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It's rather amazing how much is expected from an NFL player simply based upon where he taken in the NFL Draft. It's basically the sole determining factor for the public at large with everything else, including previous college production, being relegated to almost insignificant.
Those who were selected in the early rounds are expected to play bigger roles and make a bigger impact than those selected in the later rounds of the draft or those that went undrafted.
That's just the reality of the NFL and little can be done to change it.
It's important to note, however, that nearly every rookie gets a "pass" his first year in professional football, even those taken in top 10 overall. Rookies that perform at Pro Bowl level right away are the exception and not the rule.
One year in the NFL is too early to declare a player a bust and for most of them, it takes a couple years to blossom. While they don't get forever to develop, they all deserve ample time to prove themselves.
With that, let's take a look at the Packers rookie class, taking a general look at what is expected of each of their draft choices in 2013.
First Round Draft Choice Datone Jones, Defensive Lineman
As the Packers' first round pick, there's obviously more expected from Jones than any other rookie. For a team that has struggled to find a consistent pass rush threat outside of Clay Matthews and labored to prevent the ground games of the Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers from running wild over them last year, Jones is candidate No. 1A to find improvement on the defensive side of the football. Standing 6-4, he has the length no other Packers defensive lineman currently possesses and will be asked to play the dual role of end in the team's 3-4 base defense and pass-rushing tackle in their nickel and dime subpackages. Jones will eventually be expected to be a three-down playmaker, but whether he's able to be that type of person in just his first year in the NFL remains to be seen.
Second Round Draft Choice Eddie Lacy, Running Back
Expectations for Lacy are somewhat tempered by the notion that it doesn't really matter which running back makes the Packers run game improve. It only matters that it, indeed, improves. Whether it's Lacy, Johnathan Franklin, DuJuan Harris, Alex Green or James Starks is immaterial. In any case, Lacy is the front-runner when it comes to the most likely player to become the featured back the Packers are seeking. No one will be disappointed if Lacy fills only the role of powerful, one-cut back who plays primarily on first and second downs and in goal-line and short-yardage situations. There are other players on the team who can play the traditional third-down back role who act as personal protectors for Aaron Rodgers and outlet receivers. It will be expected, however, that Lacy's toe fusion surgery will not be chronic issue.
Fourth Round Draft Choice David Bakhtiari, Offensive Lineman
The only expectations for Bakhtiari in his rookie season are that he makes the 53-man roster and displays promise as a potential future starter. Barring injury, the only spot on the offensive line that's open is at right tackle, and it would appear Marshall Newhouse and Don Barclay have the inside track on winning that job. Nobody's counting Bakhtiari out of the running before training camp begins, but he's definitely an underdog as things currently stand. Because the Packers typically keep only seven offensive linemen active on game days, it will likely be a challenge for Bakhtiari to become one of those seven who suit up on Sundays.
Fourth Round Draft Choice J.C. Tretter, Offensive Lineman
Any expectations for Tretter in his rookie season were shattered on the first day of OTAs in Green Bay when he reportedly broke his ankle in a fumble recovery drill. It hasn't been ruled out that he'll be able to return by mid-season or late in the season, but such a scenario would be unlikely. If Tretter is able to come back from his injury to play in 2013, it will be considered a bonus, and he certainly won't be expected to fill anything more than a backup role. The only realistic expectation is that Tretter gets healthy enough for a return in 2014.
Fourth Round Draft Choice Johnathan Franklin, Running Back
In much the same case as Lacy, Franklin won't be expected to carry the burden of improving the Packers run game alone. But for someone who came into the NFL Draft as a name-brand and known quantity, Franklin can be expected to play at least some kind of role in the Packers offense in 2013. He may not be fully ready by Week 1 of the regular season, but at some point during the year, he should be ready to see meaningful playing time. Whether he sees time as a rotational running back playing a series at a time or filling some kind of third-down back role has yet to be determined.
Fifth Round Draft Choice Micah Hyde, Cornerback
With cornerback arguably the deepest position on the Packers roster, there's no rush for Hyde to be a part of the Packers defense, at least in 2013. Assuming everyone is healthy, the best case-scenario might be that Hyde is the fourth on the depth chart behind Tramon Williams, Sam Shields, Casey Hayward and Davon House. And Hyde will have to prove he can leapfrog Jarrett Bush to even climb that high. Perhaps taking over Bush's role as a reserve cornerback and special teams regular is exactly the role Hyde will fill.
Fifth Round Draft Choice Josh Boyd, Defensive Lineman
For a team that plays with only two defensive linemen on the field at any particular time, there's absolutely no expectations for Boyd to make an impact or even make the team for that matter. Before training camp starts, he sits behind Jones, B.J. Raji, Ryan Pickett, Mike Neal, C.J. Wilson and Mike Daniels in the pecking order with Johnny Jolly providing additional competition. If Boyd were to simply crack the 53-man roster, that would show promise on the Packers' part to keep him around and continue his development. Spending a year on the practice squad would not be a disappointment if it came down to that.
Sixth Round Draft Choice Nate Palmer, Outside Linebacker
From simply a numbers standpoint, Palmer steps into a good situation. Clay Matthews, Nick Perry and Dezman Moses will more than likely occupy the top three spots on the Packers depth chart at outside linebacker, but there's most certainly room for four on the Packers roster. Mike Neal may make himself heard at the position before things are over and done with, as will undrafted rookies Andy Mulumba and Donte Savage. But Palmer would appear to have the inside track on that fourth-string job, at least to open training camp. It will be up to him to earn that gig and keep it. As far as making an impact in 2013, however, special teams might be the extent of it.
Seventh Round Draft Choice Charles Johnson, Wide Receiver
While Johnson sat out of the majority of OTAs due to an unspecified injury, other wide receivers on the team received valuable practice reps, including undrafted rookies Myles White and Tyrone Walker, both of whom Aaron Rodgers recently praised. Beyond Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb and James Jones, there's room for a fourth and fifth wide receiver to make a modest impact on the Packers offense in 2013, but Johnson is going to have to earn his playing time. There's currently a dozen wide receivers on the 90-man roster, so there's no shortage of competition. Because the Packers invested a draft choice into Johnson, he might have the inside track or get first dibs on a job, but by no means is he guaranteed of one.
Seventh Round Draft Choice Kevin Dorsey, Wide Receiver
Dorsey sits in almost the same boat as Johnson as a player who missed nearly all of the team's offseason program due to another unspecified injury. If he's able to return during training camp without missing any more time, he likely will not have fallen too far behind his competition. But at the same time, it certainly wouldn't be beneficial to miss any more. Making the practice squad might be a more likely scenario for Dorsey in his first year in the NFL, but there's a job for him on the 53-man roster is he's able to earn it.
Seventh Round Draft Choice Sam Barrington, Inside Linebacker
There's a lot less competition at inside linebacker than there was just days before the NFL Draft when D.J. Smith was released and Desmond Bishop was still on the Packers' roster. With those two out of the way, the road to a roster spot has become easier for Barrington, although it's still far from a given. Behind incumbent starters Brad Jones and A.J. Hawk are backups Jamari Lattimore, Terrell Manning and Rob Francois. If the Packers find room for Barrington among that company, he's going to need to make his mark on special teams, at least in his first year.
Brian Carriveau is the author of the book"It's Just a Game: Big League Drama in Small Town America," and editor of Cheesehead TV's "Pro Football Draft Preview." To contact Brian, email [email protected].
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People don't like it when apps surreptitiously steal personal information. Apparently Apple's primary concern is the "surreptitious" part, though, rather than preventing personal data from being leaked or collected. New dialog boxes in iOS 6 may protect Apple, but will do little to help users safeguard their privacy.
Earlier this year the proverbial "stuff" hit the fan when it was discovered that Path--a popular social networking app--was stealing contact info from the address books of the iOS devices it was installed on. That incident was followed by other revelations of privacy infringement, and congressional inquiries demanding stricter protection for users.
Apple responded to Congress with a statement claiming that a future release of iOS would change the process so that any app wishing to access sensitive data like contact information will require explicit user approval. That "future release", it seems, is iOS 6.
ZDNet's Ryan Naraine compared the iOS 6 permissions to Microsoft Windows, tweeting, "UAC comes to iOS."
As far as I'm concerned, UAC is a solid technology that does what it was designed to do. In my opinion, the negative publicity and backlash against UAC was more of a marketing or public relations failure on Microsoft's part than an actual issue with UAC. That said, I understand Naraine's comparison.
The problem with UAC--and with the new iOS 6 permissions--from the perspective of an average user is that it can be too overwhelming. People are inundated with pop-up alerts and dialog boxes requesting permission for this or that. They don't know enough to determine if the activity is legitimate or not, so they simply accept all requests.
Andrew Storms, director of security operations for nCircle, explains the crux of the issue in a blog post. "Instead of doing the difficult work of putting together a privacy policy that has some teeth or going after app developers already violating policies, Apple has basically decided to annoy their users by requiring them to click through a dialog box for just about every app on their phone."
Storms adds, "These dialog boxes are going to be like one of those whack-a-mole games--exactly the kind of thing users despise and ignore completely."
Obviously, if users simply approve all permission requests the result will be much less privacy and security rather than more. As Storms points out, this is purely a legal CYA (cover your "assets") move by Apple. If Apple wanted to protect iOS users, it would enforce stricter guidelines for app developers rather than making users jump through extra hoops.

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Meeting Notes 2010 08 17
123rd Meeting
Get someone to grab the membership binder now. Get someone to take notes.
- Moderator:
- Note-Taker:
Introduction and Names[edit]
- Anyone new to the meeting/space should stand up and say something cool.
- What Noisebridge is about: We make stuff and so can you!
- A brief primer on consensus process: We agree and so should you!
- Noisebridge 2009 tax filings are finally completed (Edit: Maybe not. Discrepancy found in CA 199 filing). All the forms, with personal contact info removed, are available on our new Tax Filings page.
Financial Report[edit]
Funds in bank: ~$12,000 The discrepancy versus last week is due a mistake, we presently have around $12k+.
All August bills are paid for. September ones will start to be due the last week of August.
Membership Binder[edit]
- Clean up binder pages, remove pages of any approved members into the records binder.
- Read off any names from the binder for the past month. (edit this step to include current checkmark system)
- Anyone up for join this week should introduce themselves then leave while the present group comes to a Consensus about their membership.
What's Going On at Noisebridge[edit]
One short sentence about each of the following:
Supposedly Weekly Events[edit]
- Monday
- 18:00 iPhone OS developer weekly meetup - More info? Wiki page lists no time.
- 18:30 PyClass - Definitely happening you guys
- 19:00 Circuit Hacking Mondays
- 19:00 [timebank.sfbace.org SF BACE] - More info? Homepage lists 1st and 3rd Mondays as well as 3rd Tuesdays.
- Tuesday
- 15:00 Linux System Administration Study Group - Also Fridays
- 19:00 Learn You A Origami! - Does this happen?
- 20:30 Spacebridge
- Wednesday
- 18:00 Linux Discussion
- 19:00 SCoW
- 19:00 NBShooters - Has this happened since May? (removing from homepage --18.104.22.168 00:49, 13 August 2010 (UTC))
- 18:00 Gamebridge Unityversity
- 21:00 Machine Learning
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- 17:00 Zergbridge - Seriously? Weekly?
- Sunday
- 15:00 Knots, Go and Locks!
- 17:00 Rsync Users Group - Does this really happen? No wiki updates in 2010.
- 18:00 Spacebridge
- D&D Group - More info?
- 5ive Minutes of Fame
- 18:00 RantMeet (1st Fridays) - Does this really happen? Wiki page updated Feb 2010.
- 20:00 NSFW - last Saturday of the month.
- 20:00 Bay Area Hacker's Association - security meeting (2nd Thursdays) - Did this happen?
Project Updates[edit]
- Utilities & Lavatory Buildout
- Darkroom
Consensus items[edit]
Discussion Items[edit]
End of Meeting[edit]
- PGP Key Signing could happen now, check the list to see who wants in on the action.
- Put back the membership binder.
- Save the meeting notes to the wiki.
- Send a copy of the meeting notes to the discussion list.
- Copy the Meeting Notes Template for next week's agenda and update the main wiki page's link to it.
- Enjoy a cocktail with your fellow hacker or robot.


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For Spring & Summer 2017, we are all about brighter colours and unique patterns.
The ties of this collection are bolder and brighter meaning that they should be used as centre pieces to your outfits.
This season King & Bay offers a selection of 48 different Spring & Summer Tie styles.


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One Direction's Take Me Home: Track by track review (Canadian exclusive)
We got to take One Direction home!
Don't get too crazy on us, Directioners. We're only talking about 1D's new album, Take Me Home, and Postmedia News was the first in Canada to hear the record. (It officially arrives Nov. 13.)
Before they started work on the disc, One Direction's Harry Styles told Dose.ca that they were aiming to create a live "band" feel for album No. 2.
"We want to have a little bit heavier guitars, bigger drums, more of a live feel, because that's what we like doing," he said.
So did they nail that "One Thing?"
We've had a listen. Check out our track-by-track impressions of Take Me Home.
It's the lead single — a track fans committed to memory after its September debut — and it's since reached the No. 2 spot on the Canadian Hot 100. And for an introduction to Take Me Home, you couldn't ask for anything sweeter.
So what if they're adolescents, the One Direction you'll find on Take Me Home hasn't exactly experienced a growth spurt since Up All Night. (That debut album only arrived in North America this spring, after all — November 2011, overseas.)
Instead, One Direction have jacked the energy on their mega-selling formula — and in the case of this particular track, they've even recruited the three-man songwriting team who crafted their break-out hits "One Thing" and "What Makes You Beautiful." (That team being Savan Kotecha, Carl Falk and Rami Yacoub.)
The tempo here is boosted, the chorus is shouted, the drums are embiggened — and everything hinges on a classic rock-guitar riff (a little something borrowed from The Clash's "Should I Stay Or Should I Go").
This is the major feel of Take Me Home: Up All Night-era One Direction after a dinner of pop rocks and Red Bull. Loud, boisterous – but still as adorable as a pile of puppies.
Or maybe more realistically, this is One Direction faced with a full year of stadium shows — tasked with keeping the hordes squealing past bedtime. (Or hollering like football freaks: that choir shouting "wanna live" at the end has way more testosterone than the previous generation of teeny-boppers.)
Either way, you'd better be ready to go "crazy, crazy, crazy 'til we see the sun." There are 12 more tracks of this to go.
Carpe diem, girl. Or YOLO, if you prefer.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Relationship status: Summer fling. WHO'S UP FOR SOME BODY SHOTS?!
2. "Kiss You"
Take "Live While We're Young" and play it double-time. Stadium rock, meet stadium pop. Like the first track, "Kiss You" smacks you with a stomping drum beat and builds to a bouncing chorus – one that ultimately breaks down so the five boys can do some X Factor-style belting. I'd guess this is the "live band" feel the group's been talking about in interviews. There's a touch of jock-jams to the mood, but cuter. (T-ball jock jams?) And the whole thing seems engineered to teach all those first-time concert-goers – so, most of the kids at a One Direction show — some lessons in audience participation. The beat – which swings between a stadium stomp on the chorus and a hyper-active, double-dutch-ready breakdown on some verses – is made for handclaps and fist pumping. And the chorus is an instant sing-a-long. "If you don't want to take it slow/ And you just want to take me home/ Baby say, 'Yeah," the troop sings. Cue age-inappropriate shouting. If this one isn't a single, it'll at least become a centerpiece to that ongoing tour.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Relationship status: Make-out party hook-up
3. "Little Things"
The first of two Ed Sheeran-penned contributions to Take Me Home, this dulcet tune shows its coffee-shop pedigree. Accompanied by little more than acoustic guitar, the boys get a chance to play up what they learned about singing in X Factor bootcamp. As for the lyrics — a list of all the "little things" they love about a very special lady — they seem engineered for maximum swoonage until you realize One Thing: they're just ticking off your imperfections while suggesting you've got tanking self-esteem. (Bet you didn't realize you had dimples on your back 'til One Direction mentioned it. And what's this self-righteous business about how "you'll never love yourself half as much as I love you?") Only imaginary boyfriends can suggest you're less than awesome and get away with it. Still, a pretty melody and a shift in mood are a welcome addition.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Relationship status: Wimpy first boyfriend. The one you dumped when you learned how to "treat yourself right, darlin."
4. "C'mon, C'mon"
One Direction ditch the boring girls they came with when they catch the sight of you — yes, you! — on the dance floor. ("There's something in your eyes, saying come on, come on, dance with me baby!") But before they can swoop in to charm you, they'll need to psych themselves up. This calls for something out of an '80s training montage! Spin class-ready BPM! Whooshing synths! Soaring vocals that ride into the danger zone! None of this is necessarily a bad thing. Now, which little moppet gets to play Rocky?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Relationship status: The Rocky to your Adrian
5. "Last First Kiss"
One Direction have found true love, and though they're afraid you'll run away when they tell you how they feel, they've just got to tell you that they want to be your everything: your last first kiss, and your first you know what. True love, in this instance, is best expressed as a mid-tempo ballad buffed with layers of strings and synths. (For Directioners experiencing their first rock show, this would be the portion of the evening where you'd borrow your mom's lighter – or iPhone – and wave it in the air.) 1D's Niall Horan has said this is his favourite cut off Take Me Home, so try to imagine his earnest little face looking up outside your bedroom window — boombox raised above his tousled, blonde head – while his four bandmates play chaperone. (The group gets songwriting co-credit on this one, so you can pretend they mean every ever-loving word.)
Rating: 3 out of 5
Relationship status: High-school soul mate
6. "Heart Attack"
Another chewy, stadium-ready pop song in the "Kiss You" style. This time, though, One Direction are hand-clapping through their tears. Their girls have found new boys, and (imagine a Michael Jackson style yelp, here): "YOW! I never thought it'd hurt so bad." If you listen to this one 10 times in a row, I'm sure they'll feel better. One side note: there's an "oh oh" melody that runs throughout the song and in the chorus. For Pepsi spokeskids, that little tune sounds an awful lot like the whistling on the Coca Cola "Open Happiness" jingle. If they get in trouble, will Drew Brees and the rest of the New Orleans Saints have to sub for the band on tour?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Relationship status: On-again/off-again boyfriend
7. "Rock Me"
This Dr. Luke production opens with Queen's signature "We Will Rock You" stomp – just in case you forgot the title. But you won't mistake this one for an actual rock song. The tune's lyrics wistfully recount a lost love from "summer '09" – and, fittingly, the verses swing with an easy, campfire-style tempo. But then we get to the chorus – and the whole thing suffers an identity crisis. The group sneers over that Queen-indebted stomp: "I want you to rock me… I want you to hit the pedal, heavy metal, show me you care" – which is kind of weird. Especially considering they set up the chorus as "whispered" words from the summertime sweetheart they'll always hold dear. Whatever. Harry Styles' haircut was made for headbanging.
Rating: 1.5 out of 5
Relationship status: Guy you regret kissing at summer camp
8. "Change My Mind"
Seduction isn't supposed to be as cute as a basket of puppies, is it? And yet, that's the effect here. A sample come-on from the chorus: "Baby if you say, you want me to stay/ Stay for the night/ I'll change my mind." And yet, for all the smooth bravado – and occasional tear-jerking high note – you'd think they were talking about spending the night at Liam's place so they can play Legos a while longer.
Maybe it's all the layers and layers of instrumentation distracting from the message. Or maybe it's the beat, just quick enough to keep you from turning down the lights. Either way, this one's probably not going to get into your brain, never mind your pants.
Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Relationship status: Needy boyfriend
9. "I Would"
Finally, a chance to bring the LOLs. Part of the 1D appeal is their sense of humour – and for anyone who can't see beyond the matchy outfits and buffed up teen pop, a few jokes, even corny ones, can cut through the earnest high-gloss of Take Me Home.
McFly – UK pop-rockers whose greatest contribution to North American pop culture is probably a bit part in Lindsay Lohan's Just My Luck – supply "I Would," which lets the boys play unlikely underdogs vying for a girl who's already got a bad-ass boyfriend.
In '90s boy-band style, every guy gets a verse – each ending with a one-liner. Example: "It feels like I'm constantly playing/ A game that I'm destined to lose/ 'Cause I can't compete with your boyfriend/He's got 27 tattoos!" (The evil BF wouldn't be Harry Styles, would it?)
But at the end of every wocka-wocka verse we're walloped with a sugar-rush chorus – one that storms in with the pulse of '90s-nostalgic synths that feel more Alphabeat than Usher. Good, clean, cheesy fun.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Relationship status: Crushing on the class clown
10. "Over Again"
The second Ed Sheeran contribution on Take Me Home – and you'll be able to tell as much within 10 seconds. There's something about the patter of those lovelorn verses – never mind the acoustic guitar accompaniment and hushed delivery – that make this one sound as though 1D is just covering their ginger BFF. Like "Little Things," its inclusion is a welcome shift in mood, even if it's not a game-changing piece. And it allows listeners to pay a little more attention to the boys' singing talent. (There's a pretty but fleeting moment of harmony on the chorus – and the record doesn't play up those vocal moments enough, really, considering 1D's a five-piece group that sings better than they dance.)
Rating: 3 out of 5
Relationship status: Boyfriend material
11. "Back For You"
After going through other up-tempo numbers like "Kiss You" and "Heart Attack," the pounding "Back For You" comes off like formula filler. As for the POV, it's all about generating dreamy daydreams. One Direction is on the road, girl, and they're missing you. But, as per the chorus: "Baby, you don't have to worry/ I'll be coming back for you" – provided you can score concert tickets. The sound, like most of the other pop jams on Take Me Home, is a big, stomping wallop of pop that swells to a massive finish.
Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Relationship status: The groupie that got away
12. "They Don't Know About Us"
Opening with the tinkling sound of piano keys – a very '90s R&B touch – this love song starts old school: solo showboating, airgrabs and silk pajamas. But on the chorus, it's time to go big – new stylez. The volume swells, the piano starts to pound a slow stomp underneath layer upon layer of strings, and One Direction declares their secret love for each and every one of you. "They don't know about the up all nights," they sing. (First album reference?) "They don't know I've waited all my life/ Just to find a love that feels this right/ Baby they don't know about us."
Rating: 4 out of 5
Relationship status: Teacher, mother, secret lover
13. Summer Love
After the showstopper that is "They Don't Know About Us," it's time to slow things down, girl – and this tune – Liam Payne's favourite — provides a cozy come-down. A countrified ballad – thanks to some acoustic guitar and twangy harmonizing — One Direction reminisce about, what else, an old summer fling. They don't want her back, they just want to remember a beautiful season spent falling in love (while probably listening to a bunch of Robbie Williams records).
Rating: 3 out of 5
Relationship status: Summer romance, duh.
Take Me Home arrives in stores Nov. 13. Update: One Direction released an album sampler previewing snippets from the album today. Listen to it below:


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West Coast Rainfall and Rainforests: Nature's Beauty
Whatever the location of your West Coast accommodation, two things are bound to be somewhere near you: rain and rainforest.
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Although it's a popular misconception that it rains all the time on the West Coast, without its drenching, life-bringing rains, "the Coast" (as locals call it) would be a very different place. It's hard to imagine Westland without its vast tracts of rainforest; and, indeed, if not for the bountiful forests, the early economy of this isolated and wild region of New Zealand might never have gotten off the ground. Today, of course, one of the main reasons people visit the "Wet Coat" (another local nickname) is to experience its majestic rainforests. So here are some interesting facts about the rain and rainforests of the West Coast.
Orographic Rain
Rain is the life-blood of the ecosystems of Westland and its unique location, with a wide expanse of ocean on one side, and a sharply-rising mountain range on the other, means that rain, more than any other factor, has shaped both the geography and the natural history of the West Coast. The strong westerly winds which blow across the Tasman Sea pick up water vapour from the surface of the ocean as they move. When these moisture-laden air masses encounter the western side of the Southern Alps they are forced to rise. A complex set of physical properties – including, among other things, the adiabatic lapse rate and the Dew Point (don't worry, there won't be a test later!) – causes the water vapour to condense out of the air in the form of rain.
And what rain! On the West Coast it is measured not in millimetres but in metres. The Cropp River, inland from Hokitika, receives eighteen metres of rain annually, making it the wettest place in New Zealand. At higher altitudes, the rain falls as snow, filling the alpine basins and forming the glaciers which have shaped much of the landscape of Westland. The torrents of rain bring debris eroded from the mountainsides down to the lowlands and created the wide, fertile floodplains upon which the rainforests grow: themselves nourished by the constant wetting rains. Eventually, every drop of water - from the glacial ice to the run-off of tiny streams - returns to the Tasman Sea to be recycled into seawater and eventually returned to the clouds to once again fall on the forests and ranges of the West Coast.
The Wet Land
To early Maori, the rainforests and swamps of the West Coast presented an almost impenetrable barrier. But with patience and skill, Maori learned to harvest what they needed from the wet land: especially Pounamu, the lustrous green stone carried down from the mountains by the tumbling rives of South Westland. Subsequently, the European settlers found timber in abundance and sawmilling was one of the main industries of then early West Coast economy. As the rainforests were cleared, the land was brought into production for beef, sheep and dairy farming. However the swampy, infertile soils could only be farmed once drainage had been established. Even today, farmers have to balance the bountiful rain with the problems of flooding, erosion and the leaching of nutrients from the soil.
Humus is Everything
In a rainforest, nothing goes to waste. Leaves and bark, fallen branches, seeds and whole trees fall to the forest floor and slowly decompose into the rich, black humus and soils upon which the rainforest grows and thrives. The humus holds the rainwater like a giant living sponge, preventing it from running off and eroding the forest floor. The big rainforest trees, such as kaihikatea and matai, have shallow root systems and depend on the rich humus for their nutrients. Mosses and ferns carpet the rainforest floor, adding to the sponge-like feel you get when walking through the forest. The waters of the tiny creeks, which wend their way silently through the forests, are stained brown by the tannins which bleed from the humus as it decomposes, giving them the colour of the black billy tea brewed by the early explorers as they made their way through these dense and beautiful forests.
The Deep Dark Forest
Step a few metres away from your vehicle in a rainforest glade and turn around. Can you still see your car? Probably not. The thick understory of the rainforest forms a green barrier which can quickly shield landmarks from view. The early explorers found navigating and route-finding extremely difficult in the rainforests of the West Coast and would often spend days, even weeks, completely lost. Lush tree-ferns, bushy coprosmas with their round leaves and tiny coloured berries, five-finger trees with their hand-shaped leaves and dozens of other low-growing species fill every available space on the forest floor with foliage. And then…you look up.
The big guys of the rainforest are the trees. The trunks of the kaihikatea, matai and rimu trees stand ram-rod straight in the swampy ground, swaddled with creepers and dangling vines. The 19th century writer Joseph Conrad once described visiting the Congo rainforests as being like going back to a time "when vegetation rioted on the Earth and the big trees were kings." And when you stand in a forest of towering kaihikatea trees in the silent, dripping rainforests of Westland, you can easily imagine the pre-historic times before people came to these islands and the big trees really did rule the Earth.
The Living Forest
The rainforests of the West Coast are alive with life. New Zealand has always been a land of birds, and despite the ravages of introduced predators – such as stoats, rats, possums and cats – if you stand quietly in the forest you will hear a symphony of bird-song. The limpid notes of the bell birds and tui provide the melody, while the trill of grey warblers, the "chit-chit" of riflemen (New Zealand's smallest bird) and the cork-on-a-bottle peep of the friendly fantail provide the harmonies and percussion. At night you may hear the mournful cries of the kiwi and the strange call of the ruru, New Zealand's native owl, which seems to say "more pork", hence its English name.
A colourful profusion of flowers can be seen in the rainforests and depending on the season, you will encounter rata, with its bright crimson flowers; perfumed white clematis; tiny pale blue coprosmas; and the spectacular yellow of the kowhai. But the overwhelming dominant colour is green, and in the rainforests of the West Coast, nourished by the constant rainfall and temperate climate, you will see every shade of green you can possible imagine. Just make sure you bring a raincoat!
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SecurityDevices International has recently introduced an entire line of less-lethal
impact munitions. The flagship is the 40mm Blunt Impact Projectile, BIP. Unique
among impact munitions, the BIP is designed with a collapsible and expanding
head. The gel head is mechanically leveraged to collapse on impact.
projectile itself is made up of a number of parts: thin Styrofoam cap, thick
collapsible gel head, an expander plate on top of a rod mounted piston, and a
main body. The main body houses the piston and provides a ramp surface to
leverage the expander plate open. The main body also contains a single driving
band, which engages the rifling in the 40mm barrel.
Styrofoam cap simply covers the soft gel head. Except for being sticky, the gel
head is solid and holds its own thick disc shape. It is not jello. It is not
ballistic gelatin. It is more like silicon RTV. On impact, the Styrofoam cap
fractures. The gel head pushes back against the cone-shaped expander plate.
This plate pushes against the main body. As it does, the plate fans out to a
larger diameter. The pliable, soft gel head and the expander plate expand on
diameter of the maximum expansion varies by the density of the object hit.
Impact diameters of 2 inches were common during our testing. This is comparable
to the best impact munitions and clearly better than many.
Complicated Design
such a complicated design and so many parts, the Murphy-oriented,
tactical-minded officer must be asking, What if it doesn't expand? What if the
energy-absorbing expander plate doesn't fan open? What if it hits and remains a
solid—not a collapsible—projectile?
didn't happen during any of the 16 rounds we tested. However, the unintended
injury potential of any projectile is determined by the impact energy and the
impact diameter. The BIP projectile has a muzzle velocity of 285 fps and a
weight of 1.7 ounces (752 grams). Other 40mm impact projectiles weigh between
1.1 and 2.1 ounces with muzzle velocities between 325 fps and 260 fps,
BIP has an impact energy of 135 ft-lbs compared to other 40 mm impact
projectiles with energy levels between 115 and 139 ft-lbs. All these force
numbers (energy spread over surface area) simply mean the BIP is comparable to
the other impact munitions, some of which expand much less than the BIP on
answers two questions on effectiveness. Does it have enough energy to be a
credible less-lethal impact projectile? Yes. Does it have too much energy and
present a risk of unintended injury? No.
Effective Range
amount of downrange impact energy does not determine the effective maximum
range of an impact projectile. Accuracy does. It does not matter how much
retained energy the projectile has, i.e., if it has enough to do the job. The
maximum effective range of the projectile is the ability to stay inside a
circle with the neck at the top and groin at the bottom. That diameter will
also allow total misses on either side of most body shapes, but it won't be a
no-strike impact. Thus, the belly button aiming spot for most impact weapons
for longer range shots.
BIP is among the most accurate, if not the most accurate, 40 mm impact
projectiles we have tested. The test launcher was a Penn Arms PGL-65
Multi-Launcher with an EOTech holographic weapon sight. The best of the 40 mm impact
projectiles group into a 3-shot, 2-inch cloverleaf from 20 yards.
makes of 40 mm impact projectiles produce 8- to 12-inch groups from 20 yards.
The BIP also produced a 3-shot overlapping group. As the old square beanbag
projectiles of the past clearly proved, an impact projectile with poor or
unpredictable accuracy has no place in the less-lethal toolbox. The BIP,
however, is as accurate as the best.
Effective Operating Range
BIP has a published maximum range of 80 yards. Check the accuracy of the
projectile from your particular launchers to verify both the accuracy AND the
projectile drop. Projectile drop at longer ranges is actually more important
than bullet drop from a sniper rifle. Yes, put the projectile dope on the stock
of your launchers.
BIP has a published minimum, safe, stand-off range of 16 feet, a little over 5
yards. Two other popular 40 mm sponge/foam impact munitions have published
minimum engagement ranges as short as 5 feet, while one has a minimum of 30
feet. The shorter the minimum range, the more the tactical flexibility. The
longer the minimum engagement distance, the fewer the tactical options. Law
enforcement is more about the nearest minimum distance while the military is
more about the farthest maximum distance.
Human Effects Testing
SDI BIP projectile underwent third-party human effects testing conducted by
Critical Research & Training, CRT. CRT Less Lethal conducted some standard
gelatin testing. The diameter of the entry wound and the depth of the wound
profile for the BIP was similar to other 40mm sponge/foam impact munitions.
more interest, CRT also performed impact tests of the thigh of six human
volunteers. The wound progression was followed for 72 hours, documented by
photography and ultrasound imaging. A popular 40 mm sponge/foam round was used
as a control-benchmark. The BIP produced the expected bruising, consistent with
other 40mm impact munitions. The CRT test results are available from SDI.
BIP is so good, especially at extended ranges, that Chemring Ordnance has
partnered with SDI to supply the BIP to the military. Chemring is a major
government supplier of 40 mm High Energy (HE) rounds. They were looking for a
less-lethal munition to complete their line of 40 mm ammo. The BIP was the
Family of Projectiles
BIP is the first projectile in the SDI family of impact munitions. Planned for release
by early-2014, all of the payload projectiles use basically the same
collapsible head construction.
BIP MP™ is a powder-based marking round, where colored powder temporarily marks
a target on impact. The BIP ML™ is a liquid-based, marking round, where colored
dye semi-permanently marks the target upon impact.
OC™ is a liquid pepper spray (Oleoresin Capsicum)-based impact round. The
liquid OC is designed to dissipate over a smaller area than, for example,
powered OC so as to not affect as many bystanders. BIP MO™ is a round that
marks the subject with an extremely noxious and repulsive odor. Finally, BIP TR™
is a lower cost training and practice round that simulates the ballistics of
the original BIP round. This is intended for cost-effective training and
in-service qualification.
40mm Wireless
under development from SDI is a 40 mm Wireless Electric Projectile, WEP. This
uses Lektrox™ wireless Electro-Muscular Disruption Technology, W-EMDT. The 40mm
launched WEP is both an expanding head impact munition and a conductive energy
device (neuro-muscular incapacitation). The fin-stabilized WEP has a range of
50 yards. On impact, four mini-harpoons deploy and a high-voltage, low-amperage
pulse is released.
early development of the SDI WEP involved projectiles for the 12-gauge shotgun,
37 mm smoothbore launcher and 40 mm rifled launcher. The current plans are for
a 40 mm WEP only, no 12-gauge, no 37 mm. As an aside, the Taser XREP (extended-range
electronic projectile) is no longer in production. Made in the late-2000s, the
XREP was fired from a 12-gauge shotgun.
BIP has a MSRP of between $27 and $30 each, depending on order volume. Of
course, the MSRP may not be the bid price. That said, the $27 price is
comparable with other 40 mm sponge, foam and soft rubber impact projectiles. At
this point in time, SDI does not have any plans for a BIP designed for a smoothbore
37 mm launcher, or a 12-gauge shotgun.
line? The BIP is a complex design that seems to work well. It worked in our
Tactical Response testing. It worked in testing conducted by Critical Research
and Training (CRT Less-Lethal). The complicated design expands in both gelatin
and human effects testing. The energy level is right.
minimum engagement distance of the BIP is not as close as some other 40 mm
impact projectiles. However, the accuracy is better than most, and the
projectile is priced with the competition. The BIP projectiles are made in the
USA (Boston) by an SDI subcontractor specifically to the SDI design. SDI has offices
in Washington, D.C. and Ontario, Canada. The BIP is worth a closer look.
Published in Law and Order, Mar 2014
I wonder if these are the same less than lethals that ripped off a mentally ill mans finger in Beaverton a few months back.


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Senators demand quick action to make rails safe
Annoyed senators demand quick action after accidents on Metro-North lines
Frustrated with the leisurely pace of federal regulation in the face of Metro-North's accidents and a flood of crude oil being shipped in tank cars widely considered unsafe, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and other senators Thursday demanded quicker, more decisive action to make the nation's railroads safer.
Blumenthal, who took over the chairmanship of a key surface-transportation subcommittee a few days ago, used his first hearing as a bully pulpit to demand action and accountability from both regulatory agencies and the rail and oil industries.
Saying he was "disappointed and disturbed'' by regulatory laxity, he exhorted all the stakeholders to speed up the process.
"Nobody denies we need to get it right,'' he said, "but we need to get it done. These delays are putting people at risk.''
Federal Railway Administration boss Joseph Szabo told Blumenthal that as the agency has gone about its investigation of Metro-North after the Dec. 1 accident in the Bronx that killed four and injured 63, he and his staff have been "in near-daily contact'' with the railroad.
Later, asked by a reporter if he was satisfied with Metro-North's response to his agency's questions, Blumenthal did not answer directly, saying only, "We have very high expectations'' of the railroad, and he thought new Metro-North President Joseph Giulietti "has his head in the right place.''
Szabo said the results of Federal Railway Administration's investigation, dubbed "Deep Dive,'' would be reported to Congress on March 17.
Feeling the senators' irritation, the regulators and industry representatives engaged in a little finger-pointing -- at each other.
National Transportation Safety Board vice chairman Christopher A. Hart expressed sharp disappointment with the FRA's lack of progress in implementing National Transportation Safety Board recommendations, including mandating the installation of audio and video recorders in locomotives and control cars, and a considerably more complicated technology called Positive Train Control.
Hart testified that Positive Train Control would have prevented at least 25 accidents his agency has investigated since 2004, in which 45 people died and more than 1,100 were injured -- including the Bronx accident.
Last week, the NTSB directly recommended installation of the recorders to Metro-North.
Hart said the first NTSB-investigated accident that could have been prevented by some sort of positive train control technology was a 1969 collision of two Penn Central commuter trains near Darien that killed four people and injured 43.
Since then, according to his written testimony, available technology has advanced greatly -- but many of the nation's railroads will not make Congress' deadline of deploying Positive Train Control by the end of 2015.
"It must be implemented and lives depend on it,'' Hart testified.
Hart said the NTSB's four investigations of 2013 incidents on Metro-North have been consolidated. In written testimony, he praised the railroad for its full cooperation. He said he expects the inquiry to be completed in the second half of 2014.
Regarding Positive Train Control, senators, other regulators and Edward Hamberger, president and CEO of the Association of American Railroads, blamed the Federal Communications Commission's time-consuming locating requirements for the communications towers that would be needed for Positive Train Control along rail lines.
"Four people might be alive today'' if the NTSB's recommendations had been implemented, Blumenthal said, in reference to the Bronx fatalities.
The crude trains are a high safety priority for senators after several horrific accidents, including the one that destroyed the Canadian town of Lac-Megantic last July, killing 45, and a spectacular derailment near Casselton, N.D., in late December. No one was injured, but according to the NTSB, 476,000 gallons of crude oil were released from 18 tank cars, causing $6.1 million in damage.
The NTSB has called the tank cars, of a design referred to as DOT-111, "an unacceptable safety risk.''
In response to questions from Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., American Petroleum Institute spokesman Prentiss Searles admitted "to my knowledge,'' DOT-111 cars are not being taken out of service yet. Several agencies, including the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, are trying to come up with new tank-car standards.
Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., clearly disgusted by the delays, asked the witnesses bluntly when new tank-car standards would be promulgated. He did not get a clear response.
U.S. freight railroads carried 415,000 carloads of crude in 2013, up from only 9,500 loads in 2008.


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PEARL HARBOR, HI — With the rollout of new Navy-wide physical readiness initiatives, Naval Station Pearl Harbor has ramped up its remedial program to keep physical fitness assessment (PFA) failure rates dropping.
The base's remedial program recently increased from three days a week to five, and it now includes not only a workout but also diet information and individualized training opportunities, said Naval Station Pearl Harbor Command Master Chief Perry Bonarrigo.
"We went to five days a week so that people would know that we're serious, and they should be serious," he said. "We had to do a round turn to get everybody involved, not by just doing remedial [physical testing], but also by offering things at the remedial sessions that will help them, such as diet and trainers."
Starting in January 2006, commanding officers and officers in charge will be authorized to begin administrative separation of sailors who fail the PFA three or more times in the most recent four years and fail the fall 2005 PFA.
Bonarrigo attributed the base's already decreasing failure rate to a focus on remedial training and the Return to Readiness Program, which is offered by Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) at Pearl Harbor.
Return to Readiness is a daily program that provides sailors with comprehensive cardiovascular conditioning, muscular strength and endurance training to help them get back in shape to pass their PFAs, said Lisa Hansen, fitness specialist at MWR.
Each session includes a variety of activities such as running, cycling, push-ups, sit-ups and cardiovascular workouts to burn as many calories as possible to aid body composition.


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Buying a family car that actually works well AND can fit kids, prams and groceries is no mean feat. It requires thought, time and the ability to put up with the hard sell from car salesman (and, yes, they are usually men).
It's no secret that mums do most of the ferrying of kids around, so it makes sense that we're the primary decision maker when it comes to upgrading the family car.
1. Car safety features
As much as we don't want to think about it, accidents do happen and though we can't predict where and when, we can ensure that we give our family the best possible car safety features around to help protect them from injury.
Look for ABS Brakes, Electronic Stability Control and Multiple Air Bags when considering safety features.
The Buzz Insurance suggests considering what the prospective car's 'Crash Safety Rating' is. You can do this by visiting Ancap and looking for cars that rank 5 out of 5 for safety.
Opt for rear parking sensors and mounted cameras to make sure you have the best view possible when reversing. We've all heard tragic stories of parents accidentally running over their children when backing out of their driveways, but a little pre-purchase investigation will make sure that accident won't happen to you.
2. Car size: it's about interior and boot space
For most new parents this is the main reason we are on the lookout for a new car. We've realized that we just can't fit prams, grocery shopping, sports gear and luggage in the zippier cars we used to get around in BC (before children).
If space is an issue for you, before you even enter a car yard, research the interior and boot size of different car brands and models on their websites to help narrow down your wish-list, but be aware that getting a bigger car doesn't always mean more leg and storage room. The VW Jetta is a perfect example of a mid-size car with a deceivingly large boot. Perfect for mums who perhaps aren't comfortable driving larger cars.
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Visit the government's Green Vehicle Guide to see where your prospective car stacks up both for fuel efficiency and environmental factors.
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Some cars aimed at the family market now offer flexible seating options to "grow with your family." For flexible seating options you can't go past the seven-seat spaciousness of:
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At any given time thousands of aircraft are already over our heads. Placing routing hardware on each commercial flight could provide the web coverage we need for breaking the ISP monopoly.
Excepting that would not prosecute the law enforcement's illegal actions.
I am getting so tired of people just expecting that law enforcement has a legal right to hack into any system they want. You see it on so many crime dramas that it appears to be legitimate, and it's not. And since TV is where most morons get their education the public outrage over abused privacy rights never happens.
This article uses way too many acronyms to read.
So that's it? That's all you got? "manufacturing gets pushed to places where it's cheaper to do no matter what"? You give up too easy. Why does the idea of protectionism, if that's what it truly is, necessarily resound negatively with you? What is being protected is peoples health, safety, livelyhood, and ability to raise families with appropriate resources to make life more than just an existence. In short, what we all strive for. It never fails to astound and disgust me the things men attribute to economics. "It's just business" is used to excuse and justify an array of unethical human behaviors including greed. Economics is a human construct, all other things equal. As such it can and will be adapted to & by the best interests of all men, not just a greedy few.
Really? I guess then I have to question your opinion of value. And wonder who exactly does add "value" in your opinion? Is it the mid-level manager who spends her day pushing paper? Or one of dozens of VP's who bore me daily in Powerpoint hell. Possibly the CFO or CEO as they plot ways to leverage away the means of production? Or the COO scheming ways to pit domestic union members and their cities against foreign slums. Who is going to buy that "valued added" product again? Really?
The goal of any economic interaction is to win, however that can only be done through fair cooperation. Grove's tax strategy is only slightly off base. What is needed is an even competitive arena. We need to allow any company to import into the US but only if they pay their workers at least our minimum wage and follow at least our environmental regulations. Otherwise tax them to the point that it would have cost them to do these things. Anything less draws all countries down to the lowest common denominator and only profits the rich.


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MEMPHIS, Tenn.—The Birmingham-Southern volleyball team won its third and fourth straight matches today in Memphis, Tenn., defeating Southern Athletic Association rival Rhodes College as well as former conference rival Austin College, both by the score of 3-1.
The Panthers move to 8-4 on the season with the wins.
Against Rhodes, BSC won the first set 25-18, using several runs after trailing for the first part of the set. BSC won the second set 25-12 before the Lynx rebounded with a 25-22 win, scoring five straight points to end the third set. The Panthers came back to clinch the win with a 25-21 victory in the fourth set.
Senior Shelby Moore led the Panthers with 17 kills, hitting .652 with only two errors. Sophomores Meredith Lee and Kelly Foster also had 10 kills each. Senior setter Lauren Reibe dished out 47 assists, and senior libero Presley Dickson recorded 20 digs.
In the second match of the day, BSC faced former SCAC rival Austin College. The Panthers won the first closely-fought set, playing to seven ties before ultimately winning 25-21. The Kangaroos opened the second set with eight straight points and never looked back, winning 25-15, but BSC responded with a strong third set, staying just ahead of Austin the entire time before winning 25-20. Set four started out neck-and-neck, with Austin leading 5-4 before BSC used a 7-1 run to go up 11-6. The Panthers kept the lead for the duration of the set to win 25-18.
Lee led with 15 kills for BSC, while Moore and junior Alex Bothe had 11 kills each. Bothe and Reibe had double-doubles with Bothe recording 14 digs and Reibe tallying 46 assists and 13 digs. Freshman Lauren Bedford led with 18 digs, followed by Dickson with 17 and freshman Katie McCormack with 13. Sophomore Katie O'Bar led with three blocks.
The Panthers are at home for the first time this season next weekend, continuing conference action against Sewanee on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 4 p.m., and Centre on Sunday, Sept. 23, at 1:30 p.m. Both matches will feature live video and a live game tracker.


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It thrills us to live in a world where guys race trucks in an autocross, get taken seriously, and competitors start building stuff to knock the hero off his throne. So far, His Majesty is Rob MacGregor of No Limit Engineering in San Bernardino, California, and his domain is the Truck class at the Goodguys Autocross Series. That race-within-a-car-show has become a major marketing coup for vendors of Pro Touring muscle car goodies, and a few years ago a new opportunity arose when Truck became the third class behind Street Machine ('55-up) and Street Rod ('54-older). In 2010, Rob's '55 Ford won six of the events, clinching a championship of sorts, and in 2011 he's nabbed three wins.
The biggest deal, however, was at the '10 Lonestar Nationals, where this pig scored better times than any Street Machine entry, thereby winning a spot at the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational. At the OUSCI, our hero finished mid-pack, which he considered a big victory considering he brought a farm truck to a Trans-Am race. He enjoyed the same gloat at the '11 Run to the Coast.
It won't be so easy from here on out. The heat is on. Hotchkis Performance has a serious customer's C10 racer and another in-house Chevy that was blown apart and getting serious last time we were in that shop. Rob told us that McGaughy's Classic is working on one, as are a few California rod shops and some privateers. Both RideTech and Holley have C10 projects. And HOT ROD has our '74 Muscle Truck. You don't have to believe us that vans are sort of coming back, but trust us on the truck thing. This is really happening.
For Rob, the whole point was to promote his shop's Big 10 line of complete chassis. He purchased the '55 Ford so he could have a body atop his rolling display chassis. Then he decided it should run. Then it became a racer. It was a natural progression considering the design intent of the Big 10, named for its huge, 10-inch, C-channel framerails. No one believed they would fit under a body, but No Limit came up with the design after measuring multiple body styles of '47 to '59 Chevys and '48 to '60 Fords and discovered that 10 inches fit them all. The Big 10 setup is a modular design in which the back half of the frame is the same for any of these trucks, as Rob says the dimension from the back of the bed to the rear-axle centerline is within 3⁄8 inch on all those years/makes/models. The front axle location varies, which is why the front clips change depending on the customer's truck.
Aside from the monster rails, a standout feature of the Big 10 is the rear truck arm setup, similar to a '63 to '72 Chevy pickup but with a unique rocker arm coilover setup. Rob explains, "Our goal was 9 inches of rear axle travel for ride quality. We based our R&D on the need for rear springs with 150 pounds per inch. Assume those springs are compressed 4 inches at ride height at typical truck weight and you need a shock with an 8-inch stroke to get the shock travel centered at rest. That makes for a shock that's way too long unless you want to look like a Baja prerunner and put them up through the bed. Also, it's hard to get an affordable street coilover with more than about a 5-inch stroke. That's why we laid the shocks down at an angle and activated them with a rocker arm with a 1.62 ratio. For every inch of shock travel we get 1.62 inches of axle travel, so we're back to 8-plus inches of axle movement with a shock that's centered in its travel. The rocker ratio works on the spring, too, so our 250-pound springs yield about 150 pounds per inch."
Pretty cool math. The ride height setup is neat, too: "Usually with a coilover, you have to crank up the spring to get the ride height you want and then the spring is squished and stiff. In our chassis, the ride height is adjustable based on the length of the rocker arm uplinks. You make them shorter to raise the truck or longer to lower it. Then you can use your spanner to put the coilover at 50 percent squish. It's the best of handling and best of appearance."
The Big 10 frames also have No Limit's custom A-arm front suspension with a proprietary spindle that's based on the typical Impala unit but is an inch taller and with steering arms optimized for the Flaming River rack-and-pinion that's used. Every frame also has a big X-member in the middle, but Rob claims his frames are only about 60 pounds heavier than a typical stocker, though the suspension parts are lighter, so it's a wash. The Big 10s are designed to fit under a typical production cab floor and bolt to the stock mounts, but the bed floor typically needs to be raised 4 inches. The basic frames come with a plain rear axle; 12-inch disc brakes fully plumbed with the master cylinder, booster, and pedal; and a gas tank installed. In that base trim, they are about $13,000.
We drove this '55 a little, not really killing it but getting a feel at three-tenths. We'd call the ride performance-oriented but perfectly streetable and not jarring. The cornering sensation is a bit odd, as you sit high in the truck and feel like there's a lot of body lean, but at the same time, the tires stick flat and it's not spooky. A weird sensation—the result of driving so high in the cab.
Regardless, a performance pickup that really races is just cool. We hope guys continue to flog more and more of these at the Goodguys deals so we can see advanced development of even more speedy parts for our shop trucks. And we do have our old '74 C10 Muscle Truck rotting away, ready for a new life. Hmm.
"We've never had a bigger target on our backs." —Rob MacGregor


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An Italian prosecutor has reportedly uncovered a $465,000 payment made to Italian doctor Michele Ferrari by Lance Armstrong in 2006, Shane Stokes of VeloNews reports.
News of the payment was originally reported by La Gazetta dello Sport, an Italian publication, VeloNews says.
The payment has not been confirmed.
The doctor, Michele Ferrari, began working with Lance Armstrong prior to his being diagnosed with cancer in 1996. The relationship continued after Armstrong returned to cycling in 1998. Ferrari was later sanctioned by Italian sports authorities, leading many to question why Armstrong was still working with him.
The Italian prosecutor has reportedly uncovered payments totaling 30 million euros to Ferrari from more than 90 cyclists over the years. In recent years, Ferrari has reportedly attempted to conceal his involvement with these cyclists by using foreign cell-phones, a mobile camper-van, and intermediaries.
Last year, Lance Armstrong's spokesperson admitted that Armstrong has maintained contact with Ferrari over the years, but also said that the professional relationship between the two ended in 2004.
The payment that the Italian authorities have reportedly uncovered was made in 2006.
This payment followed Lance Armstrong's winning a court case with one of his sponsors which awarded him $7.5 million in bonus, penalties, and interest. The speculation is that a portion of this bonus was owed to Ferrari and that the payment was related to that.
(If that's true, it is still possible that the professional relationship between Dr. Ferrari and Armstrong ended in 2004, as the spokesman said. The payment could merely have followed later. This makes sense given that Armstrong retired from racing in 2005.)
Lance Armstrong has never explained in detail what services or treatment Dr. Ferrari gave him, beyond vague references to a training regimen. Several other cyclists associated with Ferrari, such as Alexandre Vinokourov, have been tossed out of races for doping violations. Vinokourov, for example, called Ferrrari his "coach" prior to the 2007 Tour de France and was subsequently thrown out of the race for an illegal blood transfusion, VeloNews also reports.
This news is the latest in the Lance Armstrong saga, which returned to the headlines last week when the US Anti-Doping Agency filed formal doping charges against Armstrong. It has also just been revealed that several of Armstrong's former teammates mysteriously withdrew their names from consideration for the US Olympic team, a decision that may be linked to the doping investigation.
There's also more on the Italian investigation of Dr. Ferrari here >
SEE ALSO: Four Former Teammates Of Lance Armstrong Just "Opted Out" Of The Olympics
NOTE: Almost everyone has strong feelings about the Armstrong case, both pro and con. Lance Armstrong's supporters fiercely support him and don't want to see his amazing accomplishments tarnished any more than they already have been (and, doped or not, the accomplishments are still amazing). They also point out that this is all very old news and that the country has better things to focus on. Others, meanwhile, simply want to know the truth. I'm in the latter camp. I followed Lance Armstrong's Tour victories minute by minute, and those and his charitable work have always been hugely inspiring to me. Based on all that has come out about cycling in the past decade, I have come to assume that pretty much everyone in the sport doped and that you had to dope if you wanted to be competitive. Given this, I can certainly understand why Lance Armstrong would have doped, and if he did, I'm not going to get on some huge moral high horse about his "cheating." ("Cheating" gives you an unfair advantage over the rest of the field. You don't get that if everyone else in the field is doing the same thing.) If Lance Armstrong didn't dope, meanwhile, and everyone else--including his teammates--did, his accomplishments are that much more staggering. And inasmuch as we've come this far, I want to know the truth.


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UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. –Viewers can take an up-close and personal look inside the family history of some of today's most beloved and iconic celebrities when NBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?" returns for its second season on Friday, February 4 (7-8 p.m. Central Time). The celebrities who star in the series this season are Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Rosie O'Donnell, Steve Buscemi, Kim Cattrall, Lionel Richie, Vanessa Williams and Ashley Judd.
From executive producers Lisa Kudrow "Who Do You Think You Are?" is an adaptation of the award-winning hit British television documentary series that leads celebrities on a journey of self-discovery as they unearth their family trees that reveal surprising, inspiring and even tragic stories that often are linked to crucial events in American history.
From the trenches of the Civil War to the shores of the Caribbean, and from the valleys of Virginia to the island nations of Australia and Ireland, "Who Do You Think You Are?" will reveal the fabric of humanity through everyone's place in history. Each week a different celebrity takes a journey into their family's past, traveling all over the world. While giving viewers an in-depth look into their favorite stars' family tree, each episode will expose surprising facts and life changing encounters that will unlock people's emotions, show just how connected everyone is not only to the past, but to one another.
For "Who Do You Think You Are?" embeddable clips and full episodes, visit NBC.com's official show site: http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/.
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A couple weeks ago we quietly launched a simple new feature on Edmodo, that was the direct result of teacher input. Shared Tags enable you as a teacher to selectively share certain tags with your students.
To share a tag, first click the "Manage" link in the upper-right of the Tags Panel.
This will take you to the Tag Management screen, where you can mark any of your tags as "Shared."
Any student that belongs to a group you created will instantly have access to the shared tag, using the "Shared" tab that will appear in their Tags panel.
Only teachers are able to share tags. Let us know what you think in the comments, or if you have already started using Shared Tags. Thanks again to our users, for providing us with another great feature idea. Keep them coming…and stay tuned for some very exciting new features coming soon.
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I Love tags and being able to share them with students will make certain files and resources easier for them to find!!
It would be even better if students could share tags with one another/me. As someone who wants to use this site for student blogging, I would love to be able to search student posts via tags.
Shared tags are terrific and, I think, a key feature of future learning.We used them liberally in a custom-built ELGG-based platform last year. The key difference, however was that all tags were automatically shared amongst all users. That way we could create a real folksonomy. It also made for terrific interdisciplinary work: the math teacher and literature shared a few common tags so when students filtered for those tags they could see their scale models of the Great Wall of China alongside their analysis of 8th C Chinese poetry.
Ideally, once a group–or better yet, a whole school,or division–creates a tag, all users should have access to it. It makes collaborative learning easier. Do you think such a feature could be implemented in Edmodo?
As a student, I would really like to be able to share my tags with other students and search via their tags. We use Edmodo for book discussions and discuss many books in the same forum, and it would be really useful to tag and search by book. It would be so much easier to find what I'm looking for! Maybe this could be turned off by the teacher, if some don't prefer it. The feature would be really helpful, though!
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