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If you haven't had the chance to catch the latest mountain biking flick, Strength In Numbers, do it now. The cinematography is off the hook, the riding is mind boggling, and most importantly, the message behind the film is spot on. The folks at Red Bull and Ant Hill Films put it into words perfectly:
"Strength in numbers is a rally call to connect all mountain bikers, regardless of location or language or discipline. The film captures a true way of life, from the world's best pros to those who are just learning to love the sport."
I'm relatively new to the mountain biking scene. I didn't get endoctrinated until my move to Utah three years ago. And while I've loved every minute of it, I had never truly experienced the passionate, diverse, and committed community of mountain bikers that embraces the "strength in numbers" ideal . . . until this weekend at the Bike Park Dig Day.
Canyons Bike Park, 2012 Volunteer Dig Day from justin olsen on Vimeo.
The volunteer crew answered the call and came out 60+ strong. There was a young married couple raking trail and a 45 year old guy shaping the berms. There were folks from Provo to Park City and Salt Lake City to Payson. It was plainly obvious that there is no "target demographic" when it comes to mountain biking.
In addition to getting some serious trail maintenance done, the volunteers got a peek at what's going to be new and fresh when the trails open on June 14. From Dark Hollow, the newest trail, to the bucket load of new features, the already high stoke level only got higher.
Looking back, I think that's the beauty of the Canyons Bike Park and the Dig Day itself. Are we looking to create a world-class Bike Park? Most definitely. Can we do it without the help and support of the bike community? Probably not. With that in mind, a big thank you is in order to each and every volunteer who showed up to pick rocks, shovel dirt, and fine tune the berms. The park wouldn't be what it is right now without you. Also, a shout out is in order for the Dig Day sponsors: Dakine, SixSixOne, Fox, and vitaminwater.
For those of you who missed out on Dig Day, here's a little look at what's going to be new when we open on June 14:
- Dark Hollow: The fourth flow trail will connect Lookout Peak to the Red Pine, Mid-mountain area.
- Short Cut Lift: Will provide access to the new Dark Hollow flow trail.
- Bike Trays: 51 new bike trays means less time on the lift and more time on the trail. 33, 3-bike trays will be added to the High Meadow lift and 18, 2-bike trays will be added to Short Cut lift.
- Rental Fleet: In partnership with Cannondale and GT, we'll now be offering a high-performance, full-suspension bike rental program featuring the GT Fury and Cannondale Claymore.
- Gear: This year we'll be offering gear from retail partners Dakine, Fox, Oakley, SixSixOne, and Teva.
- Mountain Bike Academy: This year we'll be offering riding instruction for all abilities with a focus on gravity and singletrack terrain.

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|21 Sep 2009
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File Based Write Filter (FBWF) for win 7 from embedded
I used to use EWF (enhanced write filter) for an XP system running off a CF disk, it was brilliantly quick.
Now, I want to try the same with Windows 7, which if installed without write filter, is impossibly slow to use. I've downloaded the latest Windows Embedded Standard based on Win 7, which contains a new version of the File Based Write Filter.
Does anyone know if there's an easy way to install FBWF from the downloaded Embedded version in to a pre-existing Windows 7 installation?
Many thanks.
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|29 Oct 2009
Trying to acheive this as well. If you are still around, I would love to get the files you have from the Embedded OS you have. Microsoft Steady state installs on windows 7 but failes at installing the driver necessary to make the FBFW go active.
It creates the cache.wdp but when you try to enable it it deletes it. I tried manually to install the vcf.inf that comes with SteadyState but it failes. My hunch is maybe with the files you have we might be able to get the process to work.
PM me if you want to pursue. I will Post the directions if successful.
|My System Specs
|08 Nov 2009
Got it working....
I got it working on windows 7.
There is the link to the script. Works on Windows 7 and XP SP3. This uses the new files from Embedded POS 2009 and Files from Windows 7. No support offered as it works for what we require internally.
Another Note : UAC must be off. I did not test running as admin.
Best of luck.
|My System Specs
|29 Nov 2009
Not working for me...
Can you explain how to get it working?
I tried to install the file above at Windows 7 RC 1 (build 7100). Logged in as admin and turned off the UAC I executed the "FBWF Setup.exe" file. Then I choosed the Windows 7 button and Start. After completed installation, a reboot and execute "fbwfmgr /enable" at the CMD there comes the message:
"FbwfMgr: Unable to communicate with the file-based write filter."
What's the issue during installation? Should I install it with XP compatibility mode.
Thanks for your answer in advance...
|My System Specs
|30 Nov 2009
Error on Loading...
One thing I noticed when I wen to install it on a clean box was the sysinternals app I use to get access to the registry to write the files requires you to accept the license. That little pause causes the script to exit and not complete.
Run it again and the license does not need to be accepted and it worked fine for me.
Hope this works, just post back here if it works or not...
|My System Specs
|02 Dec 2009
No chance with the script...
Unfortunately I've no chance any more to get the fbwf working with the script! No matter if I start the script as normal user, as admin or in compatibility mode, everytime I get the same error...
Please could you post the registry settings, I would like to try it manually. Afaik I have to copy the files in the Windows 7 folder into my matching windows folder, edit the registry and reboot the system?
Thanks in advance!
|My System Specs
|03 Dec 2009
Reg Settings affectyed
first step is to Allow Everyone full access to the:
Under the following Keys inject the Required Values:
"Start", "REG_DWORD", "00000000"
"Type", "REG_DWORD", "00000002"
"ErrorControl", "REG_DWORD", "00000001"
"ImagePath", "REG_EXPAND_SZ", "system32\drivers\Fbwf.sys"
"Group", "REG_SZ", "FSFilter System Recovery"
"DisplayName", "REG_SZ", ""
"DependOnService", "REG_MULTI_SZ", "FltMgr"
"DebugFlags", "REG_DWORD", "00000000"
"EnabledOnAllSkus", "REG_DWORD", "00000001"
$reg2 = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\FBWF\FBA"
"ProtectRegistryRamdisk", "REG_SZ", "\RegfData"
"EnablePostFBA", "REG_DWORD", "00000000"
"DefaultInstance", "REG_SZ", "Fbwf Instance"
"Altitude", "REG_SZ", "226000"
"Flags", "REG_DWORD", "00000000"
"0", "REG_SZ", "Root\LEGACY_FBWF\0000"
"Count", "REG_DWORD", "00000001"
"NextInstance", "REG_DWORD", "00000001"
"Service", "REG_SZ", "Fbwf"
"Legacy", "REG_DWORD", "00000001"
"ConfigFlags", "REG_DWORD", "00000032"
"Class", "REG_SZ", "LegacyDriver"
"ClassGUID", "REG_SZ", "{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}"
"DeviceDesc", "REG_SZ", "Fbwf"
"ActiveService", "REG_SZ", "Fbwf"
Hope that helps.
|My System Specs
|03 Dec 2009
Will try it...
"... to Allow Everyone full access to the:
Sorry, but I'm a newbie on this subject!
|My System Specs
|04 Dec 2009
Nothing to do with the UAC Here,
This registry key has only read privileges to protect your OS. We need to insert some registry entries under that key so in Regedit right click the key in question and select permissions and then Everyone Group. Tick Full control and then add those keys I listed in the last post.
I don't recommend digging too much in there and If you get a bit overwhelmed it would be better get in contact again....
Like i said in the prevoious posts that RC 7100 was not tested. I won't be going back to make it work for that so if this doesn't work for you i would suggest get the Full version and give it a go on that. Windows 7 really is worth the purchase.
I hope that helps. Never be afraid to be a noob. Everyone is one sometime...
|My System Specs
|12 Dec 2009
Now working, but still a small issue...
FBWF is working now :-))) Thanks a lot!
The script couldn't install FBWF completely due to missing permissions of [HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ENUM\Root].
Most of you will know, how to solve that problem, but for me it was the first time to do that. So here is the solution for all the other newbies:
First I logged in as admin and started the registry editor (regedit). If I tried to change the permissions of "everyone" to "full access" for [HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ENUM\Root] I got the error that it's not allowed for me. So first I had to change the owner under "advanced --> owners" to the admins name. Then I could change the permissions of "Everyone" to "full access". Now I was able to run the script completely. After finish I removed the changed settings in registry (for OS security).
FBWF now works fine for me... But there is still a small issue.
If FBWF is enabled and I restart the computer I got the (windows blackscreen with) a message, that windows was not shut down correctly and I should restart in safe mode. I think it's caused by the missing write access during the shutdown?! Is there a solution as well? Maybe to exclude any windows folders from fbwf?
Thanks in advance again!
Edit: The Solution...
The command ' bcdedit /set {default} bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures' in cmd as admin will prevent the error message during boot. For reset you can type 'bcdedit /set {default} bootstatuspolicy displayallfailures' in cmd.
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@ Labmonkey
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Its not about taxes on their side.
Exports tend to be tax free to encourage trade.What government wants to make their countries products uncompetitive?
When these arrive in UK and indeed EU mainland, Import Duty and VAT (Purchase Tax) are due on cost of item + postage + postal insurance.
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Earlier this week I wrote a post critical of the NAACP for a proposed resolution condemning the Tea Party movement as racially motivated and accusing it of wanting "to push our country back to the pre-civil rights era."
As it turns out, NAACP leadership had similar qualms. Before putting it to a vote of their members, they moderated the resolution to state that "we take no issue with the Tea Party movement," while urging it to "make clear there is no place for racism and anti-Semitism, homophobia and other forms of bigotry in their movement."
Tea Party officials and supporters strongly condemned the resolution nonetheless.
"No, the Tea Party Movement is a beautiful movement, full of diverse people, diverse backgrounds," Sarah Palin said on Fox News. "Folks of all walks of life who, for the most part, happen to oppose President Obama's policies. Not the color of his skin. They don't care that he's half white or half black."
Mark Williams, a national spokesman for the Tea Party Express, was even more blunt.
"You're dealing with people who are professional race-baiters, who make a very good living off this kind of thing. They make more money off of race than any slave trader ever. It's time groups like the NAACP went to the trash heap of history where they belong with all the other vile racist groups that emerged in our history," he said.
Noting that the NAACP has the word "colored" in its name (a vestige of its founding in 1909) Williams then went on to post a satirical letter ostensibly written by NAACP President Benjamin Jealous to President Abraham Lincoln:
Dear Mr. Lincoln:
We Colored People have taken a vote and decided that we don't cotton to that whole emancipation thing. Freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves, and take consequences along with the rewards. That is just far too much to ask of us Colored People and we demand that it stop!
In fact we held a big meeting and took a vote in Kansas City this week. We voted to condemn a political revival of that old abolitionist spirit called the 'tea party movement'.
The tea party position to "end the bailouts" for example is just silly. Bailouts are just big money welfare and isn't that what we want all Coloreds to strive for? What kind of racist would want to end big money welfare? What they need to do is start handing the bail outs directly to us coloreds! Of course, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the only responsible party that should be granted the right to disperse the funds.
And the ridiculous idea of "reduce[ing] the size and intrusiveness of government." What kind of massa would ever not want to control my life? As Coloreds we must have somebody care for us otherwise we would be on our own, have to think for ourselves and make decisions!
The racist tea parties also demand that the government "stop the out of control spending." Again, they directly target Colored People. That means we Colored People would have to compete for jobs like everybody else and that is just not right.
Perhaps the most racist point of all in the tea parties is their demand that government "stop raising our taxes." That is outrageous! How will we Colored People ever get a wide screen TV in every room if non-coloreds get to keep what they earn? Totally racist! The tea party expects coloreds to be productive members of society?
Mr. Lincoln, you were the greatest racist ever. We had a great gig. Three squares, room and board, all our decisions made by the massa in the house. Please repeal the 13th and 14th Amendments and let us get back to where we belong.
Precious Ben Jealous,
Tom's Nephew
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Head Colored Person
Williams has since pulled that letter, but the sentiments behind it are clear. In fact, I would say the debate is now over and that Williams has quite convincingly proved the NAACP correct: There are indeed racist elements in the Tea Party movement, in fact among its national leadership. The Tea Party and its defenders, including Palin and others, can now sit silent or they can take action by removing Williams from his role and condemning his statements.
July 17th, 2010
7:51 pm
Time to re-upholster the ol' fainting couch.
July 17th, 2010
7:51 pm
Liberals in the open …………. W/P on target ……….. fire for effect over !!
July 17th, 2010
7:53 pm
I hear you but if it had been a case where someone had a lot of money for attorneys & jury analysts or a death penalty case and you would have probably been tossed.
I get tossed everytime.
July 17th, 2010
7:59 pm
There are racists elements in everything. I have encountered more racism lately from panty waist liberals than anyone else.
Get real…
July 17th, 2010
8:00 pm
Bookman says: But if the Tea Party is NOT a fringe group, then they better clean up their act.
or not.. they seem to be pretty damn popular and growing, doing just fine without outisde commentators input. In fact, i am 100% sure the teas party has a much larger following than the NAACP, and the naacp (putting in caps legitimizes them so I won't do it again) had a hundred year headstart.
July 17th, 2010
8:05 pm
you put "leftists" in caps.
July 17th, 2010
8:05 pm
PHOENIX (AP) – The number of deaths among illegal immigrants crossing the Arizona desert from Mexico is soaring so high this month that the medical examiner's office that handles the bodies is using a refrigerated truck to store some of them, the chief examiner said Friday.
whatever works…
July 17th, 2010
8:06 pm
July 17th, 2010
7:39 pm
This is funny. I'm being attacked by a left wing mindless idiot and a right wing mindless idiot all at the same time. They are proving my point………..
but none of it is really on topic is it? That doesn't matter to them, they spew the same bile regardless of the topic lol.
Fred that is the way it is when you don't accept their beliefs. Left and right.
July 17th, 2010
8:08 pm
taxpayer, that was righteous "hatred" caps… hard to convey emotional intent thru the written word..I think it was the great Egon spangler, who said "print is dead".
July 17th, 2010
8:11 pm
hard to convey emotional intent thru the written word
Fred's not having much trouble with it.
July 17th, 2010
8:12 pm
Where'd my slanties go?
July 17th, 2010
8:15 pm
Am I mistaken? I thought that you were in law enforcement. Peace officers do not get placed on juries, right? By the way, I had to chuckle on my last day of jury duty. As I began the two-block walk from the parking lot to the courthouse, I noticed the driver coming in wore "the cloth". Yes, he was a Catholic priest. I wondered what he might have been like on a jury.
July 17th, 2010
8:16 pm
i am 100% sure the teas party has a much larger following than the NAACP, and the naacp (putting in caps legitimizes them so I won't do it again) had a hundred year headstart.
For all your hatred towards all things Left and NAACP, do you even know who the founders were. Here's an excerpt of the list of signees when it was founded:
"Hence we call upon all the believers in democracy to join in a national conference for the discussion of present evils, the voicing of protests, and the renewal of the struggle for civil and political liberty."
This call was signed by: JaneAdams, Chicago; Samuel Bowles (Springfield Republican); Prof. W.L. Bulkley, New York; Harriet Stanton Blatch, New York; Ida Wells Barnett, Chicago; E. H. Clement, Boston; Kate H. Claghorn, New York; Prof. John Dewey, New York; Dr. W. E. B.DuBois, Atlanta; Mary E. Dreier, Brooklyn; Dr. John L. Elliott, New York; Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Boston; Rev. Francis J. Grimke, Washington, D.C.; William Dean Howells, New York; Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch, Chicago; Rev. John Haynes Holmes, New York;… et. al.
Take a look at the page and see who was chosen to write the beginning history of the NAACP. Take a look at the picture on the right of page. Notice how she says that she was the 1st membr.
On that list, there's a Springfield Republican (remember this wasn't more than 40-50 years after the Republican Lincoln freed the slaves), there's a Rabbi, ministers, and other people. So, in effect, to hate the NAACP and say it's not legitimate, is to disavow the work of a fellow Republican.
On memberships and followings, the Tea Party probably does indeed have a larger following as it's the "shiny new car in the dealership". However, when you count actual dues paying members, the Tea Party doesn't compete. Remember, the Tea Party is a group of individuals bonding for a common purpose, but there is no common charter, organizational structure, or headquarters…
And, on that note, I'm departing to watch Law Abiding Citizen.
C-ya later!!!
July 17th, 2010
8:18 pm
Willy Pete in their back pockets…repeat fire mission…say again…repeat fire mission…over
July 17th, 2010
8:23 pm
Where'd my slanties go?
I have some extras if you wanna use them.
I can make more.
July 17th, 2010
8:25 pm
Roger you last …………… shot out !
July 17th, 2010
8:26 pm
Thanks @@! I'll start with just a handful.
July 17th, 2010
8:26 pm
Yes ……. that's exactly why I get tossed because I would see through all of the smokescreen B/S the defense puts up to confuse the jury. And the sad thing is, most judges let them get by with it.
July 17th, 2010
8:28 pm
Hmmm, different kind of blog tonite.
July 17th, 2010
8:30 pm
If Libertarians are such perfect people who know it all, why do they never get more than 3% of the vote, just askin…
And by the way, you can't spell Libertarian without the Lib, just sayin…
July 17th, 2010
8:31 pm
I don't hate the founders of the naacp..I might if i knew them, probably , who knows..depends on how colelctivist they were. I base my hate for the organization on what they have done in my lifetime (mid 80's forward) which is whine racism at every drop of a hat, and do such foolishness as boycott BBQ sauce companies because they won;t kowtow to the naacp's version of politicall correct words list.
And I have no problem trashing the work of some republicans. Lindsey Grahmnesty , for instance, is also in the hate column of my life ledger.
July 17th, 2010
8:32 pm
Ooo Rah !
July 17th, 2010
8:35 pm
Boo got shot! boo got shot ! omg! omg!
July 17th, 2010
8:35 pm
Now I'm going to have to say this in defense of AmVet. I'm a conservative and no doubt he's on the left but I've seen him come down hard on Obama and the Democrats before. So I would not call him unAmerican. It's all about the pendulum in politics i.e. you have an incumbent president whose far left or perceived by the voters to be far left the pendulum swings with the voters in the opposite direction. I think that's what's happening now as the pendulum swings to the right. AmVet and those who believe in his ideology see this happening and are trying to reverse it's momentum. Those of us on the right would be doing the same thing in reverse. I don't wish AmVet any ill will, only bad luck in his efforts.
July 17th, 2010
8:36 pm
Yet some Republicans worry that tea-party candidates are settling too comfortably into their roles as unruly insurgents and could prove hard to manage if they get elected.
Paul, who beat GOP establishment favorite Trey Grayson in Kentucky's primary, told the National Review that he would seek to join forces with GOP Sens. Jim DeMint (S.C.) and Tom Coburn (Okla.), "who are unafraid to stand up" and who have blocked numerous bills advanced by both parties deemed by the pair as expanding government.–WaPo
Interesting choice of word "manage".
If Republicans are this concerned, imagine how concerned Democrats are.
Tea Partiers might upset their little fiefdom.
Too funny!
July 17th, 2010
8:38 pm
About hatred and politics…
I suppose that since my political awakening, there has always been a mixture of hatred in American politics. Even in the I Like Ike years, someone hated him (maybe for playing too much golf?). Kennedy was hated for being Catholic. LBJ was hated for not being Kennedy and all those birds in the family. Nixon was hated for his enemies list and for being a crook. Ford was hated for pardoning Nixon and for playing golf very very badly. Carter was hated for doing nothing but getting Sadat and Begin together. Reagan was hated even though he was the nice, grandfatherly Great Communicator. G.H. Bush was hated because he said, "Read my lips" and then gagged himself as he levied more taxes. Clinton was hated because he was, as far as we know, the only POTUS to get a Lewinsky. G.W. Bush, I am not so sure he was hated as much as pitied (Cheney, yes, he was hated). But I have never seen hatred like that which elements of the Tea Party have perpetrated.
The hatred in the political arena is venomous, sometimes violent and has gone viral.
July 17th, 2010
8:38 pm
The interviewee.."Peaches" probably votes democrat.
Notice how the left is so sure Rush and Boortz et al are racist, yet they have black Producers..Royal T and Bo Snerdley.
July 17th, 2010
8:42 pm
Speaking of third party candidates…
AmVet? Question for you.
You say you vote third party…how often have your candidates won? I'd be curious to know how they've fared once in a leadership role. Can you offer some examples?
July 17th, 2010
8:46 pm
Hatred has always existed, exists today, and always will exist in politics and ALL aspects of Life. It's generally caused by long periods of compromise which elaves both sides unfullfilled and seathing in anger at the other side. At least thats how I feel when I have to compromise.
It's funny to watch the elft , eye wide, foaming at the mouth, exclaim that todays political rhetoric is deadly and new. As i recall, Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton dead over a supposed personal rumor Hamilton started to derail Burr's political progress.. that was 1804
Senator Preston Brooks beat Sen. Charles Sumner(a total douchebag anyway, it is said) with a walking stick to withijn an inch of his life, on the senate floor in 1860..THATS something i'd love to see erupt on c-span!
And of course, the great John Wilkes Booth killed the american Caeser in 1865
July 17th, 2010
8:47 pm
why can't i touch type the word left! damn
July 17th, 2010
8:50 pm
SoCo, 8:16
That was an impressive group that founded the NAACP. They took a step that was very much needed. They were fighting discrimination with a united front. I believe their goals were honorable.
But those times are mostly history. Not that there is no discrimination. There is. But there are laws, the total purpose is to prevent discrimination, not only for black people but for all people. I think those laws are being enforced.
But like the DAR i.e. the Daughters of the American Revolution, it is a fine old organization that is a relic of the past. I feel the same way about the NAACP. Their usefulness has passed. They seem intent now in making a fuss to show they are still around and needed. Perhaps they would be more useful if they changed their name to the National Association for the Advancement of All People.
July 17th, 2010
8:50 pm
Rush? The ever nimble at the palate Rush Limbaugh? The one who said this about Donovan McNabb and got fired by ESPN, ""I don't think he's been that good from the get-go. I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They're interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. I think there's a little hope invested in McNabb and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he really didn't deserve. The defense carried this team." The one who said, "But then you have comments like "that cracker made a lot of African-Americans millionaires," and, "at the same time, he fired a lot of white guys."
Nah, Rush loves everyone.
July 17th, 2010
8:51 pm
I don't wish AmVet any ill will, only bad luck in his efforts.
Del, salute! I like that and I may just Joe Biden it from you!
July 17th, 2010
8:54 pm
Senator Preston Brooks beat Sen. Charles Sumner(a total douchebag anyway, it is said) with a walking stick to withijn an inch of his life, on the senate floor in 1860..THATS something i'd love to see erupt on c-span!
It's interesting to me that those most vehement in denying any racist motive are usually the ones who display the most hate and vitriol toward those with whom they disagree. In reading their words, one can almost envision the rope and an angry mob in the torch light.
July 17th, 2010
8:54 pm
I'm not in favor of hatred and I personally don't feel hatred towards Obama, however, if it's hatred on the part of Tea Party folks or the electorate at large that removes this socialist, I'm all in favor of it.
July 17th, 2010
8:54 pm
SPQR said And of course, the great John Wilkes Booth killed the american Caeser in 1865
Your honor, I have no further questions for this witness.
July 17th, 2010
8:55 pm
LOL…have a great evening.
July 17th, 2010
8:55 pm
So, the end justifies the means?
July 17th, 2010
8:59 pm
It's been said that California will, one day, slip into the ocean. WRONG!
Ultimately, the stress moves closer to bigger faults that need more pressure to erupt, thus creating larger and larger earthquakes until the "Big One" happens.
"It's a matter of looking at the major earthquakes in California over the last 20, 30, 40 years," said UC Davis' Rundle. "They seem to be occurring everywhere except the major faults — the San Andreas, the Elsinore and the San Jacinto."
There's a hole in this possible earthquake pattern
They're gonna slip into a donut hole.
July 17th, 2010
9:02 pm
above..Need i remind Sumner and Lincoln were white? Again, no racial component..Ideology, not race.
In fact I admire Don King, greatly!
"Moolah makes the world turn, M-F'er! Not Allah, Moolah!"
July 17th, 2010
9:07 pm
I've been called for flick time, so Taps and y'all have good night.
July 17th, 2010
9:17 pm
It's your hate to wield, and I can't tell you or force you to hate or not hate someone. The thing I see is, if you hate the entire organization for the actions of a few, or even a majority, you're no different than those who hate the Tea Party for the actions of a few. So, it appears that you would have more in common with those you hate than you realize.
(Law Abiding Citizen had language too saucy for the lil sidekick)
July 17th, 2010
9:18 pm
Barack Obama Has Awakened a Sleeping Nation
July 17th, 2010
9:22 pm
My I picked the wrong time to eat supper. So many comments to address, yet the time is past…….
@@: I'm not angry. I'm not even miffed. Nay, I have not yet even begun to get worked up. I'm just saying………
Southern Comfort: I didn't know Dubois was from Atlanta, for some reason I thought he was from philly or some other Yankee place. What a collection of some of the BEST Americans we have from this city. While not an expert on him, I believe it safe to say that he was one of the finest minds of his time.
Del: I dunno, I only have about 2 blogs worth of content to go on. Mainly I addressed the things said in THIS one. But I'll take heed to your comment going forward. He just SEEMS like a fanatic to me in what I have read today. And to be truthful, I shouldn't laugh so publicly at fanatics. But I AM right about them canceling each other out lol.
SPQR: Give it up already. Why do you insist on bringing up the black panthers when referring to the tea party organization? You are making the point for Jay. (Refer back to my post about republicans being too STUPID to vote for). Virtually everyone here (except you) has acknowledged the fact that the black panthers are a fringe group based on hate who speak for NO ONE except their pitiful selves. While I can't speak for certain, I would feel comfortable saying that most black people are as ashamed of them as I am of the KKK. What you are doing is the equivalent of a tv commercial comparing a kia to a rolls royce and then saying the kia is better because it costs less. They aren't in the same category. Put the beer down and step away from the keyboard. Or keep the beer, just step away from the keyboard either way…………
I know I missed a few, but what the heck, there will be plenty of opportunities to get them. Seems like the same people populate this blog and from what I have read usually say the same things so whatever I missed will come up again.
July 17th, 2010
9:23 pm
I noticed you mentioned illegal aliens dying in the Sonoran Desert in AZ. The number may be increasing but it is nothing new at all. I worked in the Indian Hospital at Sells for several summers. It is 60 miles south of Tucson.and on a direct path northwards for illegals. Why? Because the tall sacred mountain of the Tohono O'Dom (Papago) known as Barboquvri is there and acts as a guide post north. Any time you would drive to Tucson you could see illegals scurrying through desert shrubs, traveling on foot and trying to stay out of sight.
As now, many of them died, as many were totally unprepared for any kind of desert travel. It isn't an "easy" death. Also, this reservation area is so vast with minimal habitation that it is almost impossible to have total surveillance.
Back then, most illegals came to the USA for economic reasons. That may still be true but the violence in Mexico is terrible as we all know. Anyway, I hate to hear that many more people are dying in the desert now.. It is a heart breaking situation and seemingly never ended.
July 17th, 2010
9:23 pm
When one looks at the term Colored, for me it goes beyond just Blacks. Have you ever noticed how dark Europeans get when they tan? Middle Easterners? East Asian Indians? Native American Indians?
For me, I don't think the organization is a relic, I think it's a case of mis-directed energy. That's the same thing I see with the Tea Party. People are so focused on what they see on tv, they don't get a chance to see what goes on behind the scenes. I'm no Tea Party expert, but I have personally seen NAACP chapters give scholarships to students who desperately needed the funds. I've seen them conduct food and funding drives to help less fortunate. Those are not the type of things you see in the news because it's not sensational enough for ratings.
I imagine the Tea Parties and other groups do similar things without the publicity as well. It's my approach, but I like to see the entire organization before passing judgement on the group as a whole. However, I think it's perfectly ok and fair to call out the actions of the few who do wrong and it's brought to light.
July 17th, 2010
9:25 pm
Damn, I KNEW I missed something important………..
Amvet: Great tune. Thanks. I added it to my favs on youtube.
July 17th, 2010
9:33 pm
You're not angry? Alrighty din!
Now I know that, even on your good days, you're likely to call me a mindless fanatic, liar, hypocrite, scumbag, and idiot. And all without ever having met me.
Glad we got that cleared up.
July 17th, 2010
9:34 pm
Let me return the favor Amvet. Since you seem to be Hustlin' here………..
July 17th, 2010
9:35 pm
@@; Sorry, I just calls them likes I sees them. I gotta be angry to tell the truth?
July 17th, 2010
9:36 pm
Have you ever noticed how dark Europeans get when they tan? Middle Easterners? East Asian Indians? Native American Indians?
I feel your pain. I'm colored.
July 17th, 2010
9:38 pm
I've got no problem with people callin' like they sees 'em.
I'll just disagree with your assessment of who and what I am.
I can do that.
July 17th, 2010
9:40 pm
Thanks, Del. Right back at ya.
"…and from what I have read usually say the same things so whatever I missed will come up again."
Funny, but true!
Fred, the way I see it, the trick here is to not take, or make, it personal. Do that and you'll be fine…
July 17th, 2010
9:43 pm
I started to use you as an example since I remember you talking about your tan. I didn't want you to think that I was trying to demean you or anything.
July 17th, 2010
9:44 pm
So, AmVet. Have you been able to recall any of those third party candidates you've voted for who won?
I really would like to see how they've fared in a leadership role.
July 17th, 2010
9:46 pm
I can only feel your pain 10 months out of the year. I begin to fade in February, then pick it back up in May.
I don't forget about you in those 2 months though.
July 17th, 2010
9:48 pm
California NAACP Wants to Make Neverland a State Park
Why the moderation JB?
July 17th, 2010
9:50 pm
I appreciate it. My favorite teacher in high school was the same way. The beginning of the school year, I'd tease her and call her a sister. She was of Italian descent, and she would tan almost as dark as I was. That was a lesson in how much we are really alike that I have never forgotten. She was also my math teacher and one of the two who inspired me to get a degree in mathematics.
July 17th, 2010
9:51 pm
I hate mathematicians.
I suck at math.
July 17th, 2010
9:55 pm
@@: I don't recall calling you anything. Could you help me out here? Or did I say something that hit a nerve. I DID "single" Amvet out, but I apologised for that right after explaining it was just the particular post he made that fit my rant at the time. But you? I don't recall "calling you out." Gotta guilty conscience do you or did you just find a pair of shoes that fit and decided to buy them?
July 17th, 2010
9:55 pm
My original goal was to become a math teacher. Since I didn't get my certification while in school, I got the run-around back when they were trying to hire teachers from professional jobs. I may go back and pursue it whenever I retire from my current job.
July 17th, 2010
9:56 pm
Right back atcha Amvet. Hope you enjoy lol.
July 17th, 2010
9:57 pm
Seems like a waste of time, to me, to hate somebody you never met. But what do I know?
July 17th, 2010
9:59 pm
I was one of the two "extreme attackers" you mentioned after having posted what that they/we/I was/were mindless fanatics, liars, hypocrites, scumbags, and idiots.
No biggie, really. I've been called worse.
Forget about it.
July 17th, 2010
10:00 pm
….take that "what" out and my 9:59 is good to go.
July 17th, 2010
10:04 pm
I got straight A's in Algebra. I'm good with abstracts…lousy with concrete, although I AM pretty good with masonry. I think it has something to do with the artistic element.
July 17th, 2010
10:05 pm
Time for me to check out. The Braves just went down in a blaze of glory, and I'm spent for the day.
Might see y'all tomorrow, might not.
Anyway's… G'nite everybody..
July 17th, 2010
10:07 pm
Fred, that Kinison was hysterical.
Hillbilly, I think I shared this already, but what the hey. I met this young black guy in the gym one day and we started talking. The conversation turned to music and he shared that he was really bummed that Robert Palmer had recently died. One world.
A couple of monster covers by him…
July 17th, 2010
10:07 pm
It's probably your ability to think analytically!! I believe artistic ability falls more along analytical thinking than logical thinking. Dunno for sure, that's for the psychology majors to figure out. Laters!!
July 17th, 2010
10:08 pm
Ya heard your name there did you @@? Funny, i never said it nor did I single you out. I DID respond to your post to me.
July 17th, 2010
10:09 pm
AmVet, you're not giving me the info on those third-party candidates. If they've never won, how can you be so sure they'd do a better job than either/or?
July 17th, 2010
10:10 pm
You're having a hard time letting this go.
I have.
Time to move along.
July 17th, 2010
10:14 pm
SPQR(laissez Faire),
I feel sorry for you.
So much hatred.
So much ignorance.
So little worth to society.
July 17th, 2010
10:15 pm
The NAACP was founded in 1909. I believe that history would say that colored in those days referred to black. It is fine to believe that diversity was a prime consideration in those days but I don't think it was.
Perhaps, if you knew to whom scholarships are now given and to what universities, you might find how much diversity there is in the present day organization.
July 17th, 2010
10:17 pm
But just so you know:
Fred said: This is funny. I'm being attacked by a left wing mindless idiot and a right wing mindless idiot all at the same time. They are proving my point………..
but none of it is really on topic is it? That doesn't matter to them, they spew the same bile regardless of the topic lol.
Have a good evening, Fred.
July 17th, 2010
10:19 pm
So, has anyone checked out the winners and losers in the Financial Regulation Bill?
We, consumers didn't fare too well. We were on the losing end.
Oh well.
July 17th, 2010
10:20 pm
Amvet: I have had many things stolen of pilfered from me in my life, but the one thing I miss the most is my Sneakin' Sally through the Alley disc. I got it in Germany in the 80's (I had the vinyl, but it got tossed) and someone stole it. I can't find it anywhere. I can't even get the damn songs on youtube. I found Hey Hey Julia on some video a dude did jerking a tooth out of his little girls mouth, and Grace Porter doing the cover, but the REAL songs, I can't find. Robert Palmer ruled.
Grace: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1zsST71m-I&playnext_from=TL&videos=SL3ty55eGE0
Pulling a tooth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FnLTN6nv1c&playnext_from=TL&videos=5BHx65mPGBw
Sorry for the threadus interuptus………..
July 17th, 2010
10:33 pm
Well, I will say good night too. I plan to make early service tomorrow at church.
Yep, lotsa fine folks there. White, black but no Asians except for our Cambodian. He was in a prison camp there for eight years.!! We don't know how lucky we are….
July 17th, 2010
10:34 pm
Fred, Germany in the 80s? US Army?
One of my two brothers who wore green (I was AF blue.) was stationed in K-town. Or was it Wiesbaden?
My mom is a German Jew, and along with her parents fled the holocaust to England. She came from a little town in the Schwarzwald called Freiburg im Breisgau. We rendezvoused for a visit in the mid 80s and even though she hadn't been there in over 40 years, she remembered where everything still was. A fine little town.
I had forgotten just how good that Sneakin' stuff was. I do vaguely remember his version. Ta.
July 17th, 2010
10:35 pm
Midori, I hold no personal animosity towards you, but a bit of advice..worrying about others , that whole tired empathy baggage..will only lead you to pain and grey hair.
I don;t CARE to add value to society. I'm in this life for me and those few I care about, whatever society gets out of that is stickly coincidental spillover. I sure as hell am not doing anything for free.
capitalism has a lot of incidental spillover. Nearly all human advancement has been due to hard work for personal enrichment. Nothing good ever comes from "forced charity"..aka social welfare.
July 17th, 2010
10:38 pm
Last hijack. i jUST found the unholy trinity Amvet. All three tunes like right of the album. Sailing Shoes, Hey Hey Julia, and Sneakin' Sally…….
July 17th, 2010
10:40 pm
I wonder how much it would cost to have a giant Guy Fawkes mask displayed on one of those LED changable billboards for Nov 2nd.
July 17th, 2010
10:58 pm
"Nearly all human advancement has been due to hard work for personal enrichment."
No question. Pain and pleasure.
That RP really was worthy of that irreverent moniker, Fred. Niiice.
One of my very favorite Irish artists.
July 17th, 2010
11:00 pm
This is for you in the present and Ayn Rand in post mortem.
July 17th, 2010
11:04 pm
I had forgotten that you too were in the Air Force. Where were you based?
I was at Lackland, Syracuse (for Russian), Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo, Japan, and ended up at NSA.
July 17th, 2010
11:11 pm
I forgot you two were in the world's largest quasi-military organization.
Just kidding …………..
July 17th, 2010
11:18 pm
I don't know if you had a chance to read the editorial at my 9:18 (someone just sent it to me today) and I also know you will disagree with a lot of it but it's pretty much right on target for how a conservative feels.
July 17th, 2010
11:24 pm
Lackland, Keesler, MacDill, RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge (sister bases). 7 week TDY to Aviano.
Flew back from Europe to McGuire on Dec. 31, 1976. Yep, New Years Eve. Got changed and went off base. Some girls picked us up hitchhiking and we went to a club and partied til it was jetlagged crazy. When we left it was snowing like a madman. I discharged the next day and by noon was a civilian with $1200 cash! But the snowstorm turned into a full blown blizzard and I couldn't leave for three days. Ironic, huh?
July 17th, 2010
11:49 pm
July 18th, 2010
12:25 am
Great movie / mediocre hippie music
…How long had I been lying there? All these signs of violence. What had happened? There was evidence in this room of excessive consumption of almost every type of drug known to civilized man since 1544 AD. What kind of addict would need all these coconut husks and crushed honeydew rinds? Would the presence of junkies account for all these uneaten french fries? These puddles of glazed ketchup on the bureau? Maybe so. But then why all this booze? And these crude pornographic photos smeared with mustard that had dried to a hard yellow crust? These were not the hoofprints of your average God-fearing junky. It was too savage. Too aggressive.
July 18th, 2010
1:03 am
How about writing an article about this, Jay, you friggin coward:
BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) – Fishermen in Mississippi say they are angry that under the terms of BP's $20 billion oil spill fund, money they earn doing clean-up will be subtracted from their claim against the company.
The fishermen reacted after Kenneth Feinberg, the federal official in charge of administering the compensation fund, announced the decision at a town hall meeting in Biloxi on Friday.
So Obama's people aren't on their knees in front of BP?
July 18th, 2010
1:12 am
**I would say the debate is now over **
When are you going to grow a brain?
So this is the issue, is it? The Tea Party is racist?
You are a friggin idiot.
the federal Government just allowed the BRITISH PETROLEUM CORPORATION TO SCREW THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN CLEANING UP THE BEACH.
YOUR OBAMA administration is allowing the same foreign oil company that just dumped a half billion gallon on oil on our beaches to screw the people who were trying to clean up their mess.
I hope you lose your job as quickly as possible. You really need to know how these people feel.
July 18th, 2010
1:16 am
Expect to man up and address this or kick me off this blog because expect your nose to be rubbed in this every day until you address it.
Friggin clueless liberal coward.
July 18th, 2010
1:36 am
When I began to address this there were four comments of yours up and as I begin to type there are only two so Jay B may well have tossed your posts down the memory hole by the time I finish, but I think you may be a little off base in your outrage on this. If the claim that is being offset is lost revenue for this season of fishing then it makes perfect sense to deduct the income for helping with the cleanup. If the offset keeps them from submitting a claim of future losses then I might agree with you, but I have an overall sticking point with the whole compensation process anyway.
The economy is at best poor and more likely in shambles so even if a business could prove taxable income in past years there's no reason to believe they would have had the same level of income this year unless they can show an increase in dollars elsewhere that proves the revenue moved to another location. Making BP or any other entity make them artificially whole flys in the face of free market principles.
July 18th, 2010
1:42 am
So much for my message of never questioning a poster that's lost the ability to respond…….
/I blame the Royal Corporation for inhibiting my typing skillz
July 18th, 2010
1:52 am
And since I'm playing blog insomniac tonight, congrats are in order to sfb. His team not only scored, finally, but scored in three consecutive innings.
July 18th, 2010
2:04 am
Didn't think anyone would be up at this time, but I caught what just transpired between NIF and Jay.
I watched some of what was said at the meeting in Biloxi. I recall that one fisherman related that he was getting $5000 a month compensation from BP. Feinberg asked that fisherman how much he would normally get in the same period. His response was "$5000″. Feinberg then told the fisherman that he was already getting what he was entitled to and did not need ANOTHER $5000 from the funds set aside by BP in the escrow account. Feinberg also told the group that he would pay and pay up quickly but that the fisherman had to show him what they normally would be making during the season (that is receipts and the like). I thought he handled the meeting very well. .
July 18th, 2010
4:15 am
Somebody came unhinged… or rather has been unhinged for quite some time but pushed the envelope too far…
So, let me get this straight. BP is supposed to support these fishermen for doing nothing? Isn't that wealth redistibrution?
July 18th, 2010
4:52 am
The environmental terrorist liberals miss their little leak-
So is it over?
Not technically, not politically, not environmentally. BP's Macondo well remains dangerous, a threat to gush anew and very much alive until it is plugged with cement in a "bottom kill" that's still weeks away at best. -Urinal
Don't worry, you'll find something else to suck on, I'm sure.


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Reasoning Modules
By Lawson, Kazilek and Logvin
Computer-Based Reasoning Modules for STEM Education
Many students lack skills in the use of basic reasoning patterns and, as a consequence, fail not only to understand the nature of science and how to do science, but also fail to acquire understanding of key scientific concepts and theories. However, most students can improve these important reasoning skills given appropriate instruction.
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Consequently, to improve student achievement, this project will incorporate key pedagogical elements of those activities into six computer-based modules developed using Macromedia Flash technology, which can be easily disseminated and used in a wider range of instructional contexts and with a considerably larger number of students.
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Published on May 8th, 2013 | by Meredith Burdett
Neil Gaiman Won't Be Showrunner
We're all incredibly excited at Kasterborous Towers because this Saturday not only do we get a brand new episode of Doctor Who on the telly, not only does it feature the return and the redesign of the Cybermen, not only does it guest star Warwick Davis and Tamzin Outhwaite.. but it's also written by the brilliant Neil Gaiman.
Gaiman's 2011 Doctor Who episode The Doctor's Wife was brilliant and if the early indicators from that illusive old thing we call the internet are correct (and we bet they are) then Gaiman's newest episode, Nightmare in Silver, will be just as good – if not better!
SFX Magazine got the opportunity to sit down with the writer extraordinaire recently to ask him a few questions regarding his episode and his future with Doctor Who. The good news is that he has more ideas and would like to write more episodes for the show in the future; the other news is that Gaiman will not be considering the position as Doctor Who's showrunner anytime soon.
Which is, quite frankly, a very good thing indeed. We have an excellent Commander-in-Chief in the form of Steven Moffat who is already planning series 8 of Doctor Who and while it certainly is lovely to have Gaiman 'pop in' now and then to deliver a cracking yarn featuring the Doctor, it would be better to keep things that way and leave the producing to someone else.
We're not stating that Gaiman isn't up to the job but there's a feeling that comes with the idea of him running the show that it just wouldn't work on the same level as it does with Moffat or it did with Russell T Davies. Mainly to do with his incredibly busy schedule in all his other works that wouldn't give the man the time to devote a huge portion of his life to Doctor Who.
You can read the full interview with Gaiman, which includes a wonderful theory that marries the Mondas/Telosian Cyberman to the Cybus iterations by visiting SFX.
8 Responses to Neil Gaiman Won't Be Showrunner
I always knew it was a pipe dream to think Gaiman would consider running the show in the future. But I'm not bummed out as long as he returns regularly to write episodes. He has proved he has the capacity to tell wonderful stories.
I once discounted the very notion, but now I find myself thinking it should/could be Mark Gatiss. Not that I want Steven Moffat to depart anytime soon, as I think he's doing a fantastic job, despite the small group of hater/trolls who apparently want to burn him at the stake. But between his contributions to both Doctor Who and Sherlock, as well as his co-production of the latter, and his obvious love for Doctor Who, he begins to appear to me to be a very viable candidate, if he is ever offered the position, and is so inclined to take it on.
After the quality of most Gatiss scripts over the past seasons, I came to dread the possibility that Gatiss will indeed take over once the Moff leaves….BUT being a contributing writer and being a show-runner are two very different things, working two different skill-sets. I think Moffat did better work on writing episodes when he was a contributing writer than he has while he's been show-runner. He still does a good job though and wouldn't necessarily want him to leave anytime soon.
Of course he won't. He is far too busy. One thing that has become apparent over the last few years is just how time-consuming the job is. I'm not about to indulge in a spot of Moffat bashing. I am a fan. But I have been disappointed by the show lately and I do wonder whether Mr M has taken on too much. If and when he steps down ("when" obviously- but I am trying to avoid any suggestion that I am calling for his departure), I hope we get a showrunner who has an admiration and liking for the programme, without necessarily being a "fan". Someone with energy and vision. Someone who realises (as do both Mr M and RTD) that there is no point in making a show to please the fans if it will alienate the peripheral audience. We fans will like it anyway. Some of us will complain anyway. It's what we do. Lets have a programme that we can like but that will also attract more casual viewers and hook them. Have no idea who that might be though. I am not a fan of "The Doctor's Wife", I am afraid. It's not good Who or good Gaiman. It's not rubbish, but I was expecting better.
I agree with Tony. Phillip Hinchcliffe wasn't a fan when he took on the role and he produced some of the best stories out there. I would levitate away from a fan and more to someone who would take a chance and bring something new to the table. Mark Gatiss as showrunner doesn't thrill me. the phrase 'safe pair of hands' comes to mind when I consider his writing.
The Doctors Wife was great but not amazing. 8/10 and hopefully Nightmare in Silver will be better but if we look at Robert Holmes his first two scripts were not brilliant but look at the writer he became for the show so keep using Gaiman, I'm sure he will deliver that knockout story one day.
Gaiman is vastly over-rated, anyway!


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They have narrowed the time to between 9:45 Friday night and 7:00 a.m. Saturday when the damage was discovered by a deputy on patrol.
If found, the suspect would be charged with leaving the scene of a personal property accident and malicious destruction of property.
They estimate the damage at around 35-hundred dollars.


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And I think this picture sums up the entire trip =)
And I have 4 more days here, perfect =)
And I think this picture sums up the entire trip =)
And I have 4 more days here, perfect =)
The trip to Hawaii is here! Leaving to go to LA at 4am, flight leaves at 8am! Can't wait to eat the peanuts and hopefully get to watch a free (good) movie. A week in Hawaii…priceless! Beach and paradise here I come!
Be Happy and Smile! "Welcome to the Good Life" - Good Life by Kanye West
I know I am and will definitely be happy and smile. I'm going to eat dinner with my family with my brother back from Berkeley, see all my friends that came back from college, go to Hawaii, and then start another new year!
I want everyone to know that I'm thankful to have met you and get to know more about you guys! It is because of all of YOU that I am so full of optimism and joy. My life would be so incomplete without every one of you, and even if I don't really chat with you so often, I'm just glad to have met you because every little thing in our lives help change and shape the way we think, act, and feel.
I hope you all are having good times, and if bad things are happening to you, I just want to let you know that no matter what you are strong and can fix the problem. Everyone goes through all kinds of shit in life, it's normal; Luckily for me, not too much has been effecting me. I mean I got a F in physics and am just worrying about my other grades, but I accept the fact I have to retake the course because I know I failed in trying my best in that class. But an important note: You have to look at the brighter side of things man. People just like you face the same exact problems you face, probably even worse, so don't fret! Just be thankful you have that OPPORTUNITY to do whatever you want to do. Sure there might be rules for what you are going through, but you know what? Fuck it, follow those rules and own that shit. You are a strong person and can take whatever life throws at you. In the end, you will feel so much better and will be so much happier.
As I said before in my 'LLL' post, learn from your mistakes, build from them. You will become a better person than you already are and you will definitely feel a shit load better. I saved a link that I saw on Yahoo a long time ago. It's a 72-year-old study on Happiness. I live by these three standards, and encourage everyone else to follow them, because that's how life should be lived: with you being happier than ever and spreading the positivity to those around you.
Love is the strongest feeling in the world and can never be lost; However, Happiness is a feeling that many are able to lose in life in an instant. People are able to lose such a great feeling? I say
Damn That Sucks, no Man I Feel Sorry For Them, no Fuck That! Everyone is entitled to be able to smile and be full of joy and pride. Don't let anyone tell you what you should do in life. SHOOT for your dreams, AIM for your goals, BE what you want to be, DO what you want to do.
That's some of my Life Philosophy. Just do it.
-Peter Zheng
So thankfully I was finished with finals on Wednesday, and so far so much has already happened!
Wednesday - Shopped around Horton Plaza with Sean and spent so much money…so poor! Finally danced at the gym, and it felt so great, even though I feel so slow now haha! At night, ate at Wing Stop! Woooooo! Finally went there after so longggg.
Thursday - Original 4 Dinner at Sushi Deli, Christmas Gift Exchange, and Beer Pong! I got so much great gifts! Thank you Shirley, Vannessa, and Sean! Although I got a parking ticket (my 5th one ever…all THIS YEAR…) when we ate, the rest of the night made it up! Was 3-1 in BP, damn you Sean for the 1 lost! Haha! It's all good. Love the O4.
Friday - Ate lunch with Shirley at Lolitas in Convoy! Mmm carne asada fries! Then got boba at Tapex! Went back to my house and chilled until Mark's Bday party! Damn it was so fun!
And the fun has just begun! Hawaii on Wednesday, hell yeah!
I AM FINALLY DONE WITH FINALS AND PAPERS!!! I feel so relieved! Now I get to party, go to Hawaii, and chill for more than a month with no worries!
I feel so proud of myself because these past two weeks have shown me my own potential as to what I can achieve. What are my limits? Nothing, I'm limitless. I can do anything I want as long as I put my best effort into it, and even if I fail in the end I'll still be damn proud that I tried with the best of my abilities.
Never let anyone tell you
"You can't do it" because you can, anyone can. The greatest thing about being human is that there are no barriers that block us from what we want to achieve; we can always reach the unexpected and the unknown.
I will never fail in life. An F in a class is not a failure to me, losing in a tournament is not a failure to me, not being able to cross the finish line is not a failure to me. The most important thing to get out of everything I do is to learn, think, and have fun. We all must learn from our own mistakes and build from it, I cannot stress more how vital that is. And to have fun? Definitely a necessity in life because that is how you become and stay happy, positive, and enlightened. As long as I try my best, I will always succeed.
What is a failure to me? To not be able to use 100% of my effort in what I do. To not make people laugh, smile and stay positive. To not be there for my family, friends, and other loved ones. To not stay true to myself.
Life is hard at times, it is for ALL people. Compare yourself to others in the world. Are you feeling as down as someone who has no food or clean water? Are you having as bad a day as someone who has lost a loved one? Are you really that angry that you failed a test when there are those in the world who have no education whatsoever and can never find a stable job?
Be thankful that you have the life and opportunities that you have, I am. I'm thankful that I can go to school, play basketball, drive my car, buy a coke at the store, write this blog. If your life is going downhill, you can climb yourself back up, everyone can. Utilize what you have around you: friends, family, gym, etc.
Love is the most important thing in life, everyone contains this entity within themselves, and it will never be destroyed or weakened, it can only grow stronger.
I hope you all can read this, learn something, and agree. This is my opinion and some of my views in life, what are yours? Think about it. I certainly did.
- Peter, Peezy, Zigga Zheng, Ming, Petah, and any other nicknames of mine!
I finally finished ALL 6 papers!!! Totaling 23 pages of stupid shit for history class!! I also have 3 more finals and I finish on Wednesday, so 3 more days of school and then it's freedom from there on!
Honestly, I feel like I've accomplished so much in these past 2 weeks. I tried so hard, read a lot, took the time and effort to do the best I could possibly do on the papers and finals, hopefully it pays off in the end but seriously I feel so great right now. I don't care what grade I get, I did my best and tried the hardest I've ever tried in my life. I was able to actually do my SOCIAL LOCKDOWN week and restrain myself from going out a lot and spending money!
And so I'm thinking, if I can do this, I can do anything I want in life, just as long as I keep true to myself, try my best, and try to have as much fun as I possibly can in what I'm doing.
Gotta love life.
I'm not much of a blogger..I don't think my life is too interesting hahaha but I'll try to update as much as I can. I remember the first blogging site called Xanga? Yeah that didn't last too long! Anyways, today I had my first two finals, CIVE100 and CIVE120, and both I thought were easier than expected, I should be able to pass those classes easily. I've done 5 essays in 5 days and just have 3 more finals and 1 8-page paper left, I think I've been very productive this week cause it was my SOCIAL LOCKDOWN week. The prize in the end? HAWAII!!!!!
A shout out to my homegirls in chula vista and la mesa! Yeeee we da best! Love you Vannessatee and Shirley!
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The Scarlet Knights, coming off an 8-5 campaign capped by an International Bowl win, kick off the season Monday against Fresno State at Rutgers Stadium in what could be a game where the scoreboard turns numbers like a slot machine.
The Bulldogs were 9-4 last season, including an impressive win over Georgia Tech in the Humanitarian Bowl. Quarterback Tom Brandstater returns to lead an offense that gained 571 yards in the that game against one of the nation's top defenses.
up is certainly potent.''
Fresno State, one of the favorites to win the Western Athletic Conference, is going to face a tough task on defense.
Rutgers lost Rice, its all-time leading rusher, to the NFL, but returns record-setting quarterback Mike Teel (20 touchdowns) and 1,000-yard receivers in Kenny Britt and Tiquan Underwood.
The job of replacing Rice falls to Kordell Young, who missed most of last season with a knee injury, and Mason Robinson.
``I don't think they're going to give up on the run game,'' Fresno State coach Pat Hill said. ``That's part of their personality. They are a physical downhill running football team. We're gonna be prepared for both run and pass. The QB and receivers are a talented group and they'll add a whole new dimension to their game that will be improved from last year.''
The one area that will be a question mark for Rutgers is the offensive line, which gave up 18 sacks last season. Tackles Pedro Sosa and Jeremy Zuttah graduated and the line will have three new starters. Only center Ryan Blaszczyk is playing at the same position as a year ago.
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``In college football, you don't have preseason games, so everything is right off the bat,'' Schiano said. ``We have a lot of situations where we have to face some of the best right off the bat, so we better be ready. I don't know if our best is good enough, but anything less we're not going to have a chance.''
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Bargaining, Coalitions and Competition
AbstractWe study a decentralized matching model in a large exchange economy, in which trade takes place through non--cooperative bargaining in coalitions of finite size. Under essentially the same conditions of core equivalence, we show that the strategic equilibrium outcomes of our model coincide with the Walrasian allocations of the economy. Our method of proof exploits equivalence results between the core and Walrasian equilibria. Our model relaxes differentiability and convexity of preferences thereby covering the case of indivisible goods.
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I shoot a lot of photographs from the flight-deck of aircraft, and although I am getting there as far as PP work goes, I still have several things I would like to improve. I am wondering if we have any experts here on optics? More specifically, the effect of shooting through laminated glass at different angles, and how to mitigate these effects, either in the camera or in Photoshop?
One of the main problems is that I am often shooting through the front windows, which are generally angled at about 45-70 degrees to the plane of the lens vertically, and up to 30 degrees horizontally. I can generally get around the problem of reflections by shielding the lens, or by placing the sun-visor over reflecting objects. A polariser is no use as the glass is laminated. However, pictures taken at these acute angles generally look quite soft, especially at longer focal lengths (at extreme focal lengths (200mm+)focus is not possible at all unless the lens is perpendicular to the glass). I have experimented with apertures, and it seems wider apertures help with removing the effects of dirt and scratches on the glass while smaller apertures generally seem to work better with longer focal lengths. I use single point focusing or manual focus. I have a UV filter on the lens, mainly for protection (the windows filter UV anyway). I was wondering if anyone here has any ideas how I can get better quality shots: one thing I have been wondering is whether the size of the the front element of the lens will affect the quality of the photograph. At the moment I use a Sigma 18-250, which has some obvious compromises with it's large range, but it's that range that makes it such a good lens to use on the aircraft (changing lenses is not really an option). I've not noticed much improvement in quality using different lenses anyway. Shooting through the side windows I don't have the problem of angles as much, but the glass is not as good optically.
Another problem is that pictures taken from the aircraft (especially in haze and at high altitude) have a very narrow dynamic range, often only from about 50 to 200 when viewed on the histogram, or 70-230 when I expose to the right. At the moment I get round this by use of selective levels adjustments in CS5, but am wondering if there is anything else I can do that will improve the dynamic range? I used to have a compact that shot TIFF's that seemed to handle dynamic range in these conditions better than my Pentax K7 does with RAW.
If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them! At the moment I am not sure if I need to change my technique, buy a new lens, or maybe even a new camera! Or perhaps just accept that what I am getting is a good as I can get? However, I am sure I can improve somehow, and would appreciate any input.
You are getting haze; try a haze or UV filter, should help. It's not the glass, it's the altitude. You get basically the same effect in mountains, and by using a UV filter, the clarity is much better. You can try levels in editing to reduce the haze, should help quite a bit. I worked with a First Officer who could get a shot of a pilot in another aircraft at over 30,000ft. as we passed, and with a bit of processing on the PC, you could recognise the features no problem.
I have taken quite a few shots of the Grand Canyon, as we climbed out of Phoenix, and it was mostly haze, till I adjusted levels on the PC.
Good Luck
Why not open the window and eliminate the glass altogether?
On the other hand, the "glass" (plastic) window won't help at all. With longer lenses, you can get a long rubber hood and press this against the "glass" if you can get close enough to it, but a lot of the problem can be the optical qualities of the "glass" itself. At any other angle apart from 90 deg, you will get flare and possibly internal reflections from the laminated layers. What sort of aircraft are we talking here? Commercial airliner, light aircraft or fast jet? It will make a difference to the advice!
Thanks for the replies! It's a commercial airliner, so opening the window is not an option. I don't think a UV filter will do anything, as the glass of the windows blocks UV anyway. At the moment I use selective levels adjustments using layer masks, which does improve pictures dramatically, but this often introduces noise, and sometimes odd colours too.
Getting clear shots of other aircraft is not a problem, the distance and therefore haze is much less than shooting the ground from 30000+ feet. I also usually will have the lens more perpendicular to the window, as the majority of shots of other aircraft are taken from below, so refraction is not such a problem. The problem of refraction (and haze) while taking shots of the ground is the one I am really having trouble with. I've been wondering if a tilt-shift lens could be used to reduce the angle between lens and glass, or if this would just give me large areas that are completely out of focus?
As long as you shift the lens but don't tilt it, your plane of focus will stay the same. To reduce the angle with the glass, you would have to tilt upwards, which would take your plane of focus way too far out the wrong way.
PS...I was joking about opening the window! At 30 000 feet, I want cabin pressure and conditioning, thank you.
30000 feet is the major problem even if all other variables were controlled.
From an optics perspective, to successfully shoot through glass you need to make conditions where you are shooting the subject from the side that has the most lighting. - Obviously the frontal windows of a plane are not great for this.
Reflections from laminated glass in use in planes will always be a problem, you can however reduce them.
The best solution that comes to mind at your level (e.g. no low altitude open window stuff) would be to cover the window with a light-blocking hood, a-la slate camera style fabric. This would very much increase image quality.
You could suffice with a large lens hood (or a coat jacket), but do not allow it to touch the window, as the vibrations from plane will play havoc.
The next tip is to shoot early in the flight, and wait for the plane to bank... Some of the best aerial to ground shots are done through side windows of a heavily banking plane.
A tilt shift, nor an increase frontal element size will not help much (technically they would, but its bothersome - you have other factors that effect things more.)
Polarising filters are a big no=-no the windows as you said are polarised anyway, so you will get X polarisation meaning some lovely PURPLE.
But 30000 feet is far too high for clear images of the ground. - but the fabric hood / lens hood is the winner here.
Also depending on what the window is made from, a tonal adjustment in photoshop should correct most of the "strangeness" you get.
Thanks for the suggestions! I get more problems from refraction due to the angle of the glass than from reflections. I often use the detachable sun-visor to shield reflections and the glare shield is painted with non-reflective paint. It's the bending of the light by the glass that is more of an issue. I have been wondering if there is some way of correcting this using the lens correction feature in Photoshop? What I really need is a computer guru too design me a plug-in !
As for shooting at lower levels that's not really practical as I am generally a bit busy then.
Upload an example of the bend and I can create a batch action to correct it for you. - that is assuming its the same every time.
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Item Specifications:Type:Left ArmrestRight ArmrestDimensions:18" D x 36"W in front x 42"W in back x back 18"H on one end x 36"H at the other ENDFinish:Black powder coated finish
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Approximate size: 2 1/2 x 2 3/8 inches
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Grace. Elegance. Charm. Bring home the large swan as he paddles gracefully on the serene waters of a lake. In faceted clear crystal with an unfaceted neck and head, it is sure to be the center of attention. Decoration object. Not a toy. Not suitable for children under 15.
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Allied Moulded Products, Inc. (Allied) is the Contractor's Choice of nonmetallic electrical boxes and enclosures in today's residential, commercial and industrial markets. Leveraging more than half-a-century of experience, Allied has grown to become the benchmark of quality within the electrical industry. Our full-service molding operation includes expertise in compression and injection molding, using thermoset and thermoplastic materials, as well as our unique resin transfer molding process. Utilizing a modern, automated assembly process, we are pleased to provide our customers with a superior product at a competitive price. Our unrelenting focus on service, delivery, value, innovation and technology in everything we make and do, has made us who we are today.
Allied offers a full range of residential and manufactured housing products, including: fiberglass range/dryer receptacle boxes, floor boxes, lampholders, luminaires, and other products. Designed with both the electrical professional and the do-it-yourself home owner in mind, Allied's products have earned a reputation for strength, rigidity and innovation.
Allied's industrial enclosures can be found all over the world in many different control applications such as industrial & manufacturing plants, waste water treatment, wind turbines, security, SCADA, solar, marinas, data & telecommunications, mining, and more. Allied's extensive line of NEMA type 4X/IP66 fiberglass reinforced polyester (FRP) enclosures, made with our proprietary Ultraguard® resin formulation, outperform our competitors in the areas of: yellowing, gloss retention, iscoloration and change in texture. With a wide range of sizes, accessories and customizations available, Allied offers a complete solution to your industrial enclosure needs. In addition to fiberglass, Allied also offers our Polyline® series, a line of polycarbonate, injection-molded enclosures.
Allied's products are marketed in the U.S. primarily through an extensive network of professional manufacturer's reps, all specialists and experts in electrical boxes and enclosures. In addition, our residential line is available through leading home improvement and hardwareretail chains. Allied has expanded our global reach, with the addition of Allied Moulded Enclosure Products (India) Pvt Ltd. This new 40,000-square-foot manufacturing facility produces our Industrial line J.I.C. (Joint Industrial Council) and Empire enclosures, for the India and Middle East markets.
Allied Moulded partners with PTI Inc. in Point Pleasant WV, a custom molder of thermoplastic and thermoset products as well as Fountain City Machining Inc. in Bryan OH, a manufacturer of molds and stamped metal products.
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© Copyright Allied Moulded Products, Inc. 222 N. Union St., Bryan, OH 43506. Phone: 419-636-4217