Korea's continued support during talks on Monday even as Pyongyang makes conciliatory moves after months of military grandstanding.
- Iran will continue to cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday, apparently confirming Tehran had given inspectors access to a reactor under construction after barring visits for a year.
Current Affairs of 25 August 2009
- Amid opposition from school teachers, the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education has finally come up with a textbook on lifestyle education (read sex education) for students.
- Union Law and Justice Minister M Veerappa Moily on Monday said he would introduce a Bill in the next session of Parliament in line with the UPA government's commitment to usher in judicial reforms and introduce transparency in the judiciary in the country.
- Anil Ambani group questioned Mukesh Ambani-led RIL's explanation on over three-fold jump in costs to USD 8.83 billion for developing gas fields, and asked the government to expedite the CAG audit and appoint an international expert to revalidate the expenses.
- A suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was arrested from the New Delhi on Tuesday and explosives recovered from him, police said.
- A Palestinian Health Ministry official says an Israeli air strike on a smuggling tunnel between the Gaza Strip and Egypt has killed three Palestinians and wounded seven.
Current Affairs of 26 August 2009
- Teachers of Savitribai Phule School— a Chembur-based government aided school—have threatened self-immolation in front of the Mantralaya.
- The Supreme Court has dismissed the income tax department's plea that Escorts Asset Management Ltd had furnished inaccurate particulars of its income for 2002-03 and thus evaded tax.
- Interpol issuing Red Corner Notice against Jamaat-ud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, India on Wednesday said the development vindicates its stand on his involvement in Mumbai terror attacks and that Pakistan should act on the basis of evidence collected "painstakingly".
- A defiant Leader of Opposition Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday chaired a meeting of Rajasthan BJP MLAs who mounted pressure on the central leadership threatening to boycott the assembly session from tomorrow if suspension of three of their colleagues was not revoked.
- US Senator Edward Kennedy, a towering figure in the Democratic Party who took the helm of one of America's most fabled political families after two older brothers were assassinated, died at age 77.
Current Affairs of 27 August 2009
- The Maharashtra state Director General of Police remained present before the Bombay High Court on Wednesday and sought 15 days more for the investigation to trace the child and the absconding father. DGP S S Virk also apologised for not filing investigation report as per court orders earlier.
- Even as the J-K High Court is yet to make up its mind regarding handing over the Shopian double murder case to the CBI, the investigating agency has conveyed its reluctance to the state government.
- New Zealand struggled to 159 for five on the second day of the second and final test on Thursday, trailing Sri Lanka by 257 runs after Thilan Samaraweera's century had put the hosts in command. Ross Taylor was providing lone resistance for the Kiwis at the close, having compiled 70 not out from 118 balls.
- Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday praised leading Iraqi Shiite politician Abdel Aziz al-Hakim as the symbol of the struggle against Saddam Hussein's regime as Iranians mourned his death.
- Noting that the recent success of Pakistan military against the Taliban and al-Qaeda has been encouraging, a top US army general has said that the enemy in Pakistan has been far from defeated.
Current Affairs of 28 August 2009
- Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao said the ongoing global crisis has resulted in a massive breakdown of trust in the financial system and that the study of economics could lose its value base.
- Most people who died due to swine flu in the country reported to hospitals with very severe cough and breathlessness. This was revealed in a study of the first 33 out of the total 78 deaths in the country. Meanwhile, swine flu has claimed three more lives, taking the countrywide toll to 88.
- Britney Spears has reportedly decided to take a little time off from her alleged relationship with Jason Trawick.
- In its first season, the Indian Premier League (IPL) contributed less than Rs 15 crore to the coffers of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
- The family of one of the youngest prisoners ever held at Guantanamo plans to sue the US government to compensate him for mistreatment and an adolescence lost to nearly seven years in a cell, his lawyers said on Thursday.
Current Affairs of 29 August 2009
- Apparently not wanting to wade into problems of BJP, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday that what was happening in that party was not good and felt the controversies over Kandahar and Pokhran-II were needless.
- The Dalit families from Dhada village in Deesa, who have been camping outside the local mamlatdar's office for weeks, have refused to return home even after Banaskantha District Collector R J Patel assured them of taking care of their concerns.
- As 10,000 people streamed into its territory for refuge, China on Saturday told Myanmar to ensure stability along the border and protect people of Chinese origin living on its soil.
- Naxalites in Jharkhand gunned down a woman and three students living as tenants at her house in a village near Ranchi on Friday.
- While struggling national carrier Air India is likely to get relief from the government on Saturday, it will be with riders.
Current Affairs of 30 August 2009
- Giancarlo Fisichella gave Force India an astonishing first pole position on Saturday while Formula One championship leader Jenson Button qualified 14th for the Belgian Grand Prix.
- Sri Lanka clinched second spot behind South Africa in the official rankings as they swept aside New Zealand by 96 runs in the final cricket Test on Sunday to sweep the series 2-0. Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath claimed five wickets as the Kiwis, set an improbable victory target of 494 runs, were bowled out for 397 in their second innings just before tea on the fifth day.
- Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso conceded defeat in elections as media exit polls indicated the Opposition had won by a landslide, sending the conservatives out of power after 54 years of nearly unbroken rule amid widespread economic anxiety and desire for change.
- Grappling with infighting, the BJP on Saturday could not mount an effective attack against the UPA government as it completed 100 days in office.
- Pakistan on Saturday accused India of "shying away" from peace talks even though Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had acknowledged that dialogue is the only way forward for the two countries.
Current Affairs of 31 August 2009
- India will begin in December its first round of consultations with the Swiss Government on tracing black money stashed by Indians in banks in that country, but there is no guarantee of prosecution of offenders on the basis of information secured from them.
- The Centre on Monday asked the states to cooperate in implementation of the Right To Education Act as a whopping Rs 1.5 lakh crore would be required for it in the next five years.
- Hollywood star Sandra Bullock insists that the best way to get a date is to secretly stalk the man you like.
- Pakistan cricket batting advisor and former captain Javed Miandad has asked pitch curators to prepare a green and pacy surface at the Gaddafi Stadium to prepare batsmen for the bouncy South African wickets.
- Japan's next leader, Yukio Hatoyama, fresh from a historic election win, faced the task on Monday of forming a government to tackle challenges such as reviving the economy and steering a new course with close ally Washington.


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The 2013-14 season for the Innosphere Dundas Novice Blues has finished with a Tri-County silver medal.

Facing off against Centre Wellington Fusion in a five-game series, the Blues had two wins last week and were ahead in the series.

Game 3 was a back-and-forth battle, with Dundas starting the first period with two goals by forwards Chris Ptaszek and Tyler Holmes. The Fusion quickly replied. Both teams were denied goals in the second period, with amazing goaltending for Dundas by Porter Lakhanpal. One minute into the third, Tyler Holmes scored another goal, but Centre Wellington replied and then went ahead five minutes into overtime.

Game 4 in Dundas brought an ample number of cheering fans who were looking for a third win to take the series. Despite a strong defensive game by Matt Livesey, Josh Verschoor and Daniel Ewen, the Blues lost 3-0.

Both teams were excited for the Saturday afternoon final in Elora. The first period was scoreless, despite attempts by both sides. Centre Wellington scored two goals in the second and went on to win 3-0.

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'97 Soft top on '04?
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A guy my brother knows has a never used 1997 soft top sitting in his basement he wants to sell.
If it's all complete, with frame, surrounds, header and tailgate bars, it'll fit my '04 correct? Or will it not work due to the header and door differences (and is that soft or hard doors that need to match I've vaugely read about?)
Anything to look out for with a soft top, I've never had one? :( How can I tell if it's sailcloth or not?
Thanks and sorry for all the questions! :)
Any 97-06 top will fit. 97 will not be sailcloth (unless it was replaced.) The only part that will not work but may not be off the original 97 are the roll bar brackets the frame attaches to. 03-06 padding is thicker and the roll bar brackets extended a little further out towards the back. You can get brackets on ebay
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I'll have to find a diagram of the parts to see what brackets you mean. Going to try to look at it this weekend.
So I shouldn't have to worry about door issues or the header panel?
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Cool, thank you! I'll let you know how it looks when I see it. Hopefully I can get a top ready for the summer now cheaply! :)
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Coaches spend an awful lot of time teaching tactics, often telling players, for instance, that they need to stay in their positions. But what's sometimes lost is the fact that soccer is a free-flowing expression of how you want to see the game unfold.
As a coach, clearly you need to keep helping players understand positioning and spatial awareness. But the last thing you want to do is lock players into specific and rigid roles by saying, "You stay here and you stay there." That's not the way the game ought to be played.
For instance, one thing I hate to see in training is a long line of girls waiting for their turn to go through a maze to practice dribbling. This methodology is totally unnecessary because players can do all the dribbling they need through free movement, where everybody's learning to be aware of space by being creative and improvising. That's how the actual game of soccer is played.
There are, however, specific activities I'd suggest as teaching tools. You can teach passing, for instance, by having the kids stand and pass the ball back and forth, but it's going to get pretty boring for them rather quickly. Instead, you can say, "OK, here's the game. We're going to see how many passes you can get back and forth between you and your teammate in 30 seconds. You're going to keep your own score. I expect everybody to be honest with the score and if the ball goes wild, you've got to go get it together and continue playing from your new location."
What you've done is set up a little competition and it becomes fun. There's also a little bit of intensity and an urgency to their play. It's not just a boring drill, it's now a competition. And to spice it up a little, don't always make it a matter of the girls competing against each other. Sometimes you can have them compete against the previous high score, the coach, or even the scores of their parents.
STRATEGY. With young children, strategy and the tactics of the game will come later rather than sooner. My youngest son, who's 10 years old, is playing 11v11 soccer now, and his coaches asked me to have a chalk talk with them.
As we talked about what systems of play I might share with the team, I said, "At this age group, you're really teaching technique rather than strategy. It may cost you some games in terms of wins and losses, but right now it's better to teach the techniques of the game much more often than putting them out on the field and telling them where to run and when to run there. Anyone can teach tactics. But you can't learn technique overnight."
(Excerpted from "Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls" by Tony DiCicco, Colleen Hacker & Charles Salzberg courtesy of Penguin Books.)
Tony DiCicco coached the U.S. women's national team to the 1996 Olympic Gold Medal and the 1999 Women's World Cup title. DiCicco, founder and director of SoccerPlus Camps , will be the Boston Breakers head coach when the club begins play in April of 2009 in the new women's professional soccer league. He is currently coach of the U.S. U-20 women's national team.


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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - NAU opened the meet with a Wall Aquatic Center record in the 200 medley relay and senior Fi Connell broke her own pool record in the 200 backstroke as the Lumberjacks won 14 of 16 events en route to a 176-116 win over WAC foe New Mexico State. Connell won two individual swimming events as did junior Rachel Palmer and freshman Ellie Morrissey while senior Kristy Ardavanis won both diving events.
With the meet victory clinched the Lumberjacks did not score in the final three swimming events.
"We just wanted to come out strong and win a relay and a distance event and just keep rolling from there and I think we did a pretty good job of that," NAU head coach Andy Johns said. "We have to be a little more aggressive in some areas but we're starting to see the work around the walls and some other detail things getting better so that's nice to see. Our sites are set on winning the Western Athletic Conference and that continues to be the long term goal."
The Lumberjacks could not have started the meet any stronger as the quartet of Connell, junior Jordan Burnes, sophomore Alexis Juergens, and Morrissey won the 200 medley relay by more than two seconds in 1 minute, 57.28 seconds, breaking the previous pool record of 1:57.40 set by NAU in 2009. Connell earned her first individual win in the 100 back, touching first in 1:03.59, before winning the 200 back by nearly four seconds in 2:19.37, breaking her previous pool record set in 2009 of 2:19.38 by 1/100th of a second.
Morrissey continued her stellar freshman campaign by winning both sprint events by significant margins. She took the 50 freestyle in 26.66 before winning the 100 free in 58.26, touching just .11 seconds past the pool record time. Palmer claimed the 200 butterfly in 2:22.94 and later won the last individual race of the day, the 200 individual medley, in 2:25.30.
As has become the custom through most of NAU's dual meets over the last two seasons, Ardavanis swept both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. She won on 3-meter with a total of 301.80 with teammate Gwen Smithberg finishing second with a career-best 285.08 total. The Lumberjacks then had the top three scorers on 1-meter with Ardavanis winning with 305.33 points followed by freshman Chelsea Jackson and Smithberg, who both posted career-best and NCAA Zone meet qualifying scores of 279.08 and 271.13, respectively.
Other individual NAU race winners were Juergens in the 100 fly in 1:04.01, junior Emma Lowther in the 200 free in 2:07.93, junior Stirling Smith in the 200 breaststroke in 2:40.39, sophomore Caitlin Wright in the 400 free in 4:32.03, and freshman Kendall Brown in the 800 free in 9:16.25. New Mexico State's only wins came in the 100 breast and the 400 free relay.
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All the shop did to my flywheel was just clean it up a bit with a coarse Scotch brite pad.
I had told them that I would live with any clutch chatter from hot spots on the fly wheel.
I don't know if it is just a coincidence or what, there is a very lengthy thread in this section of the forum about the Gripforce/F1-Racing setup that was started quite a while ago. It started with everyone loving the setup, affordble, quality parts and performance.
Then it seems to me that in the last six months or so people posting that thread started complaining about this same issue only 6K to 10K miles on the clutch before failure.
I wonder if Gripforce is having some quality control issues or manufacturing issues? Since nobody seems to get a response from them I guess we will never know.
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This all seems very strange, you shouldn't slip the clutch taking off. Furthermore, if you are slipping your clutch on every take off it will wear much faster. Do a little tap on the clutch pedal, once the car lunges forward smash the gas. More gas, less slip. Everyone wants to have their cake and eat it too. If you like a stock feel, stay stock. Don't buy and after market "race" set up and try to water it down. Launch the car, tires are much cheaper. I put 32k on my F1 clutch. 5k awd launches, hot lapping it until the brake sensors catch fire. Break in periods are very important, I'm assuming everyone broke in their clutches for 1500 miles before ever getting serious with em. Or maybe the lack of driving ability destroyed the clutch during the break in period. yep
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Maybe for me it was the break in period. I only went like 1000 miles for break in. Then did a track event at Watkins Glen. I don't slip the clutch bit I also don't launch the car like a dragster.
If the break n is supposed by 1500 then it was probably my fault for not doing a proper break in.
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As for me I drove it was perfect the day before mum took the boy for a drive. mum let him drive to grandma's house. The story is he was at a certain stop light with a slight incline and started off in third. I think slipping the clutch would be an understatement. She drove home and told me that the clutch felt funny on the way back. I took it out the next morning and yeah, the clutch definitely felt really funny. Got onto the freeway and acceleration ends through 3k rpm and then the clutch holds nothing. It slips and stays out until you drop back down below 3k. Turned aound and parked it. I drove it once for a test loop since and 1st is slipping madly until about 2k. The pedal has like 3-4 inches of travel and doesn't engage until the last 1/2" or so on the way out and then starts slipping just under 3k.
One uphill start for a kid in third made a clutch a turd.
As for the bit about no slipping the clutch, yeah, I pretty much agree but around here we have this phenomena called traffic so dropping and stomping can't always pay off. Slip starts happen but yeah, it's not a good habit.
All said and done I was about to give the f1 a positive review update for the 10k mark. Now I don't care, I just want another clutch. I think the boy will not do it again.
Now I'm trying to find a decent sprung hub clutch kit and I aim to keep the flywheel if it's not a wobbler. It would be nice if I could just have another disk put in but I don't know enough to bet on it. I'm already placing a little bet on doing the work without a flywheel standing by I think.
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Hi Los;
That's a great looking Model 40, all done up in nickel with the classic grips.
This is a discussion on The Superduper Snubbie thread within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; My new 40-1....
My new 40-1.
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Hi Los;
That's a great looking Model 40, all done up in nickel with the classic grips.
I won't bore everyone with ANOTHER pic of a 642, but thanks to all the other pics on here, I could'nt take it any longer and picked one up. Actually, I've been keeping my eye out at the local shop and happened to be there buying a Sig light when I noticed a nice used one still in the case
I mistakenly was smug thinking I'd get out of there relatively cheap this time..hahahaha
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Aw c'mon! Nobody is going to get bored over another pic. Take it as a challenge, try a different angle, a different backdrop, theme or something to make the pic different, even if the snubbie is the same.
That's what we want to see. At least post a pic when you get a holster for it.
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Alright, if you insist, it's hijacked my Taurus's Galco holster and speed loader ( which is nice for a change, not having to buy new!)
I like my stainless Taurus, but this is half the weight, plus no hammer
Light travels faster than sound...thats why some people appear bright before they speak
I purchased a fobus holster for a S&W snub nose for my Charter Arms and was worried if it would fit properly. The price on Ebay was to cheap to pass up because I knew if it didn't fit I could turn around and sell it on Ebay for at least a 50% markup based on what they usually go for.
As it turns out if fits my Charter just fine. Snaps in with a definite "click" and hardly any play at all. I don't use that holster all that much since it does stick out more than my IWB but it would make a really nice range holster.
It fits it perfectly. I placed them side by side and one over the other, and there is very negligible differences. That particular Galco is also adjustable, so it would probably handle others as well.
If I remember right, Galco advertised it to be for both those, and a couple of others as well.
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two of my snubs with t-grips......
Nice set of Tools, shooter..!! I really like the black T-Grips. Cool beans.
A 60 and a 66, I presume..?
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Here's my snubbie, another oldie but a goodie. Ruger Security Six .357 Mag. According to the serial number, it's from 1974.
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Glen Duncan got strong reviews for his novels and showed up on lists of best young writers. But that didn't sell his books or get publishers to buy them. Then, in his 40s, Duncan made a drunken New Year's resolution to write a book about werewolves. He pulled it off, and last year Knopf published The Last Werewolf. The sequel, Talulla Rising, is just out. It's about a pregnant woman whose lover has died, and every full moon, she turns into a bloodthirsty monster.
Duncan says although he got into the supernatural horror genre on a lark, the moral quandary of the werewolf myth is what fascinates him — specifically, his heroine's inability to control her transformation. "If you said to someone, 'Right — you're a werewolf, you have to kill and eat another person once a month, or you will die' — the moral reflex, the fairy story is to say, 'Oh, I'd kill myself. It's untenable,'" Duncan tells Kurt Andersen. "And yet, I don't think you would. My suspicion is that a large number of people would negotiate, would accommodate atrocity. And I suppose that's the heart of the metaphor."
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The drama that has engulfed the people of Zimbabwe over the past few weeks is now drawing to a conclusion as the curtain drops and the players leave the stage. In place of those who represent the people of Zimbabwe will be a gang of thugs and mercenaries who are being paid to intimidate, beat up, and even kill those who oppose their beloved master, Robert Mugabe. President Mugabe has dropped any pretense of fairness and has determined he will remain in office despite having lost the presidential election and witnessed his political party, Zanu-PF get defeated. He has dispatched army officers throughout the nation along with hundreds of thugs who call themselves "war veterans" in a vain attempt to claim they somehow fought for their nation's independence thirty years ago. The "war veterans" have already driven off the land the last remaining white farmers together with those working on those lands. Local police are being warned to support Mugabe or else they will get fired.
The Zimbabe Election Commission which has refused to release figures that clealy show the Orange Democratic Movement won the presidency and a majority in parliament. Instead process of recounting is going on which will result in a new parliament majority for the Zanu-PF party. At least two members of the ODM have been killed and dozens beaten up by the gangsters that control their nation.
The greatest sadness is failure on the part of African nations to take a stand against Mugabe. President Mbeki of South Africa betrayed the people of Zimbabwe by refusing to speak out against the atrocity which now engulfs their nation. This is merely one more African tragedy.


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A must see attraction for any four-ring fan at the 24 Hours of Le Mans is the juggernaut Audi Racing Arena hospitality building located just up track from the Ford chicane. The row where the Audi Racing Arena sits is home to the largest of the team hospitality buildings and, perhaps not surprisingly, Audi's is the largest of the lot. Alas, you'll have to be an Audi VIP guest to enter and that's no small price. Still, there's no charge to ogle the cool cars on display out in front of the place and that's just where you'd have found this Sepang Blue RS 4 had you strolled past.
Looking very similar to a like RS 4 on display at Worthersee several weeks ago, it may very well have been the same. Other identifiable features shared with the Worthersee car besides the Sepang Blue paint are the 20-inch rotor-style alloys more commonly seen thus far on the RS 5.
Joining the RS 4 on display by the Audi Racing Arena at Le Mans were several other cars not to be missed. These included the just-launched-at-Le-Mans SQ5, the A1 quattro and a vintage C3-generation Audi duo concept car in keeping with the hybrid diesel theme at Le Mans.
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Today's advanced web technologies make it possible to create remarkable effects in the browser. While these effects can be gimmicky, when employed in the right way they can result in a distinctive and memorable website.
One fairly recent web design trend is parallax scrolling, which involves the background moving at a slower rate to the foreground, creating a 3D effect as you scroll down the page. It can sometimes be overwhelming, but when used sparingly it can provide a nice, subtle element of depth. You'll find more advice in our pro tips for building parallax websites post.
But to show how it should be done, we've collected together sites that employ the technique to good effect. In some cases the parallax scrolling is the star of the show; in others it simply adds a touch of depth that makes the foreground seem to pop out a little. We hope you find this a useful source of inspiration for your next project, and if you come across any creative examples that we've not listed, we'd love to hear about them in the comments.
01. A-dam
A-dam designs original boxer briefs and shorts for men with character, using GOTS-certified organic cotton and hand-made by people with fair wages and normal working hours. They're an ethical and stylish alternative to your usual supermarket pants, and their site, created by Build in Amsterdam, showcases them nicely, with assorted parallax elements popping in from all directions as you scroll.
02. Myriad
Myriad is a range of modular office furniture by Boss Design that's designed to be flexible and reconfigurable, allowing you to build your own working spaces as you see fit. As part of its work on the launch, Bareface created a site showcasing Myriad's infinite possibilities with clever use of parallax elements, pulling in inspiring arrangements of furniture as you explore the site.
03. Firewatch
One of the most beautiful examples of parallax scrolling we've seen is this website for the game Firewatch, which uses six moving layers to create a sense of depth. It's great because there's no scroll hijacking (something that often accompanies the parallax effect), and it's only used at the top of the page - the rest of the site is still so you can read the information without getting seasick. If you want to see how it's done, here's a nice demo on CodePen.
04. Garden Studio
In a similar vein, Garden Studio have also opted to use the parallax technique in a sensible and delightful way at the top of their site, before moving into a mostly static page. The shifting landscape is subtle and unobtrusive yet also the star of the show - we found ourselves scrolling up and down again and again.
05. GitHub 404
This isn't strictly parallax scrolling as the effect happens on mouse wiggle as opposed to scroll, but it's a really fun page that uses layering to add depth. Unlike "proper" parallax, the background moves faster than the foreground, creating a disorienting, otherworldly feel.
06. Jess & Russ
Fancy scroll effects and illustration are the main attraction here, used to create a beautiful site that tells a story. Parallax scrolling is used throughout to add depth to the illustrations.
07. Alquimia WRG
Based in Milan, Alquimia WRG is a digital agency that aims to create amazing and effective experiences for brands on digital media. Clean and minimal, and only black and white, the website uses a mixture of the usual suspects (HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript) to achieve a neat package.
HTML5 canvas is used to animate the initial loading image. Subtle "parallax elements in the homepage are dynamically created and animated to simulate a 3D space environment through mouse movement," says Andrea Bianchi, creative director at Alquimia.
Page navigation is achieved via a simple and smooth page sliding effect, which is implemented by changing CSS properties with JavaScript. The works page contains a simple list of selected projects, which, when selected, reveals further information in a smooth sliding effect.
When such content is loading, a JavaScript animated preloading bar appears at the bottom of the screen, which is a nice touch.
The site achieves its goal, which, as Bianchi says, "was to create an ideal balance between content, usability and user experience".
08. Costa Coffee
This impressive one paper website, The Costa Experience, is the brainchild of Brighton-based agency Graphite Digital. Having worked previously with Costa Coffee, the team was recently tasked with better communicating its products.
The result was this visually rich, parallax website full of animated illustrations and interactive elements.
09. Make Your Money Matter
Finance and money are hardly the most interesting of subjects. But New York-based digital agency Firstborn are quids in with this dynamic parallax scrolling website Make Your Money Matter for the Public Service Credit Union.
With the aim of teaching the public the benefits of joining a credit union, rather than using a bank, this brilliant site includes everything from how a credit union works, where to find one and apply as well as a calculator showing just how much banks profit from customer's deposits.
10. Seattle Space Needle
The site for Seattle's iconic Space Needle starts at the base of the 605-foot tower and invites you to scroll all the way up to the top, taking in views of Seattle and the SkyCity Restaurant along the way. And if 605 feet isn't quite high enough for you, keep on scrolling and see what you find!
11. Madwell
Design and development agency Madwell, based in New York, show off their portfolio with a range of parallax scrolling effects to create a noticeable 3D style that adds a huge amount of depth.
12. Peugeot Hybrid4
Peugeot has gone all out with using parallax scrolling to create an auto-playing comic in the browser. The comic plays as you scroll down the page (or use their autoplay feature which automatically scrolls) and helps to advertise the car manufacturer's new HYbrid4 technology.
13. Cultural Solutions
Arts consultancy Cultural Solutions employs a subtle parallax scrolling effect to introduce depth to its homepage. Their main brand image is the use of colourful circles - the circles in the background move slower than those in the foreground, creating a subtle 3D effect.
14. The Whitehouse's Iraq Timeline
To display the timeline of the war in Iraq, the White House used parallax scrolling to tastefully add something unique. While the content scrolls as normal, the emotional background images remain static – which help them to stand out further.
15. Walking Dead
We're big fans of TV zombie drama The Walking Dead at Creative Bloq, and we were gripped by this website launched to promote it. The imaginative site harks back to the show's comic strip origins and makes clever use of parallax scrolling to pull you into its sick and depraved world.
"We came at this as fans of the show, first and foremost," says lead designer Gavin Beck. "With this drive, we wanted to create a world within the Walking Dead that fans could explore and appreciate.
"To achieve this, we looked to several existing technologies and techniques such as HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/jQuery, Web Audio/HTML5 Audio, and parallax scrolling. The challenge was to find a unique approach to incorporate all these methods into a single engaging experience across all platforms."
16. New York Times: Tomato Can Blues
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One of the best examples of parallax scrolling we've seen lately, the article takes you through the story of a cage fighter written by Mary Pilon. As you scroll through the content, the illustrations come alive with clever animations and alterations, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in the content.
Futaki's illustrations were based on police records, witness accounts, photographs and the reporter's notes, and the attention to detail shines through. All in all it's a great reading experience - is this the future of online journalism?
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Snowfall is the latest buzzword to hit the world of design, drawing on the best traditions of editorial layout and combining them with the exciting possibilities offered by multimedia, including parallax scrolling and web video.
The term is named after The New York Times 'Snow Fall' article, about the horror of an avalance at Tunnel Creek, which was published online in December 2012. The newspaper presented the Pulitzer-winning article in an innovative way that grabbed the design community's attention worldwide.
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Hey guys,
I actually already made my decision which jetpack to choose. But I just found out that MOW does not produce his Arena Jetpack anymore. Now I'm back at the beginning.
I'm 6,2"-6.3" tall, which makes the decision even harder. So I searched the forum to find any existing comparison.
What I found was Mullreels thread:
Especially these two pics are really helpful:
Comparison between RS classic and arena jetpack:
It appears that both bodies of the packs are about the same size. Is that correct?
Next pic shows an MOW arena pack next to the RS arena pack:
Showing that the MOW pack is a bit larger, which would be perfect for my size. Would be...if he would still make them
Now the question is up to you guys.
I know of one other maker: NME
Any info on the size of their jetpacks? Maybe even comparison pics?
When both RS packs are about the same size on the body, can I assume that both MOW packs are the same size on the body too?


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0 time but came close a few months ago. I was leaving out of a store, and when I came outside there was 4 guys sitting on my car trying to start trouble. I kindly asked them to get off my car and they did, I was a happy camper.
This is a discussion on How many times have you had to use a firearm for self-defense? within the Carry & Defensive Scenarios forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by SIXTO I got lots of good stories to tell, but I was excluded from the thread. I would love to hear them. ...
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But as for me, I have never pulled my gun in selfdefense. I would like to keep it that way.
0 time but came close a few months ago. I was leaving out of a store, and when I came outside there was 4 guys sitting on my car trying to start trouble. I kindly asked them to get off my car and they did, I was a happy camper.
Mixed Martial Arts Record= 2-0.......Kyokushin Karate Record=5-0
USMC.....helping enemies of America die for their countries since 1775
Twice. BGs were shot both times. Neither grand jury indicted me.
Once, but in defense of another, not myself. No shots fired.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. ~ Albert Einstein
Sig P229 DAK - .40 S&W
Ruger SP101 - .357 Mag
I hope critters count in this pole or I would have to vote 0.
Just a dog, no shots fired, and he nipped my foot after the owner showed up.
I love to carry, but would hate to be in a situation that would require me to draw.
An ounce of lead is worth 200lbs of cop.
Twice.....the first was a Pit Bull that approached me from behind.
Second happened last week....I posted the story here. I was amazingly in control of my thoughts and actions even tho he was only about 2 seconds from getting shot.
Ride hard and Shoot safe
The first rule of gunfighting should be to know when the gunfight starts - being the last one to get the news certainly won't put the odds in your favor.
I had to shoot a coyote once. But no actual robber or burglar situations.
0 Thank God.................
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
- Sir Winston Churchill
As a leo on duty- a few times
As a leo, but off duty in a civilian situation- once (2 BG's vs. me and 12gauge = 2 BG's surrendering)
As a purely civilian- no (but close a few times) I hope it stays that way. I don't want any form of trouble whatsoever, but with no other options, I'll step up to the plate as needed.
Helpful hints on pushing back and strengthening the 2A:
Not counting my combat tours...zero.
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
As a civilian zero times thank God!
ALWAYS carry! - NEVER tell!
"A superior Operator is best defined as someone who uses his superior
judgement to keep himself out of situations that would require a display of his
superior skills."
Not Yet...
quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
am I the only one over 5?
does my wife have target written on her...??
had to shoot twice, would have shot another - but.. went to the shotgun and my problem went away...
had three where I never drew... they saw the gun in its holster and thought better of it...
(and we are not even gonna talk about while I was in the Army...)
and I live in a quiet neighborhood - really I do


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While not being 100% sure, maybe a system constantly venting is not a healthy one. Think about the venting system being stuck open or in the worse but less likely case, stuck closed.
96 degrees is not the temperature in the block, it is what the coolant temperature sensor in the lower radiator hose measures. I used this value as an approximation of the coolant temperature inside the ET, which will maximize the pressure. We were trying to put a ceiling on the highest pressure, so as to err on the cautious side.
Temperature is probably much higher in the block, but of course not higher than the boiling point. Oil temperature might give a better estimation of that. INPA does have the capability of reading the oil temp.
Would it be constantly venting? I would think it'd just let out air until the pressure drops, at which point it would stop venting since it'd be at equilibrium. Now it would constantly take in and release some air as the temperatures change, but isn't that true even when the system reaches 3 bar? I suspect that it wouldn't be any worse than any other car that comes with a 1(ish) bar cap from the factory.
As far as oil temperatures go - in my experience it is highly variable on ambient temperature. On cooler days, I may barely reach 75C, but on warmer days it'll easily get to 100C. In both cases, my coolant temperature will be at around 80 degrees.
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With all due respect, im going to disagree with a few of you guys that say kids should'nt be riding the trails on dirt bikes or ATV's until they are 12-14 years old. Here's the catch though.
ATVing and dirt bike riding is a sport that I beleive should be enjoyed by our youth at the age of maybe 6 or 7 years old just like most other outdoor sporting events,so long as they have the following
* RESPONSIBLE Adult visual supervision
*Attended an ACCREDITED ATV/ORV safety education class WITH a parent and posses a valid safety certificate.
Im one that believes in starting my kids out in life participating in all the ''FAMILY'' things that we can, as early in life as we can.I dont want my kids to have to wait until they are 12-14 yrs old to ride the trails with me because if they have to, I feared that when they reached the legal age at which they can ride with me, that they will no longer posses an interest in doing the ''FAMILY THINGS''so much anymore [ I did this to MY dad ] and that their newly founded focuses would be more directed towards doing things with their OWN age group such as football, baseball, basketball, ect ect ect. I had my son riding his ATV at the age of 3yrs old and he was very good at it. Took him on the trails with me at the age of 5 and we never encounterd ANY issues we could'nt deal with. Now sure, this kid is now 29 yrs old,and things have changed alot since than,but even TODAY, it still comes down to being a RESPONSIBLE adult with whatever you choose to do with you youth.
Remember fellows, Michigans Designated ORV trail system is NOBDY'S race track and should not be treated like this by anyone. If you dont want the youth on the trail system because YOU as an adult want to CHALLENGE your skill level and put everyone else at risk who rides it, than you need to get off the trail and onto a D-14 race.
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Friday, June 1 the Rockford girls varsity tennis team competed at Midland in the Division I state tournament. The weather did not cooperate and it rained the whole day. Competition resumed as planned, as all games were played inside the complex; 25 schools qualified to compete. The atmosphere was tense, as everything they worked for this season came down to their first match of the day.
First out on the courts for Rockford was their number one, two and three singles. Lauren Korlewitz, Rockford's number one singles player, played Claudia Rodriquez from Monroe. The first match was up and down and good competition, but Korlewitz stuck to her guns and won 6-4, 6-2.
Number two singles, Marjeanne Bothma, played against Alison Stevens from Grand Blanc. Bothma was focused and played a solid game of good shots and placements. She won 6-2, 6-1.
At number three, Jenelle Miller played against Lauren Berry from Utica Eisenhower. Miller had a great game, the one where everything just came together. She ended up winning 6-0, 6-0.
This was Korlewitz's, Bothma's and Miller's third year competing at the state tournament. For the other nine players, it was their first. It was an eye opener for them to see the quality of tennis that was played, and they knew they were up against tough competition.
At number two doubles, Renee and Courtney Fedeson played against Clarkston. They had to dig deep and did not want to give up. The game went to three sets, but at the end, Clarkston won 2-6, 7-5, 6-2.
At number four doubles, Morgan Vermeulen and Melissa Bors were up against the team from Utica Eisenhower. They played hard, but lost 2-6, 1-6.
Then the numbers one, two and three singles went on to play their second-round matches. This time they knew it would be their toughest games of the season. Korlewitz's opponent was from Novi (number four seed for the tournament). Bothma's opponent was from Clarkston (number one seed for tournament and 2011 state champion). Miller's opponent was from Clarkston (number two seed for the tournament). The three Rams played excellent tennis. They made shots that even surprised themselves. At the end, all three lost, but they can be proud of themselves because they played great tennis.
Then number four singles, Alyssa Bowman went on the court against Maggie Sweeney from Grosse Pointe South (number four seed for tournament). As a freshman, the standard of play was totally different from what she was used to, but Bowman gave her all. She lost 2-6, 0-6.
Rockford's number one doubles, Anna Johnson and Ashley Greene were up against Port Huron Northern (number four seed for the tournament). They played their best tennis of the season. The score does not reflect the type of tennis that these two ladies played; they ended up losing 4-6, 3-6.
"It was a great experience and the atmosphere was amazing, because it was the best of the best and that really made you step up your game" said senior Ashley Greene.
The last team that competed for Rockford was number three doubles, Paula Downs and Brittany Raisch, against Saline (number six seed for the tournament). They were the team with the most third rounds during the season. It was a long, nervous wait for them, but they played their hearts out. They lost 5-7, 1-6.
"We had an amazing season this year and I am so proud of the way we played at state!" said senior Anna Johnson. "The competition was tough, but we gave it our best and had fun along the way."
It was Rockford girls tennis' fifth year competing at state. Overall, Rockford had a great season and they can be proud of their achievements this year.


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Don't bother applauding the Opera House's new creation, says Louise Ravelli.
Praise the lord. They've finally renovated the Opera House loos, most notably the ladies' ones off the main foyer.
No longer do the desperate going-inners have to shuffle forward and back to let the relieved going-outers break through their line to wash their hands, let alone preen themselves in the floor-to-ceiling mirror. Now, thanks to the divine inspiration of architecture and good planning, the whole space has been redesigned.
There used to be one large entry/exit vestibule with a central door leading into the loos proper, necessitating the crossed lines. Those going in blocked the path of those needing to wash their hands, and then blocked their path again on their way out.
Now there is one large space, with a circular path going from door, to loos at the back, around to the basins and out again.
As a result, the going-inners can wait meekly, if desperately (there still aren't enough loos), without getting in anyone's way; the already-done-ers can wash their hands and preen in peace, then morph seamlessly into the going-outers, without once bumping into anyone. A miracle.
But just how natty can a loo be? Here, the very idea of loos has been reimagined.
All the straight, cell-like walls, reminiscent of every school and public loo block you've tried to forget, have disappeared, to be replaced by walls of sinuous, seemingly fragile curves. The loo doors wave like the water on the harbour side.
And while there may not be enough of them, each cubicle is a miracle in itself: there's a view, the ceiling is exposed to reveal the concrete trusses of the Opera House; there's luminous warmth, provided by back-lit loo roll-holders, and the cubicles are big enough to turn around in.
It's not perfect, though. No, not at all. Those basins. The tap is a near-invisible push-button affair, the soap dispenser almost identical. You can make new friends while trying to work it all out. Even more frustratingly, the wave theme continues with the basins.
Instead of traditional, individual ceramic basins positioned in a slab, leaving a few protective inches of solid marble between basin and best dress, there is a seamless piece of sinewy, wavy, marbly something, no basins as such, just elegant dips in this otherwise solid slab.
Elegant, yes. Useful? My goodness, no.
The dip, which functions as the basin, is shallow, so the water from the tap splashes mighty high. There is no decent gap between dip and edge, and if you lean against it as you refresh your lippy, you will definitely get wet. Sorry, who designed this? What girl doesn't lean in to refresh her lippy?
Please, take it back to the drawing board. Keep the circulation path, keep the curvy walls, but straighten the basins quick smart. No wonder no one dresses up for the opera any more.
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I'm just curious.
Why is the break-in period different from country to country? I mean, I live in Brazil, the break-in period here is 2500 km (that's on the manual), and that is about 1600 miles. As you guys know, for american cars the manual says 1000 miles for break-in.
Why would the exact same car, with the exact same engine, have two different break-in periods?
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purple1316: @Hamsterdance2011 Well...You could get the bigger ones, but the tubes, like someone else pointed out, have a hard time getting through the tubes.. But, Amazon has the dwarf sized tunnels for sale separately. They're an alright price I guess (so far I have found a pack like the adventure pack...) specially for habitrail items. I hope this helps(I've been asking the same question with no real result..lol, and then I just happened upon them)
purple1316: @ferreirabruno1995 I'm not the owner of the video, but I thought I would point out for the habitrail items at least, you could look online. I'm ordering quite a few things from Amazon... I don't know if they ship to Switzerland, but they might.
carterclips2000: the reason they cant fit is because it is the dwarf hamster cage.
carterclips2000: why is it green, they are ussually blue
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Utah ranchers sue to force reduction in wild horse population
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SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A group of Utah ranchers has asked a judge to order the Bureau of Land Management to reduce the number of wild horses roaming public grazing lands, saying the agency has failed to manage the herds which area decimating grasses needed for grazing cattle.
The ranchers, organized as the Western Rangeland Conservation Association, contend the bureau has violated the 1971 Wild Horses and Burro Act by failing to keep herd numbers at levels set by the agency itself.
The herds, which grow by about 20 percent annually, have not been culled for several years due to budget constraints.
Filed on Wednesday in Salt Lake City's U.S. District Court, the lawsuit says that damage by horses, such as the destruction of fencing and water resources, is costly and ranchers are powerless to act because the horses are federally protected.
The Bureau of Land Management's Utah spokeswoman Megan Crandall declined to comment on the lawsuit on Thursday, citing the agency's litigation policy.
The lawsuit seeks an injunction against the bureau and an order forcing the agency to round up the horses, which would be then offered for adoption by the bureau.
On its website, the bureau estimates the population of free-roaming wild horse and burros across the West at more than 40,600 -- nearly 14,000 more than it says should be allowed.
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By Mike Woitalla
Colombian and Uruguayan fans arrived at Maracana in decidedly
different moods.
The Uruguayans pessimistic about their chances without suspended Luis Suarez. Most agreed a suspension for the bite was deserved, but that it was too
severe and FIFA was intent in punishing a "little country."
The Colombians, many of whom had flown in after Colombia clinched its second-round passage, buoyant and optimistic
about Los Cafeteros, who won all three of their group games in entertaining and convincing fashion. Rafael Rincon and Abraham Romano bought scalped tickets for $800 a
"The team has united the Colombia," says 28-year-old Rincon. "We were divided because of the presidential election."
On June 15, a day after
Colombia started its World Cup campaign with a 3-0 win over Greece, incumbent Juan Manuel Santos narrowly defeated Oscar Ivan Zuluaga.
"It was an
ugly, long campaign," says Colombian Luis Badel of Yahoo! Latin America. "When it was done, everybody could relax and enjoy the World Cup. It's true. This team has
brought us together."
On Saturday at Maracana, Colombia had a chance to reach the quarterfinals for the first time ever. This after a 16-year absence from the World Cup. Not all the
fans who flew in at the last minute got inside the stadium.
"One thousand dollars is too much, but we're happy to be here," says Carlos Victoria, a
58-year-old naval engineer, who with friends flew from Cali with layovers in Bogota, Lima and Porto Alegre to watch the game in a Rio bar. "It's wonderful to be here."
Colombian fans vastly outnumbered Uruguayan fans inside the stadium and taunted them with chants of "Eliminado!" after Los Cafeteros took the 2-0 lead that would stand, both goals coming
from the brilliant 22-year-old James Rodriguez, who with five goals and two assists is the leading candidate for the Golden Ball.
This Colombian squad is already seen by fans and Colombian media as
better than the 1990s' Carlos Valderrama-led teams that included such spectacular attackers such as Faustino Asprilla, Freddy Rincon and Adolfo
Valencia. That era's team famously beat Argentina, 5-0, in Buenos Aires in qualifying to take favorite status at the 1994 World Cup the USA. But they fell in the first round, and
Andres Escobar, who scored an own goal in the 2-1 loss to the USA, was murdered when he returned to Medellin.
"It was very, very sad," says Romano.
"This is cathartic," says Rincon, who remembers watching the 1994 World Cup as an 8-year-old and Colombia's first-round exit in France '98, Los Cafeteros' last World Cup
Now about that presidential election -- did it come out well?
"Yes!" says Rincon. "No!" says Romano. And they proceed to argue about the
virtues of President Santos. But no doubt they'll soon be united again as Colombia heads into its quarterfinal with Brazil.


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More than 125,000 fans will descend upon the Convention Center for four days, dressing up like their heroes, which this year will include vampires, werewolves, zombie-killers and demon-hunters featured in recent and forthcoming comic books, TV shows, movies and video games.
Some of the heroes they'll see touted at the several hundred panels and presentations are new, while some are inspired by classic protagonists. But all seem to relate to today's society. Take a look at some of the heroes being celebrated this year.


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Satellite constellation simulation
With this week's announcement of the COMMstellation proposal from MSCI, "Big LEO" lots-of-low-orbiting-satellite communication systems are back in the news, a decade after the 90s hype of Iridium/Globalstar/Teledesic and their competitors petered out.
COMMstellation's initial announced design looks to have more active satellites than Iridium, and data delivery ambitions to rival Teledesic. (The number of satellites tends to drop over time with redesigns to cut costs; this happened with Iridium, with Teledesic, with Skybridge...) As a polar system, it's aiming at a similar market to, but a different geographic location than, the equatorial O3b.
So, I dusted off my SaVi satellite constellation visualization software and issued a SaVi development update that lets you simulate COMMstellation. And O3b.