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Koenigssee, Germany • Olympic and world champion Kaillie Humphries of Canada won a women's bobsled World Cup and handed German rival Cathleen Martini her first defeat on the Koenigssee course in three years Friday.
Martini beat Humphries last week in Altenberg, but the Canadian and brakewoman Chelsea Valois powered down in snowy conditions for a comfortable win, their sixth victory in seven races this season.
Sandra Kiriasis of Germany was third.
Humphries finished in 1 minute, 43.07 seconds for the two runs, beating Martini by 0.42 seconds.
Americans Elana Meyers and Aja Evans finished eighth, while Lolo Jones and Jazmine Fenlator were 10th.
The Koenigssee course is the oldest artificial ice track in the world.
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Slovenia surprisingly won a ski jumping World Cup team event in Zakopane, Poland, capitalizing on a late mistake by host Poland and sub-par performances from the usual favorites.
The Polish team led for most of the competition until Krzysztof Mietus had a disappointing second jump in the second-to-last round. The Slovenian team of Yurij Tepes, Robert Kranjec, Yaka Hvala and Peter Prevc took full advantage, finishing with 963.5 points for the victory. Poland was second with 954.4, while favorite Austria came in third with 931.1 points.
Austria still leads the Cup of Nations with 2,850 points, while Germany is second with 2,626 and Norway is third with 2,352.
Five-time champion Sven Kramer took a step toward his sixth European allround speedskating title by winning the 5,000-meter race in Heerenveen, Netherlands.
The reigning Olympic champion and world record holder powered around the Thialf oval in 6 minutes, 12.55 seconds, more than 5 seconds quicker than teammate Jan Blokhuijsen, who was considered the only skater with a chance to upset Kramer.
Sverre Lunde Pedersen of Norway was third.
In the competition's first event, Konrad Niedzwiedzki won the 500-meter race in 35.93 seconds, one-tenth of a second ahead of his Poland teammate Zbigniew Brodka. Havard Bokko of Norway was third.
Kramer leads the allround standings ahead of Blokhuijsen and Bokko with the 1,500 and 10,000 scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.
Austrian snowboarder Andreas Prommegger won a men's parallel slalom night event in Bad Gastein, Austria, for his 10th snowboard World Cup victory.
Prommegger, who is the defending overall champion, edged Roland Fischnaller of Italy by 0.11 seconds in the final.
Zan Kosir of Slovenia beat Justin Reiter of the United States to take third.
Amelie Kober of Germany won the women's event by defeating Marion Kreiner of Austria for her first victory of the season and 12th overall.
Kreiner led the race but lost speed after a mistake shortly before the finish. Claudia Riegler of Austria was third.
It was the first World Cup race under a new single-run format. A parallel slalom with the traditional two runs is scheduled for Saturday.

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The Lakeland Police Department Communications Center is scheduled for an onsite assessment as part of a program to achieve accreditation by verifying it meets industry standards.
Administered by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement (CALEA), the accreditation program requires agencies to comply with state-of-the-art standards in seven areas inherent to public safety communications industry: (1) Organization, (2) Direction and Supervision, (3) Human Resources, (4) Recruitment, Selection and Promotion, (5) Training, (6) Operations and (7) Critical incidents, Special Operations and Homeland Security.
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Clouds are all the rage in technology, these days. Everyone's got a cloud. Everyone wants your data on their cloud. It's a selling point: hey, you don't have to waste your own hard drive space, multiple users can access data from multiple access points at any time, and you can get your data with little more than an internet connection. Sounds great, right?
Not to me.
First of all, who ELSE has access to my data in the cloud? I need to clarify something here: I recognize that I'm vaguely wandering into "crazy conspiracy theory" territory here, but I'm not quite ready to move to a cabin in the woods and start taping twigs to bombs. I'm just pointing out that in exchange for the convenience of access everywhere and hard drive space or whatever, my data is stored in some ethereal server bank somewhere that's owned and maintained by someone else entirely. I'm not even worried about the illegal or illicit stuff I don't want people knowing about; what if I decide to branch out into a new retail venture that competes directly with one of the big cloud providers? Suppose I really luck out and come up with an amazing, innovative business strategy that redefines the way people do business online? What's to stop the cloud providers from dipping into my business files on their cloud server and seeing my secrets? What's to stop them from a completely-accidental-we-swear server failure that loses or corrupts my data?
But okay, fine. There are other options besides the big playas for clouds. And hey, why would they bother with whatever I'm doing? I'm the little guy. They'd rather collect their monthly fee than risk any sort of litigation, right? But it's 2012. We live in the era of cyber warfare. Hacktivism is becoming part of the lexicon. And again, I'm not saying I'm a target. I doubt various PDFs of RPG rule sets and dozens of unfinished short stories and scripts are high priority targets to any hackers. But why would I take my uninteresting documents and store them on some giant, nebulous cloud that makes a nice, large target for someone looking to impact the internet with an attack? What if I lose internet access? Well, if the files are on my computer I can still access and use them. If they're on the cloud they might as well be on the moon; I'm not going to be able to see them until I'm back online.
If my hard drive fails or I lose my data on my personal computer, I have limited options: I can try to fix it myself if I'm technologically-inclined enough (I'm not), I can cut my losses and replace the faulty computer, or I can pay somebody to try and fix/recover whatever went wrong. So what happens when the cloud fails? I get the online equivalent of a TV network's "TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES" sign and I'm left to fume as I wait for someone I don't know, who I can't contact, to fix a problem I don't even know about before I can access the data I trusted with them. And as more and more websites and companies move to clouds, the impact of a failure on the cloud's end reaches more and more people. One person's personal server going down is a problem for one person. A server going down in the cloud is a problem for hundreds or thousands of people. Is the savings on equipment, staff, and development worth the risk?
Here's where I get all Andy Rooney: I kind of like the idea of buying something and owning it. That's changed in recent years from buying a CD to buying a music file, but I can still see that progress bar tracking the file as it makes its way onto my computer. More and more frequently, though, I buy something only to be encouraged to store it with the people I bought it from. Just let me have the thing I paid for, or admit that I'm not actually buying the thing, I'm simply paying for access to it.
Feel free to correct me where I'm wrong. I fully admit that I'm coming at this from the viewpoint of a person who DOESN'T wrangle servers or data systems. Is the cloud worth it to you?
Flickr photos (in order) King Cloud by Karen Ka Ying Wong and Thunder Storm Clouds by Per used under a Creative Commons License.
I've been saying this ever since "The Cloud" was a shiny new buzzword. Usually followed by, "get off my lawn!"
1) you have a lightning fast connection that never goes down
2) you are too lazy or disorganized to do backups
3) you are on the road a lot and have so much data that you can't possibly carry that many flash drives
4) you are convinced that nobody could possibly hack the cloud where your stuff is
... then go for the cloud.
Otherwise, get a Tb drive (or more if you want to make redundant backups) and be that much of a luddite.
And there's a risk somebody else might do something naughty on the same cloud you're using and you end up with nothing but a note from the FBI where your data should be. http://www.megaupload.com/
I actually do hate the Cloud. I've been getting a lot of flack for not putting my stuff in the Cloud from people and from Apple with my Ipad. If it weren't a gift, I wouldn't even have it. I like owning my own things. If I drop the hard drive and it dies, my fault. If the Cloud loses my stuff and I scream, all I'll get is the tiny print that says in the event of lost stuff, not our fault.
You missed the most obvious thing: what happens one day when you go to access your files on the cloud and discover that your storage provider is now going to charge you every time you access your files on their server?
It's no secret that media organizations like the MPAA and RIAA would love to be able to charge you every time you listen to a song or watch a movie/tv show/etc. When everyone starts keeping their files in the cloud it plays right into their hands. One day you go to listen to an album you "bought," and all you get is "That'll be $10 please."
Cloud storage is nice for backups, but that's about all.
I couldn't agree more with everything said thus far... Glad to hear I'm not alone!
I like cloud backups of my videogame saves. I like being able to redownload anything digital I have ever bought from any provider (if I can't do this, I won't shop there, hence why I stopped using iTunes a long time ago - I realize they'll let me do it now, but I'm out of the habit.). But at the same time, at the end of the day, I want it to exist on my end, too. Services like OnLive scare me, for example, because in their dystopian scenario, I have no access to the game I am paying for. I can't mod it, I can't run it offline, I am screwed if that server ever goes away. Sure, it has some minor convenience factors in terms of not having to keep my computer fully up to date hardware-wise, but it doesn't make the downsides worthwhile, and I sincerely hope I never see the day that a game releases only on a streaming service of that sort. (It should be neat for rental or demoing, though.)
I recall an interesting case a while ago where someone running an adult site was arrested under obsenity laws--not the FBI or anything federal, but because some local prosecutor found out that the website host the site owner was using had a data center in the local town. So the prosecutor decided that because the physical servers were local, anything on those servers fell under local "community standards" clauses.
So if I put anything in the "cloud," do I have to know where all of those datacenters are and what the local laws are?
I don't blame you at all for being leery of "The Cloud". Just the base premise of putting your data into the hands of others and trusting them to have it ready for you at any given moment can take a leap of faith. Especially if you have little to no idea of where "They" or "Their Servers" are. Still, with the right service and planning, you might find that the pros will match, if not outweigh, the cons.
I like Dropbox myself in that it's a semi-cloud service and it works with nearly anything. Yes, they hold my stuff on their own remote boxes for the web access convenience, but they're just copies. I still have my copies of the files on all of the systems I sync, and they don't go anywhere unless I specifically move them, internet or no internet. For the files that I insist on having near-anywhere access to, but am leery of throwing directly into the cloud , I use homemade encrypted folders with TrueCrypt.
For the record: I'm not a plant from Dropbox or some other outright champion of "The Cloud". I had all of you concerns and still do on a certain level. I'm just a guy that found a cloud setup that worked for me and though I'd share a bit of what I learned.
What's to stop the cloud providers from dipping into my business files on their cloud server and seeing my secrets?
There are numerous technical solutions to this.
The premise of the question is kinda crap though. You have that security risk with any hosting provider or outsourced IT regardless of whether it's "the cloud" or not.
I'm definitely anti-cloud and I love the Andy Rooney segment. Hackers are abundant these days on the web, some breaking in for info, some breaking in for the sheer joy and challenge of being able to do it. I have family that will not pay bills online because companies cannot always keep their customers' information adequately protected. You do not always know who is looking at any data at any given time. But back to the cloud matter. High speed internet is not available everywhere, whether through a cellular device, wi-fi, or a good old-fashioned ethernet cord. In rural areas, companies will not lay the infrastructure because it is not profitable, and alternatives can make you downright miserable (satellite internet with daily usage caps, anyone?). The helpless feeling of when the cloud breaks and you do not back up your files is like a twist on one of those tags you see in the gift shop: "I break, I cry; You break, I'm s*** out of luck."
Coming from someone who works at a Cloud company, I'll say that storing data on a legitimate Cloud company is much safer than keeping the data on your machine. A recognized Cloud company will likely offer redundant backups which prevent you from losing data due to a crash in a server. The way it works is that the data is stored on several servers in different states or countries. So even if some crazy earthquake, nuclear bomb, or other random disaster strikes; the data will still be safe on a different server hundreds of miles away. Just a though.
IDK. I guess if I happened to say, buy a product from someone *gmhummm* that used said cloud that happened to NOT be broken...I might be able to have an opinion on if i were to ihate them or inot. Get it? Get it?
chicken0102 wrote:I have family that will not pay bills online because companies cannot always keep their customers' information adequately protected. You do not always know who is looking at any data at any given time.
Online billing can actually be a measure against identity theft. I worry more about the paper copies! But to each her own. We live in a sometimes scary digital age, but at least we live here together? Kumbaya, people. Kumbaya.
I've kept my files online more or less since I had some space on a BBS. Sure, I don't store my financial data there or anything, but nothing truly bad has come from being part of the cloud... or leaving my machine permanently connected to the internet. Doesn't matter where your data is, you should try to minimize risk... which, yeah, maybe not storing your embarrassing Alf-erotic fiction there is a good start.
(Also, I love Dropbox too.)
I hate the cloud too. Mostly for paranoid reasons... sort of the same reasons I try not to use a plastic card to pay for things...
The more the companies collect data on me, I feel the less options I am afforded. My husband wanted to share his iCalendar with me, and couldn't because I'm not on the Cloud, and he is.
Before the cloud existed we had no problems sharing our calendars so we could sync our lives together.
So now we have a magnetic calendar on our fridge - call it old fashioned... but all of us know what the other is doing on any given day. (take a picture of it if you need to take it with you)
I don't want my data in any storage facility that isn't in my home, pocket, or generally in the vicinity of me.
More over, it pisses me off that I am losing services I gladly paid Apple for and used greatly.
If you have so much data that you need to make room for it, well, you've probably got a storage unit with things you haven't looked at in years too. So stop collecting crap.
i love cloud.... it makes it so i can grab all my amazon mp3s and ebooks directiy to my kindle fire
I'm relatively in touch with tech stuff these days and I still don't really trust the cloud. It's not really related to paranoia about people looking at my files (they have very little incentive to do so). It's much, much more about the fact that companies operating "cloud" services tend to be hilariously short lived. Either they get tired of offering cloud services (HTC with their 'Sense' cloud storage), they get sued into oblivion (Megaupload) or they just go out of business (Peek's "lifetime" email service). That being said I still use cloud stuff for non-critical stuff: My savegames are on Steam, *copies* of my photos are on Flickr and I share documents on Google docs and articles on Google Reader.
As for email, files, photos, and music? Those go on my own local server or a VPS I rent. I realize most people aren't willing to go that far, but it works alright for me.
I heard that. Which is why I DIM with a server at home.
What I dislike and distrust more is the new trend for websites and companies to ask for more personally identifiable information to help keep me and my identity "safer". /:|
Uh-huh. And what happens when they lose control of their database? No, we are not safer with more of our personal information being out of our control.
I just have to tell them to get ridiculous with themselves and leave me out of it.
I think this is a perfect article, and I wish something like this would be published in a major newspaper or three.
The only changes I would suggest, is that clouds are usefull, as long as you do a couple of things.
1) treat them like offline storage (i.e. a flash drive that is not always connected to a computer. you will not be able to access the file when you need it most - refrence murphy's law)
2) regardless of if the data is sensitive or not, encrypt it (and I mean YOU encrypt it, don't let them do it, or they will be able to decrypt it also) then treat it as a random blob of bits. it will have absolutly NO meaning to anyone but you.
3) treat it as off-site backup. the ONLY thing you want to put in the cloud is something you have also stored locally. There is no good reason I can think of to have it stored ONLY in the cloud (unless you treat it as access, rather than ownership)
I don't trust cloud computing...and I'm a web application developer. Reasons:
1. What happens when they pull the plug? There's no such thing as "always" on the internet, either it'll get hacked, the company will go out of business, get bought and shut down by a bigger competitor, whatever. All been done. This is also why I don't like how game companies are forcing Steam DRM on everyone even for single-player games.
2. Where's the beef? There aren't a lot of tangible applications where the cloud model is better, and for every legit reason there's ten shady services that don't work well but exploit the hype to make a fast buck.
3. Cloud computing is basically just a sexed-up reincarnation of the old mainframe/terminal architecture, especially the M$/Google vision where nobody really has physical software anymore and just rents it (for a monthly fee, natch). This puts all the cards in the hands of the service provider, and they *will* abuse it. Think "Origingate" was an epic clusterbomb? Just wait until people get locked out of their thin-client OS due to a server hiccup or being accused of something the establishment doesn't like.
4. Security/privacy. Large companies sell out their customers pretty regularly, the government has gifted itself near unlimited power to do whatever they want with any data they get thier hands on, and the post office has recently announce they're going to hand everyone's names and addresses over to their favorite junk mail houses. This doesn't paint a particularly rosy picture of a world where people can or should feel safe having all their stuff out where anyone with a little motivation can have a look.
theant wrote:1) treat them like offline storage (i.e. a flash drive that is not always connected to a computer. you will not be able to access the file when you need it most - refrence murphy's law)
2) regardless of if the data is sensitive or not, encrypt it (and I mean YOU encrypt it, don't let them do it, or they will be able to decrypt it also) then treat it as a random blob of bits. it will have absolutly NO meaning to anyone but you.
3) treat it as off-site backup. the ONLY thing you want to put in the cloud is something you have also stored locally. There is no good reason I can think of to have it stored ONLY in the cloud (unless you treat it as access, rather than ownership)
Agreed 120%. Having a pocket datacenter is really the one area where cloud makes sense to the average user, but it should be an addition to, not a replacement of, the status quo.
I understand the security concerns, so I won't make any argument there. But not wanting to use the cloud instead of your hard drive because you might lose internet access is like not wanting to use a computer instead of a typewriter to write something because the power might go out. Rejecting new technology because it isn't 100% reliable is not a good reason.
Peschello wrote:I understand the security concerns, so I won't make any argument there. But not wanting to use the cloud instead of your hard drive because you might lose internet access is like not wanting to use a computer instead of a typewriter to write something because the power might go out. Rejecting new technology because it isn't 100% reliable is not a good reason.
Sorry, but the Cloud is NOT new technology. It is just old technology rebranded to sound cool (hosted computing, anyone?). There are many reasons that the original concept failed (many noted in this article and responses).
But this is a new generation, so perhaps they can either a) make it work this time or b) be more accepting of losing all their data. After all, these kids change cell phones like they do their jeans.
Erebody just calm down. You are not so special that everyone is out to get you. Even if you think they are, the cloud can still be useful. Don't treat it as an extension if you hard drive, but as a separate space for back up. Good "back up theory" says to make a local copy and a copy in a different location, so if your house burns down, you're still covered. Or if the cloud blows up, still covered. And if you are afraid of hackers, don't put anything you are afraid of people knowing out there. But having a large back up space for pics/music/term papers... yes please.
As an additional backup it isn't that big a deal, provided you follow theant's excellent suggestion of using your own encryption before uploading. The issue is more where the major players are trying to steer things, namely Google and Microsoft. They want to have *everything* be hosted and the users use thin clients to dial into their network to get things when, and only when, it's needed locally. Think Google Docs for all of your applications and utilities, including Windows itself. That's where there's major problems...
You could solve a number of these problems by running your own 'private' cloud.
Basically just an offsite data centre but I don't see why you can't call it a cloud if you want, lots of people do.
You can virtualise and use cloud tools to make your hardware spend efficient while having full control over security, etc.
Also, aren't your Amazon overlords going to flog you for this post?
Don't put anything in your cloud that you wouldn't put on Facebook.
I'm anti-cloud, too, and have been since Sun tried to push it on us. Oh, gosh, everybody having lightweight terminals into a big computer owned by a large company where I rent time and space? What an innovative business model!
For, y'know, 1965. It's called a mainframe.
But I have other reasons to hate it. I'm a developer (non-cloud, though I do some web applications) and I see the business motivations.
rmills24 wrote:Also, aren't your Amazon overlords going to flog you for this post?
Was thinking the exact same thing!
lroux wrote:Sorry, but the Cloud is NOT new technology. It is just old technology rebranded to sound cool (hosted computing, anyone?). There are many reasons that the original concept failed (many noted in this article and responses).
But this is a new generation, so perhaps they can either a) make it work this time or b) be more accepting of losing all their data. After all, these kids change cell phones like they do their jeans.
I think that's my biggest objection to this "cloud" thing. Everybody (read big companies) getting all excited about what boils down to an old fashioned file server. W00t. (no relation) You gave a file server a sexy name. IT'S STILL A FILE SERVER!!! So same arguments apply from any other online storage. Or am I missing something?
For me, the problem is the numerous points of failure cloud-storage introduces.
I've owned enough crappy cars where the power windows were broken, so the windows wouldn't roll down, unless I wanted to spend hundreds of dollars getting it fixed. Gee, thanks for the "convenience"!
I always have two external hard drives with my stuff backed up to them. One fails every few years, so I buy a new one. I don't lose any data because it's just one of two copies. Not a big deal, not a big expense, I can always get to my data. I don't see what "the cloud" has to offer that's any better.
Peschello wrote:Rejecting new technology because it isn't 100% reliable is not a good reason.
It is when you already have a solution to the problem that is much closer to 100% reliable: keeping your own backups.
I would say: rejecting existing technology simply because it isn't "new" is not a good reason.
In fairness to cloud storage, it does have you covered if your house burns down. Unless you keep backup USB sticks in a fireproof safe as I do. But then it's got you covered it a tornado or flood totally pwns everything, which does happen.
"Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)"
-Linus Torvalds 1996
Here's my contribution to the conspiracy theory:
There is a race for companies to get everyone into the cloud and get them dependent. Especially governments and businesses - i.e. cloud computing.
Once everyone has their data and applications in the cloud, the hosting companies can be as financially reckless as they want. The governments won't let them go out of business either because they have all their data tied up with the hosting company, or their constituents have all their data there and are defecating bricks.
That, is how you become too big to fail.
What you're missing is that *REAL* cloud storage is distributed in the same way that RAID is distributed, only better!
Your files aren't on a file server - parts of them are on numerous file servers.
If one - or even SOME - of them go offline for whatever reason, the software managing the distribution can rebuild the missing parts from parity info stored on the still-accessible servers.
THIS is a reason to love the cloud!
This is a pretty naive, almost to point of ignorant, way to perceive cloud based technology. You understand that cloud computing has been around for ages, right? There are simply easier ways of distributing your data to your many platforms nowadays.
If your biggest fear is that your data will be compromised then I'd highly suggest going back to pen and paper; email is replicated dozens of times across many servers for backup purposes as well as so you can connect to the closest server cluster and get your mail faster. Oh, and let's not forget online banking, which can be compromised just as easily as any popular cloud solution.
As for introducing fees, it's not as if you sign up with your CC information. Unless you're using a paid-for service, they won't be automagically charging a card you didn't sign up with.
abstraction21 wrote:Coming from someone who works at a Cloud company, I'll say that storing data on a legitimate Cloud company is much safer than keeping the data on your machine. A recognized Cloud company will likely offer redundant backups which prevent you from losing data due to a crash in a server. The way it works is that the data is stored on several servers in different states or countries. So even if some crazy earthquake, nuclear bomb, or other random disaster strikes; the data will still be safe on a different server hundreds of miles away. Just a though.
Different countries? That is even worse! No cloud for me. I had my credit card hacked last year. They bought a cloud with it. Maybe that was cloud access. Donno... but anyway, no clouds for me except inn the wild, blue yonder. I use an on-line back-up service that is reputable and is there for the sole purpose of backing up, not file sharing. Sure I pay a monthly fee but I'd rather that then possibly end up "sharing" my files with who knows who. I don't have any important files that anyone would want to see anyway. But still, data recovery is the thing I want, and I don't need a cloud for that. I will say that I updated my iPhone software a month or two ago. Guess what... now I have the cloud. Does that mean my iPhone stuff automatically goes to the cloud even tho I didn't tell it I wanted that? Or can I just delete it. I don't like other people telling me what I should do, where I should store my stuff.
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3.Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Buprenorphine in the Treatment of Opioid Addiction. Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 40. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (US) 2004.
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5.Lintzeris N, Nielsen S. Benzodiazepines, methadone and buprenorphine: interactions and clinical management. Am J Addict 2010 Jan-Feb; 19(1):59-72.
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Hi everyone:
I am currently reading and re-reading several books on jhana and shamatha meditation. In all those books, the authors say that motivation is very important. If one's motivation for practicing concentration meditation is simply to develop psychic powers so that they can use such powers for their own personal gains, then that's not good motivations. The motivations for practicing concentration meditations should involve wanting to gain full awakening, to see through illusions and perceive reality, to gain liberation, and the like.
I myself have a motivation for doing this practice, but I am not so sure if this is the right motivation, so I like to ask for your opinions.
If my understanding of concentration meditation is correct, it will purify our mind so that our thoughts/acts are selfless; so that we can develop strong concentration which will no doubt help with any endeavors that we take on; so that we develop the emotional intelligence needed to maneuver competently in life; so that we can develop the fearlessness which can empower us with courage (which is so vital to selflessness).
For me, enlightenment in the spiritual sense of the word (such as seeing through illusions and perceiving reality) is great! But my main motivation for practicing concentration meditation is to develop those qualities I have just listed in the previous paragraph (such as developing concentration to improve my mental functioning; to develop courage; to purify mind, etc). I want to develop these qualities because I want to be of service to the world, but in a big way. By big, I don't mean in an egoistical way. By big, I mean I want to be involved in a group effort by a network of people to do something that will challenge status quo, overthrow existing regime, and erect a new one that will make the world a better place. I am not saying I want to start a global political revolution or anything scary like that. I don't have an exact definitive path yet, but what I want is to be involved in effort to reform. It could be political reform, or environmental reform, or education reform. In any case, they involve upsetting the existing status quo. The problem is that when one challenges existing system, he will run into resistance. In the worst case scenario, he will risk death. Given the risk and danger involved, it is easy to see how cultivating selflessness, courage, purification of mind, and concentration will help sustain a person who wants to change the world for the better.
So this is why I want practice concentration meditation. I hope that by cultivating those qualities that is the result of such practices, I will not coward before obstacles. I want to be able to bravely and selflessly press forward until I create the changes that I want which I know will make the world better in some ways.
My question is this. Is this the right motivation for shamatha/jhana meditation? To develop through meditation those positive qualities which empowers a person to contribute to betterment of the world is definitely a good thing. But just because it is a good thing doesn't mean it is necessarily an appropriate motivation for concentration meditation. In fact, in one book on shamatha which I have read, the author said that the best motivation for practicing shamatha meditation is if he desires to become "fully awakened" so that he can help other sentient beings. The author actually explicitly stated that if one wishes to achieve shamatha in order to do something positive for the world (such as becoming a doctor to heal people), this is a noble goal, but not necessarily a good motivation for shamatha. The reason is that the contribution that the doctor makes in his position as a healer will be limited to just this life time. My interpretation of the author's message is that a positive motivation that can't be carried over into the next life time isn't a good motivation for shamatha training.
So thus my question. On the surface, it seems that any kind of motivation which led us to the path of concentration meditation practice seems good enough a reason. But after reading the book and what the author said about motivation, I have some doubts. Can anyone please shed some light on this? Any insights will be greatly appreciated!!!!
Thank you!


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My girl recently bought me a set of Man of War ROTJ gauntlets, and as I'm putting them together on my CQ shift, something has been going through my head all day as I'm studying the reference pictures...
For a Special Edition Boba Fett, is it inaccurate to have all 3 hoses hooked up to your gauntlet going to the sleeve? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm relatively certain that pretty much what you see in the SE scenes as well as the SE promo photos in the gallery, Boba just has the one hose hooked up to his right (and 1 hooked up to his left),and that its pretty identical to what we see in the AOSW museum photos.
I see a few SE Fett builds on this forum that pretty much all have the 3 hoses, and I'm wondering if that's correct. Are people just going with a ROTJ outfit and an ESB helmet?
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I'm an x Navy man, Canadian Navy, how do I get a bell lol?
here's a pic of the celtic bell biker42lue got me. thanks bro it looks great, now my bike needs some lime green to set it off!!!!!
Vader93, Ed, did you get your bell yet? I ordered it last week.
Bill, after a long wait, kinda like your raider, your bell should be delivered Saturday or Monday
I like this idea. We did it on another forum as a pay-it-forward kid of deal. If you got a bell ask for a bell and someone buys for you, then you in turn buy for the next person needing one. If anybody wants to resurrect this thread, I'll buy the bell for the next person who asks.


text: We love to support the Windows Phone development community whenever we can here. It's what will help propel Windows Phone forward when devices like the Lumia 520 bring millions of new users to the platform. But what can we do to help future Windows Phone developers? Promoting cool deals and incentives to bring newbies to the Windows Phone Store. Here's a great one for any potential European and United States developers.


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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Keeneland Realizes Near-Record Attendance for Fall Race Meeting
Lexington, KY (October 27, 2008) – Keeneland recorded near-record attendance of 239, 117 for its 2008 fall race meeting, held October 3-25.
The total ranks as the second-largest fall meet attendance in Keeneland history, just shy of last year's record 239,296. Average daily attendance of 14,066 was only 10 fewer than the 14,076 reported in 2007. A fall meet Friday record crowd of 22,052 was set on College Scholarship Day, Friday, October 10, while the meet's single-day high of 24,241 was reported on Saturday, October 18.
"There are many positives to come out of the fall meet, especially considering it was conducted during one of the toughest economic periods in U.S. history," said Nick Nicholson, president and CEO of Keeneland. "We enjoyed a month of unusually mild weather; strong on-track attendance; the best trainers and jockeys in the world; and some very rewarding special events, such as Make-A-Wish Day and Military Family Day. We absolutely have the best fans in the world, and their energy is what makes Keeneland racing so special."
On-track wagering, which includes imported simulcasts, totaled $25,222,597, down 7.9 percent from last year's total of $27,396,664. The average was $1,483,682 compared to last fall's $1,611,568.
All-sources wagering (including on-track and off-track handle and whole-card simulcasting conducted at Keeneland) totaled $115,644,774, a decrease of 17.3 percent from $139,816,831 during the 2007 fall meeting. Average daily all-sources handle was $6,802,634 compared to last year's $8,224,519.
The race for leading trainer honors between Mike Maker and Ken McPeek went down to the final day of the fall meeting, with Maker clinching his first Keeneland title with nine wins in 38 starts. McPeek finished second with eight wins, while Albert Stall Jr. and Bill Mott tied for third with six wins each.
Jockey Robby Albarado earned his first fall meet riding title and third overall (spring 2002 and 2004) with 22 wins. Albarado won three stakes during the fall – the Darley Alcibiades (G1) on Dream Empress, the Shadwell Turf Mile (G1) on Thorn Song and the Thoroughbred Club of America (G3) on Indyanne – for a total of 41 Keeneland stakes wins. He ranks fourth among the track's all-time leading riders by stakes victories.
Julien Leparoux finished second in the standings with 19 wins, while Miguel Mena closed in the final days to rank third with 13 victories.
Ken and Sarah Ramsey won eight races in the fall to take their fifth Keeneland title, having earned honors in the fall 2007 (tie), spring 2006, spring 2004 (tie) and fall 2002 (tie).
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Is TEFL (purist) way of doing things relevant to contemporary ESL learning and in particular to learners in Thai schools? Are the methodologies outdated or need to reviewed and do they transfer effectively to a structured English program. Such teaching methods as:
!. Not giving grammar structure rules on the board and making everything a game or activity when the course book you are working with in most schools will state the structure (S + 'to be (past simple) + V + ing) as a way of forming tense which from experience tells us is the most effective way of presenting, practising and producing deep learning in this part of grammar.
2. Another Tefl "rule" being that no teacher should translate or transliterate words when presenting new vocabulary due to the "Primary Language Interference Theory" which is only a theory and has not been truly tested until recently and is now being looked at with some interest. Students are encouraged to use Thai/English dictionaries so why can't the teacher say the Thai word for 'inconvenient' or 'unfortunately' if that word is judged suitable instead of stressing through the planning and delivery of presenting the word. We could argue that this method is lazy on the part of the teacher and it definitely is if the ESL teacher is virtually transliterating the whole lesson or even phrases in Spanish or especially Thai as these do not transfer well and it is lazy and wrong to have the primary language used ( other than the odd one word or short phrase) during second language lesson.
3. "Do not state the object/focus/heading of the lesson just let them find out"? Mainstream teacher training firmly backs and strongly promotes the AFL (Assessment For Learning) approach giving the learners as much of an idea or 'road map of where we are going, why we are going there and what we should find when we get there. Why does this method not transfer to Tefl teaching and learning?
Does a balance need to be found in both mainstream and Tefl, ESL methodologies. From experience of teaching all sectors, levels and age groups it would seem that the drilling of dialogue lines 3 times (TT, TS, ST, SS) is not fun at all for all concerned and mostly not necessary unless we are working with hotels with absolute beginners which it seems the current thinking or methods in Tefl deem it only suitable for these sectors. Again does it transfer effectively to the school or structured (English for Life) program?
Is it for self preservation reasons that current Tefl methods state these rules and promote this 'tunnelled vision" way of looking at teaching and leaning.
Any thoughts, defences, discussions, reasons or anything constructive would be appreciated.


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If you're in the L.A. area the second weekend of August, it will be worth your time to check out Next Weekend, a debut event sponsored by the Sundance Institute that celebrates independent film with a mix of premieres and films that played at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
The four-day event kicks off Thursday, Aug. 8, with an outdoor screening of Chris Smith's documentary "American Movie," which chronicles two amateur Wisconsin filmmakers as they live their dreams making their own horror movie. The movie itself, "Coven," will also be screened. The screening will be held at the Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, and Smith will introduce the films.
The rest of the event happens at the Sundance Sunset Cinema in West Hollywood. The closing-night event, on Sunday, Aug. 11, is the "Next Sunday" initiative at venues across Los Angeles: the American Cinematheque at the Aero Theatre, Cinefamily, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), and the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.
Here are the 10 feature films selected for Next Weekend:
• "12 O'Clock Boys," written and directed by Lotfy Nathan (U.S.) • A documentary follows a 13-year-old Baltimore boy who wants to join a notorious urban dirt-bike gang.
• "Blue Caprice," directed by Alexandre Moors, written by R.F.I. Porto and Alexandre Moors) Tequan Richmond plays an abandoned boy who falls under the wing of a dangerous father figure (Isaiah Washington), in this drama inspired by the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks.
• "Cutie and the Boxer," directed by Zachary Heinzerling (U.S.) • A funny, moving documentary that traces the relationship of "boxing painter" Ushio Shinohara and his patient wife Noriko, who's at last coming into her own as an artist.
• "The Foxy Merkins," directed by Madeleine Olnek, written by Olnek, Jackie Monahan and Lisa Haas (U.S.), World Premiere • Two lesbian hookers (Lisa Haas and Jackie Monahan) form an unlikely partnership in this buddy comedy.
• "How to Be a Man," directed by Chadd Harbold, written by Bryan Gaynor, Chadd Harbold and Gavin McInnes (U.S.), World Premiere • A former comedian (Gavin McInnes) learns he has cancer, and hires a young cameraman (Liam Aiken) to capture his crude and comical life lessons to his unborn son.
• "It Felt Like Love," written and directed by Eliza Hittman (U.S.) • A 14-year-old Brooklyn girl (Gina Piersanti) seeks sexual experience, and her quest takes a dangerous turn when she pursues an older guy.
• "Newlyweeds," written and directed by Shaka King (U.S.) • An unlikely romance between a Brooklyn repo man (Amari Cheatom) and his globe-trotting girlfriend (Trae Harris) is defined by their chemical dependency.
• "Stand Clear of the Closing Doors," directed by Sam Fleischner, written by Rose Lichter-Marck and Micah Bloomberg (U.S.) • An autistic Mexican boy runs away from his undocumented family outside New York City, beginning an 11-day journey on the city's subways as his splintered family unites to find him.
• "A Teacher," written and directed by Hannah Fidell • In a wealthy Texas suburb, a high-school teacher (Lindsay Burdge) has an affair with one of her students (Will Brittain).
• "This Is Martin Bonner," written and directed by Chad Hartigan • A divorced mentor (Paul Eenhoorn) and an ex-convict (Richmond Arquette) form a bond in this low-key story that won awards at Sundance this year.
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Hey everyone! I have lurked for awhile and finally got to a point where I could use some input. I started a pep Boba using Fierfeks pep files and I am now sanding the helmet down. Post fiberglass and resin. Pre bondo.
Here are a few pics of my helmet while it was still just cardstock. Sorry for the mass posting.
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Here's one before sanding (it has been resined and fiberglassed at this point):
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Here are a bunch of pictures of it partially sanded:
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Fierfeks pep may not have been the appropriate one for me to begin with. I got fed up with a lot of the ear pieces and decided to skip the RF assembly. It was spur of the moment and now I don't know how I should go about it. So:
- Stalk ideas?
- Do I leave that quarter inch edge at the bottom of the helmet or do most people chop it?
- You may notices my right cheek area is f'ed up. It is. What can I do about that?
Sanding and Bondo-wise I think I am capable of doing, but won't refuse any pointers.
The helmet got pretty wavy in a couple spots, but I am confident bodyfiller will work. My main concerns are about the ears because I think they look shoddy.
Lucky for me my dad is working on a kit car and I was able to talk to two autobody guys about bondo and such. Got many compliments on my fiberglass job. So, again, confident I can handle the bondo work.
Thanks all!


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When Creighton's Ethan Wragge hammered Kendall Marshall to the floor last season in the NCAA Tournament round of 32, it turned out to be a basketball career-changing moment for Stilman White. The Wilmington native had largely been a spectator for most of the postseason, and had played a total of 20 minutes in five ACC and NCAA Tournament games to that point.
Marshall's broken wrist thrust White into the spotlight--and into the starting point guard role, where he compiled 13 assists and zero turnovers in a win over Ohio and the season-ending loss to Kansas. At the time, it seemed like a dramatic change, as White went from local afterthought to one of the primary national storylines of the weekend in the NCAA Tournament.
In less than a month, however, that will seem like merely a minor wrinkle in his life. On Nov. 28, White departs for a two-year Mormon mission in Ogden, Utah, whicih promises to be a truly transformational event.
"I expect it to change my life completely," White said recently. "I've never been put in this type of situation before, where I'll be waking up in the morning and dedicating my entire day to the needs and wants and problems of other people. I hope that I'm going to get a lot out of it, and be able to share what I believe with a lot of other people."
White had no input at all on the destination for his mission. It could have literally been anywhere in the world, so an assignment in Utah was a pleasant surprise. Since his future location became public knowledge, he's been contacted by several people in the area welcoming him to Utah, so despite knowing very few people in the area--he did go on a college visit to Utah State, but that's the extent of his Utah connections--he's already building a community.
While the goal of the mission is to aid and serve others, it's also a major growth opportunity for White. As Roy Williams (mostly) lovingly pointed out last year during the White frenzy of late March, "He is so wacko." That was a nice way of saying that the freshman occasionally had some adventures off the court. Moving completely on his own to Ogden, Utah, means there are no managers to double-check his ID and no coaches to track his cell phone.
"Hopefully, it matures me a lot more than I am now," White says. That's a virtual certainty, considering he'll be allowed just two phone calls per year--one on Christmas and one on Mother's Day. The frequent tweeter will have to sign off on Twitter, won't have a cell phone, and can only send weekly emails.
Everyone involved believes this will be a life-changing mission for White, or for any 20-year-old who leaves home for two years. Which brings up a legitimate question: how does he know that when he returns, he'll still want to be a Tar Heel, and still have the same interest in basketball?
White has talked with several athletes in a similar situation to him to get some perspective on his eventual re-entry into what is currently his "normal" life. One of the most influential people for him has been a BYU baseball pitcher named Marc Oslund, who did his Mormon mission in Raleigh. "I've talked to Marc about it," White said. "He's told me a lot about all the benefits and blessings he's received from putting a very promising career on hold to serve for two years. He said it was the best decision he ever could have made. I think it's going to help me a lot in basketball. It's an entirely positive experience, and it's only going to help me down the road."
White leaves for Utah on Nov. 28, and will participate in several days of missionary training before entering the mission field in Ogden.
Adam Lucas is the publisher of Tar Heel Monthly and the author or co-author of seven books on the Tar Heels.


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Re: Perpetual Motherood
Also know as "Circle of Life"
redsox59 wrote:I've been watching this all week hoping it gets printed.
I second that
Terribliz wrote:Only real complaint is that the text looks kinda small...people might not get it until they're really close.
I agree with the complaint about the small text size. However, I have heard that phrase so many times in my life I'm surprised I didn't bunge jump in defiance!
I can see many Grandmas, Moms and Grandchildren wearing this at the Botanical Garden on Mother's Day. I bet it could be marketed there and be more successful than you could imagine.
Re: Feeding
I don't think it was rejected because it depicts breastfeeding.. but rather HOW it depicts it. woot tends to reject things that line up intentionally with a woman's breasts.. go back and look at many past rejectees.. from the pasties last derby, to the 2 nuclear reactors a few derbies ago.. if it was just a portrait of a mother breast feeding, I doubt there would be an issue.. many of the shirts offered have designs that could be said to represent that sort of bond. this one just hits too many weird buttons, I think. heck, when i first saw it, I felt like the kid was being tortured.. it's just hanging in space, desperately trying to feed.
Re: My moms the best!
Is this the design that jimiyo posted in the derby thread without colour? If so, he should probably get some props.
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ruthsdad wrote:Radiomode has mad skills. However, keep in mind that I voted for this design, which means that it probably won't finish in the top 3. I don't vote for kitties and penguins and tripe.
same sentiments: really like this design's execution/theme & i share the same voting criteria. glad to see it finally made it to the fog. hope it continues to climb. wow, low numbers this week re: votes. assuming it's the theme, or 400 voters went on vacation, or are studying for finals (l o l).
the designs i like typically end up placing 4th - 6th, too. hopefully, honorable mentions aren't just to keep the good designs/designers in limbo while awaiting a second chance to print either here or somewhere else after the 60 days.
P.S. - the bird with LIPS is hilarious
Re: Kiwi Breakfast For Two
I don't know what ANZACS are but I love Kiwis. I bet there are more Kiwi entries next week. Dey is be so sweetz!
Thanks for the encouraging votes. Over 30 my first day...I'll take that any time.
Thanks again y'allz
Re: Mo-om... he's squishing me!
Yikes... something's wrong with the site? I can't see my shirt comp or my design detail while looking at my shirt's page. Can anyone else see them?
EDIT: Nevermind... it's back again... whew!
naterobnana wrote:I can see many Grandmas, Moms and Grandchildren wearing this at the Botanical Garden on Mother's Day. I bet it could be marketed there and be more successful than you could imagine.
Thanks Nate! Not a bad idea! Garden, Flowers and Brunch....all perfect for Mother's Day!
friderspog1 wrote:I agree. I breast fed both of my kids and do not think that breast feeding is offensive. I think this is the cutest shirt in this derby. Woot needs to look at the fact that breast feeding is a natural thing and not an offensive thing. I hope that they have rooms for their breast feeding mothers to go to while they are at work. I am very upset with the person that rejected this design, it perpetuates the stigma against breast feeding mothers.
heyy thanks for the comment. i totally agree with u on the factt hat its not offensive at all.. well i guess thats just the woots people point of view and sadly their words r more powerful then ours llo
There's something about this that makes me really like it...i just dont know what it is...
dea007 wrote:Personally, I have no problem with the resub, although I was a bigger fan of the first one. My biggest problem with this is the chest hair. For me, chest hair doesn't equal mom! ;)
Bears have hair. Except for Fuzzy Wuzzy.
bluedaisy925 wrote:I NEVER comment on these shirts but I had to sign in to post about this one. What is offensive is the fact that this shirt was rejected. Some of the garbage that gets through.. but oh no, better not talk about breastfeeding. I am very angry now, woot. This is the kind of thing that makes me want to go sit in the middle of the food court at the mall & nurse my baby.
hey! just want to say thanks for the comment. i dont see how my tshirt design was offensive too but i guess thats just our point of view and sadly woots point of view is more powerful then ours llo. and also its awesome how my shirt design encouraged u enough to sign on and comment me llo i gotta say that this is one of the best comments i have ever got =P. thanks again
altec812 wrote:As a nursing mother... I would so wear this shirt. It is sooo awesome. Great Job!!!
thanks for the comment! but sadly my design got rejected because its "offensive"
tallworm wrote:It is still not even close to being appropriate. This should not just be rejected but removed as well.
I like the shirt, i think if others dont like it dont vote!
Re: Resubmit frenzy!!1!! (V 3.0)
I havent wanted a shirt on woot as much as this one, ever. Thanks for bringing up bad memories of waiting up at night to be incredibly disappointed
daedalusknight wrote:My guess would be no, given that it's close to an actual product name. It would be like calling some soda "Pepsi's Cola"... that would get rejected as well.
Kinda late in the derby to try again anyway. Oh well.
They could try synonyms. Mom Saliva. Doesn't have the same ring to it though.
I would have loved to see this one on the purple with gold foil, but I think it is still cool. Great job.
Why is this one even questionable. It was submitted even after a fish one that showed the same thing. Big Momma Fish with too many babies . She is cleary stressed.
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Why is this even Questionable. Big momma fish has too many babies. There is worse designs on here that make no sense and are kept up. Why do my designs continue to get rejected back to back?
What if I add a Title that says "Big Momma Fish" or "Too many basses to feed".? Would that blow the idea out there?
yoshi9769 wrote:I like the shirt, i think if others dont like it dont vote!
This is not a matter of like or dislike.
This is not outwardly about mothers or motherhood, so it will be rejected. Now it could be said that this is advice from a mother, but the shirt does not show it directly.
This shirt has language that woot will probably not consider PG-13. Their definition is much more stringent that the one by the MPAA. And finally, since this is offensive, it is outside of what woot considers acceptable. Check the rules on "what is woot".
eHalcyon wrote:They could try synonyms. Mom Saliva. Doesn't have the same ring to it though.
Heheh... Yeah, I don't think that would work quite as well.
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6 people want to wear a bird's butt on their chest. It must be a slow day.
aerodino wrote:I'm having a bad week - vote for this design please.
OK Mom. Can I have the keys to the BMW?
bafudg wrote:What if I add a Title that says "Big Momma Fish" or "Too many basses to feed".? Would that blow the idea out there?
Send a PM to superspryte in the morning to get advice on how to resubmit this. You will have to change more than the title, but I do not know what else.
I will say this: An average fish has lots of babies, and then goes away. They don't raise them like mammals do. But if you want to go with the idea of a Momma Fish, you might want to add more "kid fish" to the design.
This reminds of the life cycle of Aphids. I studied aphids for Insect Physiology in grad school. got a diploma 'n ever'thing.
ANZAC=Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, but sometimes used generically for Aussie and Kiwi soldiers
Kiwis are another name for New Zealanders.
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You need to fix this entry, so that the shirt and the thumbnail have the same background color. What you have right now is grounds for rejection. Hurry!!!!
Yay! now in the top 4
I must thank everyone for this...
fillengroovy wrote:HERE, HERE!
I want CALVINBALL. I don't CARE the topic.
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damn, i so woulda bought this....
ilstu99 wrote:I agree. I love the colors, and that it can be taken a couple of ways, which allows anyone to wear it. I made a couple of my bio-geek friends look at it, and it received lots of llo's. It's just...very clever, without being overly cutsie or necessary to explain.
Can you make your bio-geek friends vote for it? Please?
mjc613 wrote:This is not a matter of like or dislike.
This is not outwardly about mothers or motherhood, so it will be rejected. Now it could be said that this is advice from a mother, but the shirt does not show it directly.
This shirt has language that woot will probably not consider PG-13. Their definition is much more stringent that the one by the MPAA. And finally, since this is offensive, it is outside of what woot considers acceptable. Check the rules on "what is woot".
Agree. I guess it is more appropriate for something other than woot. But if it is such a big deal why hasn't it been rejected then? Never mind don't answer that, i dont care.
Back to woot!
BTW: Sluts Aren't Tight.
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Despite the thematic similarity to a currently fogged design, I had been contemplating a biological take on this derby since Thursday. Unfortunately, finals have resulted in a painfully late submission. Nevertheless, I hope you like it
JohnQ118 wrote:I want CALVINBALL. I don't CARE the topic.
Calvinball has been on sale for months now. If you wanted it so much, you should have paid attention to the updates in sigs, the calvinball thread, the fact that derek links a shop in his sig, and has talked of using bountee, as well as any number of clues that have been dropped over that span of time.
daedalusknight wrote:Uh oh.... kittens in danger here. Looks like we've got a new entry into the fog and it's gaining votes quickly, according to the hotness. If these cute little kitties are going to make it to print this week, they're going to need all the help they can get!
Thanks to all the wonderful people who have supported my design so far. Thanks to everyone who has shared their stories of family, of friends, and of struggles with cancer. I really hope this week doesn't end with frustration for all you nice folks. Kittens for the cure! :-)
I'd also like to thank all the people who have been donating to the cancer charity link I posted above (at least I think people have... I don't know for sure). You may not get a shirt out of the deal, but you're making a difference in the lives of people everywhere. Thanks so much for taking the time to think of this worthy cause.
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Oil restrictors should not be necessary unless you spend a lot of time above 3000 RPM. DO NOT put in a high volume oil pump. Olds engines have a problem with sucking too much oil up to the top and not returning very well. A high volume oil pump will only make things worse. There is no reason to not get a larger capacity oil pan with a pickup that goes with the pan. Also be sure that your pickup is set correctly.
Do a google and find Joe Mondello and/or Ken Belle. Both of them specialize in olds. You really want to address the oiling issue. I think they make some restricters to keep more oil on the bottom end. There are also some good head mods that help. Porting off the smog bump in the exhaust and welding in a divider on the center siamesed exhaust port. Or pop for a set of Edelbrock heads. I'm not sure on the casting #s anymore but the W-30 heads were best but probalby hard to find.
BTW, Larry FWIW the 455 makes a great replacement for the sbc. I knew a guy that was converting Chevy pickups back in the 70s-80s. Not only did the big Olds make gobs more torque. It was much smoother and generally got measurably better fuel milage. I even considered one but the crappy cab and weak front end on the Chevy pickups was always a deterrant.
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You mean to tell me that an olds 455 will swap right out with a 350 sbc? why the heck are all these chevy guys running chevys insted of olds? oh yeah, chevys are cheap. i mean cheaper.
will They really swap out Cory? (not that you'd b.s. us or nothing.....) (my department)
edit. nevermind, that was an olds 350 not a sbc. sorry.
The cam will work in your 455. All olds V8's of that vintage are basically the same size. Your 455 will drop right in place of the 350. Both engine mounts and bellhousing will bolt right up.
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just found this site and it seems to be the best forum on the net!! i have a 1971 olds cutlass HC. when ya'll get time could you help me out? i'm running a 1970 olds 350 engine and have recently purchased a 1971 olds 455. i've been told a bunch of stuff in my 350 will work in this 455. my main questions are: 1)will the almost new Comp cam (224 duration with a 501 lift) work? 2) will the 1.6 magnum roller rocker kit with guide plates work? (i know the pushrods will need to be differant length) 3) there is an existing 2 barrel intake, i plan to install a edlebrock performer 4 barrel intake and use my 600cfm edlebrock carb with dual 2 1/2"exhaust, i have a 1700 rpm stall converter on a 350 transmission. last but not least..will my better quality distributor work?...any other "affordable' suggestions would be greatly apperciated. i'm old a skeerd so all i want is low end torque. by looking at the other posts, i will thank you for your responses ahead.
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I love XMBC and have used it for years on my xbox. Now I'm excited to ditch Windows (via BootCamp) on my Mac Mini.
The problem is 1080p plays back much better in Windows (via the CoreAVC codec) than in XBMC on Leopard. In Mac XMBC, I see dropped frames etc. I have a 1080P camcorder that I use to create h.264 and mpeg2 files for testing.
I have an older Mac Mini CD 1.83 with 2gb of RAM; I know this part of the problem, however, if CoreAVC can play (almost) everything I throw at it, why can't ffmpeg/XMBC?
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Performance of ffmpeg should be pretty good with the "cabac" patch. I tried disabling the deblocking filter but didn't see hardly any difference. Maybe eventually we'll support loading Windows DLLs and then be able to use the codec on OS X.
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This "cabac" patch you refer to, is it currently in the latest build of XBMC or something I have to install separately?
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – August must be a good month to turn pro. Former Phoenix post threat Stephanie Sension (Hopkins, Minn.) and dominating force Sarah Eichler (Grafton, Wis.) have announced their signings with professional teams in Europe. Sension will suit up for Portugal's GDESSA, a team based out of Barreiro near the capital city of Lisbon, while Eichler will play for Stevsngade in Denmark. The announcement comes after fellow class of 2013 teammate Adrian Ritchie (De Pere, Wis.) announced her signing with England's Nottingham Wildcats on August 1.
With three players now signed to play professionally this fall, the Green Bay women's basketball class of 2013 has more professional players than any other class in team history, breaking the previous mark of two. The program had a pair of players turn professional from the 2007 class (Natalie Berglin and Nicole Soulis) and two from the 2009 class (Lavesa Glover and Kati Harty).
Sension and Eichler led Green Bay to a 122-12 record during their time with the program and helped the team to an NCAA Tournament berth during each of their four seasons and Horizon League Tournament Championships the last three years. More recently, the pair of forwards served as camp counselors at a camp in Minnesota hosted by Boston Celtics forward Kris Humphries.
"I am very thankful for the opportunity to continue my career, and my time at Green Bay has prepared me in many ways for living and playing overseas," Sension said. "As freshmen we're taught by the veteran players on day one to work hard. If I can bring what everyone at Green Bay has taught me to Barreiro, it will be a great first year."
As a redshirt senior during the 2012-13 campaign, Sension had the best season of her career while starting all 33 contests. She averaged 9.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game while shooting 53.0 percent from the floor. During a contest against James Madison at the 2012 Cancun Challenge, she recorded her first career double-double with career highs in both points and rebounds with 19 and 10, respectively. She later added her second career double-double with a 12-point, 10-rebound performance in a 99-53 rout of UIC on Feb. 2.
A career 49.1 percent shooter, she finished with 723 career points while averaging 5.9 points per game. She scored in double figures in 14 of Green Bay's 33 contests last season and showed her versatility by connecting on seven attempts from behind the arc.
Sension will long be remembered at Green Bay for making the biggest defensive play of her career as a sophomore during the Phoenix's historic Sweet 16 run in the 2010-11 season. Trailing perennial powerhouse and top-seeded Baylor, Sension took a punishing charge from the 2013 WBNA No. 1 draft pick Brittney Griner that helped swing the momentum in Green Bay's favor and sparked a valiant comeback effort.
Following her eligibility at Green Bay, Sension and Ritchie both traveled to China in May as part of the NetScouts Team USA women's basketball All-Star team. The tandem helped the U.S. to a 7-2 record and a tournament championship during the 15-day, three-city Chinese tour.
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"I love being able to travel, so I look forward to being immersed in such an amazing culture while being able to play the game I love at the same time. I'm even trying to learn a little Portuguese before I leave," Sension said.
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A 45.5 percent shooter for her standout career, Eichler finished her time at Green Bay with 1,122 points, 382 rebounds and 320 assists. In 2012-13, she posted a career-high 114 assists with a plus-1.56 assist-to-turnover ratio. She was selected to the All-Horizon League Second Team and All-Defensive Team in 2012-13 after earning All-Newcomer Team honors as a freshman in 2009-10.
"I was very excited to receive the call from my agent about the offer, and was a little surprised that I had an offer so quickly," Eichler said. "My mom and I did some research and agreed to the terms a couple days later."
Following her career at Green Bay, Eichler became the third member of the 2013 graduating class to represent the U.S. on the NetScouts Team USA women's basketball All-Star team. Averaging 2.5 points and 2.4 rebounds per contest, Eichler helped the U.S. to a 9-0 record in the four-team tournament against the national teams of China, Austrailia and Hungary.
Eichler will head to Denmark on Aug. 16 when Stevnsgade starts practice. Based in Copenhagen and competing in the 10-team Dameligaen League, the squad plays an 18-game schedule with addition trips to Germany and Sweden. She credits her time at Green Bay for preparing her to take on this new challenge.
"Green Bay was a grind for me and I think that will help me overseas because I'm hoping my attitude and love for the game is contagious with my teammates," Eichler said. "I'm going into a situation with a young roster in a club that is looking to win the league so I'm looking forward to that. I'm also excited to live in downtown Copenhagen and see the lifestyle of the area."
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