text:
Mustang MonthlyFeatured Vehicles
1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 Pro Stock
Joe Spinelli's '69 Boss 429 Was Originally Owned And Raced By Al Joniec
In the late 1960s, the NHRA needed Pro Stock. Truth was, the Super Stock division that had become a stand-alone part of the NHRA's program in 1967 had problems from the start. In an effort to continue what had been the normal method of racing in categories other than Top Fuel and Top Gas, the NHRA split Super Stock into a group of classes with a handicap starting process based on vehicle weight to factor-corrected horsepower, meaning the NHRA had to determine an engine's actual power output to classify the car.
That sounds easy in theory, but with Detroit looking to win, the idea of sportsmanship was replaced by race-by-race wranglings for the best possible advantage. Racers would "sandbag," deliberately slowing down to keep from showing how much power was really under the hood. Also, if you went faster than the index, you lost. If you were running heads-up for a class title, a record-setting victory would reset the index for your combination. This was later modified so that any run below the index became the new index!
Al Joniec was familiar with the game. He had started out at the birth of the era, when Super Stock was the top echelon of the Stock Eliminator division. Originally a line mechanic in Philadelphia at Al Swenson Ford, he had run lightweight Galaxies, FX Mustangs, match-race nitro burners, and a Cobra Jet-powered '68 Mustang fastback that won the 1968 Winternationals.
But drivers were clamoring for something new. By early 1969, the AHRA had announced a new heads-up division called Pro Super/Stock, a non-indexed bracket for cars meeting a 427-inch displacement limit at a minimum weight. Also, the northeast's biggest drivers, who had long been involved in match-racing, formed a Division I Super Stock circuit with a heads-up category, which had its own rules. Drivers like Joniec got busy, and for 1969 that meant new cars like the Boss 429 Mustang.
Joniec bought his '69 Boss 429 in June 1969 at cost, $3,994, from New Jersey's Rice & Holman Ford, a Joniec sponsor. The dealership even financed the car for 12 months with no interest. Immediately, Joniec drove his new Mustang about four miles to his speed shop, Mr. Speed Incorporated in Pennsauken, and with mechanic Bud Rubino converted it to race trim. According to Joniec, a lot of the parts-magnesium wheels, seats, etc.-came from Ford as direct factory assistance. This would be the final Ford package for Joniec; in 1970, the drag program was drastically curtailed.
After it was gutted, a ladder bar suspension was added and the leaf springs were reversed, trimmed down, and clamped for better traction. Adding a single air shock to the right rear gave Joniec additional control. The front suspension remained stock, but the left front coil spring was heated and collapsed slightly to help launch the car straighter by off-setting the engine's torsional twist. Fiberglass fenders, hood, and front bumpers, along with other diet tricks, lightened it to about 3,100 pounds. The rear fenders were sectioned, opened up an inch, and rewelded.
Before buying the Boss 429, Joniec had measured the engine compartment and knew that any Ford engine would fit. Since the NASCAR-derived 429 was not drag-ready, he installed one of his tried-and-true 427 SOHCs for the hot heads-up scene.
When the new NHRA Pro Stock category arrived in 1970, Joniec's Mustang was outclassed, so he reinstalled the original Boss 429 engine and sold the car to finance a new '71 Maverick. The second owner, Lou Guglielmo, would clock a best elapsed-time of 9.43 using the Boss 429 engine, which was quicker than Joniec ever ran with the 427 SOHC. A subsequent owner blew up the engine and the car disappeared into the sands of time.


text:
Motorola SPICE Key (Unlocked Quadband) GSM Cell Phone
Motorola launch a new Motorola SPICE Key along with QWERTY keypad for ease of typing and texting and supports Android 2.3 powered by 600 MHz ARM 11 processor. Mobile has been occupied with 2.8 inches 240 x 320 pixels TFT capacitive touch screen with 256K colors. 3.15 MP Camera of 2048×1536 pixels that captures glowing shades of emotions and expressions.
- Motorola SPICE Key (Unlocked Quadband) GSM Cell Phone
- User Manual
- USB Cable
- Charger
Customer Reviews
Write your own review

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Browser does not support script.
Day Centres, Mobile Meals, Community Alarm, Homecare & more.
Services & advice for young people along with advice on Fostering & Adopting.
Information, advice & support for carers of all ages.
Community transport, disabled parking badges & more.
A guide to the right service if you are injured or become ill.
Care Homes, Sheltered Housing, Home Adaptations & more.
Information & advice for adults and children with disabilities.
Advice & support for people with mental health illness.
Advice & help with benefit entitlement, managing finances & more.
Support for people experiencing problems with alcohol & substance misuse.
Download Carers A-Z Guide - pdf (3mb)
View Carers A-Z Guide online.
Download Social Care Services for Adults - pdf (799kb)
View Social Care Services for Adults online.
Tell us what you think about our site...


text:
Who We Are
We are a unique group of like-minded people working together to promote alpacas as an economically viable and environmentally sustainable livestock to own in the USA.
As a "Family Community," the alpaca owners who join Alpacas in the USA! are dedicated to the principles of sharing, mutual support, and the provision of facts, experiences, and education to those new to alpacas and the universally valuable properties of alpaca fiber.
Here at Alpacas in the USA! you will discover exciting ways to buy, sell, and trade alpacas, alpaca products, and alpaca services … and you will learn how you, too, can own and enjoy Alpacas in the USA!
Because we limit the number of participating farms to no more than 20% of the number of ARI Herd Codes currently registered with the Alpaca Registry, we want to ensure the group is made up of sincere, responsible and quality alpaca breeders. This limit helps us avoid having a "sea" of farms visitors to our site will get lost in, and it helps our unique marketing tools remain just that – unique and not like what everyone else around us has! Joining is achieved via Application and a short interview with a present A/USA member. Please visit the "Join Us" page for more details, and do inquire about becoming a part of Alpacas in the USA!


text:
Rich's of Eagle Harbor, Inc. filed as a Domestic for Profit Corporation in the State of Florida and is no longer active. This corporate entity was filed approximately fourteen years ago on Friday, September 21, 2001 , according to public records filed with Florida Department of State.
Elizabeth Tillman served as the President and has interests in other corporate entities including Keep Clay Beautiful, Inc. located in Green Cove Springs, FL Elizabeth's past corporate affiliations include Rich's of Clay County, Inc., E.A.T. Bar-B-Que, Inc. , and Rich's of Yulee, Inc.
The registered agent for the company is Filings Inc.. Also known as a statutory or resident agent, the registered agent is responsible for receiving legal notifications regarding court summons, lawsuits, and other legal actions involving the corporate entity.
Key roles for Rich's of Eagle Harbor, Inc.
Elizabeth L. Tillman
President, Director
Ronald E. Tillman
Treasurer, Director, Secretary, Vice President
|Filing Type:
|Domestic for Profit Corporation
|State ID:
|Date Filed:
|Friday, September 21, 2001
|Registered Agent
|Filings Inc.
Comprehensive Insight Plus Report
|Learn More
|The D&B Comprehensive Insight Plus Report for Rich's of Eagle Harbor, Inc. combines D&B's proprietary statistical scoring with business, payment and financial information all in one report.
US Company Profile Report
|Learn More
|The D&B U.S. Company Profile contains basic information such as address and telephone number, executive names and titles, line of business and SIC codes, D-U-N-S Numbers, organization status, and year and location of incorporation for Rich's of Eagle Harbor, Inc..


text:
How to Wash Your Hair With Salad Dressing
Washing hair with salad dressing may seem ridiculous, but it makes your hair soft and shiny.
1Put some white vinegar and olive oil into separate containers that are usable in the shower. Use as much olive oil/vinegar as you want.Ad
2Get your hair wet. Pour the vinegar in your hair and massage it into your scalp. Rinse.
3Condition your hair with olive oil. If you have oily hair, only put it on the ends of your hair. Everyone else, put it in all of your hair. Leave it in for a few minutes. Rinse well.
4Shampoo your hair if you are having difficulty getting out the oil.
5Comb your hair with a wide-toothed comb. Let it dry naturally. Your hair will be soft and shiny.Ad
We could really use your help!
Website Traffic and Advertising?
Poker Strategy?
Managing Negative Feelings?
Pokemon Video Games?
- Do this once a week, preferably on a weekend.
- If you have a cut on your head, vinegar will sting.
Things You'll Need
- White Vinegar
- Olive Oil
Article Info
Categories: Hair Care Preparations
Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 4,502 times.


text:
300 (2007)
Learn more about 300:
|The epic graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City) assaults the screen with the blood, thunder and awe of its ferocious visual style faithfully recreated in an intense blend of live-action and CGI animation. Retelling the ancient Battle of Thermopylae, it depicts the titanic clash in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his massive Persian army. Experience history at swordpoint. And moviemaking with a cutting edge.
"It's impossible not to be moved by its nearly nonstop visual assault. Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
"...a huge step forward in visually sophisticated storytelling. Lawrence Toppman, Charlotte Observer
"Like nothing you've ever seen...the future of filmmaking. Lev Grossman, Time
"...a landmark motion picture, a spectacular visual feast that is as inventive and groundbreaking as the first Matrix. Pete Hammond, Maxim
"...a feast for the senses...an impressive technical achievement...a hell of a lot of fun. Pete Vonder Haar, Film Threat
"...a movie blood-drunk on its own artful excess. Guys of all ages and sexes won't be able to resist it. Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"An incredible visual ride. Jeffrey Lyons, NBC's Reel Talk
Editor's NoteBased on the graphic novel by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, 300 takes over the screen like an invading horde. With all the gushing blood of a horror movie and the scope of a classic epic, the second film from Zack Snyder (who helmed the 2004 remake of DAWN OF THE DEAD) is an impressive visual spectacle. Gerard Butler (THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA) plays Leonidas, the king of ancient Sparta. The city is famous for its warrior philosophy, and Leonidas won't kneel to the demands of Persia's King Xerxes (LOST's Rodrigo Santoro). Instead, Leonidas leads his 300-strong army against Xerxes's army of millions. Meanwhile, his wife (Lena Headley, THE BROTHERS GRIMM) campaigns in Sparta for the city to send reinforcements as she butts heads with the treacherous Theron (Dominic West, THE WIRE).With its gore and scale, 300 marks director Snyder as a possible successor to Peter Jackson's throne. Jackson also got his start in horror with BAD TASTE and DEAD ALIVE, and the two men share a penchant for ambitious battle scenes. The huge fights in 300 rival Jackson's efforts in the LORD OF THE RINGS films. David Wenham, who starred in two of the Tolkien-based films, plays Dilios, one of the Spartan soldiers. Though the cast doesn't boast any A-list stars, the actors ably fill their larger-than-life roles. In a film filled with men, Headley stands out as Queen Gorgo. She matches her warrior husband in strength, while showing love toward Leonidas and their son. Though there are scenes that demonstrate the humanity of the characters, 300 is undeniably about bravery and blood, and it succeeds because of the stylish depictions of both.
300 - DVD Review
By: Sean O'Connell filmcritic.com DVD Reviews
Published on: 7/20/2007 7:28 PM
|Everything old is new again in 300, director Zack Snyder's account of the barbaric Battle of Thermopylae, a film that is ridiculously stylish and commendably substantive. I expected the former (Snyder's source material is a graphic novel from cult hero Frank Miller) and was delighted by the latter, as 300 winds up being far more original than I thought possible....read the full review
300 - HD DVD Review
By: Rafe Telsch Cinema Blend DVD Reviews
Published on: 8/1/2007 12:08 AM
|The 300 HD DVD release epitomizes the slogan of the format; this movie is the look and sound of perfect, on top of which I'll add the feel of perfect. The disc doesn't leave me wanting in any way. From the movie itself to behind the scenes material, this release is fully loaded. The fact that it's a combo disc, thereby playable on a standard DVD player as well, is just icing on the cake. For every format there's a release that comes out that truly defines the format. For now 300 is the pinnacle of accomplishment on HD DVD. ...read the full review
Cast & Crew
|Dominic West
|Gerard Butler
|Lena Headey
|Rodrigo Santoro
|Frank Miller - Executive Producer
|Frank Miller - Based On Graphic Novel By
|Isabelle Guay, et. al. - Art Director
|James D. Bissell - Production Designer
|Jeffrey Silver - Producer
|Larry Fong - Cinematographer
|Lynn Varley - Based On Graphic Novel By
|Tyler Bates - Original Music By
|William Hoy - Editor
|Zack Snyder - Director
|Zack Snyder, et. al. - Screenplay
Winner (2007)
|MTV Award, Gerard Butler, Best Fight
Nominee (2007)
|MTV Award, 300, Best Movie
|MTV Award, Gerard Butler, Best Performance
|MTV Award, Rodrigo Santoro, Best Villain
|MTV Award, Lena Headey, Breakthrough Performance
People's Choice (2008)
|300, Nominee, Favorite Action Movie
Screen Actors Guild (2008)
|Damon Caro, et. al., Nominee, Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
MTV Award (2007)
|300, Nominee, Best Movie
|Gerard Butler, Nominee, Best Performance
|Gerard Butler, Winner, Best Fight
|Lena Headey, Nominee, Breakthrough Performance
|Rodrigo Santoro, Nominee, Best Villain
Professional Reviews
Customer Reviews of 300
Amazing Visual Style with Great Action12/7/2012
In all, I enjoyed "300" and was moved by the final scene, where the entire story is placed in context by the narrator. As a bit of a historian, I couldn't give it the fifth star, but that wasn't easy as I believe it captures the spirit of the Greek side of the Battle of Thermopylae well, despite uncounted historical inaccuracies and fabrications. It's not for everyone, but it is very good for what it is.
Great picture, better movie9/25/2007
The picture is clear and crisp, action shots are amazing. Great sound mix & sound effects. Gerard did a wonderful job and in true Frank Miller fashion, the characters were over-the-top in a great way. If you have a HD-DVD player, this is a must own HD-DVD! Great extras to show the making of and is the first to allow you to interact via the ethernet connection.


text:
| New Delhi | February 19, 2014 4:10 pm
TA Sekhar, a director on the board of the Delhi Daredevils, talks to The Indian Express why the Indian Premier League team didn't retain any players going into the auction and how they went about rebuilding the team after a poor 2013 season.
What was the thinking at the end of the previous IPL?
At the end of the last season, we had a team review. The thinking ahead of the auction was that we should build the team from scratch. That is why we decided to go to the auction with our full purse, which meant that we could get the players we wanted. Though I may sound biased as I am with the Delhi Daredevils, I think we have a well-balanced squad.
What were your problem areas in the previous season when the Daredevils won just three games?
We were lacking in quality India-International players, as we had only Virender Sehwag in that category. Last year, our fast bowlers were also coming off injury, be it Varun Aaaron, Umesh Yadav or Irfan Pathan. Kevin Pietersen too was injured, so our best players were not always available and also were not 100 per cent fit. Plus, we also needed quality India-International players to build a strong team.
Your foundation for the rebuilding of the Delhi Daredevils is the Kevin Pietersen-Gary Kirsten combination.
We started off by roping in Gary Kirsten (head coach). He didn't renew his contract with Cricket South Africa and it presented us with an opportunity. Coaching in the IPL is very different from coaching a national team as there are players from different countries and cultures. Gary, with his man-management skills and proven credentials as a coach with India, was the best option for us. He has the ability to communicate his coaching philosophy to a budding Indian player as well as he does with an international star. Aashish Kapoor (sports administrator), Eric Simons (assistant coach) and I, along with Gary, decided on the kind of players we must target during the auction. We wanted 16 players and I can say we got 13 of them.
With regard to Pietersen, did the happenings in the England dressing room force you to have a rethink on him?
Actually, once he was no longer part of the England set-up, it was clear that he would be available for the entire season and that made it even more important to have Pietersen in the team. For us, what happened in the England dressing room didn't change our opinion of Pietersen. When it comes to the Delhi Daredevils, KP has been fantastic. Two seasons ago, he won matches for us off his own bat. But what was equally important, was his contribution when it came to working with the younger players. Even when he …continued »
Nihal Koshie


text:
U.S. Marshals Arrest Chapel Hill ManDecember 20, 2014 at 4:24 pm
The arrest was made in Durham following a domestic incident in Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill Ranks On 'Most Unequal' ListDecember 16, 2014 at 11:26 am
Durham and Chapel Hill rank as one of the top ten areas in America for economic inequality, according to CNN Money.
Judge Orders Mediation For UNC Media LawsuitDecember 12, 2014 at 11:36 am
If you can't come up with a timetable, I'll do it for you."
34 UNC Centers and Institutes Could Be on the Chopping BlockDecember 7, 2014 at 5:33 pm
Thirty-four UNC centers and institutes could face the ax from the university's board of governors.
Protesters Briefly Block Franklin Street After Grand Jury VerdictDecember 4, 2014 at 1:11 pm
About 60 people marched on Franklin Street Wednesday to protest a New York grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner.
Jasmin Bistro To Replace Qdoba On Franklin StreetDecember 3, 2014 at 12:04 pm
There will be a new eatery on Franklin Street soon.
Ted Seagroves, Chapel Hill Business Leader, Passes AwayDecember 2, 2014 at 5:03 pm
Ted Seagroves passed away on Tuesday after a two-year fight with pancreatic cancer. He was 68.
UNC: Lee Let Go In Wake Of Wainstein ReportNovember 26, 2014 at 12:35 pm
UNC officials have identified the first person fired in the wake of the Wainstein report.
Low Gas Prices Fueling High Thanksgiving TrafficNovember 24, 2014 at 7:24 pm
AAA Carolinas says to expect lots of traffic – and low gas prices – this Thanksgiving.
"All I Saw (Were) Men In Black"November 23, 2014 at 5:01 pm
UNC professor Rita Balaban was teaching her class on Thursday – when police came in to make an arrest.


text:
Dancing With The Stars
DWTS Pro Peta Murgatroyd's Flirty Red Carpet Look: Little Dress and Tall Heels (PHOTO)
Dancing With the Stars pro Peta Murgatroyd has been all about showing her sexy side lately, and we don't think anyone's complaining.
First she performed that sensual Argentine Tango with star partner Donald Driver on Season 14, Week 5, and now she's rocking this itty-bitty dress with nude heels at the Us Weekly Hot Hollywood Party in LA yesterday (April 18).
Aside from her crazy toned bod being a clear sign that she's working her butt off on the dance floor, it looks like other contestants are seeing Peta and Donald as frontrunners. When asked in an exclusive interview with Wetpaint Entertainment who his biggest competitors are, Jaleel White revealed "I think Katherine [Jenkins] and Donald [Driver] are doing amazing."
Watch out, world — this DWTS pair is en fuego on and off the dance floor!
Watch the next new episode of DWTS on Monday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
For more news about Dancing With the Stars, Like us on Facebook and Follow us on Twitter.


text:
LOS ANGELES—For most of the two years since the Internet bubble burst and knocked the technology industry into its worst slump, everyone from unemployed programmers to disaffected investors has looked hopefully to 2003 for a turnaround.
Now, with the new year about to begin, it looks like a high-tech turnaround is indeed on the way — albeit a relatively slow and modest one, as corporations move to upgrade their aging computer systems and look for people to maintain them. The industry's momentum is then expected to accelerate in 2004 and beyond.
IT expenditures peaked in 2000 at more than $1 trillion, before falling 10% in 2001 and remaining flat in 2002.
But now those upgraded systems are themselves in need of upgrading.
Only a quarter of the PCs in use today are powerful enough to run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system, which is quickly becoming the standard for desktop and laptop applications. Happily for the tech industry, that need to update coincides with growing strength in corporate earnings.
"Corporate profitability is the driving force for improvement in IT spending," noted Daniel Niles, a technology analyst at investment bank Lehman Bros. "We believe this is beginning to occur."
At a recent meeting with securities analysts, executives from Palo Alto-based Hewlett-Packard Co. said they expect IT spending to grow 2% to 4% in 2003 and then increase 7% to 9% annually for several years after that.
"There should be another upgrade cycle within the next three years," said a report this month by management consultant Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc. — though not, it noted, of the magnitude of 1999-2000.
PC sales, virtually flat for the last two years, were better than expected in the third quarter, and 2002 may show a gain over 2001.
The outlook for 2003 is even brighter, in part because new systems are sure to be in demand.
According to Lehman Bros., some 500 million PCs are too old to run Windows XP. Microsoft will not offer technical support for Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 and 95 after today. Windows 98 and Windows NT versions up through NT4.x won't be supported after June 30.
In addition, equipment purchased from 1997 to 1999 is now fully amortized, meaning the initial costs to companies have been recaptured on the books.
Those factors are expected to combine to help spur a broad purchasing cycle.
Chip manufacturers are gearing up for a boost in business, as well. Global chip sales hit $12.68 billion in November, a 20% increase over last year, according to the Semiconductor Industry Assn., a trade group based in San Jose.
Japan's Hitachi Ltd., Toshiba Corp., NEC Electronics Inc. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. are shortening or eliminating their New Year's holiday breaks on their chip-making lines, the Nikkei Business Daily reported last week.
Some tech stocks already are showing signs of a rebound. In the last three months IBM Corp. shares have risen from less than $60 to close Monday at $76.25 on the New York Stock Exchange. Over the same period, HP's stock has climbed from about $12 to $17.44 on the NYSE, and Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun Microsystems Inc. has increased from $2.50 to $3.08 in Nasdaq trading.
Still, some are counseling caution. Toni Sacconaghi Jr., an enterprise hardware analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., said recent tech stock gains are based more on sentiment than on any real corporate spending.
"I haven't seen any evidence of an improvement in corporate IT demand over the last few months," Sacconaghi said.


text:
Controversies in Macroeconomics (Paperback)
|Editor: Huw David Dixon
$10 off $75 Home, Sports, School Supplies, Fashion, & Beauty - Back to School. Use promo code BACK2SCHOOL at checkout. Ends 7/8/2015.
$92.25 + Free Shipping
What are Rakuten Super Points™?
Get rewarded when you shop! Earn 1 point per dollar spent. That's like getting cash back on every purchase. Easy to see matured points in checkout. Use points just like cash.Learn More
CONDITION: Brand New
IN STOCK: Usually Ships within 24 hours
Learn more about Controversies in Macroeconomics:
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Sku: 204115123
Publish Date: 3/24/2008
Pages: 350
Age Range: NA
See more in Economics / Macroeconomics
|Controversies in Macroeconomics: Growth, Trade and Policy presents debates from the world's leading researchers on some of the most important issues in economics today. Accessible to the general economics reader, this book is ideal for advanced undergraduates and graduates in intermediate macroeconomics, macroeconomic theory, development economics, growth theory and trade theory.The controversies incorporate an open-forum approach that does not require new results or data sets. Each is introduced by a well-known economist, who links together the ensuing arguments and outlines the main ideas within each one. Issues are discussed within the contexts of policy as well as theoretical and empirical work. The controversies debate the big questions: - Do growth rates converge?- Does trade liberalization foster economic growth?- Do trade agreements help or hinder growth?- Does financial liberalization stimulate economic development?- Does economic growth make us happier?- Is the welfare state bad for growth?


text:
Across the New York Area, Restoring 'Wonder Theater' Movie Palaces to Glory
The New York Times' Nathaniel Adams wrote this great article about five amazing theatres in the New York City area. Enjoy a great article and some wonderful photo tours on five'Wonder Theatres' from the Kings Theatre, to the Jersey Loews, the Paradise, the United Palace and the Valencia. more


text:
Winsock is a programming interface and the supporting program that handles input/output requests for Internet applications in a Windows operating system.
Windows Operating System Management
Winsock is a programming interface and the supporting program that handles input/output requests for Internet applications in a Windows operating system. It's called Winsock because it's an adaptation for Windows of the Berkeley UNIX sockets interface. Sockets is a particular convention for connecting with and exchanging data between two program processes within the same computer or across a network.
Keeping Up with Microsoft Software Licensing
Microsoft licensing schemes are notorious for being complicated and ever-changing. Our experts review the ways in which the latest versions of Windows and Office have changed their licensing and payment options - and how they'll affect businesses and virtual desktops.
By submitting your personal information, you agree to receive emails regarding relevant products and special offers from TechTarget and its partners. You also agree that your personal information may be transferred and processed in the United States, and that you have read and agree to the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy.
Winsock runs between an application program such as a Netscape browser and the Internet program in your computer that uses TCP/IP. A request flows in the following order:
Web browser or other application
TCP/IP layers
Modem or network card
The Internet and destination
Winsock provides this interface for different versions of the Windows operating system. A comparable interface exists for Mac computers. Beginning with Windows 95, Winsock came as part of the operating system, but in earlier systems, a Winsock program had to be installed. UNIX systems do not require a Winsock equivalent because TCP/IP and its use of sockets was designed to run directly with UNIX application programs.
A number of companies offer a Winsock program, sometimes along with a suite of Internet protocol programs and applications. For example, Chameleon offers a suite that includes a Web browser, an FTP utility, a mail utility, and others. The Winsock program is included. The Trumpet Winsock is another popular stand-alone version. Winsock runs as a Windows dynamic link library (DLL) file. That is, it is loaded into the computer when an application needs it but doesn't need to be included as part of the application.
If you have an older computer, when you initially get set up with Internet access, you may need to make sure you have the right version of Winsock for your operating system and the applications provided by the access provider. If your operating system provides one version and the application suite provided by the access provider provides another, one version of Winsock may need to be removed.
Continue Reading About Winsock
- The alt.Winsock FAQ provides more information about Winsock, including where to download a commercial, shareware, or freeware version of Winsock.
- Winsock 2 , a newer version, offers better performance, an interface to wireless networks (through a protocol different from TCP/IP), support for multicast, and the ability to understand the cost of a transmission service.
'Winsock' is part of the:
View All Definitions
Dig Deeper
Find more PRO+ content and other member only offers, here.


text:
Apple has tweaked the way emails are handled in iOS 5 beta 2. Now MobileMe and Gmail customers can directly archive emails from the Mail app, according to an anonymous developer source.
When viewing an email via iOS, users have a choice of five icons at the bottom of the screen. They signify: Reload, Move, Trash, Forward, and Compose.
Prior to iOS 5 beta 2, selecting Move gave users the ability to send emails to other folders and/or accounts. However, there were limits to where those emails could be relocated.
For example, most users (depending on the email provider) were given a choice of Inbox, Drafts, Sent, or Trash.
Now, however, users can also send emails to an Archive (for MobileMe customers) or All Mail (Gmail) folder.
This looks to be a modest change, but a necessary one. It suggests Apple is planning to better streamline the email archiving process. Of course, this change is only in a beta release. In other words, it might not be available in the final iOS 5 release coming this fall.


text:
Welcome to Manchester!
Welcome Summer!
The city will officially kick off Independence Day on Friday, July 3rd. Entertainment will be provided in Arms Park beginning at 7:30pm and will play into the commencement of the city fireworks show.
Have you heard about Intown Manchester's Sumemrfest? They have put together a calendar full of events with something for everyone. Thursday night concerts in Veterans Park begin July9th - and that is just the beginning.
The City pools and Crystal Lake are open. The times and hours for everyone to swim are posted.
Don't miss Mancester's newest recreation attraction. The Hollows Disc Golf Course - on West Mitchell Street in Ward 9 - it's free & it's fun
Enjoy & be safe.
Warm Regards,
Ted Gatsas, Mayor
This website and its contents are a service of the City of Manchester, NH


text:
August 2003 Archives
Love bug season is just dragging on and on. Despite what the link claims, these creatures are not lovable. They are disgusting. They have been plentiful this season but Ive actually seen them even worse than this and as much as I hate them, I think our outdoor cats and our hummingbirds hate them even more. They drown in the water we have out for the cats, they land in the cats food, and they get trapped in the hummingbird feeders where they also eventually drown. They are everywhere. When I enter my house, a dozen or so get swept in with me and I have to wipe my hand because I've smashed three or four on the door knob. Our vacuum cleaner is clogged with them. Enough already.
It is now 4 days until the NFL football season. The final cut comes today and a lot of familiar names will be out of work. I expect the Saints will be looking for a safety and maybe another linebacker from amongst the newly unemployed. The Saints have shown absolutely nothing in the preseason and the hope is that theyve been holding back more than their opponents. Hope springs eternal for Saints fans.
Salam Pax still wows me.
18th in the mirliton series below:
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: The show was Lieutenant Nun, the story of a former nun who fought on the frontiers in Peru all the while dressed as a man!"
Once more around the horn as this site is getting an unexpected and welcome influx of visitors thanks entirely to Susan Adcock (Pitcherlady) and Dave Barry. Susan has quite generously linked to this blog on her great site. Dave Barry linked to her extremely funny entry (Linked here a week earlier but I'm very certain it didn't have the same impact.) and well, thats how these things snowball. This is quite grand if you ask me and those are two of my favorite blogs.
The final major event of August for me is over as is my personal week from hell. The very long days started last Sunday and climaxed today at about 2AM or so. Yesterday started at about 4AM and ended at the aforementioned 2AM and I found my eyes closing more than once. Glad its over.
Ya Boys Civil War Fantasy Football League Auction was held last night. It was a 3 hour marathon and I am not at all happy with my team as is and will likely be making many moves in the coming days and weeks.
It is supposed to rain just about all weekend here in Bush so I am glad I got out and got a pretty decent look at Mars earlier this week. As for the rain, I am totally indifferent to it. The whole weekend is slated to be down time.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: They were louder and louder, the words became more serrated more like sounds... and there it was, the first punch."
Requires registration is becoming the most annoying term on the net. Thanks. I had to get that out of my system. Ive encountered it twice this morning.
The Saints put on another lackluster performance last night (Might require free registration. Doesn't sound any better coming from me) and even managed to lose a player to injury even though their main objective last night was to not lose any players to injury.
Mis-spelled Gimme as in Gimme Shelter yesterday in a comment. Just wasnt thinking. Ill be glad when this week is over. More of that below.
This is a welcome Friday. Its been a long and very busy week. Not nearly as busy at work as I would like but way too busy before and after work. The last of my fantasy football events is tonight and the three day weekend cannot come soon enough.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: Born in a cross-fire hurricane.
This is a post about "Jumping Jack Flash"; it could also be about any one of fifty or sixty other songs that have followed me around ever since I can remember."
Got out last night at about 10PM and took a look at Mars. The weather did not cooperate fully. There were clouds all around and I was fighting dew most of the 20 minutes I spent outside. This was astronomy on the run. If Id had more time, I would have allowed for the telescope to warm up longer, would have allowed my eyes to adjust to the night longer, etc, etc..... Even so, the view was fantastic. Got a pretty clear view of the southern polar cap. The northern polar cap is tilted out of view. I will try again Saturday night and Sunday night when Ill have much more time. It will be a little bit further away but that wont matter much to me with my modest equipment. The Hubble images are magnificent. The Hubble does mostly mundane, professional astronomy but every now and then it pays for itself with spectacular wow-the-public views of space and the solar system. That thing is worth every penny spent on it.
Interesting, but I wonder about software developers saying something is easy. First, I think whats easy to them may not be easy to the rest of us and second, everything to do with software should be fairly easy to them. Just thoughts, Im probably missing the point.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: The NYC skyline as it's almost never been seen"
Spectacular image. Worth the visit. -Rob
At about 9:20PM last night, I walked to the end of my driveway and looked up toward the southeast. There was Mars. It was every bit as bright as advertised. 9:20PM is not a good time and the end of my driveway is not a good place to set up my small (90mm) telescope. I looked out my dormer window a little later (About 10:20PM) and it looks like it had cleared the trees sufficiently for me to set up in the back yard. I can shield myself from my neighbors lights there and I'd have a good dark sky with no distractions other than the constant squabbling of the raccoons over the food we put out for them. The Milky Way is clearly visible from my house in Bush. Unfortunately, the telescope and eyepieces take about 30-40 minutes to warm up to the outside temperature and I was just a bit too tired to do it last night so I will pay homage to the weather gods, put the telescope outside when I get home, and head outside about 10:30PM tonight for a little astronomy.
Years ago, after I had acquired some skill at observing, I discerned the polar caps of Mars with my telescope but it was very difficult then and not very rewarding. It was not a very bright image because I was using the highest power eyepiece I have. I should probably be pleased that I could do it at all. Im hoping it will be easier this time and also hoping I can use a lower power eyepiece. My eyesight is not as good now as it was then and a brighter image would be much more satisfying.
Speaking of raccoons, we have one that comes to our feeding bowls that is rather small and has a bad leg. We cant really tell if its an injury or a birth defect. I saw him (For the sake of this entry, Im calling it him. I cant tell if its male or female) a couple of days ago when I was walking in the yard. He doesnt move all that good but he can get up and down trees. This time, however, he ducked into a little hole thats partially covered by pine needles. I got pretty close to him and talked to him a little. He was very quiet and didnt seem all that concerned about me although he was watching me very closely. I went inside and got a bowl and poured one of my Del Monte fruit cups into it and also put some grapes in it. We know they love grapes. I mentioned earlier in this entry that raccoons squabble with each other. They do something that is a combination of a growl and a bark if you can imagine that. In our bedroom on the second floor of our house with the windows closed and the air conditioners going full blast, we can still hear them squabbling outside. As I was putting this very thoughtful and considerate bowl of fruit down in front of this ungrateful, downtrodden raccoon, he let out several of those combination bark/growls at me. It scared the hell out of me and the fruit went flying. To hear this quite remarkable, quite loud, and quite threatening sound come out of this creature that could not have weighed much more than two pounds is an experience I wont soon forget so I will leave this little guy alone to make his own way in the world.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: Tonight on NASA TV, a group of NASA astronomers and engineers will host a live 4-hour broadcast about Earth's ongoing close encounter with Mars. The purpose of the program is to help sky watchers find Mars in the night sky, and if they happen to have a telescope, to understand what they see in the eyepiece when they point their 'scope at the red planet."
Charles Pierce makes a compelling and somewhat humorous case for not moving the Montreal Expos to Washington D.C. He then suggests moving them to Havana. He makes no case for this, however. From my seat in the Bush, LA bleachers, I think thats a bad idea.
Not much else to blog about today that I havent already blathered about for the last few days. Just got past one fantasy football event (Draft) and have another one coming up Friday night. That one is an auction and Im going to it straight from work. Got lots more to do between now and then. Ill spare readers the details.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: The waves were tiny our first day at the New Jersey shore and the water was surprisingly coldthat numbing cold you never get used to."
We had a good fantasy football draft yesterday. It got underway about 45 minutes later than scheduled but that was no big deal. All of the food got eaten. Big surprise there! What the owners have learned over the seven year existence of the league, how well they prepare, and how thoughtful they are when it is their turn is just amazing. The league has come a long way and it gives me a lot of joy and gratification. This hobby is a lot of fun and is worth the work. Our team here.
It was a long and tiring weekend and this figures to be a long and tiring week. Got things to do both before and after work all week. This upcoming three day weekend will be welcome here.
Now just 4 days until Ya Boys Auction and 10 days until the NFL Season.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: The Miami-Dade County Florida school district is considering selling advertising on the inside of their school busses. Just one more step towards the industry's goal of putting of putting ads in front of us 24 hours a day starting at birth."
Isn't that the truth? -Rob
The Saints appeared to lay an egg last night in what was billed as the final tuneup. Most of the 49er starters left early and the Saints starters had no interest in going against the 49er reserves in a preseason game. This alarms some people. They say things like, Their reserves made our starters look bad.. It doesnt concern me nearly as much. Ill never understand why people get so worked up over preseason games. Theyre strictly exhibitions and a good many of the players will soon be doing real work like washing cars, bagging groceries, or driving cabs. Some people actually bet on these games.
Today is Draft Day. Today, everyone can be champion. Today, everyone has a chance. Today, everyone is equal. Good Luck to all!
A Google search on "fantasy football blog" today has CrabAppleLane listed second. First? See the BOTD below.
Update (11:59AM): Sunny and hot today here in Bush with no wind. Perfect love bug weather. They will infest every nook and cranny of the house today. I hate those things.
17th in the mirliton series below. If these things don't produce mountains of wonderful, edible fruit, they're history. They are ugly and unruly.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: I sorta thought this was a scam- but I trused Textamerica. Since I entered into the template contest, I was elegible to win a free edition of Microsoft Digital Media Edition Plus, which is a $20 piece of software, for free."
Ive talked about my blue ginger in a previous entry. As you can see, theyre finally about to bloom. I seem to remember them blooming a little bit earlier than this though I could easily be wrong about that. They will stay in bloom through the first freeze. In Bush, that usually comes sometime in December. Wish Pitcherlady was here to photograph them but my pictures of them will be OK.
After yesterdays comedy of errors, I am hoping to fare better today with the tasks I have at hand. They are:
Cleaning up some of our clutter. The wife (Patsy for my mom) and I are major clutterbugs.
Washing our downstairs windows. This is long overdue.
What could go wrong? I dont even want to think about it.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: I received my first paycheck a few days ago. Let me put this in perspective:
Except for a very brief period, I have never earned more than much more $1000 a month. I will be 31 in September, and I have been in school, non-stop, since I entered college in 1990. This includes summers."
Five minutes before I did this, I had gone through this hole at almost the same angle with no problem. Five minutes after I got the tractor stuck, I also broke my lawn mower. The lawn mower was fixed in about 20 minutes but the tractor required a wrecker to come pull it out.
Just items today.
Found out Wednesday that The Charlie Daniels Band will be playing the Washington Parish Free Fair in Franklinton this year. The fair site hasn't posted it yet. I like some of their stuff and the concert is free so I plan to be there. I expect a pretty large crowd for that one.
CFFL Fantasy Football Draft Sunday. Ill make a few more notes tonight and tomorrow but Im about as ready as Ill ever be.
My mother recovering nicely from an emergency operation for an incarcerated umbilical hernia. She writes about it here. Go Mom!
Took the day off today. Blog entry posted somewhat later than usual because of it. Got some yard work to do this morning, then a lunch date with the wife, and a coffee date with my sister. Will run some other errands afterwards if time permits.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: News is circulating about a good virus thats roaming the Internet:"
You'll have to visit the blog to see what that quote is about. -Rob
Got a taste of my own medicine this morning. When I opened Word Perfect for this entry, I noticed the wife had tampered with the settings I was used to. She had removed the margins and header and that was useful for the task she was doing at the time. This had no impact whatsoever on the composition of the entry or functionality of the program but I could not proceed until I figured out how to get it back to the way I like it. I have done the same thing for the same reason on other peoples computers. And Ive done it without conscience. It should be noted that I am usually doing something at their request when I do. When my sin is discovered, I am no longer at their machine, do not remember in exact detail how or why I did it, and it is usually on software I dont use and dont have so I cant talk them through it step-by-step.
For better or worse, I am the computer person in the family. If they only knew how many things I screwed up on our computers, they would probably never ask me anything.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: Would YOU stop a vehicle with these plates?"
Go see the plates he's talking about. For what it's worth, I wouldn't. -Rob
I wonder how many disputes arise between credit card companies and their customers when a merchant uses several aliases. For instance, I used my debit card a few weeks ago to get gasoline at a Conoco station in Pearl River, LA. The charge showed up on my statement as Bennett Christian. This happened to be the one single item I had not posted in Quicken so I had no corresponding charge on or around the date it occurred. Rather than ask for more information (The smarter thing to do), I disputed the charge. The bank had to close my debit card account and send me a new card (A process that takes a week to ten days). About an hour or two after this was done, the banker called me with more information. It was my card as opposed to the wifes. The card was swiped and I still had it in my possession. And, finally, it was for fuel. That last tidbit jogged the memory. Unfortunately, I couldnt reinstate the card. I will just have to do without it until the other one comes in. Ill take most of the blame for this but I think it was avoidable and there are two ways to do it. Put Bennett Christian on the sign that now reads Conoco or put Conoco on my statement where it now reads Bennett Christian.
I had my truck engine replaced a couple of months ago. I talked about it here a few times. The friend who did it for me had a mild stroke or a mild heart attack Monday. The term, mild, is about as relative as you can get but thats the way it was described to me from the people (Just other friends, no doctors) Ive talked to. Im concerned about him. Hes much too young for this. Hes about 10 years younger than me.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: Armadillo Aerospace was created by John Carmack, one of the founders of Id Software. If you want to support private enterprise in space, buy their games! Of course, since they are the creators of such titles as "Wolfenstein", "Doom" and "Quake", you probably have already done so."
Yesterdays back-to-school traffic, though expected, still caught me unprepared. I left earlier but not early enough. Will try to adjust for it today. Most traffic congestion has discernible causes such as an accident thats blocking a portion of the road, an accident thats in full sight that people have to gawk at, a police car in view, road construction, etc. Traffic along my path sometimes grinds to a halt or is ridiculously erratic for no particular reason.
My path also includes an entry point onto the interstate where the usually unconscious soul in front of me doing 30 mph likes to try to merge with the 75mph oncoming interstate traffic by gradually speeding up to 40mph. Why not? Theyve got me behind them to soften the impact. Sort of reminds me of the short film, 405. If you havent seen this film yet, follow the link and make the effort, especially if you have broadband.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: Word up: being a small piece quite deliberately unjoined does remove a good deal of grip and compulsion from one's life. I'm just saying."
Another week starts after a fairly good weekend for me. Im hoping to take Friday off and have a little more time to prepare for the CFFL Draft Sunday. Its being held at my place and has been since the league started 7 years ago. I have just started preparing for the draft and the auction the following Friday night. The draft board is finished and the labels are printed. Not real happy with the way the draft board turned out but it will do. This is a big event in a fantasy football season. I have third pick in the draft. What I try to do is know a little something about a lot of players. Have to be flexible in thought and be prepared in the event a player you had your eye on gets snatched just before your turn. That has happened to me more than once.
Free fantasy football is becoming a thing of the past as many are finding out. The truth of the matter is that it never was free. Its just that someone else was paying for it. The deal used to be that to play for free, you put up with advertising bombardments. Now, some people are having to put up with fees and ads. There is a mentality amongst some internet users that thinks everything ought to be free but those servers, phone lines, software packages, and technicians and engineers cost money and advertising is not paying for all of it any more. This is a natural evolution.
The NFL season is now just 17 days away, Ya Boys Auction is 11 days away, and the CFFL Draft is only 6 days away......
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: Her proposed solution, however, strikes me as fanciful. While the notion of abolishing government-issued marriage licenses is interesting, it strikes me as incredibly unlikely to happen any time soon"
Like last weeks Saints game, I am not overly impressed or concerned about the outcome of the game. I am concerned about Deuce McAllister, however. Ive seen enough of him. If he doesnt play another preseason down, Ill be fine with that. He is the franchise. If he stays healthy this season and continues on the pace he set last year, the Saints will need a truckload of money to keep him. What scares me about Deuce and the preseason, however, is the specter of injury. Another franchise, Michael Vick, went down last night due to a freak injury. Dont need to see that happen here.
Well, Phone Booth was entertaining. Spoiler-alert (Skip down to the next paragraph if you plan to see this movie): If the ending was supposed to be a surprise (It might have been too much of a cliche for me so I give the film maker credit for that), though, they should have cast a less distinctive and well-known voice. Hes also listed in the cast and his voice is all over the trailer. I think this could have been done better.
16th in the mirliton series below. Not what you would call a showcase plant. They are ugly and you have to be invited to my house to see them. Theyre not visible from the road, thankfully.
Will make the CFFL Draft Board today after running a few errands. Time to get geared up.
The medical term for today is incarcerated umbilical hernia.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: Tomorrow I have to go back to work. In some ways the quiet of the office will be a respite from a rampaging 2-year-old. But still I find I am very apprehensive."
Fred looks a lot like Crispin. Fred is a good sport. I doubt Crispin would sit still for a picture if I tied a bib around his neck. -Rob
Update (5:38PM): Crispin on the job. Thankfully, the lizard he's after is outside.
Theyre pointing at Ohio as the starting point of the power outages a few days ago. For what its worth, I think this has national security implications and to tell the world that a remote, fairly obscure, and probably unguarded power grid could cause that much disruption to our lives is not in our national interests.
Lazy day in store today. The lawn will wait until next week. I recorded two pay-per-view movies last night. As soon as the wife wakes up, well have an old-fashioned double feature in our living room.
Now playing: Gangs of New York & Phone Booth.
Update (5:10PM): Gangs of New York was so long that the double feature was called off. I'll add to the chorus of those that say Daniel Day-Lewis is the only reason to watch this film. Without him, the film is too long and too tedious. With him, it's only long. Phenomenal actor.
Sleep, glorious sleep. Went to bed at a little after 10:30PM last night and slept soundly until about 7:30AM. And then went back down for nearly another 90 minutes. Havent slept like that in 20 years. Could get used to it.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: At one stage while I was at University, I went through a bit of a phase of reading other peoples books on why they didnt believe in god either."
On the power outages yesterday: Considering that it was a hot August day and that it happened around rush hour for most of the regions that it happened in, Im pleasantly surprised that yesterdays news of that occurrence wasnt much worse than it was. Though no cause has been announced yet, I suspect a bazillion air conditioners going full blast might have contributed to it.
Another thing I just love about this hot, hot summer: Roaches everywhere. Theyre on my deck, theyre in my garage, theyre in my trees, and theyre in my house (At least until they find the poison, the cats, or me).
Weve got bugs out here in the country. We have mosquitoes most of the year. We have June bugs in March, not June. Theyre annoying but their season is short here. We have gnats twice a year. Very annoying but they also have a short season. We have love bugs. This year, they werent too bad. A couple of years ago, they were everywhere for a long time. They are very, very annoying. We have red ants, who can build towering castles overnight in my yard. Theyre somewhat annoying. And then we have spiders and roaches. Roaches are exterminated with extreme prejudice here. Spiders are a different matter. If you cant learn to live with them and/or reach some accommodation with them, you cant live in the country. They are smart, they get in places that are hard for you to get at, and they are extraordinarily industrious. My Argiope spider (Seen here) last year built a web that extended from the garden border bricks on the ground to the overhang on the roof (About 15 feet). From what Ive read, they eat their web every day and rebuild it every night although this one must have done that while I wasnt looking.
Only took 90 minutes to do what should have been a 5 minute upgrade to the CrabAppleLane Forum last night. Its got me a little tired this morning.
My sister, Janine, on forms today.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: Friday's in Heaven (or is this Hell?)."
I recently encountered a service that will create a website for your company. You fill out a form with various tidbits of information about your company and the program creates a cookie-cutter type of web page. The price for this service you ask? $9000 for the first page and $3000 per subsequent page. The pages created are nothing spectacular. Any idiot with basic web page creation experience, this idiot included, could do it. In fact, I would do it for half that.
And just three weeks until football season, 15 days until Ya Boys Auction, and 10 days until the CFFL Draft.......
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: There's a convention in comedy sketches where a bunch of idiots do something really really expensive, and to keep the audience amused a little cash counter appears on screen, with numbers whizzing away."
Maureen Dowd (Requires registration) in todays New York Times on blogging:
The most telling sign that the Internet is no longer the cool American frontier? Blogs, which sprang up to sass the establishment, have been overrun by the establishment.
Her entire article is about blogs by or for politicians. Where to start? I doubt a lot of people, other than journalists, read the politician blogs. And, I also dont believe blogs sprang up to sass the establishment although they can do that and have done that with spectacular results on occasion (Trent Lotts resignation as majority leader). I, personally, believe most blogs are read by other bloggers. I wouldnt characterize the internet as the cool American frontier though I do think its cool and its a frontier. Im convinced the majority of American internet users are file swappers and/or email forwarders. See the Blog of the Day for a different take on the article.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: Inspired by the people who coined the term "Dowdify" for the practice of distorting a statement by selective elision, political blogs hold the establishment's feet to the fire, and you can ask Trent Lott and Howell Raines how that works. And as far as I know, I invented the political blog in 1995 for the Coalition of Parent Support, a California grass-roots political organization. If the mighty MoDo doesn't like this invention of mine, she should probably stop using my other ones, UTP Ethernet and Wi-Fi. It simply wouldn't be right for her to sully her alpha-girl cuteness with such vulgarity.
Wow. I didnt get that much out of it. -Rob
Not terribly concerned about the Saints performance last night because this game simply doesnt matter. Camp legs were clearly in evidence and too many people on both sides sat out. When a guy runs two steps and falls down, hes on camp legs. It comes from running constantly for the last ten days or so. Their brains say go but their legs say no. Thats to be expected this early in camp and both teams were fighting it. The coaches were strictly evaluating their players based on what they were being asked to do. And since we, as fans, dont know what theyre being asked to do, we shouldnt draw conclusions but we will anyway. The Saints tackling looked pretty bad. Thats all Ill say.
The more I learn about the internet, the more I am A) amazed that it works at all and B) just amazed. More on that on a day when I have more time.
Feed the hummers and Im outta here.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: They say the person who finishes a triathlon is different from the person who starts one."
Watched Roger Waters The Wall: Live in Berlin over the weekend. Its a DirecTV freeview event in August so its not the whole concert but it does have the main gist of it. Except for Cindi Lauper on Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 and Van Morrison on Comfortably Numb, it was surprisingly good. Id heard and read nothing but bad reviews of it.
I came to be a Pink Floyd fan late in life. I was not a fan of theirs during their heyday in the 70s. The first album of theirs that I bought was Momentary Lapse of Reason, which came out in the 80s after Waters had left the band. David Gilmour, the guitarist, had taken the reins. I have since bought some of their earlier releases, including The Wall.
Waters and the rest of the band had a spectacular breakup from what Ive read. Even fought over the use of the band name, Pink Floyd. The rest of the band won that one. What Ive read in Fidonet echoes and usenet newsgroups is that Waters was the songwriting talent of Pink Floyd and David Gilmour was the musical and vocal talent. That appears to be true. However, parts of this concert sounded exactly like the album and Waters sings just fine. The songs from the album that Pink Floyd plays in their concerts (Which happen to be the ones I like best on this album) sound a lot like the album as well. Its a great album for its music only. On a rock opera level, it doesnt do much for me. Quadrophenia by The Who is much better.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: An excerpt from Herbert Asbury's The Barbary Coast. There's a Sandman story about this, but I always though Neil Gaiman just made him up."
After the upstairs AC unit thawed out yesterday, we turned the thermostat up a bit higher than we normally like to keep it and that seems to have helped. It hasnt frozen up since and the downstairs AC unit doesnt have to work as hard. Why does this stuff always happen on weekends? My plumbing problems always happen on weekends, too.
On the bright side, the mile-long list of to do things I had yesterday is a foot shorter.
Totally mesmerizing. The blogosphere took off around September 11, mainly because of entries like that one.
15th in the mirliton series below. Theyre starting to look pretty bad. Theyre healthy, but hard to look at.
Other photos I took this morning here. Doubles as a test.
And 25 days until football season opens, 19 days until Ya Boys Auction, and two weeks until the CFFL Draft....
Going to start preparing my cheat sheet for those events today.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: Did your parents ever say to you, "I'll give you something to cry about!" when you started to wail for no good reason?
I kinda feel the same way about car alarms. That go off. Every. Damn. Day. Shouldn't I be allowed to put a brick through the window? Slash a tire? Steal a radio? Finally give that damn alarm something to cry about?"
The upstairs AC unit is frozen up. This happens periodically and the AC man hasnt figured out why or what to do about it. It leaks a little bit but not a lot. They all leak, Im told. Hate to see him come out here just to recharge it. Were also friends and hes in one of the fantasy football leagues here. I owe him a dinner or something.
Grilled some green onion sausage last night. Had it on french bread with Provolone cheese and olive salad. A restaurant in old Metairie, Radostas, makes a similar sandwich with Italian sausage. My version of it looked great and smelled great but was only OK. The wife, who bought the green onion sausage in the first place, doesnt like it. Says it has things in it.
Just got off of the phone with Bruister and Associates. A few weeks ago, I got an offer from DirecTV to upgrade my satellite to receive local channels. I have been wanting to do that for some time. They gave the work order to Bruister, who is the same company that botched my Ultimate TV installation. They came out here just afterwards and decided they couldnt replace it where it was. Somehow, the job got rescheduled for this morning. Their technician called me last night whining that he didnt have a 40-foot ladder. I cancelled the job. They were calling just now to confirm. When I pointed out where I wanted the satellite to the original installer, he just did it. No complaints. Every installer that DirecTV contracts with since has whined about where it is located. It's on the right side of the house in that image. That's Nikki singing to me. The picture was taken about two months before he passed.
I have a to do list a mile long today. Just yesterday, I thought I had a mostly free weekend.
The 8-minute dating scene.
Is anyone, besides me, tired and/or bored of things vampire yet? Movies about, TV shows about, books about, magazine articles about, nightclubs about, whatever about vampires and how cool they are.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: I read it while on laughing gas (dentist) and percoset (post-dentist), and drugs are the only thing that made it palapable."
Hummingbirds will be treated to a new feeder this morning. The old ones are getting scummy and need to be cleaned. Ill put the new one out and take in one of the old ones. The wife painstakingly cleans them with bleach. If someone would make a feeder that has a decent capacity and is easy to clean, I will be forever in their debt.
Having some difficulties with the layout of this thing. My HTML editor, Visual Page from Symantec, likes to convert certain lines of the original source into caps. That was no problem with Greymatter but Movable Type takes issue with it. What this means is I have to do all of my tinkering with a regular text editor and then view it in my browser. To say thats inconvenient is putting it mildly. Ive been wanting a better HTML editor for some time but the one I want, Microsofts Front Page, is a little too expensive for me at the moment.
Happy Birthday, Instapundit.
Update: I've had to correct at least three typos in this entry since I posted it. All of them passed my spellchecker and got past my self-editor also. The latter one has me more concerned. I'll add that to the list of things that are breaking around here.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: Ack! I almost forgot that it's Anti-Procrastination Day. Shoot... what to do, what to do? I guess I'll scrub down the kitchen counters. I was supposed to do that on Monday. That shouldn't take too long, so maybe it will give me time to watch a movie. "
The movie star has a blog. -Rob
My new domain host has a software package called Spam Assassin installed. Its up to each individual account to enable it if they want. What it does is runs tests on inbound email and determines if its spam. Some spam still gets through but it has yet to mis-identify mail that I want to read. Overall, its a good product. It could add one more feature. The ability to trash it at the server level and/or forward it to all known spammers. Identifying most spam is not hard. My Yahoo account successfully identifies the vast majority of it and puts it in a Bulk email folder. The war on spam is winnable.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: Misfortunes arrive on wings and leave on foot.
Flash mobs? Weird activity. First read about it at Lauris blog. The flash mobbers think its fun and maybe it is. It's also disruptive. If its a harmless disruptive activity, I think that activity will be tolerated fairly well. Unfortunately, the flash mobbers are very likely to find out that people have different ideas about what constitutes a harmless disruptive activity. The one at the Zurich train station doesnt look harmless. The blog is in German but the pictures tell the whole story. If someone missed their train because they had to go around that long line of flash mobbers holding hands, they probably have a different idea about what is harmless fun. David Letterman also did something like this recently when he had 25 or 30 people dressed in Pirate outfits go to a Subway Sandwich shop 3 and 4 at a time. I thought Subway (As with most of Lettermans subjects) was a pretty good sport about having their business disrupted like that. Just don't know what to make of it.
Self-indulgence running rampant. Apparently, blogging wasnt self-indulgent enough.
And 29 days until football season, 23 days until Ya Boys Auction, 18 days until the CFFL Draft......
Update: Interesting webloggers meet. Both linked here.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: I am in Irbil in Kurdistan northern Iraq. Someone explained the history of this place to me today. The mountains here are bare and devoid of trees. They used be forested. Covered with trees. There used to be so many trees in Irbil that you couldn't see around corners. Now it looks like Kansas or really more like parts of Montana."
An inauspicious start to the month business-wise. A friend suggested it was probably back to school activities and late summer vacations responsible. I buy that.
Fantasy football is only weeks away and I havent even started preparation for draft/auction. Will have to do that soon.
Very busy morning. The inbox was full with responses to a family weblog I inquired about. Busy facilitating that.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: I've come to the conclusion that the hookers are in firm control of the fashion industry."
Doesn't lend itself to blogrolling. Too bad. -Rob
The Saints play their first exhibition game this Monday (August 11) night in the Superdome against the Eagles. Ill probably watch 15 minutes of it. I find exhibition games unbearable to watch for much longer than that. Even on TV, they are a waste of time. In person, theyre a waste of time and money. Years ago, I remember the Redskins under Joe Gibbs losing their last exhibition game against the Vikings at RFK, 30-0. They started the season, 9-0, and won the Super Bowl. If someone thinks they gain any insight into a team's upcoming season from an exhibition game, they are mistaken.
Fairly productive weekend. The typical summer weather (Hot, hot, hot in the morning and thundershowers in the afternoon) is easy to work around. My two varigated ginger plants, which I thought were tropical, wilted pretty badly Saturday in the sweltering Bush heat. Neither are in the direct sun for any length of time and they had been watered. They must like the cooler climes of Costa Rica.
31 days until football season, 25 days until Ya Boys Auction, and 20 days until the CFFL Draft....
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: Like this really needs to be on the Internet?"
Spent a good part of yesterday morning on site maintenance and tinkering. Discovered some neat things about the new XMB forum and Movable Type. Spent a good part of the afternoon on the lawn between thundershowers. Got the lawn done, though. More tinkering and posting in store today but I will get out of the house and do something/anything. Its just too nice to stay inside.
Alpenjoy cheese with salami placed on a grilled hamburger with a catsup/horseradish cocktail sauce is fantastic. Discovered this last night. Will rediscover it at lunch time.
It looks like a gorgeous day is getting underway here in Bush. My guess is the thunderstorm will be here this afternoon like yesterday, the day before, and the day before, etc, etc.....
While waiting on the digital camera to acclimate itself to the outside temperature and humidity, I am posting some more of the old entries into the new blog and composing this entry. Posting the old entries is about two thirds over. Ill then start on The Laurendine Blog. If I dont finish both today, theyll be done by tomorrow at the latest. After reading the entries and fixing the formatting on them, Im glad they were not lost. Im especially glad I didnt lose the comments. Not that there were that many but I treasure all of them.
Update (9:47PM) - Totally finished importing old messages into both blogs. What a relief. Now, I can get back to the usual inanity.
14th in the mirliton series below. Still not a single fruit on them.
Update: Cute!
Update: Priscilla stops to smell the flowers (August 3, 2003).
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: Since this is a site about "integrity," you should know that I sometimes have a look at the Weblogs for this site to see what search phrases people have used to discover the site....."
I took delivery of my truck 13 years ago today. It was a Friday evening. It was brand new and had 7 miles on it. To say it has been good to me would be a bit of an understatement. The first 6 years of its life were spent in suburbia. It has been the commuter ever since. I currently have about 315,000 miles on it.
Im now on the 2nd engine, 2nd clutch (Nearly ready for a 3rd), 3rd water pump, 4th windshield, 7th battery (All were 5, 6, or 7 year batteries. The math escapes me), and 8th set of tires (One shouldnt count because I swapped the set of tires that came with the truck the day after I took delivery but we do full disclosure here).
Our Fantasy NASCAR season is now over. Our team, Red Ryders, finished 2nd.
It is now 33 days until football season, 22 days until the CFFL Draft, and 27 days until Ya Boys Auction..........
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: I think I just saw a mouse. Aren't I supposed to be having good luck this month?"
PS - Thanks, Susan
Worked on the blog site for about an hour this morning. Im learning CSS like I learn everything else pertaining to CrabAppleLane. I learn it when I need to know it and it is probably forgotten almost as soon as Im finished. Added the links back. Not terribly happy with the way things are now but Ive only been working with it for a day. Need to learn how to move things around and add images to the main site. Adding them to the entries is a breeze. Expect changes here in the coming days and weeks. Im being a little over-cautious to say the least.
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: Saddams sons, Uday and Qusay are dead. For the doubters out there, they have dental records. Unfortunately I only had Saddam in the Amish Tech Support Dead Pool, losing a chance to score not just on two picks, but bonus points for the two dying in the same incident."
A little morbid but I think I like it. - Rob


text:
Best of Boston
BEST Chowder, clam
B & G Oysters
Anatomy of a Winner: Here in Boston, it's tough to stand out in a veritable ocean of chowdah. Here's how Barbara Lynch's oyster bar shows up the competition. 1. Flaky puff pastry "oyster crackers" are coated with sweet paprika and… read more»


text:
The walking dead cache
September 1, 2013 in Geocache Stories and Cache Runs by Lacey Bishop
Scott, Kate and I needed to go to wal-mart, well what do you know, there was a few new caches in the area we had not found yet.
So we planned a detour to The Walking Dead cache. (GC4G3YE)


text:
Sign in using an external account
|86-95 Trucks & 4Runners 2nd/3rd gen pickups, and 1st/2nd gen 4Runners with IFS
|Welcome to Yotatech!
Welcome to Yotatech,
You are currently viewing our forum as a guest, which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our community, at no cost, you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is free, fast and simple, so please join our community today!
|Thread Tools
|Search this Thread
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 23
Does taking off Catalytic converter burn out O2 sensor.
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Morganton, North Carolina
Posts: 95
Well, is he talking about the absence of the converter affecting it or just because it has no back pressure? I havent heard of any O2 sensors going bad because of anything like that, only thing i would think would get burned is your valves if you dont fix your exhaust.
1988 Toyota Pickup 4x4, 22RE, 5 speed. fresh rebuild, bored .030 over, port and polished head, LCE Pro camshaft, Accel Super Stock Coil, NGK plugs, stage 2 clutch, and a few new OEM Toyota parts
2002 Chevrolet Cavalier LS Sport
1986 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z, 305 HO
1972 Mustang Mach 1
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 23
Registered User
Personal Sales Rating: (-1)
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Colorado
Posts: 1,614
No, an open cat won't effect the upstream oxygen sensor.
If you're worried about it test it per the manual.
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Posts: 40
I'm having an issue related to an o2 sensor and lack of cat too. I bought this truck right after the cat. had been stolen. Then the PO had an exhaust shop just bypass (IE: only a muffler, no cat) and a new O2 sensor. Well, now with the O2 sensor in the truck runs very poorly and when it is unplugged the CEL is on and the ECU (presumably) defaults to a failsafe setting. I'm getting pretty bad gas mileage now and think it is related to this.
I do have the FSM and will check the O2 sensor for proper functionality, but the guy who installed the exhaust said to just leave the O2 sensor unplugged because the fact that there is no cat. will mess up the readings anyway (which doesn't make sense to me as the O2 sensor was upstream of the cat. to begin with).
Any thoughts/advice on this?
'89 3.0 5 speed Xtracab
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: s cali
Posts: 28
I have the same problem with 87 4runner, 22re. just replaced new 02 sensor due to rough idling. it fix the idle problem but it burns lots of gas. need help
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Salida, CO
Posts: 57
No Cat, recent O2 sensor experience
It's an interesting question, about whether no cat could burn out the O2, but I'm guessing it shouldn't have anything to do with that, as Co_94_PU says.
My truck just rolled over 236K miles. The kid I bought it from was a big junkyard parts fan. He had put a new manifold in it before I bought it, but (I assume) the downpipe where the O2 sensor attaches was original. I put a new exhaust on it about 10 months ago right after I got it, and had the cat left off.
Some time ago my CEL started blinking on and then off even as I drove down the road. I pulled codes and saw O2 sensor stuff. Friends told me that new O2 sensors tend to make vehicles run better and get better mileage even if the old one hasn't failed. So I figured I would just replace it. I got one and saw that the mounting bolts were completely rusted.
I took the truck to a guy hoping he'd be able to remove the hardware and install the new sensor. He found that the wires to the sensor had gotten too close to the exhaust and melted. He just fixed the wires and declared it fixed since the CEL would stay off.
Next long trip I took, after about 2 hours on the road the CEL came on and stayed on. During that trip I got amazingly sheety gas mileage. On one windy stretch of NM highway I got LESS THAN 14 MPG.
So I dug into my wallet again and got a new downpipe and sensor.
CEL was off, and the truck ran like gangbusters. But then on the second trip the light came on again!
So I crawled under there and un-taped the splices in my wiring. They were way sloppy. So I stripped the wires and spliced them really clean (I'm generally an idiot with vehicles, but have done phone and computer wiring, so I have some mad skillz in that area).
So all that was about 500 miles ago. The light is off. Mileage has gone from no better than 20 (usually high teens) to solid mid-20s even in the mountains and cold air.
To anyone who has issues with O2 sensors, I would urge you to look at the way the wires are routed to them. Obviously those wires have to be reasonably close to the exhaust (right over the cat if you have one) since that's where O2 sensors live. A couple clips go bad, a ham-fisted mechanic doesn't put the wire back into the clips... whatever. The wires don't have to move very far before they are close to the exhaust.
I fixed my splices. Actually shortened up the wiring because there was too much. Taped it all up with electrician's tape. Then I went to the parts store and got some heat shield tape and wrapped it up with that. Finally I rigged up a good, solid method for zip-tying that sucker up as close to the underside of the body and as far above the pipe as I could.
Will my new O2 sensor die prematurely because there's no cat downstream of it? If it does, you'll hear about it here first!
Salida, CO
2014 Tacoma 4x4 Access Cab
Last edited by coloradotom; 03-11-2014 at 12:28 PM.
Registered User
Join Date: May 2012
Location: 91765
Posts: 544
Straight pipe or no CAT does not affect the O2 sensor, Location does.
In later models with a after CAT O2 sensor the ECU will CEL with a bad or removed CAT, That's what its suppose to do is let you know the CAT is bad.
The O2 sensor is extremely important on EFI engines and must be working correctly to keep efficiency of the air/fuel and detect problems of the engine, Its not some EPA conspiracist idea to make you get bad performance and buy more gas.
The O2 sensor is very susseptible to damage by antifreeze coolent, It can weaken or render non op, As also the CAT.
For Toyotas is has been proven that the Denso O2 sensor is the only one that works correctly and that the Botch are insufficient.
As mentioned above check the harness to the O2 sensor for breaks and shorts, Most problems accure where the harness crosses over the exhaust pipe and where the harness comes loose from the passenger side engine compartment fender and brush up against the exhaust manifold or rubs against the bellhousing.
I am not going to even touch into the argument of back pressure, scavenging effect and the PAIR valve.
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Yuba City, CA
Posts: 563
I've also been running with no cat on my '89 'Runner (5-speed, V6). I'm still using stock pipe diameters and muffler. I have yet to encounter a CEL due to no cat.
Registered User
Personal Sales Rating: (1)
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: I live in New Tripoli Pa out in the woods
Posts: 8,266
I ran my 22rec with a modified Cat for years no problem
I did notice these O2 sensors if they sit for a long time a few months will cause a the CEL to light .
Cleaning them on a wire wheel seems to cure the problem at least in my case I am talking about the older single wire ones.
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Posts: 40
I should clarify:
When my O2 sensor is plugged in I have NO CEL, but the engine runs terribly; rough to the point where I have to unplug to O2 sensor.
When the O2 sensor is unplugged I get a CEL (as one would expect) but the truck runs much more smoothly.
I still haven't had a free moment to test the O2 sensor and look over the wiring, but that is step 1 & 2. If that doesn't do it, step 3 is a new Denso O2 sensor (not sure what "new" O2 sensor the PO put in, so it may be something sub-standard). I'll post results when I finally get a chance to look at it.
'89 3.0 5 speed Xtracab
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 11
I would definitely check the wiring, one day I noticed my mileage got really ˟˟˟˟ty, and it kept up, the truck seemed to be running fine, I was under the truck and notice the O2 harness looked burnt, so I rewired and rerouted that part of the harness away from the exhaust, replacing the O2 Signal wire solved all my problems.
Also make sure you run the O2 signal wire separetely from the rest of the harness, if you dont have shielded wire to replace it.
Running with no cat will absolutely NOT damage the O2 sensor. Have been doing it for many years. Also it is upstream of the catalytic converter. Unless you also have the one that is after the cat, well then, I dont know anything about that.
91 4Runner - 22RE - 4WD - 31x10.5 - 335k and still going
Registered User
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Southern NH
Posts: 457
You're running open loop with the sensor unplugged, you should be running rich, smelling fuel in your exhaust etc. If it runs better this way you may be getting unmetered air in the mix which is balancing out the excessive fuel. Worth checking for cracks in the intake hose or other leaks.
Could be as simple as a really bad sensor which can't switch fast enough to give the CPU the correct mix numbers, as others have said. Check switching rate with an analog voltmeter before buying a new one though.
-'85 4runner, 27k original miles - locked n lifted, Dyna transmission, Warn 9k, 35x12.5 MTRs
-'88 4runner, V6, auto, 185k, next year's plow truck
-'90 4runner, V6, 5 spd, 125k, rear swing out, all stock
-'99 LS 400, V8 1UZ-FE VVTi, 155k, loaded/stock
|1986, bad, burnout, burns, camshaft, catalitic, catalytic, catyletic, converter, effect, o2, oxygen, pickup, sensor, sensors, taking, toyota, truck
|Thread Tools
|Search this Thread


text:
Forum Menu
Daily Digest
Home Page
Post Response
severe shakingPosted by: LuAnn Corbin
Category: Medical
Posted on: November 21, 2002 at 12:13:12
I have read all your posts on nervousness. It can be caused by a number of situations. I have most of the situations listed. I have 4 Terriers, 3 of which are Jacks. 2 are male which we purchased within 2 weeks of each other. They are from different litters. Reese is 20 months old, he is the severely nervous dog. He is great otherwise. We love him dearly. Sam is 19 months and the dominate male. Lily is my pup, she is six months. I know all the rules about same sex Jakes, more than 2, and so on. We love these dogs dearly, they are a part of this family. So giving one up is not an option. What i need to know is if there is anything I can do for Reese. I had read about Kava Kava being a natural calmer. It can be given on chew bones for example. I saw it in pill form at the store. I want to help Reese be a happy and healtly dog. He only started this about a month or so ago. I blame alot of it on Sam. He knocks him around alot. But Reese stays under the couch in hiding most of the time. I also feel seperation anxiety is a factor. I work 3 days a week part time, and the kids are in school. We leave them rarely. When we do, Sam and Lily go into their crates, and Reese has run of the house. If you have any other suggestions please let me know. Thank you.


text:
SFIII Online Edition Review
Played on:
Few decade-old games get quite the treatment and fanfare that Capcom's classic, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, is getting in its newest home console port. SFIII Online Edition is a downloadable title priced at a reasonable $15, and it includes a huge pile of features that make this a love letter to the fans of what they say is the most polished fighting game of the 1990s. Now, seeing SF3 Online Edition in its full glory and also having played the "future" of fighting games in in Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs. Capcom 3, I finally get it. There's a simplicity that Capcom accomplished back in the late 90s, combined with a technical and fast action that's never frantic, that makes so many matchups incredibly balanced and fun. Many say that Street Fighter III is very possibly the best fighting game ever made, and Online Edition is hands-down the best direct port of an arcade fighting game that we've ever seen.
Everything is hand-drawn in SFIII, and while that does mean the graphics are aliased and grainy by today's HD standards - hell, they were pretty bad compared to the visuals even the Dreamcast (and games like Soul Calibur) were pumping out in 1999 - there's a charm here, and it's one that is backed up with a fantastic art style and smooth animations. Capcom's latest effort brings us an arcade-perfect port with several graphical options to filter the pixellated visuals, although I think most will just stick with the basics and play it unfiltered. The widescreen margins are useless in a game like this which runs in the old fullscreen aspect ratio, so Capcom has used this space to track your achievements and challenges. You'll gain points by unleashing combos, taunts, projectiles, and more, and then can use them to unlock a vault chock full of art, music, and more surrounding the game. It should be pointed out that these are all just fun extras, and all of the characters and stages are unlocked and playable right from the start. I'm a little annoyed about Capcom charging for a few small pieces of DLC (extra character colors for $3, additional pages of arcade dipswitches for tweaking local play for $1, and a playable Gill unlock for another buck), as I think the base game's $15 price tag should have been enough to cover all of it.
Still, that's a pretty minor complaint, and it kind of melts away once you play for the first time in a long time - or just for the first time period. At the core of what made SFIII so great was in its meter and parry systems. Expert players would deftly manage their meters to unleash powered-up EX special attacks along with super moves (both of which SFIV players should be used to), but then there are the parries, and these things change the game entirely. During the exact frame when an enemy's attack hits you, tap towards the enemy (or down if it's a low attack) and you will negate all damage and set up your own attack. It's a highly technical move that requires a ton of practice to get right, but parries are absolutely useful both in offline play with your buddies and in high-stakes online matches. The pros use them many times in nearly every match, too. Yes, SFIV's focus attacks were designed to be a more accessible substitute for parries, but the systems are so vastly different in practice that it's hard to draw any parallels between the two, really.
Included in Online Edition's multiplayer action is a network middleware called GGPO, which was homespun and used in PC-based emulators for years before finally making it to the bigtime - first in Capcom's recent downloadable port of Final Fight, and now here in Online Edition. While GGPO isn't going to make the most laggy connections perfect, it is by far the best way to do 2D fighting games online, and what's best is that combos and setups you perform offline are very doable online. Compare that to any iteration of SFIV, where everything has to be played differently due to the lag, and you'll see why many of the hardcore fighting game community are calling for all developers and publishers to implement GGPO's code in any fighting game where it'd fit. So far, the response from the high-ups at Capcom Japan has been lukewarm, but hopefully the overwhelmingly positive reports from SFIII Online Edition's players spurs the Capcom brass to continue licensing GGPO for future games.
It's important to point out that if you're a casual fighting game player that goofs around in offline modes, does a bit of training, and has an evening or two of fights with your friends before shelving a fighting game, then you're probably not going to be happy with SFIII Online Edition. This is a pretty technical game that requires immaculate timing and creative combo abilities, and while the challenge modes might be amusing for a little while, the arcade mode is just about as shallow as you'd expect. Then there's the final boss, Gill, who is about as cheap and annoying to fight as some of the worst fighting game bosses out there. Really, no Japanese fighting game courts casual fighter fans like Mortal Kombat 9 (or maybe the UFC games' career modes) can, so if those games are your gold standard, then SFIII is probably not for you.
Moving forwards, I kind of wonder whether Capcom is taking any note of the love that this game is still getting. Street Fighter IV was a slower, more deliberate project with a silly streak in its art and design, and I wonder whether we will ever see something closer to SFIII's style come in a future game - but this time rendered in 3D, of course. I hope so, because while I wasn't really looking forwards to a new port of a decade-plus-old game, even just a couple of hours with Online Edition has reminded me just how polished and brilliant Capcom's final 2D opus really was. Now, I think I can get behind the rather common sentiment that this is the best fighting game ever made.


text: Mobile Apple backs down from iPad 4G controversy, calls it only "WiFi + Cellular" May 12, 2012 3:23 PM Matt Marshall 0 If you're not reaching, engaging, and monetizing customers on mobile, you're likely losing them to someone else. Register now for the 8th annual MobileBeat, July 13-14, where the best and brightest will be exploring the latest strategies and tactics in the mobile space. Apple has changed the name of the latest generation of its cellular-connecting iPad in some countries, calling it simply "iPad WiFi + Cellular," after a wave of complaints from people claiming that Apple's previous branding was wrong and misleading. The change was first reported by 9to5Mac. See image below. Until the change, Apple was using the name "iPad WiFi + 4G," implying that its newest iPads used fast 4G, or LTE-grade networks. However, in many countries where the newest iPad was being sold, including in Australia and the UK, there were no carriers that actually offered such quality networks. Some consumers felt misled. Australia actually sued Apple. While Apple had previously discontinued its marketing campaigns around 4G in those countries, this is the first time it is actually changing the name of the iPad itself. Apple made the change because of continued confusion in places like the UK. Notably, Apple even changed the name in the U.S. and Canada, the two countries where 4G LTE is offered by at least five carriers. It also changed the name on its Web sites in UAE, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, New Zealand, Ireland, Hong Kong and Malaysia. However, apparently it hasn't changed the name in all countries yet — though that's probably because the change was decided on just a couple of days ago and it probably takes a while for sites to make the change. Above: Top image is from Apple's site today; bottom image from May 9th


text:
MORE evidence is emerging that ecotourism is not as benign as it first appeared. Killer whales are calling for longer in a bid to overcome the cacophony produced by tourist boats.
Sonar use during military operations has been linked to mass strandings of beaked whales and also seems to prompt changes in humpback whale calling behaviour. What is more, dolphins spend longer at the surface and rest less when tourist boats are nearby (
Now a team led by Rus Hoelzel at the University of Durham, UK, has shown that human activities are seriously affecting killer whales too. Since 1977, the number of whale-watching boats following three orca groups off the coast of Washington state has increased from zero to around 70, with an average of 22 boats trailing each orca group on any given day.
Before 1992, the whales did not change ...
To continue reading this article, subscribe to receive access to all of newscientist.com, including 20 years of archive content.


text:
Here it is! The new guidebook for climbing in Rifle Mountain Park and other areas in Western Colorado.
Featuring over 900 routes at the following areas:
Rifle Mountain Park
Rifle Arch
Main Elk
The Fortress
Glenwood Canyon
The Narrows
Coal Creek
Frying Pan
Lime Park
Hagerman Pass
Many of these areas have never been published before and are a wonderful addition to the climbing in this part of Colorado. This book is packed with incredible action photos and concise beta that you can't find anywhere else, not even on this site!
Check out the sample pages below:
Project Wall – Rifle
Glenwood Canyon Intro
The Skillet – Frying Pan
Pingback: New Indian Creek Guidebook Review | Splitter Choss
Pingback: Upper Frying Pan Topos - The Mental Block | Splitter Choss
Pingback: Interview with Dave Pegg of Wolverine Publishing | Splitter Choss
The ice in Redstone is in great shape, with all the standards looking good and many other things to climb on as well. Here are the details: Banzai Pipeline – has ice on it, may be climbable but will be very hard. The bolted route to its right is doable. Avocado Gully – In typical […]


text:
A NEW York Stock Exchange (NYSE)-listed company has been awarded a contract to supply two oxygen plants for the new copper smelter at Kansanshi Mine in Solwezi.
Air Products announced in a statement accessed in Lusaka yesterday that it had been awarded the contract for the supply of the plant at the site of the copper smelter being built in Zambia by Kansanshi Mining.
The statement, through PR Newswire, states that the scope of the agreement includes Air Products' supply of two 750-tonne-per-day oxygen plants as well as all Air Separation Unit (ASU)-related equipment and design.
The construction of the facility would be undertaken by Kansanshi Mining, with cooperation from Air Products while the ASUs are planned to be onstream in 2014.
Air Products has oxygen plants operating at other copper mines located within Zambia and works at those facilities were of benefit in winning this contract.
"The basis for the design of this new plant for Kansanshi comes from the previously constructed plants.
"Being able to reuse the design for these cold boxes created a win-win for our clients and Air Products. We were able to demonstrate that our technology offering was a competitive and proven product," said Air Products project manager, Aled Williams.
He was supported by the company's regional sales manager - Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Mark Northwood, who said the project was a plus to the firm's global position.
"This project strengthens our global position in the non-ferrous sector. It is a typical example of Air Products drawing on its leading technical expertise to provide solutions and add value for our customers," he said.
Air Products has had industrial gas operations in Zambia since 2001.
In 2011, Kansanshi Mining produced 230,000 tonnes of copper.
The First Quantum Minerals (FQM)-owned mining house is in the process of increasing its current annual production capacity by 60 per cent to 400,000 tonnes by 2015.
The first production from this multi-phase expansion project was realised in mid-2012, resulting in the 42-per cent rise in copper production for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012, as compared to the figures for the same quarter in 2011.


text:
The Butler Does It Elite Services Inc. filed as a Domestic for Profit Corporation in the State of Florida and is no longer active. This corporate entity was filed approximately thirteen years ago on Friday, April 26, 2002 , according to public records filed with Florida Department of State. There are a couple of officers known to have been associated with this organization.
Blair Hanner served as the CEO and has interests in other corporate entities including Blair Burns, LLC located in Melbourne, FL .
Leslie Principato was the Director of The Butler Does It Elite Services Inc.. Leslie's additional corporate interests include Blair Burns, LLC located in Melbourne, FL .
Blair Hanner is also the registered agent for the company. Also known as a statutory or resident agent, the registered agent is responsible for receiving legal notifications regarding court summons, lawsuits, and other legal actions involving the corporate entity.
Key roles for The Butler Does It Elite Services Inc.
Blair Hanner
CEO, Chairman
Leslie Principato
|Filing Type:
|Domestic for Profit Corporation
|State ID:
|Date Filed:
|Friday, April 26, 2002
|Registered Agent
|Blair Hanner
Comprehensive Insight Plus Report
|Learn More
|The D&B Comprehensive Insight Plus Report for The Butler Does It Elite Services Inc. combines D&B's proprietary statistical scoring with business, payment and financial information all in one report.
US Company Profile Report
|Learn More
|The D&B U.S. Company Profile contains basic information such as address and telephone number, executive names and titles, line of business and SIC codes, D-U-N-S Numbers, organization status, and year and location of incorporation for The Butler Does It Elite Services Inc..