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June 26, 2008
Which hair did you get cut?
Also, I went thrifting the other day. The store wasn't that great for clothes (at least ones that would fit me) but I got some GREAT accessories.Yellow tee (I'm in need of basics), leopard leggings, $2 pumas, cap, blue purse, 3 belts, colorblock clutch, and 2 pairs of sunglasses.
It's reversible, how high-tech am I?
Also, stay tuned for a MASSIVE runway post (13 collages, bitch)....the Central Saint Martins fall line is fanfreakingtastic.
EDIT: Thank you Stephanie for correcting me, CSM is a bunch of designers (I was wondering why there were so many outfits). Once I actually read the review for it, I figured it out....I think the name "Style Rookie" is quite appropriate at this point xD
46 comments:
- Mary said...
aww,you look adorable with your new haircut.
it's hard to pull off short hair!
and i love that clutch and blue purse.
- June 26, 2008 9:19 PM
- leslie & pam said...
I love your haircut, it is a killer style! Also those belts are a good find.
- June 26, 2008 9:45 PM
- Belle said...
The blue purse is coming into my closet in 3...2..1
Holy shit I am in love with your hair. Srsly do want.
- June 26, 2008 10:11 PM
- Stephanie said...
Aw, it looks so great! BTW, Central Saint Martins is actually a group of fashion school designers, not a line made by one person. But yeah, it is pretty fanfreakingtastic, haha.
- June 26, 2008 10:23 PM
- Gabsterr said...
Jesus Tavi!
we are so Nsync, you get a haircut the same day i do xD
- June 26, 2008 10:23 PM
- fashion_assistant said...
OMG! Leopard leggings! I mean wow!!
I love leggings but I usually wear black or brown but LEOPARD is adorable!!
Also the purse is one of my next buys for sure!
Anyway nice to meet you and this is my blog link!
- June 27, 2008 2:34 AM
- 1234 said...
sweet finds! ps i cant believe i havent added you yet, will do that asap!
- June 27, 2008 4:41 AM
- selinaoolala said...
VERY modelesque. i bet it would look cute all curly like a 40's pin up
- June 27, 2008 5:43 AM
- L.J. said...
I love the leopard leggings! Are you gonna use them with skirts, dresses and such? I do love my shoes as well, and I am constantly surprised on how many things I can wear with them (grey tights, they're amazing!).
And your haircut is very, very cool! Twiggy-ish?
- June 27, 2008 5:56 AM
- hayleeey said...
Central Saint Martins is the UNIVERSITY that quite a lot of the big designers have come out from.. i think... oh i dont know, its too early to think for me.
I do love the new haircut, looks very sweet on you.
- June 27, 2008 5:57 AM
- B said...
Your hair looks great, so cute, and it fits your very well! I alo like your new stuff, I have a pair of leopard leggings myself, they're awesome. It fits together with so much.
- June 27, 2008 6:15 AM
- Dapper Kid said...
The hair looks super cool, and great finds!
- June 27, 2008 6:35 AM
- yiqin; said...
I wish I will have the guts to cut my hair! I am SO jealous of the leopard leggings! Post up an outfit soon! :D
- June 27, 2008 6:53 AM
- Ella said...
I LOVE your new haircut. I wish i could pull that off... i'm also v. much in love with the thrifted sunnies: the ones with the transparent frames.
p.s i linked you properly this time
- June 27, 2008 9:11 AM
- sizljizl said...
OMG!! It is so cute! Hasanyone ever told u u look a bit like Jenny (Taylor Momsen)from Gossip Girl?
- June 27, 2008 10:06 AM
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Aren't Vampire Killer INSANE? Love, love, love them! Haven't found a band I liked so much as them before.... thanks for the comment (:
You are adorable, got the prettiest eyes!
- June 27, 2008 10:30 AM
- Stephanie said...
I'll tell you the story next time you come over (or Caroline will).. It's pretty freaking good.
- June 27, 2008 10:45 AM
- STYLE DU MONDE said...
I love your haircut! Cute findings!
- June 27, 2008 11:14 AM
- i think thats hauttte said...
your hair looks so adorable, it suits you!
- June 27, 2008 11:46 AM
- elizabeth said...
TAVI your HAIRCUT IS AMAZING. um...also...send me those clear sunglasses, like..now. mmmkaythanks.
- June 27, 2008 1:15 PM
- Hanna said...
Your hair is motherf-ing genius. And you have a ton of sunglasses.
- June 27, 2008 1:35 PM
- molly said...
i absolutely love your haircut!
youre so pretty
- June 27, 2008 1:55 PM
- Kira Fashion said...
you are terrific!!
love your new hair :)))
you are always welcome baby, i am here to help in what you need :)
a kiss!!
- June 27, 2008 2:51 PM
- Katie said...
your hair looks great!!
- June 27, 2008 4:10 PM
- Squishybubble said...
WOW, am I wanting straight hair.
And all of those sunglasses.
- June 27, 2008 4:47 PM
- Susan said...
Your hair is lovely and your thrift finds are amazing! I had half my hair cut off recently and i couldn't stop staring at myself for ages. It really suits you
- June 27, 2008 5:10 PM
- saray said...
ohhh your haircut is perfect!!!! I adore it!!
you bought great staff.. I also have those puma's I got them as a gift but they are a size too big..
- June 27, 2008 7:24 PM
- Fashion Is Poison said...
your haircut is great! i love it. ohh and great haul! i went thrifting today, too and got some awesome boots :]
- June 28, 2008 12:29 AM
- Teresa said...
great haircut, and I do the same thing where I check myself out in any reflection, although for me it's an addiction almost. narcissism is my crack.
- June 28, 2008 1:26 AM
- friemol said...
i love your haircut, it looks great on you! and the accesories you've bought are adorable!
- June 28, 2008 7:08 AM
- the_kitten said...
Mate, your hair looks adorable!!! Congrats to the new hair cut - chopping them off takes balls! But it can pay off obviously.
- June 28, 2008 8:46 AM
- Alline said...
Pleeeeaaase, more pics of the new hair do!! It`s cute!!!!!
- June 28, 2008 9:05 AM
- Tavi said...
Thanks guys! I'm glad people other than my family approve, so I know I'm not totally insane. I will have more pics up soon, alline!
sizljizl-No, I've never been told that, but thanks so much!
l.j.-I actually plan on wearing them with tees, some good old vintage band tees. I don't seem to own any dresses or skirts that would match leopard, haha.
b-umm psh psh! I practically bought them because I remembered an outfit you made with them and I wanted to adapt it!
Elizabeth-haha will do, hope you don't mind I popped out the lenses to make some geek glasses. Muahahaha.
Saray-Goodie, we can be shoe twins!
- June 28, 2008 10:05 AM
- Zoë said...
love it, love it, LOVE IT!
great haircut and cute sunglasses and belts!
- June 28, 2008 10:55 AM
- missie.eng said...
Oh wow, I LOVE your haircut! It looks very fun.
OMG leopard print leggings! Love both of the sunglasses! (Do you have any tips on how to pop out the lenses? I've been trying on a pair of thrifted prescription glasses and I can't get them out.)
- June 30, 2008 3:07 AM
- EM said...
that hat is hella cute
I'm diggin it
- June 30, 2008 2:50 PM
- Sammie said...
I really love the haircut, it looks great! And the accessories are sweeeet =)
- July 01, 2008 10:51 PM
- Heather said...
ahhh! love the pics of you. your eyes look amazing! wow. i looked at all your old entries, with your long hair. wow. you look so different :P
- October 08, 2009 11:37 PM
- JLM[X] said...
I love you with long hair! :(
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Writing about his interview with Adrian Lyne regarding his "thing with water," Jeffrey Lantos says:
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I stress that I have no expertise in this area and this is merely virtual guesswork!
I think too, that the water symbolizes purity..(clean & pure) which to me reenforces the wrongful act of the affair. Also somehow, during other scenes such as the scene where she is washing dishes, the water symbolizes sensuality.


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It doesn't take a culinary genius to know that bananas and chocolate were made for each other. These are a quick and easy treat on a hot summer day, and the kids love them. I don't think I really need to post a formal recipe. Just cut bananas into 4 sections and place in the freezer for an hour or so (you want them cold, but not frozen solid). Dip into melted vegan chocolate chips and enjoy!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Chocolate Banana Bites
12 comments:
- VeggieGirl said...
Oooh, divine!
- June 28, 2008 at 5:18 PM
- Vegan Next Door said...
Where are the peanuts?
- June 28, 2008 at 5:58 PM
- Animal-Friendly said...
Such a simple but cute idea!
- June 28, 2008 at 10:11 PM
- CeciLiA said...
OMG! This looks so yummy!!! Why didn't I think of that?! Now to take it to the NEXT level, you just need to fill the banana core with pb and then top it with choc .... :0)
- June 28, 2008 at 10:21 PM
- Happy Herbivore! said...
yum. not this is how I plan to cool off.
vegan next door, I'm taking your idea! chocolate peanut butter from ilovepeanutbutter.com will be used!
- June 28, 2008 at 11:28 PM
- Janet said...
Y-U-M! YOU are a culinary genius :)
- June 28, 2008 at 11:39 PM
- postymcposterton said...
I don't know if I can handle this one. I mean, it's got, like, too many steps and ingredients.
How can we keep up with this? ;)
- June 29, 2008 at 10:19 AM
- mad about udon said...
In my pre-vegan days I used to do this with Nestle Quik powder. Chocolate + banana = a divine combination
- June 29, 2008 at 12:27 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
You can do it. Remember to breathe and stay calm. Baby steps. Baby steps.
- June 29, 2008 at 12:49 PM
- Maggie said...
Awww. These are the cutest!
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dip them in crushed toasted almonds!
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Could only be better dipped in nuts or sprinkles.
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Not really a recipe tonight, more of an idea/method. I love cooking stuff in cast iron pans on the BBQ, and in clay bakers like the one seen here. This particular pig is happy that no one is eating his body. Tonight I filled him up with cauliflower and broccoli, about an inch of water, and placed in on the grill for about 20 mins.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Veggies in a Clay Baker
Posted by Vegan Dad at 9:13 PM
Labels: BBQ, broccoli, cauliflower
6 comments:
- carrie said...
That little piggy is so cute!!
- August 25, 2008 at 9:50 PM
- Anonymous said...
You are too funny!
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- Eve Love said...
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- August 26, 2008 at 11:54 AM
- Vaishali said...
I love cast iron too, but have never tried a clay baker. Sounds like a great idea!
- August 28, 2008 at 12:19 PM
- veganspam said...
I have a clay baker that I never use. Thanks for the inspiration!
- August 29, 2008 at 11:09 PM
- IsaChandra said...
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- August 31, 2008 at 1:26 AM
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WEST LIBERTY - Although production stopped several years ago, Consol Energy is seeking to renew its West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection permit for the Windsor Coal Co. mine.
"There is some discharge coming off in some areas. But this is really just a formality," said Jeanie Funk, environmental resource specialist with the DEP, regarding the permit renewal.
A legal ad published locally specified a surface mining permit for about 260 acres in the West Liberty area, crossing the border between Ohio and Brooke counties. Funk said the permit is in the name of Windsor, but the applicant is listed with the address of 1000 Consol Energy Drive, Canonsburg, PA.
"Windsor is still listed on the permit," said Funk, noting the original permit was issued in 1981. "Every five years, the company must renew the permit - that is all this is."
The Alliance Coal Tunnel Ridge Mine is operating in Ohio County, while portions of the Consol Shoemaker Mine also branch out into the southern portion of the county.
At the Windsor mine, Funk said the most that Consol is doing at the site is reclamation, but even this requires permit renewal.
"We monitor the site, while they also monitor it. There are some drainage issues because there is some discharge coming off in certain areas. We believe they are working to address that," Funk added.
Anyone wishing to comment on the Windsor permit should call the DEP at 304-457-3219.
According to American Electric Power, Consol acquired the mine from AEP in 2001. Consol information states the company permanently closed the mine the following year.


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NYC Department of City Planning Certifies NYU'S Plan for University-Owned Superblocks
Jan 3, 2012
After a five-year planning process and dialogue with its neighbors, NYU's proposals for new academic facilities at its Washington Square core were certified on Jan. 3 by the Department of City Planning. NYU Core is part of the University's 20-year, city-wide strategic academic space plan, NYU 2031: NYU in NYC.
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I spend a lot of time building in Micro scale (I maintain the Micropolis collaboration standard) and my partner is trying to figure out how to build the most compact, or smallest, six pointed star possible to fit into one of her builds. We've played around with friction set cheese wedges similar to this example but were curious if anyone has any other ideas. We're open to using parts in System, Technic, Clickits, or even Znap or of course any combinations thereof.
Hexagonal symmetry and angles in 15, 30 and 60-degree proportions are scarce among LEGO elements.
I think the smallest single piece that approximates a six-pointed star is the basic flower:
I myself don't practice freelance brick modification, but someone with fewer scruples might easily trim one of these into a 6-pointed star shape.
Another piece that has hexagonal symmetry is the old pulley wheel:
The holes are arranged at 60-degree intervals around the center. Putting two of these pulleys together and inserting half pins into the holes will give you 6 studs arranged at what could be the points of a 6-pointed star:
I added a 1x1 round plate to three of the studs to offset the gear shift handles. This construction is a little shaky, as the half pins will rotate. Not sure if it's compact enough for micro-scale - the star ends up about 2.5x2.5
You could get a 6-pointed star of about the same size using two triangular roadsigns:
These have clips on the back. Putting them face-to-face would give you a clip on the front of the star, and you'd have to find a way to hold it in place, but it would have the advantage of being fairly thin. The color options on these pieces are limited, though.
A smaller six-pointed star which only uses cheese slopes has been achieved in the MOC below:


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The department of music, featuring the Geneseo Symphony Orchestra and the Geneseo Festival Chorus, will perform Handel's "Messiah" on Sunday, April 29 at 3pm in Wadsworth Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact the department of music at (585) 245 - 5824.


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adj. A male who overcompensates in an attempt to be cool. Most likely a fratboy or douchebag who has their collar popped. So named for their affinity to wear pink shirts out to social events.
That bar was whack, full of pink shirts spending dad's money.
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A shirt worn by men who are aiming to "get some" because girls think it looks good. This is because pink shirts are completely feminine, therefore, homesexual. Pink shirts are supposedly manly or so the wearers say, but this is entirely false. In fact, the chances of a young male becoming gay after wearing a pink shirt significantly raise by 37.4%.
Look at that douchebag! He's wearing three pink shirts and all of their collars are popped.
by Chase September 04, 2005
A vaguely one-dimensional character in a TV show, book, movie, etc. who appears suddenly and by all rules of plot cliches should die but doesn't, or is the only character to survive after all the main characters are dead. See anticlimactic.
When Helen killed Cutter, Captain Becker survived for no reason, proving his status as a pinkshirt.
When Harry killed Voldemort, he inherently turned all the remaining Death Eaters into pinkshirts.
Let's face it. Eight of the nine Ringwraiths are pinkshirts.
When Harry killed Voldemort, he inherently turned all the remaining Death Eaters into pinkshirts.
Let's face it. Eight of the nine Ringwraiths are pinkshirts.
by TOSer June 06, 2009
Shirts collectively worn by students in Nova Scotia who believe that bullying and violence will not be tolerated in their society and subsequently created an awareness around the world that simply; peace is achieveable through will, courage and love.
No more red shirts. Canada's youth will not support violence. Two grade twelve students show that peace is what all people want and pink shirts will prove they are right. Mr. Harper, Mr. Bush, Mr. Bin Laden, all who are wrong about war and violence, put on your Pink Shirts!
by im with you September 21, 2007
n. an article of clothing worn by young men and adolescents who are uncomfortable with their sexuality, but wear pink shirts to say they are.
"Wow. That's a large group of guys wearing pink shirts."
"Yes. They're likely on their way to bang each other because they're comfortable with their sexuality"
"Yes. They're likely on their way to bang each other because they're comfortable with their sexuality"
by Meezy December 29, 2005
Worn by hidden homosexuals who wear pink shirts to bluff they are comfortable with their sexuality, but have actually starred in gay porn movies
Gavin why do you always wear pink shirts we all know your gay
by Dark Side July 05, 2007
Similar to a pink sock. It is made when someone puts one hand in a girl's vagina, and the other in her anus. The person then grabs hold of the intestines, and gives a pink sock from the front and back. It can also be made when a girl is getting double penetrated. It is a pink shirt because there is more pink material than in just a pink sock.
Whoa d00d, i double-fisted that girl last night, and i gave her a pink shirt when i pulled my hands out too fast!
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Just got a brand new box (MSI H61M motherboard) and I'm trying to install Ubuntu 11.04 on it from a CD I just burned.
Right off the bat, if I try to install from CD it loads directly into BusyBox with:
Unable to find a medium containing a live file system
Sounds like a SATA mode problem, which by default is in IDE mode. So, if I try changing to AHCI mode, I manage to boot with the CD, but the install will not continue. When I check
df I see that indeed the hard disk is not identified.
What is the proper procedure for this case?


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Kids & Families
Move With Color
Occurs every day the museum is open through September 18, 2016. Next Occurs on Sunday, July 31, 2016 - 11:00am – 2:00pm.
Join us from 11 am–2 pm every day the museum is open at the Activity Cart outside on Martin Plaza for dance-inspired fun!
Make your own wearable ribbon band Create-n-Take project called Move with Color.Read More
2016 Kids Summer Camps and Classes
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 – Friday, August 12, 2016.
Kids ages 4-11 can explore the museum and engage in hands-on learning and artmaking at our summer camps and classes.Read More
July 2016 Museum Shop Offer for Members
Friday, July 1, 2016 – Sunday, July 31, 2016.
Throughout July, DAM members will receive 20% off clearance sale merchandise in The Shop in the Hamilton Building, level 1.
Other weekly special offers available onsite. Additional member 10% discount does not apply to weekly specials.
Not yet a member of the Denver Art Museum? Join today.
For sale or museum shop questions, call 720-865-4488 or email email@example.com More
DAM Highlights Tour (Daily)
Occurs every day the museum is open. Next Occurs on Sunday, July 31, 2016 - 11:00am – 11:45am.
Expert docents introduce you to a selection of the museum's most noteworthy objects. Visit both the North and Hamilton buildings and discover a diversity of artworks from across time and around the world.Read More
Rhythm & Roots Tours
Occurs every day the museum is open through October 2, 2016. Next Occurs on Sunday, July 31, 2016 - 1:00pm.
Join a 45-minute public tour of Rhythm & Roots, offered daily at 1 pm, July 10 through October 2. Included with general admission, reservations not required.Read More
Women of Abstract Expressionism Tours
Occurs every day the museum is open through September 25, 2016. Next Occurs on Sunday, July 31, 2016 - 2:00pm.
A 45-minute public tour of the groundbreaking Women of Abstract Expressionism. Tours offered daily at 2 pm, June 12 through September 25.Read More
Artists & Studios
Native Arts Artist-in-Residence: Powwow Regalia Studio
Occurs every day the museum is open through September 18, 2016. Next Occurs on Sunday, July 31, 2016.
This summer, the Native Arts Artist-in-Residence program will focus on the artistry and process of creating Powwow Regalia.Read More
Cuatro [4]: A Series of Artist Interactions
Carlos Frésquez
Thursday, July 7, 2016 – Sunday, August 7, 2016.
Frésquez has created an immersive installation on Level 4 of the North Building, which explores Chicano cultural identity and its use of traditional icons. Visitors are invited to share stories about their past, present, and future.Read More
The Movement Studio & Weekend Creative Demonstrations
Saturday, June 4, 2016 – Sunday, October 9, 2016.
Explore how artists are inspired by movement with three hands-on activities. Watch an artist demonstration on weekends.Read More
Creative Crossroads
The Art of Tapestry
Sunday, May 31, 2015 – Sunday, August 7, 2016.
See more than 20 tapestry-woven wall hangings, rugs, furniture covers, and garments from Europe, Turkey, China, Peru, Mexico, and the American Southwest.Read More
Robert Therrien
The Power of the Image
Sunday, February 21, 2016 – Sunday, August 7, 2016.
Robert Therrien takes familiar or mundane symbols and disconnects them from their expected contexts. These images become abstract forms floating in space, forcing viewers to re-orient their preconceived notions of symbols and their meanings.Read More
Why We Dance
American Indian Art in Motion
Sunday, May 29, 2016 – Sunday, August 14, 2016.
This multisensory exhibition presents the motives behind Native American dance and highlights the museum's annual Friendship Powwow and American Indian Cultural Celebration. It features about 86 works, including 78 drawn from the DAM's American Indian art collection.Read More
All That Glistens
A Century of Japanese Lacquer
Sunday, November 18, 2012 – Wednesday, September 7, 2016.
The 30 artworks in this exhibition reveal the versatility of lacquer as a medium used by Japanese artists to create containers, trays, plaques, braziers, and screens of enduring beauty.Read More
Women of Abstract Expressionism
Sunday, June 12, 2016 – Sunday, September 25, 2016.
This groundbreaking exhibition celebrates the often unknown female artists of this mid-twentieth-century art movement. More than 50 major paintings are on view by artists Mary Abbott, Jay DeFeo, Perle Fine, Helen Frankenthaler, Sonia Gechtoff, Judith Godwin, Grace Hartigan, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, Deborah Remington, and Ethel Schwabacher.Read More
Rhythm & Roots
Dance in American Art
Sunday, July 10, 2016 – Sunday, October 2, 2016.
This exhibition will present how artists, dancers, and choreographers helped form the artistic identity of dance in America. It will feature about 90 paintings, photographs, sculptures, and costumes relating to American dance from 1830 to 1960.Read More
Sunday, July 10, 2016 – Sunday, October 2, 2016.
#dancelab is a creative dance installation created by local artistic dance partners Wonderbound and creative firm Legwork Studio. This immersive, participatory movement experience focuses on celebrating American dance and deconstructs the dance experience to make it accessible to all.Read More
Portraits & Jewelry from Colonial Latin America
Sunday, December 7, 2014 – Sunday, November 27, 2016.
During the Spanish Colonial period in Latin America (1521–1850), precious gold and silver were crafted into elegant jewelry then embellished with emeralds from Colombia, coral from Mexico, and pearls from Venezuela. Wanting to demonstrate their wealth and status, people were painted wearing their finest dress and elaborate jewelry.Read More
Grand Gestures
Dance, Drama, Masquerade
Sunday, December 13, 2015 – Sunday, December 11, 2016.
Pre-Columbian art is full of human and supernatural figures in dramatic poses. This installation of 29 objects presents a cross-cultural selection of works from the DAM's extensive collection.Read More
Canaletto Masterwork Restored
Saturday, February 16, 2013 – Sunday, January 1, 2017.
On Desert Time
Landscape Photographs by O'Sullivan & Bell, 1871–1874
Sunday, May 29, 2016 – Sunday, January 8, 2017.
This exhibition presents photographs by Timothy H. O'Sullivan and William H. Bell made in the American Southwest, 1871-1874, during expeditions on the Wheeler Survey.Read More
Performance on Paper
The Posters of Phil Risbeck and John Sorbie
Sunday, July 3, 2016 – Sunday, January 8, 2017.
Posters by internationally acclaimed Colorado designers Phil Risbeck and the late John Sorbie announce performances at Colorado State University, and showcase expressive techniques, energetic imagery, and restrained typography.Read More
Depth & Detail
Carved Bamboo from China, Japan & Korea
Sunday, August 25, 2013 – Sunday, January 15, 2017.
The intricate decoration of the items on view includes religious imagery as well as people, animals, birds, insects, plants, and landscapes that tell stories or have symbolic meaning.Read More
Sunday, May 8, 2016 – Sunday, March 19, 2017.
This installation of larger-than-life immersive illustrations by Hadley Hooper was inspired by theater stage sets.Read More
Treasures of British Art
Sunday, March 27, 2016 – Sunday, April 9, 2017.
This exhibition presents a selection of paintings from the acclaimed traveling exhibition, providing a panoramic view of British cultural history seen through its art.Read More
Herbert Bayer: 1938–1974
New York and Aspen Paintings
Sunday, April 26, 2015 – Sunday, April 16, 2017.
Celebrated for his multidisciplinary approach to art and design, Herbert Bayer called painting "the continuous link connecting all the facets of my work." The paintings presented in the exhibition give us a window into the personal side of this versatile artist.Read More
Artistry and Craftsmanship
Ruskin Pottery, Enamels, and Buttons
Sunday, November 29, 2015 – Sunday, May 7, 2017.
Throughout its 35-year history, Ruskin Pottery produced decorative vessels, tableware, buttons, and plaques intended to be set in silver as jewelry. The pottery was known for hand-thrown ceramic bodies and innovative glazes.Read More
Contemporary Chairs Reimagined
Sunday, May 1, 2016 – Sunday, May 7, 2017.
These eight works reveal the vast range of materials and processes used by contemporary designers as they challenge our notions of what design can be through the enduring form of the chair.Read More
Contemporary Artists Speak Out
Sunday, February 21, 2016 – Sunday, May 14, 2017.
British artist Damien Hirst famously said, "Art survives through its effect on others." As a leader in the contemporary art world, he, like his peers, considers making art a way to convey ideas about culture, human relationships, the environment, and politics.Read More
Abstract Expressionism
from the Denver Art Museum
Sunday, April 3, 2016 – Sunday, May 14, 2017.
Soon after World War II, the center of the avant-garde shifted from Europe to the United States when the first American-grown modern art movement—abstract expressionism—was born.Read More
Strong Statements
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 – Friday, June 30, 2017.
Strong Statements features six thought-provoking works, each by a contemporary native artist. The works challenge stereotypes and explores issues that affect American Indians including corruption and violence in the casino industry, racism, addiction, and questions of identity.Read More
Printed and Painted
The Art of Bark Cloth
Sunday, August 31, 2014 – Sunday, August 27, 2017.
This reinstallation of the Joan & George Anderman Gallery of Oceanic Art offers a glimpse at the variety of creative design and ingenious construction possible through the unique medium of bark cloth (or tapa) used across the Pacific.Read More


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Note: I had the obituary scanned and saved in jpeg format. Thank you Mark for doing this for me.
WOW, what a great obit and bio! Loved reading it!
I have to agree with you that is one of the longest I have seen too. I wonder what it cost back then to have that printed?
Wow, Barbara, that is SO COOL! What a career he had! And, as obits go, isn't this the one any genealogist would LOVE to find?
What a legacy! I almost cheered reading it when I got to the Newberry Library. It's my favorite spot in Chicago. I'll remember Dr. Poole every time I'm there.
Thanks everybody who took the time to read it, it was long! Even with all what was written, it didn't mention where he was buried...I found out much later. And, haven't found a death certificate, so I don't know what he died from. Nolichucky Roots, you are SO lucky, I've never been in the library. See: http://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-gift-from-newberry-library.html
Yes...this is long, but it reflects his community leadership and importance. He was clearly given the respect he earned from his life of charity.
Kathleen, How nice that you read it, and I believe you appreciated the words. Thank you.


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Not earth shattering, but I thought this might be helpful to someone else. . .
I've been wanting to try event coverage with VR panoramas and I think I've finally found the right gear to do it. I tested it successfully this past weekend at an outdoor festival so I thought I'd share the setup.
I'm shooting with a Nikon D800e/Rokinon 8mm (mounted in portrait orientation) on a Nodal Ninja R1 with RD5, advanced rotator handle and EZ leveler II.The R1 connects to the rotator with a quick release.
To that basic kit I've added a small RF remote:
and a footed monopod:
The Sirui monopod raises the camera to almost 7' fully extended, and the bottom ball joint above the feet locks with a twist down collar. It's light, solid and feels very well made. The feet are wide enough to support the setup on their own (although I always have a hand on it). The grip section has a lockable swivel function that could conceivably be used in lieu of a rotator to save weight if you didn't need click stops.
Once everything is assembled (1 minute or so), I extend the bottom section of the monopod and fold down the feet. After pre-metering the area, I can get to a chosen spot, drop the top 2 sections of the monopod, shoot 4 roundshots and be moving again in roughly 15 seconds. Add another 2 or 3 seconds if I take a handheld nadir before I move.
This was my first outing with this kit - I expect to get faster.
I could actually cover the roundshots with 3 frames, but the extra overlap gives a lot of room to mask moving people in post.
The EZ leveler is probably overkill. I leave it in the setup because I also use it, the quick connect and the RD5 with my RS-1 and am too lazy to take it out each time.
The rotator handle helps with turning everything since I'm reaching over my head to do it.


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We guarantee you won't believe Buddy Guy is 77 years young once he hits the stage at the South Shore Music Circus, and the Chicago blues legend has New Bedford teenage guitar ace Quin Sullivan--a longtime Guy acolyte--sharing the stage. Outdoor fun when Memphis Rockabilly Band plays a free show from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Buzzard's Bay Park in Bourne. O.A.R. jams and rocks at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in Boston. Word has been that the Vans Warped Tour is a slow ticket, so you can get good seats at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield. Road trip for blues fans not headed for Buddy, as B.B. King lights up the Hampton Beach Casino. The Boston rapper Moufy has a CD release party at The Middle East in Cambridge. Nightmares on Wax shake up the Paradise Rock Club in Boston. Weymouth guitarslinger Rick Russell raises the roof at Turner's Yard in Pembroke. King Buzzo (from the Melvins) rocks Brighton Music Hall. Pink Mountaintop lands at Great Scott in Allston. Walkin' The Line's country at Toby Keith's in Foxboro. Russ Costa's SongAsylum at Home Ice in Quincy. Hamilton Leithauser--sounds like Eddie Haskell's best bud--at The Sinclair in Cambridge. SuperFly's funk envelops the Beachcomber in Quincy. One of the area's hardest working troubadours, Fil Pacino sings at Tinker's Son in Norwell.
Big quandary for country fans: Martina McBride headlines the Music Circus; while Jason Aldean takes over the Xfinity Center, with the Florida-Georgia Line opening.� The roots music of The Felice Brothers at The Sinclair. Chicago blues singer Joanna Connor and her band are on their way to the North Atlantic Blues Fest in Maine this weekend, but they're stopping off to headline the Ming Dynasty in Marshfield. Joe Louis Walker's rockin' blues at Johnny D's in Somerville. Still more blues when Brockton's harmonica dynamo, Professor Harp, hits Stoughton's House of Brews. Peter Frampton, with the Doobie Brothers, rock out at The Blue Hills Bank Pavilion.� Folk music star Shawn Colvin at the Narrows Center in Fall River. The fast-rising Hillary Reynolds Band, led by the Wisconsin alt-country singer who came to Boston to attend Berklee College, tops the bill at Cafe 939 in Boston. Jazz saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera and his quintet at The RegattaBar in Harvard Square. Branded gallops into Toby Keith's. Very cool show at The Center for the Arts in Natick, Alabama native Amy Black explores the music of Muscle Shoals.� Dead Rabbits rock Brighton Music Hall. Mike & Kim harmonize at Tinker's Son.� Wonder what kind of music the Vinegar Creek Constitution plays at Club Passim in Cambridge? Bill & the Goats get down at The C-Note in Hull. People the Kangaroo and three more bands rock The Middle East. Hip-hopper French Montana headlines Lupo's in Providence.� Patti DeRosa sings at Chilihead BBQ in West Bridgewater. Dinosaur Jr. rips it up at The Met Cafe in Pawtucket. The ten-man vocal group Straight No Chaser headlines the Cape Cod Melody Tent.
The Blushing Brides, long heralded as the top Rolling Stones tribute act, take over the C-Note in Hull.� Classic rock doesn't get any better than Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bad Company, at The Xfinity Center. Rhythm and blues crooner Maxwell at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion. Guided By Voices sure to raise a ruckus at The Paradise.� A 'Summer Surf Party' at Johnny D's where the 10 p.m. show features the Waveriders' surf rock, with Rockland's Derangers bringing their classic garage rock. The Dave Alvin-Phil Alvin tour--the brothers' first album together in years salutes the music of blues immortal Big Bill Broonzy--touches down at The Sinclair.� Hot new guitarslinger Samantha Fish and her band light up the Narrows Center. Don't forget the Plymouth Rock Roots & Folk Fest--free music from noon-7 p.m. by the harbor. Boston rocker Jon Butcher does the scaled down thing at Club Passim. Anni Clark sings at Soule Homestead in Middleboro.� There's a Nirvana tribute band at The Beachcomber. The Tokyo Tramps' take on the blues at Chilihead BBQ. Township rocks the Middle East Upstairs. Songwriter J.D. Souther--practically a full-fledged Eagle--appears with a trio at Center for the Arts in Natick. Dave & the Shades is the roots-rockin', multi-generational latest incarnation of Nantasket's ubiquitous Dave Foley, at Tinker's Son. The Racky Thomas Band at The Ming Dynasty.� Professor Harp's tour takes him to Smoken' Joe's in Allston. Neat vocal harmonies, rockin' guitars, and an absolutely killer rendition of "A Boy Named Sue" when the new duo Chuck & Dan take over Paddy Barry's in Quincy.
Sunday night has a real under-the-radar gem, as Twin Forks plays T.T. the Bear's in Cambridge--this is the acoustic, folkie quintet that includes Chris Carrabba, frontman for the rock band Dashboard Confessional. Sunday afternoon Max Creek headlines a 3 p.m. Boston Harbor cruise leaving the World Trade Center dock; while Jon Hopkins plays at The Sinclair Sunday night; Chuck Whelan's Cheesy Jam at Paddy Barry's; and Brian Mahoney's arresting tunes at The Irish Pub in Quincy. Monday night catch the� 6 p.m. Josh Shpak jazz show in the Courtyard at the RegattaBar;� head for McGann's by North Station for New Jersey rockers RIGBI; or make the trek to Providence Performing Arts Center for Queens of the Stone Age. Tuesday night finds pop sweetheart sara Bareilles at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion; while Oklahoma's Turnpike Troubadours invade the Paradise; and Rick Berlin's Nickel and Dime Band frolics at Johnny D's. Wednesday hold onto your hats, as Aerosmith tops the bill at Xfinity Center; while Creedence Clearwater songsmith John Fogerty rocks at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion.� Save the date: July 17 finds Fall River hosting the free Block-a-Palooza, with an outdoor lineup by the First District Courthouse which includes Buckwheat Zydeco, and Scituate's Girls Guns & Glory. Also on the 17th of July, moe jams at Cape Cod Melody Tent. Michael Franti's show at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion on July 18 also includes Soja, and that reggae-rock group is sure to get you moving. July 19 marks the latest edition of John Hall's Aquapalooza, sponsored by Russo Marine, where the noon- 6 p.m. Boston Harbor cruise, including a long stop by Peddock's Island, features music from Sugar Ray & the Bluetones, Toni Lynn Washington, Basic Black, Lydia Warren, and the Throwdown Band, all for the benefit of Save the Harbor, Save the Bay (www.savetheharbor.org for more info).� Fresh off her stint opening the Chrisse Hynde tour, Lakeville songbird Amy Correia headlines Club Passim on July 26.
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The 6 Coolest Survival Traits Designed by Evolution
Evolution is a pretty straightforward affair: If you can't stab through thick antelope pelt like you used to, you'll evolve sharper, bigger teeth or stronger jaws. If you keep getting eaten by giant-toothed predators, you'll evolve longer legs for greater speed. If you keep getting harassed by hawks, you'll evolve lanky, hawk-swatting arms. It's pretty much just an endless race of reach and teeth. But occasionally, evolution will reach way the hell out of the box and come back with solar-powered lizards and Iron Man snails ...
#6. The Spotted Salamander Is Solar-Powered
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Spotted salamanders are the first known vertebrates to effectively be solar-powered. They are living amphibians that get energy from photosynthesis, like plants. How is this possible? Well, scientists have long thought that algae had a symbiotic relationship with salamander larvae, giving them only the resources it didn't need (scientists refer to this as the "your shitty college roommate effect"). Research in recent years has proven that this is not the case, however: New studies have shown that salamanders actually have algae all up in their very cells. Aside from being very, very gross, this trait helps the spotted salamander put a new, very literal meaning behind green energy.
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"Here comes the sun, doot-'n'-doo-doo ..."
The spotted salamander's larval stage lasts for months, and embryos with algae in their somatic and germ cells have a faster growth rate and higher survival rate than those without. If humans are one day able to adapt this amazing trait as our own, we could bolster the world's food supply by becoming walking slime-hybrids! That ... sounded better before we typed it out. Regardless, the next time you see some Oompa-Loompa-looking Jersey Shore d-bag, withhold your scorn: He could be our best hope for combating global starvation.
#5. Atlantic Wolffish Make Their Own Antifreeze
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At first glance, it looks like wolffish got beaten with the short end of the evolution stick. These terrifying yet inexplicably stupid-looking fish inhabit the deep sea, and like most deep-sea creatures, they have cleared massive biological hurdles in order to survive where they do. To thrive in an area where it's too cold for most things to even exist, the wolffish have to make their own antifreeze.
And we mean that literally: This very same antifreeze protein can now be found increasing the freezing tolerance of crops, improving farm fish life in cold climates, lengthening the shelf life of frozen foods, enhancing preservation of tissues for transplant in medicine, and even improving the texture of low-fat ice cream (mmm, wolffish sundaes).
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Don't you just want to put whipped cream on them and lick 'em?
Think about that for a second: The Ron Perlman of the fish world up there has antifreeze proteins that have allowed us to make great strides in medicine, ensure a consistent world food supply, and provide delicious frozen treats that are easy on the waistline -- all because it's too stupid to move someplace warm.
#4. Tripod Fish Have Built-In Chairs
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The tripod fish's fin rays have evolved into long, bony protrusions that it uses like a biological Barcalounger. That's not exaggeration on our part: The tripod fish's whole strategy for survival is to sit on the ocean floor, using its hind fin-legs to angle its body so that it faces against the current. This way it can simply open its mouth to eat small shrimp, fish, and crustaceans that the current sweeps by, and it doesn't even have to move!
The human equivalent would be moving a recliner in front of a conveyor belt so that you can eat Fritos without all that pesky "reaching for the bag" business. The deep ocean is a terrifying and unforgiving place: If you're going to survive down there, you need at least one amazing trait to trip up the animal reaper when it comes swimming for you. Most creatures evolve to be faster, camouflage themselves better, or simply scare the shit out of any and everything on God's green Earth. The tripod fish, on the other hand, evolved nature's version of a disability scooter. Watching them "in action" is truly an inspiring sight, in the same way that watching a Rascal-bound fat man knock cans of spray cheese off the top shelf with his umbrella is an "inspiring sight."


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11 Important Decisions to Make During Pregnancy
Decisions, decisions! Once the exciting news of your pregnancy sets in, it's time to sit down and consider some important questions about everything from your birth plan to your baby's name. Take a step-by-step look at some of the decisions facing parents-to-be (and let us help you make them!).
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Where Should I Give Birth?
Picturing where you'll give birth isn't exactly something most women dream of years in advance. Explore whether you would like your baby to be born in a hospital, birthing center, or at home. Get recommendations from friends, visit the places you're considering, and check with your insurance plan to confirm your coverage early on in your pregnancy. Many times, the question of where to give birth involves who you would like to deliver your child: an obstetrician/gynecologist, a nurse-midwife, a midwife, or some combination of these professionals. Get more information on choosing a doctor and where to deliver your baby.


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I am a part time physics enthusiast and I seldom wonder about the intergalactic space. First, it is my perception that all(almost all) the objects in the universe are organized in the forms of galaxies; or in other words, the universe is a collection of billions and billions of galaxies which are spaced far apart. Does anything actually exist in the empty space between galaxies? If yes, how did it reach there?
I might add some further notes to the actual material things existing in intergalactic space. One might wonder but the notion that there is space is already stating that there is more than nothing.
It implies that there is at least vacuum which is a pretty interesting thing on its own.
Classical harmonic oscillator
Maybe you know that the harmonic oscillator has energy levels
$E_n = \hbar \omega \left( n + \frac{1}{2}\right)$
and an astonishing result is that the lowest energy state is $E_0 = \frac{1}{2}\hbar\omega > 0$.
Quantum electrodynamical oscillator
Coming back to the vacuum, the situation is somewhat comparable. Considering Heisenberg's Principle of Uncertainty in its energy-time form,
$\Delta{t}\cdot\Delta{E} \geq \hbar$
we can see already that a state of a quantum system with definite zero energy for all times cannot exist, even though the expectation value might vanish.
$\Delta{A_l} - \frac{1}{c^2}\partial_{tt}A_l = 0$
and a Helmholtz equation if one puts $\partial_{tt}\rightarrow{-\omega^2}$. This equation is usually tackled by separation of variables and after some math we arrive at a Hamilton
$H = \frac{1}{2}\sum_{\lambda}\left({p^2_\lambda+\omega_\lambda^2\lambda{q^2_\lambda}}\right)$
where now $\lambda$ accounts for some mode index. And here comes the magic. This is a description equation for harmonic oscillators! But here we run into a conceptional difficulty. The vacuum energy
$E_{vac} = \frac{1}{2}\sum_\lambda{\hbar\omega_\lambda}$
is infinitely large since there are infinitely many modes of the vacuum. But this is not very physical, so most of the time for calculations you just "leave out" this part.
Implications of a vacuum energy
In the case of different separated domains where you are able to allow a different different number of modes (e.g. via metal plates), this energy will be different for those domains resulting in a force which is the famous Casimir effect.
But vacuum energy has other implications. One hope it that it might some day explain the cosmological constant in terms of a unified field theory.
So, I hope, I could convince you that "empty" might be much more one would expect :)
As others have said, it's almost empty, but not quite, as there are gas particles and so on floating around. As wikipedia states:
And that's only if you consider empty to mean void of matter - there's also electromagnetic waves permeating most (all?) of space. And when you get down to the subatomic level, quantum mechanics ensures that particles are constantly popping into and out of existence as well, even in 'empty' space.
As for how the matter got there, well aside from the normal ways (being shot out of exploding stars and so on), don't forget that before it all started expanding, all of the matter was in the same place anyway, so the particles in intergalactic space haven't necessarily travelled anywhere to get there. They could have simply stayed where they were while particles around them got gravitationally drawn into nearby clumps of matter/galaxies.
At higher redshifts, we actually see huge clouds of neutral Hydrogen (atomic, not molecular) in the form of absorption lines from distant quasars, called the "Lyman alpha forest"
These clouds may eventually form galaxies and stars, but they are currently just gas, an not particularly low density either.
A simple picture is the following: stars are organized in galaxies of various types (like elliptical, spiral, ...). These galaxies are organized in groups which are local aggregates of galaxies (our galaxies is in the so-called "local group" of around 40-50 galaxies). The largest structure is a cluster of galaxies: the groups are bound by gravitational interaction in a cluster.
This classification is not really precise but still. A logical conclusion is that the "empty" space in between these cluster is quasi-completely empty, the density of particles being much much lower than in a galaxy (in average) and is uniform: if it was not uniform, the particles would start to gravitationally interact and start to form other structures.
I think that's a valid reasoning for, say, hydrogen gas (atoms). The conclusion as pointed by @Mark Eichenlaub is then that it can be considered empty and that it is often called "the void".
But of course the space cannot be considered empty: the photons (light) traveling from one place to another are as real as other particles.
The next step in the discussion would involve things like dark energy, but that's a different story.
There certainly is gas within galaxy clusters. It tends to have very high temperature, circa a hundred million K, and is detectable by diffuse x-ray emission. Of course we have the elusive dark matter, which is probably more diffusely spread out than luminous matter. So maybe your question should be modified to, "is the space between galaxy clusters a vacuum?". I suspect the answer to that is also no, although the density is clearly very low.
Try this link for a semipopular view of the overall picture. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html
In 1997 the Hubble discovered a large numbers of intergalactic stars. Others have since been discovered. It is now believed that about 1/2 of the stars in the universe may well be rogue stars that are located in intergalactic space. The AVERAGE density of intergalactic space is still very small, however, because of its immense size.


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Looking at the R1 and R10 I can see that this heads are sigle row only. Thus I'm not completely sure if this will satisfy my needs. Do you now if the NN5+RD8 is still available? If it is I will buy it right away!!
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Part 13: Four Plus One Equals a Highway CruiserWritten by on October 1, 2003 Adding a Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive to an 833
It all started in October 2002, when I drove the Valiant to Bristol, Tennessee. In case you're counting, that's a lot of miles with the little 360 dutifully holding the tach needle at 3,500 rpm. The trip was fun, with the radio faintly jamming under the screaming engine.
Somewhere around Atlanta, Georgia, I decided something needed to be done. I got to thinking (Since the cotton in my ears kept things from leaking out, I had no better use for the old noggin), How would a Gear Vendors unit work in this thing? The Gear Vendors unit offers a .78 to 1 (22 percent) overdrive ratio, and that will effectively reduce fuel consumption, engine rpm, and, oh yeah, a lot of noise from that rpm. Another option with GV is the ability to split each shift. For example, you can start in First gear, then hit the GV button and have First high. You can then hit the button and shift to Second after the rpm has reached the point of shifting, and then hit the GV button. Theoretically, splitting each shift of the four-speed like this gives you eight speeds from a four-speed tranny. Rearend gearing affects the split-shift theory dramatically.
I decided to take the plunge: I called Gear Vendors and told them what I needed, and about a week later, the box-o-goodies arrived. However, as soon as I opened the box, I hit my first glitch. The intermediate housing that connects the under/overdrive unit to the tranny was for a long-tailshaft B- and E-Body transmission. Gear Vendors said they use the longer tailshaft to get more clearance between the GV unit and the floor. It sounded logical, because due to drivetrain angles, the farther back the unit, the lower it becomes. The problem is the A-Body-transmission output shaft is shorter than the B- and E-Body shaft, necessitating a longer output shaft for the tranny. Also, the output-shaft bearing in the A-Body tailshaft housing is a 307 bearing, while the B- and E-body tailshaft housing uses a 308 bearing. To fix this minor glitch, I called Passon Performance in Sugar Loaf, Pennsylvania. If you decide to put a GV unit in your A-Body and you have a long-tailshaft B- or E-body tranny lying in the corner, problem solved.
GV is aware of the situation and is exploring possible remedies. By the time this story makes it to print, they will probably have the problem solved. I'm glad Jamie at Passon Performance didn't get upset with the numerous phone calls he received from me, as this was my first time tearing a four-speed tranny apart. After the service I received from Gear Vendors and Passon Performance, I highly recommend them both.
Instead of telling you how it went, let's just do it...
Finishing Up
Finish up by reinstalling the exhaust, and then take it for a spin. At 65 mph, the tach on the Valiant was holding steady at 3,500 rpm. Literally at the touch of a button, the tach dropped to a reasonable 2,400 rpm. The Gear Vendor unit may seem a little pricey to some, but the reduction in noise, engine wear from the higher rpm, and the increase in fuel mileage makes this a good move for the Valiant. Think about it--you can keep your close gear-ratio four-speed, fairly steep gears in the rear, and still drive your car. How does it hold up to abuse? We're about to find out! I was told there are several race cars with over 1,000 hp using this thing at the track with nary a problem. Try that with your factory aluminum-cased, wide-ratio four-speed.
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With the tranny on the bench next to the GV intermediate housing, youcan see the difference. You can also see how much longer the entireassembly is. We had Lakeland Driveshaft shorten and balance ourdriveshaft. For our application, the total length of the neededdriveshaft is 31 inches from the universal joint, center-to-center.Next, remove the six bolts holding the tailhousing on, and slide thehousing and output-shaft assembly out of the tranny. Don't panic whenthe needle bearings in the input shaft fall out; just make sure youdon't lose any of them.After you pull the output assembly out of the tranny, pinch the snap ring that holds the assembly into the tailshaft. The screwdriver points to the location of the snap ring behind the First-speed gear.You need a pair of snap-ring pliers to remove the three snap ringsholding the gears on the shaft. The first snap ring (shown) comes off toallow the removal of the First-speed gear and the stop ring.
Now you can remove the First-speed gear and the brass stop ring. Becareful to remember the direction of the gears so you can return them tothe correct position.After removing the second snap ring, the first and second clutch sleeveand the Second-speed gear can be removed. Make sure to keep everythingin order, facing the correct way.The bearing on the left is the 308, and the one on the right is the 307.As stated before, you need to replace the 307 with the 308.After putting all the gears, clutch sleeves, stop rings, and bearingsback in place, install the newly assembled longer tailshaft into theintermediate housing. If you already have a long-tailshaft tranny, youneed not disassemble the output shaft. While installing the output shaftinto the housing, with the new 308 bearing, expand the snap ring insteadof contracting it as with the 307.
When you get the tail assembly re-installed into the tranny case,replace the shift forks in their respective locations and re-install thecover plate. GV supplies the gaskets for the job. Although this imagedoesn't show it, replacing the output housing assembly into the case isa trying task. You must place the reverser gear at its mid-travel pointand lower the Third- and Fourth-clutch sleeve half the distance of itstravel in order to get the assembly started into the housing. Afterthat, you must get the gears to align, and, when everything slidestogether, hope the needle bearings haven't fallen out of place.Before you go any farther, GV recommends that there be a .005-.045-inch space when measuring between the gasket face of the housing adaptor and the splined coupler that connects to the GV unit.GV supplies these spacers that fit on the tranny side in the coupler. Simply pull the coupler out of the housing, insert the required amount of supplied spacers, and reinstall the coupler.The second issue with this setup is the shifter mounting location. TheGV housing has locations for E- and B-Body shifters, but the A-Bodyshifter is between those locations.We fabricated this bracket that mounts to the rear-shifter mountinglocation and goes forward to where the shifter needs to mount. Thebracket is made of two pieces of steel: One is 93/4x4x3/8 inches, andthe other is 4x31/2x3/4 inches. The 3/4-inch piece is welded to the backof the 3/8-inch piece to space the 3/8-inch piece from the housing.Three mounting holes are then drilled through the two pieces, and thebracket is bolted to the housing. Three holes also need to be drilledand tapped in front of the rear mounting location for the shifterbracket.It's a good thing we didn't mount our shifter bracket to the frontmounting location, because it had to go. The front-shifter mountlocation hit the upper crossmember, and we had to remove some of it.
The GV unit comes with a new yoke for the driveshaft. The yoke uses a1350 universal joint, and our new driveshaft measures 31 inches fromuniversal, center-to-center.GV suggests Mopar synthetic gear oil, PN P04874459. So we traveled toLakeland Dodge and picked up a quart. It lists for $21 a quart, but theguys sold it to us for $16. For the tranny, we used Royal PurpleMax-Gear lube. Ya know, the Mopar synthetic gear lube is 75W85, andRoyal Purple's is 75W90. Is there really much difference other thanprice? According to Gear Vendors, extensive testing has been done on theMopar lube--their recommended oil.GV gives you a choice of two buttons. The one with the red knob is thesame as the one used in big trucks for the two-speed rear selector. Theother is a Hurst T-handle with the button in it. Let's just say I ain'tdriving no Peterbuilt.We mounted the main on/off switch with Velcro to the heater box, out ofsight. Now run all the wires to the appropriate locations per theinstructions. All connections are color-coded and are simple to plug in.


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Samer Halawi CEO, Thuraya
The MSS market is currently one of the most dynamic markets in satellite and Thuraya Telecommunications Company, the Middle East-based MSS operator, is looking to expand its presence in the sector, particularly in markets like Asia. The operator is now under the stewardship of Samer Halawi, who was appointed CEO of Thuraya in February 2011. Here, he talks about the challenges ahead after his first year as Thuraya's chief executive, his concerns for the MSS industry and how the operator is working to make the most of its potential.
VIA SATELLITE: What is your capital expenditure plans for new satellites?
Halawi: If you look at what has been happening in the industry, it is interesting how the lines have blurred between the FSS and MSS sectors. There is movement in all directions. I think Thuraya is in a fortunate position, as we have not yet unveiled plans for what we want to do for the next generation. Today, we have a satellite covering Europe, Africa and the Middle East that will last well into 2018 and another over Asia and Australia that will last until 2023. We have time before we have to make such strategic decisions. Having said that, the way we are looking to do this exercise is that we want to forecast properly what the market demand is, and where the market is. It is not necessarily in L-band, Ka-band or Ku-band. It might be a mixture of all of those. It might be something different. I feel we are a bit different and in a unique position compared to some of our competitors as we are starting with a blank sheet of paper and looking at what makes sense from a market point of view. We are going to be much more flexible in our decisions. This is something we will likely engage in the second half of this year, so decisions on new satellites could be made later this year.
VIA SATELLITE: Does Thuraya have a Ka-band strategy?
Halawi: Right now, I believe that customers are looking for managed solutions, irrespective of a frequency band. They don't really care about the type of bandwidth. They just want something that works. I don't expect us to be limited to a certain frequency band in our future strategy. We are looking more into service bundling and managed services. We could look into some alliances and work with other companies to provide the solutions that the customers want. We are quite flexible in our thinking and haven't yet committed one way or another. Ka-band has some benefits, but also some limitations as well. It has quality and reliability issues and is still open to question about how it will do in the mobility arena. It is also going to be on the expensive side. Ka-band does cater to a certain segment of the market, but obviously we have to look at a number of segments and not only one.
VIA SATELLITE: How will Inmarsat and Iridium's (Global Xpress and NEXT) aggressive investing in new constellations impact the MSS market during the next few years?
Halawi: We have some concerns. We look at the industry and see something that we call 'irrational financing' of very expensive constellations that are pretty much targeted towards voice services. I think high-speed data services is where the key growth can be found. My concern is that there might be some signs of value destruction and equity destruction in the industry, where we may see a repeat of some of the things faced by the MSS sector more than 10 years ago. Our other concern is the ever-increasing blur between the lines of fixed and mobile satellite services. With Ku-band moving in on the biggest L-band maritime markets for mobile satellite, this competition has begun to erode value. Our concern is that the MSS and FSS industries are bumping heads to such a degree that a lot of money is potentially being left on the table. But, the MSS industry is one that is growing and will continue to grow. There will be a lot of demand for L-, Ku- and Ka-band capacity. Managed services that encompass all of them will be in demand. We think it is important for all players to be careful in how they make decisions and ensure that there is no 'value destruction' happening in this industry.
VIA SATELLITE: Do you expect a repeat of recent history regarding the MSS industry and operators falling by the wayside?
Halawi: GSM is now available in many places and areas that used to be connected solely via satellite, so it would be inappropriate for any of us in the MSS world to say anything other than our voice revenues are not growing as they were before. It is something we cannot fight. Although voice services are growing in terms of subscribers, they are not growing that much in terms of revenues and minutes of usage. When you look at investments in the billions of dollars, you wonder if there is going to be enough return on investment. Companies that are focused on voice revenues will face difficulties. The industry has suffered enough in terms of damage to its credibility; it is not good if this is repeated. We are focusing more on data since services are in demand from the corporate world, with an estimated growth of around 25 percent year-over-year, compared to a 4 percent growth in voice.
VIA SATELLITE: Has the global economic downturn had any impact on your operations?
Halawi: At the same time as the economic downturn, there was the Arab Spring, so they kind of canceled each other out. The Arab Spring had a positive effect for all of the mobile operators. It triggered a short upsurge of activity, but not for as long as it would have a few years ago, for the world is now well covered with terrestrial services. Iraq and Afghanistan were countries that did not have GSM networks when there was a big surge in demand in those areas. There is a negative effect from the global economic downturn, but I think the biggest threat to all of us is the expansion of GSM over land. The downturn would have more effect on the maritime environment, where less ships are being built and less cargo is being shipped between world markets. For us, the impact is limited as we are not heavily involved in that market yet.
VIA SATELLITE: How do you view the government and military market for Thuraya?
Halawi: It is very difficult to tell, as we essentially operate as a wholesale player, but revenues coming in from governments are increasing. There is a lot of interest from governments around the world in our specialized solutions for secure communications. We have some unique technologies. We can put together commercial packages to suit the exact needs and wants of this vital sector that others may be unable to replicate. We are in a unique position because of the satellites and capacity that we have, which allows us to offer packages that fall between mobile and fixed satellite. Because of that, we are able to uniquely cater to the government segment that is showing greater interest in our solutions. The adoption has been increasing during the last year.
VIA SATELLITE: How do you view the Asia opportunity for Thuraya?
Halawi: We opened an office in Asia four to five years ago, but the satellite that was supposed to be launched over Asia was delayed for about a year. Hence, the momentum was lost. We have now re-established our presence in Asia. We have re-launched an office in Singapore and have a regional director and a team in place. We signed-up a number of new partners during 2011 and we have licenses in place in several countries. We are the only MSS operator that fully adheres to regulatory requirements and ensures that we have the commercial licenses to legally operate in every country where we are present. We believe this is an important differentiator. There is a lot of groundwork that was done in Asia in 2011, and I expect that 2012 will be a breakthrough year for us in terms of revenues coming from Asia.


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The 5 Most Badass Tales of Wartime Survival
#2. David Sillito Walks 180 Miles Through the Sahara Desert
David "Jack" Sillito was a British Special Air Service trooper in North Africa during World War II. When his unit was ambushed during a mission to bomb a German train in 1942, Sillito found himself left behind. At that point, he had three seemingly unique choices that all had one unifying theme that tied them together: Every option was awful. He could either surrender to the Germans, which was a terrible option in 1942 and would probably even suck today, as anyone who's ever eaten German food can confirm. He also had the option to walk along the coast and back to the safety of Allied lines, a great choice if you don't consider the fact that it was a 500-mile walk. So, he went with door number three, a 140-mile walk south to a cache of SAS supplies hidden at a wadi (valley). Unfortunately, this walk would take him right through the Sahara Desert. He only had a map and compass. No food, no water, and a shitload of desert.
At this point you'd start considering fascism just for the sauerkraut.
He survived the first two days on a tiny bit of water he found in a dead man's canteen on an old battlefield, and on day three he found a blown-up tank that had a can of beef still inside. Just the phrase "can of beef" is enough to make most people retch, but when you're on the verge of death by starvation, "tin can of beef retrieved from a blown-up tank" sounds like a freakin' delicacy. Unfortunately, when you're also on the verge of death by dehydration, your mouth is so dry that chewing becomes impossible. So he tossed the beef and kept the can so he could use it to drink his own urine. It sounds horrible, but in all fairness ... nope. No fairness here. It sounds horrible, because it was horrible. No question about it.
On day six, he saw three jeeps off in the distance, but couldn't call out to them because his voice was gone, and they didn't see him when he waved or ran, or even when he took off his shirt and set it right the fuck on fire. They kept on driving.
"I said, 'Can I get some?' He said, 'You can't get none.' I had a chance to run -- he pulled out his shotgun."
At this point, Sillito gave up. He lay down and picked up a rock and tried to smash his own head in with it. Sounds about right to us! But, as he said later, "I found I hadn't even the strength to commit suicide. I couldn't even give myself a headache." He then tried to bury himself in sand and die, but collapsed and fell asleep instead.
When he woke up, still alive, much to his dismay, he started walking again and, lo and behold, he found that wadi he had been looking for. Unfortunately, the supplies he was expecting to find weren't there. His only hope at that point was rain, which was unlikely. This is the Sahara Desert we're talking about; it often goes five years at a time without rain, so there's not much chance of that happening.
But not much chance clearly doesn't mean "no chance," because amazingly, at the point where he had given up all hope, it totally started raining. Sillito drank until he couldn't drink anymore and then fell asleep, waking up to the sounds of British troops rescuing his unspeakably lucky ass. He had survived eight days in the Sahara with no food and hardly any water, which is not even supposed to be scientifically possible. For his efforts, he was granted an honorable discharge and allowed to return home to his family.
"OK, that's enough -- get off me."
Just joking, pussy. He recovered and was back in combat in less than a month.
#1. The Unnamed Catawba Indian Warrior
In the early 1700s, the Catawba Indian tribe of South Carolina and the Seneca Indians of New York decided that they hated each other, and they weren't going to let the four states' worth of distance between them keep them from killing each other. Let's hear it for dedication!
Innumerable battles were fought between Catawba and Seneca war parties in North Carolina and Virginia. One of these battles gave rise to a warrior who might have been one of the biggest badasses in the history of warfare (but only because John Rambo isn't a real person).
This unnamed Catawba warrior was hunting alone with his rifle somewhere in Virginia or North Carolina (like it matters) when he was ambushed by a Seneca war party. He immediately took off running, but would turn back every now and then just to take in the scenery and such. Oh, and to shoot people. He shot and killed seven Senecas before they managed to surround and capture him.
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Catawba Indians in 1913, just daring someone to fuck with them.
The Senecas stripped him naked (we're sensing a theme here), tied him up and force-marched him back to New York. They paraded him through each Seneca town, allowing the townspeople to run out and whip him as he passed. (Take note, Macy's, because this, while barbaric, is literally the only way to make a parade interesting.)
His captors had planned to burn him alive once they reached their hometown, but there they made the fatal mistake of untying him. For some reason, they must have thought he was tired after being marched butt-naked for something like 500 miles. And he was tired -- tired of not being a badass! (He dashed off and dove into a nearby river.)
He hit the water with gusto and kept swimming, all the way across, without coming up for air one time. When he did pop up on the far bank, the Senecas had broken out rifles and were shooting at him, almost certainly having decided that the burning alive idea would fail with that much water now involved. Did our warrior run away? Of course not. According to the historian who recorded this story, "He first turned his backside toward them, and slapped it with his hand." Then he turned around again, let out a war whoop just to add to the insult and dashed off into the woods.
Above: An artist's representation. (The artists aren't paid well.)
He ran so fast that he got a two-day head start on the Senecas, who were chasing after him, which, holy shit, how slow are you guys, Senecas? What normal people would do in this situation is "keep running." What our warrior did, though, was wait until nightfall and double back.
You see, the five Senecas chasing him had set up camp for the night and failed to post a guard. In their defense, they probably didn't expect one naked man running for his life to turn around and come back at them, but that's exactly what he did. He sneaked into the middle of their camp, picked up one of their tomahawks and killed all five of them in their sleep. And then he set off running again.
The next day, another party of Senecas came to the camp and was shocked to find their comrades cut up into little pieces. They held a council and decided that in order to do what he'd done, the escaping warrior must be a wizard. Since he was a wizard, they obviously couldn't catch him if they tried. So they decided to stop trying and go home, and no, we're not making the wizard part up.
He also talked in a thick English accent and didn't take kindly to the uppity elves of Florida.
The warrior made it back home to South Carolina after running nonstop for several days. Oh, and before he went back home, he went back to the spot where he was first captured, dug up the bodies of the seven Senecas he had killed when he was caught and scalped them, too, because attention to detail is essential during times of battle.
The Seneca, on the other hand, were so totally freaked out by all of this that they abandoned the town he had escaped from and moved right the fuck out.
"No, that's not why we did it! We just thought that town was totally stupid!"
And since this guy remains unknown, we're forced to agree with the Seneca on this one. Dude's totally a wizard and not to be fucked with.
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Let $m, n$ be positive integers. Let $X$ be a non-empty set.
a. If $m$ is the less than or equal to n, find an injective map $f: X^m \rightarrow X^n$
b. Find a bijective map $g: X^m \times X^n \rightarrow X^{m+n}$.
I'm just looking for information on what exactly the question is asking. I figured for A the question is asking for a map from an element $X_i$ in $X^m$ onto the matching $X_i$ in $X^n$, since the question is only asking for injectivity and doesn't require the map to span $X^n$. I'm sorry if my formatting is confusing.


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Good luck! I've been involved in land use issues in Eldorado Forest and throughout Northern and Central California for 35 years. It will never happen until the political winds in Sacramento shift dramatically. In other words you have to marginalize the liberal treehuggers who have been exploiting the sedentary suburban/urban voter bloc with feel good nonsense and playing on emotions. Same as they do with race and abortion. Cali is for the most part a lost cause in the land battles going on in the US. But I applaud the effort to get involved. Your eyes will be opened by the pettiness and outright ugliness you will observe.
BTW-Those comments the USFS/BLM will solicite are tossed in the trash. They do what they feel they can get away with and it is always against shared use.
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