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Divorce and Marriage 4/6/2007
Beloveds in the Lord, God does not change his Word like human, it cannot reconsider his decision. GOD HATES REPUDIATION - DIVORCE (Malachie 2:15 - 16, Matthieuw 19:5 - 6 and I Corinthians
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The bible says to us that it is the father who gives his daughter in marriage to a boy. Does your union is it in rule with this divine recommendation? If you live in free union want to regularize your
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To be baptized means that you listened to the Word of truth by preaching. Then you feel concerned and regret your loose living of the ignorance passed without knowing Jesus the Saver (the repentence)
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Freako-Shutter for Funny Photographs. Fits any camera. The Freako-Shutter is a simple, amusing attachment, and everyone who used a camera should have one. It can be fitted to any camera in a few seconds, after the first adjustment. It will cause no end of amusement in making funny pictures of friends, etc. ...
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Bias knows that all of her family immigrated from a small village in Silesia (now part of southwest Poland).In order to help Jeannette date the picture and identify the couple, I need a couple of other details.
Color of the card stock of the original: Different color photographic mounts were popular at different times.
A photographer's name: I'm hopeful that either the bottom margin of the card or the back contains the name of a photographer.
The backdrop isn't unusual enough to jump to conclusion, but could this be a couple who remained in Silesia? The additional information will help.
Jeannette originally thought this was Simon (1843-1892) and Mary Dulas (1850-1932). She owns several pictures of Mary, but none of Simon. The couple immigrated on Nov. 1, 1884. When Simon died at 55, Mary was only 42. This couple is much older than that. So who's in the image? I'm working with Jeannette to figure out this puzzle in time for her family reunion. The card stock, photographer's info. and perhaps even geography will help solve this one. Stay tuned!
I have a photo of an ancestor in its original old oval wall frame, which has a convex (outwardly-rounded) glass over it. It's large (approximately 18 by 24 inches) and the photo itself is convex. I have a similar empty frame, and I'd like to copy another picture to put in this frame, but no photo lab in my area seems to know how to duplicate a photo so that it looks good on a rounded surface. The photo becomes distorted.


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W. Clinton Rasberry Jr. is universally known as "Bubba," and his Shreveport upbringing ingrained politeness in the conservative businessman. So his measured remarks on higher education constitute an especially damning indictment of the policies of Gov. Bobby Jindal and the Legislature.
Some state leaders say they value higher education, Rasberry told the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge, but their actions don't reflect their words.
"There are certain people in our Legislature that are inappropriately advised," Rasberry said drily.
As chairman of the Board of Regents, Rasberry has given decades of volunteer service to higher education, and it must be galling to see Louisiana's progress sacrificed on the altar of tax cuts by Jindal and lawmakers over the past six years.
The state has cut $700 million from higher education, as Rasberry noted, balancing the budget on the backs of colleges and universities. Some of that loss has been recouped in tuition increases, but the loss in national competitiveness is being felt on every campus in the state.
It is particularly tough for LSU and its research institutions in Baton Rouge, but it is a statewide problem. Other universities with significant research efforts, such as Louisiana Tech in Ruston and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, face similar problems keeping top professors, and the federal and corporate research grants that can leave with them overnight.
Even campuses focusing mainly on undergraduate education have difficulty paying the salaries to get great teachers. And classes are larger, or sections are not offered and students delay their educations, at further cost to the state's economic competitiveness.
"If higher education is a priority in our state, the level of investment must reflect that," Rasberry said. "We need stability in funding and some predictability."
Behind this somewhat bureaucratic construction is the ugly political reality: Jindal and lawmakers have cut and cut again, using tuition money and one-time money to replace tax support. That fuels an agenda of government that is cheaper to higher-income taxpayers. Tax cuts and breaks for companies took the place of supporting the institutions that ought to be the state's pride.
It is not only self-serving for the politicians. It is the opposite of what we see as a progressive policy of funding quality colleges and universities that help drive a 21st-century economy for Louisiana.
We don't know if what we've said is what "Bubba" would tell you in private over a whiskey.
But we believe there is a combination of horror and sadness felt by many of the most prominent business leaders in Louisiana over higher education's future unless the 2014 Legislature, with at last some positive leadership from the governor, drastically reverses the course of its predecessors.


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Nick, who received the "first impression rose" from Andi on the season premiere, has been a frontrunner for her heart since. Andi has said their connection is intense and passionate. Her relationship with Josh however is more playful and fun. While her feelings for him have grown, Andi still suspects he may be too good to be true.
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SANTA ANA - A 32-year-old Carson man was returned to prison today to finish out his term for causing a fiery collision on the southbound Orange (57) Freeway that killed two of his friends, one of whom was a well-known local musician, but thanks to an appellate court ruling he will have two years shaved off his time behind bars.
Jurors found Osvaldo Orozco guilty of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in September 2010, and he was sentenced in November of that year to seven years in prison. Orozco was convicted in connection with the Jan. 11, 2009, crash that killed Andrew Martinez -- who went by the stage name of Andy DeMize when he drummed for psychobilly bands the Nekromantix and the Rocketz -- and Jesus Colin.
A panel of Fourth District Court of Appeal justices in June reversed Orozco's conviction and sent it back to the lower court for another trial because of comments former Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard Stanford Jr. made during jury selection about the reasonable doubt standard for guilt.
Stanford was removed from the bench this year for making it more convenient for friends, family, staff and others to take care of traffic tickets.
During jury selection for Orozco's trial, Stanford told prospective jurors while trying to explain the presumption of innocence standard that, "It's not, for example, a mere possible doubt, because everything in life is open to possible or imaginary doubt. Instead it's the kind of the case where, after you heard all the evidence, it's left your mind in the kind of a state where you can't say you feel an abiding conviction of the truth of the charge. Whatever that means."
Stanford went on to say that, "As soon as you hear evidence then it may tend to overcome" the presumption of innocence, the appellate justices noted in the ruling.
The justices objected to that assertion and the judge's aside, "Whatever that means."
The reversal paved the way for Orange County Superior Court Judge Craig Robison to offer Orozco a plea bargain Dec. 20, Orozco's attorney Ryan Rodriguez said.
Over the objections of prosecutors, Orozco pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and admitted two sentencing enhancements for inflicting great bodily harm. Robison sentenced him to five years in prison.
Orozco had 1,347 days credit served in custody, meaning he has about another year to serve before he is released, Rodriguez said.
"One of the reasons (the sentence) was reduced to five years was because both victims' families were in support of a reduction of the sentence, so the judge considered that given that if he went to trial again the most he would receive would be seven years," Rodriguez said.
At Orozco's sentencing two years ago, Andrew Martinez's father, James, told Stanford he did not want the defendant to be sent to prison and that he did not blame Orozco for his son's death.
"I believe what happened was nothing more than a horrible accident," James Martinez said at the sentencing two years ago. "It could have been my son driving. I don't blame Ozzy for the loss of my child."
Orozco was at a friend's birthday party in La Habra when one of his friends received a call from his girlfriend, who asked him for a ride because she was being hassled by a man in Orange, Deputy District Attorney Jason Baez told jurors during the trial.
Orozco agreed to drive, taking along his friends Luis Mendez, Martinez and Colin, Baez said.
The 1972 Chevy Nova they were in was southbound on the Orange (57) Freeway when it veered off the highway and into some trees near the Associated Road overpass, where it exploded into flames about 4:40 a.m., Baez said.
Backseat passengers Martinez and Colin could not get out and they were burned alive, Baez said.
Mendez, who was in the front seat, climbed out of the burning wreckage with Orozco, Baez said.
When authorities tested Orozco at 7 a.m., his blood-alcohol level was 0.068, below the legal limit of .08.


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A cross-platform Java based Facebook profile dumper, sends friend requests to a list of Facebook profiles, and polls for the acceptance notification. Once the victim accepts the invitation, it dumps all their information,photos and friend list to a local folder. Usage
A typical scenario is to gather the information from a user profile. The plugins are just a series of normal operations on FB, automated to increase the chance of you getting the info. Typically, first you create a new blank account for the purpose of the test. Then, the friending plugin works first, by adding all the friends of the victim (to have some common friends). Then the clonning plugin asks you to choose one of the victims friends. The cloning plugin clones only the display picture and the display name of the chosen friend of victim and set it to the authenticated account. Afterwards, a friend request is sent to the victim's account. The dumper polls waiting for the friend to accept. As soon as the victim accepts the friend request, the dumper starts to save all accessable HTML pages (info, images, tags, ...etc) for offline examining. After a a few minutes, probably the victim will unfriend the fake account after he/she figures out it's a fake, but probably it's too late!
This project is a PoC. Use it on your own risk and please do not abuse!
Project Team
- Saafan is a senior information security analyst and the technical team lead of Raya IT Security Services Team (RISST). He is the founder of RISSTs application security division, specialized in software security and advanced penetration testing.
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- Hussein El Motayam
- Ahmed El Shafiea
- Mohamed Mansour
Link: fbpwn - A cross-platform Java based Facebook profile dumper - Google Project Hosting
Code: http://fbpwn.googlecode.com/files/FBPwn-beta-0.1.4.zip


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|23 Stat. 26, 1100; 31 Stat. 330. 48 U.S.C. § 356.
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|Timber on vacant lands, etc.
|Sec. 2
|Sale of unpatented lands, etc.
|Sec. 2
|Purchaser's rights.
|Sec. 3
|Sec. 3
|Validity of claims.
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Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That "possessory rights" as used in this resolution shall mean all rights, if any should exist, which are based upon aboriginal occupancy or title, or upon section 8 of the Act of May 17, 1884 (23 Stat. 24), section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1095), or section 27 of the Act of June 6, 1900 (31 Stat. 321), whether claimed by native tribes, native villages, native individuals, other persons, and which have not been confirmed by patent or court decision or included within any reservation.
(a) The Secretary of Agriculture, in contracts for the sale, or in the sale, of national forest timber under the provisions of the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 35), as amended, is authorized to include timber growing on any vacant, unappropriated, and unpatented lands within the exterior boundaries of the Tongass National Forest in
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Alaska, notwithstanding any claim of possessory rights. All such contracts and sales heretofore made are hereby validated.
(b) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to appraise and sell such vacant, unappropriated, and unpatented lands, notwithstanding any claim of possessory rights, within the exterior boundaries of the Tongass National Forest as, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, are reasonably necessary in connection with or for the processing of timber from lands within such national forest, and upon such terms and conditions as they may impose.
(c) The purchaser shall have and exercise his rights under any patent issued or contract to sell or sale made under this section free and clear of all claims based upon possessory rights.
(a) All receipts from the sale of timber or from the sale of lands under section 2 of this resolution shall be maintained in a special account in the Treasury until the rights to the land and timber are finally determined.
(b) Nothing in this resolution shall be construed as recognizing or denying the validity of any claims of possessory rights to lands or timber within the exterior boundaries of the Tongass National Forest.
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Dr. Jennifer Shu and her team of pediatricians answer your health questions.
My baby spits up all the time. Is this normal? When should I worry?
Spit-up happens! For some babies it happens often. Most of the time it looks just like the milk they drink and occurs soon after feeding. Other times it is curdled like old milk or smelly like vomit and can occur an hour or two after a feed. Spit-up is caused by taking too much volume in at once or reflux. It should not be forceful, although if you are holding your baby up on your shoulder, it may shoot over your shoulder and down your back (if you're lucky it will miss your hair!). So buy burp cloths by the dozens and keep them everywhere. (As an aside, formula spit-up often stains more than breast milk spit-up, so protect yourself accordingly.) Spitting up also shouldn't cause a great deal of discomfort for your baby. In fact, your baby may feel better after a good spit-up. As she gets older, the spitting up will improve and usually resolves by 6 to 12 months of age.
Call your doctor if the spit-up seems forceful (shoots across the room), your baby seems to be in pain, or you notice any blood or greenish color in the spit-up or any increase in frequency or intensity of the spit-up. Also call if her belly looks swollen or distended or feels hard. In addition, let your pediatrician know if you notice that your baby doesn't seem to be gaining weight or is having fewer wet and dirty diapers, as these may be signs that not enough of what she eats is staying down.
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Drive to the Downtown Ammu-Nation and get in the Shooting Range to meet Phil Cassidy. He will agree to be Tommy's plans only if Tommy can beat him in a shooting contest. The contest has three rounds, one at the shooting range, another in the shootout room, and the last one in the shooting corner. The player must score over sixty points to win this challenge.
In the first round, there are three types of targets; the closest is worth one point, the middle one is worth two points, and the farthest is worth three points. The player should aim to score over 30 points in this round, as scores are generally smaller in the latter two rounds. In the second round, there are only two types of targets, both worth one point; the targets resemble the concept art for Catalina, Miguel and Misty from Grand Theft Auto III. The third and final round is similar to round two, however there are fewer targets here.
If the player managed to get more than sixty points between the three rounds, then Phil will agree to be Tommy's gunman for the big bank job.
In the second round, the target on the lower left will keep coming out every time you shoot it. A player can easily run up 50 points in this round alone by focusing solely on this target.


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The Troubleman and Italians Do It Better head talks about some of his cherished tunes.
One of the designers behind Honest Jon's and Mo Wax's iconic sleeves takes us on a tour of his career thus far.
RA's Todd L. Burns quizzes the Berghain resident about his new mix, new label and more.
Guilt, envy, revenge: The core values of electronic music's darkest imprint.
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I figured there would be something like this already but i can't find shit.
Lotta people here are really into their music, i suspecta few make their own. share.
me n my friends fuckin around last weekend. we're only in highschool.
I figured there would be something like this already but i can't find shit.
Lotta people here are really into their music, i suspecta few make their own. share.
me n my friends fuckin around last weekend. we're only in highschool.
Here's a cut from my latest album, Endgame:
we need 2 hype up this fuken thread is needed like water in the dessert. PEACE!
there is already a music production thread somewere
mods your gay
This is underground I guess... I just recorded it on my iPhone give it a listen
coolin' man
I posted that in the underground thread which is why it says that Im not trying to be anything just recorded some little written shit on my iPhone, thanks for the feedback I'm only tryna get better
EDIT: I just looked up the real deal teal sex appeal shit, I remind you of that shit cmon man, I don't believe I'm near that whack
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i make hip hop music but i put a message to my lyrics unlike some current day rappers. i havent really recorded any yet since im technology retarded and my nerd freind only wants me to rap to techno beats and wont record any beats i find online so yeah...
Hip Hop
what happened to the music production thread?
This is my cuppa tea right churr. I had an account here a loooong time ago but the login info's just been lost to the ages, I guess.
Anyway -- I do the hippin' and hoppin' the kids go crazy about nowdays. If anyone might be interested I've got links. Lots of links.
smalltime.bandcamp.com <-- FREE Download of my first EP titled "The Spits of Fury"
www.facebook.com/divisiontworecords <-- The label I'm currently signed under. Like our facebook page if you like me.
www.facebook.com/smalltimecrooked <-- My personal facebook page. If you don't like the label. Like me at least haha.
This is pretty much all I got right now. Currently working onna full-length album to be released sometime in July and scheduling a Midwest tour.
Let's keep the underground alive nig'z.
I made a comedy track today. Checkk it out
not me but my good friend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9mkElO5TD4 and this is me http://limelinx.com/files/bf8bfeb73e...3edc4af076e0db


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iptables. and i don't think it does. it's meant for pentests, not for every day use.1, Whats a good firewall to use on Backtrack if any?, Does it really need one.
yes, there is. not for download, but for install/remove packages. look at the slackbook to find out.2, Is there a tool like Yast which lets you selected programs to download etc
as you talk about yast i think you come from the suse linux section. slackware is also linux, but it's different. linux != linux. (linux is not like linux in a different distro. so read it, you will find many answers there.


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King Boreas
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 2:01 pm
Post subject: Metro Transit
ATU Local 1005 is on strike, and the buses have been idle for 3 weeks. Has this affected YOU at all, or anyone you know?
There are a LOT of politics involved here, and I'm not interested in getting into that. Please be honest with your thoughts. I'd sincerely like to know what y'all think about it.
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I don't mean to offend, but my bus is still running. Non-metro transit and privately owned or something. It's actually made my commute shorter as the bus can move a lot faster without the metro transit busses in front of it.
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 2:21 pm
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Yeah, it's affected me. I'm not a driver or a mechanic, but I'm a Local 1005 member. In fact, my position is the lowest paid union job at Metro Transit (thanks to our last contract.) I have worked there 32+ years.
Yesterday was my first missed payday. (We get paid every two weeks.) With overtime, my average check is $1250.00 net. Since I've been off work, I received $50.00 strike pay the first week, and $150.00 strike pay the second week. The United Way Labor Assistance has given me two $25.00 certificates for CUB Foods. The Postal Union dedicated their food drive to Local 1005. I have been to that food shelf twice, and chose canned soup, canned vegetables, canned fruit, pasta, and bread: maybe $100.00 worth of food. That's a total of $350.00, so I'm $900.00 short for two weeks.
I guess yesterday was a last hurrah for awhile. I used $20.00 gas to place 7 new caches (Zimmerman/Princeton area) and find one of mine that hasn't been logged since last October. I'm definitely going to miss the travels. Last week I *found* a very cool park in Good Thunder and yesterday I *found* one in Sherburne County.
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Marsha and Silent Bob
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 2:34 pm
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I didn't read the part about the politics of it... I have edited my post accordingly.
No, it hasn't affected anything that I do in my day to day routine. I have found that the bus route that Marsha used this year for U of MN is still running.
We apparently would have had no problems with it.
Silent Bob
Sad state of affairs.
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 2:48 pm
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I'm rural so I have to say that it has not affected me one bit. England was and still is very unionized. I can remember the troubles and fights that strikes and scabs, as pick line crosses were called, could bring about. I always found myself agreeing with both sides.
Myself I have never been a member of one. So maybe I shouldn't coment. But I would have to agree that it seems silly to loose $900 for $500 a year. Watching the news in the morning, there hasn't been much in the way of traffic problems.
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It's not about wages, it's about health insurance. And it's progressive. Give up something here, and it'll be more and more next time. I have links, and discussion on another forum, but unfortunately it's down for a couple days.
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I currently only use the bus between the airport and back, and I haven't been to the airport since December. My work commute is from downtown St. Paul to Oakdale, so I'm opposite the flow of traffic generally - and the bus routes to get me from here to there didn't seem worth it. That, and I tend to be flexable at work with my hours.
I have friends that use the bus system but have found co-workers and friends to carpool with... or have a car they generally only using on weekends or for off-work activities.
Certianly does not represent the majority of bus users, though. I really feel for them, and for their employers - as they're both strained by this situation.
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Marsha and Silent Bob
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 3:36 pm
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kingboreas wrote:
It's not about wages, it's about health insurance. And it's progressive. Give up something here, and it'll be more and more next time. I have links, and discussion on another forum, but unfortunately it's down for a couple days.
Again, give up $500/year or $500 in a week. I would need to be able to pay rent still.
Sad state of affairs.
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 3:56 pm
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To be honest, I'm pretty oblivious to most union things, having never been in one.
I can't say as I've used the busses that much either, only because I have my own transportation and never had the need. My roommate has because he's considered legally blind (though he sees fine, just not good enough to pass the eye exam), but usually he gets rides from me or my other roommate, and is currently working general contract stuff. So I haven't been affected too much in one way or another by the strike. Might notice it more if it lasts longer and has an effect on the economy..
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 4:23 pm
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t's not about wages, it's about health insurance.
The AFSCME local 3800 strike (U of MN) should be a good indicator of where this is heading- That strike was for similar reasons - Pay, and insurance benefits. The want for gravy is insatiable.....
Working in HR, I also understand what the fringe cost of an employee is.
As a former member of AFSCME LOCAL 3800, still a member of AFSCME(differnt local) I have taken this in stride-
I feel that what I pay for health benefits is fine, even after it increased as much as it did - and I got No increase. I am smart enough to realize that money doesnt grow on trees - and when its gone, its Gone. This is just as true for the employer as it is the employee.
IM just happy to have insurance, and a Job (with benefits FAR better than most people have, or could ever wish to have)
I wish them the best of luck - its going to be a long fight they just might not win.
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These past two weeks I've been fortunate enough to be working downtown so I've been able to ride my bicycle everyday. I think it's about 5-6 miles. There are a ton of bikes on the commuter trails so maybe alternative modes of transportation are being utilized.
If anyone wants to visit me, I can be found on the NE corner of Washington and 5th Ave, 1st floor.
We're building a new bar/restaurant, some Italian joint. You will see my road bike locked up out front on the fence.
Oh yeah, the strike...go Union!
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I used to run a real time traffic data analysis website using the data from the MnDOT traffic sensors embedded in the pavement. MnDOT was nice enough to provide me with full documentation of where the sensors are. They have always provided the data feed to the public. You can still see the (now old) animations and statistics here:
I primarily collected the data to see the effects of opening up the 394 sane lane. Most of the animations have been removed due to disk space limits, but if you are interested in seeing what one of those looked like, try clicking on 2001-December-04 at 5AM..
Unfortunately, I was not thinking clearly, and neglected to turn my data collection for this website back on before the strike began so we could have some kind of quantitative analysis of the situation.
These days, I don't need to drive the freeways to get to work, so all I have is a report from one friend who commutes from near Stillwater to downtown Mpls. Deleting the inflamatory parts, he says:
I am pretty sure that traffic is BETTER now
that the buses are off the roads. My commute into downtown has been
improved by 15 or 20 minutes since the stike began.
No lie! Both the inbound and the homebound runs are jam free now.
I love it.
By itself, my friends opinion has no basis or statistical significance. But it may be an indicator of how the general public perceives the situation.
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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 7:53 pm
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Yup -- my hubby commutes between Anoka and St Paul every day and has trimmed 20-25 minutes off his commute every day since the strike started. He is actually home on time for dinner every night now.
The strike has not affected any of my friends or neighbors... most of them have taken up carpooling and are liking it. I wonder how many will go back to the bus when the strike is over?
We had talked about it a bit at college, and some of the kids are just not going downtown anymore, but they are still going out and such, just locally using the Anoka Traveller bus system. I bet this has really affected the downtown merchants.
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This metro area has the worst mass transit system that I have ever seen, it does not affect me too much on my commute to work, since I am not able to use public transportation to get to or from work, unless I spent 1 to 4 hours to go about 6 miles, I have noticed that when I am working there is a lot less traffic on the sholders of the road that I have to worry about.
"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein
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I live in St. Paul and work in Lakeville, out past where the busses go (nearest stop is 6 miles from work in Apple Valley, and that's too far to walk unless I'm after a cache). There's also no busses running when I get off work at 2am, so even if I did work where the busses go, I wouldn't be able to use them anyhow. When the busses were running, I've been sitting next to them at red lights and have had them force me into oncoming traffic when the lights change, I've had them make left turns in front of me without signalling, and I've seen numerous other situations where they haven't followed the rules of the road that apply to every other vehicle out there (except for hacks). So, there hasn't been any real negative impact for me without busses on the streets. I suppose the impact will come later when there's less new KB caches out there to go seek.
There comes a time in every young boy's life when he gets an irresistible urge to seek buried treasure.--Mark Twain
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Both Ken Starks and I have full plates, rhetorically speaking, when it comes to things we're doing, things we're planning to do, and things we're actually getting done in the FOSS realm.
The up side of this is that things are getting done and we're both staying out of trouble — although I can only speak for myself on the latter. The down side is that, in these busy days, I don't get to talk to Ken as much as I'd like. But my good friend from the great state of Texas (no, that's not sarcasm, Ken. Honest) passed on an interesting link that I think deserves special mention.
As most of you know, Ken gets Linux/FOSS boxes in the hands and homes of underprivileged kids in the Austin area through the HeliOS Project. He and I also organized the Lindependence event back in Felton and, as mentioned here in an item back in 2008, he and I are living breathing proof that Linux/FOSS works across political lines for a greater good.
Meanwhile, back at the original point of this blog, Ken passed on a link to something I find very interesting and something that needs to be shared, if not actually built upon.
The link in question is for TexOS, the Texas Open Source Project. The Texas Open Source Project, according to its site, "is working with local, non-profits in the San Angelo, Texas, area to provide technology to students who don't have access to it at home."
San Angelo is almost smack dab in the center of Texas — if "smack dab in the center" were me aiming a dart at the bull's eye of the Lone Star State and being where the dart ends up (just to the left) after I tossed it — just West-Northwest as the crow flies of Austin.
Looking at the "About TexOS" page, the project encompasses a FOSS mentality, especially in providing "low cost access to educational and other useful software for all other purposes." That's where we — those who advocate for, and use, Linux and FOSS — come in.
A good example of this is the item posted about how TexOS used LibreOffice and Kalzium, a KDE program, for a school project. This combo is one of may ways that FOSS can be used in an educational setting providing free — as in beer and freedom — software to the classroom/student environment.
The folks at TexOS hold workshops to go with the placement of hardware, so users get a head start with their new machines. This is a definite plus for the kids — who are, according to one report, ages 10-13 — where they get an idea of what they're getting into with FOSS. They've held two so far, with the third coming this Saturday.
This looks like a great program, and I would like to think that Linux/FOSS advocates will take a close look at TexOS as a blueprint in getting the same kind of program promoting Linux/FOSS in their own community.
This blog, and all other blogs by Larry the Free Software Guy and Larry Cafiero, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license. In short, this license allows others to download this work and share it with others as long as they credit me as the author, but others can't change it in any way or use it commercially.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software in his new home office. Watch this space.)
October 5, 2011 at 8:38 am
If LtFSG lived here in Portales, NM we could drive over whenever we wanted.
Guess somebody caught the vibes Ken is putting out. Another win for Linux/FOSS.
What are the chances that there are quite a few of these Linux/FOSS projects going
on? Someone needs to gather the info an these efforts and make it public.
Peace, Bob
Hey, anyone with a spare dollar can help these guys.
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Dan Kaercher found a northwest Iowa steakhouse established by a Russian immigrant who fled his homeland during the Bolshevik Revolution.
Most restaurants don't cut and age their own beef anymore. But at a well known northwest Iowa eatery they still do and have been for over 60 years. At Archie's Waeside in Le Mars you hear a lot of this --
Steaks are one of the main highlights on the delectable menu here, steaks that are as impressive looking as they are tasting. Seeing all the tables and booths in this place jam packed is a common occurrence, a true nod of approval to the tasty food. But experience and attention to detail have a lot to do with Archie's success too.
Bob Rand: We're third generation, we've been here for 62 years. My grandfather opened the restaurant and my mother Valerie ran the restaurant for a long time. As you can see right here there's a picture of my grandfather and I getting my first meat cutting lesson when I was a kid. My grandfather was Archie and he came over during the Bolshevik Revolution, ended up in Chicago in the yards and then subsequently in Sioux City in the yards and then in the mid to late 40's decided he wanted to get in the restaurant business.
Due to Archie's experiences in the packing houses it just seemed natural that when he opened a restaurant he himself would want to cut the beef served there, a family tradition that continues today. This 1,000 square foot cooler is where beef is stored and aged before being cut daily and cooked for admiring patrons.
Where does your beef come from here at Archie's?
Most of our beef will come from northwest Iowa and northeast Nebraska area. And Iowa is just the best place in the country to have beef. Our corn is the best, the environment is the best for raising animals so it's a wonderful combination and we've just been fortunate to be doing it for 62 years.
On average, Bob says they go through about 2,000 steaks a week. Even though the sirloin is the most popular steak on the menu, on my visit I'm going to dine on something even more decadent.
I think tonight you should have a tenderloin.
Sign me up.
This is a very well marbled, beautiful tenderloin and I think this will suit you perfect tonight. Go ahead, just start pushing away.
Oh boy, I can tell right now how tender it is.
You can see that beautiful marbling in that piece of meat.
Oh yeah, that's dinner tonight folks. Wow.
As I wait for my tenderloin to be expertly prepared, I chat with a few customers about why they are so exceptionally loyal to this Le Mars favorite.
Archie's, of all the steakhouses that I've eaten around the country is by far the single best steak that I've ever had. It is an amazing cut of meat and they cook it to perfection exactly as you like it. And it is just second to none.
Bruce Brock: Well, it's a two or three times a week night out for Teri and I. We come here two or three nights a week and have for eighteen years. My career has been auctioneering for the most part. Teri and I have been in the cattle business. We've raised cows and fed cattle and I was a fat cattle buyer for National Beef and so I travel a lot and I enjoy a good steak.
Kaercher: And what do you like best about Archie's?
You know, I like the quality of the beef. The people are just wonderfully friendly and they have been that way forever. It's a small hometown atmosphere with a big town appetite. It's awesome.
It always amazes me how many people's paths will cross Le Mars, Iowa and we meet people from all over the world but generally on a night to night basis we're drawing from three or four counties in the local area and on a typical evening we'll serve in that 200 to 300 range but that always kind of elevates during the weekend and Saturdays we'll get into that 700 plus range.
We do see a lot of folks that on a regular basis will drive fifteen to forty miles to come here and have dinner and we really are thankful for that.
Besides a selection of steaks, other popular dishes include seafood, chicken, burgers and salads. And a mouthwatering throwback is brought out at the beginning of every meal, a good old fashioned relish tray.
We chop and cut all of our own vegetables here every day so you still get a nice relish tray when you start your meal. And we're very proud of having that yet after 62 years.
I settled in at my booth almost drooling in anticipation of the dishes I'm sampling here tonight. I start with a dinner salad. Archie's salad dressings are homemade from scratch, a true house specialty. Tonight I'm trying the bleu cheese but the Russian and thousand island also top customer's most requested lists.
We'll give this bleu cheese dressing the old Kaercher once over. Lots of big chunky bleu cheese crumbles. Really tangy, tangy but it's got the smooth dressing in it too.
The parade of food appearing at my table is mind-boggling. But I guess it's all part of the job.
Can you eat these with your hands? That thing feels like it weighs five pounds right there. Fritters, we'll give this a try. Oh boy, almost like a donut hole with corn in it. I'm getting kind of full but I'm going to forge on. That's a pretty big bite but I think I can handle it.
Wow. I did such a great job of cutting this tenderloin. Oh yeah, and the cook probably had something to do with it too. Oh my gosh. I've had some tantalizing and memorable food tonight. Le Mars is lucky to have such a tasty institution in Archie's Waeside.
But there's even more flavor to be savored in Le Mars. I'm talking about ice cream. Le Mars is the ice cream capital of the world and at the Wells Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor and Museum, visitors can find out why.
Dave Smetter: We have 6,000 square feet on each of two floors. It's an environment of a vintage ice cream parlor with a lot of flavors, a lot of ambiance and just to relax and enjoy Blue Bunny ice cream.
Smetter: On the second floor we have a museum that has a lot of our memorabilia of Blue Bunny and Wells Enterprises of how we started in the ice cream business and the evolution over the years. We have a gift shop with a lot of Blue Bunny type articles and clothing that you can buy. We have a long ice cream bar and in the ice cream cases we have 38 flavors.
Say no more, it's ice cream time. They really know how to build terrific frozen treats. The portion sizes are, well, is that all?
That's it.
Oh, maybe I'll get another one.
All kidding aside, this ice cream is smooth and so flavorful. What a sweet way to end my tasting tour of Le Mars.
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The Christmas Season is not so much a season as it is a collection of feasts, each reflecting a facet of the meaning of the incarnation. Together, this complex of feasts helps us understand what it means to name Jesus Christ "Emmanuel"—"God who is with us." The major festivals of the Christmas Season are deeply theological rather than historical. That is, unlike the Paschal Triduum, which is linked to the time of year that Jesus died, these celebrations are not linked in any way to the actual date of Jesus' birth. We don't know what time of year that was (though it was probably in or about the year 6 or 4 bce, and he was probably born in Bethlehem). Instead, the Christmas feasts highlight the theological meaning of Jesus and his mother: Jesus is truly human as well as truly divine; his mission as the Christ is to the whole world; that mission involves such routine parts of human existence as family life; and we are involved in Christ's mission through baptism. The Solemnity of Mary Mother of God (January 1) focuses on Mary's unique place in salvation history as well as on the intimate involvement of human beings in the fulfillment of the divine plan: God has chosen to act through us to reveal the meaning of creation.
Just as the rest of the world seems to be ending its Christmas celebration, the Church and its Christmas liturgy are only getting started, setting aside Advent restraint and beginning nearly three weeks of feasting. Pastoral musicians sometimes find planning for the Christmas Season to be surprisingly challenging because there are high expectations by the community for glorious music but also the prospect of missing choir members and instrumentalists leaving for family visits. How can pastoral musicians prepare music for joyful celebrations that will extend through the entire Christmas Season?
Festive. Use festive yet easily sung settings of the acclamations, responses, and other Mass texts. After the simpler music of Advent, choose the most joyful settings of the Alleluia and Eucharistic Prayer acclamations that you can find and use them throughout the entire season. Consider though that there may be many visitors at parish liturgies during the Christmas Season, so the settings should also be relatively familiar. Give especially careful consideration to the Gloria during Christmas time, since its opening line is drawn directly from the infancy narrative of Luke's Gospel.
Appropriate. Choose appropriate psalm settings. If possible, use the responsorial psalm of the day for each Sunday and feast. In some communities, however, it may be more appropriate to use the seasonal responsorial psalm—Psalm 98 until Epiphany and Psalm 72 for Epiphany and the Baptism of the Lord. A musical setting of Psalm 98 may also be used for the Communion procession throughout the Christmas Season.
Prepare. Prepare music that will serve the movement of the season. Good music planning will help the community to celebrate both the unity of the season and its various dimensions. Familiar Christmas carols and hymns throughout these weeks help the assembly to experience the continuity of the season long after the card shops have begun selling Valentines.
The first part of the Christmas Season (up to Epiphany) focuses on the incarnation, the mystery of God taking on our human nature in Christ. Choose familiar carols that proclaim the birth of Christ, such as "O Come, All Ye Faithful" and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing." Consider as well songs related to the particular feast being celebrated, such as "Once in Royal David's City" on Holy Family and "Sing of Mary" on the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God (January 1).
The second part of the season (Epiphany to Baptism of the Lord) celebrates the manifestation of Christ to the world, the various dimensions of which are marvelously expressed in a hymn like "Songs of Thankfulness and Praise." On Epiphany, the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles and thus to the whole world suggests songs like "As with Gladness Men of Old" and "We Three Kings." Several fine texts have appeared to celebrate the Baptism of the Lord, including "When John Baptized by Jordan's River." Liturgy planners might consider the celebration of baptism during Mass on this feast or beginning the liturgy with the rite of sprinkling.
Simple. The Christmas Season is a very demanding one for choirs, cantors, and other musicians. Avoid the pitfall of selecting music that is beyond the ability of the singers or that demands more rehearsal and refinement than will be possible. The community's prayer will be better served by a simpler piece sung well than by a more ambitious one that causes discomfort for choir and congregation alike! Amid the festivity of the season, let the music proclaim the message of Christ's coming in the ordinary, familiar, and simple.
(This introduction has been excerpted from Singing the Year of Grace: A Pastoral Music Resource [NPM Publications, 2009].)


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The musical critic of the herold was captivated by her capricious playing.
Mechanically his gun spoke twice; rap-rap, echoed Miss herold's gun, and splash!
herold had only in this year scored his greatest success with "Zampa."
The next instant, stepping nearer, he stared into herold's face in silence.
As to the first three—herold, Atzerodt and Payne—there could have been no dissent or hesitation.
It was herold's duty to attend him as page and aid him in his escape.
Enticed by his name, all kinds of people came from a distance to take lessons from Professor herold.
Both he and herold wore the uniforms of Confederate soldiers.
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MUN has three components
MUN students take a series of classes to understand the United Nations and international issues. Lecture topics range from learning about international relations to the internal politics of specific countries. MUN students also learn about their country assignment and the rules and procedures of each conference
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Students who desire to be a part of the MUN Program at VVC must fill out an application, take an objective exam, provide a writing sample, and complete an interview. Once students are selected, they are then assigned to a specific traveling team that participates in a particular academic conference. In addition, they are assigned to a specific committee within the conference, and depending on the conference, assigned a committee partner.
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The BMW 5-Series (E39 chassis) was introduced in the United States as a 1997 model year car and lasted until the 2004 when the E60 chassis was released. The United States saw several variations including the 525i, 528i, 530i and 540i. -- View the E39 Wiki
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I've been wondering about stroking my 540i and since I have picked up some m60 heads I might as well do everything at once.
Alot of ppl and builders use M5 crank with arrow rods and forged pistons....
BUT I never want to go with any kind of boost because I prefer a naturally aspirated engine.
How about just using the M5 crank and stock rods which are forged and forged pistons STD size? knocks off 3k for sleeving and about 2500 for rods ..I think ha
I didnt do any math but thats probably around a 4.6 or 4.7
I've looked at my cylinder walls about 5k miles ago and looks great!
I'd stay around 12.0:1 compression
m60 heads and cams
m60 intake
A1 headers
and supporting mods ie fuel tune
What's your target HP and how much do you think you'll get with the mods listed.
By the way the S62 isn't that expensive anymore you can find some motors pretty cheap in the US. That thing can be tuned to around 400whp NA, of course it's going to be really loud. Plus the S62 is already a 5 litre, it's bored as well as stroked.
A stroker might be easier than transplanting all the different engine sensors and DME.
Ed in San Jose '97 540i 6 speed aspensilber over aubergine leather. Build date 3/97. Golden Gate Chapter BMW CCA Nr 62319.
My target hp with this would be around 425-450 rwhp after EVERYthing is said and done... I want to stick with the m62, I just think it would be stellar to have a naturally aspirated 540i beating up an M5 without boost. Replacement parts and dme would be too much of a headache. I want to keep it as simple as possible .
And its already loud.... Just not quite what it will be with the headers and compression....ect ect
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I'm not so knowledgeable on this sort of engine conversion method etc, previously, I've had stuff like this done by people who do know !
However, you are wanting to go from a stock 280'ish bhp to around 500 bhp at the crank, for a 'budget' way of doing the job ? - I think you may well be asking too much here! Keep in mind Alpina did the 4.6 and 4.8 litre conversions on the BMW 4.4 engines and got somewhere around 350 and 375 bhp at the crank after doing their work - I believe they DID use Forged components etc so as to keep the potential reliability long term of the engine. Looks like you are asking/wanting another 100+ BHP and I'd guess that the amount of money you are going to spend to get that, reliably will be significantly more than if you supercharged the engine. However, you say you don't want to go the FI route, so to get around 500 BHP out of this engine you are going to (most likely) need to drop big money into getting it.
Take a look around as to what others have done and their power gains etc, don't forget your budget will also need to include any other uprated aspects to the engine, probably a stonger gearbox and diff. I'd also say you'd need to uprate your suspension and of course a BBK as well, which will all bump your pricing up substantially.
Lastly, I may well be totally wrong and the engine can be relatively easily and cost effectively taken to around 500 bhp!
Cheers, Dennis!
lol Yeah I was waiting for this....
I mentioned its after EVERYTHING IS SAID AND DONE
I really dont think it is out of the question
Knife edged m5 crank
Shot peened rods
Milled m60 heads pnp aftermarket cams
A1 Headers
M60 Intake
I think after JUST the m60 heads, stroker crank and headers I should be around 350-375 BHP not RWHP pretty easy
I Think this will be interesting to see what happens.
Ask Bricas, he got his naturally aspirated M62 to get 282whp. Now you're stroking it and putting on heads which should give you more. 370 crank HP is definitely achievable no question but 450 wheel HP you're gonna have to spend alot more. Good luck with your goal but call VACmotorsports if you want some information, they build race M62s and they can definitely build you a ~600 crank HP M62 but it will cost an arm and a leg.
By the way I didn't know the M60 head was superior, can you explain it because I find it intriguing and awesome
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Ok first off before anybody posts please read my posts clearly!
I am looking for 425 to 450 BRAKE HORSEPOWER in case people missed that.
And I have never said 500 hp at all, and I did also mention that i want to be 425-450 AFTER EVERYTHING is said and done.
Just with the stroke,heads,intake and headers I think I'll be right around 330 Whp
I see alot of people running 260-270 Stock and a few more that dynoed 275-290 with bolt ons and tune.
And 4 reasons on using the M60 heads
1) availability/cost for me
2) smaller chamber so more compression
3)Cams are a little hotter
4)two row teeth for timing chain
Other than that Identical
And "BUDGET" means 10-12k not a few thousand. By budget I mean about 50% of a built engine by VAC or other builder. I am looking to have a built by me engine not paid for bc I make tons of money. Then I can be proud of MY work.
Last edited by Bluedevil1; 11-19-2012 at 06:08 PM.
I admire your goal but honestly 10-12k on a car like this is a waste. You should get an E39 M5 and do that up. Or get a better car. Believe me the E39 is a money pit and an old POS, I regret buying it and to think of spending 10-12k on it is just crazy to me. By the way for that much you could do an LS swap and make ALOT of HP. These BMW V8s are piece of ****, an LS3 will get you over 500whp NA.
Yes i could get an m5 but its more expensive overall and i love the 540, I've had three and I've had a few things go out but nothing more than 200$
Ls swap in a bimmer.... I'd get a Gto if i wanted an LS. American muscle is nice and I've had a few including a 99 cobra but not in a BMW
I don't see how the 540 is a pos...
Last edited by Bluedevil1; 11-20-2012 at 05:53 PM.
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As per above and previously quoted, you did ask for 425-450 rwhp. Rwhp to me and others suggest 'rear wheel horsepower and thus, as a ballpark that'd be around 500-530 bhp at the crank. To get those kinds of figures from the 4.4 V8 engine is going to cost I suspect more than you are envisaging. Could you perhaps mention how much you think it's going to cost? over on a few other forums, I believe similar projects on these engines and the S62 where owners have put up details of pricing so you could then compare.
e39540iv8 - I disagree with you in that sweeping statement! ANY car is a money pit and a potential POS if it's not properly and correctly looked after
Cheers, Dennis!
I guess it must be an isolated incident being MY E39 is a POS and not you guys'. Honestly guys I used to love this car, the look is TIMELESS and the interior is very well laid out and I love the way it sounds but this car has really given me alot of trouble but as I said it must be my one that's f'ed up. I guess coming from an EVO the 540i is a little "boat-like" The steering is vague and elastic band like.
e39540iv8 , DennisCooper! I am sorry and I totally thought I wrote BHP and not RWHP I have been a mechanic for 13 years and I swear I do know the difference in "Reality" of nearly 500 bhp in our cars.
I realized the proof in upgrades like cams,pnp head ect are really not there for our cars so I will try my hardest to make sure there is a baseline, after m60 head and cams , and then that plus headers, ect ect I believe that these engines are capable of a ton of power and reliability will still be there as a daily driver.
Good luck with the project and keep up posted
PS: Regarding the LS swap the car would still be a BMW, only not under the hood. You'd still have the chassis dynamics, the interior only with a very powerful engine An LS3 would really be something and over 500whp in NA with mods.
I personally love the power they make but absolutely hate the way they look and especially the way they sound.
I prefer sound of OHC instead of push rod.
My dream swap into E39 would be 03-04 terminator.
Hi Bluedevil,
*Tongue in Cheek* - If you have been a mechanic for 13 years, and make an error between typing up BHP and RWHP - I wonder if I left my car with you for an oil change you'd drop in an Supercharged S62 inadvertently ?!
*proper response* - As per above, you are looking to increase the oem 286 BHP to wanting around 425-450 BHP at the CRANK - which is still a 200 BHP increase over standard. As you've still not mentioned what you consider a 'budget' conversion would likely be in costs, it's hard to be more accurate. However, as Alpina themselves only took this engine to 375 BHP in their V8S models, I still say research more into exactly what they did and then research into how to then reliably get 100 BHP more and keeping it naturally aspirated. I still say the actual cost will be more than double or perhaps triple of what a tried and tested supercharger conversion would cost - but, I may be wrong! As you are a mechanic, you will save on 'labour' charges as you'll probably do the work yourself. To a customer like me, who doesn't know what a spanner is, I wonder what the cost would be to get 425-450 BHP from the 4.4 litre engine normally aspirated!
Cheers, Dennis!
As for my typing mistake ... lack of sleep as i run on 3-4 hrs.
139-164 crank HP difference but yes still a huge increase.
Labor thar has anything to do with performance is crazy high prices and i would never attempt this if i was paying for the labor.
IM hoping the head difference with cams are around 50-75bhp jump but its not always that easy i know.
LS swap is looking more and more intriguing everytime i research it,
a terminator engine is a great idea as far as power it can take in stock form is insane and twin screw is a plus!
I wanted yo try and make a adapter plate for that Eaton to bolt to our engines but still expensive as hell to fortify the engine.
If anything 400-410 might have to do when it comes to this stroker project
If you smell me....You cant keep up
No a Terminator engine wouldn't be good, it's iron block and will increase weight. In the Terminator sure it's amazing when you slap on a massive Kenne Bell but you really need an aluminum engine if you wanna do a swap. The LS3 is a good option in my opinion but the electronics are a bitch. Plus the traction control won't work anymore I'm sure and the cluster needs work and etc etc etc which discourages anyone because if it's just a matter of the engine sitting in the engine bay it's not even a challenge.
By the way PavelK313 who cares what the LS motor looks like, it's under the hood and if it's making over 500hp who cares. As for the sound they sound very aggressive and savage. Sure it's a different sound but I find the M62 even with the most aggressive pipes to be a little "refined" which is a good thing but for shear brutality it's not the engine of choice.....although neither is the LS. For shear brutality I've only found one car that fits the bill, the Ford GT. That car sounds like a storm with a free flowing exhaust.
Back to topic, this isn't gonna be cheap or easy both ways, LS or M62 but the LS will offer greater performance for the price. Is a 450hp M62 possible? Hell yes! It's just a matter of how much it takes. Hell for the right price VAC will build you a ~600hp M62/S62 race crate motor but again, the price is everything.
By the way one question, is a twin screw blower absolutely not possible with the M62? Can't an adapter plate be machined on a non-vanos M62? This would make so much sense because a twin screw provides the most linear power/torque curve. I hate centrifugal SCs but FI either way is definitely the way to go. It's cheaper and has alot more potential. Sure, highly tuned NAs are a blast due to their responsiveness and feel but let's be honest this is an E39, while a great chassis it's a big car and the weight hurts it so FI makes sense in this platform. On a GT3 911 on the other hand NA is a must. Different car, different personality.
Yes that was my original ide, not sure how tuning would go but it should be straight forward.
if anyone knows of a cheap lower Plenum from a 03-04 cobra ill buy it to try as long as ill have a bad m62 in the shop. Twin screw is as close as you can get to N/A as far as boost goes. Kenne bell would be awesome to have on a m62!
Alot of options with that adapter hmmmm
i wish money was limitless and I'd quit work and work on projects the rest of my life and enjoy myself.
If you smell me....You cant keep up
Just get cai I hear its like +20 hp
ESS Tuning m60 version software
m60 intake manifold
a.f.e. c.a.i.
3" obx catback
full powerflex urethane setup
545 ssk
cdv delete
m5 rear sway bar
M5 chassis rods
M5 3.15 lsd
Bc-r coilovers w/ swift springs
ss braided brake lines
coming soon:
Jb lwfw
Lol awhp too?
540s pretty much already have cai with a stock filter... you will be lucky to get 10
If you smell me....You cant keep up
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How about an M60/M62 head on an S62 block? Would that work and eliminate any electronic issues due to it still having M60/M62 heads and intake? It would be a 5 litre and honestly you could get 450 crank HP from a setup like that with headers, intake, tune, throttle body, pulleys, manifold and worked heads. So would it fit?
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Nam June Paik: Global Visionary
December 13, 2012 – August 11, 2013
- View slide show and comments
- See what's new at the museum's Film and Media Arts Initiative
- Watch the video trailer and time-lapse videos from the installation
- Buy the book!
- Meet PaikBot to learn more about the exhibition (and robots)
- Save-the-date to attend an exhibition related program
- Read articles about the exhibition
- Go behind-the-scenes on Flickr and with the museum's blog, Eye Level
- Browse highlights from the Nam June Paik Archive
The artwork and ideas of the Korean-born artist Nam June Paik were a major influence on late twentieth-century art and continue to inspire a new generation of artists. Nam June Paik: Global Visionary offers an unprecedented view into the artist's creative method by featuring key artworks that convey Paik's extraordinary accomplishments as a major international artist as well as material drawn from the Nam June Paik Archive, which was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum from the artist's estate in 2009.
The exhibition includes 67 artworks and more than 140 items from the Archive. Several rare artworks borrowed from private and public collections in the United States and abroad, including TV Garden (1974/2000) from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Buddha Complex (1982) from the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College, and Paik's rarely seen installation Moon Projection with E Moon and Birds (1996), on loan from the Paik Estate, are featured. Three exceptional artworks from the museum's collection will be included: Zen for TV (1963/1976), Megatron/Matrix (1995), and Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii (1995).
In addition to objects from the archive, a number of artworks in the exhibition are on public display for the first time including; Electronic Schematic Drawing for Paik-Abe Video Synthesizer (1969), Number 5 (1975), Untitled (Television) (about 1970), Cage TV Sketch (about 1970), Untitled (Purple and Yellow Face) (about 1970), Untitled (Television and Moon) (1978), a selection of eighteen Untitled (Newspaper Drawings) (1990s), and Chinese Memory (2005).
Nam June Paik: Global Visionary offers the extraordinary range of the artist's accomplishments and the complexity of his ideas. It features his personal history through thematic groupings that draw on the resources of the Nam June Paik Archive. Paik's writings and the materials he collected reveal the influences of Asian and Western philosophy, as well as developments in technology and science. The museum will use these materials to show the development of his innovative and radical conceptualization of the future roles of communication technologies in the expanding global media culture. John G. Hanhardt, senior curator of film and media arts and the leading expert on Paik and his global influence, is organizing the exhibition with the assistance of Michael Mansfield, associate curator of film and media arts.
Connecting Online
One of the robots created by Paik has "come to life" on Twitter under the handle @PaikBot. Visitors can follow PaikBot for behind-the-scenes information, interesting facts about Paik, and ask questions about the exhibition. Also, you can help PaikBot travel the world with our Flat PaikBot project on Pinterest.
Photographs and time-lapse videos documenting the installation of the exhibition are on Flickr and on YouTube. Follow the museum for exhibition updates on Facebook, on Twitter by using #paik. An interactive digital archive is available in the galleries as a research reference for Paik's art and career.
The exhibition catalogue is written by John Hanhardt and focuses on Paik's global journey and multidisciplinary art practice. It will include an introduction by Elizabeth Broun, the museum's director, and an essay by the artist's nephew Ken Hakuta reflecting on his uncle's life. The book, co-published by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and D Giles Limited, is for sale ($55) in the museum store, through the museum's website and at bookstores nationwide.
About the Nam June Paik Archive
The Nam June Paik Archive is a blend of traditional paper holdings—letters, writings, and ephemera—and objects—studio effects, recordings, vintage electronics, and other source materials. The archive includes Paik's early writings on art, history, and technology as well as performance scores, production notes for videotape and television projects, plans for video installations, vintage photographs, and documentation of large-scale television projects such as Guadalcanal Requiem (1977/1979) and The More the Better (1988). The archive includes a variety of early models of televisions and video projectors, radios, record players, and cameras. Toys, games, folk sculptures, more than 300 books and magazines, and the desk where he painted in his studio are also part of the archive. Each aspect of the collection gains strength from the other, and together they present a fascinating picture of the artist's life, work and creative process. Support for the Nam June Paik Archive was received from the Smithsonian's Collections Care and Preservation Fund.
Public Programs
Numerous public programs ranging from scholarly lectures and gallery talks to films and family activities are planned to celebrate the life, art, and enduring influence of Nam June Paik. A full schedule of exciting programs is online so you can save-the-date. Join us on Sunday, April 14, 2013 for a daylong exploration of Paik's artistic legacy, Nam June Paik: Art & Process. A symposium will take place from 1 to 4 p.m., followed by an evening performance, Strange Music for Nam June Paik, at 7 p.m. with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning musician and composer; Steina Vasulka, video artist; and Stephen Vitiello, electronic musician and media artist. Free tickets for both the symposium and concert will be available on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 12:30 p.m. in the museum's G Street Lobby. Remaining concert tickets will be distributed again at 6:30 p.m. Below are links to the museum's calendar for more information.
January 11, 2013, 7 p.m., Nam June Paik: "Father of Video Art", a talk by curator John Hanhardt
January 23, 2013, noon, Conservation of Our Collection: Nam June Paik
January 29, 2013, 6 p.m., Gallery talk with curator John Hanhardt
February 12, 2013, 6 p.m., Gallery talk with curator Michael Mansfield
March 20, 2013, 6:30 p.m., Film series and discussion with curator John Hanhardt
April 14, 2013, 1 – 8:00 p.m., Nam June Paik: Art and Process symposium, gallery talk, and Strange Music for Nam June Paik performance
April 24, 2013, 6:30 p.m., Film series and discussion with curator John Hanhardt
May 5, 2013, 11:30 a.m., Paikbot Family Day
May 15, 2013, 6:30 p.m., Film series and discussion with curator John Hanhardt
June 4, 2013, 6 p.m., Gallery Talk with curator Michael Mansfield
June 12, 2013, noon, Conservation of Our Collection: Nam June Paik
June 26, 2013, 9 a.m., Symposium: Conserving and Exhibiting the Works of Nam June Paik
June 27, 2013, 6:30 p.m., Film series and discussion with curator Michael Mansfield
July 17, 2013, 6:30 p.m., Film series and discussion with curator Michael Mansfield
July 20, 2013, 11:30 a.m., Nam June Paik's birthday celebration
July 30, 2013, 6 p.m., Gallery Talk with curator Michael Mansfield
August 8, 2013, 6:30 p.m., Film series and discussion with curator Michael Mansfield
Go behind-the-scenes with the museum's blog, Eye Level
In Closing: The Impact of Nam June Paik on Contemporary Art, August 7, 2013
Celebrating Nam June Paik's Birthday, July 18, 2013
Picture This: Paikbot Family Day, May 7, 2013
Nam June Paik: Musician and Media Artist Stephen Vitiello Interviews Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, April 9, 2013
Picture This: PaikBot's Virtual Travels,February 12, 2013
Nam June Paik from A to Zen, January 16, 2013
Nam June Paik: Because Almost All of the Audience is Uninvited, January 4, 2013
Installing Nam June Paik: 4 Days in 3 Minutes, December 6, 2012
Nam June Paik: Television as Medium, November 27, 2012
Gardening in the Age of the Moving Image, October 30, 2012
Introducing Paikbot!, September 20, 2012
The Moon is a Television: On Nam June Paik's 80th, July 25, 2012
Nam June Paik: Birthdays Are Always Fun, July 5, 2012
In the News
NEA Arts, Nam June Paik: The Artist Who Invented Video Art by Josephine Reed
Art in America, February 6, 2013, Nam June Paik: Preserving the Human Televisions by John Anderson
The New York Times, January 11, 2013, He Tickled His Funny Bone, and Ours by Karen Rosenberg
Express, January 10, 2013, Complete Circuit by Katie Aberbach
Forbes, January 3, 2013, If You Think 'Breaking Bad' Is Edgy, You Obviously Haven't Seen Nam June Paik's 'Magnet TV' by Jonathon Keats
Washington City Paper, December 21, 2012, In a scattered retrospective, Smithsonian struggles to pin down the father of video art by Jeffrey Cudlin
DC ist, December 21, 2012, Nam June Paik: Global Visionary at Smithsonian American Art Museum by Martin Austermuhle
BBC News, December 17, 2012, Living Online, Visual artist Nam June Paik predicted internet age by Matt Danzico and Jane O'Brien
Washington City Paper, December 17, 2012, How the American Art Museum Acquired and Rehabilitated Nam June Paik's Work by John Anderson
The Washington Post, December 16, 2012, Smithsonian American Art Museum channels Nam June Paik by Philip Kennicott
The Washington Times, December 14 2012, Artist Nam June Paik used electronics in inventive and goofy ways by Deborah K. Dietsch
The Washington Post, December 12, 2012, 'Father of video art' Nam June Paik gets American Art Museum exhibit by Maura Judkis
Nam June Paik: Global Visionary is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with generous support from Sheila Duignan and Mike Wilkins; Barney A. Ebsworth; Marilou and Ken Hakuta; Maureen and Gene Kim; Korea Foundation; Wendy and Jerry H. Labowitz; Paula and Peter Lunder; Share Fund of The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region; The Starec Trust; Roselyne Chroman Swig; and the Barbara & Howard Wise Endowment for the Arts.


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Museums The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, a prestgious collection of 20,000 works of art
The Museums' collections trace the history of the visual arts – painting, sculpture and drawing – from the 15th to the 21st centuries. They preserve the works of the Flemish Primitives, of Pieter Bruegel, Peter Paul Rubens, Jacques Jordaens, Jacques Louis David, Auguste Rodin, James Ensor, Paul Gauguin, Ferdinand Khnopff, Henry Moore, Paul Delvaux, René Magritte, Marcel Broodthaers, Jan Fabre and many others.
This jewel among Belgium's cultural institutions is comprised of several entities: the Musée Old Masters Museum, the Musée Modern Museum, the Musée Wiertz Museum and the Musée Meunier Museum, the Musée Magritte Museum and the new Musée Fin-de-Siècle Museum.
Discover this essential cultural centre in the heart of Brussels. The Magritte Museum presents an outstanding collection of works by Belgian Surrealist artist René Magritte (1898-1967), one of the world's most famous artists. The collection of over 200 works is the largest in the world. This museum, with its 2500 m2 of contemporary museography, is the international reference centre for the work of this multidisciplinary artist.
All art history fans will enthuse about this new museum that is dedicated to the 1900s, when Brussels, the capital of Europe, was a unique artistic crossroads and the capital of Art Nouveau. This sanctuary of cultural history hosts paintings, drawings, watercolours, prints, sculptures, photographs, films, models and decorative objets d'art.
The remarkable collection of Old Master, witnessing to a rich and creative past, covers a period running from the 15th to the 18th centuries. Here you will find paintings of exceptional value by the Flemish Primitives, along with many artists from the fertile periods of the Flemish Renaissance and Baroque: Memling, Bosch, Bruegel, Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens and others...
The collection of modern and contemporary art contains works dating from the late 18th century to the present day. At this moment, a thematic selection, entitled "The Curator's Choice" presents this rich collection from a didactic angle while maintaining a permanent rotation of the collections. You will soon find the collection in all its glory in the Vanderborght buildings, a flagship city centre location close to the Grand Place.
Unfairly overlooked by the general public, the home and studio of painter and sculptor Constantin Meunier (1831-1905) in Ixelles presents a hundred and fifty at times monumental works, and bronzes of all sizes. The creations of this artist inspired by the industrial, political and social developments of late 19th century Belgium provide a realistic view of the world of work and industry of his day.
Immerse yourself in the particular world of painter, sculptor and writer Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865), one of Belgium's most controversial Romantic artists. This visionary had this impressive studio built in 1850 at the expense of the Belgian State. His monumental paintings, inspired by the great masters of the past such as Rubens, Michelangelo and Raphael, hang there alongside his many small sketches.


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The first of its kind in the United States, The Shoot Out Boulder celebrated the art of quick and cheap movie production. Filmmakers were given 24 hours to complete a seven-minute short. Only in-camera editing was allowed -- meaning everything had to be shot in sequence -- and the footage had to incorporate specific locations or props from within the Boulder area. Several dozen crews of both novice and seasoned filmmakers participated in the quick-paced contest, resulting in an amazing variety of subjects and styles that ranged from the hilarious to the reflective. Plans for another festival are under way, which is great news: The Shoot Out is a can't-miss opportunity for area filmheads.


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I'm experimenting sniffing my home network, which is my AP, a windows wireless laptop connected to the AP, and backtrack on a different laptop. The wireless connection is unsecured.
I'm using a Hawking HWUG-1 as my wireless card with backtrack. I enter into Kismet & monitor mode and start a pcap dump. I then browse to google and other sites on the windows laptop. I open the pcap dump in wireshark, but the only thing that is captured are Beacons between the windows computer and AP. No data packets are captured.
I also tried using wireshark to capture on the wlan0mon created by kismet, but again, only the beacons are captured. Additionally, I tried capturing traffic after establishing a connection with the AP from the BT box, but again, no data packets are captured.
Is this an issue with the drivers?
lsmod gives the following wifi related lines:
Module Used By
rt73usb 0
rt2x00usb rt73usb, rt2500usb
rt2x00lib rt73usb, rt2500usb
ipw2100 0
mac80211 rt2x00usb, rt2x00lib
lib80211 libipw
is there a conflict between ipw2100 and rt73, or is the Hawking just not using the correct drivers? If it is a driver issue, how do I correct it?