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2014 Kage Kart Opener Completed At CGS With Prelude To The Marvin Smith Memorial Grove Classic
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of HighLine Image and Design)
After losing the initial Season Opener on May 9th due to weather the Cottage Grove Speedway finally got the 2014 Kage Kart year started on Friday May 30th. A good crop of cars would fill the pit area to kick the weekend off and was called the "Prelude To The Marvin Smith Memorial Grove Classic".
In Pee Wee action it was all Jayden Trupp. The Coos Bay youngster, in the Nexdor Tobacco and More #72 QRC, would dominate and lead the entire distance of the main event to win his first race at CGS in only his first visit. Finishing in the runner-up position was the Mary's Gateway Laundry/Ken Stevenson Trucking/DT Machine #75W QRC of Gavyn Woody from Elkton.
The same sort of thing would happened in the 5HP main event. Austin Sause of Cottage Grove in his Sause Racing #7 QRC led the entire distance to win in the 2014 Season Opener. The rest of the finishing order would consist of the Stere Racing #32 QRC of Cottage Grove's Isaac Stere in second followed by Abby Ellison from Roseburg in her Gibson Taxidermy/Umpqua Oats/HighLine Image and Design #8A QRC.
Despite a brief battle for the lead early in the 125cc main event it was pretty much smooth sailing for Kyle Roles of Lebanon. Roles would lead the entire distance to go on to win the race as he defends his track championship by piloting The Knothole Market/Big Sky Landscaping/Bunce Equipment #02 QRC entry.
Connor Hanson of Creswell was second in the Hanson Contract Cutting/DT Motorsports/BC Motorsports/Horner's Inc. #55H QRC while in third was Sutherlin's Destiney Smith in her Destiney Smith Motorsports #18S QRC. Finishing in fourth would be Oregon City driver Dustin Asher in the Checkered Flag Asphalt Paving & Sealcoating/Big Sky Landscaping/Kelly's Café #6A QRC.
In 250cc action it was an incident filled event including a red flag on the opening start. Matthew Bangle of Creswell would lead the first few laps in his Farmers Insurance/Rainbow Graphic Signs/The Wright Shop #79 QRC before losing the lead on lap three to Bailey Hibbard. Hibbard, of Medford and piloting the C&H Motorsports/Tangible Real Estate Investment/Carpet & Vinyl Liquidators #1 QRC would lead the rest of the distance to win the feature in his first ever CGS appearance.
Connor Hanson would surprise everyone in his 250cc debut by finishing in second in the Hanson Contract Cutting/DT Motorsports/BC Motorsports/Horner's Inc. #55H QRC while coming home in third was Adam Morin from Roseburg in his C&S Transmissions/Next Generation Paint Supply #12 QRC. The rest of the top five would be made up of Portland's Duke Johnson in the Oregon Outlaws Speed Shop/Luck O' Jonny/Old Black Daddy Foster Car #151 RFC in fourth and the Buck Creek Customs/Bonnichson Repair/McShane's Bar & Grill #55 QRC of Casey Doolittle from Cottage Grove was fifth.
Like the 250cc main the Open Kage feature would see several incidents including a red flag on the opening lap. But when it was all said and done Makenzie Thompson from Harrisburg was able to lead the entire distance to pick up the victory. It was also the first career Open Kage victory for Makenzie and her Village Green Resort/Bunce Equipment/BC Motorsports/Rocket Designs #1W RFC machine.
Roseburg's Brady Senger was a respectable second in his Whit-Log Trailers/Oregon Tool & Supply/Mufflers and More #8 QRC and crossing the stripe in third was the Comforts Suites of Salem/Dragonflydecals.com/Quantum Chassis #22J Quantum of Jake Ferguson from Cottage Grove. The balance of the top five would be made up of Cottage Grove's Patrick Dills driving the All Seasons Equipment/Keith Whitaker Trucking/Inside Line Promotions/BC Motorsports #5D QRC in fourth and the Oregon Outlaws Speed Shop/P.G.H. Excavating/R.S. Race Products/Big Sky Landscaping #13* RFC of Sherwood teenager Casey Starr.
In the Micros it was pure domination by Brady Janson from Langley, British Columbia. Jason would lead the entire distance to pick up the victory for him and the Richmond Engines/XXX Race Co./Firedown Graphics/Rutz Racing #8J XXX entry owned by Doug Rutz.
The #67 machine of David Hass from Noti was second while behind him in third was Rex Rhodes of La Pine in his #55. The rest of the finishing order would be the #93 of Nathan Rhodes from Cottage Grove in fourth.
The Cottage Grove Kage Kart season will continue on Friday July 25th for Round #2 of 2014. For the latest news and information regarding CGS log on to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com.
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Kage Kart Race #1/Prelude To The Marvin Smith Memorial Grove Classic
Friday May 30th, 2014
Cottage Grove Speedway
Cottage Grove, Oregon
Pee Wee
A Feature: 1. 72-Jayden Trupp; 2. 75W-Gavyn Woody; DNS 28J-Joshua Baker
5HP Intermediate
A Feature: 1. 7-Austin Sause; 2. 32-Isaac Stere; 3. 8A-Abby Ellison
A Feature: 1. 02-Kyle Roles; 2. 55H-Connor Hanson; 3. 18S-Destiney Smith; 4. 6A-Dustin Asher
A Feature: 1. 1-Bailey Hibbard; 2. 55H-Connor Hanson; 3. 10H-Michael Cooper; 4. 12-Adam Morin; 5. 151-Duke Johnson; 6. 55-Casey Doolittle; 7. 79-Matthew Bangle; 8. 5-Haleigh Perry; 9. 75W-Jaydn Woody; 10. 54-Les Doolittle; 11. 77-Tyler Thompson; 12. 33T-Trevon Jeannot; DNS 41-Daniel Ray
Open Kage
A Feature: 1. 1W-Makenzie Thompson; 2. 8-Brady Senger; 3. 22J-Jake Ferguson; 4. 5D-Patrick Dills; 5. 13*-Casey Starr; 6. 8P-Anthony Pope; 7. 8M-Matt McDowell; 8. 3-Scott Fox; 9. 15-Cory Yeack; 10. 50-Kearry Crha; 11. 15C-Chandler Crawford; 12. 2-Nick Tomlinson; DNS 5N-Kevin Hilgendorf
A Feature: 1. 8J-Brady Janson; 2. 67-David Hass; 3. 55-Rex Rhodes; 4. 93-Nathan Rhodes
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I made this last night and followed the recipie except that I used only 1 cup of breadcrumbs and honey dijon mustard. It had excellent taste and moisture! My two year old thought it was amazing! He kept asking for more, and was making his "yum,yum" sound with every bite. I will definately make this inexpensive meal again. Also I served this with sauted baby bok choy in garlic with mushrooms and red peppers. Delicious!
Easy Salmon Cakes
From EatingWell: Winter 2004, EatingWell Serves Two, The Essential EatingWell Cookbook (2004)
If you are trying to boost your intake of omega-3s, try this simple favorite. It is a great way to use convenient canned (or leftover) salmon. The tangy dill sauce provides a tart balance.
117 Reviews for Easy Salmon Cakes
I served mine with a poached egg on top, added much needed moisture since the recipe called for WAY too many breadcrumbs...
This recipe "as is" not very good. Definitely too much bread crumbs...I would do 1 cup of bread crumbs, 2 cans of salmon and 2 eggs next time. The Dill Sauce is excellent!! I could put that on anything!!
I took someone's advice and used 1 cup breadcrumbs instead of 1 3/4 cups and thought it tasted very good. I also added a second celery stalk. These were a delicious, healthy, and filling dinner, especially with the dill sauce.
A tip to those seeking more calcium and Omega-3s, I highly suggest leaving the bones and skin in. The bones crush easily between your fingers, and the skin breaks apart nicely - you'll never even taste it.
I just was re-reading this recipe after making it for dinner tonight, and realized I omitted the egg and mustard! I'm actually pretty shocked about that, because I thought this recipe was the best salmon patty recipe I have ever made (and I've been making them for 20+ years)! My husband
who doesn't even like fish said that this one was a winner.
It was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside (I think it is vital that the breadcrumbs be fresh and fine). The dill sauce was perfect for it!
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The 9 Most Statistically Terrifying Days On the Calendar
There are certain dangers on the calendar that we're pretty well warned about: Never take candy from strangers on Halloween if that candy is clearly made of razorblades, don't play with fireworks on the Fourth of July if your idea of playing with things is lighting them on fire and putting them down your pants. But there are other days that come around every year that nobody warns you about. Which is a shame, because they want to kill you in creative ways you'll never see coming.
#9. The One Day Each Year Everyone Drives to and from Work Shitfaced
Two hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin invented daylight savings time when his after dinner orgies grew too large to successfully navigate in the dark. These days, the lost hour of sleep is big news in the world of the Cathy comic strip, but it doesn't really faze the rest of us. Right?
Cathy does not want to hear it until she's had her morning coffee.
Actually, that single lost hour of sleep knows 50 different ways to kill a man with its bare goddamn hands. Thanks to the 20th century's invention of "stuff to do," Americans today average an hour and a half less sleep than we did a hundred years ago. In fact, we're so sleep deprived that Transportation Officials can pretty much set their watch to a statistical spike in fatal car accidents the Monday following the spring forward.
And just embarrassing ones.
You're basically drunk all day, and contrary to what your body and Cathy might tell you, you're not fine after the morning coffee. There's also "a significant increase in traffic fatalities in the latter half of the day" when people are driving home from work. In case you're bad at geometry, that also means you're also as good as drunk at work. A study of West Virginia coal miners found they were more likely to suffer "a serious work related accident" the week after the clock shift. There's even bad news for the small portion of our readership who aren't West Virginia coal miners. The "Spring forward" has been blamed for $31 billion in losses on Wall Street thanks to sleep deprived traders. You know, it might be time to switch to a less adorable mnemonic device for remembering Daylight Savings.
#8. July 1st Effect
Every July 1st, hospitals across America are flooded with the newest batch of medical interns. Think the first episode of Scrubs, with JD's snappy internal monologues replaced by the phrase "Oh shit" on a continuous loop. According to a Harvard study, the medical industry's throw 'em to the wolves all at the same exact time approach to teaching results in "1,500 to 2,750 additional deaths" each July.
Before you start berating any doctor who doesn't look sufficiently dead in the eyes, that's actually the worst possible thing for you to do. There's a lot of paperwork required to get you from the emergency room to the cardiologist who knows why your heart appears to have the hiccups. Interns are well supervised, they just take longer to process paperwork, and perform other tasks. This means you spend more time in the hospital, which it turns out is just about the worst place to be provided you don't want to die.
"We can either keep you under observation for 24 hours, or you can roll around on the floor of a truck stop bathroom for a few minutes."
Anywhere from 44,000 to 98,000 Americans die each year because of something they caught in the hospital, which is more than either motor vehicle crashes or breast cancer. By slowing things down, the new batch of interns ensure you get exposed to more "real" doctors whose hands, or more likely neckties, could be carrying some illness you can't pronounce from the wing where they keep people with the really scary shit.
#7. Christmas Doesn't Make You Want to Kill Yourself, Is Happy To Do the Job Itself
First of all, suicide rates do not spike around Christmas, contrary to what our collective unconscious apparently wants to believe.
Also, none of these people have had impossible amounts of semen pumped from their stomachs.
But while the holidays don't sap our will to live, Christmas day is better than any other at murdering us. Between 1973 and 2001, Christmas Day netted 53 million deaths, making it the #1 killer on the calendar. And when you look at its weapons of choice, it's almost as though the entire tradition was intentionally calibrated to snuff you out with a quiet efficiency.
Picture a perfect Norman Rockwell Christmas morning. Family around a crackling fireplace, including Grandma and all the relatives. Mom fixes dad an egg nog while preparing the Christmas ham, just two of the many "traditional holiday foods" known outside of December as "the worst things you can put in your body that aren't a live hand grenade." You've got the Christmas presents under the tree that Dad spent all night putting together, and that Mom spent the past month freaking out about buying.
Season's greetings!
It's stress on top of stress, and that along with exhaustion is a great way to kill your heart. (By the way, you're also 11 percent more likely to die of a heart attack the Monday after the Spring Forward. Sorry, forgot to mention that).
Which brings us to the crackling fire, or as your heart calls it, "my chance to test drive the body of a pack a day smoker." According to a 1999 report on what cardiologists call the "holiday effect" (because "Silent Night, Deadly Night" was already taken by that 80s horror film) even "pollutants from wood-burning fireplaces trigger cardiovascular irregularities."
So according to science, you might be the only thing in your living room that's not trying to kill you this Christmas. So maybe we shouldn't be surprised by the mythical holiday depression after all. The most skillful murderers always make it look like a suicide.
#6. Bad Days For Drunk and Sober Walking
Let's say you're having a New Year's party, and your friend who never got the hang of the whole "adulthood" thing has had one too many. As you see him staggering toward the door holding whichever dinner utensils he presently believes are the keys to his car, you're faced with a dilemma: Do you remind him that he left his keys in the kitchen when he was peeing in your stove?
This is where the echo chamber of news reports and 80s PSAs inside your head should be taking over, reminding you that drunk driving is the most dangerous thing you can do, especially on days like New Year's and the Fourth of July. Plus, he only lives a few blocks away, so you stay quiet, figuring the worst case scenario is someone bumps into him on the way home and gets peed on a little bit.
Actually, you were wrong to assume that nothing is worse than drunk driving.
And this is where the echo chamber of Steven Seagal trailers in your head should be saying "dead wrong."
New Year's Eve is also the #1 day of the year for drunk walking deaths and according to economist Steven D. Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dubner, "Doing the math, you find that on a per-mile basis, a drunk walker is eight times more likely to get killed than a drunk driver." In your friend's head, the empty 30 pack he's wearing as a helmet and the jock strap you convinced him wasn't on backwards provide all the protection he needs. But compared with the 3,000 pounds of speeding metal drunk drivers have wrapped around their body, your friend is at what's known in the world of splatter forensics as a strategic disadvantage.
Even when you take into account all the people drunk drivers plow into, Dunbar and Levitt say that "walking drunk leads to five times as many deaths per mile." This of course isn't to encourage drunk driving. Just to say that whether drunk or sober, there are certain times when walking is way more dangerous than you'd expect.
For instance, jogging, walking and any other show-offy habit that involves propelling oneself over land on foot is 350 percent more likely to get you killed during the first week of November, thanks to the fall-back half of daylight savings time. While the alarm on the joggers' stop watch tells them it's time to put on their ridiculous short shorts and hit the road at the usual time, the weekend shift means normal people are driving home from work in darker conditions than they're accustomed to. And let's face it, joggers, they're looking for any excuse.
#5. Best Day to Make a Decision You'll Regret
Our ancestors probably had mating seasons just like the rest of the animals that they were trying to out breed. In an attempt to get a glimpse of what that might have looked like, researchers at Brown University studied rural African birth patterns and found "a tendency to have babies ... in the dry season after the harvest was complete." A 1987 Japanese study found what it considered a basic rhythm of human reproduction that peaks with a surge in Spring birthdays.
But in the words of the only doctor we trust on matters of reproduction, "Things done changed on this side."
Births in the United States begin rising in August and September and peak on October 5th, the most popular birthday in America. Not only is this a bad time in relation to the harvest, our birth rate dips exactly when births in Japan and Europe are peaking.
According to D.T. Arcieri, a biologist at Farmingdale State University in New York, the answer is simple: "The average pregnancy lasts 274 days. Oct. 5 ... is about 274 days from New Year's Eve, the day millions of Americans are celebrating with alcohol."
The American birth rates by month, AKA the "Hey, I'm not sure if you remember me from Todd's New Year's Party" Curve
So America's annual birth pattern went from being governed by concerns such as "availability of food" and "ability to help with the harvest" to considerations such as, "C'mon girl," and "It's not my fault, you were moving around too much."
Congratulations October babies!


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I wanted to know if composing music for a specific instrument demands that you know how to at least play the instrument. I'm sure if you know how the instrument sounds by itself as well as within an orchestral setting that's enough. As a composer, should I be learning new instruments I want to compose for or that I will be composing a lot for? I feel like learning how to play an instrument should only be done if you would enjoy playing that instrument regardless of whether you compose for it or not? As a composer, it seems silly to force yourself to learn an instrument just because you think you can get a more intimate feel for the instrument in doing so.
As a composer, you mostly end up writing for instruments that you yourself don't play. Apart from Hindemith, it is fairly impossible to maintain a high level of proficiency on every instrument - there just isn't that much time and it is not feasible.
However, that does not excuse having a working knowledge of the instrument. Though it might seem silly to you, learning the rudiments of each instrument is hugely beneficial to aiding your writing. By physically working with each instrument, you gain insight into things that it does / doesn't do well, sounds it makes / doesn't make, and considerations specific to performers (such as allowing enough time for mute changes or picking up mallets.)
Even if you just squawk your way through Book 1 of each instrument, you will thank yourself many times over for your personal investment. I speak from personal experience. It was easy for me since all of the instrumental pedagogy courses were built into my degree, so by the nature of what I did I ended up learning how to play all of the instruments on a rudimentary level. This knowledge has greatly informed my writing - not only writing idiomatically but also with phrasing, texture, and orchestration as well.
It is perfectly acceptable to write music for an instrument that you don't know how to play - all that matters is that you know how to write intelligently for the instrument, how the instrument behaves, and how to make it sound good. It is instantly apparent when a composer does not know how to write for a given instrument, and all that does is make the composer look very novice - since they in fact are.
It is not enough to understand how an instrument functions soloistically or within an orchestra - it is also paramount to understand how that instrument functions in chamber settings, in choral settings, and with different families of instruments. I would write for two clarinets very differently than I would write for clarinet and trombone duet.
As a composer, you have nothing to lose by learning how to play an instrument - if for no other reason than doing so will help make you an informed composer and therefore make your music better. Wouldn't you want to write better music?
That said, I realize that it is not always feasible to do so (though it is quite affordable to rent an instrument for a month or two with a method book.) But in addition to learning what you can, I would highly suggest studying texts on orchestration. Walter Piston, Alfred Blatter, and Samuel Adler have all put out excellent texts on the subject. In addition, I would also highly, highly recommend that you talk to people who play the instruments for which you're writing. They've already put in all of the time learning the instrument and can offer invaluable insight. You can have them play through sketches and determine what works / what doesn't work. In addition, it serves as a great resource for networking, which is crucial for getting things performed.
For composers, getting things performed is the bottom line.
Hope that helps.
jjmusicnotes' answer is a good answer, and I'd like to make a special plea for the percussion section. I know many musicians don't have much time for percussionists, but as a composer the section can be your ally. It can keep the ensemble together (whether there's a conductor or not); it can give you a lot of support for dynamic changes; and it can help make tempo or time signature changes easier.
As a percussionist, I've often been given a part that makes no musical sense, or even one that isn't physically possible to play. Even good arrangers often fall into the trap of guessing what percussion instruments and style might give the sound they want, instead of indicating what sound they want and letting the player work out how best to achieve it. This is crucial outside of a pro orchestra context, because different groups will have different equipment available: there's no standard percussion section.
It's really easy for even an inexperienced player to spot a part that was written by someone with no percussion experience. You don't need to learn every percussion instrument to get it right, just speak with percussionists (in whatever ensemble you're composing for) and get them to show you a good part and a bad part.
First thing I literally HAVE to say: Learning an instrument you're writing for is not just for emotional/spiritual/warm-fuzzy-feeling reasons ("eg I have learned to play flute and now my flute and I are one, wandering the earth as band geek ascetics" [I do not play flute; that was just an example]) --there are many practical and educational reasons behind doing so. Not only does knowledge of the instrument you're writing for enable you to write higher-quality, more cohesive parts that can be played with less effort, the more ensemble settings you play in and the more well-rounded you become as a musician, the better you will be as a composer overall. (hopefully that made sense) And I have to ask: If learning a new instrument sounds so "silly" to you...what instrument do you play? (just wondering)
I have done arrangements (as in arrangements of songs) that involved instruments I didn't know. In many cases, learning the instrument just to be able to write for it is impractical, depending on the skill level of the target audience. Some situations and examples that come to mind, either from my own personal experience or just my general knowledge:
In the event that you do need/decide to write for an instrument you don't play [as others have said more concisely]:
That's about all I've got; the other replies cover the bases pretty decently. I wanted to put in my five billion bits though (I can never stop at just two). Happy composing!
You don't have to learn to play the instrument, but you should definately learn about the instrument and it's possibilities and limitations!
If you don't learn about the instrument you run the risk of
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What is a good place to begin building a kit/set up for performing your own service?
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- oil changes
- waxing
- detailing
What is the best starting equipment one can start on?
What is a good place to begin building a kit/set up for performing your own service?
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What is the best starting equipment one can start on?
I'm going to answer the basic mechanical points, as weighted by my opinion of importance. I'm leaving out the issue of waxing as potentially too broad.
Safety: These are critical. Do not proceed down the list without addressing each (at least).
Basic tools: These are tools that you will appreciate having.
Convenience: These are things that you will likely appreciate.
First off, everything Bob said.
Socket Extensions: Your socket set may come with 1 or 2 extensions but I'd buy a couple more. Having different length extensions are invaluable for getting to hard to reach items, plus you can combine them together for a longer extension.
Socket U-Joint Adapter: I never see these in socket sets and you will regret not having 1 or 2 in combination with the extensions. The U-Joints allow you to use a socket wrench on a fastener that you can't get a straight line on. It allows you to gain access from more than a 45 degree off angle. Depending on where you put the U-Joint in the chain also alters the access angles heavily.
Combination Wrench Set: Sockets are great for speed but sometimes you just can't get onto a bolt with them and need to use a combination wrench. The box end (end with the fully enclosed circle) is useful for applying more torque, the open end being useful for slipping onto the bolt easier.
Magnetic Pickup Tool: You are guaranteed to drop a screw, nut, bolt, etc somewhere that you cannot get your fingers. These are telescoping or snake-necked tools that you can work your way to the item and grab it.
For Oil Change
Filter Wrench: Some filters (like my K&N) do have a standard nut on the end of it so you don't need to use a filter wrench but for the most part, you need one to loosen the oil filter. Sometimes they are a strap wrench that is a rubber strap with a handle, you wrap the strap around the filter and through the handle, then turn. Others are a round piece of metal that is tightened onto the filter.
Drain Pan/Bucket: You'll need something to catch the oil in. There are ones with spouts in them which are nice to keep from spilling when transferring into your storage container. Still, you can pull it off with just a simple bucket.
Storage Container: After you drain the oil, you need a sealing container to transfer the oil to your nearest disposal location.
For Brakes/Clutch/Other Lines and Bleeders
Flare Wrenches/Line Wrenches: If you are going to be wrenching on hydraulic lines you MUST get these wrenches or you will round them off. If you are only doing bleeding, you can get away with the box end of a combination wrench as you can put it on the bleeder valve before attaching the drain tube and just keep it on as you open and close the valve. See this question too How important is it to use a real flare nut wrench when removing the fuel line on an old Ford tractor?
One Man Bleeder: If you are going to be bleeding by yourself, you need a bleeding tool. If you will have a helper, you don't.
Waxing/Detailing: I can offer you a set of videos recorded by a member of my car club when we went to a professional car detailer (he has detailed cars for some of our members before shows in which they've won some very difficult to win awards) for some instruction.
Following on from Bob and ManiacZX's answers:
A good assortment of screwdrivers are essential - including torx or hex bits if your car uses them. Some socket sets include screwdriver bits, which can be very useful. An old long-handled flat driver can often double up as an impromptu pry-bar too...
Like the above, you'll probably already have a claw hammer in your household toolkit, but a small club hammer can often be useful for shock-loosening stuck bolts (especially on older cars where things have started to sieze)
Keep the following in stock:
Most of those you'll only need to keep in topping-up quantities, buy bigger amounts when it comes to time to change them.
Specialist tools
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Note: I do not consider the rotation matrix R' with inverted axis and angle as being the same as R.
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Just love this photo! What a beauty. Definitely need to take a trip to Cape Town soon...
You can tell the Great White has no fear....I wonder how fast the other breathers hearts are beating!
nice :D
In Thailand Bangkok , (siam ocean world ) one gets experience to dive with sharks and even can feed them..
If u are little scared dont worry dey ill provide u proper training before dat :)
I was lucky enough to dive with Great Whites in South Africa last year (2013). They are truly amazing animals, not the cold killers of the sea they're made out to be. This picture is amazing, big well done to the photographer.
great tuff fish
Kudos to the diver outside the cage. :)
Now that's a shark. It looks a little beat up too. I think I'll make it my wallpaper for a bit.
Never mind the two divers standing on top of the cage.....what about the one taking the pic....amazing image
This is one of my all time favourite pictures! The shear size of the animal is just mind blowing. Only wish I could have been there.
beautiful picture
great picture...
Such a powerful picture of an amazing king of the seas, overpowering with his incredible size those brave divers
this pic is awesome such a really nice and around the fish it;s hoorible
This is such an amazing picture and spectacular spectacle of nature. Great whites have and always will be my favorite ocean animal. I love them.....The 'thing' that really says it all is the sheer fact of the amence size of the shark compared to the divers..WOW is all a person can really say.Presiovation is the main factor here and if this image does not appeal to everyone else, then i think that humanity will forever be lost in the glutonous ways of non preservation to the wonders of the world.Please let's keep this DREAM A REALITY? Keep these animals here for all our children's children for the future to come.Thanks again for the beautiful image!!!!!!!!!
In more than thirty yeard of diving I never had the opportunity to see such a wonder of the nature!
What a rush to see that large of a specie...He or She has to be at least 20 feet....Lots of marks from whales or larger predators.....Very nicely framed ...
wow! I was dreaming get some picture while i dived
OH...I love this photo. I love this photo.
your discoveries are wow i wish even you to Uganda and see its beautiful scenery,its wow
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I wish I could be one of those scuba-divers..! *.*
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Confession, specifically the practice of confessing one's sins to a priest, is a quite common practice in the Catholic Church. When and how did this sacrament first originate and become codified as standard Catholic practice?
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The "ear confession" as we know it today is an invention of Irish monks (some 6th century? I'm not sure). Before that time, only heavy sins (especially renouncing Christ) were confessed in front of whole congregation. Private confession allowed to confess all sins. This practice spread with Irish missionaries quickly. It was codified as mandatory (at least once a year) on IVth Lateran council (1215).
EDIT: wikipedia on the Sacrament of Penance (Catholic Church) focuses on penance, so the beginning of the practice of confession is bit obscured, but it gives further details and approves the codification in 1215.
EDIT 2: wikipedia article on Celtic Christianity gives more details and cites Medieval Handbooks of Penance.
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Is this true that the Soviet Army was so poorly equipped by the WW2 that soldiers had no helmets?
Don't know about helmets specifically, but in a nutshell, no. The Red Army was very well equipped; it had more airplanes and tanks (and some of them of better make) than the Germans. Same goes for many other categories of materiel.
Wikipedia gives this table for June 22, 1941:
I am surprised that nobody linked to suitable wikipedia page:
Soviet helmets during World War II
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Article also mentions other 2 types of helmets used in World War II (
So, the answer is no. It's a myth.
The myth of Russian helmets is quite popular speaking not only about the beginning of the war. The truth is that even if Soviet Army had enough helmets, there were some other reasons why soldiers didn't want to use them.
First of all, they were highly uncomfortable and reduced the sight, so soldiers preferred caps. Also they were made of very poor material (don't ask me for details) and too weak to provide good cover from anything (not speaking of bullets, as there were no helmets at those times which could protect from a shot). This way especially at the end of the war, when Germans didn't have as much artillery, helmets weren't so important for Russian soldiers. Another reason I've heard about was the shiny material, which helped Germans shooters to localize Soviet soldiers from a distance.
In the queue to blame there's also Russian propaganda machine. It's said that when Soviet Army were coming to Poland, soldiers heard from everywhere that Germans are in panic and they just run away from Poland leaving everything, including helmets. This way some Russian soldiers diaries contain scenes of leaving heavy and uncomfortable helmets on the road, in order to get a new one, left by Germans. They didn't even expect to fight until they reach the German border and in many cases they were right about it. Sounds a bit like Catch 22, don't you think?
I think you are mistaken with the wars. This is true for the Great War. Russian forces were poorly equipped and helmets were the last thing Russian industry would have thought of.
Here is a picture of charging Russian infantry in 1916 (I do not put it here due to copyright).


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Chevrolet Suspension Upgrade - Stand And Deliver, Part IIWritten by on March 14, 2012 Dropping A Chevy For Style And Performance
When we departed last month, we had the nose of our project C10 down nice and low, but the rear had yet to be sorted. Well, wait no longer as we're gonna wrap this sucker up, all things stance-related that is!
Though we originally intended to simply lower the back end of our truck, like the front, it quickly became a slippery slope. The trailing arms needed to be rebuilt and one ended up being slightly twisted so it was decided to step up and install CPP's Totally Tubular rear suspension kit. And why not since the front received the same attention?!
At the heart of the kit are CPP's tubular trailing arms, manufactured with a laser-cut-and-formed spring platform fabricated to CNC-bent, 2-inch DOM heavy-walled tubing and utilize a patended non-squeak, self-lubricating bushing that never needs to be greased. Coupled with a pair of 5-inch dropped coil springs and Nitrogen gas shocks, that low of a stance requires the framerails to be C-notched to facilitate full travel of the rearend. Luckily, a C-notch kit is included. We opted to go with the 3⁄8-inch heavy duty version, which CPP recommends for anyone who might end up towing with their truck (hey, you never know right?!). A little slicing and dicing to the stock 'rails and you're back in the saddle with full travel. Rounding out the kit is their Deluxe Trac Bar, which is designed specifically for lowered vehicles, allowing them to maintain proper alignment of the rearend while taking advantage of the lower center of gravity. That translates into an increase in cornering ability and an overall handling improvement over stock.
They say a picture's worth a thousand words, so in this case, I figure the next forty photos are worth at least forty thousand words. At least I hope they tell the story of what it took to get our C10 nice and low and get you thinking twice the next time you write off that $2,000 longbed truck! CCT
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The Totally Tubular kit comes with everything a guy needs to get his truck way down low and handle like he always wished it would. Everything bolts on, no welding required; meaning this stuff can be installed in your driveway with minimal tools.The first step in getting the back end in the weeds is to remove the stock components, including the rearend, springs, trailing arms, shocks, and track bar.The stock crossmember will need to be removed so it can be replaced with a new CPP drop center unit before moving forward.There are fourteen rivets that hold the stock unit in place and there's no easy way to get them out.One of the quickest however is to use a plasma cutter (we're using a Lincoln Tomahawk 375) to cut the heads off each rivet. Be mindful of any brake, and fuel lines as well as any wiring!There are a few reasons for swapping the stock crossmember with CPP's drop center piece. One is that CPP moves the front pivot point of the trailing arms up four inches to correct the driveshaft's pinion angle. This is necessary because of the 5-inch drop. If the rearend was to move five inches up without changing this pickup point, the pinion of the rearend would be pointing towards the ground at way too drastic of an angle for the driveshaft not to bind. CPP has also made allowances for a 3-inch exhaust tube to run through the crossmember, further increasing ground clearance over the stock crossmember which forced the exhaust to run underneath the truck. Crescent cutouts on either side also allow for clearance of fuel, brake, air, and electrical lines to run inside the framerail. Though our truck is a long bed, the drop center crossmember is designed to work with both one- and two-piece driveshaft pickups.
While we've still got the plasma out, we might as well cut the C-notches out and get those installed. If you don't have a plasma cutter, a cut-off wheel on a die grinder works too, just be mindful of those brake and fuel lines again! There is a plate attached to the bottom of the framerail that supported the top of the coil spring that needs to be trimmed flush with the edge of the frame before we can move forward.Next, using the C-notch kit as a template, the area to be trimmed can be marked on the framerail. There is a factory hole on the framerail that is used for reference to line up the C-notch.Here you can see the area that will be trimmed away. The elongated hole on the left is the one used for alignment purposes.We cut the offending section out again using the trusty Lincoln Tomahawk 375 plasma cutter. Shown is the driver's side (we did that one second and it turned out much nicer!).With the section cut away, it is necessary to remove a few rivets on the bottom of the framerail as these will be used as attachment points. With the C-notch kit in place, the remaining holes are drilled to accept the provided 7⁄16-inch hardware.Once all the mounting holes were drilled, we hit the framerails and C-notch kits with Summit Engine GM Black spray paint. This stuff goes on great and leaves an even, satin finish.Here's the driver's side C-notch bolted up and ready to rock. Note the 3 inches gained over the bottom of the stock framerail. Beefy is an understated description for these heavy duty C-notches!This is the elongated hole that we referred to earlier. Note the relation between it and the front edge of the C-notch.
Before the trailing arms can be mated to the coil springs, another set of retainers need to be installed and properly clocked in the spring. The retainers feature welded nuts like the factory to ease installation.Now it's time to loosely attach the front of each trailing arm to the crossmember, followed by each spring retaining fastener.An ant's eye view shows the trailing arms, drop center crossmember, C-notch kit, and dropped springs ready to accept the newly rebuilt Currie-prepped 12-bolt rearend.Before the rearend is installed however, we need to address the stock shock mounts, necessitated by the lowered nature of the rearend. Here, you can see the two holes where the stock mounts were originally riveted in place.You can see the difference in the upper shock location here. The new mounts correct the shock angle on lowered trucks and allow for proper shock travel and geometry.The original track bar mounted off of an ear on top of the rearend. CPP's design mounts off the right hand side trailing arm and attaches to the original location on the chassis.The longer nature of CPP's Deluxe Trac Bar kit is designed for lowered trucks in mind yielding improved handling and takes advantage of the truck's lower center of gravity.
With the suspension components installed, it's time to mate the rearend to the transmission. In our case, we'll be using a two-piece, slip-shaft driveline from Inland Empire Driveline Service (IEDS) due to the longer wheelbase of our long bed pickup.IEDS shortened the front half of the driveshaft 3 inches to fit between the tailshaft of the T5 transmission we're using and the CPP billet Polyurethane carrier bearing, which mounts directly to their drop center crossmember. Compared to the stock carrier bearing in these trucks, the CPP unit is bulletproof!The last step before lowering the truck off the lift is to fill the rearend with Currie's specially-formulated 9 Racing Gear Oil combined with their Limited Slip Friction Modifier.One thing we noticed once the truck was on the ground was the fact that the 17-inch Rocket Racing Booster wheels and 235/55 Coker Tires American Classic Redline tires were sucked into the fenderwell a bit too much.
And there you have it! Albeit I've done a few other modifications to the truck that haven't shown up on these pages yet, but i just couldn't wait to the finished product down on the ground, from all angles. Not a bad daily driver if i do say so myself!


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Consider a random walk on an undirected, non-bipartite graph. Let $\pi$ be the stationary distribution of this process, and let the hitting time $H(s,t)$ be the expected time until a walk beginning at node $s$ reaches node $t$.
I learned from Random walks on graphs: a survey, by L. Lovasz, that the quantity
$$ \sum_{t} \pi(t) H(s,t)$$
is independent of $s$. In the Lovasz survey, this falls out as a byproduct of a lengthy calculation. I have two questions:
(i) Is there a simple (calculation-free, combinatorial) proof of this statement?
(ii) In what generality does this statement hold? Random walks on undirected graphs are a very particular kind of Markov process. What conditions on the probability transition matrix of the process do you need for the above to hold?


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WACO (January 28, 2013)--A toddler and his father who were attacked by a dog Sunday afternoon were recovering from their injuries on Monday.
The child was bitten in the face and the father was bitten on the arms while trying to protect the child, Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said Monday.
The two were bitten at around noon Sunday in the 300 block of Bowers Street and were both taken by ambulance to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center.
Swanton said the investigating officer's report showed that the man and boy were playing with a ball when the dog, a Great Pyrenees, became agitated and attacked the child.
The child's grandmother owned the dog, which was surrendered to animal control officers.
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6 Crucial Movie Scenes That Never Made It Out of the Script
There's a saying in Hollywood: "Cut what you love." No, it's not about cocaine. It means that it doesn't matter how expensive, beautiful or awesome a scene is -- if you can cut it and still have the movie make sense, then cut it. It's actually pretty common for perfectly good scenes to end up on the cutting room floor simply to shave a few minutes off the total running time or speed up the pace of the movie.
Of course, sometimes the movie doesn't make sense without that crucial deleted scene, but we just didn't notice it. Like in ...
#6. Inglourious Basterds -- A Flashback Explains the Movie's Weird-Ass Name
We've mentioned before how Quentin Tarantino's Hitler-killing epic Inglourious Basterds ties the entire Tarantinoverse together like a fine carpet, but one mystery still remains: Why the hell is the title misspelled? There's one "U" too many and an "E" that should be an "A," in case you haven't noticed. Movie nuts know that the name is inspired by the Italian war movie The Inglorious Bastards (the director even makes a cameo here), but that doesn't explain the misspelling: In fact, Tarantino has gone on the record saying that he's "never going to explain that."
If that's the case, then he probably shouldn't have put the answer right there in the script, where we can see it.
"Alright, it's Marsellus Wallace's soul. Wait, what was the question?"
The Missing Scene:
The script by Tarantino contains an extended flashback sequence starring Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz, a part played by Eli Roth that was originally written for Adam Sandler. The scene comes just as Donny is about to beat a Nazi to death with his baseball bat -- we see Donny buying the bat in his old neighborhood in Boston (spelled "Bostin") right before shipping out to fight in World War II. Good luck not hearing Happy Madison's voice screaming in your brain as you read this dialogue, by the way:
"Put down your Yahtzee/It's time to beat some Nazis ..."
Note the spelling of "basterd." Donny then goes around the neighborhood asking his fellow Jews if they have any loved ones in danger in Europe, and to write down their names on the baseball bat. At one point he goes to the house of one Mrs. Himmelstein (who would have been played by Frau Blucher from Young Frankenstein), and right before signing the bat, she says:
"Remember your roots by never spelling anything correctly, ever."
To which Donny replies:
"Now have some freshly baked cookies, sweetie."
Cut to Donny spilling the Nazi's brains out in the woods.
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This scene would have explained why so many actors are referred to as "basterds" -- that's just how people talked in Donny's old neighborhood, and it stuck. The line "A basterd's work is never done" is so important that it even made it onto one of the film's posters.
We would have gone with "Grazzie."
It's possible that Tarantino cut the scene after Sandler turned down the role to make Funny People (it remains a subject of debate as to whether this was a good thing for either movie). Perhaps Tarantino shortened Donny's role when he realized that Eli Roth's acting range isn't quite as ample as Sandler's -- did you see that movie where he plays a guy and his twin sister?
#5. Raiders of the Lost Ark -- Why Indy Knew Not to Look at the Ark
In Raiders of the Lost Ark, everyone from Indiana Jones to Adolf Hitler wants to get their hands on the legendary Ark of the Covenant -- and yet, if you pay attention, you'll notice that throughout the movie, nobody actually touches the thing they're supposed to covet so much. They're always carrying it on poles or putting it in boxes, as if they were grossed out by it or something. Why is that?
"All right, you move it over ... no, no, I'll put my end in first ... OK, just set it down for a second."
The only time they do touch the Ark is at the very end, when the Nazis open it and accidentally unleash a light show that sucks their souls and melts their faces. Indy looks away from the lights and the spirits spare him ... but how did he know he had to do that? It's literally the only thing that saves him. And you can't say it's common sense -- he's the only person in the vicinity who knows to do it, and he has to tell Marion, or else her face would have melted, too. Yet this life-saving technique is never mentioned in the movie prior to that point.
The Missing Scene:
There's a scene in the movie where Indy talks to an old man who says the Ark "is not to be disturbed." Well, in a deleted scene from the script, the guy explains exactly what he meant by that: If you touch the Ark or so much as look into it while it's open, you die.
Indy really should have packed, like, a tarp or something.
Even though they cut that part, it's pretty remarkable to see how deeply these warnings were ingrained into the story. Later, in the scene where Indy and Sallah first see the Ark, the script calls for Sallah to reach out to touch it, but Indy stops him:
"If you take it out of the box, it's worthless!"
This part was also removed, but again, the movie acknowledges the erased moment by having Indy and Sallah carry the Ark on poles instead of just lugging it around.
How It Changes the Movie:
We've previously pointed out that the Bible pretty much spells out the effects of the Ark, and therefore both Indy and the villain should have known what it does, but presumably not everyone in this audience is an archeologist who specializes in Biblical relics. With the old man's explanation, people who didn't pay attention in Sunday school can understand what happened at the end of the movie, too.
Plus, you know, it would have just been nice to have a little warning.
The only problem, and the most likely reason why they cut those scenes, is that they sort of spoil the ending: When the bad guy opens the Ark, nobody knows what's going to happen to him, and the deleted scenes would have ruined the surprise (although there's a big difference between "you die" and "your head explodes").
#4. The Empire Strikes Back -- Luke Learns How to Power Jump
For some of you reading this, The Empire Strikes Back is the greatest movie you've ever seen. For others, it's a movie wrought with incest, plot holes, continuity errors ... and the greatest movie you've ever seen.
"Give me your money and undying adoration. It is the only way."
So, yeah, it's probably the best movie in the Star Wars series, but it's also full of weird little inconsistencies. For example, there's a moment where Luke and Darth Vader are dueling and Luke falls into the carbon freezing chamber that previously turned Han Solo into a slab. Vader turns on the freezing mechanism, but Luke immediately jumps off the chamber super fast, flying off so high that he literally ends up hanging from the ceiling, like a cartoon character who just sat on a cactus.
Uh, since when can Luke do that? This is not a minor point: The only reason Luke doesn't get frozen there is A) because he can do that Jedi jump and B) because Vader doesn't know he can do it. Otherwise he wouldn't have turned his back on him and assumed the fight was over. And he should be surprised -- this particular superpower seems to come out of nowhere, especially considering that, as we've pointed out before, Luke only trained to become a Jedi for a few hours.
The Missing Scene:
It turns out there was a whole lot more to Luke's Jedi training than what we saw in the movie -- and no, we're not talking about the expanded universe, the novelization or someone's Luke/Yoda slash fiction. We're talking an entire omitted sequence of the script showing a training montage of Luke learning how to swing a light saber like a pro, how to run through Dagobah in Rocky-like fashion ... and how to jump really, really high.
First, Yoda sits on a tree branch dangling Luke's light saber and making him jump to reach it:
After a while, Luke starts getting better and trolls him back:
This is followed by the classic scene of Luke standing on one hand and Yoda using the Force to raise an entire spaceship from the swamp.
"The size of the boat it is not, the motion of the ocean, is it."
How It Changes the Movie:
Luke's training is still pretty short, of course, but the magic of the montage would have at least made it seem more intense than in the finished movie, and explained some of the abilities he later showed off during his fight with Vader. This way, Luke's fantastic leap out of the freezing chamber is actually the culmination of his training with Yoda and not just something George Lucas pulled out of his ass to get him out of a tight spot.


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I need the functionality of the linked_portal_door that's in Portal 2. I've searched a little in UDK and mostly got people trying to duplicate the portal gun. Does anyone know if UDK, CryEngine, Unity3D, or any other engine has something similar? I'm not against using Source, I just want to know what my options are.
I'm pretty sure that the Source Engine is the only engine that will support this out of the box. You can read about some of the technical issues in an article I found on Gamasutra, copied here for future readers:
I also remember reading somewhere that there are a lot of special cases, like having portals on opposite sides of the same block. Making portals is not a simple task.
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Really with the quotes (Because all the others where also with quotes). After adding this, I restarted my computer, but it didn't start automatically.
Will wrapping my jar in an exe help?
I'm running Windows 7.
Any help?
Thanks in advance.
When I remove the quotes, it works. But now there is appears also a terminal, which I don't need...


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I usually need to manage many slightly different tasks each day. Every task has its own description and documents (divided by type and/or extension). Filesystem is not good enough because it's not so easy to search for files or to have a comprehensive understanding of the task at a glance. What I need is a file/task manager that lets me choose a single task, show (eventually versioned) files list and have a description/status/log for each task.
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Doesn't work :(
The code is not working for me. Does any one have any advice on this?
looks like you needed to emailed the promotional code.
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"Each promotion code can be used only once"
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I do not believe this is a public promotion.
@morriea: That's what I was afraid of. It doesn't make sense though because I should have received an email. Either I should have got one for never having purchased a Kindle before, or my wife should have received one for having purchased a Kindle before.
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Minnie Bryant, of El Dorado, passed away of natural causes on March 10, 2013 at the age of 93. She is survived by her son, Dan Bryant; daughter-in-law, Barbara Bryant; granddaughter, Jennifer Harned; grandson, Jeff Bryant; and great-grandson, James Webb.
She was widow of Claude W. Bryant. Claude had worked for the Union Tank Car Co. in El Dorado.
Church service for Minnie Bell Bryant will be held at the First Southern Baptist Church located at 200 Oil Hill Rd., El Dorado. Service will be performed by Pastor John Harms at noon Saturday. Graveside funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Neodesha cemetery.
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A million points of view at Cape Point
Cape Point has captivated travellers since sighted by Bartholomew Dias in 1488 and continues to call nature lovers, adventurers and photographers, among others, to its shores. Few destinations boast a more scenic journey than the route along the Cape coast to the south-western tip of Africa. Enjoy some of these sights and moments captured by the lenses of visitors.
Young explorers on the rocks at Cape Point. The Point, as it was called by sailors, was regarded as a navigational tool during the day but by night the potential danger of Bellows Rock and Albatross Rock for passing ships led to the building of the lighthouse. Visitors can walk the shipwreck trail to see the remnants of ships whose journey ended at The Point.
Visitors enjoying some of the breathtaking ocean and mountain views. Between June and November each year, you can use the viewing points to spot whales in the bay below.
Whales aside, visitors can also see buck, baboons and Cape Mountain Zebra roaming the 7 750ha Cape Point Nature Reserve that is overseen by Table Mountain National Park. With more than 250 species of birds, the area is also a birdwatcher's paradise.
The Chacma baboons at Cape Point keep scientists intrigued, as they have adapted so well to their coastal habitat that they venture out at low tide to eat mussels, rock lobsters, limpets and crabs. Seafood is widely considered brainfood, which would explain how these clever primates are able to help themselves to a picnic basket in your car. Remember to keep your car doors locked and keep a wide berth because they are wild animals.
A restaurant with a view. The Two Oceans Restaurant's Seafood Platter is the signature dish and was even featured on the Travel Channel by BBC series presenter, Henry Cole. It consists of crayfish, large prawns, fish of the day, calamari, a traditional Cape Malay seafood curry and mussels almost as fresh as those enjoyed by the baboons on the rocks below!
To enjoy a truly invigorating experience, book a stay at one of three beautiful self-catering cottages aptly named the 'Olifantsbos' (Elephant Bush) Guest House, or Duiker and Eland (large buck) Cottages through SANParks. Hike an overnight trail, make inroads into photographing the 1 100 indigenous plant species that grow at Cape Point, swim in the Bordjiesrif or Buffels Bay tidal pools or go sea kayaking and mountain biking.
For more ideas on what to do at Cape Point, click here or watch the video The Legend of the Flying Dutchman lives on (below). If you prefer a smooth ride to hiking or biking, ride the Flying Dutchman funicular up to the viewing point, below the old lighthouse. This is especially popular with children and, with the rates per child starting at just R20, it's an affordable, fun activity.
Add to that the allure of a legendary ghost ship in the area and you have the makings of an unforgettable day out for the family.


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On Mac OS X I have an app that plays a sound when I enter certain sites. I want a similar software to use on Linux. Does anybody know one?
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This will play myfile.mp3 if any open current window title matches "facebook" or "miniclip".
There is always Rescue Time which monitors websites you visit. It doesnt slap you or anything, but it can give you a report on where you are wasting time. They even have 32 bit and 64 bit DEB files to install, plus the app in Firefox and Chrome.
Its free for basic uses, but is $6 a month if you would like to block websites, monitor how much time you spend on a doc, etc.
DEB files and RPMs here...
If you use Firefox, you can try LeechBlock, an extension "designed to block those time-wasting sites that can suck the life out of your working day". It's highly configurable and could change your life if you suffer of this kind of problem.
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CNN-Go ahead and get your hand sanitizer ready now, because a new study has revealed the dirtiest areas in your hotel room, and ... you know what? Just ... don't touch anything for a second.
According to an experiment conducted by researchers at the University of Houston, when it comes to contamination, there are the usual suspects topping the list -- bathrooms, sinks, all of the places you do those things you do -- but other high rankers on the germ scale include bedside lamp switches and, most disturbingly, the TV remote.
OK, it kind of makes sense. People manhandle the remote with their grubby fingers, and they may paw at the light switches (Goodnight moon! Goodnight, microscopic particles of fecal matter!) But the university's results also found a few major culprits nestled behind enemy lines -- in hotel cleaning supplies. One of the study's researchers says this could lead to high instances of cross-contamination between rooms.
"Currently, housekeeping practices vary across brands and properties with little or no standardization industry wide," says the University of Houston's Katie Kirsch. "The current validation method for hotel room cleanliness is a visual assessment, which has been shown to be ineffective in measuring levels of sanitation."
The study tested 19 surfaces in hotel rooms in three states, and identified levels of aerobic bacteria and (gulp) coliform, or fecal, bacteria.
Lest you feel inclined to get up from the bedspread with your hands outstretched, avoiding contact of any kind, consider this: The study, which was a preliminary experiment for larger, more comprehensive plan for improved hotel room cleanliness, says squeaky clean rooms are becoming more of a priority for travelers, which means they are becoming more of a priority for hotel management and staff.
In the meantime, feel free to go wild with the curtain rods, headboard and bathroom door handle -- three areas rated among the cleanest in the room. You could just bring your own Lysol wipes, scrub down, and hope for the best.


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Joe Voges, 99, founder and inspiration of the River Country Nature Center in Nebraska City and renowned storyteller, has died.
Voges died Dec. 24 at Duff's Friendship Villa in Nebraska City.
The center features the taxidermy work of Voges. He was well known for his work and his collection showcases a variety of specimens native to the area. The center was started in 1975 and has evolved into a unique museum featuring specimens in displays depicting their natural habitat.
Wildlife from bears, foxes, native birds and fish, are preserved, as is a tremendous collection focusing on America's poultry heritage.
Voges spent much time at the museum visiting with guests and sharing stories of his career and life.
A funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 28, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Nebraska City with Fr. Mark Cyza and Steve Thomlison celebrating the mass. Burial will follow the services at St. Benedict's Cemetery.
A rosary will be recited at Thursday evening , Dec. 27, at Gude Mortuary in Nebraska City.
Gude Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
See obituary under the obituaries category.
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United Way honors community leaders
United Way of Central Florida hosted its Annual Meeting on May 30 at the Polk Theatre. The organization honored a number of individuals and organizations who helped make 2011 a successful year, the organization said.
The evening kicked off with a rousing rendition of "Ribbons in the Sky" by American Idol Season 11 finalist Jeremy Rosado. The Girls Inc. of Lakeland Order My Step Dance Ministry performed along with Rosado. Rosado, a resident of Valrico, also sang "Celebration."
United Way Board Chairman James Horton, State Farm Insurance, gave the welcome and acknowledged the accomplishments of the volunteers and partners that make the United Way an organization that builds better lives and stronger communities.
Next, Cindy Alexander, 2011 Campaign chairwoman, announced that the
"I'M IN!" campaign had surpassed its $8.7 million goal by raising $8.76 million. Alexander said that this success was made possible by the employees of hundreds of public, private and non-profit sector companies that join one another each year in a unified community-wide United Way Campaign.
Four awards were presented to recognize exemplary corporate citizenship of companies that support the United Way of Central Florida. The Best New Campaign and three Summit Award recipients were selected through an objective analysis of their campaign best practices, measurable results, in-kind, and volunteer support. Through this analysis, the United Way established these awards three years ago and selected the winners.
The Summit Award is given each year to small, medium and large companies that meet objective criteria during their campaign. The small company Summit Award was given to a company with fewer than 100 employees.
Alexander presented the Small Business Campaign of the Year Award to Allen & Company. With 100 percent donor participation and a $510 per capita gift Allen & Company increased its campaign by 14.5 percent in 2011. Ralph Allen, CEO of Allen & Company, accepted the award.
The second Summit Award was presented to an organization with more than 100, but less than 300 employees. SunTrust Bank accepted the award for medium company. The company increased leadership giving from 15 to 29 members, a 93 percent increase. SunTrust participated in Day of Caring, numerous fund raising events and had an 11 percent increase in participation. Bonnie Parker accepted the award.
The third Summit Award went to an organization with more than 300 employees. Watson Clinic was presented with the Summit award for a large company. Watson Clinic has raised more than $100,000 each of the last seven years.
The Best New Campaign was presented to Mid-State Machine & Fabricating. Mid-State Machine & Fabricating completed its campaign with a contribution of $48,856, coming into United Way's "Top 50" at number 18. Lauren Jones accepted the award.
Next, Alexander introduced incoming 2012 Campaign Chairwoman Dr. Eileen Holden, president of Polk State College and United Way board member. Holden thanked Alexander and recognized her for her work as the 2011 Campaign Chair.
Holden announced that the 2012 Campaign theme would be "Invest Today. Impact Tomorrow." She then introduced Dr. Sherrie Nickell, Polk County Public Schools superintendent, to discuss the United Way of Central Florida's new Early Literacy Initiative. This initiative, sponsored by Carol and Barney Barnett, focuses on engaging, training and deploying volunteer tutors to increase the number of students reading at grade level by the end of third grade.
Tutors are asked to volunteer for one hour, one day a week using a curriculum that complements the core competencies students are required to master. Under the supervision of classroom teachers and initiative trainers, volunteers will be asked to provide two 30-minute tutoring sessions each week throughout the school year. For information on volunteering, visit www.uwcf.org/noblehour.
Next, Rich Shapiro, retired Ledger Media Group executive and United Way 2010 Citizen of the Year recipient, announced Rick Tillis as the 2011 United Way Citizen of the Year. Rick, an employee at Mosaic's New Wales facility, has served as an employee coordinator, as chairman of his Community Investment Team and chaired the 2011 Day of Caring Committee. He has been a member of the United Way's Leadership Giving Association for six years and currently serves on the 2012 Campaign Cabinet.
Tillis also serves the community where he lives through his church and community events. He volunteers at the Mulberry Community Service Center by assisting with financial classes.
United Way of Central Florida staff members nominate candidates for Citizen of the Year. Ideal candidates are contributors and volunteers involved in United Way in a primary or leadership role over a continuous period of time. Board members are not eligible. The UWCF staff makes the selection.
John Fitzwater, a retired Ledger Media Group executive and 2010 George W. Jenkins Volunteer of the Year recipient, introduced Ron Clark as the 2011 George W. Jenkins Volunteer of the Year. Clark is the chairman of Clark, Campbell and Lancaster.
He has been in volunteer leadership roles with Big Brothers & Big Sisters, Habitat for Humanity, Lakeland Area Chamber of Commerce, Lakeland Vision, Lakeland Yacht and Country Club, Rotary, Polk County Legal Aid and Polk Vision.
Clark previously served as both campaign chairman and board chairman for the United Way of Central Florida Campaign. He has also been the recipient of the Jere Annis Award as well as the Virgil Hawkins Award.
To be considered for this award, candidates must be nominated by past recipients. The candidate's United Way involvement, as well as other community involvement is a major consideration. The winner must serve as a long-term volunteer for UWCF in a leadership role. Employees of United Way supported agencies are not eligible. The past five recipients of the George W. Jenkins United Way Volunteer of the Year award assume the responsibility of choosing the Volunteer of the Year.
Horton introduced the 2011 loaned executives. These 10 individuals worked for three-and-a-half months alongside resource development staff to ensure the success of the campaign. The 2011 loaned executives were: Tom Costello, sponsored by Watson Clinic; Monica Dandridge,CCC Group, Inc.; Tami Cullens, The Mosaic Company; Candy Hamlin, State Farm Insurance; Joel Vogel, CF Industries; Sheila Rewis, sponsored by Winter Haven Hospital; Amber Earnest and Nita Baxter, Publix Super Markets, Inc.; Angela Aulisio, GEICO; and Bill Cook, Jr., ArrMaz Custom Chemicals.
Rosado returned to perform "We Are Family," followed by United Way President Terry Worthington presenting the Spirit of Central Florida Award, which recognizes an organization that elevates corporate citizenship and community service as a core value of its company mission. The 2011 award was presented to Publix Super Markets. Publix raised "an incredible" $43,428,197 company-wide, including $3.7 million in Polk County, Worthington said.
Publix associates provided 900,000 volunteer services throughout the Southeast. Publix was also recognized on a national level at the United Way Community Leaders Conference in Nashville on May 3. As the third largest contributor to the United Way worldwide, the awards "were more than deserved," Worthington said. Ed Crenshaw and Todd Jones accepted the award on behalf of Publix.
United Way of Central Florida, with administrative offices in Highland City, has been serving the local community for more than 30 years. For more information, visit the website, www.uwcf.org.
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It was a long weekend for El Dorado as it finished eighth in the annual Andover American Legion Classic.
After dropping its first two pool-play games 14-4 to Salina and 17-1 to Andover Central, El Dorado went up against the Wichita Dodgers, who showed why they advanced to the tournament's title game as they blanked El Dorado 10-0 in a run-rule shortened game.
The Dodgers' Logan Bison had El Dorado's number throughout the game. He allowed just two hits, both singles, in the three-inning contest.
El Dorado went in order in both the first and second innings. Landon Coskelly opened the third with a single to left, but was thrown out at second trying to stretch it into a double. Its other hit came in the fourth when Zac Ruff singled with two outs.
Colton Allemand started on the mound for El Dorado, and Nate Jacobs came on in the fourth.
In the seventh-place game, Emporia beat El Dorado 14-0.
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After getting several requests from readers for dessert sauce recipes, I added caramel sauce to my lineup of this year's edible gifts. Little did I know what I was getting myself into!
On my first try, the sauce turned into a hardened mass of sugar — and the second time, too. The third mixture was grainy. After reading your suggestions, I gave Alton Brown's tried-and-true methods a chance, adding corn syrup and cream of tartar to prevent crystallization. Without a candy thermometer, I missed the mark a bit on trial four, and the sauce turned out creamy but slightly burnt. And the fifth time was the charm!
Through my many trials, I've learned the following: Have everything ready to go; don't turn away for a second; corn syrup and cream of tartar are your allies. You can succeed sans thermometer if you rely on sight and smell. And, most important, don't be afraid! It's not nearly as difficult as it sounds — and, once you nail it, you're golden forever. See my foolproof recipe when you
Caramel SauceAdapted from Alton Brown
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 cup water
1 cup heavy cream
Equipment: Heavy saucepan, silicone spatula, and candy thermometer (optional)
- Combine sugar, corn syrup, cream of tartar, and water into a 2-quart saucepan on high heat, and stir with silicone spatula.
- When sugar has dissolved, insert candy thermometer, and bring mixture to a boil.
- Turn down to medium heat once temperature reads 230ºF, or has reached the soft-ball candy stage and is a light caramel color.
- When temperature has reached 300ºF, approximately five minutes later, stir mixture with silicone spatula to ensure sugar solution will heat evenly.
- At 340ºF, when the solution is a dark reddish-brown, immediately turn off heat, remove the thermometer, pour in heavy cream, and stand back to avoid any splatters.
- Once the mixture calms down, return heat back to medium, and continue cooking for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool thoroughly before transferring to any containers. To enjoy warm, microwave in heatsafe container for 30 seconds, or submerge jar in warm water.
Makes approximately 2 cups.


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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Sept. 28, 2012:
This year you feel luckier than you have in many years, as you often find yourself in the right place at the right time. Learn to detach from certain issues before a problem arises. If you are single, be open to the person who seems very different and unusual. You will grow enormously because of the tie you form with this person, even if you later decide that you'd like to relate to someone different. If you are attached, the two of you need to plan a trip together. Make sure to do it this year, and you will become much closer. PISCES reveals emotions that can be a bit much for you to handle.
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