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So by now most of us have seen the various photos and videos of McLaren's new model, the 650S, and there seems to be some controversy regarding the styling. Some are underwhelmed, some are upset, and others are disappointed they didn't go further. Most of that seems to stem from folks not entirely understanding what the 650S is, believing erroneously that it is an entirely new model from the ground up, rather than what it actually is, a 12C with a few mild updates. To help everyone understand what I mean, I'll show you.
First, the front. It's a 12C with some P1-inspired touches for the headlamps, side indicators, and air intakes, but the hood, license plate area, mirrors, and cabin remain from the 12C:
Here's the P1 for reference. Notice that, essentially, just the headlamps, negative area for air intake (but not the actual air intake shapes themselves) and fenders are similar between the 650S and P1.
Onto the front corners then.
Clearly we can see that the 650S is an evolved 12C: again the hood, fender shape (except for the leading edge), mirrors, license plate area, length, shape, etc. are the same. We see that the side air intake between the door and rear wheel has been changed from the two-"blade" design on the 12C to a single one that blends more into the body line, similar to an R8 or Lamborghini, for better or worse. Compared to the P1, the previously-mentioned headlamps and bumper shape are shared, but that's mostly it. Perhaps Woking had too many headlamps left over from the P1 project that they don't expect to use in future repairs?
Let's move onto the side profile now.
Again, it's a 12C with some modifications. Again we see the side intake differences, and the reshaped headlamps, but that's about it. The 650S even shares the same cut lines and shapes for the side intakes, just one piece instead of two. Compared to the P1, the door lines and cabin shape are very nearly (or actually) the same (they use the same carbon fiber floorpan, IIRC).
And so we end at the back.
There is essentially no difference at a glance between the 650S and 12C, save the blacked-out part shared with the 12C GT Can Am Edition pictured below it. This comes as no surprise, as the 650S and 12C are mostly the same car, after all. I wish they would have put the P1's tail lamp "rope" shape on the 650S (see below), as the horizontal bars that the 12C and 650S use are rather boring, but may save cost and complexities as they're likely universally legal.
I won't bother comparing the cabins, as it's mostly just a difference of materials, and the availability of the P1's carbon fiber seats.
So, in summary, the 650S is a 12C with some front-end bits from the big brother P1, and some minor updates here and there. Were I of the means, would I get a 650S over a 12C? Perhaps, but it would be in McLaren/Papaya Orange, and it'd have to be the Spider.


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With the Patriots on the verge of going undefeated, we wondered if the arts ever achieve perfection. We asked eight local artists if they had ever seen a perfect concert, play, art exhibit or painting? And then we asked them how close they got to achieving perfection themselves.
With the Patriots on the verge of going undefeated, we wondered if the arts ever achieve perfection. We asked eight local artists if they had ever seen a perfect concert, play, art exhibit or painting? And then we asked them how close they got to achieving perfection themselves.
Al Kooper
Musician, composer, producer
Pick: Prince concert
"The first Prince concert I saw was perfection. The performance, the music, everything. And I only knew one song when I went to see it. He was touring his first album. It was at the Roxy in New York. I went with Daryl Hall. After the second song I said to him, 'Am I crazy or is this the best thing I've ever seen in my life?' And he said, 'You're not crazy.'"
Closest to Creating Perfection: Recording [Bob Dylan's] "Blonde on Blonde"
"It was the best chemistry I've ever seen in any project I've ever been involved with. The musicians and the material and the location — it was in Nashville. It was the first time I'd ever recorded outside of New York studios. There were great [Nashville] musicians on it. Some would say that there also were on "Highway 61 Revisited," the album before it. I had more control on "Blonde on Blonde." I was sort of the musical director. A lot of those [songs] were my arrangements. I think it's one of the greatest albums of all time."Spiro Veloudos Artistic Director, Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Pick: "August: Osage County" (now playing in New York)
"That was about as perfect a production as I have seen in years. The company was fabulous, the sets were beautiful, and the play was terrific. It was a story all about family relationships. It was three hours of theater that just went by so quickly.
"As for musicals, I'd say the production of (Stephen Sondheim's) "Company" that I saw recently in New York. The direction was so fabulous that I came back to Boston thinking, "Well, now I've got to become a plumber."
Closest to Creating Perfection: Directing "Glengarry Glen Ross," Lyric Stage Company
"Everything came together, starting with the cast. It was a wonderful experience, onstage and off. As we were rehearsing, it seemed we had the makings of something perfect. But perfection is a relative word. There's always something else to fix or achieve."Keith Lockhart
Music Director, Boston Pops
Pick: "Well, perfection is a tough word in music, because all of us know it doesn't really exist. Every now and then, there are such things as perfect moments, when improbably everything comes together as well as it possibly could. We've had couple of those things happen at Pops concerts."
Closest to Creating Perfection: Conducting Mahler's 8th Symphony, Utah Symphony
"There was a performance (of Mahler's "8th") I did six years ago. There were 900 performers and everyone was on top of their game. At the end of it, I was standing at the podium, and said that I'll never experience an hour and a half like that again."Rick Lombardo Artistic Director, New Repertory Theatre
Pick: Bruce Springsteen, 1986
"Bruce Springsteen. Born in the U.S.A. Tour. Fourth row. Giants Stadium, New Jersey. Being so close to where he grew up… It was the transcendent rock 'n' roll moment.
"Also, the Royal Shakespeare Company's 'Nicholas Nickelby' in the mid-1980s. It took a whole day to see both parts, and I remember being completely transported. Even after 7 and a half hours, I didn't want to leave the theater."
Closest to Creating Perfection: "Sweeney Todd," at New Rep
"That production was in the old New Rep space (in Newton Highlands), and that (small) space created a lens that focused it and made it so powerful. I felt that show had a gut-level impact."John Ehrlich Music Director, Spectrum Singers
Pick: Rockwell Kent and Edward Hopper exhibits
"The Rockwell Kent exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art was mind-bendingly amazing. That and the Edward Hopper at the MFA. Those were two of the finest exhibits of American art that I've ever seen. It was great to finally see so many of these iconographic images, in their real form rather than reproduction, and to gain an even deeper appreciation of how talented those two men were in very different ways."Closest to Creating Perfection: "Gurre Lieder," Tanglewood, early 1970s
"I guess I would go back to my first performance as a choir member in the Tanglewood Chorus. "Gurre Lieder" is a long sprawling late-romantic early-contemporary work by Schoenberg. It's for a humongous orchestra, several soloists and chorus. I knew it, but I'd never been in it. It was a transcendent moment."Joe Zina Executive Director of the Coolidge Corner Theatre
Pick: Laura McPhee exhibit, MFA
"I was really knocked over by the photographs of Laura McPhee — a Brookline artist. They were something like 60 inches square, maybe larger. She did an artist in residency out in Idaho and there were these immaculately beautiful, rich, detailed photographs of nature and wildlife and water and snow. Just really, really beautiful. And it took you there. It took you away."Closest to Creating Perfection: Dance performance in Iran
"My very first professional dance performance in the ancient ruins of Persepolis, Iran, when I was dancing with the Nikolais Dance Theatre. It was outdoors and it was just an incredible experience. It's that feeling that you're all one and that you are actually creating art. You're in an art form, and I felt a part of something whole. It was physical, it was spiritual, it was visual, it was sensual — all of those elements."Darcy Kuronen Curator of Musical Instruments, MFA
Pick: "The Rite of Spring" by Stravinsky
"It's a big orchestral work that hit me powerfully while I was a teenager and still sends chills up my spine when I hear it, either live or on my iPod. It was written close to 100 years ago, but still has this energizing and unsettling effect on people. For me, personally, it's one of the most perfect pieces of music."Closest to Creating Perfection: Curating "Dangerous Curves: Art of the Guitar," MFA
"It just kind of lined up, we didn't get a bad review anywhere, everyone loved it. The guitars were beautiful and (there was) an audio guide narrated by James Taylor. I think it opened up people's minds about the 400-year history of the guitar. People still talk about (that show). I would be hard-pressed to come up with an event like that again. It was some sort of perfection for me."
Our two cents on perfectionAlexander Stevens: "Hamlet," the Old Vic, London
How much more perfect does it get than a great night of "Hamlet"? Directed by Trevor Nunn? In London? Seated dead center. Four rows back. The four hours flew by. Young Ben Whishaw was getting lots of attention for raw performance of the melancholy Dane: When first we meet him, he's a mess of snot and tears — devastated by the death of his father. But the rest of the cast was just as good. There is something magical about seeing Shakespeare in Lodon. You feel you are in the hands of actors who have Shakespeare etched into their DNA. You hear it, appreciate it, in ways you never have before.Ed Symkus: "Koyaanisqatsi," Godfrey Reggio
In the fall of 1983, I saw "Koyaanisqatsi." The film was only about 90 minutes long, but I wished it had gone on all night. About a half-hour in, I realized that there were no words, nothing beyond the chanting of the title, with Philip Glass's hypnotic, repetitive score behind it. The film is an all-encompassing visual and aural experience that juxtaposes the natural world and the industrialized world. The Glass music was matched with stunning, graceful photography. I remember sitting there, my mouth slightly open, staring at the screen like a deer caught in headlights. The film stayed with me for days.Francis Ma: "Blood on the Tracks," Bob Dylan
I first heard Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" in college. In the early morning hours, after the dust had settled from a party in our apartment, the topic of "favorite albums" prompted a friend to play "Blood on the Tracks." We all sat back, sipping the last of our beer and taking in the soft melodies of Dylan's 1975 masterpiece for lonely, heartbroken and despondent. But it also offers hope. It raises you up with the feeling that you aren't the only weird one at the party. And 30 years after it was released, it's still an eloquent and poetic, as haunting and enthralling as the first time I heard it.
From the staff of Community Newspaper Co.'s Metro unit, GateHouse Media New England.

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Bring Us To Your Party, Part Deux
This week we have another edition of our downloadable party puzzles, where you can play host and quiz your friends. The puzzle we have for you this week is what we call an Ask Me One More Final Round game. The final game segment on Ask Me Another is a quick elimination game where contestants compete "spelling bee style" in a winner-take-all round. But you can play this with any way you like.
It seems like half the movies in theaters these days are sequels or prequels. When so many movies go over the same ground, filmmakers need subtitles to tell their films apart. Subtitles say to the audience, "Sure this is a sequel, so it's safe and familiar, but that subtitle is so damn intriguing!" In this game, we'll give you a subtitle, and you tell us the film series that used it. We call this game "Electric Boogaloo" in homage to "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo," the awesomely titled sequel to the 1984 film "Breakin'." (Numbers in titles not necessary; just name the series)
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Beat the Streak Report: Tuesday, August 10
It was Beat the Streak retro edition on Monday, as long-time BTS
stalwarts Albert Pujols, Derek Jeter and Ichiro Suzuki were the day's
most popular picks and each hit safely, combining to extend the streaks
of 26.6 percent of the population worldwide.
This is all peachy keen and (somewhat) normal.
What isn't normal is that Jason Heyward was our leader's — "gfc2112" — pick of the day.
Now, Heyward went 1-for-3 and extended our leader's streak to a stellar 34 games. His hit was even a homer to boot.
But, this selection of Heyward is a little strange. And by strange, I really mean positively insane.
Heyward entered Monday's game hitting .170 while in the midst of an 8-for-47 slump dating back to July 27.
And to put more molded carrots in this tapioca pudding, the J-Hey kid had gone hitless in seven of his previous 13 games.
I'm not exactly sure what was going through "gfc2112″'s hit-seeking
noggin, and, yeah, obviously it paid off, and, double yeah, I fully
recognize I look like Donkeylips from "Salute Your Shorts" critiquing
Usain Bolt's form in the 100 meter here with only a 10-game career-high
streak to my name, but this is too much.
And with that …
Time for Tuesday's Picks:
Oh, hello there …
? Joe Mauer: .379 AVG (11-for-29) lifetime vs. White Sox starter Freddy Garcia
? Ichiro Suzuki: .400 AVG (6-for-15) lifetime vs. Athletics starter Brett Anderson
? David Ortiz: .462 AVG (6-for-13) lifetime vs. Blue Jays starter Ricky Romero
? James Loney: .600 AVG (6-for-10) lifetime vs. Phillies starter Kyle Kendrick
? Troy Tulowitzki: .417 AVG (5-for-12) lifetime vs. Mets starter Mike Pelfrey
Feeling kinda spicy?
? Yuniesky Betancourt: .429 AVG (9-for-21) lifetime vs. Angels starter Dan Haren
You'll thank me later …
? Alex Rodriguez: .000 AVG (0-for-10) lifetime vs. Rangers starter C.J. Wilson
? Alex Rios: .154 AVG (2-for-13) lifetime vs. Twins starter Scott Baker
? Nelson Cruz: .111 AVG (1-for-9) lifetime vs. Yankees starter A.J. Burnett
Leaderboard time!
We already know what the deal is with "gfc2112". A full seven games behind our leader is "halmuni", riding a 27-game streak.
That's nice.
Top MLB streakers
? Raul Ibanez: 16 games
? Juan Pierre: 16 games
? Omar Infante: 12 games
? Howard Kendrick: 11 games
? Albert Pujols: 9 games
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Hey guys and girls. I wasn't around yesterday but was upset that Braun wasn't playing. I have no shot at the 3 Mill but I can still get the 10k so that is my goal and also to see if my new strategy works. I have Chone Figgins today. He is in the midst of a mini hitting streak and has been hitting well so why not. I also lost with the A's as I didn't even know Wakamatsu got fired until I got home late last night but oh well.
BTS-Chone Figgins
HR BTS-Swisher
Survivor-Padres, they are playing the Pirates so why not.
Thought I'd start a countdown of sorts until Dave (blog guy) picks it up if he does
Minimum current streak required to have a chance at the prizes entering today (assuming no 1-game playoffs).
Streak of 2 for $3M, deadline was Aug 8th
Streak of 0 for $10K, deadline is Aug 21st
Last year it was clear in the rules that a playoff game would not count towards the streak (I think it had a specific end date on the last Sunday of the season). This year its a little ambiguous so I would like to see a clarification. Also if the season is extended due to rainouts that require a Monday game due to standing considerations, it appears that those games would clearly count towards the streak.
@vegasjs: Are you talking about potential 1-game playoffs? If so, I don't think there is any ambiguity per the following official BTS definition:
The Contest begins on April 4, 2010 and ends following the conclusion of the final game of the 2010 MLB regular season (the "Contest Period").
Any 1-game playoffs are part of the MLB regular season.
Oh, regarding my comments about 1-game playoffs being part of the regular season. Statistically, that is true. Here is an excerpt from rule 10.20, MLB Official Rules.
"Any games played to break a divisional tie shall be included in the statistics for that championship season."
Going from memory, last year I had an 0-fer in the playoff game. I guess my less than stellar luck this year began on the fateful day! lol
HR – Carlos Gonzalez
Survivor – LAAngels
Staying away from Cubs/Giants and Twins/White Sox – All Starters, with exception of Lincecum, could toss a 2 hitter or get lit up like a fire cracker on the 4th of July. Lincecum should be solid against a Cub team that is an embarrassment.
Hmmm, TEX to win vs. NYY? No Teixeira, Posada or Cano in the starting lineup (rotoworld). I'll take that bet.
I agree with you dragbunt that all those pitchers could throw a two hitter, but I am still going to go with Mauer because he has been hot the last two weeks. He kills me a lot it seems but I just have a feeling he will come through. He also hits Garcia well. I was going to go with Beltre but the Blue Jays have been playing well and Romero threw a two hitter against the Yankees his last outing so I would avoid picking anyone from the Red Sox today. Anyway, GL to all.
I'll be watching Clash of the Titans tonight with the Indians taking on the Orioles. Last minute switch to Luke Scott instead of Markakis.
I can't put more than two wins together in Survivor!
Good luck everyone.
My picks;
Beat the Streak:Shin Soo Choo
Home run Beat the Streak: Mark Reynolds
Survivor: Nationals with Stephen Strasburg
Highest no selections for each game;
Beat the Streak:"juicermix32″ on page 4 with a hit streak of 14.
Home run Beat the Streak:7 with HR streaks of 2 on pages 7-11.
Survivor:"budmanbill" on page 4 with a winning streak of 7.
I'm out of $3 million contention as of last night with Nick Markakis's 0 fer and any "No selections" in beat the streak are out too.
No selections in all 3 games are reset to 0.
Well I got my hit already. I was going with Beltre and he had an RBI double in the second inning. Nice to get that first hit early. I cannot win the 3 million unless there is a one game playoff but I am still in it for the $10,000. I know it's not 3 mil, but I'd take a free 10 grand any day, haha. GL to everyone else today, especially all of those who picked Mauer. Over 10%.
"Going from memory, last year I had an 0-fer in the playoff game. I guess my less than stellar luck this year began on the fateful day! lol"
Use Gerald Laird?
Champion_88 – Thanks for putting up the link to that playoff game from 2009. I think I actually had Granderson who had 2 hits! I thought Gerald Laird was a pro golfer!
Tough loss yesterday on the A's v. M's – hard to get a long streak going in Survivor lately.
Joe Mauer doubles!
Up to 3!
Dick George getting nervous, leader moves on, expect a biography email from Dave.
Stupid Nats losing 8-1 with Strasburg, never again with them I can't believe I put my streak on those bums.
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Tuesday's Top Picks of the current Top2500, 180 Batters picked overall.
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Joe Mauer 365 14.6(GOOD)(1RST,4TH & 5TH)
Ichiro Suzuki 182 7.28
Josh Hamilton 118 4.72
Adrian Gonzalez 102 4.08
Carlos Gonzalez 101 4.04(GOOD)
James Loney 74 2.96(GOOD)(2ND)
Raul Ibanez 70 2.8
Adrian Beltre 67 2.68(GOOD)
Luke Scott 62 2.48(GOOD)
Albert Pujols 60 2.4(GOOD)
Troy Tulowitzki 59 2.36
No Selection 59 2.36
Miguel Cabrera 55 2.2
Derek Jeter 47 1.88
Robinson Cano 44 1.76(PH??)
Todd Helton 11 0.44(3RD)
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset was 19.8% with N. Markakis killing the most hopes and dreams.
And 10.2% paused.
Highest "No Selection":Pg# 4 with a streak of 14 back to zero.
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick
Dave55, 9, pg 31, 768, J. Mauer(GOOD)
forcook, 9, pg 35, 768, B. Abreu
popi21 8, pg 52, 1141, J. Mauer(GOOD)
bullfrogs, 7, pg 70, 1596, J. Mauer(GOOD)
darwi 7, pg 77, 1596, I. Suzuki
GL to all
Big Night for the MVP Guys:
Mauer, Votto and Pujols all have hits.
Nice fireworks display before the game started in Cincinnati tonight.
I'm having a real tough time with tomorrow's pick. I guess it's mainly because my streak is intact and I have a shot at the $3M. I wish I had gotten a streak going at the beginning of the season as opposed to the end. Players not starting and injuries are making this tough.
What an emotional rollercoaster. I've never needed a batter to get his only hit in extra innings. Well, I've seen it time and time again with picks of other BTS players, and silently cursed their good luck when it happened… until tonight: Josh Hamilton extends me for 1 more day with his only hit in the 10th. Whew!!!!
Awesome!! I had the same thing happen to me back a few weeks/month ago. It was in the bottom of the 9th and Ryan Zimmerman was up (my pick), and his count was 0-2 (maybe) and there were 2 out. He got a hit. I was so relieved. Only to have my pick the next day not get a hit and there went my streak.
Ditto Hamilton here. I was watching the game here and they were not giving him a zit to hit. We know what Giraldi's game plan will be agasint TX now. Time to M. Young instead.
That 4 ball walk was a joke. AJ basically walked him intentionally.
BTW, is it me or did anyone notice Hamliton has a slight smarmy expression on his face? Maybe it was the expression of being pitched around.


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(NaturalNews) Long before humans ever arrived on the scene, forest fires burned themselves out naturally. The forests re-grew and the cycle repeated: fire and rebirth, fire and rebirth. Over and over again for millions of years.
This was never a problem until humans came along and decided to build expensive homes and commercial buildings in forested areas that eventually catch on fire. These "fire zones" would, of course, burn up sooner or later, but people wanted to live there, so they bought fire insurance and built their homes anyway.
The inevitable cycle of fire eventually arrived. Forests catch on fire from lightning or some other cause, but the only reason the fire spreads is because the forests are full of fuel in the form of fallen branches, shrubs and other combustible material. So the fires burn fiercely, as they have always done throughout the history of the planet, "cleaning out" the underbrush and giving many plants and trees a fresh start.
But this is not acceptable to the people who built their homes in the fire zones. They scream, "Put out those fires! I've got to protect my home!" It's not an unreasonable reaction in the immediate term.
So they send other people's sons and daughters — smoke jumpers and firefighters — into the jaws of death to battle the blaze and try to extinguish it. As you might guess, sooner or later some of these firefighters end up being killed by the fires.
19 firefighters dead in Arizona
That's what's happened yesterday in Arizona: 19 firefighters were killed fighting a forest fire. And what were they killed fighting for? Homes. Homes that never should have been built in fire zones in the first place. Homes that were built in areas that have burned a thousand times over and over again throughout history and will burn again.
It's time we seriously revisited this question: Is it worth losing lives just to protect property from a fire that history already showed would be inevitable?
Here's an even better question: How does putting out these fires do anything in the long run? If the forest doesn't burn up its fuel today, it's just going to have more fuel tomorrow, meaning that future fires will be even more fierce and more deadly for the forest ecosystem.
I've looked into this issue quite a lot, and I'm convinced that putting out forest fires is bad policy. It causes more harm than good over the long haul, turning frequent small fires that "clean out" underbrush into monstrous, deadly fires that kill entire forests and destroy communities. And as I've seen in central Texas, immediately after a huge fire destroys someone's home, they take the insurance money and rebuild in the exact same spot that will burn again in another fifty years or so! Why is it so difficult for people to see these patterns?
Putting out most forest fires is irrational and harmful
The truth is that forests are supposed to burn from time to time, and putting them out is an irrational, illogical human intervention that needlessly puts lives at risk for no justifiable reason. It also harms the forest.
This is the honest answer on the issue of forest fires: people should not build homes in forest fire zones unless they are willing to see them burn. I realize it's not politically correct to suggest that people should be responsible for their own actions and decisions, but denying the reality of this won't make you any safer. The truth is that all forests will eventually burn, and if you build a home or a business in ANY forest, your home or business will eventually burn.
Furthermore, I happen to think it's morally wrong to ask other people to put their lives at risk to extinguish these fires. We should let them burn and focus on evacuation and rebuilding.
And yes, this even applies if, as people will say, "someone set this fire."
How forest fires really work
So let me explain the physics of how forest fires really work. If you SET a fire in a forest, you are responsible for the immediate area that you set fire to, but not the other 50,000 acres (or whatever) that burned up because the forest was ready to burn from any ignition source, including lightning. When a forest is ready to burn — i.e. it has enough fuel to spread the fire — it's going to burn and spread no matter what the ignition source. It is irrational to blame one person for a small fire in the forest when it is the property of the forest itself that causes the fire to spread.
I'm always amused when some news program says, "A small campfire spread to become a 50,000-acre blaze." Oh really? I very much doubt that one match can set fire to 50,000 acres unless the forest itself lends a huge helping hand in spreading the fire. No one can force 50,000 acres to burn unless it wants to burn.
Quick quiz: Why do most camp fires NOT cause forest fires? Because most forests are not yet ready to burn. (They don't have enough fuel, or they have too much moisture.) When a forest isn't ready to burn, you can run around throwing flares everywhere and they will all just fizzle out. Why? Because the recipe for fire just isn't there.
Fires require THREE things to spread: Fuel, heat and oxygen. The atmosphere provides the oxygen and the forest provides the fuel. "Starting" a fire means applying high heat to a very small area until combustion is achieved. From there, the fire only spreads when the forest itself provides sufficient fuel to keep the heat replicating and spreading.
Thus it is irrational to blame one person for a 50,000-acre forest fire. No person can run around applying heat to 50,000 acres. It is the forest itself that provides the means of spreading the fire, and once the fire burns out, that forest is "non-combustible" for many decades to come!
Setting more frequent forest fires helps prevent really destructive, large forest fires
In fact, the best way to prevent forest fires is to start forest fires and let the forests burn out so that they aren't combustible. This is precisely why firefighters set fires to burn out selected areas and create "firewall" that can no longer combust.
Yes, this is the origin of the term "firewall," for all the network engineers out there. You actually set a fire and burn down an entire wall of trees in order to PREVENT a much larger fire from spreading even further.
By the way, I'm not saying you should run out and throw matches everywhere. This kind of "prescribed burning" strategy is best left to your local fire marshal. If you actually try to start forest fires without knowing what you're doing, you could end up getting people killed, so don't try it. (Prescribed burns take place in very specific weather and wind conditions in order to keep the fires well controlled.)
Overall, don't buy into the myth that we need to risk the lives of thousands of brave firefighters every year putting out forest fires. The truth is that most forests would be better off if we would let them burn. And we humans would be better off if we stopped building homes in forested areas that are sooner or later going to catch fire due to the simple fact that forests produce fuel, and fuel eventually burns.
There, I said it. Now let the bashing begin, as I have uttered the truth about forest fires, meaning I will be viciously attacked by ignorant sheeple who believe everything they're told on TV news. "Forest fires are BAD! Put them all out! Hurry!"


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After the extremely sour-tasting Ninja Gaiden III that was, in my mind, a disaster in nearly every way possible, it's a bit hard to trust Team Ninja without Tomonobu Itagaki at the helm.
Nonetheless, Team Ninja is still extremely content with profiting off of his former works with the release of Ninja Gaiden Sigma and Sigma 2 -- both in the form of remakes of the originals, and enhanced Vita ports of said remakes.
It's all a bit confusing, but at the end of the day, this maelstrom of porting somehow always manages to translate the pure quality of the originals into whatever version Tecmo Koei sees fit.
Sadly, Sigma 2 Plus is an exception.
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus (PlayStation Vita)
Developer: Team Ninja
Publisher: Tecmo Koei
Released: February 26, 2013
I'll be blunt -- this version of Sigma 2 is locked at a maximum of 30 frames per second, and at times (especially in the game's AI partner based Tag Mode), it doesn't even reach that.
Somehow, Team Ninja managed to regress from the beautiful port of Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus like it has never developed for the Vita before, and I can't explain it. The first Sigma Plus did run at 30 FPS, which sacrificed the integrity of the original a bit, but it ran consistently at 30 FPS -- Sigma 2 ... not so much.
During the single-player campaign it mainly happens when there's lots of action on-screen, but in Tag Mode with an AI companion, it's extremely noticeable and borderline unplayable.
In a fairly absurd move, I turned off the game's gore, turned up the camera speed, and the framerate improved a little bit, but treating a Vita port of an old release like it's a PC game on a low-end rig is a bit ridiculous.
To add insult to injury, the franchise staple option of Japanese audio is mysteriously missing from the game, as is multiplayer in any form. Unlike the PS3 version of Sigma 2, there's no option to play online, or even local co-op for Tag Mode.
This feature was quietly removed for no real reason, so be aware of it if you're looking to grab this game to play with friends on the go. I wouldn't go so far as to say co-op is essential to the Ninja Gaiden franchise, but it was a fun ancillary addition in Sigma 2, and it makes no sense to remove it from a supposedly enhanced Vita port.
Team Ninja needs to get working on a patch very, very soon to fix the framerate, dual audio, and lack of co-op options, as they're absolutely essential to the experience and cripple this port. Outside of those major problems, however, the game is pretty much the exact same as Sigma 2. It has all of the content, all of the same enemy layouts, and it's still very much a Ninja Gaiden game.
Just like Sigma 2, the initial difficulties have been toned down a bit. This is fine by me, considering the barriers to entry for new fans have been lowered, and the higher difficulties still possess a decent challenge. Sigma games are a different experience from the originals, and they've served their purpose just fine.
Locales are varied and beautiful looking, and enemy types and boss fights are extremely fun to engage and figure out. Like the original Ninja Gaiden, NG2 offers some of the most iconic and challenging boss fights in an action game to date.
All of the controls on the Vita work exactly as intended, with an easy on-screen tap for readying ranged weapons. I had no problem at all getting Ryu to do what I needed to do outside of fighting the framerate.
When the game actually ran at its maximum framerate, combat was fast, fluid, and enjoyable just like it's always been. The camera is improved from the first game, but then again I never really had an issue with it in general.
In terms of actual new content, there is Ninja Race mode, but it's not very fun. The main issue is that during the "race," you'll have to constantly stop and battle enemies in preset arenas before progressing. Essentially, Ninja Race just functions as a slightly modified Time Attack mode.
What Team Ninja could have offered instead is a literal race through arranged portions of the game with few if any holdups, and original content. Instead, it feels like numerous parts of the game were just lazily copied and pasted with a timer thrown in.
On top of the technical issues, there's barely anything new that's been added here to justify another purchase. It's a shame, because I really enjoyed the original Ninja Gaiden 2 and Sigma 2. Team Ninja really missed the opportunity to add a killer feature like the ability to replay Time Attack missions with extra characters or enhance Ninja Race, which would have justified a double/triple-dip.
With the removal of content like Japanese audio and online co-op, this game doesn't offer enough to truly justify the "Plus" in its name. Team Ninja really needs to get its act together going forward, or the Ninja Gaiden series will be beyond repair.
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Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus reviewed by Chris Carter
An exercise in apathy, neither solid nor liquid. Not exactly bad, but not very good either. Just a bit "meh," really.
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The off-season getaway for most winter sport athletes is often an extended stay at a sun-splashed beach in Hawaii or the Caribbean.
Accommodation is a first-class resort, or, in some cases, a tent or quaint hut on a secluded piece of Costa Rican coastline. A surfboard or a sailboat is frequently the ride of choice.
Skeleton racer Mellisa Hollingsworth, on the other hand, has spent the past six weeks in the heat and humidity of tiny Ledbetter, Tex., living out of a horse trailer parked on the ranch of American barrel racing star Tammy Fischer.
Her daily ride is one of the couple of dozen horses that need to be exercised. When she's not riding, she's cleaning out stalls and doing other chores.
The rolling lands of the 150-acre ranch are spectacular, but the only sand she sees is on the inside of the training ring. If she's not riding the horses over the sand, she and boyfriend, Nick Cunningham, an American bobsledder, are riding bikes through it, trying to build the leg power so crucial on the start ramps in their winter sports.
The beach and a bikini, it seems, has nothing on the dusty rodeo ring, cowboy boots and jeans.
"It's been amazing," says Hollingsworth, an Eckville, Alta., native who will head back home to Airdrie in a week and a half. "I feel very refreshed."
She drove her father's trailer to Texas because "mine's a little smaller." Still, home on wheels is the definition of cosy, with the living quarters in front of the trailer's horse stalls consisting of a bed up in the gooseneck, a small stove and a combination toilet/shower.
"I love it," she says. "If I had the opportunity for this to be my life, I'd be pretty happy."
The 32-year-old Hollingsworth, an Olympic bronze medallist in 2006 and a former World Cup overall champion, has a well-documented passion for rodeo and horses.
A couple of years ago, she resumed professional barrel racing in the summer. The sport was her original childhood dream before she discovered the thrill of sliding face-first down an ice-covered concrete chute.
She and Fischer, who has ridden often at the Calgary Stampede, have become fast friends in the last couple of years after Hollingsworth interviewed the American while working for CBC.
"She's always bugging me about coming down and spending some time with her," says Hollingsworth, who blew her final run at the 2010 Olympics, finishing fifth and leading to a tearful apology to Canadians for letting them down. "I really started to think about it this winter when my season kind of went downhill."
She was second in the season-opening World Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y., in late November, but sickness and chronic fatigue made for a tough campaign. She didn't have another podium the rest of the way and wound up eighth in the overall standings.
She believes much of her trouble last season was related to concussion symptoms after hitting the track roof while training at the Whistler Sliding Centre in October. But she says it could also be the cumulative effect of the whiplash motion during multiple runs down that demanding track.
"At the time, I didn't think it was that big of a deal ... but I just never felt comfortable again on my sled. I just felt achy and anxious."
But the headaches and ringing in her ears that she dealt with at times has gone away in the last few weeks. Healthy and motivated, she wants desperately to be in the medal hunt at Sochi.
"After the season was over, my coaches sat me down and said that it seemed like how I'd done things the last couple of years weren't working. With an Olympic year ahead of us, we want to get you in your peak conditioning for when you're at Sochi.
"They want to be supportive of my interest in rodeo and horses, but wanted to ensure I get in the proper training and therapy after some rest. We had a little bit of a compromise and with team training not starting until the middle of May, it allowed me to get the rodeo bug out of my system."
Hollingsworth, who has been competing at events around Texas the last month, said she's been "blown away" by the opportunity to work with some of Fischer's top horses.
"It would be like me handing of my Olympic sled and runners to somebody passionate about sliding and saying 'Yeah, go ahead.' It's a pretty neat experience and I'm learning so much about the mental side of things. I'm putting myself in a very competitive environment in something that's a little different than skeleton."
Hollingsworth says working with horses is like working with human beings.
"They have feelings, too, their own thoughts. It's really interesting to watch how different horses and people will work together. It's really cool to watch Tammy when she's working with a troubled horse. She's so talented. It's incredible to see from her years and years of experience all the knowledge she has."
That admiration works both ways.
"When you're a competitor, it doesn't matter what you're doing," says Fischer of mentoring Hollingsworth. "I'm at the top of my sport, but it doesn't matter if it's pitching quarters or running barrels, I want to win.
"She thinks that same way ... and you want to stay at that level. Here, she's a little bit of a fish out of water, but we're trying to get her to the top, competing against the best. She's getting a lot out of it."
Fischer also says the workout regimen of Hollingsworth and Cunningham the last few weeks is "kind of like the Rocky (movies).
"They've been doing a lot of racing across arenas in the sand, running up and down hills. A little bit of everything."
The inside of Fischer's home is something of a rodeo shrine, full of trophies, belt buckles, saddles and race bibs, many from the Calgary Stampede. The one piece of non-rodeo memorabilia hanging on the walls is the race bib Hollingsworth wore at the 2005 world championships in Calgary.
"I've got friends who come over and look at that and they say 'I don't even know her name,'" says Fischer. "'I say, 'Google her.' And then they're like 'Wow, she really is famous. She's an Olympic medallist and a World Cup champion.'"


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>My friend Sunny has coordinated a Holiday Fair again this year at her home in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania. The emphasis is on hand-made wares and organic edibles for people and pets . . . don't forget pets! Things are still in the organization process, but I plan to be there from 8 AM to 2 PM with all sorts of lovely enameled jewels to try on and check out.
My two planning objectives for the day:
- Somehow find a way to keep some hot tea on hand all day long
- Buy a reliable CD/MP3 player and play Edith Paif and Django Reinhardt (and later use it in my studio, so it needs to be one die hard CD player to withstand all of the enamel dust and metal grindings!)
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October 9th 2010 – 8 AM to 2 PM
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Chester Springs, PA 19425
POTENTIAL SELLERS: Please contact me if you would like to join us! It's $25 per table/vendor.


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An Air Force Reserve technical sergeant has been charged in federal court for allegedly groping women's breasts at the Warrior Fitness Center on the Hill Air Force Base.
James M. Busby, 34, is charged with three counts of misdemeanor sexual battery, which are each punishable by up to a year in prison, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. The case is assigned to U.S. Magistrate Paul Warner and is scheduled for a status hearing on March 28.
The misdemeanor counts of sexual battery stem from events around Nov. 8, 2011, according to KSL News. Each count states that Busby "did intentionally touch the breast" of three women at the Warrior Fitness Center. According to the Air Force Times, an officer received a complaint on Nov. 11, accusing Busby of "making sexually inappropriate acts towards patrons" at the fitness center. The officer interviewed witnesses, who provided the investigator with names of other potential victims.
According to multiple reports, Richard Essary, a Hill Air Force Base spokesman, said that the alleged incidents occurred when Busby was on civilian duty.
"Mr. Busby is employed by the Air Force in the 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron on Hill AFB," Essary said. "He is also a technical sergeant in the 419th Fighter Wing, a Reserve organization on the installation. The alleged incidents occurred while Mr. Busby was acting in his civilian capacity and not his military capacity. The Air Force takes all allegations of sexual misconduct seriously. No further information will be released until the judicial process is completed."
Busby's case is the second sexual battery charge to be filed for an incident at a base fitness center in recent months, the newspaper reported.
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Douglas J. Hammond was sentenced in June to 24 months of probation for fondling another man in a Hill Air Force Base steam room. Hammond, a 68-year-old former Syracuse (UT) city councilman, pleaded guilty in March 2011 to misdemeanor sexual battery for the incident at the Layton (UT) military base.


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140*38*1.2 tray style board with 30 degree flip tips no release edge. The bottom has a subtle concave, slightly rounded rails.
This is where it gets interesting the boards are made out of solid laminated light weight timber strip cores. The boards are constructed using traditional vacuum bagged epoxy techniques. The timber is light weight with a density of around 250 kgs/m3. These boards are very strong and it will take a lot of effort to break one.
The boards ride very nice. Quick planing due to the concave. The tin profile of the board (12mm) allows very good edge hold. The flip tips are fantastic, landing jumps with a bit too much front foot and the nose pops up no problems, we tend to get a short sharp chop at some of our local spots and the flip tips help here as well. The board has a nice amount of flex in the tips and is quite stiff thru the middle.
I think Peter is selling these boards for about 800 dollars (Australian) So if anyone is after a locally produced low cost, great ridding alternative to the mass production boards these are it. We have very few local board builders over here building boards for the local conditions.
Cheers Shane
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Lewiston police find body in Lisbon
Body found Tuesday afternoon
Lewiston police told News 8 Tuesday afternoon that a body has been found in Lisbon near the intersection of Ferry and Wagg roads.
Lt. Mike McGonagle said the body was found around 1:30 p.m.
Police Chief Michael Bussiere told News 8 that they received a tip regarding Christiana Fesmire, but won't say if they body found is hers.
Police said she was killed in Lewiston in July 2011, but her body has not been found.
Last month, a jury convicted Buddy Robinson of murdering the 22-year-old.
Police said they will remain at the scene in Lewiston into the night and likely into the morning.
Maine State Police are also on scene.
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Uncle Sam Wants You
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Searching for free money to launch the business of your dreams? You may not find it, but one government program comes close. Each year, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program awards $1.1 billion in funding to small businesses on the cutting edge of technology.
The main prerequisite for these funds is having an invention desired by one of 11 participating government agencies. The SBIR program pays you to develop that technology, and you're free to eventually sell the product commercially. For Matthew Schor, 37, president of Eagle Eye Technologies Inc., the SBIR program provided badly needed seed money. The Herndon, Virginia, company created a satellite tracking system that can pinpoint the geographic location of a person or object anywhere in the world.
After submitting a detailed proposal to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), part of the Department of Defense (DOD), Schor received a Phase I grant of $100,000 in July 1994 to test his theories for six months and a Phase II grant in November 1995 to develop the technology. Since then, he's received two SBIR grants from the Air Force: $100,000 in 1998 and $750,000 in 1999.
SBIR awards are open to small businesses that have 500 or fewer employees and are at least 51 percent U.S.-owned. There are regular SBIR conferences where you can speak with SBIR descision-makers and other recipients. For upcoming conference information and SBIR solicitations, visit the DOD Web site (http://www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/sbir) or the DARPA SBIR home page (http://www.darpa.mil/sbir/), which links you to all other SBIR home sites.
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Tough day in the markets today. Risk off in about every asset class. I know some of you have questions; you are asking if you missed the top in prices, if you should hurry and sell now. Hold on tight. I still believe we are fundamentally in a demand-driven market, and eventually that will become a major concern, but right now it is all about money flow and asset preservation.
To explain what happened today, you need look no further than fund managers who are "hoping" things in Greece and the European debt are getting better. Yesterday, the markets traded on this hope and pushed higher, as I said in my report. However, today was a different story, and hope seemed to disappear as we wait to see what Germany will decide in its vote tomorrow morning.
Another thing "big money" is looking at is that SocGen, the large French bank that I warned you about last week, has announced it is trying to sell its stake in Newedge. If you didn't know, Newedge USA LLC is the biggest commodity brokerage in the U.S., with the largest customer segregated account of all the futures commission merchants listed with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): more than $24 billion, according to the CFTC website.
I have been telling you for weeks that this European banking deal could be bigger than you think. SocGen controls a large line of credit for the global commodity market. I have heard it may also be selling its custody and securities unit, SGSS, but I cannot confirm that. Most in the industry doubt that any other European bank will be able to step in and buy Newedge, but there is some speculation that either Macquarie Bank, Australia's top investment bank, or one of China's top banks may be interested in swinging the deal. In any regard, it is extremely obvious that SocGen is trying to cut costs and sell assets to free up massive amounts of fresh capital. Larger rival BNP Paribas, I hear, announced a similar plan to unload riskier assets, and some analysts expect the smaller Credit Agricole to follow suit. Just realize as we move forward that there are many extremely fragile moving parts in this equation; it is not all about yields and acreage.
I prefer to be a realist; therefore, I continue to sit on the sidelines and view most rallies as a short-term anomaly. This Greek deal has to find a solution, and the European banking situation is certainly nothing to take lightly. As I said earlier, I still believe we are fundamentally in a demand-driven market, and eventually that will become a major concern, but right now it is all about money flow and asset preservation.


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You can check out one of Budweiser's Super Bowl commercials before the big game on Sunday — but make sure you have some tissues handy.
The 60-second "Puppy Love" spot, which premiered online Wednesday, is a sequel to the beer company's "Brotherhood" ad from last year, which featured a baby Clydesdale horse. This one also features a baby animal, only this time it's an adorable puppy who doesn't want to leave his farm. Check it out below:
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Budweiser also released a teaser for a second commercial that will air during the game, called "A Hero's Welcome." That spot will feature a veteran, Lt. Chuck Nadd, receiving a surprise welcome home celebration in Winter Park, Fla., including a ticker-tape parade and of course the Budweiser Clydesdales, according to Ad Week. See the teaser for that commercial below:
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I'm using Word 2008 version 12.2.1. Widget version 1.6.2 and Accordance 8.3.3.
Is it possible to paste into Word from the Widget using the same font as the rest of my document. At the moment I'm using Word's Edit - Paste Special - Unformatted text. Is there a way to make this happen automatically through an accordance setting?
Paste special with Word 2008
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Posted 02 November 2009 - 05:27 AM
Mac OS X 10.6.7, Accordance 9.3.2
Posted 02 November 2009 - 06:09 AM
We will be looking into this further, but at present, no there isn't.
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Posted 08 December 2011 - 04:57 PM
Has anything been done in the past two years to make this request possible?
Posted 08 December 2011 - 07:16 PM
I can't verify right now (on my iPhone), but if not you can try two options: 1) set a key combo for Paste Special; 2) paste, then an icon should appear and you can click 'match destination formatting'
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Change that you can believe. The United States Senate made judicial history today by confirming Darrin P. Gayles to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and Staci Michelle Yandle to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. This marks the first time "the Senate has confirmed two openly gay judges on the same day," reports the White House.
Both of the judges are also Black. Judge Gayles becomes the first openly Black openly gay man to serve on the federal judiciary.
Judge Yandle was confirmed by a party-line 52-44 vote. She was nominated in January and becomes the first Black judge "ever on that court and the first openly gay judge in the 7th Circuit, which covers Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin," noted Politico.
Judge Yandle has served as a solo practitioner focusing on civil litigation in southern Illinois since 2007, according to a biography provided by the White House. The judge follows the path of the distinguished Judge Deborah Batts, the groundbreaking Black lesbian jurist whom President Bill Clinton nominated to the Southern District of New York in 1994. Batts became the first ever openly LGBT federal judge.
Judge Gayles was confirmed unanimously by a 98-0 vote. "From 2004 to 2011, he served as a County Judge in Miami-Dade County," according to his bio. "Since 2011, he has served as a Circuit Court Judge."
National Black Justice Coalition CEO Sharon Lettman-Hicks applauded the historic confirmations."I am thrilled that the Senate has confirmed Attorney Yandle and Judge Gayles to the federal bench. NBJC celebrates both confirmations that will inspire so many in the Black and LGBT communities," said Lettman-Hicks. "In addition, we celebrate the vast life experiences that they will take with them to the federal bench as they work to render impartial decisions. It's a significant sign of progress in our nation when two individuals are judged solely on their merits when being considered for these important lifetime appointments."
This is not the first time that Obama has nominated a Black openly gay man to the federal judiciary. In November 2012, Obama nominated William Thomas to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio initially recommended Thomas but later stalled the nomination. Thomas' nomination was not resubmitted this year.
Obama has nominated more Black, Latino and LGBT judges than any previous president, according to the White House. History was made when the Senate confirmed U. S. District Court Judge Pamela Chen to become the first openly gay, Asian-American judge on the federal bench in 2013. Chen serves on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Obama also nominated U. S. District Court Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro as the first out Latina on the federal bench in 2012. Quiñones was confirmed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2013.
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On a Friday night, off the island of Giglio. The gigantic cruise liner Costa Concordia crashes onto the rocks following a madcap manoeuvre, a sail-past. Captain Schettino flees. Captain De Falco shouts at him to get back on board. And a host of little acts of great courage. What really happened in those sixty-eight minutes? This book presents the people, the details and the documents from a tragic tale that still holds many mysteries. A book that weaves narrative with investigation.


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You can depend on the Primus OmniFuel Stove with ErgoPump & Fuel Bottle in the backcountry's faraway places whether you're ski touring in winter or alpine climbing in summer. A simple pumping process works with multiple knobs to ensure proper heating in demanding situations and harsh conditions. This stove is compatible with most fuels, and the manual explains how you can get the most out of this stove. Primus included a foldable windscreen, heat reflector, storage bag, and multi-tool for even more convenience.
- Compatible with gas, petrol, diesel, kerosene, aviation, and white fuel
- Easy-to-use ErgoPump
- OmniFuel bottle included
- Multi-tool, cleaning needle, foldable windscreen, heat reflector, storage bag, and manual also included
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- Fuel Type
- gas, unleaded gasoline, diesel, kerosene, jet fuel
- Boil Time
- (PrimeTech pot) 2 min 40 sec, (regular pot) 3 in 40 sec
- Burn Time
- 70 min
- Heat Output
- Piezo Ignition
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- Simmer
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- ErgoPump, fuel bottle, heat-reflector windscreen, multi-tool
- Fuel Bottle/Canister Included
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- Recommended Use
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August 11, 2015
Good first impressions
- Familiarity:
- I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
I bought this stove because I wanted to give something else a try besides the MSR Dragonfly and Whisperlites. I have used friends' MSR stoves quite a bit, and know some of their quirks, so wanted to see what another manufacturer had to offer. I took this stove on a trip to Mt Rainier where we camped at 11,000' with some windy weather but fairly mild temps, roughly 50 degrees on average. Only gets 4 stars because I haven't had enough time to test its long term durability. Based on that trip, here is my review: Pros: - Compact, I can fit it inside a 3 liter pot with enough room to store a cup and accessories. - Quick to set up, just fold out the legs and attach the fuel bottle. - Ergo hose and pump allows you to situate the fuel bottle in a variety of positions for easy pumping or valve adjustments from wherever you sit. If you have to shovel your camp out of a mountainside or glacier this is a surprisingly useful feature. - Nice that you can leave pump connected to the bottle but disconnect the fuel line. - Not sure if other stoves do this as well, but to turn off this stove you just flip the fuel canister over. The stove will then run for about a minute until the fuel bleeds out of the line and you hear a hissing noise (just air running through the line). This helps keep the system clean and also de-pressurizes the fuel bottle a bit so you don't have to worry as much about fuel spraying out on your hands when you take the pump off. ***Simmer control for priming - I really like that you can prime the stove, light it, then use the simmer to feed it a small volume of fuel while it continues to prime. Really easy to dial this in so that it doesn't flare up, which is incredibly important if you are using inside a vestibule. This is especially helpful when you are in really cold or windy weather and / or at high altitude where it takes a minute or so to prime. Nice that you can set the simmer control to keep feeding it fuel and not have to watch over it while you wait until the jet starts running. - Stove runs very consistently. I melted snow and boiled water on it our crew for about 3-1/2 hours straight one morning with no flame-outs. Some reviews of this stove and similar ones note that they run better on the .6L fuel tanks. I ran mine of a 1.5L fuel tank and it ran just fine. Never had to re-pump. I did increase the number of start-up pumps from 20 to 35, consistent with some recommendations from other reviews. - The jet is very powerful, will boil 1 liter of water at room temp in just under 3 minutes. Snow took quite a bit longer, obviously, and timing was hard to quantify as I usually start with a small bit of snow to melt and add more as I go along and as it heats up. Probably about 20 minutes per 2.5 liter batch of boiling water, starting with snow. Cons: - The stove is pretty heavy vs its competition from MSR. You can get the light weight titanium version of this stove for some extra $$$. - Like all white gas stoves you do need to clean the jet. Doesn't have the shake-to-clean function that MSR stoves now have. The tool that comes with it makes this pretty simple. If you are a weekend warrior like me this isn't a big deal as it will easily go 3 days of heavy use without needing to be cleaned. - Loud. You wont realize it until you sit next to it for an hour and then turn it off. The silence is noticeable. If you like the reassuring sound of a little jet engine boiling your water then this isn't necessarily a bad thing. - Simmer control is sensitive. This control is great when priming the stove, but to dial it down to a simmer while cooking you have to be really careful as the line between simmer and off is pretty slim. This is a common complaint with many stoves, but with this stove and some practice you can probably get a good simmer. Personally I use the stove as a water boiler so could care less. I hope it continues to hold up over time. We shall see!
John J.
Doug N
November 14, 2015
Wish all reviews were like this.
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The week in review
Best reversal of a trend in drought-stricken Charlottesville: On September 30, the water supply increases rather than decreases, thanks to last week's rains.
Worst result of recent rains: Residents may be lulled into thinking the drought is over just because it's rained a little.
Worst case of deja-vu: Seven Charlottesville High students skip school and beat up a 16-year-old on September 16. Charges include felony abduction, misdemeanor assault, malicious wounding by mob, destruction of property and obstruction of justice, according to Reed Williams' account in the Daily Progress. All seven students, who belong to the "Belmont Crew," are white, as is the victim.
Worst details of the beating of the 16-year-old victim besides suffering a broken nose, bruises, and cuts to the head: One of the alleged thugs urinates on the victim and along with another accomplice, forces the victim to lick blood off their boots.
Worst close call for martini and wine drinkers: City restaurant owners who gather to establish a code on water usage suggest disposable cups except for martinis and wine, which of course should be imbibed only from the proper glassware.
Worst place to have to go to the bathroom: The Mudhouse closes its restrooms to customers.
Best place for Mudhouse customers to go: To the C&O, which has installed portable toilets in its parking lot.
Best political tempest in a teapot: An invitation to a Meredith Richards' fundraiser is mailed through UVA's internal mail, reports the Cavalier Daily. Richards has offered to reimburse the university for postage costs for the 600 invites.
Best attempt at joining the 21st century: The Observer launches a website that leads with a story on the Fall Foliage Festival.
Worst privatization of the Miller Center for Public Affairs: The Center invites former president Jimmy Carter to a series of events as a thank you to big-ticket donors and doesn't allow students at the public university to attend.
Best quote overheard at Rapture by a patron asking for water: "I'm a UVA student. The drought doesn't affect us."
Worst distribution of wealth: Yancey Elementary has the highest number of poor students 58.7 percent in the county, in sharp contrast to the well-heeled students at Meriwether Lewis, where only 2.9 percent of the students are at poverty level, according to Gary Grant's Constituents' Report.
Best anonymous gift: The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, a retreat for artists in Sweet Briar, receives a whopping $1 million donation.
Worst violation of water restrictions by a huge national chain: Wal-Mart is fined $500 for watering its plants.
Best showing by a UVA team in the Solar Decathalon in Washington: The UVA team wins first place for the "design and livability" of its solar house.
Best sentencing in a Ponzi scheme: Terry L. Dowdell is ordered to pay back the $70 million he bilked from clients, according to the Progress.
Best career mover for a Daily Progress reporter: Reporter Adrienne Schwisow moves on to bigger and better things with the Associated Press in Richmond.


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(CNN) - If Jeb Bush runs for President, it will be based on two things - his family and whether he can lift America's spirit.
"I don't wake up each day saying, 'what am I going to do today to make this decision?'" the former Florida governor told CNN affiliate WFOR in a suburb of Miami on Wednesday.
But he's not saying no, either – at least now anyway.
"I'm deferring the decision to the right time, which is later this year. And the decision will be based on 'can I do it joyfully' because I think we need to have candidates lift our spirits. It's a pretty pessimistic country right now. And, is it right for my family?" he said while touring a local school.
Bush hasn't denied an interesting running, sparking speculation that he's seriously considering a Republican candidacy.
Bush's mother, former First Lady Barbara Bush, however, seems to have already made up her mind.
She's expressed her opinion publicly in recent weeks that her son shouldn't follow in the footsteps of his brother and her husband and seek the White House.
Mrs. Bush says it's time to let other families have a chance.
"She promised me she wouldn't keep saying this," Jeb Bush said. "But she is 89 years old and if you have elderly parents or grandparents, you know they speak their mind. There is not much stopping between thinking and speaking. I love her."
Jeb Bush has taken his mother's opposition in stride, tweeting after her comments aired on C-SPAN earlier this month: "What date is Mother's Day this year? Asking for a friend."
Mrs. Bush, a family spokesman said, feels her comments have been misinterpreted – that she only means her family feels no sense of entitlement to the White House.
Jeb Bush's brother, George W. Bush, was the 43rd President and his father, George H.W. Bush, was the nation's 41st.
America must be crazy !
A Bush or Clinton , political inbreeding .
Yeah, just what will bring 'joy' to America, another Bush running us into the ground! and the sad part is there are actually some out there who think it would be a good thing.
Jeb wants to open the American embassy at the Vatican that he said Obama closed. He is clueless like his brother, but a lot of billionaires want him.
Maybe he should listen to his mother and not run. I don't think that we need another Bush as president no matter how much smarter than his brother.
I honestly believe that no matter how credible, articulate and well sorted Mr.J. Bush manages to appear, that the previous works of Mr. G.W. Bush will negate any chance he has to be a successful candidate… then there is the whole issue of just which GOP he would be running for. Another problem altogether.
Jeb bush will be great his job with presdient 20016
Not much chance Mr. Boring is going to lift America's spirits.
The Bushes seem to have read the US Forefathers textbook on Pathway to the White House, and seem to know how to apply it. However, it equally seem to me they lost the " Chapter on Successful Tenor" ....... this makes it tragic.
A New PPP poll shows Sarah Palin with the highest favorability rating. 14 points higher then Jeb Bush.
Well when you Google the bush family, it probably eliminates 99% of potential voters, I'd say you've got a problem.
Hey Jeb, I am not 89 years, not even close, but listen up shrub man . . . . . NO MORE BUSHES!!!
Another bush, and economic doom that comes with them? I'll have to pass thanks.
Yup the first was bad, second dose neatly killed us, and that's a fact you simply can't argue.
Let's face it, both parties have baggage, but this is their biggest piece of it right here. I know I continue to be surprised at the ignorance of many, but this should be a no brainer. We all know both candidates are going to promise BS, so you have only to look on their voting records, and proposals they introduce. On the state level its most obvious, we need to get Republicans out of our government. The gop is trying to tell us Wisconsin is 7th in job creation, the real statistics put it 38th,,that kind of BS I can't stand, that guy is toxic for our workforce.
"If Jeb Bush runs for President, it will be based on two things – his family and whether he can lift America's spirit."
As of right now, he rates a double negative. It's been that way for some time. America doesn't know "Jeb". All that they know is "Bush". It's a little late in the program to start building up a "Jeb" image. Doing so would be too obvious, which would make it all less credible. Besides, mama wouldn't be pleased.
Jeb would make a much better president than Hillary.
@grain, I have been saying this for months. State level is where the teaklan governors are polluting our system.
The cancer has to be eradicated from the root!
@bassman, screecher from AK who?
She's been a nobody since 2008 and was responsible for the old man without a clue from AZ losing. I can't find one single repug who likes her not even the diehards I know.
If it wasn't for CNN publishing her brain farts on Facebook we would NEVER hear of or about her. Except for maher who seems not to be able to give her up either.
Bring some joy to the nation. Stay home instead. No one want's or need's you, nor any other Bush in the Oval Office. Stay home.
Read my lips...No more Bushes!!!!
the bush family=endless war in iraq
ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush authorized the sale to Iraq of numerous items that had both military and civilian applications, including poisonous chemicals and deadly biological viruses, such as anthrax and bubonic plague.
After the 1991 Gulf War, U.N. inspectors "compiled long lists of chemicals, missile components, and computers from American suppliers, including such household names as Union Carbide and Honeywell, which were being used for military purposes" in Iraq.
According to the study, then President George W Bush made 232 false statements about Iraq and former leader Saddam Hussein's possessing weapons of mass destruction, and 28 false statements about Iraq's links to al Qaeda.
Did President Bush quit looking for Osama Bin Laden? He quit looking for him when he started ramping up the military for the invasion of Iraq.
If Jeb threw is hat into the ring, Democrats would have a very toxic card to play against him. "2000 Florida Recount"
the military industrial complex is behind him.hes a money maker
he'd have to change his name to Justin Bieber just to have a chance.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Wednesday, rebounding from two days of losses, as investors turned their focus to the first prominent results of the earnings season.
Stocks had retreated at the start of the week from the S&P 500's highest point in five years, hit last Friday, on worries about possible earnings weakness.
Shares of Alcoa Inc (AA.N) were down 0.5 percent to $9.08 after early gains, following the company's earnings release after the bell on Tuesday. The largest U.S. aluminum producer said it expects global demand for aluminum to grow in 2013.
Herbalife Ltd (HLF.N) stock rose 4.2 percent to $39.95 in its most active day of trading in the company's history after hedge fund manager Dan Loeb took a large stake in the nutritional supplements seller. Prominent short-seller Bill Ackman had previously accused the company of being a "pyramid scheme," which Herbalife has denied.
Traders have been cautious as the current quarter shaped up like the previous one, with companies recently lowering expectations, said James Dailey, portfolio manager of Team Asset Strategy Fund in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Lower expectations leave room for companies to surprise investors even if their results are not particularly strong.
"The big question and focus is on revenue, and Alcoa had better-than-expected revenue," which calmed the market a little, Dailey said.
Overall, corporate profits were expected to beat the previous quarter's meager 0.1 percent rise. Both earnings and revenues in the fourth quarter are expected to have grown by 1.9 percent, according to Thomson Reuters data.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI gained 61.66 points, or 0.46 percent, to 13,390.51. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 3.87 points, or 0.27 percent, to 1,461.02. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC gained 14.00 points, or 0.45 percent, to 3,105.81.
Facebook Inc (FB.O) shares rose above $30 for the first time since July 2012, trading up 5.3 percent at $30.59. Facebook, which has been tight-lipped about its plans after its botched IPO in May, invited the media to its headquarters next week.
Clearwire Corp CLWR.O shares jumped 7.2 percent to $3.13 after Dish Network (DISH.O) bid $2.28 billion for the company, beating out a previous Sprint (S.N) offer and setting the stage for a takeover battle for the wireless service provider that owns crucial mobile spectrum.
Apollo Group Inc APOL.O slid after heavier early losses, a day after it reported lower student sign-ups for the third straight quarter and cut its operating profit outlook for 2013. Apollo's shares were last off 7.8 percent at $19.32.
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Hello BBOS members and guests, it's time for our Weekly Recap for 9/4 - 9/10, 2011. The links below are the "in a nutshell" of what happened in everything BlackBerry last week. Leave us a comment on what you thought was the most memorable moment of the BlackBerry weekly recap!
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- RIM announces BlackBerry Bold 9788
- RIM Shareholders Call For Change
- Official: OS 220.127.116.113 for BlackBerry Bold 9900 via SK Telekom
- BlackBerry App World 3.0 released officially
- Miley Cyrus hangs to her BlackBerry Bold
- BlackBerryOS.com Weekly Recap 8/28 - 9/3
- Bouygues Telecom To Get Bold 9900 And Torch 9860
- RIM Launches Bold 9900 in South Africa
- BlackBerry YouTube Video: Flowers by Emily
- Sprint camera-less BlackBerry Bold 9930 available on September 9th
- Exclusive BlackBerry PlayBook back-to-school special for BlackBerry smartphone owners
- Official: OS 220.127.116.113 for BlackBerry Curve 9360 via Digicel
- Verizon Officially Announces Torch 9850 Release Date
- More Details On The Mysterious BlackBerry Bold 9980 Surface
- Sprint Delays Curve 9350 Until October
- WIND Mobile selling BlackBerry Bold 9780 for $400 outright ($0 on WINDTab+)
- BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930: 5 things you should know
- Five Reasons Why You Should Use BlackBerry Protect
- BlackBerry Torch 9850 Available from Verizon Online Today
- T-Mobile's BlackBerry Curve 9360 & Torch 9860 Appear in Inventory
- CrunchSMS updated to v3.13
- Dropbox Now Available for BlackBerry 7 devices
- Texas Hold' Em King Live updated to v1.1.0
- Desktop Manager v2.2 for Mac available in Beta Zone
- UberSocial updated to v1.250
- tiff.fest.app updated to v0.8.53
- TELUS App House being pushed to OS 7 Devices
- Polar Mobile Announcea Apps for Every NHL Team (in conjunction with The Hockey News)
- FourSquare For BlackBerry Updated to v3.2.5
- Pandora Updates To Version 1.1.11 Now Includes Support For OS 7 Devices
- Evernote Released For PlayBook
- Giveaway: Otterbox Impact Series Case for Bold 9900/9930
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- Giveaway: Get 1 of 100 BlackBerry Unlock Codes from Horizon Wireless Online
- Giveaway: Enter to win a free copy of Fightin' Words
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