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Off-Road Project Vehicle UpdatePosted in Features on April 11, 2014
There have been countless project vehicles at Off-Road magazine over the last four and a half decades. Whatever they were, whoever they were owned by, these project vehicles became our learning tools that taught us not only about off-roading, recovery, and automotive engineering, but also gave us a respect for what enthusiasts could come up with and what could be done with a modified vehicle. While we'd love to give you the status on every project vehicle ever built, we only have room to check in on the project vehicles from Off-Road's last few years. All of these trucks have become valued tools of our trade, and we wouldn't have been able to do the job we did had it not been for these trucks.
Blumer's Toyota 4Runner
There are over 170,000 miles on the odometer by now, and our 2004 Toyota 4Runner continues to take Kevin Blumer everywhere he needs to be. Recent modifications come under the category of "tying loose ends." The front bumper is now powdercoated and has a Warn 9.5 XP-S winch loaded inside. Total Chaos suspension, custom fiberglass work, and a lot of rear body reworking allow for 35-inch tires to fit on this 4x4 4Runner. The next endeavor will be to finally make the ARB Air Lockers functional, although, we can tell you a neat little trail trick to pressurize unplumbed Air Lockers in an emergency. We've been rolling on classic BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KOs since last May and can report they're as good as their sterling reputation. If there's a bummer to the Toyota 4Runner, it's that the engine has thrown Diagnostic Trouble Codes P0420 and P0430, which likely means a couple of oxygen sensors need to be replaced before the Toyota 4Runner can pass smog later this year.
All in all, this has been an excellent do-all 4x4 for Blumer's daily driver, and we think he'll probably replace the engine twice before he goes and buys a new Toyota 4Runner.
If there was one truck that challenged our 2003 Ford F-350 Super Duty in down time, it would be Jerrod Jones' '94 Dodge Ram 1500. But it's a truck that he's enamored with. We're guessing he'll request to be buried in it someday.
And after three engines, nine transmissions, three rear axles, four front axles (same NP231HD!), countless suspension variations, and a number of different engine modifications, we think he's just about done with this one. And he should be. Tons of mods including Fox coilovers, National leaves, Off-Road Evolution suspension links, a Dynatrac Pro Rock 44, a Currie rear Dana 60, a hopped-up 360ci V-8, and dual winches should be enough to keep him happy during off-road excursions. For now, we're going to classify this one as "Completed."
Matilda—the Giant Cherokee
The "Big Chief" came into our lives around late 2009, when editor Jerrod Jones got the idea that he wanted to build a truck on 47-inch tires that he could drive to work on the 5 freeway. (And he did it. You wouldn't believe the looks you get cruising down the freeway at 70 mph.) Using Jeeps R Us' fullsize Cherokee Chief, they got started with the Jeep's suspension and getting the tires to fit. After three out of four axleshafts failed in one tiny incident (plus a couple driveshafts in another minor hiccup) Jones got the right combination of Dana 60 and 14-Bolt parts with ARB lockers, Superior chromoly axleshafts, PSC steering parts, and a number of other upgrades that allowed the drivetrain to actually live with 47-inch Pit Bull tires. And it stayed living until a Klune-V underdrive was installed. So much torque was produced—thanks to gearing and the AMC 401 built by Jeeps R Us—that the gears of the Dana 300 transfer case sheared teeth off.
These days, it resides with Jeeps R Us in Laguna Beach, California. They still take it out occasionally, and it gets romped on like you wouldn't believe. We are extremely impressed at how well everything has held up with 47-inch tires.
With a Glassworks '98 front clip and just a frame and tub left of the original K5 Blazer, Jones' creation is what some purists would call an abomination. But how can you argue with what he and Fabworx Offroad built? Raise your hand if you don't want a fuel-injected big-block, a 4L80E transmission with an Atlas four-speed, 21-inches of travel with a four-linked 14-Bolt, a Dynatrac front Dana 60, 40-inch Toyos, and Warn winches on both ends. This K5 just reeks of a good time. But, nothing lasts forever.
Our editor has learned some lessons about bracing and what is possible when it comes to metal fatigue, and has decided to scrap this K5's frame and body and use the parts to build a new one with the help of Kibbetech Off-Road; one that will withstand what he wants to dish out. Considering how cool this Blazer is, we can't wait to see Version 2.0.
The Almighty Dime
The Almighty Dime was one of those deals where our ex-publisher convinced a guy in his band, Costello, to give us a '96 S-10 Blazer that he was otherwise going to sell. And we managed to cost this guy thousands. We're a little surprised his wife still talks to us. What started with a BDS IFS lift kit and 33-inch Hankook MTs, eventually turned into a new engine and transmission, a Dana 44 solid axle swap done by Revolution Vehicle Dynamics, 35-inch Baja Claws, and Rancho remote reservoir shocks. Oh, and a couple new doors and some roof massaging after a late-night mishap. It's one of those used-to-hate-but-now-love relationships that Doug Mitchell has with his S-10 Blazer. He tells us it now drives better than it ever did with stock IFS, and after he gets it back from Mercenary Off-Road (new crossmembers and possible caging), some 4.56 gears are going in to finish off the Almighty Dime.
The STD
Without a doubt, this is our most notorious truck. This 2003 Ford F-350 Super Duty has given this magazine's staff headaches since Day One, and when Jones hit the Editor's chair in early 2008, he appropriately gave this truck its moniker: The STD. For years, this stood for Super Terrible Diesel to those of us working here. Multiple turbochargers, injectors, head gaskets, fan clutches, and boot leaks have made this truck a tough daily driver. But we have become quite fond of this one, and after finally getting most of the engine issues figured out, we have redubbed this truck the Super Terrific Diesel. Countless hours of help from Bullet Proof Diesel, Diesel Tech, and South Bay Truck kept this truck alive and heavily modified, and we can't thank them—and everyone else who has helped with this project—enough. Our online editor, Gusto, has loved this truck ever since he was an intern here, so a deal is being worked out, and with a little luck, our parent company will allow Gusto to take home this old company truck.
Acuff's '04 Dodge 2500
Jon Acuff brought his 3/4-ton Ram to the magazine in 2008. It was a perfect platform to build the ultimate tow and play toy; a Quad Cab 4x4 with a Cummins 5.9L diesel engine and a six-speed manual transmission. The truck was built using DT Products' control arms and track bar, Lorenz coil springs, Deaver rear mini packs, Sway-A-Way 12-inch-stroke 2.5 remote reservoir shocks, and was set on a variety of 37-inch tires over the years. Exterior upgrades are purely functional with an ADD front bumper, HID lights, a Line-Xed bed, Bushwacker flares, and some wonderful retracting Bestop steps. Drivetrain upgrades were minimal: A Truetrac in the rear AAM 11.5-Inch axle and an ATS external transmission cooling system on the six-speed. With only a few external engine upgrades and a Bully Dog tuner, this truck puts out 1,000 lb-ft of torque at the wheels and gets around 18 mpg at sea level. With great fuel economy and power, good off-road ability, and still low mileage, we don't see Jon ever getting rid of this truck.
2011 Ford F-250 Super Duty Company Truck
This truck turned our Editor. He was a Dodge and Chevy guy for sure, but there is no denying good quality. Shortly after hopping in the driver's seat, Jones went to work carefully modifying this truck for real-world use. It's 61,000 miles later, and the 2011 Ford F-250 Super Duty has ended up with a 4-inch Pure Performance four-link suspension, 37-inch tires, a few simple towing mods, and an H&S tuner that allows unbelievable amounts of power (we're talking quadruple-digit torque numbers) to be wrung out of Ford's in-house 6.7L Power Stroke diesel. With a locking rear differential, massive amounts of power and towing ability, there was little need to modify this truck further. It acts as a daily driver, tows whatever we need it to, can get us anywhere we need to be in the dirt, and makes a great recovery vehicle. Plus the air-cooled and heated seats are just awesome.
This truck has been, without question, our most reliable and useful project truck to date.
Po Boy Prerunner
It's been quite a while since our Po Boy Prerunner Project Truck has graced the pages of Off-Road magazine. Unfortunately, the cause is all too common, as it is with most other projects–way too many trucks and not enough common sense! But our former intern, freelancer, and now online editor, Agustin (Gusto) Jimenez, owns the Po Boy Prerunner and has been making good progress.
After some Chassis Tech extended control arms were added and some 35-inch Baja ATZs, Gusto found out that the front coils could support a cement truck, and the ride proved it. Since this, SMP Fabworks has been busy adding a rollcage with 1.75-inch DOM tubing, PRP seats, and Crow five-point harnesses. An aftermarket Jazz fuel cell has taken the place of a sketchy behind-the-seat tank, and the transmission was recently gone through. Gusto's next steps are to retrofit coilovers in front and throw some decent paint on the body. He's also talking about trying TTB in the front, but he has more ideas than time. Either way, it'll be one cool old-school prerunner when it's done.
All-Purpose XJ
What started out as a $400 XJ with a bad head has turned into a really fun little Jeepspeed-style prerunner. Our All-Purpose XJ was purchased with the intent of modification from top to bottom, leaving almost nothing but the transmission alone. A Hesco aluminum head and lots of external engine bolt-ons helped wake up the 4.0-liter engine, while a stock tranny and JB Conversions-parts-equipped NP231J put power to J.E. Reel driveshafts. Soon after a built-and-trussed Dana 30 was installed with a RockKrawler four-link and suspended with Bilstein 5160 shocks and 2.0 hydraulic bumpstops. The rear saw a similar treatment with a trussed Ford 8.8-Inch (Super 88 kit included, of course) hung from a RockKrawler four-link and Bilsteins. After some ample cutting easily left room for 12 inches of travel with 35-inch tires, we still decided to keep our XJ on 33s, so it would stay more maneuverable and see less fatigue in the unit body.
The Juice
'Long term' is an appropriate way to refer to Jeff Dahlin's project Bronco, The Juice. First making an appearance in this magazine way back in '07 with a Skyjacker kit and 35-inch Cepeks, we've built our ex-publisher's '93 Ford in stages, much in the way that our readers' trucks evolve. Today, the Bronco is a high-performing head-turner equipped with a Camburg long-travel front and Autofab/Deaver rear suspension mated with Bilstein coilovers and bumpstops. Both the rear Currie 9-Inch and the front extended-beam TTB are packed with 4.56 gears and Truetracs. McNeil fiberglass allow 37-inch Grabbers on forged Center Line rims to almost fit, but there is a pesky firewall and ECU rubbing problem that other Bronco owners with 37s might be familiar with. Under the hood, an ATK crate engine (5.8L) works more efficiently with a K&N intake, BBK throttle body, MSD ignition/coil/distributor, Edelbrock shorty headers, Magnaflow cats, and a Flowmaster exhaust. A Flex-a-lite radiator with electric fans and twin Derale transmission coolers keep the Juice from cooking itself.
At this point, The Juice is ultra capable but still comfortable and fun to drive (and still street legal). We're about done with major work—the final big task will be the interior rollcage by Metul Munky Fab. Building the Bronco has been a labor of love for Dahlin (with plenty of speedbumps on the way), and we've learned a lot about this '80-to-'96 Ford platform, which remains one of the most popular for go-fast trucks. Look for The Juice to be blasting around trails in the southwest for years to come.
Jay Kopycinski's '06 2WD F-150 project started simply enough. A little bit of a leveling suspension and some 33-inch tires looked nice on a white truck that would blend in with a sea of work trucks. But that was a while ago. After adding a JD Fabrication long-travel front end and some Bilstein 9100s, it was on. Jay started building custom bumpers and removing sheet metal while adding Glassworks fenders and bedsides, and 37-inch Baja T/As looked perfect on the Weld T52 rims. Instead of starting totally custom, Jay built the stock rear axle to Raptor width with custom axle tubes, dropped in some Yukon Gear parts, new axles, and U-bolted it onto Deaver nine-leaf packs. A rear-mounted winch, custom bumpers, a Rigid LED bar, a custom spare tire carrier, and lots of recovery gear keep this truck safe and moving in less-than-ideal circumstances.
With some final additions like rear Bilstein bumpstops and shocks and some possible caging, this project should be close to wrapped up. Jay's Fast-150 is a stellar example of what a great off-road toy and daily driver can be built from an affordable, used F-150.
The Carson Off-Road Trailer
I think the cargo on our Carson trailer says it all: This is one heavy-duty car hauler. Our 12,000-pound capacity trailer has been serving us excellently over the last 10,000-plus miles it has been towed. We've had it in for one service for one wheel bearing, but that's not bad considering how much time this trailer spends in the dirt. We've towed it through terrain that requires 4WD, and we've loaded it down with giant trucks like our 2003 crew cab F-350 Super Duty. It has never shown any signs of frame fatigue. And we love the wood deck. Unlike steel-deck trailers that clank and bang as they are towed down the road, our wood deck trailer is almost silent.
We ordered ours with a flat deck (instead of one that dovetails down at the rear) for maximum clearance, and dual 8-lug axles—trailer brakes on both axles—held on by a Slipper Spring suspension. Modifications include a hitch-mounted Come-Up winch, an Odyssey PC1700 battery, and some lights. Our tire of choice is the General Grabber HTS mounted on a Classic III wheel, and they still show no signs of cracking or even much wear for that matter. If we had to get a second trailer, we'd order it exactly like this one.


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Price Could Be the Next iPad Event's Biggest Surprise
Feb 10, 2012 5:00 AM PT
When Apple will pull the wraps off the iPad 3 has been a subject of speculation for months, but the latest prediction -- that it will be introduced during the first week in March -- appears to be gaining street cred fast.
The prediction was made Thursday morning at The Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD website. Citing unnamed sources, John Paczkowski reported an Apple event will take place the first week in March -- which only has two business days in it -- and probably be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
Units will likely be available two weeks after the announcement, the report added.
Apple did not respond to our request for comment on this story.
Bigger Battery
The date for the launch of the iPad 3 is one of the last things to be nailed down with some certainty about the tablet. While no one knows for sure what the final iPad 3 will look like, Apple watchers have settled on what should be in the unit.
For example, it's widely believed that iPad 3 will have a new super-sharp Retina display with a resolution of 2,048 by 1,536 pixels. That appears to be confirmed in a recent photo purported to be the back of the iPad 3 obtained from sources in China by Repair Phones at Fix-iPhones.com.
"The LCD panel is definitely going to be different," Taylor Huddleston, a senior technician with Repair Phones told MacNewsWorld. "The mounts to the LCD panel are different."
The dimensions for the length and width of the device will remain the same, he noted, and while some Apple watchers have speculated that the new unit will be thicker to accommodate a bigger battery, Huddleston said that couldn't be determined from photo he looked at.
"We can tell it will have a bigger battery, which means the logic board is going to be smaller," he added.
4G Makes Things Interesting
A less certain area for speculators has been the processor for the new device. However, it's hard to imagine the tablet would have anything less than a quad-core processor, especially since competing devices have started appearing in the market with very muscular chips in them.
Another foggy area for iPad ponderers has been 4G connectivity. More than a few iPhone enthusiasts were disappointed that LTE, a 4G technology supported by Verizon and others, was absent from the iPhone 4's introduced last fall.
At that time, the existing LTE chipsets consumed too much power for Apple's liking. Since then, Qualcomm has reduced the size and power requirements for the technology, which has led some to believe that LTE will be in the new iPad.
"If you put a 4G wireless modem in the iPad, it could be very interesting," Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies, told MacNewsWorld. "It would give the iPad two wireless, high-speed connections."
What to Do With iPad 2
Aside from hardware improvements expected to be evolutionary at best, pricing could be one of the more interesting revelations coming out of an iPad 3 launch, especially if Apple decides to continue selling the iPad 2, according to NPD Group Analyst Stephen Baker.
"Most analysts expect that Apple will keep the iPad 2 in the market at a lower price," he told MacNewsWorld.
"There's demand at the price points below (US)$500, which is what Apple is selling the iPad for now," he continued. "Apple is nothing if not aggressive to extend their product line when they think the time is right."
If Apple kept the iPad 2 alive and started selling it at a lower price, it would surprise Bajarin. "We have seen no indication of that," he said.
Nevertheless, Apple's success at keeping the iPhone 4 alive while introducing the new 4S may be a temptation to repeat the tactic for the iPad. "It's a marvel to me that Apple's able to sell old products, as it did with the 3GS and 4, and gain market share," Gartner Vice President for Mobile Computing Ken Dulaney told MacNewsWorld.


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|System: X360, PS3, PC
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|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Evolved Games
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|Release: May 19, 2009
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|Players: 1-2
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|ESRB Rating: Teen
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On the downside, playing alone loses a lot, as the friendly A.I. is decidedly less intelligent than that of the enemy A.I. Running around stages like a headless chicken, painfully waiting for your A.I. squad-mates to get their act together is often frustrating and tedious. This could have been easily resolved if other squad members occasionally played the baiting role. As it is, youre going to have to drive all of the squads strategy. If the developers simply didnt have the time to incorporate more complex friendly A.I., they could have at least allowed for online matching. In fact, the omission of online co-op was a major gaffe, as this game only shines when you are playing with another human.
Mixing things up just a bit are a few on-rails segments. While these were enjoyable, they never managed to capture a sense of badassery. In truth, this complaint applies to the entirety of the game. While the machines impervious nature makes for an agreeable challenge laced with strategy, it also makes you feel like youre toting pea-shooters. The game never really allows you to overwhelm foes with firepower and never conveys a sense that youre damaging them. I would have liked to have been able to at least leave my mark upon the machines I shot even if it didnt slow them down at all. Alas, enemies never deform under the weight of your assault until youve hit their weakness and triggered the death animation. This makes for a rather lackluster and weak-feeling experience, overall.
Fortunately, the visual presentation, in general, is nicely polished. Of course, theres never enough action onscreen at once to really stress contemporary hardware. Still, the environments and characters are all well depicted and move fluidly. Also, the cutscenes are nice to look at though not particularly substantive. Sonically, the music is pulled straight from the movies, which complements the game properly. Despite voice work from Moon Bloodgood, the conversations being had between NPCs are humdrum and inconsequential. This is further exacerbated by John Conners character, which not only looks and sounds nothing like Bale, but is particularly unbelievable due to his mundane appearance and school boy, do-gooder tone.
Terminator Salvation falls into many of the traps that classically plague movie-to-game translations. Though the game features a few core mechanics that makes it a good bit of fun, it is painfully apparent the developers were faced with a marketing timetable that didnt allow them to produce the game they had envisioned. As such, this is a game for hardcore Terminator fans only. Everyone else that is still interested in the title should simply rent the game and have it beaten in an afternoon.
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CCC Editor / News Director
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The Tortoise and the Hare… Or Reliability is the Foundation of TrustCarly Brantz
We've all heard the tale of the tortoise and the hare. The tortoise chugs along consistently, reliably and in the end wins over the fast, flashy hare. In the booming world of Apps where it seems that change is the only thing you can rely on – building trust within your user base is critical. The definition of trust is a reliance on the integrity, ability and surety of a person or institution. In the context of a business relationship, you can't build trust without reliable, consistent communications. If you're in the business of Apps, email is the cornerstone of your customer communication strategy. In fact, an email address may be your only source of customer contact. So, what happens if your emails stop showing up in the inbox? They either disappear or are routed to the junk folder? What does this say about your business, your technology, your brand and you as a technology professional?
All your efforts to build a great app aren't worth much if your customers can't count on you to communicate relevant and requested information. Thanks to spammers and other malicious players the entire email universe is working against you with more than 20% of email not being delivered. Do you know where your email goes when you "hit send"? If you knew it wasn't arriving, would you know what to do about it? Getting the right information and the right advice on email delivery failures isn't easy – whether it's a blacklist owner or an ISP – pleading ignorance and innocence won't get your messages delivered.
You're building a business – and one of the most important lessons you can learn is to know what you don't know – and know when to outsource. Working with a hosted SMTP provider like SendGrid is an ideal way to focus your resources. Would you rather have your technology team working on the next great release of your product or providing technical support for your email campaigns?
Are you the hare who starts strong but can't finish the race? Or are you the tortoise, working consistently and reliably towards a goal? You decide.


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Turns out it was an old children's song called Futa'atsu (Doublings or just Two drawn out in a sing-song-style). The lyrics: ふたあつ (tune/山口保治・lyrics/まどみちお)
ふたあつ ふたあつ なんでしょね
There are two, two, right?
お目々が いちに ふたつでしょ
One eye and two,
お耳も ほらね ふたつでしょ
And one ear plus two, eh.
ふたあつ ふたあつ まだあって
There are another couple of things
お手々が いちに ふたつでしょ
One arm and another
あんよも ほらね ふたつでしょ
and two widdle wegs.
まだまだ いいもの なんでしょか
But there is still another good thing
まあるい あれよ かあさんの
Those ro-ound things mom has
おっぱい ほらね ふたつでしょ
Breasts, see? There are two, aren't there.
J children's songs have no compunction about mentioning breasts (or maybe flashing them with the final line?). See the theme song for dragon ball.
Also, in case you are wondering, all the body parts save for mammary glands in the song are mentioned in baby-language, which is usually a doubling of a given word, but anyo (legs/walking) is an exception.
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Luton and Millwall will meet again in the fifth round of the FA Cup
Luton's reward for beating Norwich in the fourth round of the FA Cup is a fifth-round tie with Millwall.
Last Updated: 27/01/13 9:31pm
Paul Buckle's men made history on Saturday by becoming the first non-league team to knock out a top division team in the Premier League era, Coventry the last to suffer the ignominy against Sutton United in 1989.
The two clubs have history in the competition, albeit not of the positive variety, with the riot at their 1985 sixth round tie at Kenilworth Road leading to a ban on away fans by Luton that lasted for four years.
The weekend's other giant-killers were also drawn at home with Oldham, 3-2 winners over Liverpool, given the chance to knock out Everton in the last-16 and MK Dons drawn at home to Championship side Barnsley.
There is only one all Premier League tie which sees Manchester United host struggling Reading, while Manchester City were also drawn at home, taking on Spurs' conquerors Leeds United.
Arsenal will take on Blackburn at the Emirates with Chelsea facing a long trip to Middlesbrough if they can overcome League One side Brentford in their Stamford Bridge replay - Sunday's first game between the sides ended in a thrilling 2-2 draw.
The final game is also dependant on a replay with Wigan drawn away to either Huddersfield or Leicester who drew 1-1 on Saturday.
Fifth round draw:
Huddersfield Town or Leicester City v Wigan Athletic
MK Dons v Barnsley
Oldham Athletic v Everton
Luton Town v Millwall
Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers
Manchester City v Leeds United
Manchester United v Reading
Middlesbrough v Brentford or Chelsea
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Codeius needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 434 designs submitted by 146 freelance designers.
We're a software company about to launch a new compression/decompression product for Mac and we need your help to create a brilliant brand. The product will manage archive files such as zip, rar, tar etc so the design needs to indicate this intention.
This is a consumer product so the design should be professional, friendly & accessible. People need to "get it" by looking at the icon / logo for a couple of seconds i.e. obvious what the product does. We're looking for 2010 / Web 2.0 styling.
The logo / icon will serve as both the logo for the brand (website, stationary, etc.) as well as the application icon for the product. Therefore we need a logo that consists of a square dimension image / icon, placed next the the text "iZip" which can utilize any font-face. The square dimension image / icon will be used as the application icon, the same icon + text will be used on the website etc.
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Blackburn Local Trunk Rack Bag
- When used with Blackburn's Interlock racks (sold separately), the bag can be secured on the bike with a single key
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I bought this bag because it locks into the blackburn locking rack, provides nice every day storage and provides expandability with drop down panniers for that spur of the moment purchase while on a bike trip. This bag does all of this. Unfortunately, the bag flops to one side, occasionally rubbing against the tire. One solution is to find or make and insert a cardboard box the dimensions of the main compartment. This will hold it up somewhat firm. Another solution is to first note that the security straps are way to loose for the locking panel of Blackburn's locking rack. Then use the tightening straps, not around the full rack, but around the locking panel and pull tight. The velcro won't line up, so find an innovative way to fasten. The best solution is to use both of these methods. Still, at about 40% of the cost of Topeak's similar bag, which is probably not lockable, it is a great bargain. But buyer beware.


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I've had this project cooking in my brain for a little bit and thought now would be the perfect opportunity to give it a try. I love drawing buildings and would love to illustrate one that is meaningful to you or someone you know! Whether it be a home, a summer cottage, winter cabin, historical landmark, travel destination, garden shed, or whatever other structure your heart desires. Submit a photo and you will have an 8x10 illustration on your doorstep by Christmas!
How much does it cost?
$40 + shipping.
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You will receive an 8"x10" print that has been reproduced digitally on archival quality watercolour paper. If you want to see some examples you can see some of the homes I've illustrated for the project already right here.
What buildings will you draw?
House, condo, cabin, cottage, castle, Versailles.....as long as it has some semblance of a dwelling (i.e. I will not draw the Great Wall of China, Eiffel Tower, etc) then I would like to illustrate it for you!
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I will be sending them out as I finish in the order that they are received. The last shipment will be made no later than December 14. If you need your print sooner than this please include a note in your email. I will do whatever possible to accommodate requests for prints to be mailed by a certain date but make no guarantees that they will be mailed earlier than December 14.
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Bruce Wright doesn't take anything for granted, so he is retiring following the current school year after 21 years as the Highlands Ranch High School athletic director.
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"My wife has been retired for a few years and has kind been waiting for me to retire," Wright said. "There are no guarantees in life, and when you can do something, do it because you don't want to wait, because if something happens then you can't do what you want to do. When you can do something and have the opportunity, do it.
"It is hard to leave. I love what I do. It's difficult, but it's time to move on. What stands out for me was working with the kids and coaches we have had."
Wright and his wife Sue are moving to Oro Valley, six miles north of Tucson, Arizona.
"We're going to do a lot of traveling, enjoy the grandkids and just enjoy life," Wright said.
Preston Davis, Littleton High's athletic director and former Smoky Hill AD, will replace Wright at Highlands Ranch. Davis also was a football, lacrosse and girls basketball coach in the Cherry Creek school district.
"He's going to do a great job," Wright said. "I've known him for a while and he's a class act. We really have a good coaching staff here and with him being a former coach helps. We're really set for some really good things to come in the next couple years. The table is set really well and he just needs to continue to nurture those coaches."
This seems like a small thing, but it's a big reason Wright will be missed:
Waiting is something we all do, whether it is waiting in line, waiting for a stoplight or just waiting for the days, hours and minutes to pass. But I never had to wait long for Wright to return a call or email, and he was always helpful for any request I might have made.
Baseball state leaders
In no game are statistics used as much as in baseball to allow fans and managers/coaches to compare the performances of players to one another.
So here's a look at some area players who are state leaders through games of April 15:
Ponderosa hires state champ
Tito Rinaldis, a former Class 5A 171-pound state champion at Ponderosa, is the Mustangs' new wrestling coach, replacing Corey McNellis who resigned to seek administrative duties.
Rinaldis graduated from Ponderosa in 2005, wrestled at the University of Northern Colorado.
He has been a teacher and for the past eight years has been an assistant coach for McNellis.
Junior Home Run Derby
Local competition in the 2017 Major League Baseball Junior All-Star Home Run Derby will be held May 7, starting at 1:30 p.m. at Arapahoe High School in Centennial.
Contests for boys and girls will be held in 12U and 14U age groups.
Local winners will advance to regionals and the region winners will go to the national finals during the 2017 All-Star week in Miami. The all-star game is July 11.
There will also be a Pitch, Hit and Run competition starting at 9 a.m. for age groups 7/8, 9/10, 11/12 and 13/14.
For information, contact Jim Dollaghan at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Five area players honored
Five football players from area schools were honored at the Colorado Chapter's National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete banquet April 10 at the Denver West Marriott.
Honorees were selected because of a combination of athletic ability, academic achievement and character, plus citizenship and service.
Those area players honored were Judd Erickson of Mountain Vista, Dylan McCaffrey of Valor Christian, Brandon Micale of Pomona, Jake Moretti of Pomona and Jonathon Van Diest of Cherry Creek.
Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 303-566-4083.
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Monday, April 28, 2008
Chipmunks Galore
There seems to have been a mini baby boom in the chipmunk population living in the 4 rock walls on my property. Or perhaps they have all moved to the mountain; slogging over hill and dale to seek new life and opportunity…. Either way I have loads of them. This is a new development.
I had snakes. Big 6-foot black snakes. Snakes that would sun themselves on the steps, so you had to be careful coming and going out the front door. Snakes that left old skin under the shrubbery to scare the unsuspecting weeder. Snakes that gorged themselves, then being too stuffed to move, lay draped over the top of the rock walls. Snakes that I was constantly cutting out of the deer netting. Each part of the property had its own black snake.
No snakes. Not a single one!
And now I have a bloom in the chipmunk population. I do find chipmunks adorable. I do not mind them living in the rock walls. I even bought a wildlife waterer for them. But enough is enough already.
I think I am sorely in need of snakes. I wonder if they will come back?
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We have that same thing going on over here. Starting last year, we were positively overrun with them, to the point where my husband actually suggested that we may need to get a cat...
We've never had snakes though. I have noticed a hawk in residence in the woods out back. I wonder if she will help thin the herd...
- April 29, 2008 at 8:29 AM
- djbrown said...
I work with snakes. Shall I send them over?
- April 29, 2008 at 7:51 PM
I love chipmunks. They are so cute.
- April 30, 2008 at 5:34 AM
- Catherine said...
The chipmunk is adorable, way cuter than a snake! I have snakes too, black snakes, copperheads, rattlesnakes, garter snakes,all around my garden, I see chipmunks once in a while, but they are hard to get a good capture of, you did great! My first visit to your blog, has been great, I will visit again soon!
- May 1, 2008 at 6:58 PM
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Pets, Pets, Pets
"Wellness" is the word. Although not as slick as the "grease" Olivia Newton-John has been singing about all these years, "wellness" is the word, and the tie that connects these Town of Babylon happenings, all planned to help pets. You need not be a Babylon resident to participate. Take a gander at the list of wellness projects:
#1 Basic Animal Emergency Services Training- provided by American Humane on May 15-16 at Babylon Town Hall Annex at Phelps Lane, N. Babylon. This 2 day workshop develops skills to respond to, care for and shelter animals during times of disaster, whether at the local or national level. The seminar is open to anyone interested in the welfare of animals following a disaster, professionals already trained in disaster response, Emergency Services personnel, firefighters, animal shelter staff, veterinarians and vet techs, and animal handlers/trainers.
Upon completion of the 2 days, attendees will be certified to assist in disasters throughout the country. The first day is an explanation of procedures and the second is role playing during a mock emergency. Tuition including course materials is $125 per person ($106 for members of American Humane). Register by calling Shelby at (303) 925-9461 or email email@example.com or visit: www.AmericanHumane.org . For more info from the Town, call 631-957-3009. The American Humane training is part of the Town of Babylon's organization of a comprehensive Animal Response Team for pet emergency readiness, but looking at the "big picture", citizens need to remember that owners are expected to formulate evacuation and sheltering plans for each of their pets. We must be prepared in advance to leave with our furry and feathered friends. (See Beacon "Pets" archived online 7/19/07 for an overview of hurricane pet preparedness.)
Obtaining a NYS license is one more way to aid your dog's recovery, if heaven forbid, you are separated during an emergency. We live on an island with one way out. Right now there is one slated county pet emergency shelter in Yaphank. Babylon is the most densely populated town in Suffolk. There is no pet census. A NYS Dept of Agriculture and Marketing formula estimates 44,000 dogs living in the town, and many more cats. The Town Shelter is usually full to capacity with homeless animals that will not be "evicted" to make space for fleeing residents' pets.
#2 First Annual Pet Fair hosted by BAARC (Babylon Animal Adoption and Rescue Center) and Buddy Cares on Sunday May 17 from 1 to 4 pm, rain or shine, at Tanner Park Copiague, near the new dog run.
Animals often come into the shelter after months, sometimes years of neglect, requiring a make-over for humane reasons. Years prior, depending on the shelter rules, animals with terribly neglected coats were sometimes sent out (which was tricky because of rabies shot and liability
issues) to pet salons; sometimes done in-house by volunteers, staff and, once in a while, pro bono groomers. These cases are much worse than anything groomers see in their shops. At times animals need light sedation or several sessions to withstand the clipping.
Shortly before the arrival of shelter supervisor Chris Elton and many simultaneous improvements at Babylon, Lauren Van Kirk, Town director of services for the disabled, and now Buddy's forever Mom, noticed Buddy's deplorable state and made arrangements for him to be transported to a groomer. This sweet pup gave Lauren the idea to start "Buddy Cares" to help fund grooming/ health services and supplies that would enhance the comfort, well-being and adoptability of shelter animals. "Buddy Cares" is a wellness fund. Meanwhile the Town has also hired two part timers- a vet tech and a groomer, and purchased a nice hydraulic table, a lot better than my old metal arm. Therefore, now donations to "Buddy Cares" can be used for a variety of veterinary and cosmetic purposes as diverse as flea control products, an updated tub, and possibly cherry eye surgeries.
#4 Your Pet could be a STAR in the "Buddy Cares" Calendar Pet Photo Contest. In 2010 when "Buddy Cares" produces its 2nd glossy calendar, your pet may just win a spot. For a $ 5 donation each, enter as many Jpeg, Tiff, or CD shots as you'd like by Oct.1. Mail to: Buddy Cares, PO Box 204, Lindenhurst, NY 11757. See more rules at www.buddycares.org. Just be forewarned that your pet will be competing against the Anderson Afghans.
For Adoption at Babylon Town Shelter (BAARC) (643-9270) Lamar St. W. Babylon: "Gabe" is a mellow Border Collie mix in Cage 23 while "Bing" in C-2 is a friendly 6 mon. tabby with a baritone purr. "Bing" is already FeLV/FIV tested and neutered.


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Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Calzones & Stuffed Bell Peppers!
Inspired by Chris & Darlene and Bazu, I decided to try making some calzones. I haven't ever made them before - even in my prevegan days. They were pretty good, but a bit dry on the inside. I sauteed up some garlic, onion, and fresh herbs. Then cuisinarted some firm tofu, lemon juice, tahini, miso, and salt... and mixed it with the onion mix. Then I chopped up a couple heads of broccoli into tiny bits, and mixed that in, as well as a handful of pinenuts. Finally I made a bit of tomato sauce (I should have made a bit more). I made 4 calzones with the crust, spread on some tomato sauce, and then glooped on a bunch of tofu-broccoli mix. I've still got one half of one left... they do make great leftovers! Thanks for the good idea Bazu and Chris!
I had some left over broccoli-tofu mix to put to use, so I mixed in a decadent little jar of tomatoes from my friend Jane's farm, along with some leftover cooked brown rice, a handful of bread crumbs, and a bunch of chopped up beet greens. Wow, these were GREAT! We've got happy bellies tonight.
Our oven is a bit on the fritz, but still managed to bake these little babies. We've got someone coming out tomorrow to give it a check-over, hopefully it will work with all the cooking I've got to do for xmas!
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- Anonymous7:21 PM
I never made calzones before my vegan days either! Yours look and sound so yummy... They're great dipped in some extra marinara sauce too. Oh, and your stuffed peppers are beautiful, and equally tasty I'm sure. I hope your oven is not diagnosed with anything too serious! :)ReplyDelete
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Yeah, next time I make calzones, I'll definitely make a lot more marinara sauce to go with them. They also made very delicious and handy left overs!
Thanks for the oven wishes... I've got my fingers crossed!
:) Amey
Those look/sound like good calzones! The calzones I've made in the past have turned out pretty dry, too. You are definitely right about adding more marinara sauce. I finally figured that out after having the vegan calzones that one of our local pizza places makes. They use a ton of marinara. The tradeoff is that they are not as good as leftovers because they get a bit soggy.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8:45 PM
I totally understand about blogging being hard right now, as I've been off for over a week! You have actually managed to blog quite successfully!ReplyDelete
Your calzones look great- and don't they make awesome leftovers?
Those peppers look excellent too. Yum.
Hope you're having a great time... I have my laptop, and hope to get back to posting, even in the midst of traveling!
Hi Jen,ReplyDelete
Interesting point about the calzones with so much marinara being too soggy as leftovers. I'll have to take that into consideration... Thanks!
Hi Bazu,
I'll keep my eyes out for some travelling blog posts from you! :) Have fun!


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johnson city, Tenn. (April 29, 2009) - Just a day after ETSU men's senior tennis star Enrique Olivares (Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela), learned where he and his teammates would play in the 2009 NCAA team tournament, the Buc captain was announced as an automatic qualifier in the 2009 NCAA Men's Singles Championship field.
This marks the second straight season the No. 17-ranked Olivares earned a spot among the nation's elite players, after the two-time Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year rolled his way straight to the Sweet Sixteen and a spot on the 2008 ITA All-American team just a year ago.
Overall, the Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela native has helped guide the No. 63-ranked Bucs to its three straight A-Sun title, while posting a remarkable 31-9 record as the highest ranked singles player in A-Sun history.
This season Olivares has simply been at his best when playing some of the top singles players in the ITA. This past fall the second winningest player in school history (114 career victories) won the prestigious Southern Intercollegiate at the University of Georgia, while also finishing runner-up at the UVA Ranked Plus One Intercollegiate. In addition to the two national tournaments, Olivares continued to show why he's among one of the top players in the country at both the elite qualified ITA National Indoor and D'Novo ITA All-American Championships.
First at the National Indoors - that featured the top-32 players in the ITA rankings - Olivares dropped ninth-ranked Nate Schnugg of Georgia and Brett Helgeson of Notre Dame, who both earned an at large bid into this year's Singles Championship.
At the D'Novo ITA All-American Olivares again made tough matches look easy dropping both Balzazs Novak of Ohio State and last season's NCAA runner-up J.P. Smith of Tennessee in straight sets on Day One. In the quarterfinals Olivares outlasted at large selection Clint Bowles of Florida State, before bowing out to LSU's Michael Venus in a tough two-set match in the semifinals.
Overall, out of the 64 players that were named to the NCAA Singles Championship Wednesday, Olivares have defeated No. 13 Cory Parr of Wake Forest, No. 55 Marek Micalicka of Wisconsin, No. 8 J.P. Smith of Tennessee, No. 54 Kiril Dimitrov of Duke, No. 30 Brett Helgeson of Norte Dame, No. 27 Michael Shabaz of Virginia, No. 57 Clint Bowles of Florida State, No. 5 Burno Agostinelli of Kentucky and No. 41 Reid Carton of Duke this season.
Unfortunately, for ETSU both senior Alex Ahlgren (Tyerso, Sweden), who was ranked 57th in the ITA with Olivares in doubles, and No. 123-ranked Lady Buc junior Yevgenyia Stupak (Kyiv, Ukraine), did not make the field in their respective positions.
Stupak, who earned a spot in the 2008 NCAA Women's Single Championship last season, was named the A-Sun Women's Tennis Player of the Year this spring and was the highest ranked ITA player in the A-Sun all season, while Ahlgren and Olivares finished second in doubles at the Southern Intercollegiate and defeated No. 4 Nate Schnugg and Jamie Hunt of Georgia and No. 5 Drew Sandgren and J. P. Smith of Tennessee, who both earned bids into the doubles field.
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Marubeni, RREEF Bid Jointly for Moomba to Adelaide Pipeline
Japan's Marubeni Corp. and Deutsche Bank's RREEF Infrastructure unit have teamed up to bid for APA Group's Moomba to Adelaide Pipeline System, which is worth up to 500 million Australian dollars (US$520 million), a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
Final bids are due in early April for the pipeline, which transports natural gas from the remote Cooper Basin to the South Australian capital of Adelaide, the person said.
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Abused Child Asks "Would I Get A Smack If I Told The Truth?"
A Queensland court has heard the gut-wrenching moment a four-year-old child asked her mother if she would get a smack if she admitted to being sexually abused.
The abuse, which happened at the hands of a 70-year-old man, was discovered when the child's mother asked if she had been touched inappropriately.
The tot, who was in the bath at the time, denied the abuse at first, but then asked: "Would I get a smack if I told the truth?"
She then admitted to her mother that, yes, the man had behaved inappropriately toward her; the child later told police that a number of sexual acts had also been carried out.
The unnamed male had been given between two and three hours of unsupervised access to the little girl a week over an undisclosed number of years; when confronted by the mother about the allegations, he told her he'd been "mucking around" and "playing games", according to the Daily Mail.
In a recorded phone conversation between the two, he is heard to say: "F*ck me, I don't know what you're going on about."
As the child couldn't say exactly when or for how long the abuse had been carried out - just saying it happened "all the time" - the jury was forced to choose whether to believe her version of events over the defendant's.
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George H.W. Bush brings Texans cheerleaders roses, has awesome socks
Our nation's 41st president was asked to unveil the Houston Texans' 2013 cheerleader squad Wednesday, and the man with a penchant for jumping out of airplanes didn't disappoint.
Former president George H.W. Bush arrived to the team's training facility decked out in the best socks ever (sorry, Robert Griffin III) and carrying a single rose for each cheerleader (suave to quite suave).
The president also thanked the cheerleaders who visited him while he was hospitalized in December of last year. But back to those socks ...
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Search Marketing Mediocrity Madness
There's something about the allure of March Madness. A near-perfect tournament platform, no second chances, every achievement or failure highlighted and magnified. Powerhouses can be toppled in 40 minutes and the unknown can slingshot to stardom. I think that's precisely why we, as a nation, love it so much; it's what we want life to emulate. Where the only advantages you have is what you came with: preparation, talent, and the untamed will to win. There aren't many places left where heroes are born from dust in single moment.
In many respects, SEO and Search Marketing are a lot like March Madness. Every one of us comes to the table with different backgrounds; some of us were teachers, some of us biochemical scientists, some of us soldiers, some of journalists, some of us lawyers, and the list goes on. But a majority come to the table with our experience, our talent(s), our will succeed, and our passion for search marketing. And some of us don't.
Mediocrity as a Function of the Market
I'm thankful people like to make fast, quick money. I'm very thankful people glide on the hem of burgeoning industries and posture skills and knowledge. Sure, those people create PR problems (possibly big ones), but guess what else they leave in their wake? A swath of mediocrity. A trail of website miscues and gaffs so long and wide, professionals can drive a fleet of trucks through it.
Let's be clear, mediocrity-fixing isn't a 1-2-3 turnaround. Sometimes it can do irreparable damage if let go for long enough. But, mediocrity is an essential function of the capitalist market. Mediocrity establishes professional baselines for knowledge, skill-levels, and pricing scales. Think of it like this:
Without Mediocrity…
As search marketing and SEO have entered a new era where "nice to have" is no longer in a company's marketing budget lexicon, and as companies become more educated (used very loosely) about SEO and SEM, it stands to reason, that professional SEOs and SEMs will do very well for themselves combating the aftershocks of mediocrity in the coming years.
Without mediocrity the capitalist market doesn't function (in theory) if you ask Ayn Rand and her ilk. You've have to have been living in another dimension the last 60 odd years to see that mediocrity isn't rewarded. That said, the system (in theory) makes allowances for this in order to create better, more knowledgeable, more profitable ways, which eventually become the mainstay. Until it isn't. And, who knows, 3-5 years down the road we might be having this same discussion 🙂
Too Much Transparency Will Kill the SEO Market
There are only a handful of times I'm ever going to side with a multi-national corporation, and this is one of them. Everyone wants more transparency from Google (and the others, I guess), but mainly Google. I say keep that algorithm so well veiled that it's practically impenetrable. Yep, I said it.
I said it for one reason: it will keep mediocrity flourishing. Like most, I think the "(not-so) invisible hand" of Google is troublesome on a variety of levels. But for the most part, it's an evil I'm willing to accept. And, if you take a step back, Google gives away a good bit of information. Enough information to be dangerous. And, selfishly, it keeps what I do at a premium. It takes a lot of work, research, testing, reading, talking, and time to get good at what we do. Even a slightly-open book diminishes that.
Take some time out today to (silently or out loud) thank your mediocre competition. Because the end game, which mediocre care less about, is that their efforts are going to continually keep feeding your pipeline. The mediocre have a "bash and dash" mentality, unless they've deluded themselves, they want what they can get now. They aren't mapping out long-wave strategies, they aren't interested in creating partnerships, and they aren't truly interested in making both parties better.
And, if you'll indulge me for a few moments, I need to get personal. There aren't many special times of the year for me (save holidays and family birthdays), but this one of them or was. As many of you may know, my brother, Steven, passed away from leukemia nearly 3 years ago now. And, for us, March Madness was a tradition. Not only is this how we celebrated his birthday (March 16th), but it was one of the rare occasions in our adult lives were we our teenage selves again, just for those fleeting hours. And, I just want to wish him a happy birthday. Love you.
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Tony, what's up with the new theme? I was caught off gaurd. If I can offer a suggestion, make it more Milwaukee-ish. Maybe a background shot of Miller Park (hey, the Brew Crew has as good a shot this year as any!)?
But I kind of agree with your post, in a selfish way. These market forces are what keep our services at a premium.
And cheers to March Madness!
Mar 20 2011
The only problem I have is with the graph. Mediocracy is not the norm. If you look at the web as a whole, it is not even shaped on the bell. Mediocracy falls on top and I'd guess 75%+ of sites (commercial or otherwise) are plain crap (left of the curve). Really good websites are the handful you visit, and even some of those are iffy, its the 1mm backlinks that propel them.
Mar 21 2011
Tony, I like the dialogue.
And I agree. It reminds me of why McDonald's is successful… mediocrity. You always know what you're going to get, even if it ain't great.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Survival rates for four major cancers diagnosed between 1995 and 2007 are higher in Australia, Canada, and Sweden than in Britain and Denmark, according to an international study published on Wednesday.
The difference in survival rates for breast, ovarian, colorectal and lung cancer are largely due to tumors being detected later in Britain and Denmark, researchers said, which makes the cancers more difficult to treat.
"These data will be crucial in helping all the partners involved improve their cancer outcomes," said Mike Richards, the British government's national cancer director for England, who worked on the study with Michel Coleman of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and 80 others.
The study was funded by the UK government's department of health and the charity Cancer Research UK.
Richards said his department was already working on improving earlier diagnosis by giving doctors more direct access to key diagnostic tests, and will launch a campaign next month to alert people to the early signs and symptoms of bowel, lung and breast cancer.
Previous findings have shown that for patients diagnosed with cancer from 1995 to 1999, up to 11,400 more patients died each year within five years of diagnosis across England, Scotland and Wales than would have been the case if five-year cancer survival rates had matched the highest in 13 other European countries. Breast, ovarian, lung and colorectal cancers accounted for half of those avoidable deaths.
Since the late 1990s many countries have implemented new cancer plans, including Britain and Denmark, to try to raise survival rates to the levels seen in other wealthy nations.
Wednesday's study, published in The Lancet medical journal, found that relative survival improved during 1995-2007 for all four cancers in all the countries studied.
Survival was persistently higher in Australia, Canada, and Sweden, intermediate in Norway, and lower in Denmark, England, Northern Ireland, and Wales, particularly in the first year after diagnosis and for patients aged 65 years and older.
International differences narrowed at all ages for breast cancer between 1995 and 2007, from about 9 percent to 5 percent — with the range for one-year survival across the six countries at 89-98 percent for 1995 to 1999 and 93-98 percent for 2005 to 2007. For five-year breast-cancer survival, differences between countries narrowed from 14 percent to 8 percent. Survival ranges narrowed less, or not at all, for the other three cancers.
"Differences in individual, health-system, and clinical factors — such as public awareness of cancer, diagnostic delay, stage (of cancer at diagnosis), comorbidity (other serious illnesses at the time of cancer diagnosis), and access to optimum treatment — are all potential explanations for the overall differences in relative survival," the researchers wrote.
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Summer is here! The season of short shorts, hot, gin-soaked days, and beach party debauchery (Yes we like to think of summer as a non-stop Nelly video)! When we're not chillin' out maxin' and relaxin' all cool by the beach (Because we totally do that, like, all the time) we'll be indoors soothing our sun-baked brains with the warming glow of the new summer TV season.
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Just like Claudia, the brassy, sharp-witted hacker she portrays on the offbeat Syfy series, Scagliotti is smart, sexy, funny, and totally cool. The 21-year-old actress, who is currently campaigning for the lead role in a movie adaptation of indie comic 'Hack/Slash,' is a lover of all things punk rock and an unabashed fan of all of our nerdier obsessions — like comic books, video games and gadgetry – which only makes her seem even more desirable in our eyes.
Scagliotti started acting when she was a kid. After a billion bit parts in Disney Channel shows and made-for-TV movies, she landed the role of Claudia on 'Warehouse 13' in 2009, quickly adding a much-needed spark of wit and energy to the show's first season.
Claudia has become a fan favorite, and Scagliotti has earned a place in our geek cutie catalog alongside sexy nerd girls like Felicia Day and Morgan Webb. Word is she's getting more screen time than ever on 'Warehouse 13' this season (Station!), which premieres in July.


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Mobile IP Connects a StadiumBy Dennis McCafferty | Posted 2008-08-29 Print
Behind the excitement and glamour of the football season is some key information technology including: GPS, ecommerce, wired and wireless networking, voice over IP, systems integration, data security, storage and project management-- that support and enhance America's favorite sport. Companies such as Cisco, Insight, Ignify, Microsoft and KORE Telematics are helping NFL teams get serious about managing information technology in logistics, customer relationship management and securely storing team and media-related data.
Mobile IP Connects a Stadium
The Arizona Cardinals' new University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale—the venue for the most recent Super Bowl—is so connected that you have to wonder if well-wired fans notice that a game is being played on the field. Fans in the stands use BlackBerrys, iPhones and other wireless toys to check up on their Fantasy Football stats or snap a photo of themselves at the game and e-mail it to friends.
Thanks to a technology deployment of Connected Sports solutions—provided by Cisco Systems and designed, integrated and managed by solutions provider Insight—the Cardinals can now stake a claim to providing the most technology-friendly game experience in the league. Connected Sports combines data, voice, video, wireless and social networking to create a single, secure network that essentially serves every stadium-related function. These include everything from keeping an eye out for potential terrorism threats to scouting opposing teams' game films to selling tickets to marketing fan-experience items.
"It's not just about football, either," says Mark Feller, vice president of technology for the Cardinals. "This stadium is a multi-event facility that hosts concerts, other sporting events, car shows, food shows and all kinds of expos. Anyone who comes in here can use this Cisco network connection on the floor in the expo or anywhere else in the facility."
This is one of the first times that virtually all operations of an NFL venue have been connected via Cisco's Connected Sports. Traditionally, stadiums have separate, proprietary networks to operate building systems, video surveillance, ticket sales, merchandise sales and other needs. By providing all of these on one secure IP network, Cardinals' officials and Insight were able to work together to integrate wired and wireless access, voice, video and other services to fulfill these needs.
As a result, fans with Cisco IP phones can now touch their screens to get leaguewide score updates, or order a beer and a hotdog from concessions, or even buy upcoming game tickets from box-office staff. Coaches can send game film and special features back and forth between the stadium and the team headquarters in Tempe. In addition, police officers outside the stadium and security officials within it can e-mail each other about traffic updates and suspicious incidents.
As for the future, Cardinals officials see expanding applications for the network to weave even more eye-catching technology into the fan experience. "We're looking closely at what we could do with video," Feller says. "Thanks to YouTube and other online sites, video is becoming more and more integrated into our lives, and that's where we want to go next with our network. We can envision using it to get videoscreens of the live action to our fans throughout the stadium."
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The Baltimore Ravens team keeps a lot of important "stuff" in its network files: for starters, scouting reports on pro players who could be available as free agents, the latest 40-yard sprint times of college seniors who could end up as draft picks and medical histories of current players. In the past, all that information was kept on tapes. If the team wanted to back up the data, it would produce a duplicate tape and store it at its stadium in Baltimore, about 20 miles from the team's headquarters in Owings Mills, Md.
To replace this antiquated method, the Ravens turned to AmeriVault to provide an automated access and offsite solution based on backup technology from Asigra. "The cost savings, in terms of just accessing and securing the data, have made it very worthwhile," says Bill Jankowski, vice president of IT for the Ravens.
"We don't put tapes on trucks anymore to send them to Baltimore. We just use the software from AmeriVault and back up our data. If we need to access some data from the past, we can search on the software—say, input a search going back 28 days—and it comes to us securely over the Internet. Previously, we'd have to call up the old tape to find the data."
The new system saves a lot of time. "That's good," Jankowski says, "because there are only two people on my staff—including me."
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Trespassing is frowned upon—except, perhaps, in Scotland: you just have to ask for permission first. So says a sign one traveler photographed on a local Edinburgh street. Too bad it doesn't specify whom to ask.
Signs can be our biggest allies; they can also lead us far astray. Either way, we rely on signs heavily—especially in unfamiliar places—so we take care to read every word. And sometimes, what we see is, well, hilarious.
Whether the language is unintentionally misleading or lost in translation, or an illustration isn't quite right, it makes for a shareable moment. So the camera comes out and the photo goes up—on our social media profiles, Flickr pages, blogs, and the community section of Travel + Leisure. We pulled the ones from our community members that made us laugh, in hopes that they'd work the same magic on you.
Sometimes the humor comes in the use (or lack) of questionable punctuation, such as one sign that reads caution pedestrians slippery when wet. A couple of commas would clarify that it is not, in fact, the pedestrians that are slippery when wet. (We hope.)
Others are intentionally funny, like one posted to deter would-be parking violators from taking a reserved spot: air will be taken out of tires and license plates removed from unauthorized parkers. If that doesn't stop you, nothing will. In Beijing, meanwhile, a road sign shows friendly, cartoon-like cops and suggests that traffic tickets will be served with a smile.
Then there are those that are just downright strange and leave you scratching your head. One triangular street sign bears no words, but dramatically illustrates a person in a wheelchair speeding down a hill toward the open mouth of an alligator. Another photo captures a store with conflicting "closing" and "now hiring" signs—so much for job security?
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I am trying to fill up my IPOD because I only have about 9 gigs used and I hate to see 30 gigs of space to goto waste. Currently I have 3 doors down, AFI, Aerosmith, Alkaline Trio, Alice in Chains, Alexisonfire, All American Rejects, Ataris, Audioslave, Blindside, Blink 182, Boy Hits Car, Brand New, Bush, The Calling, Coheed and Cambria, Cold, Dashboard Confessional, Donnas, Early November, Fallout boy, fenix tx, finch, finger 11, foo fighters, format, further seems forever, get up kids, godsmack, goo goo dolls, good charlotte, green day, incubus, jimmy eat world, juliana theory, Linkin Park, Lit, Matchbox Romance, the movie life, my chemical romance, name taken, new found glory, nickelback, papa roach, pixies, project 86, the promise ring, queens of the stone age, rage against the machine, relient k, rise against, saves the day, seven mary three, simple plan, sister hazel, something corporate, staind, a static lullaby, starting line, story of the year, strokes, sublime, sum 41, taking back sunday, tantric, thrice, thursday, tonic, trapt, unwritten law, the used, white stripes, yellowcard.
Now I dont have every song from these people so still if you like one of the bands above It would be cool to know what your favorite songs are as well. I don't mind listening to other types of music but I mainly like emo/punk/rock and a little bit of rap.
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I'm not sure what the first hour of the finale will consist of. It could be a second Brazil leg that may or may not be continued from the first Brazil leg. There also may be the final elimination at the end of the first hour or an old fashioned finale three NEL.Also there could just be a lot of footage from the final and they stretch it into two hours.
Stock footage or a change in plans? That is not Schallaburg, it's Hohensalzburg.
Quote from: Slowhatch on April 17, 2011, 11:14:51 PMStock footage or a change in plans? That is not Schallaburg, it's Hohensalzburg.I call "lack of maps in American schools"
Strange leg design for sure............Schloss Schallaburg is about 80 miles west of the Vienna Airport, just off the A-1......so teams drove 80 miles to get that book, then 80 miles back to Vienna to do the Detours........then back down the same highway, the A-1 to Salzburg to do the RB and Pit Stop.
Question -How could Zev & Justin have passed almost every other team on the road to Salzburg without speeding? Aren't there rules on the race that regulate speed on the roads? I'm surprised they did not receive a penalty...
Grrr. THIS is NOT this: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3586246
I would have liked a bit more about getting into the sweep costume, getting up on the roof, who was ahead/behind....But product placement uses up a LOT of our precious 42 minutes. I get the need for it, really I do...but still....SIGH.
I thought Ford belongs to AMERICAN IDOL? What's it doing on TAR.
Zev and Justin do seem to have strange transportation luck...
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Saturday, November 29, 2008
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As I mentioned in my earlier messages, Sunday is the day to get out. Today is the transition day as a warm front moves through....mostly cloudy and some light drizzle in the Puget Sound lowlands....with showers in the mountains (see cam shot at Crystal mt). Not much snow in the WA Cascades...and Whistler had barely enough snow for their upper runs. Temps are relatively warm this morning (see regional plot) and winds are generally light. Anyway, tomorrow we should see sun and temps going into the upper 50s...and perhaps more. Rain later on Monday...and some snow in the mountains. Next week will be boring...a "dirty ridge" situation in which we are clipped by systems going mostly to the north. Lots of clouds, occasional showers. No big precip events and no strong windstorms. The persistent underlying ridging (high pressure) in the eastern Pacific seems to be major feature this winter.
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Saturday, June 4, 2011
Found It!
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- marilyn said...
Looks like a perfect spot for vacation. Have
a good time at the wedding.
- June 4, 2011 at 2:17 AM
- Little Pieces of My Life said...
Kim, I know EXACTLY where that's at!!! It's our MUST FAVORITE place in the world!Stayed there often. (Especially off season).Your going to love the place!!
Unfortunately, we've moved thousands of miles East so it's out of the question now.I miss the small beach town, and they have a great clam chowder bowl at Brad's.
What I wouldn't give to be able to walk the beach and smell the ocean air.
I'll be thinking about you with envy. Hugs, Karen
- June 4, 2011 at 4:24 AM
- debbie said...
Looks very nice! Last fall Mr and I and his parents rented a beach house off season (mid Sept.) in North Carolina. We also invited his nephew and family (wife, 7 yearold and 5 yo triplets!) It was really a blast! and cost about the same as a hotel would have.
Mom did the research, the hard part as you have noted, and we just helped pay for it. For several years she has rented by checking a listing service called VRBO, Vacation Rentals By Owner on line. Since its hurricane season we just make sure there is a good storm clause in the contract! We plan on going again this year too.
Enjoy your vacation. It does look lovely!
- June 4, 2011 at 5:29 AM
- PunkiePie (Jen) said...
Looks like a wonderful place to relax for a few days! Enjoy the wedding and have a great time on vacation... whenever it is you go.
- June 4, 2011 at 5:43 AM
- Carol said...
Kim, it looks perfect and so nice that you will have your sewing stuff with you. Can I ask where it is?
- June 4, 2011 at 6:51 AM
- Patchwork Penguin said...
Oh it is lovely!!! Enjoy!
- June 4, 2011 at 6:56 AM
- Tiffaney said...
Looks wonderful. Can't wait to here all about your wonderful vacation.
- June 4, 2011 at 7:22 AM
- Nancy, Near Philadelphia said...
Oh, Kim, this looks idyllic! I'm so glad you found it.
- June 4, 2011 at 7:26 AM
- Miss Jean said...
I'm so glad you found the perfect spot to go to. It looks wonderful. My hubs had a stroke a few years back and although he is not in a wheelchair, he has his limitations with walking. His left side is affected and needs a cane and can't walk distances, so I know how hard it is to find somewhere you can both enjoy easily. Have a great time.
- June 4, 2011 at 7:41 AM
- Sherri said...
Where is this? I would love to visit/vacation there sometime!!! Is it in California...what part?
- June 4, 2011 at 8:58 AM
- Pat V. said...
This looks fantastic! I, too, would like to know where this is. I promise to go after you so it won't be too crowded...
- June 4, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Looks like a wonderful vacation spot!Have a great time there. I also would like to know where this place is. Love, love, love the beach. Judy
- June 4, 2011 at 1:01 PM
- Janet said...
Looks great! I'd love to know where it is as well ... Please share!
- June 4, 2011 at 4:40 PM
- Marla said...
Oohh! Looks like the perfect place to go. Wish I lived out where you do. Nothing like that in the middle of the Midwest. Have a wonderful time!
- June 4, 2011 at 6:23 PM
- Jen in NY said...
Beautiful vacation spot! I hope you and your husband have a wonderful time! Can't wait to hear about the wedding!
- June 4, 2011 at 6:29 PM
- Nannie said...
Sounds like heaven!! Can I go, too? I'll be quiet...
- June 5, 2011 at 6:43 AM
- Kim said...
Looks like a FANTASTIC vacation spot! I too would like to know where it is. I need a vacation. I can't wait to hear about it.
- June 5, 2011 at 12:44 PM
This place looks like a slice of heaven. Could you please tell us the name of the hotel and where it is located? Am always looking for new places to explore. Thanks for sharing.
- June 5, 2011 at 5:26 PM
- DAWN said...
They have sand wheelchairs - I've seen them at the Harbor in Santa Cruz. Check with your hotel, I'm sure the nicer ones have them available to their guests. Or maybe it was just a Santa Cruz thing...but worth checking out.
- June 6, 2011 at 1:28 PM
- Linda V said...
I was also going to recommend Brad's in Pismo for the best Prime Beef BBQ sandwiches!! YUMMMMM! They are very reasonable, too.
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