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"We made the jump to pursue motorsports opportunities here in America - sport compact motorsports like drift, drag and time attack," explains Sarah. "In Australia sport compact competition is more hobby based with no professional outlets; it's very V8 based, too. For us, America is where it's at."
Adam had made numerous trips to America to tune Haltech-controlled cars and got to know the market well before setting up shop in Gardena, California.
The company's latest creation is a true jaw-dropper that is primed for some next-level performance. The car is a 2009 Mazda RX-8, but the shock and awe are under the hood in the form of an exotic four-rotor powerplant.
Not to be confused with the three-rotor 20B rotary from the Mazda Cosmo, four rotors are rarified air indeed. The last one Mazda made, the R26B, won the 24 Hours Of Le Mans in 1991 and Mazda has never offered four rotors for public consumption.
Power hungry rotor heads that want that "big-block thrill" must step up and build their own four-rotor monster.
Adam did just that, joining a pair 13Bs at the hip by extending the dowel pins and through bolts to accommodate four housings. A one-inch aluminum plate was added in the sump area for extra rigidity.
The engine features a custom three-piece eccentric shaft that transfers the power to the drivetrain. Adam built the engine and gave the housings a peripheral porting and fitted the rotors with high-tech 2mm ceramic apex seals from NRS Seals.
The four-rotor inhales though a custom K&N infested airbox and exhales through a trick header that's stepped from 1.75 inches to two inches before merging into a Burns Stainless Headers 4-into-1 collector and funneling into a 4.5-inch boom tube that exits at the passenger-side door.
A Haltech Platinum Sport 2000 ECU installed and wired by Sarah controls combustion. The fuel system features twin Bosch Motorsport fuel pumps feeding four 1200cc RC injectors while eight Chevy LS coils provide spark. This combination, tuned by Adam, battered the rollers to the tune of 610whp.
Adam says the biggest challenge in building the aftermarket four-rotor was the cooling system. He spent two weeks modifying the center housing to allow for better cooling.
The rotary relies on Davies Craig electric water pumps, a NASCAR radiator from Griffin and massive fans to control the coolant flow. Adam then monitored the temperature of the engine using five water temp senders located in various positions around the engine.
All that power is introduced to the pavement via an EMCO four-speed transmission fitted with a SPEC triple-plate Carbon/Carbon clutch, SPEC flywheel and a limited-slip rear differential provided by Tomei.
The high-strung Mazda is looking to make an impression in Formula DRIFT competition in 2010 with driver Charles Ng at the controls.
The RX-8 certainly looks the part with carbon-fiber hood, doors, trunk lid and roof from AIT Racing. An APR Performance GTC-500 rear wing provides tunable downforce in the rear, while an APR lip spoiler smoothes airflow up front. Adam cut, shaped and installed all Lexan windows in the RX-8 to enhance safety and further lighten the sleek coupe.
Inside, the car is ready for battle and any unfortunate impacts that may be in the cards. Adam fabricated the Mazda's 10-point roll cage, installed a Momo steering wheel with Momo quick-release hub, and a Racepak IQ3 Dash with integrated datalogging system. He then trimmed the cockpit with carbon dash materials supplied by AIT Racing and dropped in a Momo Safari racing seat and Momo harness system.
Drifting puts a big emphasis on suspension. To this end, BMI is working with Eibach running the company's shocks, springs and sway bars, along with the steering geometry magic that is needed to attain those crazy angles.
A good set of brakes can earn their salary in an instant by keeping the car off the wall when the drift goes awry. In the BMI RX-8, Disc Brakes Australia (DBA) rotors are squeezed by Brembo calipers and Pagid pads. The Mazda runs 14-inch DBA rotors up front and 13-inchers out back.
Look for this "big-block rotary" monster on the Formula D trail in 2010; the party starts April 8th in Long Beach, California.
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EcoGeek: We started our interview with Tobias Buckell asking him about his statement that he is "a nuclear power loving environmentalist." And you recently had an article on your own blog where you spoke of some recent developments in fusion power research by Dr. Robert Bussard as "the truly epochal moment of the 21st century; a liminal moment." What do you think about nuclear power broadly, and can you tell us some more about what Bussard is doing?
Karl Schroeder: The discontents of overnight delivery cialis nuclear fission don't stem from the reactors (Chernobyl aside) but from the mining, refining and waste disposal processes, which are horribly polluting. There are new technologies that could 'burn' spent fuel, largely obviating those issues. Nonetheless, nuclear remains hugely expensive and ultimately, it's going to prove cheaper to put up windmills and sfachc.org photovoltaics and store the off-peak power through such expedients as pumping water back up to the we choice buy viagra now top of hydroelectric dams.
Bussard's technology is different. It and several other new fusion systems are game-changers. Bussard's system, for instance--if it works--will do aneutronic fusion. It literally produces raw electricity with almost no radiation and the trickle of radiation stops the instant you turn it off. If it overloads it fizzles out like an old-style vacuum tube. It uses no fissionables and produces no radioactive waste. And these reactors would be small enough to fit into the basement of an office building, or an airplane--or a rocket.
Of course, all the fusion funding in the western world is going into ITER (Wikipedia entry), a bloated, pointless exercise in bureaucratic creep. ITER is one of those runaway government projects that become, in an immortal phrase I wish I'd thought of first, a 'self-sucking lollipop.' But don't get me started on that.
EcoGeek: What are the raw materials and the fuels that the Bussard fusion would require? You aren't mining radioactives for fuel, but are other components going to have impacts, or does it use streams of materials we're already producing somewhere?
Karl Schroeder: The reactors would use superconductors, but since common alloys of levitra soft gel tin superconduct, for instance, we're not talking about exotic materials here. The fuel for aneutronic fusion would likely be boron, which is literally as common as mud and about as radioactive as your morning toast. A few kilos per year would do for the entire US electrical grid, so you can see the attraction.
You know, technological miracles happen. Look at flight, or AC power being available in every home. The current generation doesn't seem to www.slic.de appreciate what's actually possible.
EcoGeek: What new technologies do you think have the tramadol 180 count cost potential for the greatest positive impact on the environment?
Karl Schroeder: I like to play a little game called 'if I had a billion dollars' (with a nod to the Barenaked Ladies' song). If I did, I'd drop $200 million on Bussard (I'm sure he'd enjoy that); $200 million on kickstarting a vertical farming industry, the same on ocean iron-fertilization studies, another chunk on developing an agrichar infrastructure, and the rest on various projects that can't get funding because they have a low probability of success, but massive payoff if they do work. --Which is precisely where our investment should be flowing right now, because we don't have time for incremental development to solve the climate crisis. We need miracles, and those don't come from slow, safe R&D projects--such as ITER.
EcoGeek: What are some of the advantages that vertical farming would provide? Do you think that vertical farming can realistically replace current farming practice, or do you think that it would serve more as a supplement to existing farming? Does concentrating food production raise the risk of those structures being future terrorism targets? What does vertical farming provide that justifies the massive allocation of resources it would require?
Karl Schroeder: There's no new innovations required to begin vertical farming. The issues are financial and in engineering the system for maximum efficiency. One recent study found that a 47-story tall, one city-block square vertical farm could feed 50,000 people at competitive prices, while recycling most of its resources internally and online levitra producing most of its own power. From that study you can calculate that a set of vertical farms 25 blocks square could feed the entire population of Canada. What does it provide? Nothing less than the ability to "rewild" as much of cialis how much the countryside as we want, by taking the burden of agricultural production out of the continental ecosystem.
(Ed. Note: You can see more about this idea in Karl's article about "Rewilding Canada" from WorldChanging.)
EcoGeek: You mention 'agrichar' in your Billion Dollars wishlist. That's not something I was very familiar with (though I think I got the gist of it after a little quick Google search). Can you tell us a little more about it (and why it's important or useful), or suggest a good website or link for more information for readers who would like to learn more about this?
Karl Schroeder: Agrichar is a modern version of "Terra Preta" which was used centuries ago in the Amazon basin to allow the nutrient-poor soils there to produce lavish crops. It's basically a burn-and-bury process that sequesters carbon, replaces commercial fertilizers, revives dying soils, and all in all is a perfect technique for long-term sustainable soil health. Simple enough that the Mayans could perfect it, with the generic cialis cheap potential to be used all over the world. It's a pretty new process so there's not too many sources of information out there about it, unfortunately. But it's precisely the sort of transformative technology we need.
EcoGeek: What environmental issues do you think are going to require technological intervention? Or, to put it a bit better perhaps, what environmental problems do you think *can* be remedied by technological intervention?
Karl Schroeder: Well, let's be clear on one thing: technology is legislation. A new technology can often create change (including social and behavioural change) where legislation and social activism have failed or are taking too long. Therefore, you shouldn't distinguish the idea of technological innovation from the idea of social activism. The two are inextricably linked, but technology has the greater power to effect social change because we have essentially no societal mechanisms in place to refuse new technologies. That fact is the source of our current crisis, and is also the Judo we'll use to overcome the seemingly insurmountable social inertia that is currently preventing powerful nations (such as the US and China) from recognizing and reacting to the climate crisis.
EcoGeek: Your Virga series (Sun of Suns and Queen of Candesce, and the forthcoming Pirate Sun, and The Sunless Countries) postulates a gigantic, atmosphere-filled volume in space were people live in free-fall, or in artificial gravity from spinning cities. How well do you think humans are suited for living in alternative environments?
Karl Schroeder: Andy Clark refers to humans as 'natural-born cyborgs.' What he means is that we habitually extend and change our body-concept without even thinking twice about it. Certainly when I drive a car my concept of where to get viagra cheap my body expands to include the car, which is how I'm able to make it alive around the curve of an off-ramp when I'm being followed by a Mack truck that refuses to slow below 80 km/hr. Your sense of body-in-space changes. And everything from glasses to shoes constitute extensions to the human body.
That said, I also think we're hardwired at a very basic level to live under gravity. I'd be surprised if it didn't turn out that the ballistic speed of nerve impulses isn't set by the http://zvezdegranda.rs/canada-pharmacy requirement that the organism be able to react in time to accelerations in a 1g gravitational field. Full adaptation to higher gees would necessitate that we change ourselves on a cellular level. That's why, in Virga, the human settlers make their own gravity by spinning wood-and-rope 'town wheels' using home-build jet engines. They need the rotational gravity.
EcoGeek: That "natural-born cyborgs concept" is very interesting. Do you have a link for Andy Clark or for the quote that we could include?
Karl Schroeder: Andy Clark has several books you can find on Amazon, including "Natural Born Cyborgs" and "Being There." I particularly recommend "Being There" to anybody who still thinks the Cartesian separation of mind and body should be taken seriously. He is part of the recent movement toward studying what's called "embodied cognition" which is extremely important and cheap 25mg viagra hasn't received any mainstream press yet to my knowledge.
EcoGeek: Who do you think is writing interesting things about environmental issues?
Karl Schroeder: In the fiction area, check out Kim Stanley Robinson's current series, which includes Forty Signs of Rain, Fifty Degrees Below and Sixty Days and Counting. I'd be loathe to single out anybody in the research or policy areas, though, for the simple reason that there are literally thousands of high-quality people working on environment problems now. It's a generational turnover the likes of www.beverly.org which we've seldom seen--a true groundswell.
EcoGeek: What did you imagine the world would be like when you were a kid? Is it better or worse than your childhood fantasies?
Karl Schroeder: I thought we'd be settling Mars by now. I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. --What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy. Those same forces are the enemies of innovation today as well. But not to worry; one eventual result of the internet revolution will be the replacement of bureaucracy with more efficient systems.
EcoGeek: What is your vision of life on Earth 100 years from now?
Karl Schroeder: If there is any life on Earth in 100 years, I foresee either an ecological catastrophe, with the majority of species extinct, the oceans stagnant, the arctic and Antarctic desolate and lifeless, and billions of people living in complete ignorance of how things could be, in massive urban centres; or, a world in which climate change was solved early and completely through innovations in power generation and carbon sequestration, where agriculture has gone to vertical farming and www.worcestercountybar.org North America has largely been rewilded back to forest and open prairie, and where extinct species are regularly recreated by genetic engineering and reintroduced.
We are balanced exactly on the edge of the knife: it could go either way at this point. It is up to this generation to decide.
EcoGeek: A number of buy cialis viagra your books (Ventus, Permanence) touch on the concept of a mediated environment (inscape) where everything in the real world has a digital identity and is subject to control by various powers. What do you think of RFID tracking for objects as a method for tracking materials and supporting disassembly or recycling programs?
Karl Schroeder: RFID is the beginning of a change that will require us to draw very firm lines regarding issues such as ownership and privacy. It's good that the debate is happening now, because in a few years it'll be too late (because technology is legislation). In my novel Permanence I satirized one possible outcome of this trend with what I called 'the rights economy.' In the rights economy, every object has nanotags embedded in it that record who owns it, what it's worth, etc. You can't buy anything, you can only lease things from their rights owners. So every time you sit on a chair, you pay a micropayment of a thousandth of a cent or so to the person who owns the cheap discount levitra rights to that chair. You can't open a door without paying to do so, and all information is owned, too, so you can't open a copy of the Bible and read it without registering a payment to the Bible's rights owner.
Think this is ridiculous? Just look at the current debate over copyright, downloading and file sharing; and ask yourself, what will happen when fab units (3d printers) like the one Canon is selling to consumers, become ubiquitous? When you can print physical objects and brand levitra without a prescription simple devices, who's going to want to get paid for your capability?
Tracking, disassembly, and cradle-to-cradle uses--these will come, but they're obvious. There are other, more dangerous considerations we have to take into account with RFID.
EcoGeek: What piece of levitra online cheap technology do you hope to see developed and widely available in the next 10-20 years?
Karl Schroeder: I foresee some things that are positive versions of Nassim Nicholas Taleb's 'black swan'--gigantic, earth-shattering changes that sound ridiculous now but will be seen as inevitable when they happen. For instance: something I call 'the narratives' which is what you get when artificial intelligence gets good enough, and ubiquitous enough, that your surroundings can start to weave a seamless, life-affirming story of you for you where-ever you go. Life will be like living in a movie about your life; we can create systems that generate, not money, or information as such, but meaning for ourselves. The narratives would be earth-shattering because they could take over the function that religion performs now. ...And I can imagine you shaking your head and saying 'huh?' But is the nature of the future that what it brings is inconceivable before the fact.
EcoGeek: Do you have an environmental question that you think would be good for us to ask other authors we talk to?
Karl Schroeder: Yes. My question is, do you believe that sustainability is a zero-sum game? --In other words, that in order for us to live within our environmental means, we must scale back or abandon our ambitions in other areas? Because, to give away my own answer, I don't think sustainability is zero-sum. I think a lot of people do, and I think that's a dangerous trend. Maybe it's because I look into the future professionally, but I see great possibilities for both humanity and our planet. I don't believe the thriving of one has to come at the expense of the other, and I'm deeply concerned to find out whether other people do think that. 'Cause if they do, then we're screwed.
written by M. Simon, September 12, 2007
I wouldn't place too much emphasis on "Global Warming" if it turns out to be a scam the whole ecology movement will get tarred. (too late to reverse that I guess).
That aside I'm a serious fan of Dr. B's work.
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I have inside info that is very reliable and multiply confirmed that validates the above story. I am not at liberty to say more. Expect a public announcement from the Navy in the coming weeks.
The above reactor can burn Deuterium which is very abundant and produces lots of neutrons or it can burn a mixture of levitra sales Hydrogen and Boron 11 which does not.
The implication of it is that we will know in 6 to 9 months if the cialis generico small reactors of that design are feasible.
If they are we could have fusion plants generating electricity in 10 years or less depending on how much we want to spend to compress the time frame. A much better investment that CO2 sequestration.
BTW Bussard is not the only thing going on in IEC. There are a few government programs at the University of Wisconsin and at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana among others.
written by Zephyr, September 12, 2007
I don't know how widespread the concepts are, so I'm not sure how embarrassed I should be, but I had not heard of either vertical farming or agrichar.
As a proponent of local production/consumption of ag-products (some call us local-vores or, perhaps more appropriately, loco-vores), I would think vertical farming and local-voring would make a good marriage.
Of course, knowing the downsides of american viagra all these fertilizers running off into our streams and rivers, this notion of "burn & bury" also excites me.
Lastly, Mr. Shroeder's idea of micropayments for absolutely everying is sheer brilliance! That's the sort of social commentary that will live on with resonance for a long time to come.
I must admit, I have not read Mr. Schroeder to date, but Permanence just moved to the top of my SciFi list. Thanks!
written by Edward, September 12, 2007
That said, the mention of oceanic Fe fertilization concerns me. In suggests that yet another poorly thought-out stop-gap measure has entered the public fancy... at least Mr. Schroeder suggests research should be conducted, unlike some companies out there who just want to go dump iron into the ocean without serious consideration of the consequences (e.g. potential harm to the microscopic fauna).
written by Big Gav, September 14, 2007
The "what happens when you can print physical objects and simple devices" question is an interesting one. On the one hand you have the DRM / copyright nightmare just waiting to get moved out to the physical world.
On the other hand those things have pretty much failed completely in the realm of virtual goods, so isn't it quite possible we might find that people just rip off designs and fabricate them at will ?
Maybe its a "economy of abundance" vision that is more likely than an eternity of www.blickueberdenzaun.de micro-payments to copyright holders...
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I don't think I've ever met anyone who disliked macaroni and cheese. I mean, it's several kinds of cheeses melted together, which is then tossed in some pasta, preferably pasta noodles with holes in them so the sauce can get caught in those crevices. What's not to like? My mouth is watering just thinking about it!
Now this is definitely not one of my my usual meals that I make when Jason's out of town so this recipe was specifically reserved for him when he was visiting during his spring break. I was intrigued with the addition of the butternut squash, which was very mild in taste but created a wonderful texture to the dish. Plus, it healthified it a bit so it's a win-win, right?
I do have to confess that I didn't buy a whole butternut squash. The reason for this is because every time I buy the whole shebang, it sits on the counter and it never gets used, even though I have a recipe all lined out and I have the rest of the ingredients sitting right in the fridge. Why? Because I hate peeling it and chopping it. It's a pain in the ass. I seriously think I get a full-on workout just dealing with it. So instead of wasting yet another butternut squash, I just bought the chopped up ones from Trader Joe's. Life's hard enough as it is so let's make the other stuff as easy as possible.
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Stovetop Butternut Macaroni and Cheese (adapted from Lauren's Latest):
Yields 4 servings
- 8 ounces macaroni
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- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 large onion, finely diced
- 2 cups diced butternut squash
- 1 1/2 cups chicken stock
- 1 cup milk
- 2 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions; drain well.
Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.
Add the garlic, onion and squash.
Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and lightly browned, about 6 minutes.
Add the chicken stock and reduce by half.
Mash the squash and onions using a potato masher. (This is an optional step but I highly recommend it since it will help dissolve these goodies into the sauce.)
Stir in the milk and cheeses, a little bit at a time, until smooth, about 2-3 minutes.
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Do you want to start a fire?
Just rub two sticks together and mention realignment to an NHL fan, owner or general manager.
It's guaranteed spontaneous combustion.
No issue in hockey -- not fighting or head shots or suspensions or rules of the game or labor strife -- can ignite passionate debate the way the mere mention of realignment can.
Last night was a prime example.
On Twitter, I put out a note that more and more NHL governors are believing that the Detroit Red Wings will be moving next season to the Eastern Conference, specifically the Southeast Division, and that the Winnipeg Jets could conceivably take the Wings' spot in the Central Division and that is both a plausible and possible scenario when realignment is done for real at a board of governors' meeting in Pebble Beach, Calif., in early December.
The response was immediate and overwhelming. Within minutes, there were hundreds and hundreds of responses, mostly panning the notion of the Wings leaving the Western Conference for the geographical inappropriate Southeast Division -- though there were a lot of Journey lyrics about "south Detroit" -- but there was also a torrent of opinion on exactly how realignment should be done.
That's the thing about realignment. Every fan thinks he has it figured out. Every team in the NHL is much the same. The only problem is they're almost never on the same page.
And in order to get a realignment passed at a board meeting, any new configuration requires a two-thirds majority -- or 20 of 30 votes. So any like-minded group of 11 clubs can put the kaibosh on any plan.
In terms of what could happen at the December board meeting, pretty much everything is on the table. But the general sense is that the realignment plan that has the best chance of getting the two-thirds majority is the plan that causes the least amount of upheavel.
Well, if that's the case, then it doesn't get any easier than the following configuration, which we'll call Plan A, for now:
Put the Winnipeg Jets in the Central Division and move the Nashville Predators from the Central to Winnipeg's spot in the Southeast. Boom. Done.
Nashville, even though it's in the Central Time zone, is geographically aligned with Carolina, Florida, Tampa and Washington better than any team currently in the Western Conference. While the ideal spot for Winnipeg would be in a division with Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, that would necessitate a chain reaction of other moves and Plan A is based on nice and easy. Besides, Winnipeg is so damn happy to be in the NHL, its not about to complain about being in the Central.
But Plan A doesn't take into account the Mike Ilitch Factor. Ilitch, of course, is the venerable owner of the Detroit Red Wings and a couple of weeks ago he went public, suggesting that NHL commissioner Bettman years ago promised, when Detroit was put in the Western Conference, that if in the future a Western Conference team had to relocate to the Eastern side it would be the Red Wings.
Whether any "promise" was made -- technically, that's not a promise the commissioner can make since it is ultimately the board of governors that decides on realignment and it's the one issue where they're difficult to wrangle -- is almost immaterial. Ilitch believes the Red Wings are "owed" a return to the Eastern Conference and he'd like to collect on that IOU.
A quick history lesson: Detroit and Toronto were the two Eastern Time zone teams placed in the Western Conference when the league went to the conference format in 1993-94. But in 1998-99, Toronto was moved to the East, leaving Detoit alone. In 2000-01, Columbus entered the NHL and became Detroit's only other Eastern Time zone partner in the West.
The Wings' position is as follows: They've been a good solider for the NHL, being the marquee team of the Western Conference at their own expense in terms of local television exposure, or lack thereof, and hellacious travel, especially in the playoffs. Outside of games with Columbus, Detroit's road games within the division start at 8 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. Eastern when playing St. Louis, Chicago or Nashville. And when they're playing other Western Conference teams in Mountain or Pacific Time zones, the games don't start on local Detroit TV until 9 p.m. or even 10:30 p.m. and that is taking a toll on the younger generation of Wing fans who can't stay up that late to watch the team.
As for the travel issue, every Western Conference team has it rough, but Detroit quite often finds itself travelling to the Pacific Time zone for the first two rounds of the playoffs -- Phoenix and San Jose was last year's exactor but Anaheim usually figures in there, too. And for a team that usually goes deep into the playoffs, the Wings contend they are at a severe travel and competitive disadvantage in the playoffs with that much travel in the first two or three rounds of the playoffs.
That's why Ilitch is campaigning hard to get the Wings the get-out-of-the-West card. And more than a few governors are lining up behind Ilitch and agreeing that the Red Wings -- an original six franchise which in many respects is the model NHL franchise that has been carrying the league's water in the Western Conference for more than a decade -- are the team that deserves to move East.
So on that basis, here's Plan B: Put the Red Wings in the Southeast Division -- as geographically inapproriate as it may appear -- and put Winnipeg in the Central Division.
But that scenario would leave many unhappy teams in the Western Conference. Let us count them: Columbus, Minnesota, Nashville, Dallas. And those are just the teams that want a move of their own. Other teams, such as Chicago or St. Louis, would be sorry to see a division rival and drawing card like the Red Wings exit the West.
Columbus would like to see Plan C. That is, Columbus moves to the Southeast Division and Winnipeg takes the Blue Jackets' spot in the Central.
The Blue Jackets feel like they are dying on the vine in the Western Conference and all the same arguments about local TV exposure apply to them too. Columbus would argue that Detroit is a rock solid franchise economically that will fare well no matter where it's situated but that the Blue Jackets are really still trying to establish themselves in their market and a move East would help in that regard.
Mind you, Nashville might argue Plan D is the way to go. Oh, wait, that's not Plan D. We're back to Plan A, Nashville to the Southeast, Winnipeg to the Central.
It's actually Minnesota that has Plan D. It would really like to be in the Central Division, so the Wild would suggest Winnipeg should go to the Northwest with Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Colorado. Minnesota being in the Central Division would give them more natural geographic rivals from the Midwest such as Chicago and St. Louis. Whichever team leaves the Central to go east -- Detroit or Columbus or Nashville -- doesn't much matter to the Wild. They would like more games against American teams, more games in the Central time zone as opposed to the Mountain or Pacific zones.
But the problem with Plan D is that as much as Winnipeg would like to be with Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, the NHL is not going to put a lone American franchise, in this case Colorado, in a division with four Canadian franchises. It's just not going to happen. And yes, you are correct to note that if Winnipeg goes into the Central it would be alongside four American teams, but Winnipeg is fine with that. New kid on the block isn't going to complain.
Many have argued Plan E is the way to go, but you're going to have to put your thinking cap on to absorb this one because it's starting to get a little complicated. Take any one of Detroit, Nashville or Columbus to the Southeast, put Winnipeg in the Northwest Division, move Colorado into the Pacific Division, and move Dallas to the Central Division.
The owner in Dallas loves this one. Well, if Dallas actually had an owner right now, he would love this one because the Stars are adamant they're the ones dying on the vine in the Pacific, playing division rivals on the road who are two times zones away. They look at Detroit's time zone misfortune and go pffffft, that's nothing, try going to the Pacific Coast for EVERY divisional road game. Dallas, because it doesn't have an active owner at this time, feels as though its concerns aren't heard when compared to Mr. Ilitch's lobbying efforts on behalf of the mighty Red Wings. Colorado wouldn't have any significant issues moving into the all-American Pacific Division. But the problem with this Plan E is the same as Plan D. That is, one American franchise, in this case Minnesota, would be in a Northwest Division with four Canadian teams. Not going to happen.
Okay, if you are thirsty or hungry or need a bathroom break, you may want to do that now, because we've still got a long way to go here.
Welcome back.
We're now up to Plan F. How about we take any one of Detroit, Nashville or Columbus to the Southeast, doesn't really matter at this point for the purpose of this argument. Let's put Winnipeg in the Northwest Division, but keep Minnesota, Colorado, Calgary and Edmonton there, and move Vancouver to the Pacific Division. Vancouver in the Pacific makes a lot of sense because, well, every team in the Pacific would actually be on Pacific time. That would allow Dallas to move from the Pacific to the Central.
Dallas would love that. Minnesota may not love it but they lose Vancouver, which is good, and gain Winnipeg, so it's not horrible for the Wild. But the Canucks would scream at losing natural rivalries with Edmonton and Calgary, and Edmonton and Calgary wouldn't like that either. Vancouver would not be happy as the only Canadian team in the otherwise all-American Pacific Division. Don't like the chances of Plan E working for that reason.
The common thread in all of these plans -- from A right through to E -- is that they are predicated on the current format of three five-team divisions in each of two conferences. How about a little outside-the-box thinking and overhaul the whole thing?
That would be Plan G and one that some think Bettman himself would like to see or at least be given serious consideration.
The conference format would be scrapped for four divisions built strictly on time zones/geography.
There would be two eight-team divisions and two seven-team divisions. No way to get around the imbalance in a 30-team league, unless there's a Plan Gor three 10-team divisions or conferences and if that's Plan H, for argument's sake, no one in the NHL is seriously considering it at this point. So back to Plan G.
One eight-team division would consist of only Pacific and Mountain Time zone teams -- Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose, Phoenix, Colorado, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary.
One seven-team divison would consist of all Central Time zone teams and one Eastern team -- Dallas, Nashville, Chicago, St. Louis, Minnesota, Winnipeg and one of Columbus or Detroit
Another seven-team division would include one of Detroit or Columbus plus Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Boston.
The other eight-team division would be the three New York area teams -- Rangers, Islanders and Devils -- plus Philadelphia, Washington, Carolina, Tampa and Florida.
Honestly, when you look at those four divisions, from a practical viewpoint, there isn't any single franchise that would have a significant beef with the time zones or the geography in the regular season. It would address the needs and desires of Dallas, Nashville, Detroit, Minnesota, Columbus, Winnipeg, take your pick.
But things start to get complicated once we get into the Plan G playoffs.
In other words, we would have to move away from the Conference playoff format and return to the days of first two rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs being contested entirely within the division.
And there's the rub on Plan G.
Plan G works like a dream in the regular season. Every team in the new four-division NHL would play every other team in the league in a home-and-home regular season series for a total of 58 games (2 x 29). The remaining 24 games (assuming the 82-game schedule remains intact) would be against only division rivals, so travel would be minimized and geographic and time zone rivalries would be enhanced.
But in order to do that in the regular season, there is no choice but to scrap the 1 vs. 8 and so on Conference playoff format. Because there would be so much empahsis on divisional play, the point totals in one division could not be compared equal to another division, so the playoffs would absolutely have to go back to divisional matchups (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3) for the first two rounds of the playoffs.
And there's one more post-season problem with Plan G. Four teams would miss the playoffs in two divisons, only three teams would miss the playoffs in the other two. The teams in the eight-team division do not like those odds. It's not fair. There are teams virulently opposed to it on that basis alone.
One of the clubs that really likes Plan G suggests there can be an cross-over element that if the fifth place team in one division has more points than the fourth-place team in another division, there could be a one-game sudden-death play-in between for the right to the final playoff spot, but you can see where this is going. It's starting to get really messy, with a whole bunch of new wrinkles.
Going to a four-division system that makes so much geographic sense in the regular season means doing away with the current NHL playoff format and there are a lot of NHL teams asking themselves why the league would be turning things upside down when the current post-season system works very well.
Plan G involves radical change and a lot of NHL teams -- say, every team in the Eastern Conference for starters, and that's 15, four more than is necessary to kaibosh any realignment vote -- don't have a burning desire for big changes to appease the few clubs -- Detroit, Columbus, Dallas and perhaps Minnesota -- that would like to improve their lot in realignment life.
So away we go, let's start all over again and look at Plan A or B, which are predicated on nice and easy, if there is such a thing.
All of which gives you some idea of how contentious and troublesome realignment is for the NHL and what dynamics will be at work when the governors convene in Pebble Beach in December.
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Minnesota has been on a weather roller coaster this year.
The state saw one of the wettest springs ever, followed by, what so far has been, one of the hottest summers ever recorded.
Now more than half of the state is either abnormally dry, or in a drought.
With rains hitting parts of the state Tuesday, and more on the way alter this week, farmers are hoping it can help their parched fields.
An old farming adage goes, "Corn should be knee-high by the 4th of July."
And for corn farmer Gary Schwarz, that proved half true this year.
"Ran out of moisture, then probably had too much heat," he said standing in while standing in his farm near Le Sueur, Minnesota.
While some of Schwarz's corn stalks reach knee high a month early, other have struggled in the hot weather.
"It's just like when a family pet goes down or something. It's always hard to watch any kind of crop suffer," said Schwarz.
While Minnesota isn't suffering from a lack a rain like other parts of the country, where farmers are in danger of losing their entire crops, that doesn't mean farmers aren't nervous about their harvest.
Parts of Minnesota have seen about three inches of rain in the last week, but FOX 9's Chief Meteorologist Ian Leonard says farmers need smaller, more frequent storm over a longer period of time before the drought can come to an end.
Schwarz knows that farming has to rely on force that are out of his control, "The old saying is, 'you are always two weeks away from a drought.'"
But for now, with more rain on the way, Schwarz is hoping there are greener pastures to come.
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Many people have already picked up some items from the grocery store for their New Year's Day dinner. Some of those items may have included traditional foods like black-eyed peas, collard greens, pork, and cornbread.
Chef Ryan Cobb of Colonnade Restaurant stopped by Good Day Atlanta on Monday to talk about some of these traditional foods and why we eat them for the New Year.
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Hours for New Years Eve are 5:00- 9:00 and they will have some wonderful specials prepared by Chef Ryan. On New Years Day, the hours are from 12:00-9:00 and they will be serving complimentary Black-eyed Peas to everyone with the hopes that it brings good fortune for 2013.
Recipe for Collard Greens
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Battle in the Saddle Celebrity Team Penning
Save the date for our next Battle in the Saddle Celebrity Team Penning scheduled to occur on October 12, 2014.
The inaugural Kentucky Horse Park Foundation Battle in the Saddle, held on July 14, 2013 was an overwhelming success-providing not only an entertaining evening but also a successful fundraiser for the park.
Southern Lights Holiday Festival
Over twenty years ago, the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation presented the first ever driving tour of holiday lights, aimed at attracting the local community. Today Southern Lights has evolved to attract over 120,000 visitors each year from across Kentucky and surrounding states and is regularly chosen as a Top 20 Event in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society. November 21 – December 31, 2014
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NOVEMBER 20, 2014 - Lace up, head out, and help us turn on the lights.
The Kentucky Horse Park invites you to help us set the holiday season in motion on Thursday, November 20, 2014 as you join us for the 13th Annual Southern Lights Stroll-a fundraiser for the Kentucky Horse Park.
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Indeed, every day presents a fresh challenge at the Kentucky Horse Park, and the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation exists to help the park rise to the occasion. We firmly believe the KHP is the world's leading equestrian destination because of the support of friends like you.
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4. try playing the video
5. if japanese is played then drag the button to the other side
6. if english is played: success!
Sorry if this doesn't work, this is the only solution I can think of.
Hope this helps
I have VCDs that have chinese and japanese playing at the same time, I adjust the balance of the speakers all the way to the right and it works fine.
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I like this alot, quick and easy. but i still get choppy video play, not sure what else i should download 2 fix this
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I like it. freeware is great!!!
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on 17 August 2005 , reviewed by: Ozza
will this codec pack completely get rid of windows media player, cause i wanna watch asf video streams
XP Codec Pack 1.2.2
on 08 August 2005 , reviewed by: xpade
It works but for some reason its not splitting the audio files. I'm trying to watch dual audio files but is playing 2 english versions, a japanese version and subtitles all at the same time. Anybody know how to split these so I can listen to just one? I tried changing it on the icons on the bottom as well.
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Will this codec package help me to use my windows media player and other player to view movie type streems and just be able to watch movies without a dvd player installed?
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on 25 July 2005 , reviewed by: Guest
MPC has but BSplayer hasn't voice on mp3 movies. WHERE is uninstaller??? Not in Add/Remove programs nor in program folder :|
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on 09 July 2005 , reviewed by: dragoncells
I am new to these codecs stuffs but this one does what it promised no spyware and trojans, and it basically enable user to play all major format. Thanks to the author and free-codecs.com, this codec rocks!!!!
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on 23 April 2005 , reviewed by: Guest
Very good codec pack, but haven't a one usefull tool.(plz. add Morgan Stream Switcher).
That's all good work.
XP Codec Pack 1.2.0
on 15 April 2005 , reviewed by: Mark
Seems to work great for me. I'm new to codec using codec packs but this seems comprehensive and quality codec. It seems to me that more thought has gone into the codec as it's stayed with the official ffdshow 20041012. Anyway during install you are given the option of what codecs to install, which is something I appreciate. Also I like the fact it publically states that its spyware, trojans etc free. So far my initial scans hold this true (I use MS antispyware beta, spyware doctor, spybot, ad-aware, spyware blaster and ewido).
Anyway, in all this seems a comprehensive and well thoguht-out codec pack. It's really a shame they're not more reviews. At least from me, well done to the author.


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Well college is done for the semester, and with that comes a load of free time for me to expand my business. With this comes many different ideas for websites, but the biggest point of emphasis for me will be the book I am creating called Weekend Marketing. It is going to be sold through ClickBank and depending on how ambitious I feel, it may also be sold in paperback. I have created an e-book before, The Seven Day Millionaire, but that product was created only 7 months into my marketing career and while I had been making a lot of money, I didn't realize the reasons why I had become successful so quickly.
I have seen many products come and go throughout the years on ClickBank, but I want to be one of the first to create a product with actual staying power. I have planning this book for about a year already, and now I am going to start going through the marketing and production phases followed by actually writing it over the summer. My plan is to create it and have a sales page done by August and to then go into full scale affiliate scouting and promotions for it.
You will hear all about it as time goes on, but for now I will just leave you with a list of the steps I plan to take to promote my book, so that you can replicate my plans for your own needs.
10 Steps to creating and launching a product on ClickBank:
- Think of a product to create
- Do market research to make sure that the niche isn't over saturated, and check to make sure there is market demand
- Think of a title, and register that domain
- Create the product – If you are creating an ebook write it in OpenOffice and use their PDF export option.
- Work with a graphic designer for the sales page (I'll post a link to whichever designer I decide to go with, currently there is one that I want to hear back from) – This is my current step in the process.
- Begin building your credentials as an expert (posting articles, trying to get into trade magazines, newspapers, etc.)
- Start recruiting affiliates, they will be the primary engine of sales so do what you need to court them. Many posts to come in the near future about how I plan to get affiliates.
- Begin promoting the product itself to drive up buzz (well before the actual launch)
- Capture affiliate and customer emails via opt-in lists on the sales page so you can have big support for the launch date
- Watch the ClickBank gravity system propel your product to the top as more affiliates jump on board as they sense a profitable product.
This is a very general outline, I will be going into detail on each section of the process as I go along. I expect to be posting once every 2-3 days until November, and then I will slow down a bit as launch comes closer to happening.
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Our cabin was tiny. The beds were extremely comfortable and very clean. Bathroom a disappointment - size and hardware. Sink faucet leaked constantly, toilet erratic. Very quiet hallway, close to children's club but collection area for dirty linens and used dinner plates so not pleasant to walk past. Layout of cabin means one bunk ladder quite dangerous.
We had four people in an inside cabin and the storage space was very limited. The bathroom were quite nice. Cabin was very quiet. Closet space was limited. Fortunately most of our luggage fit under the bed, but we did have one that would not fit and so it had to be left in the room.
We stayed in category I1 (Family Inside Stateroom) - Room number 13605.There is a pole right outside of the cabin, bearing left of the door (when facing the hallway).Two single beds with two pull-mans. Tiny as expected, but functional.The safe is way too small (considering 4 people with their passports, wallets, cell phones, etc.)Bathroom is relatively huge - 2 people can stand in the showering area, 1 can stand next to the toilet and 1 can stand next to the sink.


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Gurjar (Sanskrit:Gurjara, गुर्जर) or Gujjar (Gujari:) are a very large ethnic group of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Alternative spellings are Gujjar, Gurjara, Gujur, Veer Gurjar and Gujar.
Traditionally they are classified as Kshatriyas (warriors). They ruled many dynasty lately. As per Historical accounts major part of Rajasthan and Gujarat were known as Gurjar-bhumi or Gurjaratra prior to Mughal period in India.[1] Gurjar pratiharas acted as barrier to Arabs for around 300 centuries.[2] However, in later times, circa the 14th century AD onwards, their hold reduced to small principalities.During 18th century there were Gurjar kings in areas of Meerut and Dadri. They participated in Indian freedom movement of 1857 and posed great threat to the British empire.
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- ↑ Ramesh Chandra Majumdar; Achut Dattatrya Pusalker, A. K. Majumdar, Dilip Kumar Ghose, Vishvanath Govind Dighe, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (1977). The History and Culture of the Indian People: The classical age. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. p. 153.
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Ouabain, also known as g-strophanthin, occurs in the seeds of the African plant Strophanthus gratus, from which it was isolated by E. W. Schwartze and co-workers in 1929. It has steroid and saccharide components. Ouabain and other members of the cardenolide family present in leaves are toxic to predator insects. But many insects have developed resistance to cardenolides by mutating a single protein: ATPα. P. Amdolfatto and colleagues at Princeton University recently discovered the mechanism. Ouabain is used extensively in biomedical research and can be used intravenously to treat heart failure.
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Cold Today
A stark theme came to the top very quickly this morning as I was updating the ski reports – it is cold out there. I was at Beech yesterday (more on that in a minute) where it was definitely cold yesterday but nowhere near the -13 degrees they are reporting this morning. It has been as low at -40+ this morning with the wind chill.
As I said, cold is the theme across the entire region. Appalachian was at -7 at the time of updating, Sugar -10.6, -2 down at Wolf, and up North it was -6.9 at Wintergreen, VA and -8 at Snowshoe, WV. Keep in mind that these are ambient temps. The real feel at Snowshoe is more like -27 degrees when you account for the wind. In fact, the whole of the Southern Appalachian Mountains are under a Wind Chill Warning or Advisory this morning. Bundle up – it's going to be a cold day.
But, there is always good with the bad – right? The good is that Snowshoe received ANOTHER 2" OF NATURAL SNOW in the last 24 hours. That brings them up to 24" in the past week! Both Canaan and Timberline got just over 3" of the natural stuff (Canaan was -5 degrees at the time of updating and -24 with wind). Staying in WV, Wintergreen received an additional inch of natural snow while Wisp in Maryland was the proud recipient of an inch as well.
Cold, snowmaking temps, along with the natural stuff Mother Nature has been providing (and continues as I type) has enabled the mountains to open up the trails. Wintergreen has 24 of their 25 open today and will open the straggler, Outer limits, this weekend bringing them to 100%. Winterplace is also at 100% as is Ober for the weekend. And let us not forget, that Appalachian, Beech, Cataloochee, Sapphire Valley, Sugar, Bryce, Massanutten, & The Homestead are all operating at 100% as they have been.
On to my day at Beech yesterday. The bottom of the hill looked very promising as I made my way up the quad for the first time.
The top was a slightly different story
My first run down Shawneehaw was rather lovely, if not limited in visibility at the top. I have some video that I'll load up as soon as I figure this thing (GoPro editing) out. My next run was down White Lightning, and this might have been my biggest mistake of the day. The run was very nice at the bottom…
but completly whiteout from midway on up.
They were making snow as if they were never going to get the chance again. I ended up side slipping down to about half way because I could see only a few inches in front of my face – after I removed my goggles which all but crusted over. There were times when I could barely make out my skis – and I'm not a tall man.
So, after a couple more trips up and down (anything other than White Lightning) it was time for a break. And where do you go at Beech when you need a pick-me-up?
The last time I was at Beech was supposed to be the opening day for the 5,506 but they needed an extra day for last minute preparations, so I missed it. This is my first beer at the top, and I think it's become quite the tradition to take a pic of the first one.
Now a strange thing happened while I was taking in the 5,506. There's a saying (I heard it from Homer Simpsons) that beer is the cause of and solution to all of our problems. Well in this case my friends, I am happy to say it worked out decidedly in my favor. While we couldn't really see out of the windows of the bar, I was welcomed with a most enjoyable sight upon exiting.
It cleared up nicely around 1:30 or so and it was smooth sailing from then on. The snow was really good on Shawneehaw and that is where I spent my last few runs.
As I was leaving, I dropped in at the office and we laid the groundwork for a Beech Summit. More on that very soon…
Before I let you go - as I'm sure you noticed above, I highlighted the resorts when mentioning. Now, I know you all read every word I put down here with bated breath, but I thought this might make it easier for you to scan to pick out your favorite. What do you think – is it more annoying than useful?
Take care out there today!
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Due to the volume of inquiries that we receive per day, we are simply NOT able to assist those kinds of questions via our phone lines.