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I love to play games, but being married now and going to school I find myself falling into the pit of spending too much time gaming. What are some good techniques to limiting my game-play so that I don't have an angry misses and actually get some things done around the house while still enjoying my games? Or are there any software solutions that can limit somehow my game-play?
Be picky about which games you play, when you play, how long you'll play, and what you'll put up with.
When you're limiting the number of hours you play, you want to make those hours the best possible experience.
Don't play a game that is dumb or doesn't make you feel awesome.
Don't play when someone else needs your attention. They won't like it, you won't like it, and you won't enjoy the game as much.
If you're playing a multi-player game and can't find the right folks to play with, quit. If your friends aren't online, or you the people you want to play with are already engaged, or the people you find yourself playing with are assholes, quit.
Don't play instead of sleeping. Being well-rested has a big affect on patience, ability to learn, and motivation. Those will, in turn, affect your relationships, school work, quality of parenting, exercise, food choices, etc.
When my second & third kids were born (twins!) I was so very exhausted I couldn't cope. If I got a chance to sleep, I would get woken up 30 minutes later, which sucked. I played games instead, because being engaged in them made me not notice how tired I felt. But of course, this just made the problem worse. Watch out for that.
Given that I am married and have 2 children with a 3rd on the way, I have found I have limited time to play games as well. Here's what I do to try to balance things:
So my strategy basically consists of playing games while everyone else is asleep. Short of that, you are always choosing to spend time playing games instead of spending time with your spouse. And the key to making this work is to not make up the hours of sleep. If you have to sleep while everyone is awake, then you are still choosing to play a game instead of spend time with your family. As you can imagine, I can only do this infrequently at best.
One strategy I used about 7 years ago before my first child was born was to sit next to my wife while she watched tv and I played on a laptop. It work well enough for games that I could pause, but it wouldn't work for games where you play someone else.
An unplanned approach that worked was for me to setup my gaming computer next to my wife's computer. She was able to play the Sims (this was 9 years ago) while I played Diablo 2. I was able to play quite a bit because she was playing just as much as me at that point and I was able to celebrate some of her Sims' greatest moments like when Drew Carey visited her party or when she became a super villain. And mostly I could just be there to talk to her since that's what she seems to crave most when it all comes down to it.
On some occassions I have expressed a desire to play video games to my wife and she has cut some deals with me where if I do chore or task A then I can play video game B. That doesn't work well in practice.
Another method that works is to get my kids hooked on my games. So my two sons really like editing Starcraft 2 maps right now, so I get to adjust their levels (mostly the conditional rules) and test them. I also scratch my gaming itch by playing games with my kids on the Wii like Lego Batman or Super Smash Bros. These aren't really my kind of game, but it helps curb my desire to play something super violent and completely inappropriate for my kids. It isn't the same as playing what you really, really, really, really want to play, but it helps. We also replay a lot of games from my childhood, and those are surprisingly fun to play with the kids since they are age appropriate and the nostalgia helps increase the enjoyment of the game. And it is really cool to be able to talk to your kids about video games that meant a lot to you when you grew up.
One strategy I do not recommend following is just getting rid of games altogether. I tried that when I was dating my spouse, going to school, and working full time. I took my Starcraft disc and broke it into tiny pieces. I realized pretty quickly that I just shifted my attention to other games that I didn't enjoy very much and that breaking the disc only cost me money and pleasure in the end. I found a better way to balance things was to only play once I had completed my homework, my studying, and spent time with my love.
Good luck. It can be hard balancing things. Just set realistic goals about what you want to achieve and make certain playing games doesn't interfere with achieving your goals. Easier said than done, but what else can you do?
Self control is often a battle for die-hard gamers. If you contain self control, put your controller (or keyboard) somewhere that isn't convenient to get (like the cupboards above the fridge). This way every time you go for it you remember why you put it up there and why its important to you to keep it up there.
If you are disciplined enough to make this work for you go for it. If your not, recruit help. Your lady will probably be happy to help you quit, but make sure it doesn't lead to contention between you two. Have her change your passwords or set parental controls to help you limit your playing time.
Finally, find a substitute. Like all addictions, its easier to give up when you have something to use as a crutch. Try something new, listen to music and try cooking a meal (out of a cookbook), lift weights/exercise (it's like leveling up only more awesome), pick up a good book to satisfy your lust for storyline, or start a new TV series with the lady!
You could create rules together with your wive. That way youre both involved in the Process. Think of rewards like doing something cool together, if you keep obaing to the rules for a while. And have a little off-time, like a day per Week to spend several hours just gaming, because giving it up completely would just make it worse. ;)
I feel your pain, literally. What I did was get my wife and daughter into some games so we can play together. Thus far, this is a somewhat acceptable solution. My wife loves to play Goldeneye and any Mario game. My wife and daughter love to play Little Big Planet, Fat Princess, and almost any Nintendo exclusive.
Where it fails is that it is hard to get them into RPGs like The Witcher and FPS games like Bad Company 2. So I have to watch myself because I still want to come home and run straight to the PC for some gaming.
In the end we kind of have a compromise. They know I love games so once in a while if I run off all night and play it's alright. The other times I'll hang with them, doing whatever and sometimes this includes playing the games that I mentioned above...which is a good thing - better than watching Nickelodeon by 100 fold.
Being a die-hard gamer I can't peel myself from the screen once I get into a game, especially rpgs for that 'just one more level' nagging I get while playing it.
My advice is to play games that can easily be picked up and put down, without ever making you feel like you need just a little more. One way to ensure that you never want more is to play a game that is fun but not until you go through a little bit of frustration.
The kind of game I'm talking about is one like Super Meat Boy. First, it has the advantage that there is no continuity from level to level. Each level is also short, with even 100 attempts amounting to only 10 minutes of gameplay. This means you can put it down and pick it back up with no major time loss or need to get back into the swing of things.
But what's most important to it not being a time sink is how incredibly frustrating and difficult it can be. This sounds like a turn off, but once you beat that level you have died over 100 times you can't keep yourself from standing up and cheering. And after that the memory of how difficult it was convinces you to savor the moment and leave the next level for another time.
I haven't played Super Meat Boy for more than 30 minutes at a time, but other games I have I still sink well over 2 hours into (for God's sake don't try Minecraft). If you can find a game like Super Meat Boy and convince yourself to only play that, hopefully you can satisfy your gaming side in a short period each day.
Try playing games that are played in short rounds, not long games in one piece.
These are some of the games (game series) that require you to play a lot of time.
Instead, try some games like:
These games might satisfy you in a short time, and they are more appropiate for you. And for your kids.
Use game mods or third party-software to alert you of how much time you've been playing, or will tell you the actual time in-game.
For example, in Skyrim, I use Auto-save and time. It alerts me if I've been playing every set amount of real-world time (10 minutes, by default). This makes it much easier, for example, if you want to play for 30 minutes only. Once you get the alert three times, it's time to save and exit the game.
Another mod I use is Time on loading screen, it tells me what the real-world time is on loading screens so I can notice it and stop the game (when I have work to do, or if it's getting late, for example).
You can also use software like Workrave:
Monitor color temperature-changing software like F.lux is also good in helping you realize what the real-world time is:
A non-software solution I do is to do other things, if I get the urge to play a game. Working out or exercising is a good and healthy alternative if you get the urge to play a game. You can also imagine yourself leveling up, RPG-style every time you work out, so it's just like you're playing a game. =)
Play with friends (that have lives)
I regularly play with a group of several real life friends who have kids, and regular jobs. Most nights the group breaks up at around the same, reasonable hour. In this way I make the most of the time I have, and a there is a natural reminder of when it is time to be done.
Game on a console instead of a PC
This may just be my personal bias, but I find more "bite size" games for consoles, especially XBox 360 arcade. I also find it easier to walk away once the console is off, whereas when I finish a PC game I often move on to internet surfing, checking email, etc.
Also, if you've got serious self control problems you can use console "family timer" type features like this one for XBox 360.
Get a motion controller/gadget
There is a growing list, but this would include the PlayStation Move, XBox 360 Kinect, and the Wii (especially with Wii Motion Plus or Wii Fit). I would pair this recommendation with getting games that are specifically geared towards motion (dance, fitness, sports), versus "motion enabled" games (Mass Effect 3 for example). Several main benefits I see to this approach:
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Previously on America's Next Top Model, Tyrant gave the wannabes makeovers and I praised the almighty that she stopped calling them "Tyovers". Terra got her recently made over self booted halfway through the episode and Sara followed soon behind in a double elimination smackdown. Ann, the ugly pretty awkward girl with no waist, odd eyebrows, freakish height, and ZERO fashion sense won best photo for the second time. We have ourselves a frontrunner! Can the other girls catch up? Will Tyrant say something asinine? Does anyone else miss Miss Jay's panel commentary? Who will be eliminated tonight?
We start of this week in the apartment with a series of confessionals with the girls talking about each other behind their backs. Surprise surprise… blah, blah blah. Then Kacey decides they should throw a little party and invite the male models from the most recent shoot. Ooooh. Interesting. Is someone gonna pull a Shandi? She's got a boyfriend back home too. Uh oh. When the boys came, it was "mad awkward" as Liz put it. Kayla said it was worse than a middle school dance. I guess that's what happens when there's no booze allowed. The tumbleweeds roll in. Snoozefest.
Previously on America's Next Top Model, Tyrant kicked off the competition with a lesson in self-esteem and body image. Obviously. Where would American girls be without Tyrant Banks! After a fairly lackluster photoshoot, apparent front-runner Anamaria got the boot. She was WAY too skinny… even for the cycle of high fashion. She was a bit of a cow, so I ain't hating on Tyrant for that one. Crazy looking Ann emerged as the awkward one to beat. Can she get top photo two weeks in a row? Who will breakdown during the makeovers? Thirteen wannabes remain… who will be eliminated tonight?
We start off this week with Drew Barrymore talking about CoverGirl's legendary bold lash blast bolder shade duo smoky shadowblast lashblast. Oops sorry. That was a commercial. That shit is crazy. I'd be really curious to see the market research on the CoverGirl campaigns. They throw so much tongue-twisting jargon and gimmicky slogans around in one commercial that it's hard to follow. Any marketing folks want to chime in on this one? Lash blast away smoky shadow blast!
Previously on America's Next Top Model, Tyrant introduced us to a whole new crop of wannabes. And you know what? Not a plus-sized girl among them. No fatties. No midgets. Just a busload of tall skinny girls with high fashion potential. Thank god. Can Tyrant really find the next couture sensation? Can she find that awkwardly beautiful diamond in the rough? Probably not. The only thing we know is that a bunch of waifs will scream, cry, yell at each other, and lust for Nigel Barker. Just like me! Who will be the first to go? Who will be America's Next Top Model?
The title of this week's episode is simply "Diane Von Furstenberg". Saweet. Can't wait to see her on the judging panel. Loved her on Project Runway. But first we have to get reacquainted with the 14 finalists as they move into their new pad in Venice Beach. Ugh. Back in California. This show is WAY better when it's in NYC. Oh well. I'm actually kinda jealous of their new place. It's gorge… AND they have a runway. I want a runway in my condo. Sigh. When I get married, there is going to be a runway. Walk off!
Here we go again. America's Next Top Model is back. The catfights are back. The stereotypical casting is back. The bitchy blog is back. Tyra Banks is back, but that is the last time we will use her fake name here at Homorazzi. To me, she will always be Tyrant. Why? Because she is a ridiculous caricature, fake, transparent with her editing, and way too prone to stupid gimmicks. Despite all that… we love her. And, we love Top Model. Still. Here we are at Cycle 15 and the show has YET to produce an actual supermodel. A lot of the girls are working, but there has been no Adriana or Gisele or Agyness. Tyrant has never picked a high fashion winner… Jaslene and midget Nicole were close, but not the real deal. Could this year be different? Will Tyrant's newfound love for high fashion finally give us a REAL model? Or are we destined to relive the CoverGirl slash Walmart slash Seventeen failures of the past? Who else misses Elyse? Sigh.
For all you hardcore ANTM fans out there, I bring you, your first look at America's Next Top Model Cycle 15's season premiere. I'm just heading out the door, and don't have time to do a quick write up. Enjoy the pictures.
As previously speculated, "America's Next Top Model" is trying to go all legit for Cycle 15. Tyra Banks is attempting to make ANTM go high fashion this go around. Sure, she's made that claim before, but this time she has Andre Leon Talley in her corner. Sources say, he was instrumental in getting Italian Vogue and a group of well-respected fashion designers on board.
Instead of randoms on the judging panel, they've bagged some fashion heavyweights to take turns dwindling down the 14 model wannabes. Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port, I love you both, but you have no business on that panel. Signing on to judge and critique the ladies are Roberto Cavalli, Zac Posen, Diane Von Furstenberg, Margherita Missoni and Italian Vogue editor-in-chief, Franca Sozzani. Ann Shoket, you and your nose will be missed.. NOT.
I'm pleasantly surprised the CW released video interviews of the models instead of their heinous cast shots first. I think you're able to better grasp their personalities and model potential this way. Remember last cycle, that awful 80s aerobic styling. Great for a theme party but not flattering at all.
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Age: 19
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She may look like Gollum's long-lost sister, but that's actually a good thing for this cycle. Ann's tried to book an agency numerous times, but has been turned down for being too tall. Standing at a behemoth 6'2″, Ann also has the smallest waist in the world, according to the ANTM promos. Someone give this Gothic Lolita an In-N-Out burger immediately.


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I have a recipe that calls for 5 pounds of flour, but I live in a country that sells their flour in 1-kg bags. So I put in 2 kg = 4.4 pounds... How many cups should I put in for the remaining .6 pound that I'm missing?
The weight of flour varies immensely depending on how densely it's packed and the humidity. If you've started with a weight-based recipe, I'd try to find a scale.
If that's absolutely not an option, I tend to approximate 100g = 1 cup.
Be warned, I've found some recipes that are really sensitive to the amount of flour and the difference between a lightly sifted cup and a scooped cup can really throw off the results. You might do better to try to divide another kg package of flour evenly and use the approximation that 0.6 lb is about 0.25 kg (i.e. one quarter of the bag).
According to Wolfram-Alpha, 1cup of flour weighs 137g. 0.6lb is 272g, so about 2 cups.
it's actually even more complicated than that! different TYPES of flour weigh differently. a cup of all-purpose will weigh differently than a cup of bread flour, and both will weigh something different from a cup of unbleached white flour (and then there's wheat flour...). i tend to trust the weight per serving on the nutritional information panel, and calculate the weight per cup from that.


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I am designing a mobile site, and I'm wondering what I should set the font size as. Any suggestions?
Like any normal web design, it's worth staying away from pixel sizes so if a user really needs larger text they can still use your site.
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If you want to optimise the experience, then it all depends on your content and what devices you're targeting. The only way you'll only find the optimal size is by testing.
Setting it to somewhere between 18-24pt (or 150-200% if you prefer) will probably give the best compromise results on iPhone and Android. From my testing, mobile browsers totally ignore what the standards say on relative vs. absolute and default to a size that attempts to display a page originally formatted for a full size computer (i.e. just barely readable if you're a teenager).
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NEWELL - Newell Memorial Field may be sold for scrap. Or least what's on it.
Hancock County commissioners walked the property, and the old Jimmy Carey Stadium in Weirton, Saturday to help them determine the scrap value of the materials on site.
"We're going to look at what can be salvaged and what can be scrapped and prepare a bid package from there," Commissioner Dan Greathouse said.
Commissioners plan to solicit bids from salvage companies qualified to take the items and sell them for scrap. One aspect of preparing the bid package, Greathouse said, is determining the scrap value of the equipment on the property - scoreboards, lighting, fences, concession stands and press boxes.
"We plan to scrap everything and do a Phase I environmental study ... so that this property is shovel-ready in case somebody wants to come in and build something on it," Greathouse said.
A Phase I environmental site assessment involves determining the environmental liabilities on a piece of property. Such liabilities are likely to be greater at the Weirton stadium because of its close proximity to the ArcelorMittal Weirton steel mill.
Commissioners walked the properties with Patrick Ford, executive director of the Business Development Corporation of the Northern Panhandle, the chief economic development authority of Hancock and Brooke counties. Commissioners have solicited the BDC's help in marketing the stadium properties for economic development purposes.
Commissioners bought the stadiums from the Hancock County Board of Education for $400,000 late last year.
The bleachers from Newell Memorial Field may have a buyer in Buckeye Local Schools, of Dillonvale, Ohio, south of Steubenville. Athletic Director Sam Jones, who expressed an interest in the bleacher seating to Superintendent Suzan Smith last year, said Friday that he's still interested.
"We have not been down to bid on them because of the winter weather. It's been a rough time," said Jones, noting that Greathouse is "on my list to call."
Also unsettled is the disposition of the war memorial plaque on the entryway to the stadium property. Commissioner Mike Swartzmiller said he's willing to leave the final decision to Commander Tom Cline of the Newell American Legion Post 114.
Memorial Field was built as a war memorial in the 1940s. Its two brick pillars bear the dates 1917-1918 - for World War I - and 1941-1945 - for World War II. The memorial plaque contains the names of two Newell natives who died in World War I and 25 who died in World War II.
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Hi, folks. With the patch out and my editing of various things done, it's time to carry out a threat I've been making of late - to start up a career thread. I've done one in the past and one or two of you might remember vaguely following a three-season stint I had with Juventus on FM10 (though probably not, and that's okay). I can say that I've been inspired to come back by a handful of threads already here so I apologise if some of what I do appears derivative. For the first time ever, I'm starting unemployed.
What countries have I loaded
Well, imaginary questioner, to put it simply, quite a lot of countries. My laptop does a decent job handling lots of leagues and a large database, so I'll start out that way. I've loaded leagues in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Israel, Australia and the United States.
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I tend to play FM pretty slowly so I would probably be kidding myself if I said I was aiming for a full-on career save. But I want to start out somewhere with plenty of potential for building a career if I can manage to keep the save moving at a decent pace. Wherever I go, I'd like to win as many matches as possible (obviously) and hopefully, at some stage, get somebody somewhere promoted. I've not done many promotions in my FMing history.
What's your starting reputation?
I know quite a few people like to go with Sunday League, but I'm a bit of a stickler for reality and feel that the majority of the leagues I'd want to start in wouldn't look beyond a professional, or at most a semi-professional. For that reason, I'm a former professional English footballer with no international caps. I'll be 33 at game start, but I must state forcefully that this is not my real age and won't be for a few years yet, thankfully.
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Spaghetti bolognese. It was nice.
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As pompous as it sounds, I was an early advocate of the monthly update, and I certainly enjoy reading month-by-month updates more than season-by-season, so this what I will go for. Unlike some others, I will tend not to embed screenshots into my posts. Rather, each match will have a link to a screenshot, which you can click if you want to have a look at that match's details. Each match will be accompanied by a few very short words about my feelings on how it went. Nobody is forced to read this, but a few people told me they liked it last time, so I'm bringing it back. I'll also declare my Man of the Match - it will always be a player on my team and it will be the player I feel performed the best based on what I saw rather than what the games tells me necessarily. I'll also provide screenshot links for anything I feel worth sharing, and I won't rule out the odd embedded screenshot if I really feel it's worth it.
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I've begun to wrote a small fable in verse for my girlfriend, whereas she gets one part of the story for each day before Christmas since the 1st December. She likes it, however she tells me nearly each time how what I write is no good German. The fact that it isn't my mother language doesn't help, but it is mainly due to the fact that I am taking some liberties with the structure of my verses so I could get my verses to rhyme and still get the story forward.
I've heard that many artists use to take those liberties. At which measure such liberties would be accepted? (If need of a context: children litteracy, or simply casual writing)


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The 5 Most Embarrassing Things Angry Mobs Have Rioted Over
When you need to show your displeasure with the local government or with your favorite sports team when it loses ... or wins ... or ties the big game, there's no clearer way to do it than by destroying your immediate surroundings.
What we're trying to say is that humans don't need much of an excuse to start rioting. And in fact, as these stories prove, we really don't need any excuse at all ...
#5. A Lame Spring Break
In 1969, Chuck Stroup, a student at North Dakota State University, had a problem: He couldn't afford to go to Florida for spring break. So he cooked up a scheme to get his classmates to stay in the area, and promoted a local town named Zap as the hip place for everyone to go. Stroup took out an ad in the school paper for his party, which he dubbed "The Zip to Zap Grand Festival of Love." An article in the same paper later proclaimed that "a full program of orgies, brawls, freakouts and arrests is being planned." And, just like that, it was on.
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You haven't lived until you've had a quiet country orgy.
Stroup was successful beyond his wildest dreams. The Associated Press picked up the story, and Zap actually did become the go-to destination for students in the Midwest. The local businesses, naturally, wagged their tails and started stockpiling on beer and burgers.
Bust has never seemed like such an option.
The Riot:
But Stroup hadn't really thought his venue through. Zap was a mining town of 250 residents, in the middle of goddamn nowhere, with temperatures routinely falling below freezing during spring. It also sported a grand total of two taverns.
Now, insert several thousands of thirsty, horny students in the equation and see if you can spot the problem. The hordes of students drained all beer and food within the first day and were soon stuck camping outside, in freezing temperatures.
It's like Woodstock, only less Hendrix and more peeling your lips away from beer bottles.
Reasonably, they wanted to keep warm. Less reasonably, they did so by tearing down a building and using it to light a giant bonfire in the middle of Main Street. They then proceeded to use the entire town as a makeshift toilet, urinating and vomiting wherever they damn well pleased.
The Summer of Love, now with riot police!
The townspeople and the mayor, who had welcomed the students earlier that very day, politely asked them to leave. The majority politely complied. A significant minority decided to destroy the town instead. The mob first took out their ire on the bars that failed to meet their partying needs. Then, they turned to other business establishments. They left no stone unturned -- or thrown -- and many buildings were hit so bad that they later had to be demolished.
The local police force, presumably consisting entirely of Frances McDormand and armed with polite suggestions, was powerless against the rioters.
"Well, gee, we could really use some gosh darn help here, don'cha know?"
Zap would probably have been completely annihilated if the state militia hadn't been called in. No one ever went to a party planned by Chuck Stroup ever again.
"Great turnout this year, guys."
#4. Technical Difficulties
Occasionally, someone will link you to some YouTube video and say, "You have to check out this insane Indian action movie!" and it's usually a clip of some laugh-out-loud implausible fight choreography, where each punch sends six bad guys flying.
His slipstream is deadly.
If so, you probably just saw Indian film star Rajinikanth (Rajini) in action. He has built quite a career through four decades of work. The man is beloved throughout Asia, to the point that every movie he appears in credits him as Superstar Rajini.
Joining the ranks of celebs with honorary titles, like Prince or Lady Gaga.
He got there by showing the world the most ridiculous action scenes every put to film:
If you didn't watch that, let's just summarize it by saying Rajini beats dozens of men in ways that, apparently, not even the special effects team felt was possible. Anyone knowingly going to see a film with this man in it is pre-wired to punch logic and everything else in the gonads. It would probably not be a good idea to piss these people off when they're in full Rajini mode.
The Riot:
In 2007, Malaysian movie theaters didn't receive enough film prints for the big premiere of Rajini's new film, The Boss. This delayed the opening, which would have been pretty bad itself. Fate, however, went and turned this misfortune into a giant multi-hit combo of catastrophe, as the printless theaters decided to try and show the movie anyway -- using screen digital versions they were 100 percent unfamiliar with. They ran into technical problems that forced them to turn off the movie halfway through.
We understand if this caused confusion. We watched the entire film and are still utterly perplexed.
Usually, this would probably have caused the usual "disappointed fandom" reaction, i.e. lots of pent-up nerd rage and, possibly, a short-lived Facebook boycott campaign. This time, though, there was a nationwide riot. We're not talking about some limp-wristed slapfest, either. Entire audiences, denied their dose of Rajini madness, Hulked up and started smashin'. Because that's what Rajini would do.
Things that Rajini would also do: throw people into electricity pylons.
In one theater in Rawang, people threw bottles at the screen, destroyed showcases and physically attacked anyone who tried to restore order. In another, the patrons refused to accept refunds and actually started extorting the theater for three times the cost of tickets, plus travel expenses. A theater in the province of Kang took it the worst. People utterly trashed the place, smashing furniture and equipment, and tearing through screens and curtains like angry wolverines. They even tried to set the joint on fire. The damage to that theater alone was more than $25,000.
Here, Rajini conjures up $25,000 by smashing up a rooftop with an iron bar. This actually happens.
To add to the mayhem, fistfights were reported throughout Malaysian movie houses, and in at least one theater, the crowd kicked the crap out of a cinema manager. During this nationwide amok, not one soul paused to consider waiting for even one day for the theaters to just fix their damn equipment.
#3. A Fashion Faux Pas
There are plenty of weird, archaic fashion rules that seem to serve no purpose besides "because we damn well say so." Back in the day, one of these rules considered it bad form to wear straw hats past September 15. Those who did not abide would get more than just venomous glances, though -- the hats were knocked right off their heads, and promptly stomped on.
"That thing has to Gogh."
The Riot:
In New York City, 1922, the straw hat thing was taken seriously -- and to a ridiculous extreme. Before September 15 even actually arrived, a group of teenagers got it in their heads to knock the straw hats from the heads of a bunch of dock workers, who in a typical NYC reaction, flipped the fuck out and tried to beat the snot out of the would-be hat stompers. And that's where it should have ended.
If it was up to this New York baseball team, it would have ended.
Instead, the brawl got so bad it stopped traffic on the Manhattan Bridge. The police were able to stop it, but the hat gang regrouped, gathered their friends and went on to wreak havoc elsewhere. Lunacy took its course, and soon, groups of teens several hundred strong roamed the streets, solely to cause panic among the hat-wearing citizenry.
Secured with ribbons? What devilry is this?
The hordes would run amok, armed with freaking sticks with nails or barbed wire on them, and knock off the offending hats. According to the New York Times, teens would hide in doorways by the dozen and jump out when they saw a suspicious hat approaching. Whoever did not give up their headgear would meet the fists of the Fashion Gestapo, too -- several men were hospitalized fighting for their hats.
"I say, that was a trilby you dashed off my head!" "Oh, dreadfully sorry, carry on."
The "Straw Hat Riot" raged on for a full three days. Every time police responded to one disturbance, another one would spring up elsewhere. The youths attacked open streetcars if they saw a single hat-wearing passenger, and even off-duty policemen who engaged in the fashion no-no.
The police eventually got the riot under control, but seeing as most of the offenders were under 18, pretty much all they could do to punish them for their many, many beatdowns was with fines and other slaps on the wrist. Presumably while holding their hats on with the other hand.
Today, the loss of life would be dire.


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November 30, 2012
{holiday inspiration}: gold + black party attire!
10 comments:
- Chelsea Grey said...
This is such a cute outfit! I am definitely going to be purchasing some of these items for my upcoming parties...love the color scheme!
- November 30, 2012
- Jenna said...
Such a great outfit! I'm really impressed with your style! I love everything you featured. love that you're branching out from just weddings!
- November 30, 2012
Gorgeous picks! Especially loving those striped flats!
- November 30, 2012
- Lena at A Crimson Kiss said...
So fabulous! I'm planning our holiday Xmas party, and what to wear has only just become a thought–yikes!
- November 30, 2012
- Ms. Dainty Doll said...
Love that dress...it's stunning, must have that :)) xx
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- December 01, 2012
- Jenna said...
Great picks. I'm in love with those flats! And that dress. love them.
- December 01, 2012
- VOWS & Bridepower said...
That dress just went on our christmas list!
- December 01, 2012
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- Wedding Dresses said...
I'm more the classic red for Christmas but these black ideas for outfit and accessories are totally my number one choice for New Year.
- December 04, 2012
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Black color for outfits is best choice in all. The dress is simply stunning and I love the "Bow Heel".
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This is cross-posted from StackOverflow, please feel free to answer there too:
I'm working on a real-time isometric RPG in python, and wish to target mobile devices as a platform. The main area where I'm having difficulties is with my pathfinding. I have tried a few algorithms including A* and a few tweaks to better fit the maps I'm using.
I am satisfied with the results of my algorithm - they give the illusion of some intelligence while being deterministic, and being consistent in either direction so that two characters targeting each others' locations will collide in the middle.
My problem is that while the results look good on the PC where I have all the processing power I could ask for, on my mobile it's quite another story, and there is often a second or more delay while the algorithm is calculated. For this reason I am considering writing a library for this with the most performance-intensive code written in C, however if there is an existing solution for this, or a better way I could do this, I would be all ears.
I stumbled across python-pathfinding but this seems to be slower than what I have built myself for my use case.
My use case:
My maps are build from levels, which are surrounded by walls (visible or invisible), and must be linked by doors (visible or invisible).
My current approach is to have two different algorithms:
Within a room I search individual tiles as nodes, with each boundary as an equal-cost edge, using a depth-first in the direction of the target location
Between rooms where each door is a node. The shortest possible path through a room (from door to door) is calculated using the first algorithm and stored in a hash table as the edge cost between those nodes. Sets of edges that can be traversed to get from one node to another are then calculated and also stored in the hash table, and it is not permitted to include the same edge more than once in the same path.
I spawn a separate process on start-up that generates a graph for the second algorithm using the first, and this solves many of my issues, rooms tend to be relatively small and so the penalty of on-the-fly path-finding is kept lower than it otherwise could be, and then for longer distances:
- the first algorithm is used to calculate the distance from the current location to every door in the current room.
- the first algorithm is used to calculate the distance from each door in the target room to the target location.
- the output of the second algorithm is used to get the set of paths between rooms
- the cost of these is added to the cost of getting to the first door and from the last door
- the set of solutions is sorted by cost in such a way that the order of paths of the same cost will always be consistent
- the first item in the set of solutions is chosen.


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ANDERSON, S.C. – Despite earning four singles wins, Anderson University women's tennis was unable to stir a comeback, falling 5-4 to Tusculum in South Atlantic Conference action Sunday afternoon at Max Grubbs Memorial Courts.
After earning their first win on Saturday, the Trojans suffer their fourth setback of the season and second in league play, matching last season's loss total in the league for the year. On the other side of the court, the Pioneers improve to 5-1 and capture their SAC opener.
The visitors opened up the contest with all three doubles win by identical scores of 8-3. The three setbacks in the doubles round marked just the second time this season AU has been blanked heading into singles action.
Anderson bounced back quickly for its attempt at a comeback, as junior Karen Ching notched a 6-4, 6-4 win over Sarah Baker at the No. 1 position for her fourth straight singles victory. Freshman Rebecca Bruning continued the winning trend with a 6-2, 6-1 triumph over Kealee Heffner at the No. 3 spot. For the season, Bruning is now 3-1 in singles to begin her collegiate career.
After sophomore Nikkola Wichenko added a 6-3, 6-4 win over TC's Emily Waters at No. 6, senior Avery Owens posted her second straight singles victory on the season after opening the year 0-3 with a three-set (6-4, 4-6, 6-0) victory over Erin Mills at the No. 2 position.
With the match coming down to No. 4, sophomore Alexandra Ebner fell in three sets to Pioneer Kate Hutchinson, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, clinching the Tusculum victory.
The setback marks the third straight season Anderson and Tusculum have played to a 5-4 match during the regular season, as the Trojans have been on the losing end in each of the last two campaigns. AU is now 2-2 against Tusculum for its four regular season matchups, but is 2-0 against the Pioneers in the SAC Tournament.
The Black and Gold returns to the courts on Saturday when they host Mars Hill in a SAC showdown. That match is set for 1 p.m.


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WHEELING - The Williams Lea Group has announced it will expand its Wheeling operations to offer more creative services and will hire 50 additional workers for its Wheeling office by early next year.
Williams Lea has focused on providing document processing and proofreading services in Wheeling since opening its local location in 2007 on the first floor of the Stone Center, located in the former Stone and Thomas building at 1030 Main St. But England-based Williams Lea has purchased another British company, the TAG Co., and soon will offer marketing services such as graphic design and web-based services to clients from the Stone Center.
"We have two companies converging into one location - and both with global clients," said Ashley Johnson, national recruiter for Williams Lea. "The possibilities are endless."
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EXPANSION COMING — Williams Lea Group, an internaional document processer, is expanding its Wheeling offices, which have been on the first floor of the Stone Center since 2007. With the purchase of TAG Co., also British-based, Williams will begin offering marketing services including graphic design and web-based services.
-- Joselyn King
The company expects more growth in the coming years.
When Williams Lea opened its Wheeling location in 2007, it had two clients and 30 employees, explained Subodh Sharma, operations director for Williams Lea in Wheeling. Six years later the company employs 230 workers at its Stone Center location, and has 12 clients.
He noted client activity in Wheeling has expanded by 30 percent over the last 18 months, and the company has outgrown its first-floor offices. A new training center and conference room have been constructed on the fifth floor of the Stone Center for Williams Lea, as have additional office and client space.
"The biggest question of us (from clients) is, 'Do you have the people to do the job?'" Sharma said. "The talent exists here in Wheeling. The better question is how do we make use of the talent so people don't go on to take jobs in Cleveland, Columbus or Pittsburgh.
"We are giving them an option to stay local and work at Williams Lea."
There is very little turnover among employees working in the Wheeling office, and most of those originally hired in 2007 remain, according to Sharma and Johnson.
They added most of the 50 new employees expected to be hired at Williams Lea will be hired for document and proofreading, but they will also seek employees skilled as graphic artists or in digital and media design. Those interested may apply for jobs online at williamslea.com.


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The last time London hosted the summer games, in 1948, the Wembley Palace of Engineering held the fencing competition. It was partially demolished in 2006 and now serves as warehouse space that's just a stone's throw away from the New Wembley stadium.
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The Olympiaschanze ski jump, used in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, was decommissioned in 2006.
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Source: The Indian Express
quote: Why would I buy anything from HP?
quote: 8- market it to death. pay CNN and Gizmodo a rave review of it. blanket CNN tech news for the whole month if you have to. pay rappers all your ad budget. dont bother paying ad on TV/radios.


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13 Jan 2011 1:55 AM #1
Hey Guys
I needed a touch signature pad for my app so I made this plugin.
{ xtype: 'panel', id: 'signaturePanel', plugins: [new simFla.ux.plugins.signaturePad({width: 500, height: 100})] }
13 Jan 2011 2:43 AM #2
That's really a good idea and nice implementation.
Good job SimonFlack!Sencha Inc
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Owner at SIMACS
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TUX components bundle for Sencha Touch 2.x.x
28 Jan 2011 4:37 AM #3
28 Jan 2011 11:03 AM #4https://moduscreate.com/wp-content/t...es/favicon.png
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1 Feb 2011 1:42 PM #5
It works great in chrome & ios... On Android I can draw... but when i do get image it will not display it and when you pass data it passes data: ,
2 Feb 2011 4:27 AM #6
What android device and versjon did you test on? Was it just the image in the demo that did not show or was the data string corrupt?
2 Feb 2011 6:30 AM #7
I have tried it on an HTC evo running 2.2 and a galaxy Tab also running 2.2 FROYO
I have tried it in the stock browser and Dolphin w the same results
on the demo it doesnt display anything when you press get image, the reset button works fine tho.
I couldnt figure out how to send the image as part of the form so i created a textfield and made it hidden and when you press sumit it pushes the signature to this hidden field then form.submit runs and when you un hide it it only says "data: ," below is my code that i use to fill that hidden field
2 Feb 2011 1:24 PM #8
Very clean implementation!
2 Feb 2011 1:26 PM #9
Simon, what is the license on this beast?https://moduscreate.com/wp-content/t...es/favicon.png
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Ext JS in Action author
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2 Feb 2011 1:30 PM #10
Unsure why everytime I try and reply here it says a moderator has to approve it.....
but anyway I tested it on An Evo & a Galaxy Tab, Both running 2.2 Froyo
the signature demo would not display the image below but it would clear the image
chrome and ios both send the data: base64.... Image properly android just sends data : ,
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I am trying to make a decision about FTP servers and would like to know what is being used at companies and what the experiences with the server was?
I am specifically looking at enterprise-sized companies.
I am trying to make a decision about FTP servers and would like to know what is being used at companies and what the experiences with the server was?
I am specifically looking at enterprise-sized companies.
We're using vsftpd on linux. Department at a large university with ~ 50k undergrads.
For Windows environments, IIS7+ with the new FTP module (not included by default in IIS7.0) which supports FTP over SSL.
But no, ftp in any form is not used ^^
Serv-U on Windows. A few hundred clients. Seems fine.
Vsftpd to provide ftp services.
We have just started providing SFTP/SCP access using rssh. Been working out quite well.
You can use VSFTPD as FTP server The thing I like is the ability to chroot users. So they only see their own direcotry. Every time you add a new user, he's quickly able to use his FTP client to connect to his home. Do you need extra features ? like stats for instance
We have been using crushFTP for some months. Has worked very well for about 125 users. Small footprint and stable. Too many features to detail here.
At my last gig we used vsftpd on ~2 frontend "ftp" servers that accessed a SAN, which in turn powered ~40 frontend webservers. A couple thousand clients.
We're using Pure FTPD with chroot, but with no encryption.
Sensitive data is not put on the FTP, so I'm okay with it :)
Proftpd with TLS module :)
ssh...transfer using Fugu on Macs and Filezilla on Linux/Windows as the clients.
There is no way to really have plain "FTP" be secure as the username/password are sent in cleartext.
You might want to investigate using a form of WebDAV for easy file transfers to clients; if this is something in a business on the internal LAN, why isn't a file share possible?
otherwise, vsftpd has worked fairly well in the past, but again we're not slapping much for sharing up there because it is insecure as a protocol and we normally resort to shares via SAMBA/native Windows to get files moved around.
I would recommend this software if you are looking for a free ssh file transfer system(windows)
I was using winOpenSSH but it crashed one time, and even after 3-4 reinstalls it never started working again. And I didn't have the patience to really figure out was going wrong, seemed like the ssh worked, but then the sftp server service was down after authentication.
Anyway, this system seems pretty impressive, and very easy to use.
If you pay for it, it does active directory and fun stuff like that too.
We're using PureFTPd on FreeBSD. Very configurable and demands very little resources to run in our environment.
At work, we use vsftpd and proftpd (with TLS). Both work fine for us. Several hundred users.
This may not be considered "ftp" but I use WWW FileShare Pro where I work. It allows us to set up accounts for clients that can't install FTP software. All that's needed on the client end is an internet browser. There are only 20 people working here but we have many clients. I've set up a spare computer as the "server" and mapped the client account folder as a network drive so anyone can put put files into their client's folders for download.


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This JDI webinar on preventing sexual abuse in youth detention will cover the importance of partnerships between community advocates and corrections officials and the vital role of community advocates in serving incarcerated youth. Leaders from both fields will discuss trauma-informed responses to this abuse and new opportunities to provide services to this underserved group afforded by the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards. The speakers will also address related changes in juvenile correction's approach to sexual abuse and next steps for continuing this critically important cultural shift. The webinar will offer examples of successful community-corrections partnerships, and will feature a conversation between an advocate and corrections leader who are currently working together to end sexual violence against youth behind bars. These discussions will demonstrate how such collaborations can ensure that youth get the help they need, including confidential rape crisis services. This webinar is the second in a three-part series on sexual violence in youth detention. Who Should Attend: This webinar is aimed at advocates and service providers – rape crisis center staff, counselors, and administrators – though anyone who works in the victim services field is encouraged to attend. Corrections officials, law enforcement, and other professionals in related fields are also invited.
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ITASCA (November 2, 2012)--A woman died early Friday morning after she was struck by an SUV while she was walking along the Interstate in Itasca.
Itasca police Sgt. Don Costerison said the woman, whose name wasn't immediately released, was walking south along the highway at around 3:30 a.m. Friday when she was struck.
Costerison said the woman was pronounced dead at the scene and her body was sent to Southwest Institute of Forensic Science, in Dallas, for autopsy.
The driver of the SUV was not injured.
Traffic was diverted while emergency crews were at the scene.
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(Philadelphia, PA) Approximately 180,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year, according to the American Cancer Society. To help decrease these alarming numbers, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center are offering men who may be at an increased risk an opportunity to join one of two new prevention trials. Enrolled participants take a simple, trace element -- selenium-- to determine whether the substance offers protection from the development or advancement of prostate cancer.
Selenium, a natural mineral found in multivitamins and in many foods such as grains, corn, fish, and animal organ meats, was originally investigated as a potential method of preventing skin cancer, but scientists found overwhelming evidence that it reduced prostate cancer risk. "Based on previous studies, there is a strong indication that selenium produces antioxidant affects that have shown to decrease the risk of prostate cancer," says S. Bruce Malkowicz, MD, associate professor of urology and principal investigator on the study. "To confirm these initial findings, we are conducting a long-term comprehensive study assessing the benefits of taking regular doses of selenium and determining whether this substance proves to reduce the incidence of the disease," he explains.
Penn is one of only 12 centers around the country offering these selenium trials, which are funded by the National Cancer Institute. "What makes taking selenium so appealing is that it's considered a natural mineral, one found in many common foods, and when taken in regulated dosages, is completely non-toxic," he explains.
The two trials, categorized as -- 'negative biopsy' and 'watchful waiting' -- are designed to determine if selenium has any effect on the development or growth of the disease.
Negative Biopsy
To be eligible for participation in the negative biopsy trial, men must be in overall good health, have a prostate-specific antigen or (PSA) reading of four or greater, and have had a negative prostate biopsy -- which indicates no evidence of cancer. Participants are randomized to take either a placebo or one of two selenium dosages of 200 or 400 mcg per day, respectively. The participants are monitored every six months and blood tests are taken to measure PSA levels. "We're hoping that this trial will show that selenium significantly decreases the risk of prostate cancer," explains Dr. Malkowicz.
Watchful Waiting
For some men, prostate cancer can be a slowing-growing disease and patients opt for watchful waiting, a method that involves nothing more than periodic surveillance of the cancer growth. For these men, another randomized trial is offered to assess if treatment with selenium slows the advancement of the disease. Participants in this 'watchful waiting' chemoprevention trial are given the substance in one of four different dosages or placebo. Participants may be eligible for this trial if their prostate cancer has been diagnosed within the last 48 months and only if they have not received any standard cancer treatment, such as hormonal therapy, chemotherapy or radiation therapy. "Offering selenium to patients who have already been diagnosed with prostate cancer is like taking a holistic approach towards their disease. For many men, it's a nice option." Malkowicz says.
Prostate cancer is most often diagnosed in men over the age of 50 and it's twice as common among African-American men as among white American men. At the age of 50, the American Cancer Society recommends that all men receive a PSA test and a digital rectal exam to test for the disease.
Men who interested in enrolling in either of these trials can contact Barbara Zoltick, RN, MSN at 215-662-6791.


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Many preterists (full or partial) hold to the two-age model of eschatology (the Jewish age ended in 70 A.D., ushering in the Gentile age). How do preterists reconcile this perspective with Jesus' promise in Matthew 28:20 that He will be with Christians "all the days until the completion of the age" (literal translation). Does that mean that Jesus is no longer with us since the age to which He was referring has ended from a preterist perspective?
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Although I'm not a preterist (none of that is important to me), this is the argument you would need to consider.
Matthew 28:20
It is natural for us in English to think of the conjunction ἕως (heōs), translated as "until," as the terminus ad quem of an action.
That is to say, most read this scripture and think, "Jesus will be with the disciples until the end of the age, but after that, he will no longer be with them." In other words, the "end of the age" is the terminus ad quem or "limit to which" Jesus will be present with them, and after the end of the age, he will no longer be present with them.
However, ἕως is a bit more flexible than simply pointing to the terminus ad quem of an action.
Consider 2 Samuel 6:23.
Mikhlal did not have a daughter until she died. Quite plausible, possible, and probable.
However, if ἕως points to "the day of her death" as the terminus ad quem, then we must admit that Mikhlal had a child after she was already dead.
Such is impossible. Clearly, ἕως does not always point to a terminus ad quem. Mikhlal did not have a child to the day of her death, and thereafter. Likewise, Jesus would be present with his disciples to the end of the age, and thereafter.
Not necessarily. Technically one could take the two-age model literally where one age would end in 70 (and thus Jesus would no longer be with us), but most who hold to this believe that the ages overlap. So Jesus was talking about the present age that overlaps the former age when he said it. Thus he will be with us to the end of the current age, which overlapped the former age.


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1949 Chevy Axle - In ArrearsWritten by on March 1, 2010 Currie Enterprises Builds A Stronger, Better, Brake- Equipped 8-Inch Rearend
When it came time to replace the closed-drive axle in my '49 Chevy-Project Purple Pig-I wanted a rearend that was strong, compact, and had brakes that would be more than accurate for the increased horsepower. Currie Enterprises put together a new 8-inch Ford axle for us, with 11-inch drum brakes, and an offset pumpkin so that the driveshaft runs straight. I went for an 8-inch over a 9-inch, owing to its smaller pumpkin as there will be limited room under the Chevy once the suspension is on full drop with the chassis C-notch, and I still have to run an exhaust system over the axle. Plus, the 8-inch is plenty strong enough for a street car.
While I'm sure only a limited number of you are going to undertake narrowing your own axle casings, it's nice to see how it's done. Having said that, it's not that hard of a job and Currie even sells an assembly alignment bar under its Nine-Plus brand (www.new9inch.com), which sells brand-new 9-inch rearend components, offering everything from gear cases and mini-spools to T-bolts, bearings, gaskets, and retainer plates. If you own a lathe you could even turn up your own collars for an alignment bar.
Seeing as I mentioned retainer plates, the 9-inch Ford axles are often described as having large [or Torino] bearings. This simply relates to early and late bearings respectively, with the earlier style having a larger bolt pattern on its housing ends, and subsequently the bearing retainer plates.
Ford 8-inch axles all came as standard with 2 3/4-inch axle tubes, usually tapering down to 2 1/2 inches at the ends, and small axle bearings. The main advantage of the 8-inch rearend Currie Enterprises fabricated for us is that the axle tubes were replaced with 3-inch tubes-meaning aftermarket axle brackets such as those for ladder bars or four-links-will fit easily, though we didn't require that facility, and it now features the larger Torino axle bearings and housing ends, allowing the fitment of 11-inch brakes-a huge improvement both aesthetically and functionally.
While the 11-inch drum brakes will likely be sufficient for our Chevy, it's good to know that these all-new brake kits use the Aftermarket Brake Configuration Standard (ABCS), which was developed to provide interchangeability. Any axle that uses Torino housing ends, 2.8-inch register (the diameter of the hole in the center of the drum) and 2 1/2-inch brake space (the distance from the outside of the housing end to the outside of the axle flange with the axle installed) can use any ABCS-configured disc or drum brake kit with no modifications. These include 11-inch Explorer and 11 5/8-inch Mustang discs, as well as Baer, Wilwood, and SSBC discs. This means a swap to discs if required at a later date will be a bolt-in swap!
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Note the end of both the tube and the centersection had been chamfered for better weld penetration. The tube was a snug fit over the turned-down original.The centersection was placed in a jig, a gear case with collars in place of the bearings bolted in place with a gasket, just like it will be when assembled, and the alignment bar pushed through the collars.With the collars clamped to the housing ends, another tool was used to ensure they were in alignment.The tubes and housing ends were tack-welded with the alignment bar still in place, each joint receiving four welds, 90 degrees apart. This makes the casing strong enough to have the alignment bar removed and be transferred to the welding shop.Final welding takes place on this machine, which rotates the axle housing so each weld can be done in one continuous pass. Rollers support the opposite end of the housing.
All the axles start off the same length; this heavy-duty chop saw is used to cut them to the exact length required.Once the axles have been splined (none were being done the day we visited), machined for the bearing and retainer, and drilled, the wheel studs are pressed in.As Currie Enterprises is located very near to our R&C offices, we were able to take the partially assembled axle over to Classic Performance Products (who were installing our trailing arm rear suspension), and tack-weld the mounting pads to the axle tubes with the correct pinion angle. Currie then fully welded the pads and placed the rearend in this huge press, which aligns the four bearings once again, in case the welding caused any warpage.Once aligned, each completed axle casing is transferred to the assembly shop with a detailed list of requirements.This jig was used to ensure the axles were cut to the correct length before going any further with the build.Once the axle length was deemed correct, the bearing retainers (arrow) were pressed into place. Note the retainer plate was fitted before the bearing.
A thin bead of black RTV was run around the third member studs, then the gasket was installed before another bead of RTV was laid down.The brand-new ABCS drum brakes were installed next. Currie even makes the T-bolts that secure these to the axle.Before the brake backing plates were bolted in place, the axles were installed, with a little grease on the shaft, which will go through the oil seal, as well as on the bearing.Now the brake backing plates could be bolted down. With all the parts in hand, the whole assembly process was quick, and needs to be with the number of rearends Currie builds daily.No, he's not super-strong, the 3.55:1 gear equipped third member was lowered into place with a hoist, which was also used to move the finished axle from the jig to its delivery pallet. With the third member in place, it was torqued down.Finally, the brand-new drums were installed before the entire axle assembly was loaded onto a pallet and placed in my pickup.Painted satin black and ready to be installed in the '49 Chevy, here's the rearend still on its pallet, with all the suspension components from CPP.Currie Enterprises, along with other aftermarket companies, was instrumental in securing the ABCS, which means these 11-inch drum brakes will fit their axles, as will some Ford disc brakes, plus those from Baer, Wilwood, and SSBC, all with no additional modifications.


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10 books
I love books. I especially love knitting books. Here are 10 books that have been indispensible to me in my knitting life:
- Knitting Without Tears by Elizabeth Zimmerman
- A Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker
- A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker
- and … you guessed it A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker
- Mary Thomas's Knitting Book
- Mary Thomas's Book of Knitting Patterns
- Knitting from the Netherlands, Traditional Dutch Fishermen's Sweaters by Henriette Van Der Klift-Tellegen
- Vogue Knitting Book
- The New Knitting Stitch Library by Leslie Stanfield
- Pingouin Stitch Dictionary
I'll fill in some of the whys and hows during this next week.
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Hi Norah. As of a couple of days ago, Knitting Nature is one of my favorites. Call me sycophantic, but your patterns are some of the most interesting and cool that I have seen. Also, I loved the Currer, Acton and Ellis reference, works well for the pattern. I'm kind of a novice knitter (but not a novice reader!) and looking forward to seeing more of your patterns!January 22, 2008
My ex (who I've been grousing about in the blog recently) not only got custody of my vacuum cleaner but my really great knitting references didn't come back to me. If that isn't the definition of evil, well I just don't know what IS!!!!!
Your list makes me sigh. I haven't replaced *most* of them, and the oldies, well they are hard to replace.January 22, 2008
kay #
Have you seen Barbara Walker's Fourth Treasury? It is really something! I'm pretty sure one of the patterns was the basis for Martin Storey's blue pullover in the Holiday issue of VK.January 22, 2008
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like the top ten list
a favorite of mine is 'No Idle Hands', social history of American Knitting by Anne Macdonald, there is a brand new updated printing now available at
It lifts my spirits and makes us knitters pieces of a much larger world.
Knitting is done for fun and frolic now; in the past knitting was a necessary part of housekeeping and MUST be done for the socks for the family.
kathyJanuary 25, 2008
The Lesley Stanfield sitch dictionary is wonderful, isn't it. I think it's exactly how a stitch dictionary should be done. I particularly like the thumbnail index of each stitch pattern.
One of my favourite inspiration books is Unexpected Knitting by Debbie New. Just five minutes with that book leaves my head swirling with ideas.
I also loved Knitting Nature, I think I've queued more patterns from that on Ravelry than any other book.January 30, 2008
Jane #
Don't know what I'd do without Barbara Walker, but I also would really recommend The Knitter's Book of Finishing Techniques by Nancie M. Wiseman.February 8, 2008
Mary Jo Stone #
Where can I find Barbare Walkers Knitting books? I used to have one of hers and is lost. I`am a knitter of some years ago. So possibly, I had her first book out . I knit alot of items for my greatgrandchildren.Mary JoMarch 22, 2008


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Opening game-day activities for the 2011 Texas A&M Aggie football season will be like no other in school history. Kickoff for the nationally televised sold-out game will be on Sunday — unprecedented for the Aggies. The game will begin at 6:30 p.m. on the Fox Sports Networks when the Aggies' take on one of their historic gridiron rivals, Southern Methodist University, with the rejuvenated Mustangs coming off a season that culminated in their selection to play in the 2010 Armed Forces Bowl.
Aggie expectations — by the media and certainly by the students, former student and other fans — are at fever pitch, with the veteran team coming off a nine-win season that produced a Big 12-South co-championship and a Cotton Bowl appearance. Adding to the high expectations are those top-10 pre-season rankings for the Aggies, including an 8th-place ranking by the Associated Press, the highest in more than a decade.
One thing is for sure: Kyle Field will be rocking Sunday evening in a fashion that has prompted Sports Illustrated to rate it as the top college football game-day environment in the nation, with Fox Sports chiming in by listing Kyle Field as one of the nation's 10 best college football stadiums. The 83,002-seat stadium is expected to have an overflow crowd (approximately 86,000) when the Aggies take on SMU, renewing a rivalry that dates back to 1920 when the Mustangs joined the Southwest Conference. That crowd assessment is based in part on a record number of season tickets having been sold for the upcoming season — almost 45,000 to date, which is approximately 4,000 more than ever before. There is also a record 30,000 tickets for students, who will pack the east stands.
Athletic department officials are urging fans to hydrate before the game and take other heat-related precautions because the temperature is expected to be in the high 90s. The department is providing several "cool zones" at the stadium. Their locations and other related information can be viewed at http://tamunews.tamu.edu/2011/08/31/aggie-football-is-heating-up/.
While lots of action is anticipated on the field and with 12th Man Aggie Spirit on display in the stands, the festivities will be building up long before kickoff. It will begin with Midnight Yell Practice Saturday night, where upwards of 30,000 Aggies are expected to converge on Kyle Field. Sports Illustrated rates Midnight Yell Practice as one of the nation's top three game-related events.
Aggies are urged to maroon out — that is wear the team colors of maroon and white — Kyle Field for this and other football games. T-shirts are on sale for $8 through Friday in front of the Koldus Building and also through http://maroonout.tamu.edu/node/16. Class Councils coordinate the annual sale of more than 50,000 of these shirts so that Aggies can show their support of the 12th Man at home football games. The proceeds will benefit several student organizations.
The increasingly popular Aggie Fan Zone in the plaza and street at the north end of Kyle Field will be in full swing Sunday afternoon, with scores of vendors serving up a variety of tasty treats complemented by a host of displays and activities. The area is expected to be so packed that the university's safety and athletic officials have restricted vehicular traffic around the areas, as shown at http://www.aggieathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=27300&ATCLID=205238042 Additionally, thousands of tailgaters will set up at designated areas in areas east of Kyle Field and around Reed Arena, beginning at noon Saturday (in keeping with the policy of allowing tailgating to begin at noon on the day before the day of the game). Tailgating information is available at http://tailgating.tamu.edu/index.html.
Because the game is not on the usual day, special rules are in place for those coming in recreational vehicles. Also, in spite of the Labor Day holiday on Monday (Sept. 5), the university will be open and classes will be in session. RVs in Lots 50, 88 and 12th Man R (Lot 74) lot must vacate those lots before 7 a.m. Monday. Transportation Services officials say RV owners who are unable to depart by Monday morning can move Sunday night to Lot 100f or Lot 100g located on the south side of Reed Arena two hours after the game. RV customers at Olsen RV Park, Penberthy RV Park and Lot 100e must vacate by 10 a.m. Monday. For more information about RV parking, go to http://transport.tamu.edu/specialevents/rv.aspx.
To help alleviate some of the parking and traffic congestion in the area, Transportation Services has set up several programs for fans. The "Get to the Grid" program offers free game day shuttles. Other plans are in place for pedestrian and vehicle flow before and after the game. To find out more about these plans as well as available visitor parking, go to http://transport.tamu.edu/specialevents/sports.aspx.
In the most recent economic impact study conducted by the Bryan-College Station Convention & Visitors Bureau, Texas A&M athletic events were shown to have an annual impact of $116 million, with the vast majority of that total attributed to football games. Athletic department officials say that figure will almost certainly increase this year and in the future.


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How do I stop windows from maximizing when dragging them into a corner? I'm guessing this is a compiz feature but I'm not finding it in ccsm. I've turned off unity so it shouldn't be that. I'm running Natty.
To change the windows behaviour you need to install and run Compiz Config Settings Manager ccsm .
Choose Grid from Window Management:
and adapt the window's grid behaviour to your needs:
It's the grid plugin in ccsm, deactivating it removes this feature. Or there are options to make it not maximise when dragging to the top but it will still fill one side of the screen when you drag it to that side.
Just disabling the grid in the Compiz manager did not solve this for me.
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After that, windows were no longer snapping to fullscreen.


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In terminator, the keyboard shortcut
Ctrl+Shift+F opens up a small bar at the bottom of the window to let the user search a text string within the terminal scrollback.
Are there any keyboard shortcuts for moving to the next or previous matched item in this search? The most complete documentation I found for Terminator is included in the Ubuntu documentation, but it doesn't cover this topic in detail.


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A much better month! Great stuff.
Season 11 - 2021/2022
Premier League
It started with Blackburn in which we gave our best performance of the season. One up after 25 minutes soon became 2-1 down, the second a harsh penalty. In the 69th minutes Raffa Trovo stepped up with a 20 yard free kick to give us just our second point.
Next up a trip to Everton. A real backs to the wall performance brought a goal right on the break. Tommy Bobbins with a far post header. The game brought around two injuries, including one to goalkeeper Baldwin jsut to keep me on the edge of my seat.
We ended with defeat to Aston Villa. They totally dominated the match, more so from the 37th minute when we had defender Bancroft sent off after already losing right back Mutch on the half hour. With just 14 minutes to go Duarte scored the winner. Overall happy, ten men, totally outplayed, but only beaten by the one goal.
This month had seen me answer three media questions about the Burnley, Ipswich and Wigan jobs. Denied interest in all three.


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