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Are you afraid of the color purple? Or perhaps, do you detest the color purple? It's certainly a color that divides. But, it can also be a color that brings together elements in the home. Need some ideas of ways to bring purple into your space? We found ten in recent Apartment Therapy house tours.
1) An accent wall in Regina & Hardy's Jack + Jill Heyday Home
2) A pop of purple on a table in Suzann's Lovely London Maisonette
3) Flowers and a vase in Wendy's Live-In Speakeasy Salon
4) Bedding in Alarick & Kristine's Power Pop Flat
5) Throw pillows in Evelyn Lee's Sustainable Starter Apartment
6) Outdoor throw blankets in Matt & Leah's Modern Menagerie
7) Subtle book spines in Marina Replicates Her Boston Home
8) An accessory in Reese & Sarah Hazel's Welcoming Home
9) Rugs + cushion in Taylor & John's Peaceful Echo Park Perch
10) A bowl in The Martinez Family's Modern Mountain Turkey Coop
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Pimobendan treatment in dogs with congestive heart failure
Editors' note: This article is an updated excerpt from "Pimobendan: Understanding its cardiac effects in dogs with myocardial disease," which appeared in Veterinary Medicine's October 2006 issue.
To understand the pharmacology and therapeutic potential of pimobendan, clinicians should be familiar with the mechanisms of cardiac muscle contraction in healthy and diseased hearts.MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION
Myocardial contraction (i.e. excitation-contraction coupling) begins when a depolarization wave reaches a myocyte.2 In excitation-contraction coupling, action potentials depolarize cardiac muscle cell membranes, with phase 2 of the action potential triggering calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum.5 Normal cardiac muscle is distinct from skeletal and smooth muscle in that it relies on both extracellular (L-type calcium channels) and intracellular (sarcoplasmic reticulum) calcium sources for muscle contraction.
Myocardial failure, best typified by dilated cardiomyopathy, is characterized by alterations of myocyte integrity and severely disturbed intracellular calcium handling.6 Cytosolic calcium ion concentrations are adequate, but the sensitivity of troponin-C to calcium ions is impaired.6,7
Pimobendan's principal inotropic mechanism is troponin-C calcium sensitization, and this positive inotropic effect is accomplished with only a small increase in myocardial energy consumption. Pimobendan also causes peripheral arteriolar dilation, coronary artery dilation, pulmonary artery dilation, and peripheral venodilation by inhibiting phosphodiesterases III and V in vascular smooth muscle.1-4,8
Pimobendan treatment is initiated in symptomatic dogs with congestive heart failure that may benefit from positive inotropic action. The total dose is 0.5 mg/kg daily, which is divided into two doses (not necessarily equal) given 12 hours apart.9 The Vetmedin chewable tablet sizes are 1.25, 2.5, and 5 mg. The tablets are scored, and the calculated dose should be given to the nearest half-tablet increment.
Advanced dilated cardiomyopathy
Pimobendan's strongest indication is to treat patients with advanced dilated cardiomyopathy because they have poor left ventricular systolic function and reduced ejection fraction. They are subject to increased afterload as a result of dilation of the left ventricle with inadequate wall hypertrophy and arteriolar constriction (caused by activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and increased plasma norepinephrine concentrations). This increased afterload negatively affects stroke volume and ejection fraction. Through phosphodiesterase III and V inhibition, pimobendan promotes both arteriolar and venous dilation, reducing afterload and preload, respectively.
We administer pimobendan in dogs with cardiomyopathy in the face of overt or impending congestive heart failure. Clinical findings consistent with impending congestive heart failure include a gallop heart sound, atrial fibrillation, and nocturnal dyspnea. Pulmonary or hepatic vein distention on radiographic and ultrasonographic examination is also consistent with impending congestive heart failure.
Degenerative mitral valve disease
Patients with degenerative mitral valve disease have good contractility as assessed by echocardiography, even when the left heart is severely dilated. Thus, the inotropic action of pimobendan would seem to be of little value. However, the vasodilator action may contribute to preload and afterload reduction.

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Two members of the GRNT-GC wrestling squad will be putting their talents on display in districts after advancing through hard-fought sectional matches over the weekend.
Omar Martinez and Ethan Erhardt were runner-ups in their weight classes and have moved on.
Martinez, who wrestled at 132, had to wrestle four times on the day for the Rebelhawks. He won his first match by fall before dropping a major decision to eventual champion Wyatt Forsyth of Charles City in the semifinals.
Martinez saved his day with back-to-back pins of East Marshall/GMG's Talon Roseland and top-seeded Like Bahr of Iowa Falls-Aiden. The second took Martinez just 34 seconds to pin, improving his record to 35-19 on the season.
"He has had to come from behind all year," co-coach Rick Samuelson told the Times-Republican following the match. "He busts his tail, and we keep telling him if you put in the effort, good things will happen."
Erhardt, meanwhile, will be participating in districts for the second consecutive season. Erhardt went 1-1 with both a win and loss by fall.
"Ethan did what he had to do today," Samuelson said. "Both he and Omar have put in the time. They deserve this."
Samuelson also made a point to stress the effort the team has put in as a unit all year long.
"All of our kids got better as the season went on," Samuelson said. "We are very young. We need to just see the end of the tunnel and keep fighting. Good things will happen for us eventually, and they did for Omar and Ethan today."


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Phanteks PH-TC12DX Review
Phanteks PH-TC12DX Introduction:
Putting together a high performance computer usually involves installing a better-than-stock cooling solution, especially if running the system out-of-spec and overclocking it for all it's worth. Upping the clock speed and/or voltages will demand a much better cooling solution to keep that pricey processor operating as cool as possible. Phanteks has answered that call with a solution that is a bit more modest in size than their dual tower 140mm fan equipped PH-TC14PE, in the PH-TC12DX. Phanteks PH-TC12DX is a tower-style cooling solution again more modest in size yet still equipped with a pair of UFB bearing 120mm PWM fans to provide the airflow needed to cool the processor. Available in multiple colors, the PH-TC12DX can be ordered to fit most color themes.
Priced at $59 the PH-TC12DX is not just your standard cooling solution, but one that is built using aerospace technologies to minimize the effects of radiant heat using P.A.T.S (Physical Antioxidant Thermal Shield) technology. C.P.S.C (Cold Plasma Spraying Coating Technology) is used to improve heat transfer on the soldered surfaces of the four heat pipes, where they pass through the base and fin array. Packed full of technology, offered at a modest price with a five-year warranty, Phanteks makes the PH-TC12DX a tantalizing proposition. All the technical specs are for naught if it cannot perform. Let's run it through the ringer to see if it does deliver the number.
Phanteks PH-TC12DX Closer Look:
The front of the package shows a porthole view of part of the PH-TC12DX to the right, with the four colors available (Red, White,Blue, Black), shown just to the left side of the package. The top-right has the name and highlights that the fans are PWM style fans. The back side gives a brief description of the PH-TC12DX and how it is equipped, in several languages. The right side shows the technical specifications, while the left side shows the features of the package and cooler.
Internally, the cooler is solidly packed in a large closed cell foam form. The PH-F120HP fans and PH-TC12DX tower are encased in the foam, while the accessory bundle is packed separately in a cardboard box. The box was slightly bowed upon arrival, but after pulling the assembly out of the box, I found the whole assembly to be in excellent shape. A testament to the packaging design.
Phanteks' accessory bundle includes everything you need to install the PH-TC12DX on motherboards equipped with Intel LGA 2011/1150/1155/1156/1366/775 and AMD FM2/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2 sockets. You get compatibility with every current socket, including Intel's upcoming socket 1150 platform. The mounting kits are separated by CPU manufacturer, with one kit specifically for AMD and one for Intel. An accessory kit includes the fan attachment hardware and a tube of Phanteks nano-diamond-like particle thermal paste. A two-into-one four-pin power adapter allows both PH-F120HP fans to be plugged into the PWM controlled CPU fan header. A set of detailed instructions in multiple languages is included for those of us who have found out that reading them is the best course of action when installing a new product.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Rick Perry's on a mad dash for cash. He's reaching beyond his traditional in-state base as he tries to build a national fundraising machine large enough to compete with Mitt Romney's very deep pockets.
Perry is a prolific fundraiser in his home state, but Texas money and his established contacts around the country won't be enough to bankroll a presidential campaign. His fundraising record while running the Republican Governors Association, however, is strong — nearly double what his Democratic counterpart brought in during the first half of this year.
The test will be whether Perry can transform his lead in some opinion polls into cash — and whether his fundraising skills can compete with Romney, who raised $10 million in one day earlier in the year, or ultimately President Barack Obama, who raised the nearly $750 million he spent in the 2008 primary and general election campaigns from private donations.
"He's still basically a regional guy," said Bill Miller, a longtime Austin-based lobbyist, whose HillCo.PAC has contributed more than $250,000 to past Perry campaigns.
While trying to hang on to Texas donors, Perry is also courting would-be contributors in neighboring states and beyond. On Monday, he held two events in Oklahoma. He dined with a host of big donors at a posh Dallas hotel on Tuesday night, held a breakfast fundraiser in Austin early Wednesday, then headed to New Orleans for lunch and was in Houston for dinner. He had fundraisers in Midland and San Antonio on Thursday and has plans fundraising trips to California next week and Washington, D.C., later in September.
"You can't be a rocket forever. At some point they will stabilize," Henry Barbour, nephew of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, the former Republican National Committee chairman, said of Perry's polling numbers. "But now is the time to be out there meeting everyone."
Raising money around the country is tougher than Perry's camp is used to. While Texas places no limits on individual donations, there's a cap of $2,500 per donor for presidential candidates. Perry will have to rely on bundlers — supporters who tap their network of contributors and lump the donations together to raise large sums of money. Barbour, for example, has pledged to raise $50,000 on behalf of Perry. Dirk Van Dongen, a Washington-based fundraiser who took in money for George W. Bush, is now in the Perry camp with a pledge to raise $500,000.
Like Bush, another Texas governor who had presidential ambitions, Perry brought fundraising veterans to Austin before entering the race, laying the groundwork for what could be an impressive money operation. One Washington insider, a top Bush fundraiser and former ambassador to Luxembourg, Peter Terpeluk, had promised to work for Perry but died of a heart attack last week. His death notice told mourners, "in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Perry for President 2012."
How many bundlers Perry has already brought on board nationwide is unclear. Mark Miner, Perry's campaign spokesman, declined to discuss "our internal strategies for fundraising."
Perry's bump in opinion polls has sparked speculation that he will attract donors who were previously unsatisfied with the Republican field and therefore had stayed on the sidelines. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, is the GOP field's established money leader with a $12.7 million war chest as of July, $10 million of which he raised in one day in Las Vegas.
"We're starting from behind," Miner said. "Gov. Romney is individually wealthy and has been doing this for five years."
Perry isn't required to divulge how much money he has raised to the Federal Election Commission until Sept. 30. His fundraisers say he's angling to make a big splash with his first filing.
According to Texans for Public Justice, a state campaign finance watchdog, Perry raised more than $103 million from January 2001 through June 2011 for his gubernatorial campaigns, and all but about $11 million of that came from Texas sources.
Perry's largest gubernatorial contributors include Houston homebuilder Bob Perry, Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons and oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, all involved in the "Swift Boat" campaign that dogged 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.
Helping smooth the transition from Texas to national fundraising is Perry's experience with the Republican Governors Association, which he led until declaring for the presidency. Under his leadership, the association outraised its Democratic counterpart by a margin of 2-to-1, raking in $22.1 million during the first six months of this year.
"That has introduced him to a lot of donors across the country," Barbour said. "There are a lot of folks still out there. Some big names, some not. They're all going be looking at Perry now."
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Kent Beck Suggests Skipping Testing for Very Short Term Projects
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Kent Beck, author of "Extreme Programming Explained" and "Test Driven Development: By Example" suggests software, like golf, is both a long and short game. JUnit is an example of a long game project – lots of users, stable revenue (at $0 is sadly for all involved), where the key goal is to just stay ahead of the needs of the users.
When I started JUnit Max it slowly dawned on me that the rules had changed. The killer question was (is), "What features will attract paying customers?" By definition this is an unanswered question. If JUnit (or any other free-as-in-beer package) implements a feature, no one will pay for it in Max.
Success in JUnit Max is defined by bootstrap revenue: more paying users, more revenue per users, and/or a higher viral coefficient. Since, per definition, the means to achieve success are unknown, what maximizes the chance for success is trying lots of experiments and incorporating feedback from actual use and adoption.
JUnit Max reports all internal errors to a central server so that Kent can be aware of problems as they come up. This error log helped find two issues. For the first he was able to write a simple test that reproduced the problem and verified the fix. The second problem was easily fixed, but Kent estimated it would take several hours to write a test for it. In this case he just fixed it and shipped.
Kent goes on say:
When I started Max I didn't have any automated tests for the first month. I did all of my testing manually. After I got the first few subscribers I went back and wrote tests for the existing functionality. Again, I think this sequence maximized the number of validated experiments I could perform per unit time. With little or no code, no tests let me start faster (the first test I wrote took me almost a week). Once the first bit of code was proved valuable (in the sense that a few of my friends would pay for it), tests let me experiment quickly with that code with confidence.
Whether or not to write automated tests requires balancing a range of factors. Even in Max I write a fair number of tests. If I can think of a cheap way to write a test, I develop every feature acceptance-test-first. Especially if I am not sure how to implement the feature, writing a test gives me good ideas. When working on Max, the question of whether or not to write a test boils down to whether a test helps me validate more experiments per unit time. It does, I write it. If not, damn the torpedoes. I am trying to maximize the chance that I'll achieve wheels-up revenue for Max. The reasoning around design investment is similarly complicated, but again that's the topic for a future post.
Ron Jeffries, author of Extreme Programming Installed, replies: "I trust you, and about three other people, to make good short game decisions. My long experience suggests that there is a sort of knee in the curve of impact for short-game-focused decisions. Make too many and suddenly reliability and the ability to progress drop substantially."
Johannes Link, Agile Software Coach, says: "I have seen a couple of developers who were able to make reasonable short-term / long-term decisions. I am yet to see a single team, though; let alone an organization."
Michael O'Brien by contrast commented: "A great article and the right decision, I think. It's too easy to get caught up in beauty and consistency when you're writing code, and forget what you're writing code for. I write tests because it makes writing code easier and gives me confidence the code does what I think it does. If writing a test isn't going to help me achieve that, I say skip it."
Olof Bjarnason, thinks that: "one relevant idea Kent brings up is feedback flow. If we focus on getting that flow-per-unit-time high, we are heading in the right direction. For example, he mentions short-term untested-features-adding being a maximizer of feedback-flow in the beginning of the JUnitMax project, since writing the first test was so darn hard to write (took him over a week). He got a higher feedback-flow by just hacking it together and releasing; his 'red tests' were the first few users and their feedback."
Guilherme Chapiewski, raises the concern sometimes you think its a short game but it's not. In Guilherme's case that he decided to write a project without any tests as a proof of concept. It flew and people started to use it, quickly finding a few bugs that couldn't be fixed. In the end he concluded the code was rotten and untestable. He threw it away and started again from scratch.
Kent replies to many of the comments saying: "I agree that confusing the practices and the principles leads to problems. And that tests lead to better designs. That's why I have ~30 functional tests and ~25 unit tests (odd balance because Eclipse apps are so hard to test). I do almost all of my new feature work acceptance-test-first. It helps reduce the cycle time."
Does this idea safely scale beyond one or two people? Aside from Kent Beck, do many people have the judgment to pull this off?
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policy vs. practice / prototype vs. production
will gage
Re: policy vs. practice / prototype vs. production
jon kern
Re: policy vs. practice / prototype vs. production
Mike Bria
Then ya sit, with a bunch of (apparently) working code - but no tests.
Advertised law (for TDD practitioners anyhoo) is to throw out that code and start fresh, driving with tests. But, somewhere along the way in the spiking, my "god this code repulses me, I simply must refactor else I'll shrivel and die" bone spasmed and alas the code ends up being much prettier (and well-factored) than "throw-away/experiment" code deserves. Wrong to do? Prolly, but it is what it is.
So, what do you do? Really throw it all out? I usually can't bring myself to and end up burning a ton of time backfilling tests around this code, which (for me anyway) is a rather unpleasant endeavor.
In fact, I literally just found myself in such a predicament this week.
I suppose my point is that I agree going forward test-less has it's place in certain cases, but it does not come then without a certain cost and without an inherent risk of falling back to old bad habits, even for disciplined folks, and especially for those in sad pressure-cooker environments demanding "deliver, deliver, deliver".
ps// My longer rants here
Re: policy vs. practice / prototype vs. production
jon kern
i am careful not to let exploratory go too far... needs to be clear goals that you are seeking to compare and contrast competing ideas against. or even if you are exploring one idea to see if it meets your needs. point is, do the minimum required and NO MORE.
take your knowledge from the exercise and apply it to the project, which generally means from scratch.
if it were easy and cut-n-dried, a machine would do it. or google.
-- jon
Re: policy vs. practice / prototype vs. production
Peter Williams
Agreed. Process for process' sake has never worked in my experience. Steve McConnell warned about it 10 years ago with his Cargo Cult Software Engineering articles.
The same rigorous sense of empiricism that leads people to develop processes where progress is measured by tests should naturally lead them to validate the processes they develop.
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Mark Levison
Let's hear it for cowboy programming
Will C
'Good enough' really can be good enough. _So long as_ whatever it is is simple or short-lived.
For example; a stick is good enough to dig a small hole in the ground, and saves me walking back to my garage to get the spade. But if I want to dig a big hole, or several, the spade is the way to go.
Another factor is how well you can cowboy. My limit is a lot lower than Mr Beck's, because he has spent so long using good analysis and design practices that he thinks that way as a learned reflex. I can cowboy for a day, perhaps three, before I sink in the quagmire. I know people who can't even get that far. But intuitive good design can be learnt, and forgotten, in the same way as an intuitive grasp of trigonometry or matrices.
Frank Calfo
Skip tests? Really?
Frank Calfo
Are we talking about production software or beta?
Frank Calfo
He seems to be saying that he needs to skimp on initial quality and crank out a product as soon as possible so he can get user feedback.
If the users have agreed to accept a lot of bugs initially, report them, and patiently wait for a fix (i.e., they've signed up for beta software) then I see no problem with this practice.
But if they did not agree to a beta program, then this approach sounds like it's just pushing the QA responsibility on to the users which I don't think is right.
Again, it's difficult to make universal statements about software development. Every idea requires a context.


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Food Matters: Episode 251
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Singles often get criticized for our eating habits; we all have our patterns, be they sloppy, strict or somewhere in-between. The truth is, we could probably all benefit from a few tips for eating healthier, more cheaply and more efficiently. Listen in as Martha, Thomas and I share our weaknesses (guess who doesn't eat enough veggies, or who can't pass up a pastry?) and strengths when it comes to cooking for one. Also, Focus on the Family has teamed up with eMeals.com, a subscription based online meal planning service, to get you a 15 percent discount on your subscription. Use promo code FOCUS.
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Guests: Danae Dobson, Shirley Dobson,
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Does entertaining intimidate you? It can, especially if you have visions of going to Grandma's and watching her set a table with fine china, then serve a perfectly-prepared roast, fresh rolls, hand-mashed potatoes and three pies made from scratch. Where's the hope for us normal people? Shirley Dobson and her daughter, Danae, authors of Welcome to Our Table, deconstruct traditions, recipes and party planning to make hospitality attainable even for us skeptics.
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So the Bible tells us ladies to have a gentle and quiet spirit, but what does that actually look like? Does it mean we stay silent, bow our heads and think of nothing but rainbows and kittens? If so, I'm in trouble. Fortunately Candice is here to help us take apart this verse to practically apply it to our lives — no kittens required.
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TimmyC wrote:Alpinist wrote:Yeah but what I don't get is why the Chief has to shit on other people's accomplishments. What's the point of that? Or is he just trolling for a response?
Listen, I've had an AWESOME summer full of great climbs, many of which I've recorded here on SP in climber's logs. None of the peaks I've summitted this summer are much over 7000' and only one of them was an actual technical climb -- and that one weighed in at a monstrous 5.4ish. Would it devastate me if someone belittled my accomplishment? Hell no. I'm much too pleased with my return to health, with the fact that I can now climb not just a flight of stairs without wheezing and sweating but entire mountains (Baring!! w00t!!!), and with the fact that I'm living up to a promise I made to myself to not be a fat, diabetic, desk jockey anymore.
When one brings one's accomplishments out into public view -- especially when that view is the global newsmedia -- one stands to account for a lot of scrutiny, and varying amounts of that scrutiny is fair or pleasant. The global climbing community, as anyone who posts on SP's forums know with crystal clarity, is almost unbelievably demanding. Depending on how you Venn yourself, "demanding" is easily interchangeable with "shitty." Americans shit on French accomplishments. Men shit on women's accomplishments. Trads shit on sporties' accomplishments. Everyone shits on boulderers' accomplishments (but, like the mad monkeys they are, they throw the shit right back).
Did this lady actually summit? Who knows. But the very split second her accomplishment came into question, it became the climbing community's sacred right to start tearing her down. No one who climbs at that level can claim ignorance of this.
Is it right? Is it fair? No, of course it isn't.
You'll notice I avoid wading into the dangerous waters of who gets more torn-down than whom, because, again, this is a subjective matter based on which demographic you choose as your own.
I read way more than I post here because entering the fray so rarely seems worth it ("Women in climbing," anyone?). But every now and again, there's a frickin' gem of a response that needs me to say "hey, that was really great, thanks." If you graph out who posts on the forums against total membership, you'll find that a disproportionally small number of members make the VAST majority of posts. Much of it is spray, but, every now and again, there's gold, and it can't be found anywhere but buried in the lunatic rantings of rabid SP poster.
Alpinist, you know this. You post here enough to not be able to say something like "I had no idea The Chief was so full of bile and vitriol." Of course he is. He's the Chief. But for all the chest-beating and huffing and puffing he does, there is frickin' gold buried in that crazy brain, and through quiet observation of the forums, it can be teased out and we're all richer for it.
Most of the time, I don't respond to threads like this one because of my severe brevity impairment (a disability I've lived with since I learned to speak) and an allergy to TLDR. But the rest of the time it's because I have nothing constructive to add, and pissing back at someone who's being intentionally shitty doesn't do anything except whip up a frenzy of unneeded anger at no one. As an unintended consequence of this new form of social interaction, many people these days use forums to work out personal issues that in previous generations would have remained buried or that would have required professional help. The Chief has been quite forward about some of the help he's receiving, and many here have supported him. To that end, while it's not my style, I have to at the very least agree with his intent in trying to work to become a better, more whole human being through his interactions here.
Is The Chief being a dick in this case? Yeah, clearly, but whatever. It'll never get back to Ms. Maybe-she-did-maybe-she-didn't. Don't let it bring you down. Go outside today, breathe some non-recycled air, revel in Nature's wonder, behold the majesty of our beautiful world, letting insignificant things like this fall away from you.
Plus, I mean really, The Chief climbs aid, and, as everyone knows, aid climbers are f#ckin' nuts, man.
One of the best posts I read here recently.


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YORK, PA – York College junior point guard Julian Watson hit a three-pointer with 16 seconds left in regulation to lift the Spartans to an improbable and dramatic 65-61 victory over Frostburg State University in the opening round of the Capital Athletic Conference Tournament on Tuesday night in York.
The three highlighted a 12-0 run as the Spartans turned that eight point deficit into a four point victory.
Watson's heroics couldn't have been possible if it weren't for some other key plays late in the game. Frostburg's Maurice Williams hit a deep three from the left corner with 2:37 left, giving the Bobcats a seemingly safe 61-53 lead. The Spartans got a three point play from senior Paul Kouvaris on their ensuing possession as the York deficit was cut to five. After a pair of missed FSU free throws, senior Adam Earle hit a clutch lay up with 1:43 left, drawing York to within three at 61-58.
Junior Mitch Kemp made a nice defensive play when he took a charge from Bobcat guard Bradley Nunn, giving York possession with 1:23 left. The Spartans missed a three-pointer with 1:08 remaining but Williams missed another deep three, from almost the same spot that he hit from just a minute and a half earlier and York got the defensive rebound. Unfortunately for York, Earle lost his footing on the rebound and committed a traveling violation.
On the second Bobcat inbounds play after a York foul, the Spartans created a turnover when Nunn tried to lob a pass into the back court. Junior Jeremy Skoloda tipped the ball to Earle who hit a streaking Kouvaris for the lay up as the Bobcat lead dwindled to one with 31 ticks left on the clock.
After a timeout, Frostburg's DeSean Antoine was forced into a turnover as he bounced the ball off his foot, giving York life with 29 seconds left. That set the stage for Watson's huge triple from the left corner off a pass from Earle.
Earle then made another huge defensive play as he took a charge from Nunn with seven seconds left, giving York another stop and the ball. The Spartans got the ball inbounds and Kouvaris was fouled with 4.7 seconds left. He calmly sank both free throws, giving York the four point edge. Antoine missed a three and the horn went off, giving the Spartans the dramatic win.
The first half saw the Spartans jump out to a 11-2 lead just over five minutes into the game. The Bobcats eventually tied the game at 11, setting the stage for a back and forth half. There were four ties but the Spartans never trailed in the opening 20 minutes. After the big lead early, the Spartans would not lead by more than five the rest of the way.
The second half was much like the first half as there were four ties and seven lead changes before the Bobcats took a 46-44 lead on a Tyler Logan jumper with 8:26 left. The Bobcat lead grew to a game-high eight before the Spartans went on their game-ending run.
Kouvaris led the Spartans as the senior played one of his finest games in a Spartan uniform. The forward had his second double-double of the season with 21 points and 10 rebounds. He was 8-for-17 from the floor and a perfect 5-for-5 from the charity stripe. He also handed out a team-high five assists in the win. Watson finished the game with 18 points and five rebounds in 37 minutes of work. Watson was 7-for-14 from the field including his first three-point field goal in the last five games. Senior Mo Oursler was the third Spartan in double figures with 10 points while he also collected three rebounds.
Earle had his best game as a Spartan as he pulled down a career-high nine rebounds while he also scored four points, all in the last four minutes of the game, while he also handed out three assists, including the pass to Watson on the game-winning three.
The Bobcats, who entered the game leading the CAC in scoring, were held to 61 in the loss. Williams, who entered the contest leading the CAC in scoring, was held to 13 points, as he led the Bobcats. Williams finished the game 4-for-13 from the floor including 1-for-3 from three. He converted all four free throws while he pulled in five boards. Logan chipped in with 12 points while Antonie was the third Bobcat in double figures with 10 points. Guard Troy Dockett, who entered the game shooting 50.7% from three for the year with a conference–leading 68 three point field goals, was held to 0-for-2 from distance as he finished with six points, tying his season-low. Dockett's 50.7% from distance is ranked second in the NCAA Division III. Kwambina Coker led Frostburg State on the boards with 10 caroms.
The Spartans shot 45.5% from the floor in the win while they went 3-for-11 (27.3%) from three. York was 12-for-18 (66.7%) from the free throw line but did go 11-for-14 (78.6%) in the second half. Frostburg shot 41.7% from the floor for the game while they went just 2-for-15 (13.3%) from distance in the loss. The Bobcats entered the game having made 156 three pointers, second in the CAC. Frostburg converted 9-for-15 (60%) from the line in the game but just 3-for-6 in the final 20 minutes of play.
The Spartans committed 19 turnovers in the game as Frostburg is one of the best teams in the conference in forcing miscues. However, York had just one turnover in the final 7:30 of the contest, setting the stage for the comeback. The Bobcats only got 16 points off the Spartan errors, the same number of points that York got off the 13 FSU turnovers.
The win also extends the coaching career of Spartan mentor Jeff Gamber. The win was the 491st of his career and ensures he will coach his 916th career game on Thursday night. The Spartans are now 16-10 overall while the Bobcats' season comes to an end at 13-13.
The Spartans now head to top-seeded St. Mary's for the CAC semifinals on Thursday night. Tip time in St. Mary's City is set for 7:00 pm. The Seahawks swept the Spartans this year but both wins came by just two points.
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The Office of Institutional Diversity hosted its annual Day of Dialogue, where campus community members joined in group discussions and workshops centered on issues of race, gender and social justice. [br][br]Organizer [b]Sabrina Gentlewarror[/b] said the day-long event, subtitled, "Race and Gender: Making Connections," aimed to raise awareness about racism and gender bias and explore avenues for creating equality on campus and beyond. [br][br]"BSU has a long commitment to diversity and social justice issues," she said. "Dialogue focused on issues of diversity and social justice builds on this history as we work together to make this campus -- and our lives -- characterized by an even deeper commitment to fostering respect and equity for all."[br][br]Keynote speaker was [b]Rinku Sen[/b], an Indian-American author and activist who is president and executive director of the Applied Research Center, a national racial justice think tank and home for media and activism. [br][br]One of her talking points centered on her concept of four levels of oppression. The first three levels are: the individual (internalized), the interpersonal (person-to-person), and the institutional. Finally is the structural. "At the structural level is when we start to get into the unjust rules that govern our society," she told a crowd in the campus center's auditorium. [br][br]Those rules that oppress diverse populations need to be changed and new ones implemented, she said. That starts at the individual level and works up to the institutional level, where people can bring about reformation. "A group of people can come together and shape an institution," she said, noting the importance of BSU's Day of Dialogue in promoting that type of change. [br][br]"That kind of love that transforms communities and cities will hopefully transform the world," she added.[br][br]In concluding, she said race is a big issue with equality today, but not the whole problem. Other dimensions, including gender and sexual identity, must be examined. "Race is a part of everything, but not all of everything," she said. [br][br]President [b]Dana Mohler-Faria[/b] delivered the welcoming remarks for the day, saying the event would help increase understanding among participants about race and gender issues. "We need to then bring that understanding back to the fabric of this institution," he said.[br][br]Breakout sessions throughout the day aimed to tackle several aspects of race and gender equality, including: raising self awareness about the issues; increasing knowledge about race, gender, gender identity and the discrimination diverse populations experience; and improving skills for creating greater personal, institutional and societal awareness of racial and gender equity.[br][br]There was also a panel discussion featuring BSU students and employees who shared their experiences regarding race, gender and gender identity, and discussed their work to create greater racial and gender justice. (Rob Matheson, '07, University Advancement) [br][br]VIDEO:[br][br]President Dana Mohler-Faria delivers the welcoming remarks. [br][br][br][br]Rinku Sen's full keynote address with audience Q and A. [br][br][br][br]Dr. Sabrina Gentlewarrior discusses how a person's identity determines their status in the world. [br][br]


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Imager::Threads - Imager and threads
use Imager; use threads; Imager->preload; threads->create(...);
Starting from version 0.94 Imager attempts to work safely with perl's
Previous versions stored some state in global variables, in particular the internal error stack.
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libtiff, which Imager uses for TIFF file support is not thread safe,
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giflib, which Imager uses for GIF support is not thread safe before version 5.
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Lode Runner Trivia (BBC Micro)
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1001 Video GamesLode Runner appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
Arcade versionThe original Lode Runner proved so popular a coin-op version was commissioned and appeared in 1984 housed in its own cabinet and complete with artwork.
BungelingsWhile they both spawned strings of sequels to lead series of their own, Lode Runner and Choplifter can be considered to share not just human sprite animation, but a "game world" along with Will Wright's Raid on Bungeling Bay. All three games (all published by Brøderbund) ultimately featured the militaristic denizens of the Bungeling Empire as the primary antagonists.
Cancelled ports
- Lode Runner was being ported to the Atari Lynx but was abandoned while in a fairly advanced state.
- An Amiga version is mentioned in the French manual, ported by Loriciels' Annecy studio, but beyond that, no information of an official Amiga port exists.
- A Dragon 32 port is advertised as "coming soon" in an ad in C&VG magazine. Presumably, it was cancelled at a late stage, since programmer Roy Coates, who converted Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy for Software Projects, later came out with Beanstalker on his own label.
CompetitionOne of the biggest ever Lode Runner competitions took place during Japan's World Fair in August 1985. Gameplay was shown on a massive Sony Jumbotron (then the world's largest television at 80x150 feet). Over 3,000 people entered from across Japan and only 50 were selected to try their luck at achieving the highest score within three minutes. 12 year old Yasutaka Fujii was proclaimed the winner.
DevelopmentThe development started in 1980 on Commodore PET with ASCII graphics. In 1981 the Doug Smith joined the University of Washington which had VAX computers in their lab, so he continued development there (together with James Steinbeck). When they decided to make it a commercial project, they used Smith's nephew as playtester. Because of his nagging, Smith ported to the game to Apple II; the platform it was eventually released first. Then Smith changed the name to Miner and bought off Steinbeck who could not afford the time for project anymore.
After a rejection by Brøderbund, he continued working on the game on his own money. He especially worked on refining the graphics and the controls. Then he offered it to four companies, Electronic Arts, Epyx, Sirius Software, and Brøderbund. Brøderbund offered him $10,000 and 23% of future profits and he actually rejected an offer of $100,000 without royalties.
When Brøderbund bought the game they demanded that it contain 150 levels. The creative solution Smith came up with was to give the kids in his neighbourhood the level designer, promising to pay each kid who make a good level. One of them was Daron Stinnett, the executive producer of several LucasArts games including Dark Forces and Outlaws.
MessageStrings found in the game code:
If the original MASTER disk fails to run, return it to Broderbund for replacement. COPIES WILL NOT WORK.
Thanks for the run. See ya' next time.
Version differencesLode Runner was enhanced for the Apple Macintosh (and packaged as such). It remains the only 16-bit version of the first game and has possibly the highest resolution at 512x342 pixels on a crisp monochrome display. This version also features added mouse support for in-game configuration within windows, pull-down menus, pop-up dialogue boxes, and level creation. The game itself is played using the keyboard.
- Computer Gaming World
- November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) - #80 on the "150 Best Games of All Time" list
- Game Informer
- August 2001 (Issue #100) - #52 in the "Top 100 Games of All Time" poll
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BABSON PARK, Mass. – Babson College used a 16-3 run over the final 7:38 of the first half to pull away from visiting MIT on Wednesday night, as the Beavers went on to defeat the Engineers, 59-29, in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) contest at Staake Gymnasium. With their ninth win in a row, the Beavers upped their overall record to 17-3 and remained unbeaten in the conference at 13-0. Meanwhile, MIT fell to 4-15 overall and 2-11 in the NEWMAC.
Babson was led by Kathleen King, who scored 12 points, grabbed eight boards, and dished out four assists, as Sarah Collins who finished with 10 points, five boards, and three blocked shots. Michelle Kenel chipped in eight points and three assists, Damisi Adewumi amassed six points and six caroms, and Nicki Wurdeman added four points and seven rebounds.
Aparna Sud paced the Cardinal and Gray with 10 points and five rebounds. Sally Simpson posted five points and five boards while Lauren Sascha Burton notched four points and five assists. Stephanie Cooke contributed four points, three rebounds, and a team-high two steals.
Babson appeared to be pulling away in the opening eight minutes, building a 15-6 lead after a jumper by Adewumi with 12:19 remaining. However, Sud knocked down a three-pointer to spark a 7-0 MIT run as the Engineers pulled back to within two (15-13) with 7:54 on the clock.
The Beavers would control the contest from that point on, going on a 16-3 run, including 10 straight points to close the period, for a commanding 31-16 lead at the break. MIT would get no closer than 15 the rest of the way as Babson earned the 59-29 victory.
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NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted Wednesday to pursue a toll and fare increase in March to generate $450 million toward its 2013 budget of over $12 billion.
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted Wednesday to pursue a toll and fare increase in March to generate $450 million toward its 2013 budget of over $12 billion.
The vote, on a previously announced plan to raise tolls and fares every two years, calls for holding public hearings in November and adopting the increase at the same time as the budget in December.
The last increase, in December 2010, provided about the same amount of additional revenue and translated into average increases of 7.5 percent in bridge and tunnel tolls and bus, subway and train fares. Specifics about what commuters can expect to pay for their tickets will be available prior to the hearings.
"Paying more for a train ride would not be so offensive if we were at least getting a comfortable train ride," said Joann Behan of Salisbury Mills, pointing out that she and other commuters on Metro-North's Port Jervis line have been complaining about frigid temperatures in some cars to no avail for six months.
Carmen Santiago of Newburgh, who takes the Hudson line from Beacon, said her $404-a-month Metro-North ticket is already overpriced.
"Frankly, I don't know how I can manage another increase," said Santiago. "(The economy) has most commuters stretched to the limit financially."
The MTA tried to head off some of the negative reaction that usually greets any toll and fare increase with the announcement last week that some transit services cut in 2010 will be restored and new services will be added in growth areas. Transit advocates praised the $29 million gesture Wednesday but pointed out there is still more to be done.
The service adjustments are subject to public hearings that will be held concurrent with those on the toll and fare increase.
Bob Foran, the MTA's chief financial officer, said other critical elements of the 2013 budget and the long-range financial plan would be successful in securing net zero increases in new labor contracts and in building on previous cost-cutting initiatives.
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Foran said the 2013 and 2015 toll and fare increases would contribute $991 million toward easing the 2016 deficit, the net zero labor contracts, $307 million, and the recurring savings from reduced costs, $1.1 billion.
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With the 4th of July on the horizon, it seems appropriate to talk about America's favorite pastime (other than knitting and crochet, of course).
Combining two great traditions, the National NeedleArts Association's Stitch N' Pitch series is all about taking your knitting, crocheting and other needle arts out to baseball games all around the U.S. and Canada. Meet other yarncrafters and work on your latest project, while cheering on your favorite team. It's a great activity for the whole family! Check their website for more upcoming dates and to purchase tickets.
July 9 – Milwaukee Brewers
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This page will be a home for more detailed, thought-provoking essays about getting the most from one's Tapestry experience, intended for brand-new players and seasoned veterans alike. For quick answers to specific questions, please visit the F.A.Q.
- Have you ever longed to play a specific type of Star Wars character, but had to abandon the idea because it didn't fit into your group's concept, or your Gamemaster's campaign?
- Have you ever wanted to join a large, sprawling online game, but held back, because you knew you might not be able to stick with it indefinitely?
- Have you ever wanted to play in an RPG that allows you to go where you want, and do what you like?
Then Star Wars: Tapestry may be for you!
Star Wars: Tapestry is an online, play-by-post roleplaying game with no maximum player limit, and no restrictions on what types of characters its players can portray. While many Star Wars games discourage evil characters, for instance (and with good reason), such characters are welcomed and desired in Tapestry, as are 'lone-wolf' scouts and bounty hunters, droids of all kinds, young characters, elderly characters, and non-combatants of every stripe. In Tapestry, a character's worth is not necessarily defined by their prowess in combat (though such characters certainly have their place), but by how interesting they are.
When you join the galaxy of Tapestry, you'll be entering into a game filled with many other fascinating, player-controlled characters, each with their own unique agendas, needs, and desires. Without a GM, the players are free to improvise numerous engaging, adventure-filled stories together, on-the-fly, where the plot threads weave into and out of each other at will... a tapestry.
For instance, maybe you'd like to play a lone Ithorian xenoarcheologist on a planet in the Outer Rim, digging for evidence of an ancient civilization. So you just go ahead and do it. Shortly afterward, perhaps someone who's been reading your posts decides he likes your story, and wants to get involved. So he decides that maybe that civilization is not so ancient after all, and assumes the role of one of its citizens, who wants (or doesn't want) his people discovered by the galaxy at large. Then, maybe another reader decides to create a rival archeologist, who'd like to beat your Ithorian to the prize, by any means necessary? Maybe another character would like to play an Imperial Moff, who wants to deliver this lost civilization to the Emperor, as slave labour? And meanwhile, there are many other characters scattered over several star systems, whose stories have nothing to do with this one... or, at least, not yet. This is the kind of breadth and scope possible in Star Wars: Tapestry.
The RulesEdit
Despite the size and scope of Tapestry, the game actually has only three specific rules; they are as follows:
1. You may have only one principal character. This character is you. Any other characters you bring into the game are NPCs (Non-Player Characters), and though you're encouraged to flesh them out, they are not protected by the same rules as your principal character. Said NPCs must be with your principal character - no cutting to another star system to see how 'Strike Team B' is doing!
2. You may make a maximum of one post per day. There is no minimum. If you want to take a month off, that's fine... but don't be surprised if the galaxy carries on without you! Having a maximum of one post per day ensures that all players around you will have a fair chance to contribute to the action, while still allowing the more active players to keep things moving at a good pace.
3. You may not kill another player's character. Only they may choose when (or if) to die. Their equipment and NPC allies, however, are not protected by this rule (though the onus is on you to be tasteful and realistic about this - if your nemesis flies a beloved space transport, it shouldn't be blown to smithereens when you throw a rock at it... use your best judgement, and remember: the other players are watching.
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Grouping UpEdit
When playing the game, you're going to want to join up with other players (after all, playing completely solo kind of defeats the purpose of joining a game like this). Inevitably, the temptation arises to go wherever 'all the players' are. After all, one might suppose, the greatest variety of opportunities will be available with the greatest number of players.
In actuality, the opposite can happen. It's been found that, when a large number of players converge in the same location, a sort of 'Tapestry-itis' may occur, where play slows almost to a standstill. It seems that, possibly intimidated by the responsibility of directing the action of a large a number of players (and their inevitable posse of NPCs), players will stop posting entirely, and wait for someone else to take the reins. This can hurt the game!
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Perks of being a Wallflower is a well-known book written by the American Stephen Chbosky. Trust Deed recommends the book along with the New York Times where it was listed as one of the best selling books for over 1 year. The book was also printed in over 30 languages since its publication in 1999. In 2012 the book became a film starring Emma Watson, Ezra Miller and Logan Lerman. The film went onto receive a wide range of awards and accolades. There are important messages in this film including being accepted into society, fitting into social situations like school and teenagers dealing with their sexuality. Arta String Quartet supports this post and provides string music for weddings and events.
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Perks of Being a Wallflower is about Charlie who is going through his freshman year at high school. Whilst Charlie is incredibly intelligent he is nervous around people and considered unpopular at the Pittsburgh school he attends.
At 15 years old Charlie is writing about his life, discussing his first years at school as well as the death of his friend through suicide and the death of his aunt. These childhood traumas impact Charlie and while we don't know who the letters he writes will be sent to, it helps us understand the difficult life experiences he's been forced to face at an early age. The letters written by Charlie to an unknown person (thought to be a family member who is a financial advisor) gives a birds eye view of the situation. The book touches on key points about growing up and the writer wanted to explain the difficulties teens face as they mature through a complicated and difficult time. For gifts for men it has to be Man-Tastic.
Charlie becomes integrated into a group of friends, mainly Sam and Patrick. It's clear early on that Charlie is attracted to Sam however she is dating somebody else. As part of this group Charlie develops and experiments with alcohol, drugs and smoking. The story continues to unravel with Charlie, Sam and Partick and we understand the complex problems which Patrick faces being gay at high school. Charlie and Sam become increasingly closer too.
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It has been over a decade since people started to talk about Ubiquitous Computing or the Internet of Things (almost three decades for the former). Back then it was a dream, more or less. Today it is a reality, with many of us surrounded by several "internet capable" devices at every moment. There has been a lot of work recently in some standards groups (e.g., IETF) on various aspects surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT), including the Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) protocol (how to cram as much data into a small message exchange as possible).
The Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) is a data format whose design goals include the possibility of extremely small code size, fairly small message size, and extensibility without the need for version negotiation. These design goals make it different from earlier binary serializations such as ASN.1 and MessagePack.
But it was only a matter of time before REST would be applied to this area. The Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE) working group is chartered by the IETF to provide:
[...] a framework for resource-oriented applications intended to run on constrained IP networks. A constrained IP network has limited packet sizes, may exhibit a high degree of packet loss, and may have a substantial number of devices that may be powered off at any point in time but periodically "wake up" for brief periods of time.
As part of this framework for building applications on constrained devices the working group will also define the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) for the manipulation of resources on these devices:
The WG will define a mapping from CoAP to an HTTP REST API; this mapping will not depend on a specific application. It is worth noting that proxy does not have to occur at the boundary between the constrained network and the more general network, but can be deployed at various locations in the unconstrained network.
The group has already defined a number of items that the protocol must support, including:
- The ability to create, read, update and delete a resource on a device.
- The ability to support a non-reliable multicast message to be sent to a group of devices.
- It must operate over UDP, with some optional (and limited) support for TCP.
- specification for the HTTP REST based API and translation to communicate with devices.
Since the group has only just started there are still a number of unknowns, such as security. However, there's already a project to support CoAP on Java with jCoAP.
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Is REST the right model for IOT?
Faisal Waris
MQTT is about asynchronous messaging and pub/sub which is not the domain of REST.
Also I am not clear on why we need COBR when we have Protocol Buffers from Google.
Re: Is REST the right model for IOT?
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With ZeroMQ, binary protocol (i.e. serialization) can be freely choosen.
We hope REST works for IoT
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What other explanation can there be for a man who took BMWs elegant 3-Series coupe and converted it to a full show car for the 2008 SEMA show, then promptly tore it apart and began working on a complete revision for the 2011 show? We certainly cannot help but admire the result of his continuous exhortations, as the results of this labor of love have reached fruition. We do dig modified cars here at PAS./p>
Starting with the obvious would be too simple. Sometimes it is all of the small details which make a good car into a great one. Gaze at the white pearl powder-coated Rotora brakes, as re-envisioned by Mike Borja at Rollin' Art. They are six-piston front calipers and four-piston rears gripping big 355mm saucer plates. Check out the insane 20" wheels from DPE, with their matte grey deep dish forged aluminum centers and fully polished lips. Wrapped in sticky Continental tires they provide ample grip to match the performance of the Tein Super Sport coil-overs and H-Sport front and rear anti-roll bars. He added Powerflex control arm bushings for even more control over steering precision than the OEM rubber bushings could provide, necessary with the 10" wide front wheels and 11" wide rears.
In the engine bay, Molina has picked up some killer product, like the Axis Power Racing carbon fiber engine cover, an NRG carbon fiber valve cover, dual ram air scoops from Race Precision Inc., and a cold air intake pipe from Stett Performance. Molina had a hand in suggesting that Stett produce a stainless steel version of the cheap plastic BMW vacuum canisters. These supply an immediate control signal to the dual waste gates, leading to better performance. He is also using their charge pipe (guaranteed not to pop off the intercooler) and TIAL blow-off valve setup, as it provides built-in bungs for his Nitrous Express system.
Stett has even worked up a buffed up oil cooling system which outperforms similar units by forty percent. AFE supplied their down pipe and throttle body while Jay at 661 Autosport handled the installation. Race Precision Inc. contributed their new 335i exhaust system, a front-mounted oversize intercooler, and Eloy Way at RPI installed his ESS tuning. Centerforce Clutches backed this motor up with a lightweight flywheel and their weighted pressure plate, which increases clamping force as RPM climbs.
With the engine bay leading the way in the carbon fiber charge, of course the interior needed some too. NR-G supplied their carbon fiber E-brake handle and their full 16-piece trim kit. Carbon fiber Cobra race seats were recovered in diamond-stitched gray cloth and black Alcantera by Rollin' Art. The headliner, A and C pillars, and trunk also received the Ritz treatment, with stitched Alcantera everywhere. The steering wheel comes from Ace Custom Steering, and features a revised rim shape and hand-stitched blue suede leather around the perimeter. Even Molina's visors were rewrapped for a complete "bat cave meets race car" look. Mike at Rollin' Art had these words, "With the evolution of automotive trends, there will always be a conflict between form and function. We at Rollin' Art believe that form equals function.
The trunk display doubles up the fun, with dual 19" Accele monitors, one for the 4 cameras mounted discretely around the car, and the other to play movies from the Kenwood slide-out touch-screen equipped head unit. Toss in three Diamond amps under plexi, two 12" Diamond subs, and a hidden Sony PlayStation 3 and a Street Wires 2 farad capacitor, and you have the making for a system that is almost as powerful as the exterior. Al and Ed's Autosound from Pasadena, California did another exemplary job, as is usual for them. But not quite, because, as you can plainly see, the exterior is awesome.
This is how the pros at Las Vegas Classic Coach, the home of Rollin' Art, do it. Rollin' Art is planning to impress the masses at the shows this year with their exemplary dedication to their work. The wide body kit comes from Prior Design USA, and was installed and painted by Rollin' Art's owner, Borja, in a custom Ferrari color called Bianco Fugi White. It is a matte white crossed with a pearl and looks stunning from any view. The Prior kit replicates the much-wider E92 M3 body, down to the muscular vented hood and carbon fiber trunk lip spoiler, plus one more spoiler for the rear glass. It demands a professional- level install; this isn't some bolt-on package of wheels flares. It's the whole enchilada. If you have a 335i, and do not feel like spending the dough on the gas-guzzling 18 MPG M3 V8, this kit is the answer to your prayers.
Thanks to the help of his sponsors, Molina has once again delivered a fresh look at the E92 chassis, and one we're sure will draw many eyeballs up in Las Vegas at the 2011 SEMA show. Though he wouldn't mind taking home an award, he'll be the first to tell you its not about recognition or fame, but being true to your own individuality. Here at PAS we've been preachin' that sermon for over a decade now and we are glad to see the spirit is still going strong.
Vehicle: 2011 BMW 335i
Owner: Carlos Molina JR
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Engine Displacement: 3.5L
Horsepower: 455 whp
Website: www.Rollinart.wordpress.com
Club Affiliation: Rollin' Art
Engine Modifications
Axis Power Racing
Custom Carbon Fiber Engine Cover
Centerforce Performance Clutch
Centerforce Lightened Flywheel
Nitrous Express - Remote Bottle Opener
Nitrous Express - Purge Value Kit
Nitrous Express - Bottle Pressure Gauge
Nitrous Express - GENX-2 Accessory Kit
Nitrous Express – IntraCooler Kit
NRG - Carbon Fiber Valve Cover
NRG - Carbon Fiber Bulkhead Cover
NRG - Carbon Fiber PS Loop Cover
NRG - Carbon Fiber Panel Covers
Race Precision Inc.- ESS Tuning
Race Precision Inc.- Full Exhaust
Race Precision Inc.- Front Mount Intercooler
Race Precision - Ram Air Scoop system
Stett - Dual Intake, ver.2 (powder coated Stett Red)
Stett - Charge Pipe, ver.2 (powder coated Stett Red) w/ TIAL blow-off valve
Stett – Carbon Fiber Catch Can
Stett - Oil Cooler System
Stett - Vacuum Reservoirs (powder coated Stett Red)
Stett - Intake Duct Block Off Plate
AFE down pipe, AFE throttle body (installed by Jay at 661 Autosports)
Prior Design - Front Bumper
Prior Design - Wide Body Conversion
Prior Design - Boot lip spoiler
Prior Design - Window Wing
Prior Design - Rear Bumper
Prior Design - Hood
Prior Designs- Front fenders, rear fender flares
Prior Design - Side skirts
Rollin'Art - Wide Body Installation
Rollin'Art - Bianco Fugi White
ACE Custom Steering - Steering Wheel
Rollin'Art - Alcantara Suede Shift Boot
Rollin'Art - Alcantara Suede E-Brake Boot
Cobra - Carbon Fiber Race Seats, re-wrapped in diamond stitch by Rollin'Art
NRG - Carbon Fiber e-Brake
NRG - Carbon 16pc Interior Kit
Rollin'Art - Alcantara Suede Headliner
Rollin'Art - Alcantara Suede Trunk
Rollin'Art - Alcantara A&C Pillars
UUC - Carbon Fiber Race Pedals
Active Autowerks polished aluminum shift knob
Tein - adjustable Super Sport coil-over system
Tein - EDFC (to be installed soon)
Whiteline - Front Sway Bars
Whiteline - Rear Sway Bars
Powerflex - Control Arm Bushings
Wheels and Tires
DPE Super Concave three-piece wheels- 20x10, 20x 11
Rotora - Front 6 pot Caliper powder coated white by Rollin'Art
Rotora - Rear 4 pot Caliper powder coated white by Rollin'Art
Rotora - 14" Disc Rotors
Rotora - SS Brake Lines
Rotora - H2 Ceramic Pads
Continental - 20" Extreme DW Tires
Audio & Video
Accele - 19" trunk monitor (split into four sections for the different cameras in car)
Accele - 19" trunk lid monitor
Accele – Rear view mirror with monitor on rear view
Accele – Hidden switches
Accele - Actuators
Accele - FM modulator
Accele - Video amplifier
Accele - Video switcher
Accele - Rear View Camera
Sony - PS3
Diamond Audio - 2 x 12" Subs
Diamond Audio - Components
Diamond Audio - Mono Amp
Diamond Audio - 4 ch Amp
Street Wires - 2* Chrome Cap
Street Wires - All A/V Wiring
Mike Borja @ Rollin'Art for the immaculate paint job and providing transport of the vehicle, Gregg Vandermark @ Continental, and for over ten years of tire support, Tim Andrews @ Whiteline, Will Baty @ CenterForce, Eloy Way @ Race Precision for believing in the build since SEMA '07, Chad Stett @ Stett Performance for continual support and developing the vacuum reservoirs on my recommendation, Andreas Belzek @ Prior Design, Art Blanchford @ ACE Custom Steering, Manu Gill @ DPE, Al &Ed's Autosound - East Pasadena, CA, Brian Paille @ Accele for supporting another BMW build, Bob Chanthavongsa @ Diamond Audio for last minute audio support and Jay @ 661 Motorsports, Santa Clarita, CA