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A dim light filtered into the dark. Ariana looked up. There was a tracery of sunlight across the top of the room. The light strengthened. After an hour or so, she could make out some of the features of the room. It seemed to be a tomb with an elaborate wall marker over the sarcophagus. A huge gemstone glowed redly in the reflected light. She stood up and walked over to the sarcophagus. She ran her hands over the strangely flat surface. It was more like an altar than a burial container.
"Good call." The voice behind her was male, rich and vibrant.
She turned slowly to face him. As tall as Hercules, well-muscled, black hair falling in ordered curls to his shoulders, black leather tunic, pants and boots. He was handsome and arrogant. A sword worth a king's ransom hung from his belt.
"You don't recognize me. Well, I can't say we've met before. But that doesn't make me any less angry." His somewhat feral smile turned downward. "You failed me."
"What?" he echoed. "Such an innocent. You were supposed to kill Hercules. And do so before he got to Xena."
His statements bewildered her and it showed. "You dumped me in that meadow."
"You have a good grasp of the obvious."
"You yanked me out of my own place and time and dumped me into that hell hole of a world and you have the temerity to get mad at me?"
The amount of anger in her voice must have clued him in to the fact that this interview was no longer going as planned. "You were the proper tool for the job."
"Tool. As in rhymes with fool, no doubt. You son of a bitch."
He wasn't used to fights getting up close and personal. It hurt when his head hit the floor. He pulled his sword and scrambled to his feet. If this bitch wanted a fight, she'd get one. Albeit a short one. The sword glowed in the dim light.
Ariana pulled up short when she focused on the sword. It glowed. It wasn't reflecting the sunlight coming through the roof. It wasn't reflecting the fire of the gemstone. It was glowing itself. Obviously, she was still in the time of gods and goddesses and what amounted to magic. This god wanted Hercules dead. That narrowed the field a bit.
"At your service. You could even boast you knocked the god of war down - if you survived."
"I'm still alive." It was a hollow boast even in her own ears. She could take a lot of damage, but there was a chance that a god could kill her, permanently. She moved to stay out of reach of the shimmering blade. If she could just get him to talk. "I'm a little surprised to find out that *you* are."
He laughed. It wasn't a pleasant sound in the enclosed space. "Getting buried alive is not the most pleasurable of experiences." The words were out before he realized that she probably hadn't known she was back in her own time before this. She watched his face change as he recognized his error. He was arrogant and he was inclined to boast. Both could be used to her advantage if she could keep away from the sword while she talked to him.
"If you're incarcerated, how did you manage to effect me? You can't get out, so how -"
He made a circling motion with the tip of his blade. "Concentration and power. They made certain I couldn't get out and that all war magic is blocked -"
"But this wasn't actively warlike."
"No. It wasn't. You still fouled it up."
"Maybe you should have met me when I arrived and explained the idea instead of Hera."
"Hera? She meddled in this? No wonder -"
The thought distracted him enough to give her an opening. Instead of trying to harm him, she went for the sword. It might just give her an edge against an angry god. As she knocked it from his grasp, she nearly lost it herself. To retain her grip on the thing she ended up sprawled on the floor in the dirt. There was a howl of dismay that nearly deafened her. Something had happened. She scooted across the floor to the nearest wall and settled against it before pulling her hair out of her face to see what had happened.
Her opponent was on his hands and knees on the floor where she had hit him. There was something different about him. He was still big and muscled but something was gone. Even his clothes looked different. He wasn't wearing well cared for leather anymore. He looked up at her with glaring eyes.
"Give me my sword," he commanded.
He reached toward her. She kicked his hand away. "Ow!" Pain.
"Give me back my sword!" It was a bellow of rage as he launched toward her.
She moved just far enough out of his way to be able to come up behind him and get a good hold on his neck and hair. His hair felt greasy, unwashed. Her strength was surprising for one not a warrior. He felt his air being cut off. He tried to dislodge her. This was worse than being taken on by Xena. He started to black out from lack of oxygen.
"Enough." The hold on his throat loosened. He gasped for air. "What do you want?"
"To go home."
"Fine. Give me the sword."
"The sword. The sword has the power."
"I have the power. The sword focuses it."
"You're lying. Oh, I don't doubt that your own genetics have a great deal to do with your ability to wield the sword's power. Some sort of synergy, I would think. But I think the sword is the key. Isn't it?" She tightened her grip again.
He tried to dislodge her again. He heard the blade hit the ground. He went to his knees and then onto his belly to reach for that precious blade, his crown of godhood. Ariana let go of his hair and brought the point of her elbow down on his bicep. He howled in pain, jerking his hand back. She released him and dove for the sword herself. She came up as he did. The point of the sword touched the base of his throat. She suspected that as long as someone else was in control of the sword, he could not take it from them. His actions confirmed this. Instead of grabbing the blade to wrest it from her, he backed away from the point spreading his arms away from his body to indicate his surrender, however temporary.
"Now what?" he grated.
"Circles," she said thoughtfully. "Whirling winds. Sympathetic magic?" She made small circling motions with the sword. She could feel power pulsing through it. "That's part of it." She could read confirmation in his eyes. "But how to choose where to go? And where are we?"
"My tomb," he answered as though stating the obvious.
Her eyes flickered to the ceiling. "Why don't you just climb out of here?"
"I can't."
"You're a - It's enchanted against your getting out. But the sword can open a - a doorway, a portal." There was something wrong with the line of reasoning, but she couldn't fathom it. And the sword seemed to be taking on a life of its own. It was still circling, although she wasn't causing it to do so. Power continued to build as she backed away from him. The sword having opened a portal before was now attuned to doing so. "How do you tell it where?" she whispered.
"Just think about it."
A vision of hot, dry, pine covered mountains filled her mind. She could see the old adobe house outside Cloudcroft with its modern additions. She could see the stable where she had intended to house a couple of range mustangs. The whirlwind was there, though this time it was manifesting as a sideways tunnel. Home. It called to her. She stepped forward to the mouth of that whirling tunnel. Something heavy hit her, knocking the sword out of her grasp but pushing her into the tunnel. She hit gravel and rolled. The black whirling tunnel was gone. But she was not alone.
"My sword!" he howled again. Ten feet away from her was Ares, the Ancient Greek god of war reduced to mortal status by lack of his enchanted sword. Once again on his hands and knees, he beat one fist against the gravel drive until it hurt too much to continue. He scrambled up into a crouch to face her.
"You did this!"
She took a step backwards at the fury in his face. Then she grinned and laughed. "So. You're out, aren't you?"
"I'm mortal!"
"Live with it." She walked past him to the house. The state of the art electronic lock accepted her pass code and let her in to the cool darkness of the living room. She threw herself into her favorite chair, kicked off her sandals and put her feet up. It felt good to be back in familiar surroundings. She would miss Salmoneus. Sweet, enterprising Salmoneus. She would have to see if she could unearth any records of the ancient entrepreneur. Her eyes snapped open. What day was it? What year? It had to be close to the time she disappeared. The house didn't look like it had been empty for very long. Was she late for the beginning of the semester?
She reached for the phone and was relieved to find it still worked. She hadn't missed too may bills. She dialed the time and temperature service. August 15, 1996. She breathed a sigh of relief and hung up, letting the lethargy of relief flow through her. She just wanted to sit and be comfortable for a while.
Ares stood in the gravel drive and watched the woman walk away from him. She was walking away from him. How could she? He was the god of war - All right, for now he was the ex-god of war. That still didn't give her the right to walk away from him that way. Who did she think she was? Callisto? Xena? Maybe she was as good as they were, in her own way, but -
He stopped trying to figure it out and walked up the driveway to the house. The door did not open at his push. This was crazy. Doors opened when you pushed on them, unless they were held from the other side. The door held. He hit the door with his fist and regretted it. Now his knuckles were sore in addition to the deepening bruise on the side of the same hand. Inside Ariana opened her eyes and looked at the door. Why didn't the idiot just come in? Then she grinned. Of course. He didn't know about doorknobs. She thought about letting him stew for a while, but decided that since she was now home, she could afford to be a little more gracious than that. She got up, padded over to the door and opened it just as he was about to pound on it again. "It's open."
"I noticed." He pushed past her into the room. It was small by his standards, but felt comfortable. He commandeered the couch and looked around. "It'll do."
"It better. This is what there is."
"Fine. I'll sleep here."
"It's comfortable."
"So's the bed in the bedroom."
"Modern living arrangements are divided up. This is a living room. It's for the social interaction of those who live in the house and their outside friends, relations and the occasional enemy. Then there are bedrooms: rooms in which the main accouterment is a bed. Generally with clean sheets and blankets and pillows. Also a little more comfortable than my overstuffed couch because even a man of your height can stretch out comfortably instead of getting stuck in an uncomfortable position."
"OK. So where do you cook?" It was obvious that the fireplace in front of him was not the primary cooking area.
"In the kitchen."
"Kitchen. This way."
Despite his desire to remain in command of the situation, or at least feel like he was, he got up and followed her. The kitchen was difficult. Set up for her own use, it ran around the perimeters of what had once been an all purpose room. A fixed island dominated the center of the room, a gleaming light fixture overhead. Ariana pulled out one of the stools clustered around it and indicated he should sit.
"Yes." And he was. He'd forgotten how being mortal was different from being a god. Food was a pleasure of the senses, but not necessary for a god. It was very necessary for a mortal body. He hated being mortal. He tried to not watch while Ariana checked the refrigerator for still edible foodstuffs, pulled two microwave dinners out of the freezer and put them in the microwave for several minutes, made a relatively fresh salad and set out chips and salsa. He looked at the chips and salsa suspiciously.
"You use the chips to scoop up the salsa and eat both," she instructed and did so in illustration. "Mm - this is hot so be careful." Realizing he probably would not be careful, she handed him a large mug of cold water just as he discovered what she meant by hot. "Jalapenos will get you every time."
"You tried to poison me," he finally accused in a strangled voice.
"No. This is local. And this is mild compared to some of the things I've eaten. Now. The food is hot - heat hot, not pepper hot. Give it a minute to get cool enough to eat. And this, this is a salad. Raw vegetables with a cream based sauce. Also not spicy hot. We eat a lot of this stuff. Somebody figured out it's good for you and tastes pretty good, too." She took a stool on the opposite side of the counter island and started eating.
Cautiously, Ares followed suit. His appetite returned when the food didn't bite back.
Ariana observed that it was obvious he needed to learn a few things. Forks seemed a foreign concept. She considered how many times she'd decided fingers were the best utensil and refrained from saying anything. Lunch over, she cleared the debris away, put the dishes in the dishwasher and started out of the room. A thought hit her as she was on her way out. She stopped in the doorway.
"Come with me."
"Because there's one more kind of room you need to know about." She introduced him to the bathroom from illustrating the concept of flushing to non-well produced water. Then she looked him up and down and suggested a bath.
"A what?"
"A bath. You stink."
"Why thank you."
"I'm serious. You are offensive in more than just your attitudes. Strip."
He got a lecherous grin on his face and did so. Instead of coming to grips with his hostess, he was left with a bathtub, running water and no clothes. "Hey!"
"I'll bring you something. Wash."
He managed to get the water turned off and not to scald himself as he settled into the tub. The warmth felt surprisingly good, although it made his hand throb where he had bruised it. Ariana returned in a few minutes with a washcloth, soap and shampoo.
"Gonna help me?"
"Only on the hair. Here." She handed him the washcloth and soap.
"What is this?"
"Soap. You rub it on the cloth, the cloth on you and then you rinse the suds off."
"You do it."
"I'm washing your hair." She emptied a cup of warm water over his head.
"I could let you sleep in some. Now shut up and behave." She applied the shampoo to his probably never washed hair and worked it in. Four washings later, she decided he was acceptable. She pulled the plug on the tub and turned on the showerhead to get him rinsed off. The towel was easy to figure out. It felt good against his skin. Then came the problem of getting him into the only clothes she had on hand that would fit. She almost giggled. The god of war in t-shirt and blue jeans struck her as funny. Luckily the friend who had left the clothing preferred button fronts to zippers.
Ares came out of the bathroom and stood there for her inspection. The clothing was uncomfortably close cut, but soft enough to be comfortable anyway. His own footwear completed his wardrobe.
"Much better. Clean really works on you."
"Thank you. Now, my sword."
"Is in your tomb."
"Which is -"
"How would I know? It was your tomb."
"You don't know where the tomb of Ares is? It's a landmark. It's -"
"It's falling down wherever it is. There was light coming through the ceiling, remember?"
"Ever since those two -" Ares muttered.
"Ever since what?"
"Ever since Xena and Gabrielle's descendants blew it up."
"Smart kids. I don't know where it is. I'll have to do some research. You really want to be stuck back in there?"
"Stuck? I'm out. I want my sword."
"Well, I'm due to start work on my doctorate in anthropology - When!?" She darted out of the room, located her computer and consulted it as to just when her first classes were. "Tomorrow!" she exclaimed.
Ares had followed her. The computer was a mystery, but it seemed to have annoyed Ariana. He felt pleased with this.
She turned to face him. "According to the calendar, I'm due to start tomorrow. I get to go meet my advisor, a Dr. Jonas Binet. I'll see what I can look up when I'm not busy."
"What? This is important. I need my sword."
"Ares, you don't need your sword. There is no temple waiting for you. There are no worshippers out here waiting for the god of war to bestow his largesse on them. Your function is defunct."
His face darkened in anger. He turned on his heel and walked back into the room where he'd dressed and sat down. He could get through this. After all, she wasn't a warrior, what did she know. Just wait until he got his hands on his sword. There would be a need for a god of war then.
"You're wrong."
"No, I'm not," she told him from the doorway.
"I'll prove it."
"I'll think of something."
Ariana left him to his own thoughts while she changed out of the dress Salmoneus had procured for her and into her own jeans and a comfortable flannel shirt. The outfit was basic, but she luxuriated in its familiarity. There was a crash of glass being broken. She went to see what it was. Ares was cradling his sword hand and swearing.
"Hurt yourself?"
"That clear stuff is sharp," he pointed out, nodding toward a broken window.
"Ah. Let me see." She took his hands in hers and investigated the slice he'd gotten. "That is deep. Come on, in the kitchen." Compared to their fight, her touch was gentle, avoiding doing any more hurt as much as possible. She cleaned the cut, applied a salve and bound his hand.
"Probably get a doctor to take a look at that tomorrow when we're in Las Cruces."
"Will that help?"
"It couldn't hurt."
The rest of the afternoon she spent cleaning out the stables while he watched or paced like a great cat. Dinner was quiet and Ares retired to bed without protest. He even swallowed the pills she gave him to keep the throbbing in his damaged hand from disturbing his rest.
She rousted him out of bed at sunrise. Ares eyed the wagon they would take to town with misgiving. There were no horses and he could sense no magic. The noise of the engine when she turned it on was disquieting. Given a choice between going and being left at the house on his own, he chose to go with her.
The trip down the mountain was invigorating. The road was smoother than any he had traveled before, although the turns in the road as it curved down the path of least resistance were wrenching. The road flattened out as they passed through what he thought was a city and out into a desert area. They passed over another mountain pass and into a larger city, finally stopping in a parking lot at New Mexico State University. Ariana grabbed a backpack out of the back of her jeep and headed into the Anthropology building without much thought for Ares.
On the third floor, Dr. Binet was just finishing setting up his office as he liked it. His first appointment was late, but he had discovered that this was to be expected in the southwestern United States. There was a knock at the door and a breathless Ariana looked around the edge. She stopped dead in the doorway. Her face blanked in reflex to being startled.
"Dr. - Binet?" she asked, giving his name the French intonation rather than the English one.
He smiled. "Yes. I'm Jonas Binet. And you are -?"
"Dracosi. Belinda Dracosi."
"You're late, Miss Dracosi."
"Sorry. I got tangled up in some things and didn't get out of Cloudcroft until about 7 this morning. It's a longer drive than I remembered," she ended lamely.
"Is something wrong?"
"Wrong? No." Nothing was wrong, she just couldn't take her eyes off the man who looked so much like Salmoneus; a modern dress Salmoneus with puzzled eyes behind his reading glasses. She smiled at him. This could be interesting. "And call me Ariana. It's a - a gift name I'm fond of."
He found himself smiling back. Outside, in the stairway, a deeply masculine voice could be heard cussing about something. Ariana closed the door behind her. There was time enough to deal with the petulant ex-god of war - later.


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My developerWorks tip of the week: Best practices for starting groups and wikis
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My developerWorks. Here are tips to help you get started or make the group or wiki you already have even better.
Should you start a My developerWorks group or a wiki?
A wiki gives you the ability to build web pages collaboratively around a specific topic.
A group allows members to join, use a discussion board, communicate with the group, share bookmarks, share files, start a blog and start a wiki.
A group offers you many more community features to help you build an active community around a specific topic. So, if you want to build a community that you can have a two-way conversation with, I highly recommend that you start a group, and then start a wiki from within that group if you want to start a wiki.
What's the topic of your group or wiki?
Having a well defined topic, can help your group or wiki be successful. Pick a topic that you are knowledgeable and passionate about. Consider whether you'd like a broad topic that might attract a larger audience or a more niche topic that might let you focus on more narrow interests.
Before you create one, try doing a search to see if there's already a group or wiki on the same topic or a similar topic. If so, you may want to join that and be part of it, instead of starting a new one.
If you want to be more active in the group, you can contact the group owner and let them know what you have in mind to see if it makes sense for to join an existing group instead of starting a new one.
What do you hope to accomplish in your group or wiki?
Do you want to share information? Form a network of people? Create collaborative content? Talk about current events and trends? Having an idea of what you're trying to accomplish before you start your group can help you be more successful.
Create a group charter to describe the purpose of your group.
What do you want to name the group or wiki? And how do you want to describe it?
Spend a little time thinking about your group or wiki name. You want it to capture the essence of what your group or wiki is all about. You want the name to be easily understood. Be careful about including acronyms in your name that may not be easily recognized. You should probably consider keeping the name relatively short as well.
Have a nice group description and graphic for your group - this helps it stand out. In your group description, you may also want to include something like "Your Name is the group moderator. Feel free to contact Your Name if you have questions."
Do you want your group to be public, moderated or private?
Who's going to lead your group or wiki?
If you want to have a successful, active group or wiki, it helps to have a leader or moderator. Anyone can start a group or wiki - but helping it grow and be successful takes effort. Before starting a group or wiki, you should consider whether this is a commitment you're willing to make.
Things a group or wiki leader might do include:
Make a plan for the first few months in your group or wiki:

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wow, that looks hella fun already
wow, that looks hella fun already
Wow man, looks like adding flips in, and out, of grinds went smoothly. I'm only saying that because you didn't say you ran into any issues with that. It looks great though, and you got some sweet clips in that video. What's the next step?
There are some minor hitches I'm ironing out. Apparently it didn't work so well riding goofy foot so I'm about to fix that.
I'll probably spend the next week just optimizing and making things smoother, making flip outs completely bug free.
After that, I'll probably add powerslides and I've been thinking about adding a wind up for faster spins. It'll be a button you hold and then hit the left trigger to open your shoulders front side (for regular foot) then when you do a backside spin it'll be faster, same with the other trigger then turning front side. It's like you load up the opposite way, it holds for like a second. After that is grabs and no complies. And off board controls, and I'm sure I'm forgetting something. But then the demos done other than making better animations. I haven't actually started with animations. It's all been placeholder
if(_setup == Setup.Regular){
____if(grounded || grinding){
} else { // If Goofy Footed
_______ ListenForFlips();
Under regs, you can do flips if you are grounded or grinding... but goofy left out the or grinding part. haha.
Needless to say, it's fixed now. haha.
Dude you seriously killing this shit right now. major props for the continued progress!!
droools.//// just imagining all the possibilities. more FOV pulling the cam back a bit more, and getting under or leveled out more with the obstacle and/or skater.
Looking minto. dat motionblur always clean. you write that or unity based?
Yeah definitely gonna work on the camera system. Right now you can press down on the dpad to lower the camera like this and up on the dpad to bring it back up. I'm probably going to rewrite the entire camera system before release, as gameplay is what I'm focused on right now and the camera was just a quick fix for the moment.
Yeah and the motion blur is standard unity.
holy fucking shit that looks so good, I have TONS and TONS more to say about it: but will wait
want to jam this shit right now!
oh the adjustments sound key. good idea.
Ive always had in the back of my head why don't skateboarding games in general have a normal camera system with rotation like open world games.
I assumed it wasnt need really. but it would also be hard to control the camera and skate at the same time. Making it obsolete also if you have a replay function.
Anyways my point is having a focus system for camera control. like GTA has on mission objectives (when you press B[xbox]/O[ps]) but slightly less concentrated.
technically a secondary function, allowing you to either slow down time to setup and get your camera angle right for the obstacle before execution. Freely rotating around with the camera solely focused on what your skating with your player in center position 3rd person still. Possibly done by clicking a trigger initiating the ability to move the camera, give option on a timed focus or give infinite control, slow down, pause, rewind, session marker. Other than that it would be a normal follow cam attached to player accommodating to the obstacle and players position. Geez I need billions dollars(dont we all lmfao) and a dev team. All of that in first person, looking down watching your feet setup for a trick in VR. not in my lifetime haha fack.
excuse my imagination. went a little overboard xD
could just add sliders for camera options in the end, usually does the trick haha xD
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Yeah, for launch though, I'm probably just gonna have a high and low cam, that you can toggle between with a button and left or right which also toggles with a button. I'll look into crazier stuff later, I just need to make what I have solid for launch that's all.
I've been following this for a long time, but never really said anything. That is looking real good. Holy crap. You seemed to have worked out a lot of the kinks in the physics. At this point it kind of just looks like the animation needs refined (I'm saying it looks like it, because I don't have any idea what kind of issues there may be that aren't shown in the videos)
I've been on and off experimenting with skateboard physics in Unity for years at this point and wish any of my attempts were anywhere close to that. Granted you seem to have put a way more time into it than I have but still. I kind of drive myself mad every time I work on it, probably because I'm not quite as knowledgable with the math and the physics of what I try to do. I might be overcomplicating it and/or striving for too much of an advanced physics system, but whatever. Shits hard. So props to you, you are doing amazing work.
Thanks dude, actually the animations haven't really been focused on yet. What you see is 4 static poses and inverse kinematics procedurally moving the feet, hips and head through code. Once the base gameplay is done though, animations are the first thing I'm going to focus on. I'm trying to secure a session in a motion capture studio, and if not I'll look into getting a perception neuron mocap suit and see if I can go from there. It'll look much much better with proper animations.
And just when things were going so smoothly, I found out 144hz monitors don't play too nicely when doing grinds. It stutters when grinding, but only when running at 144hz. I really want to support higher refresh rates so I'm gonna do my best to fix that but if it's something I can't fix, I may only be able to support 60hz, which was my target anyways because of an eventual console release. If I can fix this soon enough, I'll be adding many more features of the core gameplay and getting much closer to a demo. If I can't fix it, well I may have to cap the frame rate at 60, cause it's relatively smooth sailing at 60 fps.
Trying to push a hot fix through, but my only tester with a 144hz monitor is sleeping D: I suppose it's necessary to sleep sometimes.... haha
oooh Im on 120hz. If I can be of any assistance lol jokes.
hope its get sorted. if not eh at least its not 30 lmfao.
Stutter is gone on 144hz!!! Wooooo!
Mellow Park got an upgrade.. Check out Mellow Plaza.
OMG!!!! This is insane. Spots looks already better than the whole Skate 3 city.
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so fucking goofy I love every second, the tres look like nollie tres and the nollie heelflips are TOO TIGHT!! (meaning sick)
It's coming along super good. Been watching all updates on YouTube I just don't comment much. Looks cool. You may have covered it already but how does it control? Anyway I'm enjoying watching your progress. This thread should be in a different topic. It is the longest intro thread ever
I don't want to make a new thread or subforum until the actual name gets announced. Which is technically still up for debate. I've pretty much decided, but I also want to finish the demo first before announcing it. Also, might be booking flights out to Philadelphia for motion capture sessions so if that falls through, I may replace the animations entirely before the actual trailer/announcement. Because, I still have put next to no effort into animations yet, that'll come after gameplay is done.
About controls, they are listed on the first few pages. But it's a dual stick control scheme. Back in 2014, I mapped out the controls, but there are still some things I never told anyone, on this forum or otherwise (well, except the bug testers) about control wise that I will wait until the project gets more momentum. Basically though, you pop or scoop with one stick, flick with the other, turn with the triggers kind of thing. Yes, other teams have come to a similar conclusion, ours will be slightly different, but I came to this conclusion 3, almost 4 years ago. I firmly believe that a dual stick control scheme is the future of skateboarding games.
This project has single handedly brought me back to check fluck it on the regular. The kink rail stuff is some of the greatest game footage I've seen in years. I do have a question, though and I'm not sure if it's been answered so forgive me, but, in watching you do each trick, I notice that your legs usually move in somewhat the same way. I was wondering because of the physics based nature of this game if those animations are only based on how you comfortably do certain tricks? Like, if I were to do the tricks would they look different because of how I do them?
Sorry if I worded that weird, I was just curious as to if the tricks look different depending on the player, like in real life with how different people have different styles.
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That being said, the way the feet move now is based on how you move the sticks. Once you pop and flick your trick, if you move both sticks forward both feet will go forward, if you move your sticks backwards both will go backwards. So if you do tre flips where your back foot hangs back you can do that, if you like tre flips that have both feet tucked forward you can do that too. Hope that answers the question.
Show us somethin new pls! I am feelin nervous, if theres not something new for week. :-D
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I'm currently in the middle of a large number of updates, so it'll be a little before some footage. Sorryyyyy
Game looks amazing so far
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anytime I come back to look at the vids, I always imagine the possibilities if there was a full team behind you to work on this 9-5/5 days a week.
Holy tits.
You should be EXTREMELY PROUD of yourself for this dude.
Stay Blessed!
Thanks for the support guys. It's starting to really come together, something I feel I can be proud of. Like I said before, I'm making a pretty big overhaul right now, even the testers haven't gotten a new version in a month, probably wont get another for a few weeks. BUT, that version, I might can let some of you play as well. The download just can't get out there yet, that's why I'm being very selective and withdrawn at the moment. It's the only thing I'll be able to use (the demo that is) as incentive for bigger youtubers and media peoples to encourage some coverage, they want to have exclusive demos etc. It wont be perfect, it wont look as good as it could, but it'll be damn fun. And with the changes I'm making it already feels like a different game from the last video. It's much much smoother now, and much more consistent. I can't tell you have fun it is to do things like switch fs flip 5-0s. Just doing tre flips feel so good. But hang in there guys.


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Disobeying Marissa's explicit instructions (sorry, girl!), I went volcano boarding (fun article about it here). The tour operator I signed up with didn't have the safety gear we'd heard about – Big Foot Hostel, the originators of volcano boarding, have you wear safety orange jumpsuits and goggles. My tour company had none of that, so I was worried at first… until I found out why. Big Foot's boards have steel plates bolted to the bottom, so you literally fly along at 70 km/hr, whereas ours were simply wood, so we went fairly slowly. But I'm getting ahead of myself..
After a bumpy ride through dirt track in a 4×4, constantly stopping for livestock and tractors, we arrived at the base of Cerro Negro volcano. It's the youngest, and one of the most active, volcanoes in the world. I love volcanoes! Each one is so unique, alien, and spectacular. Because this one is so young, there is zero vegetation on it. The landscape is barren black rocks of differing sizes – sometimes large boulders, other places pebbly or even like sand. As we got closer to the crater, there were pockets of smoke and gas, weirdly colored rocks and fine powder. The ground was warm, even hot to the touch in places. Going down into the crater is not recommended because the gases can overwhelm you.
It was a beautiful 45-minute hike up to the top (and 45 seconds down!); we were rewarded with stunning views of the other volcanoes in the area, and could even see out to the sea. The winds were wicked strong, and the sun was setting. For some reason there were also a lot of strange insects amassing at the top, including one cluster of the famous "killer bees" huddled on the ground against the wind. I decided not to pet them.
The few times I've snowboarded, I've always made that mistake of catching the leading edge on the snow, which stops me dead and sends my head slamming into the ground. Which is not a big problem on ski slopes, I just end up with a headache at the end of the day. But.. I thought it best not to attempt such a thing on volcanic rock.. so, I decided to go with one of the sit-down sleds instead.
Ironically, after all the terrifying stories we'd heard, it was actually kind of a slow slide down the mountain. I could fairly easily control my speed with my feet, but most of the time just tried to go faster. After arriving at the bottom, I wished I had gone with the stand-up boards. So, while others were taking their time coming down, I grabbed one of the boards already at the bottom and proceeded to hike my way halfway back up, to try boarding. This was a good workout – hiking up volcanic skree feels like Sisyphus with his rock – two steps forward, one slide backwards. Repeat.
Anyway, I managed to strap the board on and ride it down. It was good fun, but I do kinda wish I had gone with the crazy daredevils with the faster boards. Ah well, at least this way I still have all my limbs!
At the end, we all looked like we had either really good tans or had taken employment as chimney sweeps. I'm still finding rocks in strange places.
I didn't manage to get a video, but there are some good ones on YouTube here and here.
Incidentally, this is the very same slope that the world speed record for mountain biking was set on a few years ago: Eric Barone, who broke the world speed record for mountain biking on Nov 4, 2001, tried to break it again by riding down Cerro Negro volcano in Nicaragua. Seconds into his descent, Barone's $30,000 bicycle snapped in half, hurtling the cyclist down the volcano at 107 MPH! Dramatic video here. Wow, that looks fun! (until the wipe-out)..


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Remember the lost bounty of guns, gold, jewels and Joy Division and New Order master tapes found by British restaurateur Jamie Oliver as he was excavating and old bank in Manchester, England a few weeks back? Some jokester – or group of jokesters – capitalized on the moment quietly planting a track called "Arial" out there in the internet as a purported lost take circa Joy Division's 1979 debut album Unknown Pleasures. Nevermind that the chord progression is lifted straight from one of The Stooges' finest. Or that the lyrics are an obvious punchline: "My TV is bugging me/Wanna stay up and watch my programs." Bassist Peter Hook also took to telling NME that "If Ian Curtis ever sang lyrics like that, I'd have kicked him up the arse."
The Art of the Lyric Video:
NPR's got a great expose on the resurgence of lyric videos these days, framing things around George Michael's precedent in the early 90s with "Praying for Time," before the days of YouTube when labels and artists had sole distribution control. Pointing to the fact that fan-submitted lyric videos pop up in crazy amounts as soon as a single makes its way to the internet, the article waxes on aforementioned artists and labels taking back control and using it as both an art from and marketing device. SongLyrics being a lyric site, we nerd out over this type of thing. And certainly hope it will become an industry standard, as we consumers become more and more inundated with sights and sounds. Our most recent lyric video fav: The Shins' "September."
The Iconic Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I. (July 28-29) has released its initial 2012 lineup, spotlighting a good 43 artist thus far, from heavy-hitters My Morning Jacket to parlor acts like the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys. While the indie-cred runs deep as well: Iron & Wine, Sharon Van Etten, The Tallest Man On Earth, TUNE-YARDS, First Aid Kit, Conor Oberst, etc. Also threading in a strong Woody Guthrie presence, as well, as the folk world celebrates the 100th year of his birth, the Guthrie Family Reunion will perform, as will folkie supergroup Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker and Jim James as New Multitudes, the name of the ode-to-Guthrie record they just dropped on Tuesday.
Big Six dinosaur Warner Music is looking to get all technologic up in internet land, nurturing its YouTube channel with alternative concepts to standard music videos reports the L.A. Times. Dubbed "The Warner Sound," one series will take the name "Staged," in which an artist's lyrics are acted out in drama scenarios. While "The Live Room" will aspire to replicate intimate live recordings a La Blogoteque's "Take Away" series. Warner being the only Big Six to distribute its videos directly on YouTube and its own artist's websites, as apposed to VEVO, this will likely raise the bar for other labels.
A smart bunch of pilgrims decided to trust the accusations of a nine and 11-year-old girl "afflicted" with some unexplainable malady the sufferers of witchcraft, and proceeded to allow the two girls to condemn those responsible. Initiated on this day in 1692, the Salem Witch Hunt took the lives of 19 men and women, mostly hung, with at least one poor soul the recipient of death by crushing. Arena jam-rockers Rush wrote a song about it once, actually putting Neil Peart's genius drumming to poignant use with the final verse:
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Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson is proving to have the Midas touch.
Whether it's his drafting, signing of free agents or claiming players off waivers, most of his transactions have turned to gold.
One of the prime reasons Thompson has fared so well is because of the confidence and trust he places in the players he signs. Those players respond to that trust.
It's no secret that Thompson isn't a huge spender in free agency, which has shown to be a wise decision. Free-agent signings that pay off are the exception and not the rule.
There are few high-profile free-agent signings like Charles Woodson or Julius Peppers that benefit both parties. Most free agents in the NFL end up costing a team far more than they deliver on the field.
But Thompson's method of re-signing his players has paid dividends.
Take for example nearly every re-signing he made before the 2010 season. Thompson re-signed or gave contract extensions to Nick Collins, Ryan Pickett, Chad Clifton, Mark Tauscher, Donald Driver and Woodson.
Which of those didn't pay off? The argument could be made that signing Tauscher was a mistake, but that would be hindsight. Coming into the season, Bryan Bulaga was an unknown and wasn't a guarantee to start or be effective.
Also consider some lesser-profile restricted free agent re-signings like John Kuhn and Jarrett Bush.
Kuhn was offered a one-year deal before this season despite the Packers having two fullbacks already under contract at a position that's becoming extinct across the NFL.
In his fifth year as a professional, Kuhn broke out and became a member of Packers folklore. As a fullback, halfback, short-yardage specialist and receiver out of the backfield, Kuhn has demonstrated his versatility and established his worth.
In 2009, Bush signed a three-year offer sheet with the Tennessee Titans as a restricted free agent. Thompson showed his faith in Bush, matched the offer, and watched him become arguably the best special teams player for the Packers this season.
Bush still has problems on defense, but his modest deal worth a little over $1 million was deserved for his special-teams value alone this season.
The maligned cornerback is so well respected by his teammates that he was voted a Green Bay captain for the entire playoff run. If the Packers happen to make it to the Super Bowl, Bush will be out there for the coin flip, representing his team for the entire world to see.
"We have the tradition of having weekly captains, but this is something that's voted on by the team, and it shows a lot of respect, and I know every individual is proud of it," said head coach Mike McCarthy before the playoffs.
After this season, Thompson and the Packers will have several tough decisions to make on pending free agents, perhaps none tougher than wide receiver James Jones.
Jones was roundly criticized for dropping a deep, second-quarter pass from quarterback Aaron Rodgers that hit him square in the hands and could have pushed the score to 21-3 before halftime at Philadelphia.
The criticism has been fair. Jones dropped passes that could have gone for long gains or touchdowns against the New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants as well. And who can forget his fourth-quarter fumble in Week 3 at Chicago?
Some observers have argued that Jones is too inconsistent and should be allowed to walk away.
But that's not the Thompson way. By rewarding him with a contract and showing faith in him, Jones could become the next player in a long line of Packers to show a return on investment.
By virtue of his drops, Jones probably won't command a huge contract on the open market. There's reason to believe he'll be available to come back to Green Bay at a Packer-friendly rate.
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There we were. The week of Spring Break in the midwest and what did we have to show for it? Giant mounds of snow and children off their daily schedules. Every kid friendly place was completely overcrowded, as parents were trying to find things to do!
Luckily, I had a plan. I stopped by Hobby Lobby the week before, picking up a series of art supplies for the occasion. In the midst of all my glorious planning, I had one of those awesome mommy moments! Come on ladies, you the ones?! In this case, I forgotten to pick up washable paints. Oh well, (said no mother ever), acrylic it is!
- Painters tape (I used electrical tape because it's what we had on hand.)
- Foam brushes
- Washable paints (If you remember)
- Canvases
- Stickers (To add a design. They didn't attach to the canvases well.)
We forged ahead! Creating both a beautiful mess and timeless masterpieces that will forever hold the beauty and vibrance of the day. But, these pieces weren't created simply to past the time. They were created with a purpose in mind. In fact, I have been saving all her preschool masterpieces for this occasion!
I have always felt the best home decor are pieces that both inspired and brightened our day. What could be more inspiring than our children's art work!? With that in mind, I set out to find the perfect pieces to do just that.
Last Fall, as I was picking my daughter up from preschool, she handed me two beautiful pieces of her art work. It was these brightly painted pieces that I knew just had to be displayed. So, I was beyond thrilled when I found a print by Lucy Darling! Lucy Darling's vibrant girly print was perfect to compliment my preschoolers creations.
When I learned I would have the opportunity to work with Lucy Darling to review one of their beautiful prints, I practically jumped at the chance. It was their that I found the inspiration needed to begin decorating the girls playroom.
When it came to selecting a print, I wanted something that was both vibrant and relevant to our family. After combing through dozens of options, I finally settled on their 11×14 Honeycomb Love (Girl) Art Print. Why, you ask? Well, this particular girly print is donned with the phrase, "You Are Loved." This sweet and simple phrase is written in every children's book by Nancy Tillman. Who is a favorite of mine! In addition, I tell my babies daily, "You are loved and I love you!"
Haily Meyers is a graphic design artist and the mastermind behind Lucy Darling. Her inspiration began when she was expecting her first child. She created baby sticker sets to express her happiness during this new chapter of her life! After sharing her designs with those closest to her and receiving an outstanding response, she decided to open an Etsy Shop. Haily build her business from the ground up and it has grown from there! She designs quality products in the USA, with both mothers and baby's in mind! Her prints are made from recycled materials with eco-friendly, soy based inks.
I would love to hear how you store your preschoolers art work? How did you decide to decorate your home? Is it pure style? Or family driven?
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Like the military, correctional settings are very unique environments for psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and other mental health practitioners. Some have described it as practicing in a foreign country with its own language, customs, and rules. When it comes to dual or multiple relationships, there are two main areas where correctional settings, such as prisons, jails, and other detention facilities, require special understanding and special attention.
Treated/Therapist vs. Expert/Evaluator: In certain correctional and forensic settings, clinicians or treating psychologists are expected and/or mandated to serve also as court appointed evaluators and testify in court as experts. At times, forensic psychologists are required to provide reports regarding their psychotherapy patients' competency or fitness to stand trial, and may also be mandated to provide sanity reports. While forensic dual relationships of treater-experts is generally frowned upon (see articles on Forensic Dual Relationships), correctional settings are unique as such dual relationships may not be avoided as the courts or the facilities' regulations may mandate it.
Multiple Loyalties and Primary Responsibility for Safety: In prisons, jail, and detention settings, treaters or clinicians have a primary loyalty and legal responsibility to the institutions and concerns with security. For example, a clinician, in these settings, who hears about an escape plan must report it to the correctional staff. Similarly, a clinician who is aware of potential violence or harm in the correctional environment must repot this as well. The concerns with security and safety is above clinicians' or treaters' loyalty or responsibility to the welfare of their prisoner patients. Another dual role within forensic and correctional fields has been described as dissonance - experienced by practitioners - when attempting to adhere to the conflicting roles and conflicting ethical requirements associated with client well-being and community protection and safety.
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We asked our friends at Glassdoor, the careers site, to sift their database of company reviews for the answer. They pulled out the agency leaders who received at least 25 reviews from current or former employees over the last two years.
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So, I read quite a bit, everything from the classics to speculative fiction. I have so many favorite authors, Cormac McCarthy, William Faulkner, George R.R. Martin, Michael Cisco, KJ Bishop, I could go on and on. There are so many brilliant authors in the world, and I love their work. Yet, as many times as I've read The Sound and the Fury, I can't write like Faulkner. His style just doesn't click with me. There are, however, authors who have had a great affect on my writing, they've made me better.
Chuck Palahniuk: I've always been a decent enough writer, but I definitely used to come off a little forced, like I was trying really hard to write smart. I was a little stilted. Chuck Palahniuk completely changed my basic approach to writing with Survivor and Invisible Monsters. Palahniuk's style is so raw and unaffected, his use of the present tense adds a wonderful sense of nowness to his writing. When read aloud, both books have a certain rhythm that just sounds natural. I've adopted these techniques and am much better for them.
Jeff VanderMeer: I kind of promised Jeff I wouldn't write about him, but I can't skip his impact on me. Jeff's use of his craft is absolutely amazing. His words form sentences that create life. City of Saints and Madmen is such a masterpiece, I feel like I've spent a month in Ambergris, walking its cobblestones, barricading the door to my hostel, praying to avoid the chaos and death that shrouds the Festival of the Freshwater Squid. So few have the skill to write bizarre twisted worlds and make them so real, with such vivid characters. My writing is more alive because of him.
Catherynne M. Valente: Cat Valente flat out writes gorgeous prose. She writes darkly eloquent sentences that are often astonishingly chilling. She's truly an artist with language, she paints stunning images with words. Because of her novel, The Labyrinth, the dark things I write are far more beautiful.
I owe much of my skill to these three, their writing means a lot to me.
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My wife and I sleep confidently when our baby is in her nursery and the Angel Care Baby Movement and Sound Monitor is turned on. The alarm sensitivity can be adjusted to reduce false alarms. After 20 seconds of no movement, the alarm is triggered both on the base and the portable monitor. The monitor can also pass along sound from the nursery. It is even set-up to trigger an alarm if the room gets too cold or too hot (settings are customizable). The video options on baby monitors seem a little overkill. The nursery is usually pretty dark, and we try to sleep in the evenings when our daughter is sleeping. We hear her fine in the middle of the night with the monitor when she needs us.
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Fresh off his collaboration with Daito Manabe as part of The Creator's Project, Nosaj Thing performed live at Decibel Festival 2013 with Epic FX. Glitched beats, lasers and 3D visuals dazzled the crowd at the intimate Crocodile venue in downtown Seattle. This one-of-a-kind performance can now be seen HERE. Tracks performed include:
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Nosaj Thing became involved in music at a young age, and hip hop has had a profound influence on his music. At the age of 12, he learned the basics of turntables and began to produce on the computer shortly thereafter. Nosaj Thing has since played at various shows and festivals including Sónar Festival and Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. He self-released his debut EP, Views/Octopus, in 2006. His first full-length album, Drift, was released in 2009. The remix album, Drift Remixed, was released in 2010. His sophomore album, Home, was released in 2013.
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Go on the journey of experiencing the success you desire. This track gives you a mentor that acts as a model for you and your new skills, behaviors, thoughts, and actions. You simply relax your way to success.
The prayer track declares the truth about your skills, gifts, and talents. The prayer track also affirms your ability to create, do, be and have all that you hope for and desire. There have been many scientific studies that have proven the power of prayer. Prayer plants the seeds in your mind to remind you of your greatness and unlimited potential.
With the visioning track, you will receive insights, inspiration, and intuitive guidance to help you on your journey to having the life of your dreams. Visioning is analogous to having a blank DVD and allowing a new fresh idea, thought, or inspiration to come to you.
The reflections track helps you relax, think, and contemplate about the realization of your dreams and aspirations. The sounds and vibrations of the Native American flute give you the opportunity to take in all the positivity and the possibilities offered by the other five tracks.


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Franchising Criteria
INFO | SUBMIT AN INQUIRY | AVAILABLE MARKETS | CRITERIA | FAQs
TO BE CONSIDERED AS AN FAO CANDIDATE, you or your partnership must meet the following criteria:
Be Passionate about the Noodles & Company Brand
– Understand and appreciate our food, team and culture
– Driven to provide an exceptional dining experience to our guests
Embrace Shared Values
– An insatiable learner who's entrepreneurial, enthusiastic and driven to succeed
Willingness to Become Proficient in all Aspects of Running a Noodles & Company Restaurant
Possess Significant Business Experience
– Successful business ownership or a history of business leadership
– Demonstrated ability in developing and leading teams, managing operations and delivering financial results
– Ability to develop and execute a multi-unit development and operational business plan
Live in and Understand the Market to be Developed
– Personal understanding of the market to be developed
– Commitment to devote full-time resources and the partnership's best efforts to day-to-day operations
Possess Financial Resources Necessary to Capitalize Your Business
For 3 to 5 restaurants
– Minimum liquid cash or available assets of $1,500,000; net worth $3,000,000
For 5 to 8 restaurants
– Minimum liquid cash or available assets of $2,500,000; net worth $4,000,000
For more than 8 restaurants
– Minimum liquid cash or available assets of $3,500,000; net worth $5,000,000
Ability to borrow funds or have access to additional capital to fund development
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CQ YOTA De KT4NR
2001 4runner
Any other YOTA mobile ops here or just the Jeep guys Lets hear from you.
CQ YOTA De KT4NR
2001 4runner
Any other YOTA mobile ops here or just the Jeep guys Lets hear from you.
My old rig was an 07 FJ but a couple months ago I traded it in on a Tacoma. The Taco is going to be a little more challenging to mount a radio in. It's got a sunroof that's probably going to keep me from drilling the roof for an NMO mount. The FJ was easy as could be really. You'll find some pics of my radio install in my profile I think.
Brian - KF7ORO
You should write it up. FJs are good rigs.
Dan - KT4NR
Ex- KO1D, AA1TE, N1LYJ, M0CDR
96 Rav4 - Totaled
01 Ford Escape - Sold
01 Toyota 4runner - Still have
2015 Tacoma Crew Cab TRD Sport, with a Yaesu FTM-350. The transceiver is mounted behind the rear seat with the control head in the tray at the front of the center console.
2007 FJ Cruiser. Expedition ready, LT suspension, Kenwood D710 running APRSDroid.
Just got a 2001 T4R SR5 with 136k. New to the 4x4 world. Installing a Kenwood TM-V71a soon and Baofeng HT with Moblinkd TNC for APRS for storm spotting.
RACES certified weather spotter
1998 Tacoma Limited 4x4, lifted, plate rear bumper and Vet plate with "N7MCS". FT-8800
1999 4Runner 2wd.... radio coming soon.
Here is my build thread (with radio info). https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/...mw-too.401380/
98 Tacoma
My Build Thread (redirect to another site)
2015 Tacoma TRD Sport that is getting started on an overland build.
Current radio is a Kenwood TM-281A mounted to the right of the gear lever, moving to a Kenwood TM-V71a. have not decided where I will put it.
Currently going thru ARES certification, and do Summits on the Air in my free time.
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86 FJ60 - It's set up as an expedition vehicle rather than a rock crawler. I'll take some photos and upload them.
'99 4Runner SR5 4x4, 5 speed, e-locker, lift.
FJ Cruiser setup for off road cruising, deserts and mountain trails. Radio is an IC7100 for HF, 2 and 70cm and Icom UHF CB Radio to communicate with the wider 4x4 fraternity in Australia. Heading off for a 8 week Outback trip in 2 weeks..
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New to the forum, but I have a 2012 Toyota Tundra. Anyone 5888U mounted to the dash with some other fun toys. :-)
Hello, I'm new to the forum and also new to HAM radio even though I've been licensed for over a decade.
I have a stock 2015 Toyota Tacoma TRD offroad. Mounted in the dash cubby, above the cupholders, is a 2M Kenwood TM-281A. My antenna is mounted on the driver's side rear corner of the bed. This is the mount: http://www.bayareametalfab.com/2nd-G...ount_p_16.html I drilled it out and used an NMO with a Larsen NMO2/70. I would like to try the antenna mounted near the hood lip sometime to see if that nets any advantages. (I don't want to mount it to the roof due to low branches and also canoe/kayak clearance issues.)
I'm strongly considering moving up to a dual band radio with APRS capabilities. Maybe a Yaesu FTM-400 or Kenwood TM-D710.
I look forward to seeing everyone's setups and learning more.
Hi, I'm a newbie here.
Been licensed since 1972, got my FJ40 in 1968, and they have been married together for 49 years now. From Southern California, Orange, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties. Now down in flat land Florida. Do wheeling in a few surrounding states that have something higher that a 50 foot hill.
Have had many different rigs in the FJ40, from Heathkits with the warm ultra violet glow, now up to an Icom 7100 with SGC tuner, and Yaesu FTM-400XDR.
The FJ40 is somewhat stock, with a 1989 F2 engine upgraded to multi-port fuel injection. Stock running gear with the addition of a Toy Box Xfer case.
I like Geocaching also as it fits with the idea of getting out into the back country and exploring.
I support the local County as an Emergency Coordinator for ARES, working with Emergency Management. Previous call WA6QFC, now in Florida K4NEA.
Like to take the 40 anywhere it will go, and ham it up from the mobile and home.
Jerry D.
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BJ74 w/ a Yaesu FT-7800
and an HDJ81 with an FT-8800. Plotting the FT-857D/Scorpion install as we speak...
Last edited by VE7TFO; 09-27-2017 at 06:33 PM.
I had a 1979 FJ40. Loved that rig. took me anywhere I wanted to go. Han rig was a Kenwood TR-7950 with a mag mount antenna.
Just got registered on the forum.
2010 Tacoma.
From a bike ride that I drove support for last week.
I had a '97 for about 15 years.


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1956 Topps #135 Mickey Mantle PSA NM-MT 8
Starting Bid - $800.00, Sold For - $2,962.50
Graded NM-MT 8 by PSA. Superb ultra high-grade example of the gray-back variety of this classic Mickey Mantle card. The 1956 Topps Mantle card is highly regarded by collectors on many counts. In addition to being a striking card with an exceptional design, this card dates from Mantle's Triple Crown season. Many consider this to be the quintessential Mantle card. This is a gorgeous high-grade example. Crisp and clean, with near-perfect centering (just a hint to the left), flawless bright colors, perfect clarity and registration, and four sharp corners. Clean reverse. This is the key card in the set and one of the cornerstones to a high-grade 1950s Mantle card collection or a classic 1950s card collection. SMR value is $2,900. Reserve $800. Estimate $1,500/$2,500.
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Vegetable and Black-Eyed Pea Soup
Total Time:
Level: Moderate
Serves: 6
- 6 oz. cooked ham
- 4 medium carrots
- 3 medium celery stalks
- 2 medium onions
- 1 small zucchini
- 2 tbsp. salad oil
- 2 can black-eyed peas
- 2 can stewed tomatoes
- 1 can chicken broth
- ¼ tsp. coarsely ground black pepper
- Dice cooked ham. Thinly slice carrots. Chop celery stalks and onions. Cut zucchini lengthwise into quarters, then crosswise into 1/4-inch pieces.
- In 5-quart Dutch oven or saucepot over medium-high heat, in hot salad oil, cook ham, carrots, celery, and onions, stirring frequently, until vegetables are almost tender, about 10 minutes. Add zucchini and cook about 5 minutes longer or until vegetables are tender.
- Stir in black-eyed peas, stewed tomatoes, chicken broth, pepper, and 3 cups water. Over high heat, heat just to boiling.
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I give in!!! I've decided to take a picture a day with my iPhone during 2012 - so I might just as well make weekly LO's for my book on 2012 too... I'll make additional pages and spreads on special occasions and will put everything into one, big book!
I had to add a photo on this one, since our weeks here in Sweden starts with Monday, not Sunday, and I didn't want to leave out Jan 1st!
Edit: It didn't occur to me that nobody could read this in Swedish... Sorry! Swedish and English both come naturally for me and I only journal in Swedish for DH's and the the family's sake...
1. Waking up New Year's Day in Hotel Elite Plaza after a very nice New Year's
2. "Moving into" a new EHD with my scrapping stash
3. Former employee cecilia and her daughter pay us a visit
4. They're taking the Gothenburg Wheel apart to move it to the local amusement park
5. The audiobooks I listen to while doing accounting at the office
6. Really cold for the first time this winter. Water turned to ice in our garden
7. DH asked for Tacos for dinner
8. My friend Helena and her kids came by our new café
"SpeedByte no163" by Pattie Knox
"Classic Cardstock - Into the Night" by Katie Pertiet


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BISHOP of Kerry Ray Browne has distanced the diocese from bizarre comments made in a parish newsletter that appear to brand President Michael D Higgins as 'the king of the Irish fairies'.
Massgoers in Castlegregory were shocked to read the comments in Sunday's 'I Spy' column of the local newsletter, where the author appeared to mock the president's historic State visit to Britain this week.
Castlegregory parish priest Fr Michael Hussey did not return calls from The Kerryman on Tuesday.


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Want to increase your popularity on Instagram? Post photos with faces
Instagram is growing in popularity faster than Twitter and Pinterest combined. (AFP PHOTO / LIONEL BONAVENTURE)
CTVNews.ca Staff
Published Thursday, March 20, 2014 10:56PM EDT
Instagram photos featuring faces are more likely to attract attention on the popular photo- and video-sharing website than images with only objects or landscapes, a new U.S. study has revealed.
After analyzing 1.1 million photos on Instagram using face detection software, researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology found that on average, a photo that contained a human face receives 38 per cent more "likes" and 32 per cent more comments compared to a photo that does not contain any faces.
The study, conducted in partnership with Yahoo labs researchers, further found that the age, gender and number of faces in the photo did not impact social engagement, despite the fact that Instagram is more popular among younger people.
In total, Instagram has more than 150 million active monthly users who, according to the study, "collectively generate 1.2 billion likes per day."
Study lead and Georgia Tech Ph.D student Saeideh Bakhshi said even as infants, people enjoy looking at faces, which could explain why such photos generate more social engagement.
"Faces are powerful channels of non-verbal communication," Bakhshi said in an article posted to the Georgia Tech website. "We constantly monitor them for a variety of contexts, including attractiveness, emotions and identity."
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Instagram users with more followers attracted more social activity, but the study also found that on Instagram, less is more.
Bakhshi said the more photos uploaded by one user, the lower the probability that any single photo had of getting "likes" or comments.
"The more you post, the less feedback you're going to get," Bakhshi said. "Posting too much decreases likes two times faster than comments."
There are practical implications for the data, researchers say, as more academics further explore online user behaviour, and as other social media sites look to drive more consumers to their sites.
The team's findings are to be presented April 26-May 1 in Toronto, at the ACM CHI Conference, which is an international conference on human-computer interaction.
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Together we form TeYosh.
In short, we do animation, art direction and concepting. We work both for clients and on self-initiated projects.
In a few more words, we are design thinkers who offer an alternative point of view and try to define unwritten rules of modern society.
Challenges are what challenges us the most. We find challenge in every brief and we challenge each other to challenge the boundaries of what we do. Our work is usually multidisciplinary, connecting design to social topics, mostly from the field of psychology, technological advancements and (the future of) communication. We are particularly interested in defining and analyzing social phenomena from our own perspective, hoping that it acts as a thought provoker on modern day problems. We find the original narrative and fresh visual language to be equally important in a project. In our work we combine the knowledge from various fields and elements from different visual environments which lead to rich and surreal results. By juxtaposing the elements from the natural surrounding with the ones from digital environment we tend to move the boundaries of reality and question the norms of aesthetics. We consider humor to be one of the most powerful communication tools, which is why in our work criticism and sharp observations are often put in a humoristic and seemingly naive packaging that easily relates to audience.
So far we haven't had a contact that hasn't enriched our lives or work in some way. Will you be the first one? Surely not! Do not hesitate to contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com for job inquiry, question/comment on our work or simply to say hi. We currently work from Random studio's office, Westzaanstraat 10, 1013NG Amsterdam.EMAIL FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM BEHANCE TWITTER


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New York City, New York (PRWEB) February 08, 2013
Marina Fiesta Resort was recently named the best located resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, because this rest is literally right in the middle of all of the action in Cabo. There is something for everyone at this resort, which means that this is the perfect location for couples, families, and even singles to travel to when they want to experience all of the best things that Cabo San Lucas has to offer. This is an exciting time for the Marina Fiesta Resort, and the staff is proud to be named the Best Located Resort by the Cabo Tourism Board for 2013.
The Marina Fiesta has received several awards and honors while this resort has been operating, which is why it is no surprise that this location as received the top honor by the Cabo Tourism Board, "Best Located Resort" 2013. When going on vacation, one of the most important things that travelers look for in a hotel is the location. The hotel should be close enough to all the action, but offer enough activities and amenities to satisfy most needs. The Marina Fiesta completely fits this description, as this all-inclusive resort is close the night life of Cabo, but far enough away to appease any traveling families.
The Marina Fiesta also has many amenities and activities that they offer all of their members and guests. There are several restaurants that guests can choose from which are all included in a "Dine-out" all inclusive plan. This resort is also located right on the beach, but has many swimming pools to cater to everyone's interests. Perhaps one of the favorite amenities of this "Best Located Resort" is the Spa. This world class spa is the perfect place for guests to wash away all of the stresses of their daily life, so they can enjoy a relaxed and fun filled vacation. All of these accommodations added into the Cabo Tourism Board's decision to name the Marina Fiesta the "Best Located Resort" of 2013.
The Marina Fiesta is one of the best resorts in Cabo San Lucas, and is affectionately called the, "Heartbeat of Cabo". This is due to the Marina Fiesta's short distance away from the entertainment of the city. This is the perfect location to experience Cabo to the fullest, and no resort deserved to be named the "Best Located Resort 2013" more than the Marina Fiesta.
Marina Fiesta Resort Contact Details:
Blvd. La Marina, Lotes 37 y 38
Cabo San Lucas, B.C.S., 23410
From US Toll Free 1-877-243-4880
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Gabriel Rada Morales – Inmate Penpal #040511-2231
April 5, 2011 ¤ Male Inmates Age 26 - 30
Hi girls.
I am looking for someone willing to be a good friend. I am a person with a great sense of humor. I am single and even though I love kids, never had any (I have nephews just not my own yet).
I would love to write letters to a nice woman with a fun personality. I do not consider myself a risk or danger to anyone anymore (if you would believe me). I made a huge mistake and now I have to deal with the consequences, but I have definitely learned my lesson.
If you would like to interchange letters with me, I would really appreciate your time and interest.


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Female HS grads to pursue military jobs
Published 3:26 pm, Sunday, June 1, 2014
Tell Midland High School Class of 2014 graduate Elena Heredia that women can't accomplish the same things as men, and she'll set out to prove you wrong.
Heredia, who has enlisted in the U.S. Army, knows she'll face challenges as a female in the military, beginning when she leaves for basic training in July.
But that's not going to hold her back, she said.
The misconception that "girls can't do what guys do," she said, only provides extra motivation.
"Oh yes, oh yes," she said, chuckling. "I'm always up for proving someone wrong."
Heredia and at least four of her fellow 2014 MHS graduates have enlisted or plan to enlist in the armed forces immediately out of high school.
Although the school does not track which graduates enter the military, Principal Jeff Horner said a typical graduating class sends two or three young women into the service.
At least one female graduate from Early College High School at Midland College has enlisted. Lee High School officials were not aware of any female graduates who had enlisted as of last week.
Women are comprising more and more of the armed forces each year. Nearly 14 percent of the Army's active duty soldiers were women as of fiscal year 2013, according to the Army's website. In the Navy, 17 percent of active duty sailors — more than 56,000 sailors — were women as of May 2014, according to the Navy's website.
Master Chief Navy Counselor David Iltzsch, chief recruiter of Navy Recruiting District San Antonio, said there is an upward trend in female graduates enlisting in the Navy.
"With increased opportunity in traditional male jobs, women today are doing jobs that had never been done before," Iltzsch said in an email. "For example, the first female submarine crew is being qualified, and women are now recruited for Navy programs such as diver, explosive ordinance and air rescue swimmers. The opportunity and versatility in job assignment has never been as high as it is today."
In the San Antonio Recruiting District, which covers Central and South Texas, 304 females enlisted into the Navy in fiscal year 2013, Iltzsch said. The Midland-Odessa area averages about eight to 10 female applicants annually, he said.
"It takes a certain person to join the military, and I'm glad that my classmates are those people," Heredia said. "I'm proud of them."
Classmate Natalie Soliz, 17, has also enlisted in the Army, where she'll serve as a human resources specialist.
"I really think that's cool," Soliz said of her classmates. "You don't really see it; you see more guys. But now that it's more females, it just shows that females can do what the guys do."
Soliz and Heredia are both the first women in their families to enlist.
MHS graduate Brandie Brown, 18, who will be trained as a linguist in the Navy, said she's faced some "lingering cynical perspectives" and "misogynistic views" when she tells people she has enlisted, but those people are the minority.
"There's been some ridicule because I'm a female," she said. "'Oh, but the rape statistics. Oh, my God, you're going to be with all these men. You're not going to wear makeup or be a girl. You're going to have to do man stuff.'
"That's very few, but most of the time, people are really proud and happy for me."
The Navy is somewhat of a tradition in the Brown family: She is the daughter of two Navy veterans, and her brother is currently serving in the Navy.
MHS graduate Hannah Isbell, 18, will finish her paperwork in the next few weeks to enlist in the Navy, where she will also be a linguist.
Some of Isbell's friends have been in disbelief about her decision to enlist, she said.
"I was on the drill team, so going from really girlie to the military position threw them off," she said.
Isbell's older sister was a linguist in the Air Force, which Isbell said provided her with a positive role model.
"She's been amazing," Isbell said. "She's told me, 'If this is what you want, do it. I'm here for you. I'll go to your graduation, and I'll do this and that.' She's definitely been my rock through this."
Janeth Vega, who graduated third in her class from ECHS, enlisted in the Navy, which will train her as a nuclear engineer. Vega, who immigrated to the United States six years ago from Mexico, said she is the first person in her family to join the military in either country.
Vega said she's an indecisive person, but joining the Navy was an easy decision to make.
"I think you could say it was a one day to another decision," she said. "It didn't take me long. I just fell in love with the idea of going. So I joined."
Vega said service to others is something that her parents have taught her throughout her life.
"What I had in Mexico and what I've had here — what I've had here is, there's just so much more that this country has given to me than the country I was born in," she said. "I've had so much here that I want to give back."


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Joseph asked for a brief description of the difference between parameterized and unparameterized transforms. The easiest example is a simple barename xpointer. Suppose I want to address an element named foo in some document. It can be by one of the two methods below. <ObjectReference Location="http://.../somedocument"> <Transforms> <Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/1999/07/WD-xptr-19990709">foo</Transform> </Transforms> </ObjectReference> or <ObjectReference Location="http://.../somedocument"> <Transforms> <Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/1999/07/WD-xptr-19990709"> <Parameter>foo</Parameter> </Transform> </Transforms> </ObjectReference> The parameter is unnecessary to xpointer. I'd be amenable to it for the sake of consistency except that no other defined transform seemed to need it either. Finally, anyone defining an application specific transform can put whatever internal structure they'd like inside the tranform element content. For example, if you want to do a canonicalization algorithm, you can put the CanonicalizationAlgorithm element into the Transform directly (as opposed to putting the Canonicalization element into a Parameter that you then put into the Transform). John Boyer Software Development Manager UWI.Com -- The Internet Forms CompanyReceived on Thursday, 28 October 1999 18:06:15 UTC
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October 29, 2008
Elkhorn, Staghorn Coral Get New Protection
The U.S. Fisheries Service says it will increase its protection of elkhorn and staghorn corals in Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The service, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, says new regulations prohibiting activities that result in death or harm to either of the threatened species become effective Nov. 21."These corals were once the major reef builders in Florida and the Caribbean, but now more than 90 percent of their populations are lost," said Roy Crabtree, NOAA's Fisheries Service's southeast regional administrator. "That not only threatens their survival -- it affects the entire ecosystem. This rule will strengthen our efforts to recover these corals by allowing us to address human-induced threats affecting their status."
The rule, among other things, prohibits the import, export, taking and all commercial activities involving the corals, including damaging the species' habitat or discharging pollutants or contaminants that harms the species.
"Our coral reefs are disappearing faster than you can say 'global warming,'" said Miyoko Sakashita of the Center for Biological Diversity. "Today's protective regulations are an important step forward in a race to prevent the extinction of our coral reefs."


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Turtle Rescue Program
Mission to Catch Turtle Nest Poachers
Turtles are under threat worldwide due to various threats, and one of the main ones is Turtle Nest Poaching. An Earthrace team visited Costa Rica in 2013, and several missions were run on beaches with high levels of turtle nest raiding. We ended up catching several Poachers in the act of raiding nests and from this also made an outstanding episode of Television highlighting the desperate plight of Turtles (see clip above).
Join us on a Turtle Campaign
Since our first mission in 2013, we go back to Costa Rica each year and run a Volunteer Turtle Campaign that rescues turtle eggs and ensures the babies hatch out and make it to sea. Over 70,000 turtles have now been rescued through these campaigns. Such work is crucial to ensuring Sea Turtles survive into the future.
The turtle-nesting season runs from late July until mid January. Volunteers are encouraged to ideally spend at least 2 weeks at the project of their choice. Stays beyond that are welcome. Below is a great little video showing you what its lime at the Turtle Beach
Volunteer Duties
• Patrol of beaches at night looking for turtle nests (3 hr shifts)
• Removing eggs from at-risk nests and relocating them to a hatchery
• Monitoring at night to ensure animal predators do not eat the eggs
• Monitoring the hatchery for nests hatching. Releasing of baby turtles
• Excavation of hatched nests to document hatch rates
• Preparation of gear for patrols
• Assisting with cooking, cleaning, hatchery maintenance
• Days (after chores) are usually free for exploring, swimming, sleeping, etc
Book your place with us now
Download PDF with all the information you'll need to come to Costa Rica
To reserve your place email Gina Bryant: email@example.com
Places are limited so the sooner you get your spot reserved the better
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