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So life has been going well.
On this past Friday, Mommy had a surprise Birthday party for Daddy. I had a great time. There were a ton of people to play with. Mommy gave me a bully stick to chew on when everyone was outside! And, Uncle Titmas took me out for a couple of walks – I finally went number 2 by the third walk…
Mommy is till on crutches so we have been pretty low key during the day. Most of time we both hang out on the couch, but I ring the bell to let Mommy know when I need to go outside. She is so proud of me. Though there are times I will ring the bell just to go outside and hang out!
Mommy was a bit concerned that we were going to get in trouble when I went bathroom outside – since I am supposed to go both number 1 and 2 in the dog walk section of the townhouses. Though Daddy said if anyone gives me or Mommy a problem he will talk with them – since Mommy is still on crutches and in that big knee brace.
Mommy just told me that I am going to be staying with Grandma and Grandpa for the next couple of days. Mommy and Daddy have a wedding in Buffalo and that is a long drive from New Jersey – so they feel it will be better for me to stay with my Grandparents! Honestly I am excited; every time I see Grandpa he gives me a bone. Yes, he walks around with dog bones in his pocket. Grandpa has been nicknamed "The Dog Whisperer," he has always had a dog in his life…
Which also means I will be hanging with my doggies Grandma Sheeva. Sheeva and I did not have the greatest start.. I was wanting to play with her – Sheeva is 13 years old – and she was not interested in playing with me during my last visit. At one point Sheeva nipped me – Mommy said sometimes little puppies need to learn the hard way. I guess that is what happened because I now know that I cannot torment Sheeva too much.
Well, wish me luck on my ride… I need to make sure Mommy packs my bone and Mr. Octopus for the trip!
SO Mommy has been so proud of me for the past week. She had knee surgery on June 21st and I have been such a good puppy. Normally I go to the bathroom – just number 1 – around 11:45… We then hang out for the rest of the day (I normally sleep) until around 3 or 4, Mommy and I then go outside for a bit. She puts me on my leash with the stake in the ground and Mommy sits on a lounge chair. If I have been good for the day Mommy give me a bully stick to chew on and we hang out for 30 minutes to an hour outside. If I have to I will go to the bathroom in the mulch…. which Mommy and Daddy do not mind, they are just happy I am going outside and being so good since Mommy is still on crutches.
I do not mind that Mommy is on crutches and since I am a little one... only 17 pounds it has been easy for Mommy to handle me on one leg!
Well, Mommy hopes I keep up the good work since she is going to be on crutches until August 4th... the day before I will be going to Grandma and Grandpa's up in Northern NJ. They are going to watch me while Mommy and Daddy go to a wedding. Mommy is going to wear a pretty dress... she tried it on today and I tried to jump on it… I was just so excited to see Mommy looking so pretty!
Well, keep your paws crossed I keep up the good work on being a good puppy for Mommy over the next four weeks!
Well, let's see… it has been a crazy couple of weeks.
After I was spayed Mommy needed to get knee surgery. This meant Mommy, Daddy and I packed up all of our stuff and headed to Grandma and Grandpa's house – the knee doctor is in Northern NJ near Mommy's parent's house.
Mommy and I were there for 10 days. I had a great time. I eventually made friends with Grandma and Grandpa's dog Sheeva. She is 14 years old and does not want to play that much. So ever times I go around her I roll onto my back. She does not even seem to notice when I do this. I am not sure if she really likes me.. so by the end of our visit I learned to leave her alone!
I love my Grandpa. He took me for walks… even though I was naughty and bit the leash during out walks. He played with me in the backyard. He told me I was the fastest puppy he has ever seen! He even gave me a few bones. I learned that if I was a good girl he would give me a bone. Grandpa even carried the bones in his pocket!
I think I warmed up a little more to Grandma… she was not so happy with me when I had a few accidents in the house or when I would jump on her lap. She did not understand I was just trying to love her.
I also had a great time with my Aunt Caren and my cousin (human) Joseph… Joseph spent a lot of time playing with me... though Mommy was worried that we were playing too ruff!
As of now Mommy, Daddy and I are back in our house. I made it home without throwing up… which is a big step for me. Mommy thinks the ginger treats help settle my stomach. Daddy thinks I did not throw up because I was so tired from having fun at Grandma and Grandpa's.
Well hopefully I will be good for this next week. Mommy is going to be on crutches for a while – she hopes on July 9th she will be in a different brace and a bit more mobile.
Well, it is time to eat now. Daddy is making me my meal!
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Technical Abstract: The atmospheric CO2 concentration is increasing and is predicted to double present-day levels during the next century. One concern for future irrigated agriculture is how higher CO2 levels will affect crop evapotranspiration (ET) and, future irrigation requirements and management. The effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration and irrigation quantity on evapotranspiration and water use efficiency were evaluated for two spring wheat crops using a Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) facility during 1992-93 and 1993-94 in central Arizona. The experiments consisted of four replicated main plots that were enriched with CO2 to a concentration of 550 micro-mol/mol (FACE) and four matching plots at ambient CO2 (CONTROL; 370 micro-mol/mol). Main plots were split to provide two levels of irrigation (WET, 100% replacement of ET and, DRY, 50% of the WET irrigation quantity). Measurements of soil water content were used to estimate wheat ET with a soil water balance. Total seasonal ET was reduced by an average of 5% for the FACE treatment under the WET irrigation; and was increased 5 and 1% for the FACE treatment under DRY irrigation during the first and second year, respectively. However, water use efficiency (grain yield per unit seasonal ET) was significantly increased for FACE treatments; 15 and 24% under DRY and 13 and 18% under WET irrigation. The results suggest water requirements for fully-irrigated wheat crops may be slightly lower in the future.


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Red Bull was well-known for its pure domination of Grand Prix weekends over the last season with its seemingly simplistic approach of grabbing pole on Saturday and winning from there untroubled on Sunday.
But with the ban on the off-throttle blown diffuser and the introduction of the cryptically degrading Pirelli rubber, every team from top to tail suffered a massive headache this season - and Red Bull was no different.
As the season went by, the momentum shifted between the top-flight teams and no clear favourite emerged. Even a Ferrari, devoid of any ingredients to win, triumphed in Malaysia and a Williams claimed a pole-to-flag march on Spanish soil. Seven different drivers unprecedentedly won the first seven races, with Vettel paving his way to his season's first top-step finish on the podium in Bahrain.
The German though was overshadowed by some stellar drives out of nowhere by Fernando Alonso with the defending champion heading into the mid-season break 42 points behind the Spaniard. After Alonso's triumph at Hockenheim, the rest of the European races were led by Mclaren with three straight wins while Red Bull had showed no great deal of pace to fight for victories.
The street track of Singapore was a lucky breakthrough for Vettel as he capitalised on Lewis Hamilton's gearbox failure to triumph for the second time in the year- after nine barren Grands Prix. He went blisteringly quick in qualifying with the DDRS aiding to cut down a few tenths, which left the rest of the field in despair in Japan.
The forgotten-tale was back for Red Bull as Vettel's win served a timely reminder after Alonso's predicament further complicated in a first corner snarl with Kimi Raikkonen and the championship hunt was back on.
Red Bull's sudden leap in form was down to the constantly evolving updates in recent races. Both Vettel and Alonso had fair share of hoodoos; alternator-induced retirements in Valencia and Monza for the reigning champion and the first-corner crash at Spa along with the race-ending incident at Suzuka pretty much hampering Alonso's title hopes.
Ferrari's windtunnel woes at its factory in Maranello made it vulnerable a bit but new parts are scheduled to appear for India nevertheless while Mclaren remains upbeat with its development as well – although the British team's title hopes didn't.
Though Raikkonen stands third in the standings, Lotus has failed to improve in recent races. So, it's down to Mclaren to take the fight in terms of pure race pace - over qualifying - to Vettel. This could help Alonso in some ways and with Vettel cautious in the closing stages in Korea, it suggested the Red Bull was probably not too far away from getting caught on race days.
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I just got a new '13 Cruze about 2 weeks ago. I was very impressed with the advertised fuel mileage. So far, I'm getting anywhere between 25 - 28 MPG with mixed city (a lot of traffic lights) and highway driving. I thought I would do a little better - somewhere around 30. I had a '10 Malibu that did just a little worse - around 22-24 mixed driving and that's a much bigger and heavier car.
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- "...a lonely, winding road at twilight."
- —Beedle the Bard, The Tale of the Three Brothers[src]
This road was lonely and winding. It already existed in the thirteenth century. It had a river that was too treacherous to pass.
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- "There were once three brothers who were travelling along a lonely, winding road at twilight. In time, the brothers reached a river too deep to wade through and too dangerous to swim across. However, these brothers were learned in the magical arts, and so they simply waved their wands and made a bridge appear across the treacherous water. They were halfway across it when they found their path blocked by a hooded figure."
- —Beedle the Bard, The Tale of the Three Brothers[src]
In the history The Tale of the Three Brothers by Beedle the Bard, three brothers named Ignotus, Antioch and Cadmus Peverell travelled down at this road when they had to cross a bridge that they made. Death stood on this bridge.
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NOTE: We've suffered from hacker attacks in the past so in case the website goes down again, here's a secure mirror for this page : http://pencil2d.github.io/doc/faq/
Since people seem to be asking the same things over and over, we'll provide everyone with a much needed FAQ, please bear in mind we are working hard on solving stuff. If you'd like to point out other "frequently asked questions" please do it in the following thread:
|Understanding Pencil Save Files
|Auto-Save Feature
|Always RED Color (Vector)
|Video Export
|Video Import
|Sound Import
|GIF Export
|Copy & Paste in Place
|Development Help
|Slow Drawing / Stroke Lag (WIP)
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*Where's the [Insert OS here] version? Why isn't my [OS] version updated?
Right now it's rather difficult to get Pencil2D working on every OS side by side, particularly since the devs don't have exclusive access to machines with different Operating Systems.
So far there are Windows, Mac and Linux versions that work, but for Pencil2D to grow we need developers that have access to these machines in order to contribute. If you'd like, please consider donating some of your time to improve this wonderful tool!
*Understanding Pencil2D Save files
When you save your animation file in Pencil2D there are several things that you'll get.
- Pencil2D saves a .PCL file (or a PCLX for bleeding edge versions) that is exclusive to the software. It is not an image or a video file, that means it does NOT hold inside of it any image or sound you imported or created. It's more like an address book, which locates all those resources you've created or imported!
- A New folder is automatically created in the same location next to your .PCL file. It's name should be like something like this [MyFileName.pcl.data]This folder contains all of your actual drawn keyframes saved as numbered .PNG images! as well as Your current colour palette info plus your "vector shapes" information are included there as .xml and .vec files respectively.If you import sound for example (see partial solution below), you'll also see a copy of the actual sound file in this folder. All of the resources in the folder are absolutely necessary for Pencil2D to understand how your animation is going to be displayed when you preview it inside the program.
I was drawing on a vector layer, but when I tried to color my drawing it only colored red…
NOTE: This particular bug and workaround only applies to the current 0.5.4b version. This issue has already been addressed already in newer versions of the program.
Workaround: The red coloring only happens when you draw on a VECTOR layer (unless you tell us otherwise). It is indeed a simple bug, but it's easy to counter.
- Fill the shape you've drawn with the bucket tool, as usual
- THEN select the red vector fill with the black arrow (move tool: Q)
- When the fill is selected go to the color palette and pick a new color from it.
- Your shape has been colored differently.
Good luck.
Pencil keeps crashing (/sob) / Something happened and I couldn't save my work!
Fortunately Pencil2D has an autosave feature for those moments when you forget to save!
On every version you can access it like this:
EDIT > PREFERENCES> FILES (Icon) > Enable Autosave [] (click checkbox)
The "Number of modifications before autosaving" is pretty self-explanatory. After 15 strokes you'll get your file auto-saved. You can obviously change that number.
Also when you activate that without having saved, ever, after 15 changes you'll be prompted to save for the first time your file.
NOTE: Most of the following solutions will work only with version 0.5.4b for Windows 7 SP1
So it seems I can't import videos, what's up?
Let's take a look at the extremely useful console window. Apparently, a necessary plugin is missing. What you have to do is go HERE and download FFmpeg git-3bedc99 32bit Static. Extract, and go to the bin folder. There you will find ffmpeg.exe. Copy it. Then, inside the Pencil2D folder, create a new folder named "plugins". Paste ffmpeg.exe there, and voilà: You can now import videos for study, rotoscoping, or any other use you want.
Caution: You absolutely need to have a bitmap or vector layer selected before you import the video, or bad stuff will happen.
When I import sounds, I can see it on the layer, but I can't hear anything?!
—Solution for veteran PC users—
Now this one is a little bit more complicated. Let's take another look at the console and oh boy what is going on here?
WARNING: bool _thiscall Phonon::FactoryPrivate::createBackend(void) phonon backend plugin could not be loaded
Yup. Another plugin is missing. Let's get back to work.
What you have to do is go HERE. Download qt-win-opensource-4.8.5-vs2010.exeand install it. It's 235 Mb, so it may take a minute. Now that you installed it, you have the plugin you need. But we're not done yet! If you try to import sound once more, you will see that nothing has changed and you still can't hear anything.
Let's follow the directory the console gives us. C:\Qt\… A-ha! That's the problem right there! The console looks for C:\Qt\4.8.5-VC2010\, but the folder is namedC:\Qt\4.8.5\! Rename it appropriately, and voilà once more: You can now import and enjoy your sound clips, in both .wav and .mp3 format!
—Shorthand solution for average users—
Well the thing is, right now Pencil is incapable of importing sound as it is, unless you tinker with the program itself. Since it's annoying to download the whole 260 mb Qt Package just for a few plugins I managed to trim it down to the essentials (a.k.a the needed plugins)
Here's a link to a zip file containing all the files.
1) Go to your C:\ drive and create a folder named "Qt" (without the quotes)
2) Inside the Qt folder, extract the downloaded zip file
3) Afterwards it should look something like this C:\Qt\4.8.5-VC2010
After doing the previous steps, launch pencil again and do the following:
1) Create a new "sound layer"
2) With the layer selected import a .wav sound file for testing purposes.
3) On your bitmap layer create a new keyframe on a faraway frame. Let's say if your sound has a duration of 2 seconds, you have to make your new keyframe on frame 48, while using 24fps play rate.
4) Click the play button, and see if it works!
Hope this helps, cheers!
*Hey, but I can't export videos either!?
…Yeah, I still haven't figured this one out. The program either looks like it exports the video perfectly, but when I look, there's no file anywhere to be found, or it just crashes. I usually export in image sequences to further edit them in other programs, but the option to export directly to video file would be really nice to have.
What I found out so far: Part of the problem seems to be, again, with the sound layer. If I remove the sound, it exports the video perfectly. BUT, another part of the problem seems to be with the framerate! If I export a video in anything else than 24 FPS in the editor and 25 FPS in the export options, it crashes.
—Suggested workflow—
Aside from limitations from a compositing & editorial perspective it is ALWAYS recommended to work with image sequences in a professional environment, just in case anything goes wrong your rendered piece wont go to waste, and you'll be able to pick up where it was left off (if there's a black out you won't lose several hours of rendering but a few frames).
I'd recommend working your pencil files PER SHOT (as in Camera shots or cuts e.g. Close-up, long-shot, etc). And not work the entire animation on a single file.
This is how usually studio pipeline works, sometimes they go with entire scenes, but in here it is also the best route just to work camera-shot-by-file because of the software predisposition to crash. Besides when you import too many images on a timeline Pencil will eat RAMemory like crazy.
During my test I only imported 95 images and it's eating a little short of 1 gig of RAM. So I assume one could handle at most 6 to 10 second shots depending on your computer and on your needs.
After you export your png image sequences by shot (remember to save on separate folders for better organization, inside a common scene folder) you can easily import them in your trusted video editor, and then render your finished animation in a video you can upload on youtube or send to your employer.
So, Indeed you can't export a movie just yet, just png image sequences right now with the stable version (and possibly the bleeding edge ver).
Here's our preferred tutorial on how to create a video from your Pencil2D-made animation using Blender's Video Sequencer Editor & Pencil2D
Here's another quick video to learn how to export images from Pencil2D and import them in the open source video editor Shotcut which is really easy to use, and there are versions for almost every operative system you can get at their website. (Warning: The creator was a bit tired when recording this video)
Man what the hell, -sigh- at least it imports / exports to GIF, right?
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Well..now that you mention it…right now we're looking into adding this type of functionality.
In version 0.5.4b you can't import or export animated GIF files properly. What I mean is that you can only import only one (1) frame from an animated GIF, and you can export an image sequence with a GIF extension, but not an animated GIF.
In the newest developmental version (a.k.a Nightly Builds) you can now import every frame of your animated GIF's into pencil, but we are still looking for the export solution.
To learn more about Nightly Builds you can go to this thread:
(25-FEB-2016) We now have a tutorial to churn Animated GIF's with minimum effort using Pencil2D & Free third-party software.
GifAnimation App is an open-source (free), lightweight and portable software that can run on Windows & Linux. Download it here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gifapp/files/GifApp-1.3/
For our MAC users we recommend searching the Apple Store, although an anonymous user has pointed out that GifFun https://www.stone.com/GIFfun/ might do the trick, but you'll have to use it at your own risk.
Can I copy and paste in place specific content from one frame to another inside Pencil2D?
Yes, to COPY a portion of your drawing, you can use the selection tool (dotted marquee) select a partial section of your drawing and press CTRL+C. You'll know you did it correctly because the selection box will dissappear. Go to a new frame you have already created or create one now, then pres CTRL + V, and your selection will be pasted in place.
If you need to CUT something from one frame to another, it WON'T work, you'll lose whatever you cut because it didn't go to the clipboard. So it's recommended (meanwhile it's fixed) that you always copy and paste, then delete the content on your previous frame.
Here's a video tutorial that explains this plus a bonus (hackish) method to mirror your drawing inside Pencil2D:
I like Pencil2D but… it is a bit buggy :'( , what can i do?
We feel you, but every great piece of software you might know began in a humble way. Right now Pencil is in need of developers experienced or willing to learn QT framework and C++ as well as proactive users that want to help however they can.
Pencil2D won't get hot just by looking at it, in fact there's more chances that you'll hate it the more you look at it. We need YOU for miracles to happen! Consider donating your time to report bugs, create art or just hang out with us at the forum while we wait for the next release.
Visit our Github for more information on how to contribute to Pencil2D's code: https://github.com/pencil2d/pencil#pencil2d-animation
In newer versions drawing is just too slow, what happened?
Stroke latency: Basically every drawn stroke lags behind the cursor or pointer.
This issue is a bug that is being currently addressed but we have a small workaround if your experience is really awful with it, especially in later versions.
1) Open Pencil2D
2) Select a drawing tool (i.e Pencil)
3) Select either a Vector or a Bitmap Layer
4) Try to draw as "fast" as a normal stroke with pencil and paper would feel like
5) Notice both the stroke lagging behind the cursor and the poor interpolation
6) Reduce the Pencil2D Window Layout to Half it's size (make it to occupy half the screen)
7) Try the same kind of strokes as in step 5.
8) Notice the reduced latency and interpolation problems (vector).
This is not the preferred solution, is just a workaround if you can literally not draw with Pencil2D, at all.
OMG Pencil Crashed and my files are unusable / corrupted!!!11!1! /cry!!!
This situation is perhaps the most complex and rage-inducing bug to date in Pencil2D, there are several case-scenarios that have been discovered and NEED to be addressed, but we believe they all relate to a memory management problem within Pencil2D. We will address a few ways to prevent this from happening to you before it's too late, meanwhile we perform an investigation and find the culprit (in the code).
This will be more of a preventive guide to avoid getting your pencil files dragged to hell, because usually it's near impossible to recover them once this happens.
CASE A: Pencil2D Save & Silent File Wipe:
ISSUE: Several reports indicate that people have been saving their files "normally" in different OS, however when they reopen the files everything inside the file has been erased without a clear error warning.
CASE B: Pencil2D Crash & File Wipe / Corruption
ISSUE: In this case Pencil distinctively crashes while the software is being used and completely corrupts the PCL file, as well as the [.data] folder and every other file inside of it.
CASE C: Pencil2D Crash, Working File, Crashes when Opened.
ISSUE: In this case, Pencil2D crashes, most likely due to a memory leak when the file is huge, and afterwards when people try to open the file it just won't open and Pencil crashes again. However the file is still potentially working, a.k.a not corrupted.
This has been seen to happen with the new .PCLX file format which doesn't create a .data folder to store resources, as well as with older .PCL files.
- CASE A is very hard to reproduce, we have yet to find a pattern for it to happen.
- CASE B seems to happen often when the user has more than approx. ~100 frames, but I've heard stories of users having as many as 300 frames before the program crashed and corrupted their files.
- CASE C on the other hand is the only Case I can consistently reproduce in my computer.
- Do NOT force Pencil2D to work with more than 100+ frames unless your prepared for any eventuality, we understand this seems rather strict of a limitation, it's the safe boundary limit before things go out of control. Remember the more frames and layers you have, the more memory Pencil2D WILL use, and the chances of crashing WILL increase.
- We recommend that you work with CUTS of your animation instead of a full length video, that is to say that you shouldn't attempt to draw and animate the full length of your animation video inside ONE file, but rather separate your animation into smaller chunks or several files that contain only ONE scene or cut each. Do this according to your storyboard / beatboard, so you can keep track of each scene requirements.If your CUT is longer than 10 seconds (240 frames at 24 fps) create a TEMPLATE for your CUT, and divide it into ACTION parts. i.e CUT10 Template: Create layers for Character(s), BG, FX. Animate up to 100 frames or so of your major actions > SAVE a new copy with a related name e.g. CUT10B_001 to indicate this is a new beginning file> delete everything but the last frames and then continue animating for the next major set of actions to continue with your CUT until you hit the next 100+ frames. Rinse and Repeat.
- Along with #2, Professional digital artists and animators use a numbered nomenclature to name their files. Usually each saved file name is suffixed by a double, triple or even quad digit number. i.e my_pencil_file_001.Each time you save, you should attempt to make habit of saving your progress with the next number in sequence. This way you can prevent to lose all of your work in case Pencil2D crashes and wipes your save. In the future we will attempt to automate this process, since it's good practice to save it that way regardless of stability issues of any given software. (Applicable to ALL CASES)
- Along with point #1 if you're using the old .PCL file format, make SURE that you are also saving a copy of the .DATA folder with the new numbered name. This should be done automatically, however please check that it is the case. (Applicable to ALL CASES)
- To avoid CASE B corruption particularly, make sure you are making a backup of both your .PCL file and your .DATA folder in a different part of your hard drive, it can be a different folder altogether, just make sure to group the .PCL file and .DATA folder in the same place (however don't put the pencil file inside the .DATA folder).
- In the past the minimum RAM requirements for Pencil was 512 mbs, but in light of the current situations that have happened we're going to change that claim and say that the MINIMUM REQUIRED RAM SIZE is 4GBs, just to get to the 100+ frame safe zone to avoid crashes.It seems like the following suggestion is bad thing to say at first, considering, but if you can get more memory for your computer, DO IT. Particularly if you're trying to work semi-professionally with Pencil2D. In the future we will be looking for ways to optimize this behaviour, but getting more RAM never hurts, and this is true for any graphics program out there, not just this one.
- If you were using any of the 2016 Nightly Builds: To recover from CASE C, if you were using a .PCLX file there's a chance that you can re-open the file with Nightly Build from November 23rd 2015 if you are able to open it, save it as a PCL file and see if you can continue your work with the newest Nightly Build.
Pencil just can't get anything right man, it's crashing left and right
—This answer is a work In progress. This will be a list of do's & dont's to avoid crashing the program considering there are some tools that are still in the works.
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Apple's iOS devices also topped Android in share of Internet traffic, which was measured by browser-based page views. In August 2011, Apple's iOS accounted for 58.5 percent of non-computer traffic while Google's Android accounted for 31.9 percent, RIM was at 5.0 percent and other platforms were at 4.6 percent.
"The popularization of smartphones and the introduction of tablets and other web-enabled devices -- collectively termed 'connected rise of the digital omnivores' -- consumers who access content through several touchpoints during the course of their daily digital lives," said Mark Donovan, comScore senior vice president of mobile. "In order to meet the needs of these consumers, advertisers and publishers must learn to navigate this new landscape so they develop cross-platform strategies to effectively engage their audiences."
The report also discovered that mobile phones are largely responsible for non-computer digital traffic. In the U.S. in August 2011, its share of non-computer traffic was at 6.8 percent with two-thirds contributed by mobile phones. Much of the remainder was contributed by tablets.
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I enjoy the service and the bed was comfortable
Club level breakfast and snack Check in staff downstairs was rude. Gym is old and broken. Hot tub is not hot. Pool is not heated. Would not even go into the restaurant. Was there a disco there? Overpriced for Santiago
The staff was excellent. They were helpful and very friendly. The restaurant was great. It is close to the airport. I have recommended the hotel to friends that are planning trips to Santiago. My trip was over to quickly. I look forward to my return. I did inquire about a hotel reward program. The staff said there wasn't one. He may have been unaware of the program.
everything nothing
Very cute, comfortable, and safe place for a solo female traveler. Definitely take the recommendations for the taxi there because I got ripped off by someone who did not know where the place was, so have the owner set up a taxi for you. The owner is very friendly, helpful, and accommodating. I also loved the room. The bed was big and comfortable, and the TV was huge, and the bathroom adequate as well with hot water in the shower. The AC and fan worked fine to cool the room. The restaurant was very quaint and convenient, and the food very good! There is also a natural foods/vegetarian restaurant across the street which I wanted to check out but they did not take cards. I loved it and would stay there again if I am ever back in Santiago.
The comfort, the price was decent, the workers were very nice and curteous. I would def book there again. Internet very spotty. Only worked near room door and in hallway. I was on the third floor. Internet needs stronger signal.
Clean, comfortable room, helpful staff. Minibar prices not too exaggerated, about what you might pay if you were out at a bar. WiFi was not great, but worked.
From the time that i exited the hired taxi i was impressed with it's location, it's staff, and it's facilities. The location of the hotel was close to grocery stores and everthing else that anyone could appreciate. The staff was very professional and accomodating. Although the hotel was not newly erected, one could tell that they take a lot of pride into maintaining it.


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Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy believes the most even NRL competition he's seen could easily be won by a team outside the top four.
Traditional wisdom dictates genuine contenders must gain a finals double-shot, but Bellamy won't be surprised if history is made in 2014.
No team out of the top four has ever won an NRL premiership under the eight-team finals format, with the Wests Tigers of 2005 still the biggest smokey champions after finishing the regular season in fourth.
With six rounds to play this season, 13 teams remain in the hunt for the play-offs with just eight points separating them.
Melbourne's 30-8 win over Brisbane on Friday night saw them leapfrog the Broncos into sixth on 24 points - four behind pacesetters Manly.
The Broncos are in a tooth-and-nail struggle to stay in the eight but Bellamy said whichever teams scraped in would be as dangerous as any up the top.
"I think if there was ever going to be a team that popped out and did some damage in the bottom half then it's this year," the premiership-winning mentor said.
"The competition is that close.
"The three up there at the moment (Manly, Penrith, Bulldogs) will be hard to stop, but whoever gets fourth spot, I don't think it will make a whole lot of difference to be honest with you.
"It's that open at the moment and you just look at the results each week. There's always a big surprise every week.
"Anything can happen."
On the Storm's current form, it would be a brave man to bet against them featuring in the final fortnight of the competition.
They were back to their miserly best in defence at Suncorp Stadium and playmaker Cooper Cronk showed his immense class by pulling the strings perfectly.
Darren Lockyer noted that Cronk's broken arm in the Origin opener, forcing a six-week break, had been a blessing in disguise for Melbourne.
Bellamy could only agree.
"We don't want him to miss any footy but it's been a God-send for us," he said.
Skipper Cameron Smith felt the whole club had put their indifferent early-season form behind them and were back maintaining their usual high standards.
Smith reserved high praise for New Zealand front-rower Jesse Bromwich after he starred in his 100th game, setting up Ryan Hinchcliffe for a pivotal second-half try.
"I believe he's got to be top-three, if not the best prop in the game at the moment," the Australian Test captain said.
"I think he's just outstanding. He's just so hard to handle. Every time he carries the ball he's got three or four defenders on him. He takes a lot of pressure off our other ruck players.
"That ball he gave Hinchy to put him under the posts, not many blokes can do that."


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Hotel Christian IV's central location makes it easy to use public transportation. Less than 10 minutes walk from the hotel is Kongens Nytorv and Nørreport as hubs for metro, busses, S-train (city rail) and regional trains.
The Metro has lines towards the Airport, Vestamager and Bella Center and Vanløse. If you are arriving from the airport the metro ride is only 12 mins to Kongens Nytorv.
From Nørreport the regional trains are going directly to the north of Sealand, Malmo, Fyn and Jutland. Almost all the S-trains stops at Nørreport.
Several bus lines also cross Nørreport and King's New Square.
From the Central Station bus lines 1A and 26 goes to King's Square and Store Kongensgade which are the closest stops to Hotel Christian IV. From here it is only a short walk to the front door.
Bus 11A is a small city bus that only stops at the some of the major sights in central Copenhagen. It stops i.a. at Nørreport, Nyhavn and Central Station.
Copenhagen is divided into zones and you purchase tickets depending on the desired number of zones. Tickets are purchased on the bus or at the stations and can be used in S-trains, metro and busses. The age limit for a children's ticket is 16 y/o and the price is approx. half of the adult fare. Children in the age of 0 - 11 y/o travels for free with an adult.
We advise our guests to plan their journey by public transportation using this planner. Simply type in your start- and destination point and this tool will suggest the trip for you. You can find more information about the public transportation ticket system here.
If you plan to arrive to the hotel by car and need a place to park, we have an agreement with Onepark parking house less than 100m from the hotel. The tickets, valid for 24 hours, can be picked up in the reception at arrival to the hotel. The cost is DKK 225 (normal price DKK 460).


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Could someone tell me what to put in for bladesman?? another thing is that i can't get my job advancement quest because it says i have to do some ability thing and im lvl 11
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:20 am Post subject: Luvi's Bladesman Build/Guide Reply with quote
as im quitting the game, i thought ill leave something for Bladesmen here and newbies a like.
this is the best possible build that i can think of, and i wouldnt want it any other way.
Improve grip: Increase Minimum Attack Power
* make sure to max this one first
Burning Wrath: Increase Duration of Rage Mode
* 10 ability points here, no more no less. long enough and cheap enough, beyond 10 points is just a waste.
Reflection Wall: Return Received Damage to the Target
* its a good skill, although only 10 ability points, since you had to split it with burning wrath.
these 4 next skills will be your bread and butter.
this is what being a bladesman is all about,
max them accordingly.
Armor Crush
Point Piercing
Hidden Aftermath
Iron Skin
ps. Flowing Blade and Critical Blow seems tempting but i plan ahead, its all good if your not gonna finish your bladesman, or you just like the idea of Criticals and Attack Combos.
*following this build, your gonna suck really bad at low levels, but it pays good, Ownage good. youlll be required to bring Ginsengs as much as you bring Pots.
1st Promotion - Bladesman
Vicious Spiral Strike: get this one at level 10
Wind Sprint: at level 15, very handy, get it A.S.A.P
Sword of Treefall: get this one at level 20
Winds of War: get this one at lvl 30
* in other words, get all the skills available to you at first promotion. you cant mess up up this one.
2nd promotion - Elemental Defender
Cleaving Strike: youll get this one around level 35-37 depending where you trained, i got mine at 35 since i killed low lvl mobs.
you have to pass the skill Boulder Splitting Slash for level 45 to get:
Earth Splitting Blow (AOE) level 55
* for people who dont know, AOE means Area of Effect, aka: Splash damage.
then youll have these 2 skills..
Boulder Strike: level 60
and Celestial blade: level 64
but most of all --
Shattering Blade AOE: 68
its gonna be close, but only put Ki points on to Boulder Strike or Celestial blade if your sure that your Ki points are gonna make it to get Shattering blade at level 68, you dont wanna miss that.
so after you get your 2 most important skills which are the AOE's
you can now start gathering Ki for the skills you passed.
* you have to do this for combo variety since youll have 2 combos by now and the same skills cant be put in the same group of skill combos.
Sacred Sentinel - Final Promotion
level 80 skills, your on your own here Wink
Bladesman leveling Guide
Key to a good Bladesman is his equipment.
if you aint that rich and its your first character
you dont wanna be soloing anytime soon, as your gonna be burning Pots like hell.
always always look for a healer, what i do is add all of them good healers to my friendlist
so i always have a healer here or there when i Log on.
if your new and broke heres how you start off:
level 1-10
just follow the quests and youll be alright, they direct you to which monster to get quest items from that suits your level.
*Note save all your rubies and gems dont upgrade anything at this point.
level 11-20 after all those bugs and what not finally your a Bladesman
*Note that all these monsters require a party
-Wolf/Bear make sure you get that quest from hugh on bears, its good money
-6 tailed foxes/LumberJacks
*you get a new armor every 10 levels. around this level you should already have upgraded equipments at least keep it safe, Weapon and Armor enhancement only up to +2, it has a good chance to break after that *
level 21 - 27
level 28 - 30
Bandits/Axe Bandits
*this is where it gets really slow so you have to step up, after you get
your level 30 gears head to Riverside, get a ticket from the Physician.
-Tigers/White Tigers, until you get your 2nd Promotion.
you will have to do a quest that you have to gather quest items by killing
Bandits/Tigers/White Tigers/Bears.
level 35-40: good job, your a Elemental Defender now
by doing the all the Gold rewatd quests youll have enough money to buy
a Defenders blade, which costs 1.4 mil by the npc, you can get a clean one around level 1.2 mil
with decent equips you can already head to Gangsters
level 40-45
-Jades (Jade Tower 1st floor)
level 45-55
-Jades (Jade Tower 2nd floor)
-Bamboo Spear maiden (Bamboo forest)
dedicated to the Noobs confused and spams the forums. Razz
good luck.
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Enjoying a beautiful day together, Rebecca Gayheart and Eric Dane were spotted out and about in Los Angeles yesterday (March 18).
The "Jawbreaker" cutie and her "Grey's Anatomy" hubby took their 2-week-old daughter Billie Beatrice to a doctor's checkup as the paparazzi looked on.
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Camacho-Campas on May 9!
By Rick Scharmberg
Former world champions and ring legends Hector "Macho" Camacho Sr. (79-5-2, 38 KOs) and Luis Ramon "Yory Boy" Campas (92-14, 74 KOs) will collide in the main event on Saturday, May 9 in the Mark G. Etess Arena at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Camacho, still formidable at age 47, is 16-1-1 in his last eighteen bouts, dating back to 1998. Campas, meanwhile, is only two bouts removed from his 74th career knockout, a first round destruction of former world champion Alejandro "Terra" Garcia. The card, "Nations Collide 2", is available live on pay-per-view. The promoters are Dee Lee Promotions, Unlimited vision Productions, and Real fighting Championships.
"I still have the skills to pay the bills," said Camacho, who has held the WBC super featherweight, WBC lightweight, and WBO junior welterweight titles, among others. "I never had an easy fight with any Mexican, and I know Campas does not play. It will be a classic fight, but I will beat him down. He will see Puerto Rican pride up close and personal.
Campas, a former IBF junior middleweight champion himself, stated, "I like to watch Camacho because his wiggling and dancing amuse me. We are in the ring, not on 'Dancing with the Stars', and I will make Camacho dance to my "Yory Boy" tune. The forecast for Hector is pain."
The main support bout will feature unbeaten Orlando Lora (24-0-1, 18 KOs) taking on veteran Ben Tackie (29-11-1, 17 KOs) in a welterweight bout.
Patrick Perez (25-5, 14 KOs) will take on Joe Park (8-4, 6 KOs) in a light heavyweight bout.
Alex Sanchez (1-1, 1 KO) will meet Jorge Delgado (4-8, 2 KOs) in a middleweight bout.
Omar Brito (1-1, 1 KO) will face Luquan Lewis (0-1) in a junior welterweight bout.
Jesus Barbosa (4-2-1, 3 KOs) takes on Raphael Luna (3-3-1, 1 KO) in a lightweight bout.
Jose Rivera will make his pro debut against Gustavo Naranjo (0-1) in a flyweight bout.
Amanda Serrano (1-0), sister of former world champion Cindy "Checkmate" Serrano will face Brittany Cruz (3-1, 1 KO) in a female featherweight bout.
Tickets are $50, $100, $200, $250, and $350 and can be purchased by calling 1-800-736-1420.
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Will enhance Will To get it right Now connect triangles by the sides to take flight And the quicker that you do it the quicker we all rise We duplicate the process and start all over until we form a star And theres the wheels of our rover HOW MANY SIDES DOES A PYRMAID HAVE. 3? NO 4? HAHAHA That's a common misconception. Fly with me into the sky so we can change perception. To Egypt is direction Find a pyramid Just pick one The biggest that you see And fly over. And look down On this pyramid with your guide iv Look down on this pyramid. Take an ariel view. Triangles MORE TRIANGLES MORE 3s from the steps as it recedes Thousands and thousand of triangles all working together as a team Power of Triangle when like this seen Becomes The ancient knowledge That a pyramid you must become Made of 3s Triangles, each enhancing the others, through multiplicity empowering the whole like a machine using an upward fashion. When it is formed it produces power. It is the controls of our joint capabilities of focusing our true powers potential into near singular form by including a simple goal to accomplish it. Come together as one In other words make Pyramids And ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh FEEL ME SHOW ME A TEAM NOW YOU ARE WHY YOU ARE STUCK Its not a fight It's a team effort Bond together Who cares what excuses or differences stand in the way. When its all said and done we all want the same thing. More so Just get it done All working as one unit Under one cause To rise So rise If you aren't rising that's because the pyramid isn't finished. It needs more triangles. A pyramid needs 1 - a foundation 2 – it needs 3 sides 3 – it needs steps that are systematically larger then the ones who came before it. When a full pyramid is formed the peak ascends and the journey continues with everyone moving up the ladder by turn and with forward motion based on arrival and seniority point placements. The point is that there are many out there who have been searching for these words for lifetimes and some of you here are included in that group. Some are working their way closer and just need a helping hand to get it right. We all know the answer can not be told. It must be found. So the object of the game is to use the increased power from your triangles and already made bonds to be the example so other triangles can be added to begin movement. There is no reason to be stuck when there are options to rise Tell em why Show em how Tell em why Show em how Tell em why Show em how What are you waiting for Show us what you got Im waiting Yeah I am like none other But also untrue I Am a tip top tic toc Top tac Peak of this You call it a capstone I call it a throne And I want more Now come Let us use our power And rise Soaring to the sky With wings It has already begun From NUMBER ONE And up into the hundreds Waste no time to quickly have thy time By balancing thy triangle To activate thy ability of fusion with another triangle in positive upward fashion you must either have come here before them and formed the balance of 3, directed others here or aided them to understanding leading to their triangle balanced.. Upward trickle. The ancient, multi, level, marketing scheme, that actually worked, because it was fate, and they called it – The Pyramid Scheme and The Power of a Triangle Inside Hear the low hum Hear the high tone And say Aight I hear what you are both saying We are gonna do it like this or like that Make the decision on purpose with wisdom from both extremes with a balanced head Because with all three working Together Nothing Comes in between And this is how we Multiply 3x3 X3 X3 X3 And on One big massive ball of power With choice buried in the rank of procession with an upward trickle effect of constant support and motion for growth. Each with their own role In holding these chains together Together We have done this together As one And it's only begun So come along I know you feel me You cant believe it happening or real is what your mind keeps whispering But Oh I think you can Its our choice We came to live We came to grow We came to party So lets go I wanna see some pyramids. Teams. Overcoming fears Landing on their feet With someone to rely on always Rely on always Rely always on me On me Iviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviviv Believe in me Its my job to set you free And I say Let me see Some pyramids please We still in the sky Flying Above the pyramids Now look down At the steps The steps Look down look down down Its all triangles. Thousands and thousands of triangles all getting Stronger bigger Stronger wider Stronger Working as one Together Together Each pushing and pulling Right where they need to be Free To be seen By those with eyes to see The power Of a 3 Can I hear my 3s AND SEE THEM WORKING AS A TEAM. You face not just tests of the spirit but test of the analytical side of your brain. Its math. Everything. Every time. Definitely Math. A 3 needs another 3 A triangle needs another triangle You know it They don't And they are 3s Who don't believe They need you And you need me To guide the way When we ride. I lift And glide glide Glide Away With Me Iv It doesn't matter who I was It's who I came to be Even if you don't yet know why this has set you free The picture gets bigger anyway so you must learn eventually In the end its still up to 3 And iv got ur back And that's just how it is. Ull thank me in the end. Again. And again And again Again. Not add Multiply. Anyone who didn't feel that is just afraid to admit it. THE POWER OF A TRIANGLE. Especially one that's aware of itself. Let me some pyramids Lets start overcoming those altitude issues. Love. [/quote]
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I blogged last week about a proposed rule change in the Minnesota House of Representatives, that would end the practice of trying to tack on last-second amendments to proposed legislation during final debate. Said proposal has become reality.
In a 69-59 vote early Tuesday morning, the House approved new Permanent Rules, which guide bill movement and floor debate. The vote followed a contentious, 9.5-hour debate, much of which centered on a new requirement that amendments be filed the day before a bill goes to the floor for debate…
"Too often, we've made mistakes as a result of doing amendments late in the night and on the fly, without preparation," said House Majority Leader Erin Murphy (DFL-St. Paul). The prefiling requirement will also give the public more time to read and react to amendments, she said.
Republicans called the change a power grab by the DFL.
It's obvious that Republicans' real "problems" with the changes are:
– They end the possibility of using what might be termed "amendment avalanches" as pseudo-filibusters.
– Tea Party crazies, in particular, can no longer grandstand, in front of TPT's cameras, by offering, for example, last-minute War on Women amendments to every bill that makes it to a final floor debate.
I don't know whether or not Republicans can still pull the sort of crap that I just noted, in the Senate. If somebody does know, off the top of his or her head, I'd appreciate a comment.


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|Hamida al-Attas
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|Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden
Mohammed Omar
|Osama bin Laden
|Omar bin Laden (grandson)
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Hamida Ibrahim (Arabic: حميدة ابراهيم, Ḥamīdah Ibrahīm; born 1934) born Hamida Ibrahim[1] (Arabic: Hamida Ibrahim, Hamida Ibrahim), is the mother of Osama bin Laden. She came from a Syrian family of two brothers and another sister.[2][3][4][5] She married Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden in Latakia in 1956 and moved to Saudi Arabia with her husband.[1] She was the eleventh wife of Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden.[6] Her husband had at least 22 wives but divorced many, having only four wives at once, in accordance with Muslim law.[7] It has been reported that she was a concubine rather than wife of Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden.[7] She was more cosmopolitan than Mohammed's first three Wahhabi Saudi wives.[8]
Osama bin Laden was her only child with Mohammad bin Laden. She often spent summers at her brother Naji's home in Latakia and Osama went with her until he was 17.[1] In 1974, when Osama was 18, he married her brother's daughter, 14-year-old Najwa Ghanem, who had been promised to him.[1]
Hamida later married Mohammed Omar[citation needed] and had five other children, including Ahmed Omar.[7]
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- ^ "CNN.com - Transcripts". Transcripts.cnn.com. 2006-06-08. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ Bin Laden's mother tried to stop him, Syrian kin say - Family, New York City - chicagotribune.com
- ^ "Prelude To Terror". Businessweek.com. 2004-09-06. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ Comras, Victor D. (2010-11-30). Flawed Diplomacy: The United Nations & the War on Terrorism. Potomac Books, Inc. ISBN 9781597974387.
- ^ "Profile: Hamida al-Attas". Archived from the original on October 2, 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-21.
- ^ a b c "Bin Laden Family Believes Osama Is Alive". CNN. 2002-03-19. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
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Violet anemone and hyacinth blooms, seeded eucalyptus, and green winter berries are displayed like rare specimens in bell jars below a wreath.
The large glass-cloche terrariums are from Campo de' Fiori ($110 for 11-inch size; campodefiori.com for stores).
We used anemone, berzilia, hyacinth, pepperberry, seeded eucalyptus, and Viburnum tinus.
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"Scott Guthery" <sguthery at mobile-mind.com> wrote in news:bonn5v$h75$1
> Is anybody out there using the Signals and Systems Add-In?
> I'm crashing Mathematica 5 on a number of different
> ContinuousConvolution attempts.
> Cheers, Scott
Hi Scott,
I'm using Signals&Systems, but on version 4.2, so I can't give you help
in this case, I'm afraid. (Maybe it's crashing on 4.2 either).
But parts of your question (Is anyone using Signals&Systems?) is the same
that I've asked a couple of times ith very little response. I would like
to get and keep in touch with those few in the galaxy that use that
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2ND gen to 3RD gen 2500 suspension differances?
What was changed in the front end from the second generation trucks to the third? Additionally what were the differances between 2500 and 3500 and differant motor configurations? How can the parts from differant years be used to raise or improve earlier generations if any. I found that younger trucks had longer arms? (or it may have been an aftermarket arm for a younger truck)
Probly a newb question, I did a brief search but the results lacked a definitave answer to my questions. If theres a write up or a thread that already covered this someone mind pointing me that way?
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I know there is a differance in the tracbars from 2nd gen to 3rd gen, BD IIRC has a kit to put the 3rd gen upgraded tracbar in a 2nd gen. I also think the 3rd gen is about 2" taller than 2nd gen, I had shocks for my 99 that had 2" lift and they were for a stock 3rd gen.
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The vertical separation between the link arms is taller on the 3rd gen trucks.
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As stated above the track bar mounting was changed from a tie rod end style to a through bolt, there is more vertical seperation between the upper and lower control arm mounts. The brakes are improved over the early 2nd gen rams, but the later 2nd gens did get the updated brakes. I swapped a 3rd gen Power Wagon axle into my 99 Ram 2500, using a 3rd gen track bar adapter, and I made my own control arms using Ballistic joints. Another upgraded item on the 3rd gen trucks is the the steering box they have a bigger steering box. The 3rd gen frames are also stronger, as well as the spring perches on the frame. IMHO the AAM axles are a 200% over the Dana axles, first off its a high pinion, has 33 spline axles, and just the physical size and weight of the front axle are bigger. The control arm brackets are beefier as well. Not to mention they dont have the CAD crap the earlier 2nd gens had. The only weak points on the AAm axles are the Balljoints, and some people do not like the unit bearings, but Ballistic Fab is about to fix that as well. Dynatrac already has a freespin kit for the front, but Ballistics is supposed to be much cheaper, and available piece by piece so you can source some of the pieces yourself to save money.
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Another note:
The change in vertical seperation of the control arm brackets, and change in design of the track bar mount really free up the front suspension. During my build I installed Power Wagon front coils on the truck while the old (Stock) front suspension was installed to check ride heigth and see how much lift I would net. I had to use a jack to force the axle down and a spring compressor to compress the spring to get it installed, as the upper control arms and track bar were binding and not allowing further down travel. When I installed the PW axle with the 3rd gen track bar and new control arms the axle would droop so much that there was 6" between the coil and the upper bucket when the coil was sitting on the lower perch. Without going to a long arm you can easily gain8" of downtravel in the front suspension just because of the track bar and the upper control arm mounting position.
This picture is on the bump stop:
Note: I had to space the bumpstops down 2" to clear the larger differential of the AAM axle, it was contacting the Track bar mount and crossmember on the frame
And this is the suspension when the tire would finally lift off the ground before I added my limit straps:
You can also see that even with the control arms that are only 1" longer than stock the wheel stays pretty well centered in the wheelwell throughout the range of travel.
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If the power wagon coils fit that means the buckets are the same correct? So stock third gens would level a 2nd gen? How about the rear? I know the ford stuff the only difference was the lift block between a 3/4 and a 1 ton. Are the third gen trackbar conversion worth it over the aftermarket 2nd gens?
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On my V-10 2500 I netted 3" of lift with the PW coils. The rear leaf springs are much different, the 3rd gen trucks have no block stock. With Carli mini packs in the back and the stock block installed, and stock PW coils up front the truck sits level, and is 1" taller in the rear and 3" taller in the front. I would say to definately go with a 3rd gen style track bar with one of the conversion brackets available. The 3rd gen bar really frees up the front suspension.
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Supposed to be around 1-1.5" taller on the PW than the regular 2500's.
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The National Statistics office says Britain should keep its retail prices index as a measure of inflation because it has "significant value" for investors and pensioners but recommended creating a new index.
It had been expected that Jill Matheson, the National Statistician, would propose changes as to how the retail prices should be calculated.
A change would have had major implications for the £280bn index-linked government bond market which is linked to a wide variety of services and investments, from water bills and rail fares to pensions and even national debt.
However, after a two-year consultation, she announced this morning that the statistics office would develop a new inflation index known as RPIJ to address an issue with how clothing prices are measured in the RPI.The new index, which will start in March, will replace the Carli formula with Jevons.
The ONS said that while the current measure doesn't meet international standards, there is value to users "in maintaining the continuity of the existing RPI's long-term series without major change, so that it may continue to be used for long-term indexation and for index-linked gilts and bonds in accordance with user expectations."
Market analysts had expected the statistics office to prefer a calculation that will lower RPI by 0.9 percentage points, bringing it inline with how the consumer prices index (CPI (Other OTC: CPIC - news) ) is calculated.
Many private pensioners also have their annual increases linked to RPI, while returns for investors with index-linked bonds and savings certificates are likewise based on the index.
However, owners of government debt such as pension funds and insurers had expressed outrage about the possible reforms, warning that they would bring the government bond market "into disrepute" and set back vital infrastructure projects £40bn of which are currently financed with RPI-linked corporate bonds.
The RPI review had also attracted controversy, as any change prompting a fall in the index would have provided a boost to Chancellor George Osborne and his debt-busting plans, saving the Treasury billions of pounds a year in interest on government bonds.
Although the recommendation was made independently, final approval sits with the Bank of England and ultimately the Chancellor.
Ros Altmann, director general of financial services company Saga, said the ONS decision as "brilliant".
"Consultation responses overwhelmingly favoured no change so would be hard to ignore," she tweeted.
"There's no right or wrong exact measure of inflation, each one has flaws."
The Treasury confirmed it would continue using the RPI measure for calculating the return on both old and new index-linked bonds.
"For gilt investors, future cash flows on existing index-linked gilts will continue to be calculated by reference to RPI," said the Economic Secretary, Sajid Javid.
"The government will continue to issue new index-linked gilts linked to the RPI."


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World of WarCrafts spotlights art and creativity by WoW players, including fan art, cooking, comics, cosplay, music and fan fiction. Show us how you express yourself; contact our tips line (attention: World of WarCrafts) with your not-for-profit, WoW-inspired creations.
If you spend a lot of time at your computer -- and what WoW devotee doesn't? -- you've probably got a soft spot for game-related wallpapers. This week, we've got trio of computer art we bet will have you booting up to a whole new look.
- World of Wallpapers has been putting out simple yet stunning WoW wallpapers for some time now. The problem isn't finding one you like; the problem is picking a single favorite for your desktop. (Personally, I'm planning to solve that problem with a slideshow screensaver of my top picks.)
- Go wide with these panoramic views of the wide world -- literally -- of Azeroth. Creator Cybear has been hard at work creating panoramic views of areas that will be changing come Cataclysm. (As of this writing, he had yet to settle on a final host for the files; please be patient should the bandwidth be temporarily exceeded. They're worth checking back for!)
- While we're on the subject of artwork, if you use Firefox as your web browser, head over to GetPersonas.com and check out the growing collection of WoW personas, which add artwork to your web browser's borders and function areas. We'd been waiting to mention these until more were available, but a tip from reader Akussa (thanks!) showed that the selection is coming along nicely.
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Bad barnacle year so far on the Hudson River
This may belong under the 'Gear & Maintenance' category but I could not find a suitable sub-category for it so here it goes.
Every estuary, bay, sound and coastal area is a little different in regards to how much bottom growth occurs on your boat. The location may be important but the prevailing local weather is also a key factor in my little corner of the globe which is now the Hudson River near the Tappan Zee Bridge in NY (northeast region).
Last spring and early summer saw a lot of precipitation which meant that there was a lot of fresh water coming into the Hudson valley estuary I normally sail on which in turn meant that the barnacle growth on our hull and prop was minimal at best. This season has proved to be fairly dry with much less precipitation then last year and therefore more salty water has invaded farther up the Hudson then last year.
Around this time last year when we hauled our boat for a mid season bottom cleaning there was mostly slime with only a few small barnacles clinging to our prop. It was a very easy power washing job to clean the hull and minimal scraping of the prop (more on that later). We hauled our boat out this year and lo and behold there were numerous barnacles with some advanced clusters that resisted the power washer. We had to resort to scraping and power washing to get most of the growth off the hull.
The salinity levels are higher this year in the Hudson watershed because of the reduced amount of rain which is evidenced when you drive around and the grass is not as green as it could be on the edge of the highways. Last year was good for all land based plants and slime (algae) but bad for barnacle growth. This year seems to be the opposite.
I have been treating our 2 blade prop with the Petite Zinc Coat barnacle barrier for a few years with varied success. Last year we had very limited barnacle growth; very small immature barnacles. This year I suspect that the clusters were a bit bigger due to the temps and salinity. I still plan on using this product next year as the coating protects our prop from the barnacles attaching directly to it which also protects the metal of the more expensive prop underneath. The Zinc Coat forms a very tenacious bond with the prop and thus a protective layer against marine organisms and from me when I try to clean it in the late fall when we haul out for the winter.
Anyone in the northeast US or anywhere have any anecdotal evidence of how the marine growth is trending in your area?
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Tough Loss for Hawks in Second Game of Eastern Division Series
By South Bend Silver Hawks | September 8, 2013 4:14 PM ET
Tough Loss for Hawks in Second Game of Eastern Division Series
A long two-run homerun from third baseman Gabriel Quintana broke a 1-1 deadlock in the top of the eighth inning as the Fort Wayne TinCaps evened up the Midwest League Eastern Division Championship series at a game apiece with a 5-2 victory over the South Bend Silver Hawks on Sunday. Fort Wayne's four-run eighth backed up a dominant outing from starter Colin Rea and forced a deciding Game Three on Monday night at Four Winds Field.
After combining for twelve runs and three errors in Game One in Fort Wayne, the Hawks and TinCaps matched up in a crisp pitchers duel on Sunday evening in South Bend. Rob Coe got the start for South Bend, the Class-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Coe retired the first two batters he faced before hitting Fort Wayne center fielder Alberth Martinez with a pitch. Coe retired third baseman Gabriel Quintana on a ground ball to third to end the inning.
Rea (W, 1-0) started for Fort Wayne, the Class-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, and was dominant right from the outset. Rea had Hawks shortstop Andrew Velazquez struck out to start the game, but Velazquez reached first as strike three got past the TinCaps catcher for a wild pitch. Rea was unfazed by the leadoff baserunner as he immediately got right fielder Socrates Brito to hit into an around-the-horn 5-4-3 double play. Rea went on to retire the next seven Hawks hitters, facing the minimum nine batters through the first three innings.
Coe upheld his part of the pitchers duel through the first three innings, keeping the TinCaps scoreless. Fort Wayne threatened to score in the top of the second as left fielder Luis Domoromo walked with one out and first baseman Luis Tejada flared a single to right that put runners on first and second. Coe escaped the jam by getting shortstop Tyler Stubblefield to fly out to right and then striking out catcher Rodney Daal for the third out.
The Hawks put together their first threat of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning. Velazquez led off with a fly ball single to center. Brito followed with a perfectly executed hit-and-run single through the right side that sent Velazquez around to third with no outs. With the heart of the order coming up, Rea managed to keep the Hawks off the scoreboard. Third baseman Brandon Drury popped out to short for the first out of the inning. First baseman Rudy Flores struck out swinging as Brito stole second on the third strike. With runners at second and third, the TinCaps decided to intentionally walk second baseman Fidel Pena to load the bases. The gambit paid off as Rea struck out designated hitter Roidany Aguila to keep the game scoreless after four.
Fort Wayne mounted a rally in the top of the fifth inning against Coe. After a groundout to shortstop for the first out of the inning, Stubblefield singled up the middle. With Daal at the plate, Stubblefield stole second base. Daal walked to put two men on. Designated hitter Mallex Smith grounded out to first, advancing the runners to second and third with two outs. Coe kept the TinCaps off the board by getting second baseman Reynaldo Bruguera to hit a grounder to first. Flores fielded and tossed to Coe who just beat a sliding Bruguera to the bag for the third out of the inning.
The TinCaps got the breakthrough in the top of the sixth against Coe. After the first two batters were retired, right fielder Hunter Renfroe launched a 1-0 pitch over the left field wall for a solo homer and a 1-0 Fort Wayne lead. The next two batters followed with singles to put runners at first and third but Coe escaped any further damage by getting Stubblefield to foul out to first to end the inning.
South Bend struck back in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie the game. Much like the top of the inning, the first two batters went down quietly. Drury then tied up the game with a long solo homer to left on a 1-1 pitch from Rea. Rea got out of the inning by getting Flores to fly out to left to end the inning.
Coe's night was over after six innings as Enrique Garcia (L, 0-1) came in from the bullpen to start the seventh inning for the Hawks. Coe threw six innings of one-run ball and allowed five hits and two walks while striking out three TinCaps. Garcia tossed a scoreless seventh inning that was matched by a scoreless seventh from Rea. Then, in the eighth inning, the wheels fell off for the Hawks. Martinez led off with a ground ball single to left. Quintana followed with a bomb to deep left-center that one-hopped the Applebees Fun Zone for a two-run homer and a 3-1 Fort Wayne lead. The TinCaps were not done as Renfroe followed with a triple to deep center, just beating the throw into third with a headfirst slide. Domoromo laced a single into left that scored Renfroe and knocked Garcia out of the game with the scoreboard reading 4-1 in favor of the TinCaps.
Tyler Green replaced Garcia and retired the first batter he faced as first baseman Luis Tejada grounded out to short, advancing Domormo to second with one out. Green then walked Stubblefield and surrendered a bloop single to Daal that loaded the bases. Green got a potential double-play ball from Smith to short but after making the out at second, Pena was unable to pull the trigger on the relay throw, allowing Domoromo to score from third and extending the lead to 5-1. That closed the book on Garcia who gave up four runs in an inning-plus of work. An inning-ending strikeout of Bruguera held the score at 5-1.
Chris Nunn entered the game to start the bottom of the eighth for the TinCaps in relief of Rea. Rea dominated the Hawks throughout the game, allowing just one run on three hits over seven innings of work in a winning effort. Nunn bounced back from a rough outing in Game One to retire the Hawks in order in the eighth. Thomas Brendel replaced Green to pitch the ninth for South Bend and he retired the middle of the TinCaps lineup in order to take the game to the bottom of the ninth at 5-1.
Roman Madrid came on and closed out the game for the TinCaps. The Hawks did get one run back in the bottom of the ninth as Drury tripled down the right field line with one out. Flores grounded out to second, scoring Drury to cut the lead to 5-2 but that was all the Hawks could muster as Pena also grounded out to second to end the game.
The Hawks and TinCaps will meet in the deciding Game Three of the series on Monday night at 7:05pm at Four Winds Field in South Bend. RHP Joe Ross (Playoffs: 1-0, 0.00 ERA) will take the ball for Fort Wayne while RHP Aaron Blair (Playoffs: 1-0, 0.00 ERA). It is a winner-take-all game in the Midwest League Eastern Division Championship as the winner of Monday night's game will take on the Western Division Champion for the Midwest League Crown. It is also Belly Buster Monday where you can upgrade your ticket for a wristband that includes unlimited hot dogs, hamburgers, popcorn and peanuts during the game. Hawks fans, come on out and fill up Four Winds Field, and your belly, and help push the Hawks into the Championship Series with a win on Monday night.
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Car insurance is equally essential like the other things you do for the wellness of your car. Most of the people love to own expensive cars and if you own a car then it becomes quite significant for you to do its insurance.
Need of car insurance
In case there is any mishap with your car, then the car insurance can provide you cover for your repairs for the vehicle damages. There is one more reason that makes car insurance essential. It is paying the second and third party damages. It can be quite effective for you because the insurance company gives you cover for your repairs and for the repairs of the second party as well in the situation of collision accident. If there is any damage caused to your vehicle due to theft or any natural reasons then also you will get the cover.
What if you have a too expensive car?
If you have an expensive car like Mercedes or BMW, then you would have always taken a very good care of it. There are some people who find it unaffordable to pay for the repairs of the damage caused in such expensive cars. This is the reason car insurance is quite important.
You can also take the benefit of the coverage for the uninsured motorist. If you have got into an accident and the person has not made any insurance who has done the fault, in such situation damages of your car and your medical bills will be covered by your insurance company. Such amount will be taken out from the second party amount gradually. Mercedes vs. BMW more expensive car insurance can be a point that comes into the mind of most people.
If you look at Mercedes vs. BMW more expensive car insurance then both are almost identical. Mercedes car insurance covers protection of car when it is in use out of the country, cover for lost or stolen key, cover for child seat, and cover for personal belonging etc. Payment protection insurance can also be effective in case of illness, death of the owner etc.
In case of BMW, you can get a cheap insurance if you don't drive the car everyday because the premium amount is decided on the basis of the miles you will travel in one year.


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