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Recording Media
SD/SDHC/SDXC card, via external media (USB v.2.0 hard drive, or via Wireless LAN (Eye-Fi card*))
*Canon cameras are not guaranteed to support Eye-Fi card functions, including wireless transfer. In case of an issue with the Eye-Fi card, please consult with the card manufacturer. The use of Eye-Fi cards may not be approved in all regions, or from one region to another; please contact the card manufacturer for status of approval in the country/region of use.
Image Format
Approx. 22.0 mm x 14.7 mm
Compatible Lenses
Canon EF lenses including EF-S lenses
(35mm-equivalent focal length is approx.1.6x the lens focal length)
Lens Mount
Canon EF mount
High-sensitivity, high-resolution, large single-plate CMOS sensor
Effective pixels: Approx. 12.20 megapixels
Total Pixels
Total pixels: Approx. 12.60 megapixels
Aspect Ratio
3:2 (Horizontal : Vertical)
Color Filter System
RGB primary color filters
Low Pass Filter
Fixed position in front of the CMOS sensor
Dust Deletion Feature
(1) Manual cleaning
(2) Dust Delete Data acquisition and appending
Recording Format
Design rule for Camera File System 2.0 and Exif 2.30
File Size
(1) Large: Approx. 12.20 Megapixels (4272 x 2848)
(2) Medium: Approx. 6.30 Megapixels (3088 x 2056)
(3) Small: Approx. 3.40 Megapixels (2256 x 1504)
(4) S2: Approx. 2.50 Megapixels (1920 x 1280)
(5) S3: Approx. 0.35 Megapixels (720 x 480)
(6) RAW: Approx. 12.20 Megapixels (4272 x 2848)
Exact file sizes depend on the subject, ISO speed, Picture Style, etc.
Recording Functions
Images record directly to the SD card. Creating new folders and selecting folders in the card possible.
File Numbering
Consecutive numbering, auto reset, manual reset.
RAW + JPEG Simultaneous Recording
Provided (RAW + JPEG)
Color Space
sRGB, Adobe RGB
Picture Style
Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined 1-3
Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten Light, White Fluorescent Light, Flash, Custom (Custom WB)
Auto White Balance
Auto white balance with the image sensor
Color Temperature Compensation
White balance correction: ±9 levels
White balance bracketing: ±3 levels in single-level increments
Blue/amber direction or magenta/green direction possible
Color Temperature Information Transmission
Eye-level SLR (with fixed pentamirror)
Vertical/Horizontal approx. 95% (TD)
Approx. 0.8x / 22.4° (with 50mm lens at infinity, -1 m-1 (dpt))
Eye Point
Approx. 21 mm (At -1m-1 from the eyepiece lens center)
Dioptric Adjustment Correction
Adjustable from approx. -2.5 to +0.5 m-1 (dpt)
Focusing Screen
Quick-return half mirror (transmittance: reflectance ratio of 40:60)
Viewfinder Information
1) AF information (AF points, focus confirmation light)
2) Exposure information (Shutter speed, aperture, ISO speed, AE lock, exposure level, exposure warning)
3) Flash information (Flash ready, flash exposure compensation, high-speed sync, FE lock, red-eye reduction light)
4) Image information (Highlight tone priority, Monochrome shooting, maximum burst, white balance correction, SD card information)
Depth Of Field Preview
No depth-of-field preview button (Enabled with C.Fn-8-5 and pressing SET)
TTL-CT-SIR AF-dedicated CMOS sensor
AF Points
9 Points (center AF point is cross-type vertical-line sensitive f/5.6)
AF Working Range
EV 0 - 18 (at 73°F/23°C, ISO 100)
Focusing Modes
(1) Autofocus
AF Point Selection
(1) Manual selection
(2) Auto selection
Selected AF Point Display
Indicated by superimposed display in the viewfinder and on the LCD monitor
AF Assist Beam
1) Intermittent firing of built-in flash.
2) Effective range: Approx. 4 m/13.1 ft at center, approx. 3.5 m/11.5 ft at periphery.
Metering Modes
63-zone SPC TTL metering with selectable modes
Metering Range
EV 1.0 - EV 20.0 (at 73°F/23°C with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
Exposure Control Systems
(1) Program AE (program-shift possible)
(2) Shutter-priority AE
(3) Aperture-priority AE
(4) Manual exposure
(5) Automatic depth-of-field AE
(6) Full Auto
(7) Flash Off
(8) Creative Auto
(9) Program AE with ambience selection
(10) E-TTL II autoflash program AE
ISO Speed Range
Auto, ISO 100 - 6400 (in whole-stop increments)
Exposure Compensation
(1) Manual: ±5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
(2) AEB : ±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
AE Lock
Auto AE Lock: Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved.
Manual: By AE lock button
Vertical-travel, mechanical, focal-plane shutter with all speeds electronically controlled.
Shutter Speeds
1/4000 to 1/60 sec., X-sync at 1/200 sec.
1/4000 to 30 sec., Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode.)
Shutter Release
Soft-touch electromagnetic release
Self Timer
10-sec. or 2-sec. delay
Remote Control
Compatible with Remote Switch RS-60E3. There is no wireless remote control sensor.
Auto pop-up, retractable, built-in flash in the pentaprism
Guide Number
Approx. 9.2/30 (at ISO 100 in meters/feet), Approx. 13/43 (at ISO 200 in meters/ feet)
Recycling Time
Approx. 2 sec.
Flash Ready Indicator
Flash-ready icon lights in viewfinder
Flash Coverage
Up to 17mm focal length (equivalent to approx. 28mm in 135 format)
FE Lock
Flash Exposure Compensation
Up to ±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
Flash Metering
E-TTL II autoflash (evaluative flash metering and average flash metering), FE lock
Flash Exposure Compensation
±2 stops in 1/3-stop or 1/2-stop increments
FE Lock
Drive Modes
(1) Single shooting
(2) Continuous shooting
(3) 10-sec. self-timer
(4) 2-sec. self-timer
(5) Continuous shooting after 10-sec. self-timer (2 to 10 shots)
Continuous Shooting Speed
(1) JPEG: Max. approx. 3.0 fps
(2) RAW: Max. approx. 2.0 fps
(3) RAW+JPEG: Approx. 0.8 fps (averaged value)
Maximum Burst
(1) JPEG: 830 shots
(2) RAW: 5 shots
(3) RAW+JPEG: 1 shot
Shooting Modes
Still photo shooting and video shooting
1) Autofocus
2) Manual Focus
Metering Modes
Real-time Evaluative metering with image sensor
Metering Range
EV 0 - EV 20 (At 23°C/73°F, 50mm f/1.4 lens, ISO 100)
Grid Display
(1) Grid 1: Pair of vertical and horizontal lines
(2) Grid 2: 5 vertical and 3 horizontal lines
Exposure Simulation
Silent Shooting
Not provided
File Format
MOV (image data: H.264; audio: Linear PCM (monaural))
File Size
Approx. 222 MB/min.
Frame Rates
30fps (29.97), 25fps
Continuous Shooting Time
Approx. 17 min.
Autofocus: Quick mode, Live mode, Face Detection Live mode; manual
Exposure Control
Movie Program AE
Exposure Compensation
±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments
TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor
Monitor Size
2.7-inch (Screen aspect ratio of 4:3)
Approx. 230,000 dots (320 x 240: QVGA)
Approx. 99%
Viewing Angle: 170°
Brightness Control
Adjustable to one of seven brightness levels
Interface Languages
25 (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Romanian, Ukraine, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese)
Display Format
(1) Single image display
Highlight Alert
On the detailed information and histogram displays, highlight areas with no image data will blink.
Erase protection can be applied/canceled for a single image, all images in a folder, or all images in the card.
Erase single image, erase selected images, erase all images on folder, erase all images in a card, or erase only unprotected images.
Compatible Printers
PictBridge-compatible printers
Printable Images
JPEG images complying to Design rule for Camera File System
Version 1.1 compatible
Custom Functions
10 Custom Functions with 32 settings settable with the camera
Camera User Settings
Not provided
My Menu Registration
Up to six top-tier menu options and Custom Function settings can be registered.
Battery Pack LP-E10 x 1
* With the AC Adapter Kit ACK-E10, AC power is possible.
Battery Life
Number of shots (approx.)
|Shooting Method
|Shooting Conditions
|At 73°F/23°C
|At 32°F/0°C
|Viewfinder Shooting
|No Flash
|Approx. 800
|Approx. 750
|50% Flash Use
|Approx. 700
|Approx. 650
|Live View Shooting
|No Flash
|Approx. 240
|Approx. 230
|50% Flash Use
|Approx. 220
|Approx. 210
|Video Shooting
|Total: 1 hr. 50 min.
|Total: 1 hr. 30 min.
Battery Check
Automatic battery level check when power is turned ON.
Battery level indicated in one of four levels on LCD monitor.
Power Saving
Provided. Power turns off after 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 min.
Date/Time Battery
Built-in secondary battery. When fully-charged, the date/time can be maintained for about three months.
* Recharge time for backup battery: Approx. 8 hours
Start-up Time
Approx. 0.1 sec. (Based on CIPA testing standards)
Dimensions (W x H x D)
Approx. 5.1 (W) x 3.9 (H) x 3.1 (D) in./ Approx. 129.9 (W) x 99.7 (H) x 77.9 (D) mm
Approx. 17.4 oz. / 495g (body only)
Working Temperature Range
Working Humidity Range
85% or less
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Omega-3s Could Aid in Male Fertility
If you're trying to become a father, you may want to load up on omega-3s — new research indicates the fatty acid found in fish is crucial in transforming dysfunctional round-headed sperm into the strong, cone-headed swimmers necessary for fertilization.
Docosahexnoic acid, or DHA, is an important omega-3 fatty acid involved in eye and brain development, and recent studies in mice have shown it may have an impact on male fertility as well.
Researcher Manabu Nakamura of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign said, "DHA is high in the testes and brain, but until this it was not well understood what it does in these tissues … About three years ago we created the knockout mouse, which isn't able to make its own DHA, and we learned that DHA is really essential for sperm formation."
In previous work, Nakamura and his colleagues studied mice without a DHA-synthesizing enzyme, finding that if these mice also didn't get DHA in their diet, the males were infertile — and when their diets were supplemented with the fatty acid, fertility returned.
In the new study, published in the issue of the journal Biology of Reproduction, the team looked at how sperm develops in DHA-deficient mice, determining that DHA plays a role in the formation of a structure called the acrosome on the head of the sperm. The acrosome is a pointy caplike structure containing enzymes that break through the egg's outer layers, enabling the sperm to fertilize it.
DHA deficiency isn't very common since humans and other mammals are able to make their own DHA from other fatty acids, but if that DHA-synthesizing enzyme is defective, it could result in fertility problems.
"Some [people] may have a decreased ability to synthesize DHA," said Nakamura. "In [that] case the dietary supplements may help."


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|This is the article on the manga chapter. For the episode, head to Four-Tails, the King of Sage Monkeys.
"The Four-Tails: King of the Sage Monkeys" (四尾・仙猿の王, Yonbi: Sen'en no Ō) is chapter 568 of the original Naruto manga.
The Four-Tails tosses the Eight-Tails on the ground, and keeps forcing its mouth shut with Naruto in it while the Nine-Tails watches on. Guy wants to save Naruto, but Kakashi points out their own unfortunate situation between two attack fronts: the Six-Tails' Wisdom Wolf Decay and the other jinchūriki's chakra arms. Kakashi creates a shadow clone and slices through the arms, while Guy punches and burns the gas away. The Eight-Tails wraps its tentacles around the Four-Tails, telling it to let go of Naruto. The Eight-Tails tells the Nine-Tails it heard that it helped Naruto against Madara, the Nine-Tails saying it won't wag its tails to help its jinchūriki as easily as the Eight-Tails. The Eight-Tails questions if it doesn't care at all about what happens to Naruto. The Nine-Tails recalls how many shinobi in the past have restrained it and denied it an identity. The Four-Tails closes its mouth. Naruto meets the Four-Tails, bound by chains. It asks if Naruto is there to take its power, and demands to be called by its proper name, making a boisterous introduction. Naruto apologises for not listening to Son Gokū, which impresses it. Naruto and Son Gokū discuss issues of recognition, identity, and existence. The Four-Tails laughs when Naruto says he's jealous of how B and the Eight-Tails are with each other, before seeing Naruto is serious about it. Considering Naruto to be a better sight than Tobi, Son Gokū offers to help Naruto if he can undo the chains that bind it.


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I am beginning to think that as Gail Riplinger was to textual criticism, David Barton is to American history. He is the conservative equivalent of Howard Zinn.
If you don't want to read through my "opinion," at least make sure to scroll to the bottom and hit the audio links. Believe me: they are worth your time.
If your family homeschools, or if you send your kids to a Christian school, or even if you are actively involved in Republican politics, listen to talk radio, and consider yourself a TEA party oriented person, the name David Barton has circled around your orbit at least a few times.
Barton heads up WallBuilders, a ministry that claims to "present America's forgotten history" regarding our Christian faith, morals, and constitutional heritage.
If you have watched any of Barton's DVD presentations, he travels around Washington D.C. and other historical venues showing his viewers important landmarks and documents pertaining to Colonial America, the Revolutionary War, the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. When Barton is interviewed on Christian TV programs, or even conservative TV shows like Glenn Beck, he always has with him a collection of "original" documents to show the audience. Things like Ben Franklin's Bible, or John Adam's personal letters to some Baptist minister, or some unknown speech George Washington gave at a Methodist church.
Barton's basic assertion in his DVDs, his books, and those TV interviews is that America's founding Fathers – you know, the guys with their faces on our currency – were practicing evangelical Christians. When they wrote up the Declaration of Independence and eventually the Constitution, they intended on founding a Christian nation. Radical secular leftists, Barton contends, have hijacked American history over the last 50 years, revising it to teach that all the founding fathers were really deists and anti-Christian atheists and the last thing on their agenda was founding any country supportive of biblical Christianity. His mission with WallBuilders is to set the historical record straight.
If you have heard him speak, his presentations are impressive and compelling. Again, when he is making his case, he will have old, yellow documents with him that are laminated, which means they are really important. He also has stacks of old, brittle looking books that were supposedly printed in 1798 or there abouts.
Those documents and books are intended to bolster his case for his "evangelical founding fathers" view of American history because he says they are original source documents, meaning they haven't been altered by secular leftists. Of course, the audience, upon watching Barton lift up one of those documents to wave in front of the TV cameras, has to assume he is accurately relaying to them what that document really says. Honestly. What average person, let's say living in Wisconsin or Maryland, really has carefully examined one of John Adam's original letters to Thomas Jefferson? Barton says he has and so that person has to trust him that he is relaying accurate information about the contents of the letter.
In recent months, however, Barton has come under fire for just that: Other historians – [and by "other" historians, I mean Christian historians, and by "Christian" historians, I mean Bible-believing, Jesus loving historians, not those prissy liberal "the-Bible-is-full-of-errors" "Christians"] – have taken issue with Barton claiming he has the bad habit of cheery-picking historical citations and spinning them in such a way so as to present his evangelical narrative of American history. In other words, he abuses the historical documents to embellish and exaggerate the truth.
A big example of this is found in the controversy surrounding his book published this past summer titled, The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed about Thomas Jefferson. In that book, Barton presents the case that what we are told about Jefferson is for the most part a leftist fabrication. In reality, he was really a faithful evangelical Christian and it wasn't until later in his life as he grew senile, that he began to write negative things about God and Christianity.
The claims Barton makes did not sit well with just any historians, but particularly a number of those Christian historians I noted above. They worked together to challenge Barton's views of Jefferson by showing the gross, factual errors he has in his books and his outright re-reading of history. In short, they demonstrate that Barton was doing the exact same thing he accuses his secular liberal critics of doing: Selectively citing sources and reinterpreting them so as to revise history.
The vetting these historians made to Barton's book was so devastating that Thomas Nelson, the publisher, dropped it. The management cited the overwhelming number of factual errors contained in the book as the reason for their canceling it. I thought their reaction was ironic, seeing that they are so willing to toss out Barton's book over "factual errors," but still publish a bizarre book in which a child claims to have gone to heaven. Barton didn't make them enough money, I suppose; but I digress.
I personally have never read anything by Barton. I have seen one or two of his DVD presentations and I have watched him on a number of television interviews. I have always been dubious of his assertions about the founding fathers. When he waves the yellow, laminated letter on the TV screen, I'm a tad suspicious. Having read enough history in my lifetime, including a few original source documents, I thought his "evidence" never passed a sniff test. There were question marks in my mind.
Liberals of course hate the man's guts. That is because they relish having a proctologist view of American history and reject America's exceptionalism that makes it the most unique and special country in the world. So when Barton gives his exaggerated claims about America's founding fathers, they pounce on them as proof of how out of touch Christians are with reality and what hypocrites they truly are. Certainly that is a moon-bat reaction, but while they may go overboard in the other direction to maintain their distorted anti-American narrative, I'd have to admit they have a point about Barton.
I have also been troubled with how Christians, and I mean respectable, ought-to-know-better Christians, go to Barton as a reliable source on American history. Conservative pundits like Glenn Beck, I can understand, but Christians who have made a name for being pillars of spiritual discernment? I've seen him interviewed by Todd Friel in the past, as well as Kirk Cameron for his Monumental documentary that was released early this spring, and many Christian reconstructionists have always recommended his materials.
One of Barton's historian critics has been Gregg Frazer who teaches history and political science at the Master's College. He published a book earlier this year called, The Religious Beliefs of America's Founders: Reason, Revelation, and Revolution that puts our founding fathers in a more balanced and accurate perspective. He argues that they weren't rank atheists and deists, but nor were they committed Christians. They were, as Dr. Frazer calls them, "theistic rationalists."
At the behest of my pastor, John MacArthur, Dr. Frazer has been going around to the various fellowship groups on Sunday mornings at Grace Church giving a presentation on America's founding fathers, as well as addressing many of David Barton's claims about them and what he calls "the Christian America movement" that is growing among homeschoolers. My hope is that Dr. Frazer will be given a break-out seminar at this next year's Shepherd's Conference in March 2013. I imagine many, many pastors have encountered promoters of Barton's materials in their churches.
He gave two presentations recently that are worth downloading and considering.
The Religious Beliefs of America's Founders [Part 1]
The Religious Beliefs of America's Founders [Part 2]
The first presentation gives historical background to the men we call "founding fathers," where as the second presentation addresses specifically what David Barton claims. If you want to hear his rebuttal and refutation of David Barton, listen to the second one first. But make sure to get the first one, as well.
Christians need to be advocates of truth, even when the truth is not what we may want it to be.
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"I imagine the current trendy manifestations of reformed hipster theology will probably produce its fair share of people who found that conversion liberated them to watch exactly the same derivative and crass movies they did before, but now with an uncanny, Spirit-filled capacity to spot the redeemer figure in The Dark Knight Rises or The Expendables II."
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The Anointing of Saul (1 Samuel 9:26-10:27)
First Samuel 8-12 are the transition chapters in Israel's history. Israel moves from being governed directly by God through the instrument of judges to the direction by kings.
In chapter 8, the people confront Samuel and wanted him to appoint a king so that they could "be like all the other nations."
Chapter 9 introduced us to Israel's first king: Saul, the son of Kish.
Saul was from a well-to-do family. Kish was described in 9:1 as being a "mighty man of power" which speaks to his influence.
Saul, in spite of coming from an influential family, wasn't spiritually astute. His father sent him and his servant out to look for some lost donkeys. After three days of searching, the servant suggested they go see a man of God, who was Samuel. The impression we get from Saul's reaction to that suggestion is that he never heard of the guy. That is highly unusually seeing that Samuel was a nationally recognized prophet.
Saul's encounter with him changes all of that.
I) The Private Confirmation (9:26-10:16)
God had told Samuel of His selection of Saul (9:15, 17), so when Saul encounters Samuel, he is invited to dine with him.
After they dine together and Samuel treats Saul with kindness and respect, he sends Saul's servant a head of them and takes a flask of oil to anoint him (10:1). The act of pouring oil was an act reserved for anointing priests and sacred objects. So by Samuel's act of pouring oil on Saul means that God was staking a divine claim upon him.
Samuel tells Saul that God has appointed him to be commander (king) over his inheritance (Israel). He is designated as a leader, not a king yet, which means he is a "king-to-be," like a prince.
Now, in order to demonstrate that he wasn't "crazy" and had chosen the wrong man, Samuel tells Saul he will see three confirmatory signs that will come to pass with specificity.
- He will be told by two men sitting at Rachel's tomb at Zelzah that the donkeys had been found.
- He will then encounter three worshippers who will be carrying goats, bread, and wine. They will greet Saul and give him two loaves of bread.
- Then he will meet a group of prophets near where a Philistine garrison is located and the Spirit of God will come upon Saul and he will prophesy with them.
The last sign is unusual, but judges had experienced the Spirit of God rushing upon them. In this case, Saul would "prophesy" with the prophets. The idea is that a prophet is a mouthpiece for God. The king, in turn, was to obey His Word.
So. After Saul leaves Samuel, all the "signs" are confirmed beginning in 10:9. The writer chooses to center on the last one regarding Saul's prophesying with the prophets.
He is described as receiving "another heart" from the Lord. The phrase can mean God "overturned" his heart. Saul became something different. It is not "salvation" because later we see how he did not obey God. However, it was a demonstration of the presence of God. The work of God was so surprising a proverb is created to describe the unexpected and the unexplained (10:12).
II) The Public Anointing (10:17-27)
All of these events in Saul's life came rather rapidly and must have startled him because when he returned home he tells his uncle about meeting Samuel, but he did not tell him about being chosen as king over Israel (10:15, 16).
Later, Samuel calls the people together at Mizpah, a centrally located area where Israel had met for a major time of worship and public repentance in chapter 7.
Samuel begins by rebuking Israel's rejection of God's direction and governing (18, 19). He then tells God will present their king to them. In a public display of God's hand, by casting lots that separates out Benjamin, then Saul's tribe and family, and then Saul himself, Israel is presented their king.
When Saul is chosen he is not present, but is found "hiding among the equipment." He was running from this calling God had placed on his life. In a way, his absence at his own coronation foreshadows a reign where he would vacate his spiritual responsibilities.
The people, however, bring him forward and hail him as their new king. A man who was "head and shoulders" above everyone else. A man who was physically impressive, but regrettably, spiritually weak.
God is gracious, though. He gives Saul a group of valiant men whose hearts the Lord touched and they unite themselves to him.
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The town of Sorong, located on the "beak" of the Bird's Head Peninsula in West Papua is the departure point for your visit to the fabulous Raja Ampat marine park. The word "Sorong" is said to originate from the local Soreri language meaning "deep and turbulent seas". Mountains, hills, lowlands, and protected forests securely surround the town. As a port, its inhabitants come from multi-ethnic descent.
Sorong has long been one of the busiest harbors of West Papua , owing to the oil supplies found in this region since 1932. However, oil projects have declined significantly today. The productive oil fields off Sorong were one of the reasons why the former Dutch colonialists hung on to Irian (former name of Papua) even after the independence of the Indonesian archipelago. It is not surprising that the town is multi-cultural.
Today, oil is actually still the dominant industry here, although timber export comes second, with logs usually directly shipped overseas. Nowadays, government regulations require that milling and processing take place locally. Therefore, plywood factories and such are being built in Sorong. The seas around Sorong are rich in tuna and shrimp, which are also major export commodities. On Kabra island, there is a Japanese farm for cultured pearls, while shark fins and trepang are shipped to Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.


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Exercise During Chemotherapy
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I saw a story on the news about something called heat shock protein. They said that stress (including strenuous exercise) the day before chemotherapy could protect cancer cells from chemotherapy. Is there any truth to a danger to exercising the day before chemo treatment?
Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, cancer rehabilitation researcher at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
This study and the publicity around it provides an excellent opportunity of the need to take results in context. First, this study was done in rats. Second, the authors were looking at one biomarker only. I'll almost guarantee that if they had also measured inflammatory markers, cytokines (which make you feel sick), or energy level (not sure how you would do this in rats), then they would be telling us exercise is good for us before chemo. Please do not feel you need to change your exercise habits according to timing of chemo. This study runs counter to results of many, many randomized controlled trials that find it to be safe to do exercise during chemotherapy, with no indication of problems with adverse effects of exercise the day before chemo.
This question and answer was part of the OncoLink Brown Bag Chat Series, Life After Breast Cancer Webchat. View the entire transcript here.


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National Popcorn Day ~ January 19th is National Popcorn Day! Oh, popcorn, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I know 53 of them (just kidding!). But, anyway, to celebrate this most beloved snack and its wonderfulness on this day, I want to know what is your favorite type of popcorn?
National Popcorn Day: What Is Your Favorite Type Of Popcorn?
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The Jp Project Jeeps: Before-And-After Staff BuildsPosted in Project Vehicles on May 1, 2012
It's one of the numerous things that separates Jp magazine from the others. Unlike many of the project rigs built by our sister publications, we don't do buildups for industry shows or one-time trail rides. Really, who in their right mind takes the torch to a brand-new $50,000 truck adds another $50,000 in parts and labor onto it, and then destroys it on the trail? Not you, that's who! Which is why many of Jp's staff-owned, staff-driven, staff-wheeled projects resonate so loudly with you readers.
Do you have a favorite Jp magazine project Jeep? Was it Hazel's roached '68 J2000 or Trasborg's cute wittle '67 Jeepster? Or maybe you're a new reader and didn't realize the staff has built so many Jeeps in the past ten years that we can't fit them all in this story—or include any of those built by former Editor, John Cappa. For no other reason than "Why not?", here's a rundown of some of our former and current staff-owned project rigs from the past decade.
Project Steal-J
Hazel bought the skunked '97 for cheap with a blown rear axle. After scoring a replacement rear for $50, he used it as a daily driver while it was built into a mild-mannered weekend warrior and long-range cruiser. When the factory 32RH got unhappy it was replaced with a TCI-built TH700R4 and the NV231 swallowed a TeraFlex Extreme Short Shaft kit. A pair of CV shafts from Tom Wood turned the mix on a pair of G2-prepped TJ Rubicon axles. Other than the Pro Comp 2-inch coil lift and MX-6 shocks, exterior niceties included Kilby Trail Boss rockers and a front bumper to hold the Superwinch EP 9.0 winch and a M.O.R.E. rear bumper with tire carrier. A two-piece Bestop hardtop covered the Mastercraft Baja RS seats. The thing got 17 mpg and was reliable as a hammer.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '97 Jeep Wrangler Sport
Engine: 4.0L w/ Edge Trail Jammer system
Transmission: GM TH700R4
T-case: NV231
Axles: TJ Rubicon Dana 44 (front and rear)
Suspension: 2-inch Pro Comp w/ JKS upper & lower control arms (front and rear)
Wheels: 16x8 TJ Rubicon Moab
Tires: 265/75R16 BFG A-T
Other: 4.56 gears, ARB Air Lockers (front and rear); 30-spline G2 alloy shafts (front); 33-spline G2 alloy shafts (rear); Currie Currectlync steering; Novak aluminum radiator; Advance Adapters CPS relocation kit; Lokar shifter.
Best Mod: BFG A-T tires & Rubicon wheels
Worst Mod: TH700R4 – converter stall too low and tranny sapped perceived power.
Project Big Mini (aka YJ on 40s)
Originally destined to replace Trasborg's other YJ, it soon became a project all its own. Fitting a TJ top led to squeezing 40-inch tires under the sheetmetal, which morphed into a V-8 swap performed in our office underground parking garage. Pretty soon, he did a paint job in a weekend in the garage using all mail order Summit Racing paint and equipment and then we slung a 4L60E and four-speed Atlas under it on custom homemade mounts in the driveway. Once it's finished, this Jeep is going to be a driver, not a trailer queen—able to drive to just about any trail, run the trail, and drive back home afterwards.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '93 Jeep Wrangler
Engine: GM 350ci LT-1 V-8
Transmission: Level 10-built 4L60E
T-case: Four-speed Atlas
Axles: Dana 44 (front); Ford 9 inch (rear)
Suspension: Homemade custom junkyard spring-under leaf packs with M.O.R.E. front shackle reversal and boomerang shackles
Wheels: 17x9 Trailready HD17 beadlock
Tires: 40x13.50R17 Goodyear Wrangler MT/R
Other: 5.13 gears, Trutracs (front and rear); TJ half doors; TJ factory 'cage; custom dash; custom center console; CJ tailgate; full size spare on GenRight tire carrier; GenRight Off Road Hi-Tube fenders (front and rear), rocker guards; Painless Performance wiring harness.
Best Mod: 40-inch tires
Worst Mod: LT-1 – many stop-gap oddities between Gen 0/Gen I small-block and modern Gen III/Gen IV engines.
Future Plans: Finish the interior with a full 'cage and seats, wire it, wider axles under it for those 40s, and wheel it.
Project Mini (aka Wrecking Yard YJ, aka Turbo YJ)
Trasborg got it in 2002, way before joining the Jp magazine crew. He drove it cross-country to California when hired by Jp, and it has been around ever since. Article highlights include a multi-day body mount replacement, a beginner's how-to install with Poison Spyder Ricochet Rockers, and an at-home engine swap. Trasborg replaced all the factory gauges with Auto Meter units in Auto Meter gauge pods, swapped home-built junkyard axles under it, and showed you how to put a CJ-7 tailgate on it. He even showed you how to get six-cylinder power out of the 2.5L four-cylinder with a 505 Performance bolt-on turbo kit.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '94 Jeep Wrangler
Engine: 2.5L w/ 505 Performance turbo
Transmission: AX5
T-case: NP231
Axles: Dana 30 (front), Dana 35 (rear)
Suspension: Homemade custom junkyard spring-under leaf packs with M.O.R.E. front shackle reversal Wheels: 15x8 Mickey Thompson Classic
Tires: 31x10.50R15 Goodyear MT/R with Kevlar
Other: Factory 4.10 gears, open diffs (front and rear); Custom home-built tubular front fenders and front bumper; GenRight Off-Road rear tubular flares and short corners; 33 Engineering aluminum belly pan/skidplate; Ford Taurus two-speed electronic fan; Auto Meter Phantom gauges in custom flat dash; Bestop Sailcloth Replace-A-Top and sound bar.
Best Mod: 505 Performance turbocharger
Worst Mod: Going to 33-inch tires – sapped power.
Future Plans: Drive it
Project Moses
Trasborg got this M-715 in 2000 and since he had no garage of his own, it promptly took up every inch of his mom's garage for the next four years. Only after a job interview with Jp did he get motivated to get it on the road. You first saw it appear in a how-to swap a cheap overdrive transmission into your fullsize Jeep article. Then, Trasborg thought if he took 70 days and nights he'd be able to take this truck that hadn't moved under its own power in 20-something years and drive it across country to the new job. That didn't happen, so he ended up shipping it, and you've since seen the truck in lots of overheating and electrical columns, as well as one ill-fated road trip, and an axle swap story that seemingly never ends.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '67 Kaiser M-715
Engine: Tall-deck GM 366ci big-block V-8
Transmission: Spicer 3053A
T-case: Divorced Dodge NP205
Axles: Dana 60 (front); Dana 70 (rear)
Suspension: Stock leaf springs (front and rear)
Wheels: Factory 16x6 military split-ring
Tires: 38x13.00-16 Super Swamper TSL
Other: Factory 5.87 gears, open diffs (front and rear); BJ's Off-Road lift shackles (front); ammo case seat mounts; S-10 Blazer seats; Auto Meter gauges; dual underhood batteries with Painless Wiring kit; custom heavy-duty front bumper; Hazel-modified tail lights (broken); PSC power steering with big-diameter box; Vanco hydroboost power brake system.
Best Mod: Vanco hydroboost – the truck is called Moses because the brakes were horrible when purchased and upon failure to stop once, all the little Jeeps were parted like Moses did with the Red Sea. The hydroboost fixed that (and then some).
Worst Mod: 366ci tall-deck big-block – the engine was intended as a placeholder for a 427ci engine, but the 366 is heavy, has cooling issues, and poor parts availability.
Future Plans: Some kind of engine swap: maybe diesel or LS V-8.
Project Mileage Master
Right when fuel skyrocketed in price, Trasborg picked up a smashed '98 Cherokee for $1,000. The goal was off-road capability with no on-road mileage penalty. As fuel prices started dropping again, maximizing mileage wasn't as important as it once was so he moved on to making the daily driver more of an off-road machine while not losing any on-road manners. He's up-armored it and put bigger tires on it while keeping it low to the ground, and it isn't even close to done yet.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '98 Jeep Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L inline-six
Transmission: AW4
T-case: NP242
Axles: Dana 30 (front); Dana 44 (rear)
Suspension: Rubicon Express 3-inch coils (front); homemade junkyard custom leaf pack (rear)
Wheels: 15x8 MB Wheels, Model 72
Tires: 33x12.50R15 Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac
Other: Factory 3.55 gears, open diffs (front and rear); GenRight Off-Road rockers and 25-gallon tank; T&T Customs Unitbody stiffeners, belly pan skidplate, rear truss, and U-bolt eliminators; Iceland Offroad flares; M.O.R.E. rear bumper/tire carrier; JCR Off-Road corner armor with tail lights; WJ leather seats; Warn hub conversion kit; Currie Currectlync steering; Wilson Electronics cell phone range extender.
Best Mod: Iceland Offroad flares
Worst Mod: Iceland Offroad flares – seems like every time we wheel it hard we pop at least one of the mounting bolts off the flare.
Future Plans: Gearing, locker(s), aftermarket front bumper, and 'cage it so it doesn't crack to pieces.
Project Scrambled (aka Cross-Country Swap Meet)
Trasborg has always wanted a Scrambler, but the prices are ridiculous. So when this one popped up in Kentucky and the owner was willing to trade it for a Warn 8274 winch, the cross-country drive seemed a small price to pay. It was really more of a rusted body and frame with a title, but Trasborg organized a crazy 8,000-mile, 14-day, cross-the-country-twice trip to pick up the Jeep, cover several events, and swap parts like a madman to hopefully come home with a complete Jeep. After swapping basically everything out except the axles and the Swiss-cheese frame he dragged it back to California. He is still planning a resto-mod type of build where the Jeep looks stock, but is anything but stock under the skin.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '81 Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler
Engine: 258ci inline-six
Transmission: SR-4
T-case: Dana 300
Axles: Dana 30 (front); AMC-20 (rear)
Suspension: Unknown aftermarket leaf-spring lift (front and rear)
Wheels: 15x10 Chrome steel
Tires: 33x12.50R15 Wild Country Radial RVT
Other: Unknown gears, open diffs (front and rear); NOS front fenders and grille; clean rust-free take-off hood; rust-free original take-off tub; factory half top and bulkhead; YJ Wrangler full and half doors; YJ Wrangler windshield frame; TJ seats.
Best Mod: Solid factory tub
Worst Mod: Bolting solid tub to Swiss-cheese frame
Future Plans: Get a solid frame, possibly do four-link and coils while keeping it close to stock height on 33s. Put the Insane Inline II under the hood and take it drag racing. Reapply the gaudy '80s pinstriping.
Project Fire Truck
After the '88 Comanche ordeal, Trasborg's mission was to find a '91 or '92 Comanche with the HO fuel injection and more standardized parts. He ended up with this 2WD truck just in time for Jp magazine's Sh!%box Derby. After losing the Derby, he then converted it to 4WD, tossed a Mopar 4.7L stroker engine in it, and wheeled it all over the Southwest. He's tired of welding cracks in the body from too much flexing off-road. It needs a 'cage and the stock front and rear bumpers and lack of rocker protection need addressing. But for now, it's a good test mule and parts-getter.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '91 Jeep Comanche Eliminator
Engine: 4.7L inline-six
Transmission: AX15
T-case: NP231
Axles: Dana 30 (front); Dana 44 (rear)
Suspension: 41⁄2-inch-lift Rubicon Express coils with 2-inch spacers (front); spring-over rear with stock springs and T&T Customs truss and 11⁄2-inch U-bolt eliminators (rear)
Wheels: 16x8 Wrangler Rubicon Moab
Tires: 265/75R16 Goodyear Wrangler Silent Armor
Other: 4.56 gears, Truetrac (front); spool (rear); Crane differential covers; Novak aluminum radiator; mandrel-bent 21⁄2-inch exhaust; 505 Performance roller rockers; Painless Performance 68mm throttle body; THOR off road intake; custom bedside tire carrier; IBS dual battery kit; Eagle Eye HID driving lights; Al's Liner DIY bedliner; ARB dual-piston high-output compressor .
Best Mod: Mopar stroker engine
Worst Mod: Spring-over rear – too much axlewrap in the rear off-road.
Future Plans: Bumpers, rocker guards, and a 'cage. Time to bring the rest of the truck up to the level of the drivetrain.
Project Red Truck
Like all of Trasborg's projects, this '88 Comanche was cheap. At $500, it was half-disassembled and 2WD, but that didn't faze him. It was brought back to life with a lot of trial, error, and elbow grease. It was lifted and set on 33s. Later came a long-arm front suspension and Alcan custom spring-under rear leafs and 35s. A leaky injector sparked an underhood fire that killed the wiring and lots of the Renix-specific plastic parts. A '97 Cherokee was procured as a donor and the MJ is currently awaiting installation of the H.O. XJ parts to bring it back to life.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '88 Jeep Comanche Eliminator
Engine: 4.0L inline-six
Transmission: Peugot BA10/5
T-case: N/A
Axles: Dana 30 (front); Dana 44 (rear)
Suspension: 61⁄2 inches total (front); 61⁄2-inch Alcan springs (rear)
Wheels: 16x8 ProComp 7023
Tires: 315/75R16 ProComp Xtreme AT
Other: 4.56 gears, Truetrac (front); Detroit Locker (rear); T&T Customs Y-link front suspension; Fabtech 2.0 remote reservoir shocks; in-bed Fabtech spare tire mount; $100 at-home paintjob; CurrectLync steering.
Best Mod: T&T Customs Y-link long-arm
Worst Mod: Car-B-Que – It wasn't until after the fire that everyone said, "Oh, didn't you know about the leaky injector problem?" Well, obviously we didn't, or the truck wouldn't have burned.
Future Plans: Reassemble it with the '97 Cherokee parts and make it a '97 Cherokee Sport Truck.
Project Jeepster Resurrection
The Jeepster had sat and rusted near the ocean for almost 10 years. Trasborg bought it with a busted-out driver-side window, a 1-inch-deep pile of rat turds inside, and worse—then tried to get it ready for Moab Easter Jeep Safari in about five weeks. He thrashed to replace the floor, body mounts, brakes, brake master cylinder, and all the fluids. Then welded the gas tank back into one piece and built a skidplate for it, bent a rollcage, and did lots of tuning and tweaking to the engine. Ultimately, it came back from Moab on a trailer. He's still working out the bugs on this one to put it reliably back on the road.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '68 Jeepster Commando
Engine: Buick 225ci odd-fire V-6
Transmission: T-14
T-case: Dana 20
Axles: Dana 30 (front); Dana 44 (rear)
Suspension: Unknown-brand multi-leaf spring packs (front and rear)
Wheels: 15x8 Centerline Hellcat
Tires: 32x11.50R15 Goodyear Wrangler MT/R with Kevlar
Other: 3.73 gears, open diff (front); Yukon Spartan lunchbox locker (rear); swapped-in CJ-5 Dana 44 (rear); JB Custom Fabrication twin-stick T-case conversion; DUI distributor; HID headlight conversion; custom trailer hitch for recovery and rear bumper protection; custom front tow hook mounts; Greg's 4WD Extreme soft top.
Best Mod: Rear Yukon Spartan locker
Worst Mod: Custom rollbar – while it clears the front seat passengers even with the relocated seats, it interferes with every top we've had on the Jeep.
Future Plans: Retro goodness with period-correct winch, new rat-turd-free shag carpet, a new radiator, some '70s-era driving lights and maybe a tranny and front axle swap.
Project DJ-3A
Hazel bought the '53 DJ-3A back in 2000 and subsequently learned it was actually one of roughly three DJ prototypes built on a CJ-3B blank chassis in Toledo. Willys started official DJ production for the 1955 model year. He pulled many of the Willys-built, VJ-esque trim pieces off and gave them to former Jp Editor Rick Péwé … who lost them. The buildup took one year and was completed entirely in Hazel's garage. The original build used a Spicer 18 and genie Warn Overdrive, but was swapped to a more-hardcore Dana 300. However, the flattie will soon be going back to its original build configuration with a new Spicer 18 and ATV Mfg Overdrive.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: 1953 DJ-3A
Engine: GM 3.5L DOHC LX5 "Shortstar"
Transmission: SM420
T-case: Dana 300
Axles: Currie Ford 9-inch (front and rear)
Suspension: Factory YJ spring-over (front); 4.5-inch Rubicon Express YJ spring-under (rear)
Wheels: 15x10 American Racing; OMF beadlock
Tires: 35x13.50R15 BFG Krawler T/A KX
Other: 5.38 gears, Detroit Locker, 35-spline shafts (front); spool, 35-spline shafts, True Hi9 centersection (rear); 32-spline T-case output shafts; Centerforce Dual Friction clutch; Wilwood remote-reservoir brakes; Wilwood four-piston calipers (front), GM ½-ton calipers (rear); Colorado Customs billet steering wheel; Mastercraft seats; 15-gallon fuel cell; Ramsey Pro 9500 winch; Optima Blue Top battery; Powermaster onboard welder; 5lb Power Tank; fully boxed frame.
Best Mod: Cage build tied to frame at eight points
Worst Mod: Dana 300 – miss the Warn Overdrive of the original build
Future Plans: Spicer 18 with ATV Mfg. Overdrive; offset rear housing for freeway use.
Project Hatari!
It started with a free CJ-5 given to Hazel that had a good drivetrain, but a totaled body and frame. Then he found an ad for a '71 CJ-6 for $800 and jumped on it. Inspired by the John Wayne cult classic movie, Hatari!, the body of the heavily patina'd CJ-6 was left alone as the rest of the vehicle was turned into a rolling, wheeling workshop that retained almost all of the stock components. Project Hatari! served as a daily driver, off-road warrior, and field fix-it rig for years before being sent to its new owner, who dismantled it for a new tub and shiny paintjob. Last we heard, it was still in pieces in the new owner's barn.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '71 Jeep CJ-6
Engine: Buick 225ci odd-fire V-6
Transmission: NV3550 (swapped with Advance Adapters components)
T-case: Spicer 18
Axles: Dana 27 (front); Dana 44 (rear)
Suspension: Stock replacement HD spring packs (front and rear)
Wheels: Stock 15x6 steel
Tires: 31x10.50R15 Treadwright retread
Other: 4.88 gears, open diff (front); TeraFlex T-Locker (rear); Premier Power welder; electric onboard air compressor/tank; Bestop front seats; Advance Adapters NV3550 conversion; home-built cage; Poison Spyder Customs (one-off) rocker guards; Cross Enterprises rear bumper; Warn SDP 6000 winch; Fiero radiator; Saginaw power steering conversion.
Best Mod: NV3550
Worst Mod: Fenderwell headers … or actually selling it.
Project JR
We called Jp's '99 Cherokee "Project JR" because it was the badass from Dallas. Plus, it had a "Ewing" dealership badge on the tailgate. Google it, ya damn kids. After coming to California from Collins Bros Jeep in Wylie, Texas, Project JR was turned into an alter-ego desert prerunner that didn't shirk daily driver duties. Indeed, we racked up over 60,000 miles under its long-arm suspension and swapped-in Currie 9-inch rear. Eventually, we updated the suspension, tires, and other components in our "Project JR 2.0" series, but here's the original build from 2004.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '99 Jeep Cherokee Sport
Engine: 4.6L stroker
Transmission: AW4
T-case: NP231
Axles: Dana 30 (front); Currie 9-inch (rear)
Suspension: 6-inch Full-Traction long-arm system
Wheels: 15x8 American Racing Diamond Back
Tires: 33x10.50R15 BFG Baja T/A
Other: 4.88 gears, open diff (front); Truetrac limited slip (rear); Bilstein 5150 shocks; T&J Unitbody stiffeners; Daystar Four Real Steel bumpmers (front and rear); Currie Currectlync steering; Golen 4.6L stroker; N2O nitrous oxide system; Gibson header and after-cat exhaust; K&N FIPK; PIAA dual-beam lights.
Best Mod: K&N FIPK, Gibson header and after-cat exhaust
Worst Mod: Stoker engine
Project Evil Truck
We can't remember if the reader contacted Hazel or he found the ad online, but the short story is he drove to Boise, Idaho, to bring back a '68 M-715 that had the original axles, transmission, and not much else. Hazel tried to get the truck in running shape to make a trip to Ouray, Colorado (see "28 Days to Failure," Nov. '06), but after battling for four solid weeks in triple-digit temps, the M-715 won the war and earned itself the moniker "The Evil Truck." What followed was a project that increased on-road drivability and off-road performance while without compromising the Spartan military character of the truck.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '68 Kaiser M-715
Engine: GM 350ci V-8
Transmission: Ranger Over/Underdrive; SM465
T-case: 3.0:1 Atlas
Axles: Dana 60 (front); Dana 70 (rear)
Suspension: Stock spring-under (front); stock spring-over (rear)
Wheels: Stock 16x6 military split-ring
Tires: 38x13.00-16 Interco Super Swamper
Other: Stock 5.87 gears, open diff (front); Detroit Locker (rear); home-built cage (front and rear); Corbeau seating for six adults with two Empi child seats; Auto Meter gauges; Flex-A-Lite electric fan; Chevy conversion radiator for CJ-7; Premier Power welder; Optima Blue Top battery; Ford wheel cylinder conversion with factory drum brakes; Beachwood Canvas top; engine later modified to 390hp/400lb-ft with Vortec heads, Lunati camshaft, and a Powerjection III fuel-injection system.
Best Mod: Corbeau seating and cage.
Worst Mod: Retaining factory 1¼-ton rear springs.
Project J2008
Just around the same time Hazel's F-250 tow rig committed suicide on Wilshire Blvd, a reader offered to sell him his '68 J2000 pickup for $800. In need of a hauler for greasy Jeep parts, Hazel scarfed up the Kaiser. It was in dire need of repairs, including the brakes, front axle kingpins, clutch throwout bearing, and the engine barely made oil pressure. But the original 232 engine wouldn't die. Eventually, the stock suspension was axed, some larger 33s installed, and the factory drum-brake, 4.27-geared Dana 44 axles were swapped for a Dodge Dana 44 front and later-model J-truck rear with 4.56 gears and limited slips. The drivetrain was updated in the name of reliability and the interior freshened to create what we wanted to see Jeep build if it were still building J-trucks in 2008: a reliable, economical vintage hauler.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '68 Kaiser J2000
Engine: '92 Cherokee 4.0L
Transmission: NV3550
T-case: '84 Dodge NP208
Axles: '83 Dodge Dana 44 (front); '73 J2000 Dana 44 (rear)
Suspension: Hell Creek Suspension 4-inch springs (front and rear)
Wheels: 15x8 Eaton simulated beadlock
Tires: 33x12.50R15 Pro Comp AT
Other: 4.56 gears, Truetracs (front and rear); Parts Mike crossover steering arm; Hotwire Auto 4.0L wiring harness; HESCO external fuel pump and regulator; Edelbrock header; Turbo City air intake; Smittybilt vinyl bucket seats and console; Auto Meter gauges; Optima Blue Top battery; BJ's Off-Road carpet and sliding rear window. Best Mod: Hell Creek Suspension
Worst Mod: Dodge NP208 bought on Internet turned out to have cracked case.
Project GJ
Everybody has to start somewhere. For Hazel, his first Wrangler wound up being this '95 he bought from some chick for almost four grand. She didn't tell him the bank still owned the title, so what should've been a quick transaction turned into a huge day-long wait at the DMV. Still, he got the Wrangler and promptly went about rebuilding it into a trail-worthy vehicle with (as it turned out) some serious compromises. In the end, the new Bestop interior and replacement top and the Superlift suspension were flawless, but the choice to replace the stock Dana 35 rear axle with the factory Chrysler 8.25 from Project JR bit Hazel in the rear since at the time 4.56 was as low as you can go in an 8.25. The 2.5L really needed 4.88s or 5.13s to be truly happy. It looked good, but was undergeared and still something a chick would drive, so he called it his "Girl Jeep," or GJ.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '95 Jeep Wrangler
Engine: 2.5L
Transmission: AX5
T-case: NP231
Axles: Dana 30 (front); '99 Cherokee Chrysler 8.25 (rear)
Suspension: Superlift 3.5-inch spring-under suspension (front and rear)
Wheels: 15x8 Weld Racing Stonecrusher
Tires: 33x12.50R15 Firestone Destination MT
Other: 4.56 gears, Truetrac (front); Auburn limited slip (rear); Truckmaster Design aluminum bumpers (front and rear); Poison Spyder Customs aluminum rocker armor; Bestop Supertop and replacement front and rear seats; Grant steering wheel; Poison Spyder Customs weld-in rollcage; AEM Brute Force air intake; Banks header and after-cat exhaust; Flex-A-Lite electric fan; 58mm 4.0L throttle body.
Best Mod: Bestop Supertop
Worst Mod: Chrysler 8.25 rear axle (should've done 5.13s in an Isuzu Dana 44 and matched bolt pattern to the front with new knuckles and hubs).
Project Comman D'oh
Craigslist is an evil thing, as the purchase of this $300 C-104 Commando in incredibly poor shape proves. Hazel thinks they're the ugliest Jeeps in the world, so he didn't plan on keeping this one: just parting it out. But after having it around the house for a while, he grew kinda fond of it—like that movie villain you love to hate. Hazel tossed some used YJ buckets in the interior, installed a new radiator, motor mounts, freeze plugs, and rebuild the Motorcraft 2100 carb on the original 304. The TH400 and Dana 20 were toast, so they were rebuilt. He fabbed up some new spring mounts for the front using Rancho RS44044 springs hung spring-under with a shackle-reversal setup, and welded the diff in the rear Dana 44 before using the Comman D'oh to win Jp's Sh!%box Derby.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '73 Jeep C-104 Commando
Engine: 304ci V-8
Transmission: TH400
T-case: Dana 20
Axles: Dana 30 (front); Dana 44 (rear)
Suspension: Rancho RS44044 Wagoneer springs on shackle-reversal setup (front); stock spring-under with add-a-leaf (rear)
Wheels: 15x8 American Racing Diamond Lock (off Project JR)
Tires: 33x10.50R15 BFG Baja T/A (off Project JR)
Other: Stock 3.73 gears, open diff (front); welded diff (rear); B&M shifter; '89 YJ buckets on custom mounts; Auto Meter gauges; Optima Blue Top battery; GM one-wire alternator; BTR heavy-duty radiator; Spidertrax wheel spacers; olive-drab spray paint.
Best Mod: Front suspension build
Worst Mod: Rebuilding the TH400 instead of swapping in a manual
Project Why-J
The chick selling the Jeep didn't know why it stopped shifting one day and just parked it. Hazel answered the ad and offered her half the $1,000 asking price, which was accepted. After trailering the Jeep home, Hazel filled and bled the clutch master cylinder, tossed a new battery and some fuel in it, and started driving his new Jeep. The Bestop sliding upper windows were sold, bringing the total purchase price down to $300. The Why-J Wrangler has been seen in numerous stories, including an on-the-cheap interior revamp, Quadratec aluminum rocker armor, homemade fuel tank skidplating on the cheap, Dana 30/Dana 35 upgrades, GenRight rollcage install, and more. It isn't going anywhere soon.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '89 Jeep Wrangler
Engine: 2.5L
Transmission: AX15 (swapped with Advance Adapters components)
T-case: NP231
Axles: Dana 30 (front); Dana 35 (rear)
Suspension: 2.5-inch Rubicon Express spring-under system (front and rear)
Wheels: 15x8 Summit Racing Series 50/51
Tires: 31x11.50-15 Interco Super Swamper LTB
Other: 4.88 gears, Eaton ELockers, 30-spline alloy shafts (front and rear); Superior Dana 35 truss; Optima Blue Top battery; GenRight Off Road rollcage; Bestop Trailmax II vinyl seats; JB Conversions slip yoke eliminator; Tom Wood's Custom Drive Shafts CV shafts (front and rear); Warn Tabor winch.
Best Mod: ELockers and 4.88 gears
Worst Mod: Retaining internal throwout bearing during AX15 swap.
Future Plans: Add power steering and probably a GM Vortec V-6 swap.
Project Monkey Bus
Hazel really wanted a ZJ or XJ on which he could do a super-fast build and go wheeling, so instead he paid $500 for this '78 Cherokee Chief that needed absolutely everything. You've only just begun to read about the upgrades to the Monkey Bus, but in addition to the BDS suspension and Mickey Thompson wheels and tires, Hazel has already rebuilt or replaced very nearly every stock component on this pig with the exception of the engine and transmission. So what's next: huge axles, 1,000 horsepower, ice-cold A/C? Wait and see.
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '78 Jeep Cherokee Chief
Engine: 360ci V-8
Transmission: TH400
T-case: Quadra-Trac BW1339
Axles: Dana 44 (front and rear)
Suspension: 4-inch BDS springs (front and rear)
Wheels: 15x8 Mickey Thompson Sidebiter
Tires: 33x12.50R15 Mickey Thompson Baja Claw TTC
Other: Factory 3.31 gears, open diffs (front and rear); Rebuilt factory Motorcraft 2100 carb, brake system, Quadra-Trac, fuel system, front axleshafts, driveshafts; replaced factory water pump, brake master cylinder, fuel pump, fuel lines, rear window motor, dash switches; Z&M Jeeps full wiring harness; MTS fuel tank; Optima Blue Top battery; retro Sun tach
Best Mod: Z&M Jeeps wiring harness
Worst Mod: Keeping factory brake components
Future Plans: GMPP E-Rod 5.3L Gen IV engine, NV4500, T-case swap; gears and lockers; onboard air; and working A/C.


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Dodge was initially founded as the Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicle Company by Horace and John Dodge in 1914. The Dodge brothers got their start in the automotive industry by making parts for Ford. However, by 1913, the brothers had grown tired of being the hired help and wanted to launch their own automotive brand.
Dodge Through The 1930s
Dodge's first vehicle was the four-cylinder Model 30. The Model 30 featured an all-steel body and a sliding gear transmission. It sold well and other early model Dodges, including a roadster and a four-door sedan, were introduced. A line of trucks soon followed. It was also around this time that the U.S. military adopted Dodge vehicles and during World War I as they were utilized as ambulances and staff transport.
Dodge Brothers Motors got off to a strong start in the industry, and by 1916, they were producing the second best-selling vehicles in the United States. However, the success of the Dodge brothers would be short-lived. John Dodge succumbed to pneumonia in January 1920, and Horace died later the same year. The brother's widows appointed long-time employee, Frederick Haynes as president.
Dodge stagnated under Haynes' rule and was briefly sold to an investment firm before eventually being acquired by Chrysler in 1928. After becoming a subsidiary for Chrysler, Dodge was ultimately molded into the division that produced tough trucks and performance-minded cars.
In 1939, Dodge released the Luxury Liner series which lasted until 1942 when war-production needs forced Dodge to discontinue its production of passenger cars.
Dodge After World War II
Dodge produced many well-received vehicles in the decades following World War II. Vehicles like the Dodge Dart, Lancer, and Coronet became classic vehicles of the 1950s and early 1960s era. It was also during this period that Dodge introduced the powerful Hemi V-8 engine that would go on to power so many of its muscle cars.
The Dodge Dart became one of the most popular cars in the U.S. during the 1960s. Other models like the Custom 880 also sold well during that time period, and by the end of the decade, Dodge was producing iconic American muscle cars like the Dodge Charger with its 318-cubic-inch V-8 engine. Buyers could also opt for an even more powerful 426-cubic-inch version that offered 425 hp.
In 1970, Dodge released the smaller but powerful Challenger. However, like most American automakers, Dodge felt their fortunes flag in the early 1970s. The Middle East oil crisis caused many American drivers to rethink their big Detroit gas-guzzlers, and government regulations caused many automobile companies to reshuffle the deck as they were forced to reclassify their current compact cars as midsize and begin producing smaller compacts.
Dodge survived through government bailout money, and in the early 1980s, the company reversed its fortunes by producing more compact, economical vehicles like the Omni and the Aries that became fairly popular with American drivers. However, Dodge was on the verge of a major innovation at the time; in 1984, with the release of the Caravan, they created a whole new vehicle class: the minivan.
The Caravan and like-vehicles went on to replace the station wagons that had been popular with American families since the late 1940s. With relatively good fuel economy and capability of seating up to seven people and cargo, the Caravan put Dodge back in the driver's seat.
Other successful vehicles soon followed, and in the early 1990s, the company unveiled the all-new Ram pickup, which was also well received. Other successful Dodge models during the 1990s included sport-minded vehicles like the Daytona, the Lancer, and the V-10 powered Viper.
Dodge's parent company, Chrysler was acquired by German automaker Daimler-Benz in 1998. The new company, known as DaimlerChrysler, discontinued the Plymouth brand; therefore, Dodge repositioned on the U.S. market as DaimlerChrysler's low price subdivision, producing performance cars and trucks.
Dodge Models
Current Dodge models include cars like the Avenger, Challenger, and Charger, all of which feature performance as a key selling point.
Dodge also produces the Durango midsize SUV and the Journey, which is a midsize crossover vehicle. The Caravan minivan is still currently being produced, and the company also reintroduced the Dart brand to replace the compact Caliber in 2012.
Dodge Products and Technologies
Dodge is regarded as one of the first names in the automotive industry when it comes to power and performance. The continuing success of the Dodge brand is exemplified in classic muscle cars like the Charger and Challenger, which continue to sell well today. The Caravan is still regarded as one of the most versatile and dependable minivans on the market. Dodge has managed to maintain its position as a trusted producer of trucks and performance vehicles while simultaneously expanding into the low-price market.
Dodge Avenger
2014-2008, 2000-1995 | Coupe, Midsize, Sedan, Sports
The Dodge Avenger is a chameleon of sorts.
Dodge B150
1996 | Minivan/Van
The Dodge B150 is built on the Chrysler AB platform.
Dodge B1500
1998-1997, 1995 | Minivan/Van
The Dodge B1500 is part of the B-series offered by the Chrysler Corporation.
Dodge B250
The Dodge B250 is a part of the B-model van line from the Chrysler Corporation.
Dodge B2500
The Dodge B2500 is a three-quarter ton, full-size cargo or passenger van manufactured from 1995 through 1998.
Dodge B350
The Dodge B350 is a full-size, one-ton van produced from 1981 through 1994.
Dodge B3500
The Dodge B3500 is known for its one-welded-piece "uniframe" design, making the Dodge lighter and stronger than the competition.
Dodge Caliber
2012-2007 | Compact, Hatchback, Wagon
The Dodge Caliber is a compact car that replaced the Dodge Neon in 2007.
Dodge Caravan
2007-1995 | Minivan/Van
The Dodge Caravan was introduced in 1984, and has gone through six major redesigns since its inception.
Dodge Challenger
2019-2008 | Coupe, Sports
The Dodge Challenger is a pony car built from 1970 to 1974.
Dodge Charger
2019-2006 | Midsize, Sedan
The original Dodge Charger was built from 1966 through the early 1970s.
Dodge Dakota
2011-1995 | Truck, Utility/Offroad
Dodge Dart
2016-2013 | Compact, Midsize, Sedan
Dodge Durango
2019-2011, 2009-1998 | Hybrid, SUV, Utility/Offroad
Dodge Grand Caravan
2019, 2017-1995 | Minivan/Van
Dodge Intrepid
2004-1995 | Midsize, Sedan
Dodge Journey
2017-2009 | SUV, Utility/Offroad
The Dodge Journey is the first midsize crossover SUV to be offered by Chrysler.
Dodge Magnum
2008-2005 | Midsize, Wagon
The Dodge Magnum offers a modern spin on the classic family station wagon.
Dodge Neon
2005-1995 | Compact, Coupe, Sedan
The Dodge Neon is a budget-minded compact car sold from 1995 to 2005.
Dodge Nitro
2011-2007 | SUV, Utility/Offroad
The Dodge Nitro is a five-passenger small SUV produced from 2007 to 2011.
Dodge Ram 1500
The Dodge Ram 1500 is a half-ton version of the classic full-size Ram pickup truck.
Dodge Ram 2500
The Dodge Ram 2500 is the three-quarter-ton version of Dodge's full-size Ram truck.
Dodge Ram 3500
The Dodge Ram 3500 is the one-ton version of Dodge's best-selling Ram pickup truck.
Dodge Ram Van 1500
2003-1999 | Minivan/Van
The Dodge Ram Van 1500 is the full-size cargo van equivalent of the Ram pickup truck.
Dodge Ram Van 2500
The Dodge Ram Van 2500 is the three-quarter-ton version of Dodge's Ram-based full-size cargo van.
Dodge Ram Van 3500
The Dodge Ram Van 3500 is the most powerful vehicle in Dodge's Ram-based series of full-size cargo vans.
Dodge Ram Wagon 1500
2002-1999 | Minivan/Van
The Dodge Ram Wagon 1500 is the half-ton passenger version of Dodge's full-size Ram-based van.
Dodge Ram Wagon 2500
The Dodge Ram Wagon 2500 is the three-quarter-ton passenger model offered in Dodge's series of full-size Ram-based vans.
Dodge Ram Wagon 3500
The Dodge Ram Wagon 3500 represents the one-ton passenger version of Dodge's Ram-based full-size van.
Dodge Spirit
1995 | Midsize, Sedan
The Dodge Spirit is a four-door midsize sedan sold from 1989 to 1995.
Dodge Sprinter 2500
2009-2003 | Minivan/Van
Introduced for 2003, the Dodge Sprinter 2500 is a full-size rear-drive passenger van featuring Euro-styling and more cabin space than any other van in its class.
Dodge Sprinter 3500
The Dodge Sprinter 3500 is a full-size van that was first introduced to the market in 2003.
Dodge SRT-4
2005-2003 | Compact, Sedan
Dodge Stealth
1996-1995 | Coupe, Hatchback, Sports
When looking for a used sports car, remember that the Dodge Stealth can be a 164-horsepower ""wannabe,"" or a real-deal monster with twice as much power.
Dodge Stratus
2006-1995 | Coupe, Midsize, Sedan, Sports
The Dodge Stratus was originally released in 1995 as a replacement for the Dodge Spirit.
Dodge Viper
2017-2013, 2010-2008, 2006-1995 | Convertible, Coupe, Sports


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National Eagle Scout Association
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| Eagle Scout knot
(NESA Life Member)
Note: "Silver" border
Membership is restricted to Eagle Scouts in good standing. Applications for NESA membership are cross-checked against the national Eagle Scout register maintained by the Eagle Scout Service.
Members receive the Eagletter – a bi-monthly magazine that keeps NESA members informed of what Eagles are doing around the country and developments in the Scouting movement.
Regular – A five-year new or renewal NESA membership is available for $35. A basic plastic wallet card, wall certificate and silver lapel pin are provided with this membership level.
- NOTE: A regular membership is available at a reduced cost for new Eagle Scouts.
Lifetime – The NESA life membership is available for a one-time payment of $250. Members will receive an attractive, full-color plastic wallet card, wall certificate and gold lapel pin.
Life members may wear the NESA Life Member Knot which is the same red, white, and blue knot on tan as the Eagle Scout square knot, but with a silver metallic border, item #18902. Only one Eagle Scout Award square knot maybe worn at a time, so this one should replace the Eagle Scout square knot on your uniform if you are a NESA Life Member.
National NESA Committee
Nationally, NESA is overseen by the National NESA Committee.
NESA Administered Awards
- Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (DESA)
- Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year (NESSPY), a.k.a., The Adams Award
- Outstanding Eagle Scout Award (NOESA)
See Also
External Links
National Eagle Scout Association – Official BSA website


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Error message "Unidentified Network" in the Windows Network and Sharing Center
A Windows computer connected to the FRITZ!Box cannot access the internet. The computer's "Network and Sharing Center" displays the message "Unidentified Network".
Note:All instructions on configuration and settings given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Box.
Simply proceed as described below. After each measure, check whether the problem persists.
1 Enabling the FRITZ!Box's DHCP server
In the factory settings, the FRITZ!Box automatically assigns the correct IP settings to all devices via DHCP. If you disabled the FRITZ!Box's DHCP server, reenable it:
- Click "Home Network" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click "Network" in the "Home Network" menu.
- Click on the "Network Settings" tab.
- Click the "IPv4 Addresses" button. If the button is not displayed, enable the Advanced View first.
- Enable the DHCP server and define the range from which the FRITZ!Box assigns IP addresses.
Note:The FRITZ!Box has the IP address 192.168.178.1 (subnet mask 255.255.255.0) and assigns IP addresses from xxx.20 to xxx.200 in the factory settings.
- Click "OK" to save the settings.
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To ensure that the computer always uses the correct IP settings, make sure that it automatically obtains its IP settings from the FRITZ!Box (this is the standard setting for most operating systems):
- Configure the computer to automatically obtain IP settings via DHCP.
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A firewall can interfere with the communication between the computer and the FRITZ!Box:
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - In years gone by, penmanship helped distinguish the literate from the illiterate. But in the digital age, people are increasingly communicating by computer and smartphone, with no handwritten signature necessary.
When the new Common Core educational standards were crafted, cursive classes were dropped. State leaders cited a host of reasons, including an increasing need for children to master computer keyboarding.
But at least seven of the 45 states that adopted the standards are fighting to restore handwriting classes.
Cursive advocates cite recent brain science that indicates the fluid motion employed when writing script enhances hand-eye coordination and develops fine motor skills, in turn promoting reading, writing and cognition skills.


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I personally changed some code to start using $#'if-let, $#'when-let, $#'curry, $#'rcurry of Alexandria instead of my own. (Actually i think i sometimes even found CL functions/macros to suit the utility i originally met with my own macro/function.
Some macros i still use have my own variant for:
setf- change a setf-able by a function; (defmacro setf- (change-function to-set &rest args) `(setf ,to-set (,change-function ,@args))), for instance (setf- max var ...) does the same as (alexandria:maxf var ...) (it is just more general) Of course i usually don't use setting anything, usually end up using it if i am writing a simulation.
with-mod-slots allows you do do two things 1) treat slots as interned into the current package, and 2) have the slots of two objects with same-named slots accessible directly without writing a $#'symbol-macrolet yourself. I also encounter this usually in simulations.
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(defmacro with-mod-slots (mod (&rest slots) object &body body)
(with-gensyms (obj)
`(let ((,obj ,object))
(,@(mapcar (lambda (slot)
`(,(intern (format nil "~D~D" mod slot))
(slot-value ,obj ',slot)))
And, as i whined before, denest, but not very often at all. I use a more complicated version than the below.(too complicated infact, and i don't make use of it, but i can just cut it out)
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(defmacro denest (&rest forms)
(if (null (cdr forms))
(car forms)
`(,@(car forms) (denest ,@(cdr forms)))))
More minorly, constant Just a function of the constant given with an ignored (&rest rest) argument, sqr, and i have some more in the file that i either end up not using much(case-let, mk for make-instance), or i should phase out using. Also got vector stuff i use. (Not this just use lisps vectors and pray that optimizes now.. (The suggested packages there seem to involved there, i just wanted basic vectors, and maybe matrices.)
So what little functions/macros do you use? And which libraries or do you keep them yourself? Have any libraries to suggest to others?


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Guest post by Prasanth Jayachandran , who has been working on implementing CUBE support for Pig, as part of the large-scale distributed cubing effort.
The next version of Apache Pig will support the CUBE operator ( patch available here ). The CUBE operator represents grouped aggregations on all possible combinations of the input dimensions, for a given input measure.
This patch adds syntactic sugar to the already existing built-in CubeDimensions UDF. With this new addition, aggregations across multiple dimensions can be easily represented using CUBE operator. The following example illustrates the CUBE operator usage in Apache Pig:
Basic Usage:
inp = LOAD '/pig/data/salesdata' USING PigStorage() AS(product:chararray,location:chararray, year:int, sales:long);
cubed_inp = CUBE inp BY (product,location,year);
out = FOREACH cubed_inp GENERATE FLATTEN AS (product, location,year), COUNT as total, SUM as sales;
Sample output:
For a sample input tuple
(ipod, miami, 2012, 200000), the above query generates all combinations of the tuple:
(ipod, miami, 2012, 1, 200000)
(ipod, NULL, NULL, 1, 200000)
(NULL, miami, NULL, 1, 200000)
(ipod, miami, NULL, 1, 200000)
(ipod, NULL, 2012, 1, 200000)
(NULL, miami, 2012, 1, 200000)
Output Schema for CUBE operator:
grunt> describe cubed_inp;
cubed_inp: {group: (dimensions::product: chararray, dimensions::location: chararray, dimensions::year: int), cube: {(dimensions::product: chararray, dimensions::location: chararray, dimensions::year: int,sales: long)}}
Note the second column in cubed_input bag 'cube' field which is a bag of all tuples that belong to 'group'. Also note that the measure attribute 'sales' in load statement is pushed down to CUBE statement so that it can be referenced later while computing aggregates on the measure like in this case SUM
Upcoming Enhancements:
The current implementation is equivalent to the naive implementation in MRCube. Following are the core features that I am planning to implement as a part of the Google Summer of Code 2012 program:
- Optimize naive implementation
- Support for hierarchical dimension
- Support for ROLLUP/GROUPING SETS operation similar to SQL/Oracle server
- Distributed cubing for holistic measures
All these features should be available by end of this summer. Keep an eye on PIG-2167 (and all its sub-tasks) for more updates!


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BRTA located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201
About the BRTA
The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority provides public transportation services to its 26 member communities within Berkshire County, the western most region of Massachusetts. The BRTA's daily service area spans a region as large as Rhode Island; bordered by Vermont to the north, New York to the west and Connecticut to the south. Fixed route service is provided by fourteen bus routes in 12 communities from Williamstown to Great Barrington, Monday through Saturday. Paratransit services are provided to eligible persons from the BRTA's member communities for ambulatory, non-ambulatory, or complementary paratransit ADA service.
Whether you are interested in learning more about our fixed route bus system or schedules, our many public transportations services for those who can not access the bus system, gaining efficiencies in getting around the Berkshires, helping to clean our air and environment or preserve our natural resources, reducing congestion and helping to increase our independency from foreign oil, or just curious about what we do, we are glad that you stopped by.
By using the various categories in the navigation box to the left, you should find answers to common questions concerning public transportation in our beautiful part of the world. It is certainly challenging to preserve our services in such a predominantly rural part of Massachusetts. Yet, you may also rest assured that we continually work hard, along with our elected officials and area stakeholders, to advocate for improving the services which are so critical to thousands of people by enhancing mobility throughout the Berkshires.
We thank our federal and state governments for providing the lion's share of funding necessary to provide public transportation, as well as our twenty-four Berkshire member communities for also providing financial assistance as well as oversight through volunteerism on our Advisory Board, working on approving our budgets and deciding on how to best allocate our resources.
Whether your reside or work in the Berkshires or planning to visit, we hope that you find this site useful in gaining knowledge about what is available in helping you to get around.
BRTA announces a system wide map complete with "real time" bus information. "Where's my B-bus?" link allows BRTA customers access to the location of all fixed route vehicles. Choose the route you want to see, click on the bus traveling on your selected route, and zoom in on the map to find your location. Click on the blue bus contained in the white circle to see the scheduled departure time for that bus stop. This web based information is accessible on tablets, laptops, smartphones, or desktop computers.
A FREE smartphone application to access BRTA bus information is now available! Instead of looking down the street for the next available bus, simply use your smartphone.
From the FREE marketplace install the RouteShout application. Using your phone's GPS location, this application will list nearby stops and provides the same next available bus time.
Or from your phone's browser application:
1. Type in: m.routeshout.com
2. Choose RouteShout, then from the transit agency listing at the bottom of the page, locate the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority in Massachusetts
3. From the main menu, choose either route, address, or locate me
4. If you chose route, click on the route number, then your stop, for the next available bus time
BRTA also has a pilot program using QR code and texting of the next bus information, look for the green bus stop signs near BCC, Williams, or MCLA.
You will never have to call the BRTA and ask "Where's my B-bus?"
BRTA operates a flagstop service where the buses are in service once they depart from the Maintenance Facility at 67 Downing Parkway until they return at the end of their day. Customers can "flag" a bus (or wave at the bus as if hailing a cab), pay the fare, and begin their ride whenever they see a BRTA bus. Be sure to stand on the correct side of the road. The schedules below provide detailed information on early morning and later evening bus routes when customers can "flag" down a bus.
BRTA New system wide route map (PDF)
To print or preview the entire revised (September 4, 2018) BRTA fixed route schedules.
Click on the links below.
Route 1 Schedule (PDF) Route 2 Schedule (PDF)
Route 3 Schedule (PDF) Route 4-11 Schedule (PDF)
Route 5 Schedule (PDF) Route 12 Schedule (PDF)
Route 14 Schedule (PDF) Route 15-16 Schedule (PDF)
Route 21 Express Schedule (PDF) Route 21 Schedule (PDF)
Route 34 Schedule (PDF) Route 11N BCC Night Loop (PDF)
Visit the new webpage to see how the BRTA measures up by CLICKING HERE.


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CoryS needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 50 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Battle Phrog Brewery
My name is Cory, and I spent 10 years on active duty in the Marine Corps as a helicopter pilot, and am now in the Marine Corps reserve still flying the same helicopter. The helicopter I fly (the CH-46E) is nicknamed the "Phrog" or "Battle Phrog". That was the inspiration for the name of my homebrewery. I love flying the Phrog, and the community of people in the squadron. It's a 40 year old aircraft, but she's never let me down. I've got ideas in my head of what I want my logo to look like, but can't draw a darn thing.
Beer snobs, fellow web forum junkies, family and friends. I'm hoping to eventually start a microbrewery/brewpub so the audience would expand at that point.
The idea I have for my logo would be a cartoon frog wearing Marine desert digital cammies, helmet and carrying a rifle with a burning cigar hanging out of his mouth (think dirty, grungy, combat-weary Marine that is also a frog). Behind him would be a CH-46E approaching to land (I've included a picture of what that looks like). I don't really have any ideas for font, placement or style of the brewery name - but I definitely want that included in the logo. I also don't have a tag line - so feel free to throw one in that you might think appropriate. Other than the graphic idea listed above, I'd love to see your creativity! If you think you can come up with a design that involves Frogs, Helicopters & Beer that doesn't include what I envision above - I'd love to see it! Maybe your idea is better than mine!!
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Singing flowers used to live only in the fanciful realm of cartoons, but like something out of Alice in Wonderland, Disney Research presents "Botanicus Interacticus", an interactive music game that uses a houseplant as controller. Simply sink a single wire into the soil and the system turns any plant into an interface – users can touch any part of the plant, or be in proximity. Using the same technology found in smartphone and touch-screen monitors, the game can detect where and how the plant is being manipulated, and change the frequency of the sounds it produces.
Much like the "aura" touch lamp developed by Viktor Alexander Kolbig, Botanicus Interacticus transforms flowers and leaves into an organic interface between human and machine. The team at Disney developed Touché, a program that utilizes Swept Frequency Capacitive Sensing. Through the technology, touch sensors can monitor a broad range of electrical frequencies, similar the process found in smartphones or gestural video games. Depending on where the plant is bumped, pushed, or pulled, different sounds can be created, or actions such as flipping pages or scrolling can be completed on the screen. Each plant and type of body tissue touching it has a unique composition and electrical profile, making every interaction specific and personal.
"Computing is rapidly fusing with our dwelling places and, thanks to touchpads and Microsoft Kinect, interaction with computers is increasingly tactile and gestural," said Ivan Poupyrev, a leading engineer at Disney Research. "Still, this interaction is limited to computing devices. We wondered — what if a broad variety of everyday objects around us could interact with us?"
The team demonstrated a garden of real and synthetic interactive plants at the Siggraph Emerging Technology expo on Monday of this week. As the future of electronics trends towards making devices smaller and more embedded in our everyday lives, programs like Touché may become the basis for how we connect with our gadgets.
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JOHANNESBURG — Few South Africans have the moral stature of retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who campaigned against apartheid and now laments the crime and inequality that plague the nation two decades after it cast off racist white rule.
''We can't pretend we have remained at the same heights and that's why I say please, for goodness' sake, recover the spirit that made us great,'' Tutu said. ''Very simply, we are aware we've become one of the most violent societies. It's not what we were, even under apartheid.''
This month, South Africa reopened a conversation over the extent to which the legacy of apartheid drives persistent imbalances in services and opportunities. Some argue that current leaders lean on the past to justify squandered chances to improve South Africa and even invoke the specter of apartheid for political gain.
The fresh discussion began with reported comments by National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel that South African officials should assume full responsibility for the nation's problems and resist the temptation to continually blame apartheid.
Those include a faltering education system, an uneven record on providing basic services, and allegations of corruption and cronyism that drain public faith in the government. The African National Congress, in power since the first all-race elections in 1994, has improved housing for many poor people and presides over a society that is immeasurably more tolerant than its predecessor. But the gulf between the wealthier white minority and the millions of blacks who can't find work and live in shacks remains wide.
''While wanting to see change happening fast in every corner of the country, we are under no illusion that South Africa will automatically and comprehensively change in only 20 years. That is impossible,'' President Jacob Zuma said this week. ''The legacy of apartheid runs too deep and too far back for the democratic administration to reverse it in so short a period.''
Zuma has pointed to old inequities, noting white South Africans earn far more than blacks even if political power is now in the hands of elected leaders. Yet South Africa is in ''a much better place'' than it was under apartheid, and is working toward real unity, devoid of racism and other forms of discrimination, said Zuma.
The grim reference point of apartheid is fading among younger voters. The general elections in 2014 will mark the first time that the leading edge of the generation born after apartheid, known as the ''born frees,'' will be eligible to vote. An estimated 3 million young people, or 10 percent of the electorate, with no direct experience of apartheid will be able to vote.
A foundation chaired by F.W. de Klerk, the last apartheid-era president who negotiated a power transition with Mandela and later shared a Nobel Peace Prize with him, said in a statement Friday that Zuma's references to apartheid are diverting attention from the need for effective policies.
Recent cases of alleged police brutality, a staple of the apartheid era, reinforce the idea that South Africa is morally adrift, even if the rate of some violent crimes has dropped in recent years.
On Friday, a judge postponed to May 24 a case against nine police officers charged with murder in the death of a Mozambican taxi driver who was dragged by a police vehicle in February. Also Friday, eNCA.com, a South African news outlet, posted CCTV footage purportedly showing a woman being beaten by an off-duty police officer in view of two of his uniformed colleagues.
While South Africa has made ''huge advancements'' in the past two decades, ''there is still a long way to go,'' said Lesiba Seshoka, spokesman for South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers.
He said whites mostly dominate industry and that there should be a ''radical transformation'' to distribute economic resources more equally.
White income earners make on average four times as much as blacks, according to a recent study published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg.


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In Chapter 5, the round-to-nearest rule was not specified properly for floating point numbers x between Nmax and Nmax + ulp(Nmax/2); these round down to Nmax, not up to infinity.
Nick Higham pointed out that Theorem 5.1 can be strengthened; the "<=" result for round-to-nearest can be replaced by "<". The reason is that the inequality |x| >= 2^E can be replaced by |x| > 2^E when x is not a floating point number. On the other hand, if x is a floating point number, the rounding error is zero.
In Chapter 7, the statement that "any operation with a NaN is an invalid operation" is not correct, though it is correct that the result is a NaN.
Also in Chapter 7, the discussion of overflow and underflow is not quite correct. The corrected text is here.
In Chapter 10, regarding the comment in the middle page 62 about the possibility of a compiler optimization changing the behavior of Program 3: although this was the case in traditional C, it is not permitted by the C89 or C99 standards.
At the end of Chapter 13 it is said that no modern microprocessor provides 128-bit quadruple precision in hardware. In fact, this is provided by the IBM 390. The ongoing revision of the IEEE standard specifies a 128-bit quadruple precision format.