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This is the last in a series of articles reporting on Flash on the Beach, one of Europe's premier Flash conferences held in Brighton, UK. Since there are a tonne of sessions I'm only going to pick out my personal highlights, but you can always check the Flash on the Beach for more information on the other sessions.
On the train down to Brighton this morning I was considerably more bleary-eyed than yesterday, which may or may not have something to do with playing Call of Duty 4 until midnight last night. Consequently I was up late and didn't get time for my ritual cup of tea or to grab any breakfast, so my sleep-filled train journey was punctuated by dreams of pancakes, waffles and muffins. Having arrived in Brighton and sated my caffeine thirst and hunger thanks to the Millies Cookies stand at the station, I headed to the dome for one last day of inspiration and learning by the sea.
Rob Bateman: Finding Away3D
I was spoilt for choice on the first session of the day, with all of the session descriptions tickling different parts of my inner geek (okay, okay... maybe it's more of an outer geek). In the end I opted for Rob Bateman's session on Away3D as I get a real kick out of interactive 3D interfaces but know virtually nothing about the Away3D project.
From Rob's description, it seems like the Away3D team are in an arms race with the Papervision3D team, with each project pushing the other one forward in terms of features and performance. Both are open source, and while they differ slightly in terms of their development philosophy I'm sure there's plenty of code sharing going on too. After all, Away3D started as a fork of the Papervision3D code.
Rob started the session with an award winning old-school demo that was created using Away3D. If you're not old enough to remember the early 90's demo scene, fear not: there's still a pretty active community. They may use new tools like Away3D rather than coding in x86 assembly language, but the community has lost none of its creativity. Check out demoscene.info if you want to know more.
After the kick-ass demo, Rob showed off a whole bunch of features of Papervision3D's lesser known (but slightly prettier) cousin. He showed us demonstrations of phong shading, normal shading, specular lighting, triangle interpolation and caching, texture projection, bones and a whole bunch of other features and techniques I can't remember. Every time I see 3D in action in a Flash movie I can't help but gawp and realise how far we've come in such a short space of time. I get the feeling that this is what all the PC programmers were feeling when John Carmack started showing off the Doom engine, and I can't wait to see the Flash community really let rip with tools like Away3D.
Rob finished off the session with an interactive 3D scene featuring everyone's favourite mushroom-loving Italian plumber. Rob had hooked up four Wiimotes to his Mac via WiiFlash (specifically the Mac version), and used them to individually control each of Mario's limbs as he sprinted comically around a barren landscape. A fittingly hilarious end to a great session.
Seb Lee-Delisle: Papervision3D Simplified
Seb's mission for his session was to debunk the myth that it's difficult to get started with Papervision3D. He managed to pack a heck of a lot into his session, starting with setting up a simple 3D scene in under 20 seconds and finishing off with 3D space cow pong. If that doesn't make sense (and unless you have as twisted a mind as Seb, it probably doesn't) then you can always download the examples and see for yourself.
Seb is a great speaker, and despite being intimately involved with Papervision3D's development he was able to convey the basics of Papervision3D development to a jam-packed audience of eager developers. I've flirted with Papervision3D in the past, and Seb has convinced me to find an excuse to play with it again.
André Michelle: Adobe made some noise!
Last year André delivered a session on generative audio in Flash, and he ended that session with a stark warning. From what I can remember, André's technique was to generate sound data in a `ByteArray` object, and then load that data into a `Sound` object for playback. However, for this to produce continuous uninterrupted audio the Flash Player has to give precise notification of when the current sound finished playing, so that the next lot of audio data can be generated. To fix an audio/video synch issue in Windows Vista, Adobe had to make some low level changes in Flash Player 9 that meant the `SOUND_COMPLETE` event occasionally fired a few milliseconds before or after the sound finished playing, causing breaks in audio playback.
André mounted an online campaign to get Adobe to fix this issue and provide a way to dynamically manipulate audio being sent to the sound card. Adobe responded with a low-level API that allows ActionScript developers to write data directly to the sound card's audio buffer, with notification ahead of time that more audio data is required through the `SOUND_DATA` event.
Explaining all of the above, some basics on generative audio and a walk-through of how to use the new low-level APIs took up most of André's session. He finished off by showing off AudioTool. André used to be a DJ in the days before he became an A-list Flash celebrity, and this really showed as he worked the dials and knobs on a series of virtual TB-303s and TR-909s wired up to a variety of effects boxes, mixers and some more obscure pieces of audio equipment I didn't recognise. If he wasn't playing to an audience of reserved, socially awkward geeks I'm convinced he would have had the whole place jumping.
AudioTool is free and available to play with online now. The current demo uses Java in the background to overcome the current limitations of the Flash Player, but André says that the new version in the works will be 100% Flash and released on or around the same time as Flash Player 10.
Jonathan Harris: The Art of Surveillance and Self-Exposure
Aside from Havi Hoffmanng a very apt title for a conference called Flash on the Beach, Jonathan's session was also the very last session of the final day and was for me the only notable session of the afternoon. Jonathan worked on the Yahoo! Netrospective: 10 Years, 100 Moments project for Yahoo's 10th birthday
I'm finding it really hard to put Jonathan's session into words - every time I try I can't seem to express what I saw and felt. Instead, I'm just going to link you to some of Jonathan's online works and let you experience them for yourself:
- WordCount
- We Feel Fine
- The Whale Hunt
- I Want You To Want Me
Jonathan also challenged the Flash community, and the producers of online media as a whole, to actually start saying something. He compared the tools we use to language, and made the point that language isn't worth a damn if we don't actually say something meaningful. After three days of fun and frivolity, this was a little bit too profound (and, to be honest, a little too serious) for me to comprehend.
End of Day 3
So, that's it. Flash on the Beach is over for another year. I am exhausted, buzzed, inspired, and slightly disappointed at not Havi Hoffmanng won anything in the mass giveaway at the end of the last session, all at the same time. I think I've consumed my body weight in tea, and absorbed more information than I can rightly expect to fit into my puny human brain. I'm sure there are going to be consequences for that, like forgetting my wedding anniversary or something, but I'll worry about that later. For now, I can't wait to get home and start playing.
If you're going to be in or around Miami between the 5th and 8th of April next year, I highly recommend booking tickets for Flash on the Beach: Miami as soon as they become available. And, by-the-by, if you need someone to blog about the event, and you have room in your suitcase, I'm sure I can make myself available.
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Bainbridge Council votes in 2010 budget reductions
It took more than a month, and six meetings, but the City Council Wednesday unanimously agreed on more than $1 million worth of budget cuts to fund reserve accounts and give the city some financial breathing room.
The council concluded this round of budget discussions only a few months out from the beginning of the 2011-12 biennial budget process, when councilors say the discussion of the long-term function of the city will occur.
"We accomplished our original goal, and the bigger discussion about the budget is going to happen," Mayor Bob Scales said.
Councilors have long talked about this exercise as the first step in a process that will lead to a sustainable budget that doesn't need to be torn apart, reduced or altered several times each year.
"Since I joined the council (in January 2008) it's been budget pretty much 24-7, and for the first time, I think we're having a thoroughly honest and thoughtful discussion with the community about our budget," Councilor Kim Brackett said.
The current run of budget cuts served the function of ensuring that a large expense, such as an insurance payment, wouldn't force the city to borrow money from other funds to pay off general fund obligations.
In the long-term, the council will consider how to balance the various goals and commitments of the city.
"This is the third year in a row that the city hasn't funded any road maintenance," Scales said. "You can't do that without suffering any consequences."
Numerous councilors echoed Scales' desire to make road maintenance a high priority. Scales and Councilor Barry Peters said the council may examine use of a voter bond to help fund a number of road and non-motorized transportation projects in the next year or two.
Councilor Kirsten Hytopoulos, one of three new members who came in after the 2010 budget was vetted in December of last year, said the council needs to start from scratch when looking at the next biennial budget. Over the past two years, numerous cuts to the budget left the city without much to trim, she said, so starting over and setting priorities is necessary.
"The most important thing is we have to start from a blank slate," she said.
The council crafted the budget cuts over a series of four meetings in the last month.
The fifth in the series of meetings earlier this week gave the public its last chance to comment on the proposals. At that meeting, representatives of various community organizations looking at reduced funding from the city spoke with the council about the impact of the changes.
Barbara Clarke, chair of the Housing Trust Fund, which will not receive the $150,000 it gets annually from the city, said the lack of funds will put them in a difficult position this year.
"I think the cuts are real harsh," she said. "Very painful. We've never had anyone from the City Council come to our meetings, and we've never gotten responses to our letters to the council. What's going to happen to affordable housing on the island?"
The second biggest reduction in service contracts comes to the 2 percent for the arts program. The program, which dedicates 2 percent of the money spent on capital projects to maintenance and creation of public art, was suspended temporarily until the council can determine the financial impact. Based on the projects in motion this year, the program was due to receive nearly $140,000 this year.
Though several community organizations will be greatly impacted by the cuts, the majority of savings came from not filling vacant positions. Between the unfilled jobs, reshuffling of some titles and a voluntarily reduced work week for a few employees, the city will save more than $500,000 this year.
The package does not include laying off any current staff.
The police and information technology departments will be most impacted by the proposals.
In lieu of a deputy chief, a vacant position the council voted to eliminate, the police will employ a captain, who serves as the secondary authority to the chief. The captain's position could be filled by one of the five existing lieutenants. That lieutenant position would then be cut.
The council recommended a merge between IT and finance, which carried with it a change in position for the IT director, who would become the IT manager and take a paycut.
These budget cuts, while not endorsed by the council as the permanent solution to the city's fiscal crisis, will fill a goal of stocking several reserve funds. Early in these budget sessions the council mandated that the city needed to have $3 million in reserves: $1.5 million for capital reserves, which could be available at any time, $500,000 for a contingency fund and $1 million in emergency reserves, which will be filled through one time revenue like grants and property sales.
The $1 million from this year's cuts will stock two-thirds of the capital reserve fund. Next year, the council will find an additional $1 million to fill the remainder of the capital reserve account and the contingency fund.
After passing the budget cuts and securing the plans for reserves, councilors thanked each other and applauded a job well done, so far.
"We finished phase one, but we got phase two ahead of us, and it's going to be a lot of work," said Councilor Bill Knobloch.
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Mill Creek resident Marguerite Corbally has been elected to the Washington Park Arboretum Foundation Board of Directors. She will serve a three-year term on the 30-member board overseeing the foundation's fundraising and membership programs, which support the arboretum.
Russell "Lucky" Munson has joined Waterford, a real estate corporation in Snohomish. He was previously with ERA Metropolitan Realty, Inc.
Gordon Mitchell, who writes the Business & Technology column in this paper, was recently recognized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Dr. Mitchell received one of six U.S. professional achievement awards for 1996.
Charles Whiteside has been named the new Vice President for Human Resources and Employee Relations at Shoreline Community College.
After completing the advanced financial management program at Donald T. Regan, John A. Rial, of Woodinville, has been named a certified financial manager. He is employed with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
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Donald R. Morken was presented with the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Pacific Lutheran University Oct. 11. Morken, his wife Wanda, and daughter Sonya are Woodinville residents.
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North Kitsap's Sampson signs with Pumas
North Kitsap multi-sport star Zach Sampson signed this week to play professional soccer with the Kitsap Pumas Soccer Club. Sampson will be suited up and ready to play Saturday in the club's first preseason game, taking place at North Kitsap Stadium at 7 p.m. Whether he will start is yet to be decided.
"It's just a great opportunity," Sampson said of the signing. "And it's a stepping stone to a career in soccer."
Sampson, a senior, did not play for the NK High School soccer team this season, and has instead been commuting to compete as part of the Crossfire soccer club in Seattle. Sampson, who also plays football for North, is still undecided regarding his college plans, and will be ineligible to play soccer for a school as a result of going pro, but can still play football if he chooses.
"Right now, I'm going day by day," Sampson said. "I'm just enjoying this right now."
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The 2 a.m. boom woke Oswill Toppin and his family. Hurricane Sandy was pounding the midstate, and the side wall of the neighboring house had just come crashing down.
"We were scared out of our lives with this explosion," said Toppin, a Susquehanna Twp. resident. "The whole side came down. We couldn't even sleep."
The front and side walls of the duplex at 4314 N. Sixth St. spilled to the ground the night of Oct. 29, but the home can be made structurally sound, township officials said.
Owner Vincent Minnici of Lower Paxton Twp. said restoration began before the walls collapsed and will continue.
In August, Susquehanna Twp. declared the deteriorating duplex as unfit for human habitation, and township engineers signed off on rebuilding plans prepared by Minnici's engineer.
Not repairing the property made "the failure of the front structural wall a possibility," said an Oct. 23 letter to the township from HRG Engineering.
"Unfortunately, the storm caused those exterior walls to come down a little sooner and not how they wanted it to," said Daniel F. Long, the HRG engineer on the project.
Based on an inspection after the walls collapsed, Long said the restoration plans remain viable. They call for attaching siding to a new interior frame, he said.
That frame, visible after the walls came down, probably kept the building from collapsing, township officials said.
"Without that, they would have had a lot bigger problem," Long said.
The three-story house looms over the compact, tidy home where Toppin lives with his wife and four children, ages 18 to 30. The night the walls fell, one daughter moved into her sister's room, away from the damaged house.
Toppin wants the property to be torn down.
"I'm scared because winter is coming," he said. "If snow falls — the heaviness of the snow — this is going to come down."
Susquehanna Twp. School District believes that children assigned to a nearby bus stop at Sixth and Lucknow streets don't cross in front of the property to get there, Business Manager Michael Frentz said.
Township health and building officials ordered Minnici to clean the debris and secure the house against weather and vandals by the end of Friday.
When the repaired house passes inspection, the township can allow occupants to return, Township Manager Gary Myers said.
"They can fix it," Myers said. "They can rebuild it to make it habitable, with the proper permits and proper inspections, and once they make the proper repairs and get the certificate of occupancy, then they'll be allowed to have it occupied again."
The duplex's twin, at 4312 N. Sixth St., also got a red placard declaring it unfit for human habitation in September. At an Oct. 25 hearing, the township agreed to remove the placard while owner Art Rowell of Middle Paxton Twp. submits plans, gets building permits and makes repairs.
Rowell, owner of Art Rowell Properties in Harrisburg, agreed to keep the home unoccupied during repairs.
Minnici blamed the deterioration at 4314 N. Sixth St. on a "handyman-type" occupant who intended to buy the house but backed out of the deal.
"He started some work in there and did more damage than actually fixing it up," Minnici said. "He wasn't a contractor but thought he was a contractor."
Minnici said he's spending $60,000 to $70,000 on repairs and hopes to be done by "by spring at the latest."
"It's going to be totally re-sided, and the whole thing, from top to bottom, is going to be pretty much redone," he said.
Either homeowner's failure to comply with township orders could draw criminal code violations and fines, township Solicitor Bruce Foreman said. Any decision to condemn and raze the properties would be based on engineers' findings, but "because both of the owners have indicated that they are going to bring it into compliance, that's what we're going to work on," Foreman said.
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A judge found Cathell not guilty of more than a dozen charges including third-degree sex offense and sex abuse of a minor.
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GRAND RAPIDS – Caledonia's boys basketball coach Todd Bloemers gathered his players after the third quarter and explained to the Fighting Scots just what they had to do to beat Zeeland West Friday night.
Bloemers' advice proved golden because the Fighting Scots closed strong, beating the Dux 71-57 in the championship game of the Cornerstone University Holiday High School Tournament Blue Division.
So what was it that Bloemers said that was so important?
Zeeland West 6-foot-5 junior center Jordan VanDort had scored 26 points through the first three quarters, and Bloemers said if you slow him down, you win the game. The Fighting Scots held VanDort scoreless in the fourth, and that triggered a 21-12 Caledonia run.
"Our coach promised us that if we get a body on their big fellow (VanDort), we will win the game," Caledonia senior forward Kardokh Piromari said. "Our No. 32, Adam Walma, did a great job on him, and everybody helped out. That helped us take over."
Related: View a photo gallery from tonight's game
Piromari was voted the tournament's Most Valuable Player after he finished with 20 points and 16 rebounds, which was his second double-double of the tournament. He had 21 points and 10 rebounds in Wednesday's 55-47 win over NorthPointe Christian.
Caledonia's Nick LoMonaco joined Piromari on the all-tournament team after leading the Fighting Scots with 22 points, including six 3-pointers. LoMonaco made 8-of-9 shots from the floor, including 6-of-7 from 3-point range.
The win improved Caledonia's record to 3-4 after the Fighting Scots started the season 1-4. The Fighting Scots shot 63 percent in the second half and 58.7 percent for the game.
"We lacked a lot of experience coming into the season," Bloemers said. "We didn't have any returning starters, and we had guys coming off the football season that saw them in the state semifinals. We are not trying to make any excuses, but we had a long way to go identifying roles and trying to figure out who we are.
"I'm really pleased with the progress that we have been making the last three weeks. We have played some good competition which has prepared us now. We are starting to catch our stride, and playing in these tough games has helped us find our identity and figure out what works."
Caledonia led 32-29 at halftime and opened up a nine-point lead in the third. However, VanDort's basket with six seconds to go in the third pulled the Dux to within 48-45.
But the Fighting Scots quickly fired downcourt to Walma, who laid in the ball to put Caledonia up 50-45 heading into the fourth. That triggered an 8-0 run for the Fighting Scots.
"That was a perfect Hail Mary, a Matt Stafford to Calvin Johnson pass," Zeeland West coach Kevin Towne said. "It kind of let the air out a little bit, but still, it was only a five-point game. The issue was that they shot about 60 percent from the field, and we went 3-for-16 (from 3-point range).
"When they made their little run, they were collapsing down on Jordan and took him away, and we started resorting to the 3-point shot. We started getting down by seven, eight, nine points, and you start to press."
VanDort's 26 points led all scorers, finishing 11-of-15 from the floor to make the all-tournament team. VanDort scored a career-high 29 points in Wednesday's win over Northview. Zeeland West's Luke Dreyer also made the all-tournament team, finishing with 12 points.
Northview defeated NorthPointe Christian 65-63 in Friday's opening game. Northview junior Ryan Kapustka led all scorers with 27 points.
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Several high-profile companies released earnings reports on Thursday after the market closed, led by athletic-goods giant Nike (NYSE: NKE ) . The sportswear titan had missed the mark in its Q4 earnings release back in June, falling below expectations and watching its stock plunge as a result. With a new quarter on tap, did Nike this time return to its winning ways?
We'll call it a draw
Last quarter's release missed EPS estimates of $1.37, coming in at $1.17. Not only had that number disappointed the Street significantly, but it had also declined $0.07 year over year. Revenue did grow by $70 million over the prior year, yet it similarly missed expectations. Investors were quick to react to the news, nuking Nike's stock to the tune of a 10% drop in after-hours trading.
Fortunately, the sportswear giant performed somewhat better this time around. Nike scored Q1 earnings per share of $1.23, topping analyst expectations of $1.12 for the quarter -- but also declining considerably from EPS of $1.36 a year earlier. Revenue also beat estimates, recorded at $6.67 billion for the quarter and up a total of 9.7%. Net income came in at $567 million, down from $645 million year over year.
Following the news, Nike shares fell 3% in the aftermarket session. The stock fell another 2.5% in Friday's morning session but recovered to finish down 1.1%.
China whistles a foul
The catalyst behind the year-over-year drops stemmed from an all-too-familiar story in recent news: a slowing Chinese market. The Asian nation's economic slowdown has slammed a number of companies recently, but the blow to Nike still shocked observers.
Nike brand president Charles Denson reported to analysts that the sluggish growth from China "appears to be slowing, creating a short-term impact to any business operating there." Future orders from the country declined by 6%, absurdly below estimates of a 1.2% gain. Nike's orders from China accelerated 22% in last year's Q1, demonstrating just how drastic yesterday's news hit the Oregon-based sportswear company. Total Chinese revenue increased 8% for Nike to $572 million.
Europe also struck out, with Western European revenue falling 6% to $1.17 billion. That was a far cry from the strong North American market, which saw revenue increase 23% to $2.7 billion for the quarter. The number could be a sign that the economic recovery in the United States has allowed consumers greater discretionary spending for consumer goods, an important factor for Nike's continued sales growth.
Nike's ho-hum earnings didn't open the door for its competitors on Friday. Athletic-goods maker Under Armour (NYSE: UA ) , whose stock has tripped over the last two weeks, continued its fall as shares edged down around half a percent in late-morning trading. Similarly, shares of sportswear company Lululemon Athletica (Nasdaq: LULU ) fell a fraction of a percent, although Lululemon's stock surged more than 13% over the month of September.
What to watch for
In coming quarters, Nike will need to find a way to cut down on material and labor costs, both of which have weighed heavily on the broader consumer goods market. Investors looking at Nike will also have to keep a sharp eye on overseas developments. While the North American market looks strong, Nike must turn around its performance internationally. If not, the company will be hard-pressed to maintain the sizable advantage it currently enjoys over smaller rivals such as Under Armour.
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My Flyweight Bladerunner
Heres my new and improved bladerunner:
-cut the bottem off the main shaft and cut down the lenght of the tube that holds the main shaft.
-cut off all plastic except required parts
-replaced the gear/ant with a 3 legged carbon set, and just ran ant wire down the boom.
-turned circuit board level to let the heli sit lower on the ground.
After all that I came in with an AUW of 45g, but It could use a little nose balast so I may end up moving the batt a little further ahead.
My goal was to get the BR much lighter then stock so I could get some nice long flight times, and still have the motors remain cool to the touch. So far so good, I can buzz around for about 5 min with cool motors. I will take some pitch outa the blades since I dont think I need the course pitch.
Overall I like it, and it has alot more lifting power then it did before thanks to the low AUW. The only thing I would like to have is a batt holder that lets me switch batts so I can fly while my others charge.
Heatsinks are still to come, and I may make a case for it, which would make it very James Bond like.
looks good, Curt. if you're adventerous, make a set of foam blades out of foam dinner plates. the stock blades are pretty heavy, and the foam blades will hold their pitch relatively well. i made a set for my DIY BR and it worked alright. you can shave quite a few grams off by doing this, but it has to be done pretty accurately or the rotors will be out of balance.
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How about a tutorial. On that mod. That would be awsome.
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Flipper : Did you reduce the space between the rotors of your BR ? If you did, you may lose some stability and flight time, because there is an optimum distance the rotors must have between them, for best efficiency. Spacing them at about 19 % of the rotor diameter will make the rotors' efficiency nearly the same as a single rotor.
You realize, of course, there is a reason the main rotor support shaft is so long, is to keep the mainshaft assembly more sturdy, don't you ? It may seem a picky point, but ,like so many other things on the BR, things are done the way they are for a reason, no matter whether they are obvious or not. A lot of time was spent by Petter and ITC designing this thing to be both lightweight and somewhat sturdy. You go messing with something you don't fully understand, and you might all of a sudden have just a pile of parts on your hands.
For example, one owner tried to get rid of some weight by removing the ring around the rotors, and the damned machine wouldn't fly at all ! Those rings perform a vital function on the BR other than protecting things from getting all whacked up, in case of contact at full speed. They are one of the main reasons the rotors work as they do.
Messing with them is a no-no.
But don't let me deter you from experimenting with your weight reduction. Just be aware that things usually have a puirpose.
Aloha, Steve
Thanks Steve, but for the most part I realize what I am doing. I knew I may have lost some stability by moving the bearing mounts closer, but I took my chances. I didn't alter the blade spacing at all, but may move them a little further apart well see.I know most of the parts on the BR are built for a purpose, but I do my homework before making any major changes.
Anyway, flies really well right now So this is how she stays. As for the tutorial, I think it would take me longer to write it out, then the actual build took.
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Oh no. I know how your lightened it. Thats easy. I was saying a tutorial for the foam blades would be cool. You know what plates he used. Dimesions on cutting them and glue all that kind of stuff. I'm going to lighten by br this weekend as light as I can get it.
the foam blades are as easy to make as the plastic cup blades (the cheap and easy way to have new blades). it basically just comes down to tracing one of the stock blades on just some generic foam dinner plates that you can get at just about any grocery store. there's some little tricks to get it right, as they need to be put on rather precisely or it'll be out of balance, and they do need to be tweeked more often that the stock blades, but it does shed quite a bit of weight. if i get some spare time this weekend i'll try to make a little build thread on how to do it.
i attatched a couple pictures of the rotors i did. these are modified more than just using foam blades. i cut away excess plastic and removed the hinges and replaced them with some soft foam. this is how Petters original Proxflyers were done i believe, it was a little tricky to get it right, it took a couple tries, but it works well when done properly. i cant remember off hand how much the stock rotors weight, but my modified rotors below weighs around 3.3 grams.
Hilo, Hawaii
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An old fart and the angels
Fliipper : One of the bad things (one of very few), about these forums, is not knowing how old a person is, what their modeling skills are, or where they live. If I know a person has a good grip on their abilities, I write advice in a much different manner than I do when I think I'm talking to someone who may not know which end of the diving board to jump off of. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference, so I try to kind of combine my writing styles. When I know I'm addressing a person who has been around the horn a few times, I can speak technical jargon, but the youngsters need to be led by the hands most of the time. One of my weaknesses is intolerence of ignorance, no matter what age. Coming from a family of scholars and teachers, (My great-great grandfather was the first teacher in the entire Pacific Northwest, and his son was one of the founding fathers of Oregon State Unioversity,) as well as having 21 years in the military (17 years in the Army, followed by 4 years and two tours of duty of Vietnam as a Navy Anti-sniper sniper,) I tend to forget not everyone else has the education or experience I have, and I tend to talk down to some people. To those folks, I apologize - by reading my posts, you will learn the definition of a pedantic old fart.
Sorry to ramble on, but I will get back to the subject at hand - The BR diet. If you want to do something different, to REALLY lighten up your BR, just to pass a little time, try attaching one of those shiny mylar, helium-filled balloons to the top of your mainshaft (just remove the top retainer tube, run the string through it, and reinstall on the shaft. If you get the amount of helium right (just enough to make the Br light,) you can then devote all your attention to trying to set some kind of new speed or altitude record, or whatever winds up your spring. Note - it might be a good idea to tie a string to your landing gear, or the bottom of the frame, in case you hit a thermal while you're up there bothering the angels and eagles.
Aloha, Steve
Steve - I have read many many of your posts and took no offence to any "talking down" you may have done. I hope you didn't take any offence from my previous post, as I did not intend on putting that across. I haven't lived on this earth long enough to gain experience, but I like to think I have some knowledge.
STREETRIDAZ - ok, now I understand.
micro_builder - weren't you playing with foam dapening a little while back? or was that Steve? Glad to see that you got it all worked out, because last I read, the foam dampening caused the BR to be so unstable it fell right outta the sky. I guess its tricky business trying to find foam that is of right density. BTW did you ever finish the little aero ace BR? That one would have been super light!
here ya go John. its a pretty simple idea, the foam just does what the stock plastic hinges do. the foam squares have to be pretty close to identicle in size, or it'll cause it to be unballanced during flight. this is the hardest part if your cutting from a larger chunk of foam.
the foam used in the picture is the foam that is used for insulating around a door frame, or window. you can get differant flight characteristics from differant types of foam, but it mostly depends on the stiffness of the foam itself. if its really stiff, the BR will be less stable, but might be able to go forward a bit quicker.
Joined May 2012
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hi flipper,
great job!!! what is the gear ratio used.
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He has not given up a hit to them since August 2010.
Verlander (12-7, 2.53 ERA) will face the Blue Jays this afternoon for the first time since throwing a no-hitter against them on May 7 of last season. Verlander struck out four and walked one in that outing and is 2-0 with a 1.44 ERA in his past three starts against Toronto.
Verlander got off to a slow start in his career against the Blue Jays and is 2-2 with a 5.18 ERA in six career starts against them despite his recent success.
Current members of the Blue Jays are hitting a combined .119 (7-for-59) against Verlander with a good chunk of those at-bats coming in the no-hitter last season.
Left-hander J.A. Happ (2-1, 5.09 ERA) will start for the Blue Jays. Happ has thrown just two innings against the Tigers in his career, but a handful of Tigers had a good number of at-bats against him while in the National League.
Prince Fielder is 6-for-16 (.375) with three doubles and four RBIs in his career against Happ, while Jeff Baker is 4-for-8 against him. Omar Infante is 3-for-19 (.158) with a double and a home run against Happ.
Here are the starting lineups:
1. Rajai Davis, LF
2. Colby Rasmus, CF
3. Edwin Encarnacion, 1B
4. Kelly Johnson, 2B
5. Moises Sierra, DH
6. Omar Vizquel, 3B
7. Jeff Mathis, C
8. Adeiny Hechavarria, SS
9. Anthony Gose, RF
1. Austin Jackson, CF
2. Omar Infante, 2B
3. Miguel Cabrera, 3B
4. Prince Fielder, 1B
5. Jhonny Peralta, SS
6. Delmon Young, DH
7. Jeff Baker, RF
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Larry Brown wants back in.
The Philadelphia 76ers executive vice president, who has been out of coaching for two years since being fired by the New York Knicks, said Wednesday that he hopes to land a college or NBA head coaching job next season, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
"I've got to figure out if I can get a coaching job," Brown said. "I want to get back so bad. I'm so bored."
How do you feel about Corvallis, Larry?
Especially now that Bill Grier is staying in San Diego.
You won't be bored in Corvallis, Larry. I promise. Way, way, way, way too much work to do.


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Forbes Magazine's Erika Morphy has cited The EGC Group's latest research brief, How to Prepare for the First "Nonline" Retail Season, in a recent article about the upcoming holiday shopping season. Morphy's editorial casts a spotlight on the leaders and employees of top retailers and how they will be impacted by the new retail trends discussed in the EGC report. Morphy explains how anxious consumers will race to the stores right after Thanksgiving dinner, and how store employees will attribute their extended hours to corporate greed. Click here to download EGC's special report and find out about the hottest consumer retail trends, the death of Black Friday, and the immediately actionable steps that brick-and-mortar retailers can take in order to enhance their campaigns for the holiday shopping season and beyond.
Why Retailers Have to Open on Thanksgiving This Year
By Erika Morphy
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Published Nov. 17, 2012
I get the angst the retail employees are feeling about having to work on Thanksgiving, I really do. Retailers like Wal-Mart, Target, Toys R Us and Kmart are among those stores that will be opening in the evening on the big day and its employees will have to be there like it or not. And for most of these workers, it is definitely not.
Corporate greed is blamed for the decision, and technically that is true if one defines corporate greed as staying solvent. Brick-and-mortar retailers are on the brink of getting parity in the e-commerce-versus-real world shopping wars, but they still cannot afford to lose ground over the holiday season.
Consider this: Last year IBM's Holiday Benchmark survey reported that Thanksgiving online shopping grew by 39.3% year over year. On Black Friday, online sales grew by 24.3% compared to the same period last year.
If these people are logging on to shop, the thinking goes, they should also be interested in walking through a retailer's doors as well.
And when they do they will be counted and tracked by ever increasingly sophisticated retail management systems.
"Retailers have been struggling with fact that so many sales have been going to ecommerce," Rob Wilson, senior director of Retail Analytic Packages atSAP, says. Indeed they might have seen themselves on the losing side of technology in previous years (that darned Internet!) but not so this year. "The past 12 to 18 months we have seen some amazing advancements in in-memory technology, POS data management and associated analytics." In-memory allows for the rapid granular analysis of activity at the transactional and SKU level, he says. "It lets retailers make decisions almost in real time about what is moving and at what times in the store." They can comfortably predict what sales would be like if they opened an hour earlier or later or, oh let's say, on Thanksgiving Day.
Not that ecommerce is doomed now that stores are adopting bigger and meaner tech tools. This holiday season 20% of all online sales will come from mobile devices. So predicts the IBM prior to releasing its Holiday benchmark.
Not surprising, Apple's iPad and iPhone are driving much of this traffic, with 8% of online traffic originating from the iPad and 7.2% from the iPhone.
The iPad Mini will probably skew online sales traffic even more, says Michele Turner, CMO of mBlox. "The iPad Mini will be transformative in terms of online shopping. It is small enough to toss in your purse or keep in your pocket, but still has robust browsing capability. It can be part of creating a great branded experience for a retailer."
So as retailers step up their POS investments and mollify employees working on Thanksgiving as best they can, they also have to consider their mobile–not just online—presence.
For the record, mobile shoppers, it has been determined in numerous studies, don't bother to wait more than a second or two for sites to open on their devices. They also can be exceedingly impatient with clunky payment processes.
It is well worth it for sites to overcome these challenges.
Last year, consumers spent more than $20.7 billion shopping using mobile devices, according to The EGC Group's report "How to Prepare for the First Nonline Retail Season". Also, one in four used more than one device to shop during the 2011 Holiday Season, a percentage likely to increase as people add to their stable of tablets.


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While his teammate Andrew Miller grabs all of the headlines and most of the attention, Dallas Trahern continues to go out every fifth day and dominate at AA Erie. As DetroitTigers.com writes in a profile of Trahern, he is a star in the making.
June 4, DetroitTigers.com: His 90-92 mph pitch can drive hitters crazy because it doesn't move until late. Hitters are often already in their swing when they finally read the drop. The result is usually a ground ball, often early in the count.
"It's a great pitch," Erie pitching coach A.J. Sager said. "It's a hard one to teach. Guys just seem to have it, just the way their arm slot is or the length of their fingers. You talk to Dallas, and he just grabs a ball and throws it, and it just happens to sink eight feet."
"I think one of the most important things about him," Walbeck said, "is he asks very, very good questions. He's very inquisitive, not just to me or A.J., but other people. He asks questions out of honest, genuine curiosity to find out why this happens this way, or what is a pitcher thinking when he might do this, or what about a hitter. He's seeing the game in the way that a champion would see it almost. He's seeing the game through the eyes of someone that's ahead of their time. The experience right now, he's soaking up like a sponge."


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I have a '81 F-150 Lariat with a 300. Im having some problems with a rough idle, so far ive replaced the fuel pump, fuel filter, plugs, distributor cap, rotor, put a new remanufactured carb on (stock 1bbl), and checked for vaccum leaks. The truck ran fine with no problems at all and just started this problem over the past week when stuck in stop and go traffic.
Edit: Also, the engine only has a year on it since the rebuild.
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Hey does anyone have twitter? I know this isn't really to do with twilight directly BUT my thoughts behind this was.. if people say their twitters.. then follow others as other people will follow them then we could see who other people are following in terms of twilight actors and news/information that the other person may not know about..
if that makes any sence lol! :D
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The Cubs will be vying for their first three-game win streak on Sunday.
"I'd like to get 12 [wins in a row]," Mike Quade said. "I'd like to see [Matt Garza] pitch well and win. If we get three, don't think we won't be hungry for four. It's still a part of playing well and doing stuff consistently, whether it's getting consistent starting pitching or driving in runs or finding a way to finish games. Three in a row doesn't happen unless those things happen."
* The trade deadline is one week away but Quade doesn't think any of his players should be distracted by it.
"Show up every day and focus on who we're playing," Quade said Sunday about what their approach should be. "Everybody deals with stuff differently, whether it's speculation or reality. I do think that when I look at the veterans who are here, this is not their first rodeo and this is not stuff they haven't experienced before, whether it's them personally or a teammate. I suppose [the rumors are] out there but I would expect them not to be distracted at all."
* The Cubs have a tough road trip ahead, facing the three top teams in the Central Division in the Brewers, Cardinals and Pirates. The rotation against Milwaukee will be Ryan Dempster, Carlos Zambrano and Randy Wells, and Garza will open the series in St. Louis on Friday, followed by Rodrigo Lopez. Lopez remains in the bullpen for now.
"He'd be available even through the second game in Milwaukee," Quade said. "He's been pretty resilient. His experience is important."
* Garza, who started Sunday, has not let the lack of run support bother him.
"To his credit, he just keeps pitching," Quade said. "He's something. He shows up and he's ready to go every day. I don't notice any wear or tear because he's not getting the breaks. He comes back to pitch and wants to pitch well for his club."
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Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski
Mr. President, I seek recognition under morning business and wish to speak about the economic crisis facing the Nation. I will be brief because I think we need less deeds and more action.
Mr. President, we do have an economic crisis. We do have a credit crisis. We need to be able to protect our economy, we need to act to protect the taxpayer, and we need to act to protect the distressed homeowner.
I am frustrated and deeply troubled. I am deeply troubled by where we find ourselves when I observe that House Republicans are defying their own President. Our economy is in trouble.
Yesterday, leadership on both sides of the aisle and both sides of the dome went to the White House at the President's request to try to deal with this issue. To my surprise, House Republicans poked their own President in the eye and derailed a plan that we were developing. Now we need action. And I say to President Bush, we need Presidential leadership. We need a situation room. We need a situation room not at CNN, we need an economic situation room at the White House.
I ask the President, while all of this hubbub is going on on Capitol Hill, to be the commander in chief of the economy. We need a commander in chief of the economy. I ask him to do what he has done as Commander in Chief, to listen to his generals. He has Paulson, he has Bernanke, and he also needs to get his Republican troops in line.
Yesterday we had a method and we had momentum for working on this problem. I salute my Senate colleagues, Senator Dodd, the chairman of the Banking Committee, and his Democrats. But I also salute the Republicans in the Senate, on a bipartisan basis. They were working methodically, they were working steadily, and they were acting responsibly. We had a plan.
What happened is the Republican House became afraid of voters. I know we need to listen to voters. I am getting the same kind of e-mails they are. In the last 72 hours, I have received close to 8,000 e-mails and only 30 were for this plan.
I have received over 1,300 phone calls and almost all were against the bailout and why they are against the bailout. They wonder who is on their side, who is looking out for them; who is going to bail them out of their stagnant wages; who is going to bail them out of their rising, escalating health care; who is going to bail them out when they are trying to pay their utility and put gas in their car and buy groceries. Seniors are wondering who is going to bail them out as they try to make sure they do not outlive their income. We listened to them loudly and clearly. Yet what we need to be able to do is not only respond to them, we need to be able to respond to this credit crisis.
Make no mistake, if we do not act we could lose jobs that could affect small business and ordinary homeowners. It could cause massive or significant temporary layoffs.
Now, I am for reform. I absolutely do want reform. I believe we were working to get it. We have to get back on track, and the President needs to get us back on track.
I believe what the Senate was doing protected the economy by putting capital where it needed to go. It also protected the taxpayer by making sure that we had a stake in the outcome. We absolutely also forbade golden parachutes and put a cap on compensation. Again, we made sure that those who created the crisis do not further gouge us by profiting off the crisis. We had methods and we had momentum for both solving the crisis and at the same time bringing reform. But in the midst of it, the House Republicans decided they were going to do their own plan and come up with some kind of insurance plan. Well, where were they 2 days before that?
Then, the Republican Presidential nominee parachuted in, ran back and forth on both sides of the Capitol and huffed and puffed. Huffing and puffing will not do it. We have had too much huff, we have had too much puff, and there is now a need for Presidential leadership.
I am glad the Republican nominee decided to go to Mississippi and debate. That is where we will debate the economic future of the United States of America. Tonight's topic should be on the economy. We should listen to the Republican nominee and the Democratic nominee. We need to hear their ideas on the future of the economy of the United States, how they will be the next commander in chief of the economy; how that will create jobs that stay in the United States of America and pay a living wage, not a survivable wage; how they will deal with the skyrocketing cost of health care.
How are we going to deal with energy? It affects utilities and gas and, therefore, groceries. We need that debate because it is on the economic future, and I am glad he is going.
And here, while they are in Mississippi debating, we should begin to act. I ask that the President create this economic situation room. I am proud of my Senate colleagues. I salute the Republicans on the other side for working. We all worked together. We have all had to set aside, in these last couple of days, the outcome we wanted.
I am at heart and soul a reformer. I wanted more reform. I want more teeth in the Securities and Exchange Commission where they do not just bark, that they bite. I was one of the people 10 years ago who voted against deregulation of the financial institutions. But we could not get that much reform in this package. We can do that on another day.
I stood on the floor of the Senate and said I wanted retribution for those who created fraud and engaged in predatory practices against unsuspecting homeowners. I want them investigated. I want people to go to jail. That is why, as chair of the committee that funds the FBI, we put money into the Federal checkbook so we can now have the FBI agents out there doing forensics, looking at the books of those people who tried to cook the books.
So, sure, I am for reform, and I am for retribution. But right now we have to focus on rescue. So let's get it together. Let's put politics aside. I believe the Senate is acting that way. The House Republicans need to act that way. But the one person who has called us to come together, the President of the United States, has now got to go hands on, to listen to his generals, get his troops in line, and let's win this battle for America.
Mr. President, I yield the floor.
The Senator from California.
Sen. Barbara Boxer
Mr. President, I want to say to Senator Mikulski how much I appreciate her words of passion, of leadership. I think she laid it out for the American people. We are on their side. We want to make sure we address their concerns.
The fact is, it looked as though we had a framework, I say to my friend, that was workable. The fact is, we had brought together people from both sides. Sadly, that was all disrupted when Presidential politics got involved.
Now, I want to say something from the heart. I know all of my colleagues agree with what I say. On an issue such as this one, which is kind of a once-in-a-lifetime--we certainly hope for us--issue, where we are in a crisis situation, where we are being told by the President's men who have not handled this economy with any, in my opinion, skill at this moment in time, it is one of those votes that is going to be a vote of conscience for each of us. It is going to be a vote we think about. A lot of us are already losing sleep about this subject. This is tough stuff. And no Presidential candidate is going to tell me how to vote--with all due respect to John McCain--whether he flies in or flies out or whatever he does. This Senator, and, frankly, I think Senators--Republicans, Democrats, Independents--each Senator will vote their constituents' interests, what they think is best for their families, for the small businesses, to keep the economy going, what is right for taxpayers, what is right to get to the root cause of the problem.
I want to say that as far as I am concerned, frankly, Senator McCain has one vote, and so do I. My vote will be my vote and no one else is going to tell me how to vote for my people. I felt that passion in my friend's remarks. It is very sad that we have lost the momentum that she talked about. But I believe we will get it back.
I know our chairman of the Banking Committee, Chris Dodd, has an open door. I know he is waiting for the Republicans to walk back in and say: Let's get to work across party lines. We hope they will do that.
Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Klobuchar and myself, I ask unanimous consent to move a bill that would be very important for this economy that we know is suffering, very important for jobs, and very important to save lives. It is a bill that would immediately make $1 billion available to rebuild our Nation's bridges.
It passed out of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and it passed the full House of Representatives. Why? Because we do not want to see another bridge go down in Minnesota or any other place. Yes, we believe it is important to move in this direction to save lives, to rebuild our infrastructure, and to create jobs.
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 1050, H.R. 3999; that the bill be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate.
Is there objection?
Sen. Wayne A. Allard
Mr. President, I object.
Objection is heard.
Sen. Barbara Boxer
Mr. President, I am very disturbed and disheartened that our Republican friends would object to such a bill at such a time. During rush hour on August 1, 2007, the I-35 West bridge in Minneapolis collapsed, sending dozens of cars into the Mississippi River. This tragedy, which every American remembers well, claimed the lives of 13 people.
Just to see that bridge go down broke your heart. It served, though, as a wake-up call--at least we thought it did--that we cannot neglect our Nation's crumbling infrastructure. Half of all the bridges in this country were built before 1964, the average age of a bridge in the national bridge inventory is 43 years old, and 26 percent of our bridges are deficient. Yet the Republicans will not allow this bipartisan bill to go through. It shouldn't take a tragedy such as the one in Minneapolis to remind us that the safety of our bridges and highways and other infrastructure can be a matter of life and death.
Senator Klobuchar and Chairman Oberstar have worked to address these problems. That bill I asked unanimous consent to pass today, the National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act of 2008, will begin those repairs.
I beg my Republican friends to wake up and smell the roses. A bridge collapsed. We need to rebuild our bridges and put people to work to do it. If we have enough money to rebuild Iraq, we ought to have enough money to rebuild bridges in this country that are a danger to our people.
The I-35 tragedy claimed the lives of 13 people. It has also served as an urgent wake-up call that we cannot neglect our Nation's crumbling infrastructure.
The National Transportation Safety Board has not yet issued the results of its investigation into the Minnesota bridge collapse, but we do know that additional resources are needed to repair and replace aging bridges and highways across our Nation.
Half of all bridges in this country were built before 1964, and the average age of a bridge in the National Bridge Inventory is 43 years old.
Of approximately 600,000 bridges nationwide, about 26 percent are considered deficient.
This means we need to make significant investments just to maintain our bridges at safe functioning levels, followed by even larger investments over the next 20 to 30 years to completely replace aging bridges.
It should not take a tragedy like the one in Minneapolis to remind us that the safety of our bridges, highways, and other infrastructure can be a matter of life and death.
Senator Klobuchar and Chairman Oberstar have worked together to address problems with our Nation's bridges by introducing legislation entitled, the National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act of 2008.
The House version of this legislation, H.R. 3999, was approved by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 357 to 55 in the House of Representatives on July 24 and was approved the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works by voice vote on September 17.
This legislation makes changes to the requirements set forth in the Highway Bridge Program, while authorizing a one-time additional $1 billion for bridge repair and replacement.
One key provision in this legislation is a requirement for the Department of Transportation to develop a national risk-based priority system for the repair, rehabilitation or replacement of each structurally deficient or functionally obsolete bridge.
We have great challenges before us. But at the end of the day it is a matter of setting priorities.
If we are going to keep our people safe and our economy strong and healthy, we need to make a serious investment in our transportation infrastructure.
I ask unanimous consent to have the following letters of support printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:
Dear Mr. Chairman Oberstar and Ranking Member Mica: On behalf of the more than 140,000 members of the American Society of Civil Engineers we offer our strong support for the National Highway System Bridge Reconstruction Initiative
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Dozens gathered for the first Fish for Kennedy tournament.
It's to raise money for Kennedy Branham, the Lexington teenager who died of cancer last December.
The proceeds of the tournament will help pay Kennedy's medical bills and start a scholarship fund.
"Kennedy Branham was a very well loved teenager in the Lexington community and we just thought of no better cause to have our first event of the year to raise money for." says Lauren Scurry, president of the Lexington Jaycees.
The Lexington Jaycees put on community events every year but wanted to do something different and to honor a cause that touches hearts across the community.
The group got local sponsors and even had prizes for winning teams.
"We decided to do a fishing tournament just because we wanted to do something a little different, we started to work on a golf tournament but decided those are pretty well done around town already so we really just set up the fishing tournament to do a little something different." says Scurry.
This is the first year an event like this has been put on.
As of this morning, 6 teams were registered. Nearly 30 showed up.
Winners took home up to 1500 dollars for bringing in the biggest largemouth bass.
Even those who didn't bring any fish back still contributed to a worthy cause.
"We really weren't sure before today so we are so excited to move forward with this next year. We're definitely going to make it an annual thing." says Scurry.


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Police seek witness in East Liberty double homicide
Sarah Wolfe, 38, and Susan Wolfe, 44, found dead inside home on Chislett StreetUPDATED 5:46 PM EST Feb 17, 2014
Pittsburgh police are looking for a man in a Steelers coat who was on a Port Authority bus with a woman the night before she and her sister were found dead inside their East Liberty home.Video Transcript
STARTING EVEN EARLIER TO KEEP YOU SAFE. OUR WINTER COVERAGE BEGINS AT 4:00 A.M. POLICE RELEASED THIS PHOTO AS THEY WORK TO TRACK DOWN THE PERSON OR THE PEOPLE WHO KILLED TWO SISTERS IN EAST LIBERTY. ACTION NEWS REPORTER KELLY BRENNAN JOINS US LIVE. KELLY, LET'S BE CLEAR, POLICE SAY THIS MAN IS NOT A SUSPECT. Reporter: RIGHT. WE WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THIS. PITTSBURGH POLICE SENT US TWO IMAGES LATE THIS AFTERNOON SAYING THAT THIS MAN IS A WITNESS AND COULD GIVE THEM ESSENTIAL INFORMATION INTO THIS DOUBLE HOMICIDE. WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A WEEK SINCE THE GRUESOME MURDERS THAT KILLED SUSAN AND SARAH WOLFE, SISTERS IN EAST LIBERTY. AT THIS POINT PITTSBURGH POLICE ARE ASKING YOU, THE PUBLIC, FOR YOUR HELP. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THESE IMAGES ON YOUR SCREEN. PITTSBURGH POLICE SAY THIS IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN. HE WAS ON THE SAME PORT AUTHORITY BUS AS SUSAN WOLFE ON THURSDAY NIGHT THE 6th. HE WAS WEARING A STEELERS WINTER COAT WHICH HAS A CIRCULAR STEELER EMBLEM ON THE BACK OF IT AND HE HAD A STRING-DRAWN BACKPACK ALSO WITH A STEELERS LOGO. HE GOT OFF THE BUS AT NAGLEY AFTERNOON IN EAST LIBERTY. THIS MAN IS CALLED A WITNESS AND NOT A SUSPECT. IF YOU DO RECOGNIZE HIM, MAYBE YOU SAW HIM ON THE BUS THAT DAY, MAYBE YOU SAW HIM WALKING HOME FROM THAT BUS STOP LATE ON THURSDAY EVENING, YOU ARE URGED TO CONTACT PITTSBURGH POLICE
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- Adoption of the resolution on specific territories by the European Parliament
- The European Parliament adopted on September 21st, 2010 during its plenary session a resolution on the "European strategy for the economic and social development of mountain regions, islands and sparsely populated areas".
- October 5, 2010: Meeting of the Intergroup 174 with the Commissioner Ciolos
- The meeting of the" Intergroup on Mountains, Islands and sparsely populated areas", was organized on Tuesday, October the 5th and dedicated on the topic: The Reform of the CAP and specific territories.
- Press release Creation of the Intergroup "Specific territories"
- The creation of the intergroup « mountains, islands and sparsely populated regions » is a major step for the European democracy and for the efficiency of European policies.
- Contribution on the Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion
- Here is a contribution from AEM in the frame of the works done before the writing of the Green paper on territorial cohesion presented by the European Commission on the 6th of October. This first analysis of the challenges of Territorial cohesion gives the opportunity to frame the debate and to prepare the official answer of AEM.
- "Addressing climate change through sustainable development in European mountains"
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- "We are depending from mountain areas for half the water we are drinking" Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, September 2002, European conference of mountain regions, Brussels.


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Chug is a 2-year-old male Chihuahua/Pug mix. He weighs about 12 pounds and came from a high-kill shelter in Southern California.
Chug is a happy dog who gets along with most other dogs. He's crate trained and loves to go for walks. But his favorite thing to do is sit in his bed and chew on his nyla-bone.
He doesn't bark much and isn't very interested in chasing cats.
Chug's adoption fee is $275. If you are interested in meeting him or the other dogs at Oregon Dog Rescue, please call 503-612-0111 to schedule an appointment at their facility at 6700 S.W. Nyberg St., Tualatin. Our number is 503-612-0111.
Some dogs are in foster care and may not be available during the week. We also bring a selection of dogs to an adoption event 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Saturday at the Tualatin PetSmart, 7029 S.W. Nyberg St. If you already have a dog, please bring your spayed or neutered dog with you so we can assess the right match for the whole family.


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Did You Stock up on Incandescent Light Bulbs? (with video song)
On December 31st, I went to Lowes and Walmart and bought light bulbs. A LOT of light bulbs. The whole time I was thinking about how much I had taken them for granted as, yes, a convenience, but really, just another consumer item. And yet this simple, 130-year-old consumer item is now banned to us. The law even makes importation illegal. Does that mean we cannot drive to Mexico, Canada, or Indian reservations and pick up a stash of bulbs for our personal use?
And I was also thinking, the whole time, about just how mad I am about this. Government has no business using its monopoly of force to interfere in voluntary private transactions. A lightbulb is not a suitcase full of fissile uranium. It's a lightbulb. And yet we will probably just acquiesce like caged animals, buying whatever mercury-containing, carcinogen-emitting monstrosity they stock the shelves with. All brought to you by the crowd that is wrong about everything they believe. And signed into law by George Bush. Shame on you, Dubya. Shame.


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9 Queens, a nonprofit organization that uses chess as an educational tool, will celebrate its 5th anniversary on Saturday, May 5 by hosting the 5th annual Chess Fest.
The event will take place at the Hotel Congress from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., where everyone from novice to expert players can join in on the fun. Chess Fest will also feature former women's world champion and chess Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk.
"It is not your typical chess tournament or event," says Jean Hoffman, 9 Queens executive director. "A large portion of the event is designed for what I call 'closeted chess players,' people that maybe played a long time ago or people that have never played and may want to learn."
According to Hoffman in a recent Arizona Illustrated interview, studies have shown that playing chess can actually increase math and reading scores, as well as promote emotional intelligence while giving a healthy amount of competitiveness.
"There are a lot of stereotypes about chess players. People feel like that game may be nerdy, they may think that it's just for boys, so part of what we do at 9 Queens is we try and give chess a makeover and make it exciting and appealing to a broader population," says Hoffman.
For eight-year-old chess player Varga Luna Michaud, who started playing chess at the age of four, the game has offered a chance to learn about sportsmanship and the ability to focus.
"I play people at my school, because a lot of kids at my school play chess, and some of them are girls so that's good," says Michaud. "You have to focus on what they're doing and what you're doing."


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TRENTON -- One city worker suffered a brain bleed and another a broken jaw on Monday afternoon when a verbal dispute over jaywalking spiraled into a brawl in the West Ward, police reported.
The Department of Public Works employees were on duty just before 1:15 p.m., and were heading toward a pizzeria in the area of Prospect Avenue and Rutherford Avenue. An unnamed 37-year-old male worker was behind the wheel, and three fellow workers were in the vehicle he was driving.
"An unidentified female strolled in front of a city vehicle that was being operated by the 37-year-old victim," police spokesman Sgt. Pedro Medina said. "At this time both the 37-year-old city worker and the unknown female engaged in an argument."
Thinking the dispute over, the city worker behind the wheel parked and began to go inside the pizzeria. According to an account given to police, the worker was confronted by a male suspect who was agitated about the verbal dispute that had just happened. The suspect said the woman was his mother.
Police said the suspect attacked the city worker, punching him on the side of the face. A cohort allegedly joined the suspect in beating the worker, prompting an unnamed 32-year-old fellow city worker to try and assist his colleague. But police said the 32-year-old was struck on the head with a blunt object before the two suspects fled.
The injured men drove to Capital Health at Mercer nearby for treatment. The 37-year-old's fractured jaw was treated there, but the minor brain bleed the 32-year-old suffered necessitated his transport to Capital Health at Fuld, police said, where he was expected to be treated and released.
Police said they are carefully reviewing the events to determine exactly what happened during the brawl and verbal altercation. The dispute seems to be restricted to the 37-year-old worker who was the first to be assaulted.
"The only time the second victim became involved was when the second suspect became involved," Medina said. "The others just basically stayed in the vehicle."
Video surveillance of the area is also being reviewed in an investigation supervised by Detective Sgt. Carmelo Rodriguez.
Even at this point in the investigation, Medina said police believe the crime was an "isolated incident," and that there is no reason to believe the men were targeted simply because they were city workers.
Anyone with information is asked by police to call Rodriguez at (609) 989-4014, or the confidential tip line at (609) 989-3663.
Contact Alex Zdan at email@example.com or (609) 989-5705.


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The Karnak Open Air Museum
Jane Akshar
Notation: Jane Akshar, operates Flats in Luxor, a member of the AETBI, that offers flats for lease as well as local tours of the Luxor Region. She also operates our Luxor News Blog.
A much neglected part of Karnak, and one frankly not easy to find, is the Open Air Museum. It is situated just off the first courtyard and if you are standing there, with your back to the entrance, turn left. There are some signs to the WC (but none to the museum), go past that and you will come to a small ticket office in front of loads of concrete benches with Pharaonic blocks laid out on them. The ticket price is 20 LE for adults and 10 LE for students and children.
There are many chapels that have been reconstructed here. What happened is that in ancient times a chapel would be removed by a subsequent pharaoh to make way for a more grandiose design of his successor. These chapels were often cut up into blocks and then used as hard core or rubble infill, thereby accidentally preserving them for us to enjoy when subsequent excavation has revealed them in pylons, underneath pavements or simply abandoned far from their original location..
This part of Karnak is always changing, as there is constant work going on. At the moment, they are reconstructing a chapel of Amenhotep II, shown in my photograph with reproductions of the obelisks standing on either side of it. The chapel is determined by analysts to have been between Tuthmosis I's two obelisks in front of the Fourth Pylon. Apparently Amenhotep II chose this location in an attempt to make use of the obelisks' strength to hold and support the ceiling of his chapel. Blocks of this chapel were found within the walls of the Temple of Mut.
My particular favourite is the chapel of Senusert I. Visitors that rue the inability to visit the Tomb of Nefertari should have a look at this chapel. It is exquisite, each hieroglyph a work of art. The attention to detail is amazing. A scarab beetle is carefully shown with its wing case and thorax, quite clearly accurate representations of the real thing. Baskets have their woven patterns, but most beautiful of all are the birds with each feather carved with love and care. Things that lose their meanings in later times because of sloppy copying are suddenly very understandable. A cartouche is now obviously a rope going round the name and tied at the bottom. Each individual bead on the necklaces, every muscle, it is all there. If I am waxing a bit lyrical it is because this chapel is worth it. When you think it is 1,000 years older than many of the works to be seen at Karnak today, you begin to realize that Egypt was truly the master of carving in stone.
The chapel next to it is Amenhotep Is alabaster one and this also has fine carvings, but underneath you can see the grain of the alabaster and the sheen is wonderful.
To the front there is a very unusual wall reconstructed of Amenhotep IV (aka Akhenaton) in the traditional role of sacrificing his enemies in front of Amen. I find this particularly interesting as it certainly doesnt fit with the peace loving image he gets these days. It also makes me wonder if these scenes were just propaganda and no enemies actually got killed, being much more useful as slaves.
In the middle there is the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut, comprised of red and black granite. It is a wonder of reconstruction. A lot of the blocks are single scenes and how they have worked out what belongs where, is a marvel. Again, reconstruction is ongoing. A piece recently located was put in place just last year.
At the back there is a big reconstruction, which is ongoing, of Tuthmosis IV temple front. I have been there watching the team at work. Firstly they have made a concrete version of the columns, porticos and lintels. Then they start looking for the original stones. There is a marvelous old man, an Egyptian, who seems to have mystical powers matching the stones together. He showed me the line drawings he had been given, and he goes around looking for a matching piece. Then the skeleton of concrete is attacked with a power drill and hammer and chisel. then the original piece put back in place. In other parts of the museum you can see several blocks being pieced together or conservation being done on one particular piece.
But the nicest thing of all is the quiet and peace as hardly anyone comes here. Certainly not the big tour groups. To find a quiet spot in Karnak is a huge accomplishment.
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May 2nd...Babies Day.
Today is the day to celebrate babies. Do you have a baby right now? Is there a baby in your family,.or maybe a friend of the family has a baby you want to celebrate? You could give them extra snuggle time, read them an extra story or two, or have some fun with tummy time together.
Will you celebrate?
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every day is baby day :) dd is 10m but she still counts! lol
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No more babies here in this house. I will wait to be a Grandma :) I love playing with little babies they are so much fun :)
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Hey hey!! My kinda day :) lol..I do have a 13 day old baby!! And a 5 year old baby...and a 30 year old baby :) hahaha.
by Jessica on May. 2, 2012 at 2:33 PM
I have babies in the family but will not being seeing them.
by Cheryl on May. 2, 2012 at 8:54 PM
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My baby is 2 years old, but it doesn't matter how old she gets, she will always be my baby.
by Platinum Member on May. 3, 2012 at 12:43 AM
I say they deserve the extra attention too!
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No babies here except the baby kittens!
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The box was reportedly last seen at the scene at the end of the day April 18 but not there the next morning.
It is valued at about $200. Police don't have any leads as to who might have taken it.
POSSESSION, WHITEWOOD ROAD: A man was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia after police stopped him for a turn signal violation around 11:45 p.m. April 21.
The officer that stopped him reported that the man was excessively nervous and shaky as he searched for his registration and license.
The officer also noticed sandwich bags and a bottle that had pieces of synthetic marijuana inside which the driver thought was legal. Police told him it wasn't and took him into custody.
RECKLESS DRIVING, I-77: A man was arrested for willful disregard for safety, speeding, driving without a license, driving with an open container, driving while under the influence and reckless driving at around 10:55 p.m. April 18.
The driver got the officer's attention when he was seen weaving in and out of traffic at speeds ranging from 86-100 mph.
Upon inspection of the car, the officer noted that the driver smelled of alcohol and there were open beer bottles in the passenger area.
The driver refused to take a sobriety test and was taken to the police station. The car, which he claimed belonged to his girlfriend, was impounded.
POSSESSION, I-77: A woman, claiming she had confiscated the marijuana an officer found in her purse from someone at the "group home" she worked at, was arrested for marijuana possession around 10:50 p.m. April 17.
The woman said that she didn't know whom the marijuana belonged to because she just found it on the floor. She didn't know her company's policy on confiscating marijuana so she put it in her purse.
When the officer first tried to stop her for not having a front license plate, she stopped so quickly the officer drove past and had to stop and wait for her to pass him again to make the stop.
She said her car was having problems and that she was nervous because this was the first time she was stopped by police.
She was charged for no front license plate, driving with a temporary license and marijuana possession. Her bond was set at $325.