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Eight fantastic full-frame chassis for '64-81 muscle cars!
With the demise of the Ford's Crown Victoria and its Panther chassis, OEMs have officially fully abandoned the traditional full frame on passenger cars for the sake of unibody and monocoque platforms. Hot rod shops, on the other hand, have been increasingly refining and improving frames and even developing applications for muscle cars that never had them to begin with.
Is that a step backward? If we were dealing with modern cars with their advanced engineering and unibody construction it would be, but these chassis are designed from scratch to address all the ills of notoriously flimsy vintage unibodies and less-than-stiff factory frames, and bring them to levels of strength and rigidity not possible in stock form.
But that's not the only benefit; these frames have all been engineered with clean slate suspension systems that take advantage of the increased chassis rigidity to create vastly improved vehicle dynamics. Quarter-mile, twisties, and even just cruising the streets in daily driver mode will all be dramatically improved over stock. In this case, looking to the past with a full-frame chassis can create a car that outperforms its modern counterpart.
Art Morrison Enterprises (AME)
Designed to be a complete bolt-on chassis solution with ease of installation in mind, GT-Sport chassis installation only requires minor trimming or fabrication, depending on the application. Thanks to FEA (finite element analysis) design, the frame has greatly increased strength and stiffness over stock. Additionally, the C6 Corvette-derived front suspension with either tubular steel or Corvette C6 forged aluminum A-arms has greatly reduced sprung and unsprung weight, which benefits acceleration, braking, and handling. A triangulated four-bar assembly, a three-link, or AME's new ¾-link rear, which combines both, plant the rear with either a Panhard bar or Watt's link for lateral location. Special Strange Engineering adjustable coilovers are used on all four corners, along with beefy application-specific antisway bars. Small-block, big-block, or LS mounts are available as well as mounts for a wide variety of manual and automatic transmissions including Powerglide, TH350, TH400, 700-R4, Tremec TKO five-speed, T56 six-speed, Richmond five-speed, or Richmond six-speed transmissions.
Don't see your application on the GT-Sport list? Provided you don't have an aversion to a bit of cutting, Morrison has you covered with the Max-G Muscle Car line of chassis. The idea behind the Max-G is creating a new platform upon which a unibody-type vehicle can be dropped on once the floorboards have been removed and the firewall trimmed. Sounds like a lot, but for some cars it's actually far easier than trying to deal with a separate front clip, rear clip, and subframe connectors.
GT-Sport Applications:
'67-69 GM F-body (Camaro, Firebird)
'64-72 GM A-body (Chevelle, GTO/LeMans, Olds 442, Buick GS, El Camino)
Max-G Muscle Car Applications:
Camaro, Challenger, Chevelle, 'Cuda, Dart, Demon, GTO, Mustang, Fairlane—the sky's the limit. Max-G Muscle Car chassis are individually CAD-engineered for the specific year, make, and model of the car, so if you're up for the required cutting and fab work, Morrison can create a Max-G chassis for anything your heart desires.
The Cost:
GT-Sport starts at: $11,600; varies per build
Max-G starts at: Inquire; varies per build
Art Morrison Enterprises
Dooley And Sons
Just like how they've quietly built some of the best hot rods, muscle cars, and customs since 1961, Dooley and Sons' first-gen Camaro chassis came out without a great deal of fanfare, but ranks up there with the best of the best in quality. Their F-body chassis fits '67-69 coupes or convertibles, and is 100 percent bolt-in with no cutting of sheetmetal at all. The front suspension is an in-house design developed with Pro Touring–type handling in mind. power rack, RideTech triple-adjustable shocks, Baer six-piston brakes, and splined front and rear sway bars are standard. In the rear, it's a 9-inch with Detroit Truetrac and your choice of ratio. Or if IRS sounds better, Dooley has just released a version with an independent rear suspension.
'67-69 F-body (Camaro/Firebird)
The Cost:
Starting at: $24,750
Dooley And Sons
The Roadster Shop
The Roadster Shop creates each new application for their new and expanding Fast Track muscle car chassis line in computer-aided design (CAD), then uses their CNC plasma tablet to cut the 'rails from four pieces of 10-gauge steel.
Based around C6 Corvette spindles and hubs, RS employs their own unique suspension geometry offering increased negative camber gains and a controlled roll center. The tubular control arms bring an increase in strength and additional clearance to run up to a 10-inch front wheel and 12-inch in the rear. The Fast Track IFS and IRS have been designed as a system with matched camber curves and roll centers for a dynamic front/rear balance equaling predictable performance. Lightweight materials are used with CAD to ensure strength and reduce the unsprung weight. Delrin bushings have been specifically machined to eliminate deflection while reducing vibration. Custom 300M drive axles and billet 930 CV joints have been machined specifically for this application, and have enough strength to handle in excess of 1,000 hp.
'62-67 Nova
'67-69 F-body (Camaro/Firebird)
'70-81 F-body (Camaro/Firebird)
'64-72 Chevelle/Cutlass/GTO/Skylark
'70-74 Challenger
The Roadster Shop
'64-72 Mustang
The Cost:
Starting at 15,495
Bodie Stroud
Based upon a one-off platform he developed for a major SEMA car build, Bodie Stroud has made this killer frame available to the general public. You've seen the awesome car that graces this chassis here in PHR: The Real Thing '69 Mustang [Ed: July '11]. The Real Thing sported monstrous rear wheels of the 20×14 variety, but if you prefer something more modest, the chassis is configurable based upon your specs and rolling package. The frame itself is mostly bolt-on and retains stock floorboards and firewall location, though some trimming will be required. The beefy 2×4 'rails have boxed cutouts for exhaust routing and built-in driveshaft loop. The front suspension is an IFS designed in-house by Bodie and features revolutionary adjustable upper control arms that allow quick on-car adjustments. It also features a Flaming River steering rack. The rear is a parallel four-link with a Panhard bar and custom 9-inch centersection with a choice of internals. Engine and trans mount options are wide open, as is the mounting position for further setback over stock.
'69-70 Mustang
The Cost:
Starting at: $8,500
Bodie Stroud Industries
Jim Meyer
This jig-built 2×4 box-tube chassis includes all the standard options from Jim Meyer's Pro Touring front suspension product line, like rack-and-pinion steering, tubular A-arms, and coilovers. The rear features a urethane bushed, adjustable four-link rear suspension with Jim Meyer's Low Roll Center Panhard bar standard. Both rear 'rails and the custom 9-inch rearend housing can be ordered in any width to accommodate big tires under the quarters, but all choices are up in the air since Jim Meyer builds each chassis to order after discussing options with the customer. The chassis features an additional 2-inch step over the front suspension for killer stance. The core support mount, engine and trans mounts, and front bumper bracket holes are all in their stock locations, but it's definitely not a bolt-on since the body sits down over the chassis and welds to the 'rails. Some floorpan and rear wheelwell modifications are required.
'67-69 F-body (Camaro/Firebird)
The Cost:
Starting at $10,495
Jim Meyer Racing Products
Eckert's Rod & Custom
The Torque 3G Chassis stands out as unique in the market since rather than integrating Corvette suspension and driveline parts to a conventional chassis layout, the 3G uses a central spine that incorporates the entire driveline from a C6 Corvette. That means engine up front, but transaxle in the rear with the torque tube tying them together. Right off the bat, that helps get most cars close to a 50/50 weight distribution while dramatically increasing rigidity. As a matter of fact, you can actually buy the chassis bare and provide your own Corvette parts since everything is a bolt-in. Even the factory dropout cradles are retained. Wheelbase can be tailored from 96 to 130 inches, and Eckert's CNC aluminum control arms can narrow the front track by 4 inches and the rear by 5 inches. Pretty much any aftermarket suspension, driveline, brakes, and chassis parts for a Corvette will work, and the exhaust, brakes, and fuel lines are encapsulated within the center tunnel so ground clearance can be as low as 5½ inches.
'67-69 F-body (Camaro/Firebird)
'65-72 Chevelle/Cutlass/GTO/Skylark
'65-67 Impala
'68-72 Nova
The Cost:
Starting at: $14,000 for '67-69 F-body (Camaro/Firebird) with CNC control arms
Starting at: $18,000 for other models
Eckert's Rod and Custom
Street Rod Garage
The Street Rod Garage Alabama Slammer chassis is for those who want their F-body extra low and don't mind removing floorpans and fabricating custom mounts. This design tucks the frame up flush with the bottom of the rocker, which serves to hide the 'rails and make the rockers the lowest point of the chassis. Standard ride height with 18-inch fronts and 20-inch rear wheels is approximately 4.5 inches. Front suspension is SRG's own IFS design with tubular control arms, rack-and-pinion steering, and a hidden sway bar. SRG's unique reversed Watt's link setup on a custom 9-inch housing is standard, but several options including IRS are available. Custom chassis are built in-house, so modifications to suit a '68-72 Nova are possible. You will need to have formidable fabrication and welding skills to install this chassis under your F-body, but it will slam the driveable ride height unlike anything else.
'67-69 GM F-body (Camaro/Firebird)
The Cost:
Starting at: $14,500
Street Rod Garage
Schwartz Performance Engineering
Schwartz Performance Engineering's full chassis conversions are all designed to be as bolt-in friendly as possible without sacrificing strength. The chassis come complete with tubular A-arms, splined sway bar, choice of QA1 coilovers or RideTech ShockWaves, power rack-and-pinion steering and a triangulated four-link rear suspension. All suspension points pivot on bearings or Teflon-lined spherical rod ends to eliminate the possibility of unwanted deflection. Remember that extra rigidity we mentioned in the intro? According to Schwartz, torsional rigidity on some applications is increased by roughly 200 percent over stock. That's a huge difference that helps the suspension work effectively. In fact, after the swap, Schwartz has seen 1.08 lateral g's with this chassis. On top of that, despite adding a full frame, Schwartz tells us that it's not uncommon for the overall vehicle weight to be reduced by about 75 pounds, thanks to the elimination of heavy factory stamped steel.
'64-72 GM A-body (Chevelle, GTO, Cutlass)
'67-69 F-body (Camaro/Firebird)
'70-81 F-body (Camaro/Firebird)
'62-67 Chevy II/Nova
'68-74 Nova
'64-73 Mustang
'68-70 Mopar B-Body (GTX /Charger/Road Runner)
'70-74 Mopar E-Body ('Cuda/Challenger)
The Cost:
Starting at $9,399
Schwartz Performance


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My approach so far is to do: (where mesh = bpy.context.scene.objects[someObject])
The idea is that I export to a txt file where the data is already laid out as vertex attributes in array of structs format. That is, vvvnnncc, meaning vertex + normal + 1 texture, for instance.
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vNum = len(mesh.data.vertices)
tNum = len(mesh.data.uv_layers)
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file.write(' {:.2f} {:.2f}\n'.format(uv_layer.data[i].uv[0], uv_layer.data[i].uv[1]))
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But it seems I'm incorrectly accesing uv coordinates because when I render the resulting VBO + Texture in my engine of sorts, the vertices and normals are fine (shading is coherent) but the texture mapping is definitely messed up.
So I went ahead and looked a bit closer on the uv_layers in my scene and what throws me off is that, my mesh is made up of 48 vertices and normals, reused among 70 faces (a total of 210 indices in terms of a GL index buffer if you will) but the length of mesh.data.uv_layers[0].data (this particular mesh has a single material with a single UV texture) is 210.
Shouldn't it be at most 48? That is, at most, every single distinct vertex in the mesh would map to one uv coordinate. How come I have 210 uv coordinates?
Regardless of the above observation, what would be the way to get appropriate UV coordinate for each vertex?


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Exclusively Bimmers, just outside Charleston, SC?
Actually it's in Mt. Pleasant but that's adjacent to Charleston.
Car broke down while we're on vacation from out of state. Having rad replacement (infamous broken plastic neck), Exclusively Bimmers charging about $450, using OEM rad, can have it done same day, and is towing it for me from Rick Hendrick Imports, which a) had no OEM rad in stock, couldn't get me car until Thursday Sept. 7 (today's Tuesday) and b) was going to charge me about $850 - two hours labor plus about $500 bucks for radiator.
Any experience with Exclusively Bimmers? Owner says he worked for Hendrick for 7 years.
Thx and wish me luck with out-of-town breakdown, shop I've never heard of!!!!
Re: Exclusively Bimmers, just outside Charleston, SC?
Mike, having just moved from Mt Pleasant, let me set your mind at ease about Exclusively Bimmers! They have a great reputation and they've been nice enough to answer a few questions for me - even though I was going to Hendrick because of my warranty covering maintenance & repairs! Just about anyone will refer you to them - they offer excellent service at fair prices. Enjoy Mt Pleasant and Charleston!
I agree and recommend them
They said they bled it twice and idled it for 45 minutes; I believe 'em because after a 300-mile drive home, heavy traffic and 80mph highway, the next morning when I checked the coolant was less than half an inch below the cold line. Probably would have been fine just topping it off, but I did another bleed anyway; only got a few bubbles out.
You're right about their rep, after I had the car towed there I ran into the hotel manager, who told me he recommends them to everyone.
BTW, I should correct my earlier post - the owner worked for BMW dealerships for _17_ years, not seven.
I took a chance on a Yellow Pages ad and ended up very pleased. Hard to beat my experience for somebody with a busted car out of state!
Thumbs up to Exclusively Bimmers.
And when there, I also recommend ...
... the she-crab soup at 82 Queen. But you already know that.
That's a big reason I _went_ to Charleston again. And because I had to stay an extra night, I ate there twice!
Also crawled through the Yorktown. Even a military buff like me could only make it through three of the six tours, do all six and you'd still see only a portion of the ship - and by today's standards she's a _small_ carrier.
We stayed at the Andrew Pinckney, I liked it. Heart of historic district but considerably less than the usual district rate. My friend couldn't bring herself to spend $160 for a smallish sweetgrass basket, though, even if they are handwoven and bursting with heritage and smell great, and all that.
Re: Exclusively Bimmers, just outside Charleston, SC?
Dennis from Exclusively Bimmers is a reliable well-trained, experienced mechanic, and a perfect gentleman. He does not give you a run around, and is very helpful in getting the probelm fixed at a reasonable price compared to dealership.
I strongly recommend him for BMW service/ repairs.
Re: Exclusively Bimmers, just outside Charleston, SC?
I must strongly disagree. I just had a very troublesome experience with Exclusively Bimmer. I went there after a warning signal about my transmission was displayed. They suggested it was the flow sensor. $500 later problem still existed. they suggested new battery. $200 later problem still existed. I asked what was going on, he said it was definately the alternator. I asked him if the other items were nescessary and he said (with a smile) probably not. he has wasted $700 of MY dollars with improper diagnostics and feels no responsiblity. VERY upset how this unfolded. I am now going to someone down the street and get charged 75% of what Exclusively Bimmer would charge.
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As an entrepreneur, you're most likely used to juggling some of the following: suppliers, customers, employees, product launches, marketing, finances, growth, operations and more on a day to day basis.
And that's sometimes only a portion of what's on your plate. Add family, kids, rent, mortgage, car payments, health, and diet in the mix and you've got a real soup on your hands.
So then how do you juggle it all? Where do you draw the line?
Recognizing the need that busy ecommerce entrepreneurs have for relaxation in their lives, we decided to put this post together to provide easy-to-implement stress hacks proven by science and backed up by plain old common sense.
Okay, so now that we've got your attention, here we go:
1. Personalize Your Workspace
Who would have thought that adding things like photos of friends and family, plants, motivational quotes, comic strips, artwork, screen savers, personalized desktop background, and more could help you get more out of your day?
Newly published research in the Journal of Environmental Psychology showed that for people who work in open or shared spaces, a highly personalized workspace meant lower levels of emotional exhaustion and distraction despite the lower levels of perceived privacy.
In other words making your space your own will help you feel less stressed and allow you to get more done.
2. Do One Thing at a Time
Here's a fact: multitasking sucks. Don't believe me? Well, in 2009 researchers at Stanford asked 262 college students to complete three experiments involving switching tasks, going through irrelevant information, and using their working memory under the assumption that multitaskers would outdo the nonmultitaskers.
What they found instead was that multitaskers were terrible in all three experiments, worst of all they found that when frequent multitaskers attempted to focus on a single task, they used their brains less effectively than non-frequent multitaskers.
You'd be wise instead to abide by what one researcher dubbed the 20-minute rule, which proposes that instead of switching tasks from minute to minute, devote a 20-minute chunk of time to one task and then switch to another. That my friends is beginnings of master the zen art of uni-tasking.
3. Take Time to Meditate
It's no secret that there's a whole new breed of entrepreneurs obsessed with meditation and there's a lot of research and evidence that supports the fact that those who meditate are better equipped to deal with stress.
One in particular conducted by scientists at the University of Washington and the University of Arizona recruited 45 human resource managers for an experiment looking to gauge the benefits of meditation in the face of stress.
They gave a third of them eight weeks of mindfullness-based meditation training, another third eight weeks of body relaxation training, and the last third no training at all and found that the mindful-meditation group reported less stress performing a stressful multitasking test than the other groups.
4. Get Enough Sleep
We've all heard that we need at least eight hours of sleep, but the reality is that depending on your age that number can vary between three and eleven hours.
However, if you go too long without your right amount, what you end up with is a steep decline in concentration, energy, and vitality.
One study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that subjects limited to a mere 4.5 hours of sleep each night for one week reported feeling more stressed, angry, sad, and mentally exhausted. But when they went back to resuming normal sleep patterns, they saw a dramatic shift improvement in their mood. So, figure out your "normal" sleep pattern and stick to it.
5. Shake it Up
Building daily exercise into your routine can work magic for dealing with everything you have on your plate as a busy small business owner.
According to the the Mayo Clinic, exercise works wonders by pumping up your endorphins to make you happier, helps you get in the flow to boost creativity, improving your sleep (see tip 4) and helping you remain calm regardless of what comes up. Especially when you consider that in the modern workplace, sitting literally is the new smoking.
See if you can find ways to build activity into daily tasks like conducting "walk and talk" meetings or take the stairs whenever possible.
6. Take a Break from Email
Here's a "did you know" fact for you:
23 percent of an average professional's day is spent emailing.
It's statistic that got researchers from the University of California to run a study where they cut off 13 employees from email for a total of five days and strapped heart monitors to their chest while simultaneously tracking their computer use. Not shockingly, after being cut off from email they found that employees were less stressed, focused on a single task for longer and cut down multitasking overall.
7. Plan Ahead
When you run your own business, chances are your day to day involves making decisions left, right, center, and everywhere in between. However, researchers have long observed that we have a limited pool of cognitive resources when it comes to making decisions so it's probably best to reserve such a precious resource on things that really matter.
It might also be the reason why CEOs like the late Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg decide to wear the same thing each day, because it's one less thing in their life they needed to worry about.
Stanford researchers demonstrated our waning decision making powers when students in two groups were given the task of memorizing either two-digit or seven-digit numbers and then asked to decide between chocolate cake or a fruit bowl. Interestingly the students tasked with memorizing seven-digits were 50 percent more likely than the other group to choose cake over fruit.
In other words, planning what you can ahead of time and leaving yourself less 'on the fly' stuff to worry about will allow you to make better decisions in your business.
8. Go Analog More Often
There's a whole slew of research demonstrating that our current pace of digital consumption can have us leaning on the edge of technological addiction, depression, stress, sleeping disorders.
And when it comes to social media, it actually has the potential to make us more lonely, jaded and jealous.
Add to that pile the fact that we're constantly connected through our mobile devices after work hours and it all makes for a brain that never fully recuperates from one day's worth of work to get ready for the next.
In case you're wondering what a person's to do in today's digital world, try and find time to switch off, disconnect, and enjoy the simple pleasures of the analog world more often.
Be sure to let us know if you currently use any of these stress hacks to run your business more effectively. Or, if there are others not on this list that you would whole-heartedly recommend to other entrepreneurs, let us know in the comments below.
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All students that have applied to graduate in the spring semester, and have borrowed Federal Loans at the IIT Downtown Campus are required to complete Federal Student Loan Exit Counseling. In order to provide you with the most updated information and give you the chance to ask questions, we will be holding the following group exit counseling session:
May 1st
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The Office of Financial Aid was able to secure a date to host an additional exit counseling session on May 1, 2013. Therefore, if you are unable to attend one of the sessions being held on March 12th or 13th you will have another option. We strongly encourage students to attend the March sessions because the newly added session is scheduled for the week before finals due to scheduling issues beyond our control. The time and room assignment information for the new session will be provided at a later date.
The session will cover the information that we are required to provide at loan exit counseling, such as borrowers' rights and responsibilities. Also, loan repayment plans, consolidation, Income Based Repayment, and Public Service Loan Forgiveness will be addressed.
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The Office of Financial Aid understands that this is a very busy time for you but we strongly recommend that you take the time to complete your loan exit counseling requirement now rather than later. We have scheduled the sessions now so that distractions from your finals, job interviews and bar exam studying are minimized. It is our goal that when you graduate you feel informed and more at ease about your loans and your repayment options. Please keep in mind that if you are unable to attend any of these sessions we will make accommodations for you to meet this requirement at a later date.
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Greetings to everyone. I learned the personal pronouns today (D'Ooge) (page 123), which makes me wonder:
what is the difference between possessive adjectives and the genitive case of personal pronouns?
For example, the gen. case of "ego" is "mei". How is it different from "meus, mea, meum"? The first means "of me", the latter means "my", so don't they mean the same thing?
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BURLINGAME — Police are searching for a group of men they say burglarized a Burlingame home Monday morning while posing as neighborhood construction workers.
About 11:15 a.m., one of the men knocked on a door at an apartment building in the 1200 block of Bellevue Avenue and told the resident his construction company had damaged a water pipe nearby, authorities said. The man then claimed he needed to enter the unit to repair the damage they'd caused.
Within minutes, a second man entered the home through the unlocked front door and lifted a small safe from the apartment's office area, police said. A witness outside saw the man put the safe in a gray pickup truck before leaving the area with the first man and an unknown driver.
The man who knocked on the apartment door is described as a Pacific Islander who is about 40 years old, standing 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 250 pounds. The man who stole the safe is described as a 35-year-old Pacific Islander, standing 6 feet tall and weighing 200 pounds.
No description was available for the driver of the truck, which is possibly a Ford F-250.
Residents are advised to always ask for identification before allowing an unknown person into their home and to ask and verify the purpose of their visit. Police recommend that residents err on the side of caution when it comes to door-to-door solicitors, and to be wary of construction workers soliciting work around and inside a home.
Anyone with information about the case or who encounters suspicious persons claiming to be utility or construction workers is asked to contact the Burlingame Police Department at 650-777-4100.
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Indiana Gov. Daniels the Next U.S. President?
June 10, 2010 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Indiana Gov. Daniels the Next U.S. President?
Forbes magazine publisher Rich Karlgaard predicts Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels will be our next president.
In a keynote speech Wednesday (June 9) to members of the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA), Karlgaard said, "Michigan has 12 to 15% unemployment. Indiana, maybe about half of that. Of course, Indiana has great leadership."
Then he made his prediction,according to the South Bend (Ind.) Tribune.
"I am going to go out on a limb," Karlgaard said, speaking at Century Center in downtown South Bend during an RVIA luncheon. "I am going to say that Mitch Daniels will be the next president of the United States."
"Nobody is seeing it," he added. "All the Republican names you are hearing about are better known and better funded and so on. But you can hear the rumbles of a Mitch Daniels boom.
"He well could be the next candidate, and he would be a great candidate."


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The all-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee has received a Top Safety Pick award by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) – the highest rating the organization bestows. Its good news for Chrysler and Fiat who has a great deal riding on the launch of the flag ship SUV.
"The all-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee is the first production vehicle to launch since our alliance with Fiat and a 'Top Safety Pick' is a great way to start our 2011 product offensive," said Scott Kunselman, Senior Vice President – Engineering, Chrysler Group LLC. "IIHS' recognition of five products underscores Chrysler Group's engineering capability and leadership in occupant protection."
The 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee joins the 2010 Dodge Journey, 2010 Dodge Avenger*, 2010 Chrysler Sebring*, and the 2010 Jeep® Patriot (equipped with available seat mounted air bag) as 2010 Top Safety Picks, according to IIHS.
"The all-new 2011 Grand Cherokee provides consumers with enhanced safety and security, in addition to legendary Jeep capability and a premium driving experience," said Mike Manley, President and CEO – Jeep Brand. "With more than 45 different safety and security systems working in harmony – including Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Electronic Roll Mitigation, Active Head Restraints, Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Warning and a Blind-Spot/Rear Cross-path detection system – our new Jeep Grand Cherokee will allow customers to benefit from a new level of protection, on- and off-road."


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Tennessee basketball coach Cuonzo Martin announced Friday that Marco Harris has been promoted to director of basketball operations.
Harris spent the past two seasons as the basketball program's student-athlete welfare coordinator.
"First and foremost, Marco is someone I know extremely well and trust," Martin said. "I know his work ethic and his character, and I see this as a role he can flourish in. He's already spent two years here at Tennessee, so he's familiar with the university's policies and procedures.
"This is a great opportunity for him to grow as an administrator and serve the program in a larger capacity."
In his new role, Harris oversees team administrative responsibilities, student staff and is responsible for budgetary oversight while working closely with the athletic department's senior administration.
As student-athlete welfare coordinator, Harris worked with Tennessee's basketball student-athletes to ensure that they performed at the highest level on the court, in the classroom and as members of the community.
He functioned as the program's liaison to the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center as well as UT's housing, admissions and financial aid offices.
The basketball program posted two of its best semesters on record, in terms of team GPA, during Harris' two-year stint as student-athlete welfare coordinator.
Prior to his hiring at Tennessee, Harris enjoyed success both as a private business owner and as a high school and AAU basketball coach. He also held various teaching, coaching and athletic administration positions.
Harris received an associate's degree in Business Management from Southwestern Illinois College in 1992 before going on to earn his bachelor's degree in Business Management at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in 1994.
He is married to the former Ramona Knight, of Frogville, Okla.


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Cooler Weather Gives MN Farmers a Break
ST. PAUL (AP) - Cooler weather has given Minnesota farmers a break from the heat.
In its weekly crops and weather report for Minnesota, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that statewide, temperatures for the week averaged 6.7 degrees below average.
Despite the cooler weather, 5.9 days were suitable for field work last week.
Drier than normal weather in the southern two-thirds of Minnesota reduced topsoil and subsoil moisture to 26% short and 21% very short.
North-central Minnesota was the only district in the state with significantly above-average moisture, with more than 2 inches of rain.
Corn conditions declined slightly, to 62% good or excellent. 60% of corn was at or beyond the silking stage while corn stalks grew 12 inches to an average height of 71 inches.


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Tram needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 27 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
A modern, simple and slightly edgy design for a promotional products company. The main goal of the site if to inform customers of the type of services offered, show their expertise and is not to be an online marketplace and must not look like an online store.
Name of site l'objet de la pub ( http://lobjetdelapub.com The object of advertising). They sell promotional items and corporate gifts to businesses.
Link to company logo http://hexagone.ca/files/Logo_objetpub.ai
PPPC logo http://hexagone.ca/files/pppc_logo.gif
Name of site l'objet de la pub (http://lobjetdelapub.com The object of advertising). They sellpromotional items and corporate gifts to businesses. Bilingualsite (French and English) So you need to include a link to switch from onelanguage to the other.(Separate from the other links) Design of homepage and content page (Contentpage can be done once winner is chosen) for this promotional products company.Clean layout with intuitive navigation. The business is known for it reliability and the originality of it's products
Colours are pretty open, they use a dark blue in a lot of theirstationary and flyer's so it would probably be good that this colour bepresent in some manner.
The front page needs to have a section to showcase the seasons articles (ex. Golf, Christmas presents, Bbq)
Display the PPPC logo on the front page
Sample sites
http://www.salvemosalarbol.com/ Nice edgy layout but maybe a bit too cluttered
http://www.ewedding.com/ Simple navigation, clean and simple layout
http://www.ideavation.ca/ Layout is a bit too boxy but is a good representation of the content
http://universallinksinc.com/Nice layout an good representation of the content. Could be a bit moreout their since they are in the advertising field.
The client is french so please use the French words in your layout, I have provided the English translation in parenthesis.
Accueil (Home)
Produits (Products)
One page for each major happenings (Golf tournements, Christmas, corporate gifts etc)
Gravure (Sandblasting)
Catalog of the glass products avalable for sandblasting
Partenaires (Partners)
Contact (contact us)
- Site that looks like e-commerce
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Scarlett Johansson & Jessica Biel: 'Hitchcock' Exclusive Images!
Jessica Biel and Scarlett Johansson get into character on the set of Hitchcock in these new images, given exclusively to JustJared.com!
The two ladies star in the flick centering around the love story between influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho in 1959.
Anthony Hopkins plays the title role in the flick, with Helen Mirren as his wife Alma. Jessica and Scarlett take on Vera Miles and Janet Leigh, respectively.
In case you missed it, check out the trailer for the movie.
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Putting food on the table eats up a huge chunk of most families' budgets, and there doesn't seem to be any way around that. What are you going to do, quit eating? Even if you don't mind pinching pennies when it comes to your own diet, it's hard to say no to quality ingredients for your child (organic, anyone?). Then there's also the rising prices of basics like wheat, corn, milk, and eggs we all have to contend with now.
Still, there are some simple ways to seriously reduce what you spend at the supermarket. I asked moms around the country to share their best money-saving tips -- and added some of my own -- to create six steps to a leaner, meaner grocery budget.
Step 1: Figure out how much you are currently spending on food.
Like going on a diet, you can't head toward a goal until you know your starting point. If you typically shop with your debit or credit card, this exercise will take you only five minutes. (I swear, I just did it with my husband.) Review your bank or credit card statement for the past month and tally up all your grocery purchases. (Be sure to include any beer or wine -- an often-ignored budget buster!)
If you typically pay with cash, track your spending by putting an envelope in your handbag and stashing every grocery receipt you get in it for a month. Keep a backup envelope at home as well, for the receipts that wander into your pocket instead.
P.S. Don't stress out. Our moms' budgets were all over the lot, from $1,600 a month for a family of six to $600 a month for a family of four to $300 a month for a family of five (wow).
Step 2: Set a target for how much you'd like to cut from your food bill.
Then keep yourself motivated by giving yourself an enticing reason to save. For example, if you cut $150 from your monthly grocery bill, earmark that $150 for helping pay off a credit card or put it toward a larger purchase, such as a down payment on that new car you want.
Step 3: Make a list and then be sure to follow it.
Both mothers and consumer experts swear by their grocery lists, and I happen to agree with them. There are two basic list strategies that help you save:
- Map out your meals for the week and let those menus guide your shopping list, suggests Donna Shaw of Louisville, Kentucky: "Always plan meals and snacks in advance, make a list of the items you need, and when you get to the store, stick to the list." (Another added benefit? Less unused food you end up throwing away.)
- Clip coupons and shop what's on sale. "I plan my menu based on what's on sale in the weekly flyers," says Rosalynn Gottschall of New Albany, Pennsylvania. Her caveat: "Sometimes the generic brands are cheaper than the name brands that are on sale."
Other moms advise clipping coupons only for products you actually use -- it's not a great deal if you don't need it. (And don't be quick to toss expired coupons, says Kimberly Sam of Silver Spring, Maryland. "Some stores still accept coupons after the expiration date.")
Step 4: Beat your supermarket at its own game.
Grocery stores mark down products at regular intervals; the trick is to figure out and then follow stores' sales cycles so you know when prices hit rock bottom. For example, don't buy orange juice just because the flyer says it's "on sale"; wait until you can get two for $5, or whatever the best deal is that the store usually offers.
When you see ten jars of spaghetti sauce for $10, don't feel compelled to buy all ten: the price often holds if you buy only five. Save even more money on sale items by throwing in a coupon.
Beware of shrinkage! According to a Consumer Reports study, many food producers are shrinking container sizes but leaving prices the same (for instance, a "half gallon" of ice cream may be only one and a half quarts). "You have to compare the price per ounce," says Susie Lancaster of Meridian, Idaho. "For example, once I noticed that a five-pound bag of flour was less expensive per ounce than a twenty-five-pound bag! And the five-pound bag was so much more convenient."
Step 5: Cook smart.
The number one tip from our grocery-saving moms was to cook double or triple the recipe, and freeze what your family doesn't eat. Stocking the Frigidaire saves money because you're less likely to shop impulsively -- or spend $30 on takeout -- if you can defrost a meal.
Step 6: Shop outside the box.
These days, there are a number of money-saving alternatives to regular grocery stores. See what works for you and your budget.
- A rapidly growing number of local farms can supply you with fruits and vegetables (which are often organic) at a modest price compared to your supermarket. Learn more about community-supported agriculture (CSA) at Localharvest.org/csa.
- "Find 'pick your own' farms in your area," says Rachelle Kobilarov of Irmo, South Carolina. "Paying only a dollar a pound for the fruit, and enjoying wandering through the fields, provides both food and entertainment!" Locate a farm near you at Pickyourown.org.
- Try ethnic markets. "I shop at a Mexican grocery store because the meats are cheaper," says Rocio Luper of San Antonio. And Asian stores often have the best prices on Asian cooking staples such as fish.
- Finally, think carefully about buying in bulk. Limit purchases at warehouse clubs to items that are nonperishable, and pay attention to prices; sometimes you can get a better deal at a supermarket sale.


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We are more than newsletters
I got quite irritated this week when someone dismissively described what internal communications practitioners do as being "just about newsletters".
It's not that I have a problem with newsletters themselves. In fact I've added our ten top tips on creating newsletters at the bottom of this post. No, I genuinely believe newsletters can – and do – play a vital part of the communications channel mix. It's what lies behind the sentiment that bugs me.
There is an implication that the IC practitioner as newsletter "owner" has an inherently tactical view of the world. This IC practitioner is apparently not able to understand the bigger picture, or provide strategic counsel to senior leaders. For me it's like suggesting all PR practitioners really do is write press releases.
Which is frankly absolute rubbish.
Yes as a profession we have our fair share of channel managers. But I would argue that this is an essential part of the core skills you develop as you progress. Understanding the channels is simply part of the learning curve, the apprenticeship if you like, all practitioners must go through.
As I've stated before the economic downturn has presented an opportunity for our profession to enhance its standing with senior leaders. And yet , from what I can see, the reputation of our industry remains in the balance. I, for one, would like our profession to work more effectively to address this issue. Bodies like the CIPR, IoIC, IABC, Melcrum, etc all have their part to play.
Senior communications practitioners can – and do – add value to their organisations. We are just really bad at communicating that to the people that matter. There's an irony there somewhere…
(And as promised… here are our ten top tips for newsletters…)
1. The newsletter should not just be used as a single communications channel in its own right. It should be an access point to different channels/media/content eg. via social media, intranets, videos, etc.
2. The purpose of the newsletter needs to be established – is it an information update? Is it part of a broader piece of communication or engagement activity?
3. The classic newsletter is a top down push of information from the corporate centre… in our view it's important that it becomes a broader conversation. The newsletter needs to reflect the content and the sentiment of its key audiences. Establishing that as a principle at the beginning is key.
4. So, we would therefore recommend involving people from across the organisation. Establish a rolling editorial panel of employees. The content needs to reflect what's really going on, it needs to be fresh and engaging. It will mean that people are more likely to read and respond to the content.
5. Ensure that the tone and style presents the content in the best possible light. Yes, it should probably reflect the norms of the organisation but in our view you can't go far wrong if you follow the lines of a magazine/newspaper (tabloid) article, involving as many images and quotes as possible… and going light on the technical jargon.
6. Think about distribution – is there an employee-base of remote workers (employees who work off-site, in a factory, driving, etc) who do not have access to a desk-top PC that need to be involved? Will you need to distribute hard copies? Will you need to design another 'printable' version, that can be handed out or pinned up?
7. It's important to get feedback, so consider techniques which will make engagement easier to measure like rating the content, feedback to the editor (or maybe even have a regular survey after the newsletter has been published).
8. Ensure content is meaningful – balance out corporate messages and high level strategic info, new products and services with people-stories and external news.
9. As with any other source of news, a summary (teaser statement) to introduce the article is sufficient with a click-through to content option (only for html).
10. Name and masthead should clearly reflect brand look and feel – but it also needs to be as human as possible, with images of real people, even if the content is very business-focused, it can be a real person delivering it.


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We took a break from reporting on the #4Gwars, but T-Mobile and their competitors are still tossing bombs at each other. Our friend iCarly4G is back with a new T-Mobile ad that pokes fun at AT&T's network. The 30-second spot shows the myTouch 4G with a tricked-out motorcycle while the iPhone is stuck with a toy bike. Carly goes on to say that T-Mobile's lightning-fast 4G network is faster than AT&T and it allows you to video chat without using WiFi. Check out the video after the jump and let us know what you think.
T-Mobile is faster than AT&T #4Gwars #iCarly4G
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Career Game-by-Game Stats: 2012 | 2011
2011: Two-time NEC Rookie of the Week...
High School: Played three seasons of varsity volleyball and one year of varsity softball at St. Lucy's Priory...All-league selection in 2009 and 2010...Led her team to three consecutive league titles...Selected to the 2010 Daily Bulletin All-Star Team...Earned scholar-athlete accolades four straight years... Squad posted a 32-11 overall record in 2010 and reached the California division II state semifinals...Recorded 301 kills and a hitting percentage of .324.
Personal: Born: 10/22/93. Parents: Martin and Lisa. Siblings:Christopher and Matt. Major: Neuroscience Biology. Hobbies: Cooking and reading. Favorite Team: Los Angeles Dodgers. Favorite Athlete: Tim Tebow, Mike Trout and Albert Puljos. Favorite Book: Hunger Games. Favorite TV Show: Castle and How I Met Your Mother. Favorite Movie: Pay It Forward. Favorite Music: Country. Favorite Food: Mexican. Niece of Major League Baseball Pitcher Matt Young. Plans to go to medical school after graduation.


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What's the latest Desiree? Where you been lately? What's your day to day these days?
The latest is I don't have a life, but I'm workin on getting one. I've been in riverside ca, living at my parents house again. My day to day is wake up super late, color come pictures when I feel like it, read a lot of fantasy books, and play a lot of basketball.
How was the winter? What'd you do?
The winter was… interesting. I tried to film a part with videograss, got hurt alot, learned alot, and had alot of fun.
How'd it go filming with the Videograsser's??
It was different. filming with the most amazing guys out there is definitely intimidating, to the point where I pretty much blew it. I thought it would be easier than filming with all girls, but I was wrong. I think I will be more prepared next year. And everyone should buy the movie when it drops, its gonna be amazing.
Gimme one highlight from the winter:
A highlight was everyday when I got to snowboard. I don't have just one. Actually the best random highlight was watching jarad hadi and louif paradise shoot these crazy fire work things off in utah at me and ben biloq and the party inside of pat fenalons house. A fire should have started for sure.
And one lowlight:
Every time I tried to film on something I got a small injury. They started to add up. I know, I'm a HUGE vagina.
Any guesses about who might get first or last part in that movie?
I have NO idea. I tried to get it out of lance and mike but they were not leaking, so I figured I wouldn't even try to hit up justin about it. I will just guess and say that larry has first part. I don't know who has last, its too hard to know, everyone is too good and got awesome footage.
So you're kinda an artist too huh? How often do you paint? Do art? Draw?
I don't know if I'm an "artist" but I know that I definitely like to make things. I think the majority of my down time I spend drawing something, this winter I always had some paper and sharpie pens with me. I usually only paint when I am home because its too hard to travel with paints.
Why do you like doing artwork? What's your preferred medium?
I like doing artwork because its fun. When I see a picture in my head I get super excited to transfer it into something and hang it up in my room. My preferred medium has recently been sharpee pen drawing then water colors, because its so damn easy to use. I can really just make the picture that I see in my head by using those things. I also like acrylic though, I'm making an acrylic painting right now, its just frustrating sometimes because I don't even really know how to blend colors, so its just a lot of trial and error until I get the right things going.
Which other artists are you really down for?
Mike Hakker, Dick Nirks, Tyler Virgin, June Bonerjam, Jarad Hottie, I dont know, Im down for anyone who just makes stuff and uses their brains is different ways. Its cool to see what people can come up with.
What is art?
Art is whatever you want it to be. Jarad Hadi plays the piano and I think thats art, all us snowboarders are terd artists because we paint that big white canvas.
Why do you think so many snowboarders are also talented artists?
I dont really know. Everyones a talented artist these days, maybe its just something in the water?
Summer plans?
School! gonna play some college volleyball, haha, and hopefully make it out to hood a few times. Thats about it.


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How To Turn An Old LP Into A Clock
I have been on the lookout for a wall clock for a while but haven't been able to find one I really liked. They're all too loud, too big, too small, too crazy or too boring. I had my hand on a $3 clock in resignation when I spotted a wall full of old records for $1 and had an idea. How easy would it be to turn an LP into a clock? Here's how it played out:
What You Need
An old LP.
A clock movement.
Clock hands.
Depending how you get your movement you might need a screwdriver.
1. Choose your record. I chose records that had colourful branding because they would be the only colour and detail on my clock.
2. If you wanted to add detail to the LP/clock face, numbers, dots or dashes, you would add them to the face before you add the movement. I liked the face of the record plain so I skipped straight to the next step.
3. Find a clock movement. You can buy these from craft stores or you can pick up secondhand clocks and use their movements. They are usually pretty easy to access.
4. If your movement doesn't come with hands you'll need to find some you like, or if you're super keen make your own. They are sized to fit over different levels over the movement.
5. Since the records already have a hole right in the centre it was super easy to slip the movement through. It was a squeeze but with some twisting it slipped through and sat about a centimetre off the LP.
6. The hands I had came with the movement so they looped right over the top. I tested the hands to make sure they moved freely without knocking each other or touching the record face and had to bend some of them to give them room.
7. Once the hands are secured you can add your battery and watch it tick! Check that everything works by watching a complete cycle.
7. There were no hooks on my movement but there is space to add one or you can stick some heavy duty removable tape to the back and hang it that way.
Additional Notes:
The LPs do attract dust but they are easy enough to clean. If you want a smaller clock try an old 45 or CD.
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text: Hello, All, I have three nodes Beowulf cluster MPI environment up and running now. And download the FASTA from NCBI on the master node. I successful wrote a code to break the data, but unfortunately I could not have the runable code to get the data back from the nodes to the host(master). :-( Can anyone give me some suggestion or web site that I can have the runable code to use? It would help me a lot. Thank you very much. Ting -----Original Message----- From: Steve Gaudet Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:12 AM To: 'William R. Pearson'; beowulf at beowulf.org Subject: RE: Parallel BLAST > -----Original Message----- > From: William R. Pearson > Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 10:32 PM > To: beowulf at beowulf.org > Subject: Parallel BLAST > > > > > Why is it that BLAST is not available for MPI/PVM? I would think > > clusters would be the prefect host for such an application. > > Is it there is no need because BLAST is already so fast and > > no one wants to break the database out onto node-resident disks? > > Or is it that BLAST is kept running on single processor or > shared memory > > machines BLAST so that the DB is always in memory ready to > roll without > > loading and doing the same for a cluster is not worth it > > because the same trick is difficult to do on a node given > the current > > way clusters are built? I assume the same is true for FASTA? > > I suspect that BLAST is not available for MPI/PVM because (1) it is > too fast, and (2) there is not much demand for it. > > 95% of the time, BLAST is almost an in-memory grep (the other 5% of > the time it is working on the things it is looking for). Sequence > comparison is embarrassingly parallel, and very easily threaded. > Distributing the sequence databases and collecting results has more > overhead (there probably aren't many distributed grep programs > either). FASTA is 5 - 10X slower than BLAST, and Smith-Waterman is > another 5-20X slower than FASTA. Here, the communications overhead is > low, and distributed systems work OK for FASTA, and great for > Smith-Waterman (where the overhead fraction is very small). > > Of course, it is a lot easier to compile a threaded program, and just > run it, than it is to install and configure the MPI or PVM environment > and the programs to run in it. Bioinformatics software is often run > by computer savvy biologists, not high-performance computing folks, > and not having to install and configure PVM/MPI is a big advantage. > The NCBI probably does not make a PVM/MPI parallel BLAST because there > is very little demand for it, and it does not meet their computational > needs. -------------- There's also a commerical version from Turbogenomics. http://www.turbogenomics.com Offering: 1) Ready to go, plug-n-play solution for parallel BLAST 2) Expertise and 20+ years of experience in parallel computing 3) Dynamic database splitting feature to take advantage of computers that have less memory than the size of the database 4) Smart load balancing - achieve linear to superlinear speedup 5) No modification made to the NCBI BLAST algorithm to ensure identical results with the non-parallel version 6) Easy drop-in update whenever NCBI releases newer versions of their algorithm 7) Excellent support 8) 30-days money back guarantee Cheers, Steve Gaudet Linux Solutions Engineer ..... <(©¿©)> =================================================================== | Turbotek Computer Corp. tel:603-666-3062 ext. 21 | | 8025 South Willow St. fax:603-666-4519 | | Building 2, Unit 105 toll free:800-573-5393 | | Manchester, NH 03103 e-mail:sgaudet at turbotekcomputer.com | | web: http://www.turbotekcomputer.com | =================================================================== _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf


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Trained as a housepainter like his father and grandfather, Georges Braque moved to Paris in 1900 to pursue a fine art career. Seven years later he met Pablo Picasso, and by 1908 the two artists were working in concert to develop the revolutionary style of Cubism. Braque is overshadowed by his famous friend, but their impersonal painting style of the Cubist period makes their work often indistinguishable.
Braque invented papier collé, or pasted paper, in 1912. This merging of painting or drawing with collaged real-world elements marked a radical break with prior art, which relied exclusively on illusionistic rendering. The technique was immediately taken up by Picasso and had an enormous impact on subsequent generations of artists.
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A look at the role choice and story play in game experiences. Examples of games doing it right, and games doing it very wrong indeed.
Absolutely, I mean they'd be nothing to do, it would be uncompleteable, you'd just wonder round aimlessly until you turn it off.
nope but I prefer them with it. Just look at Pacman, Tetris, Minecraft and Angry Birds... 4 of the most successful video games of all times and none of them have any story at all.
Not always, but my favorite games all have excellent (or at least entertaining) stories: BioShock, Assassin's Creed, Fallout, Uncharted, Mass Effect, inFamous, Heavy Rain, Gears of War, God of War. The narrative is what keeps me going.
Story's the only reason I play video games. Multiplayer just complimentary. If there's no plot then there's no point in playing.


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1. Not do it at all
2. Or would you rather look into a future that would have happened if you have never looked into the future, so that future you looked into wouldn't have ever happened and therefore changed.
3. Or would you rather look into a future that will still be your future even after looking into it and what you will do to try to change and not try to change it will turn into that one that you looked in.
Sorry if this might not make sense for people
You can only look into it once and, when you look into it you can only look into only about 1 days worth of time.
2, because I could see my major mistakes before I make them and make the necessary changes to myself so I won't make those mistakes.
Unconditional love is what makes life worth living.
I would like to look into the future as long as it isn't my future.
If only you've seen the anime Texhnolyze.
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Ran, the secondary main character, is a Seer, the latest one in a long tradition, and she can see into peoples' futures. She sees the main character's, Ichise's, future, and basically he brings ruin to humanity and kills everyone around him, dying alone in a world without a glimmer of hope. Kind of stinks because that's exactly what happens, he tries to save Ran from the future she sees for him and in the process she dies (willingly) and he goes on rampage killing everyone because of it. In the end being all alone and dies smiling thinking of Ran and staring at a projection of her favorite flower. Basically all of humanity dies.
I don't want a power like that.
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I do it many times. Throughout the day, I am looking into my possible futures and I pick and choose which future I want to manifest.
It would serve as a good warning.
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Actually yeah...i can get a good idea of what to invest in :D.
nope I wouldnt want to I like looking to the future now because I don't know whats going to happen next so its exciting to watch unfold I'll reflect back on it when it becomes my past
My soul flows to the movement of the pen.
3. I rather see into my future and not change it even though bad things might happen. Why i wouldnt want to change that future is because if i see something about myself that i dont like in my future, you have to dramatically change something in your life in the present.
For example, say i seen i had some unwanted wrinkles in the future. In the present i have to take time off each day to put on ointment. Say i had a weird shape in the future. I have to now take that present time to work out. How about im all looking good for my age in the future, then i get some weird syndrome healthy people like to get like restless leg syndrom. i got to take that time to do something everyday in the present.
My point is, i rather live a life doing what i want to do, than live for along time doing things i dont want to do.
Now say if i see that i die really early, really bad. This would make anyone want to change the future. If i was really put in that situation in real life ofcourse im unconcously going to try to change it, but just sitting here writing about it thinking of theory, ill say no i would change that death because fate is fate, and if im meant to go out that way, let blood fly. This is because i believe in if you are meant to die that hard and you avoid it, the next time is going to be even harder. You cant just keep changing your fate and be immortal, death is going to catch you, and rape you.
So in all.. i like to see into the future, see all the nice technological advances and see my fate and come back to the present only to be calm to everything that will happen to me next.
Not do it at all.
Let my life be a surprise.
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If only you've seen the anime Texhnolyze.
No, if sci-fi and fantasy have taught me anything it's that seeing into the future mostly leads to trouble
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I would, I want to see all the horrible things that would happen to me and my painful death.
If I knew what was going to happen, couldn't I just change it?
Again, the anime Texhnolyze.
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Ran and Ichise couldn't change humanity becoming extinct.
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If you could safely glimpse your future you would be a fool not to.
no, i dont want to irritate myself with the more annoying shit people would be doing in the future.