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The End
It is with a heart of lead that I write this announcement. Not in my darkest nightmares did I expect this day to ever come, but circumstances have reached a... Read more
Limit Theory Development Summary: February - April 2018
Hey everyone!
Looking at the last update, I'm quite intimidated to post another one -- that's a tough act to follow. I'm afraid I don't have quite as many pretty... Read more
Limit Theory Development Summary: November 2017 - January 2018
Another year of LT development has come to a close and 2018 is upon us. It is with enormous joy and relief that I say "2017 was excellent!" Especially the... Read more
Limit Theory Development Summary: September & October 2017
Hey there! How 'bout some space goodness to brighten up that Monday?
Yes? Well then, I've good news on the space goodness front: Octember was big. We're getting ever-nearer the... Read more
Limit Theory Development Summary: July & August 2017
Happy Friday all ye (future) fellow explorers of the infinite!
In the last update, I spoke of super-fast new code for powering our game objects, the push toward release-quality code... Read more
Limit Theory Development Summary: May & June 2017
Hey everyone!
May and June were uniquely busy months for LT, with some major and unprecedented changes to development that I'm excited to reveal to those who haven't kept up... Read more
Limit Theory Development Summary: April 2017
I was hoping to post this on May 4th (...surely you know this reference if you're excited for LT!), sadly it didn't come to pass. But...May the 9th be with... Read more
Limit Theory Development Summary: March 2017
Happy early Saturday to all!
Seemed like last month's format worked out well for you guys, so we've kept the same format this month. Except that we have eye candy... Read more
Limit Theory Development Summary: February 2017
Hey everyone!
Since the response to 'how should I handle KS updates?' from the last one was overwhelmingly in favor of monthly summaries of my weekly development logs, that's what... Read more
The State of Limit Theory Development, 2017!
Hi everyone!
So, we've got quite a bit of catching up to do. I know that those of you who don't keep up with the forums have been in the... Read more
LT & Josh are Both Alive and Well! / "Why the half-year silence!?"
*crackle* Incoming Transmission! *bzzzzz*
Warmest greetings Limit Theorists! It's been way too long since we last spoke, so this is going to be a rather massive update to finally fill... Read more
The Road to the Beta: Chapter 2
Well hello again...can you believe it's already (past) that time of the week?! I can't either! In fact, I've spent the last 46 hours trying desperately to let go of... Read more
The Road to the Beta: Chapter 1
Gooooooood evening ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for showing up here tonight for the grand opening of the weekly Limit Theory Road to the Betadevelopment update series! It's... Read more
LT in 2015 & The Road to the Beta!
Hello there good people of space sim fandom! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!! :D I hope everyone's had a great holiday season.
As we wave goodbye... Read more
Development Update #21
*Sigh* Well, when I said updates aren't going to come out *exactly* at the end of the month, 1.3 months later is notwhat I had in mind x_x Really... Read more
Development Update #20: August & September 2014
Well, this one sure took its time, didn't it? But, my dear fellow stellar explorers, you all know the drill -- when you're late, you bring presents! ;)
The Video.... Read more
The Forever-Lost Development Update of August 2014 :/
Guys, it makes me unimaginably sad to write this, but I feel deeply that it's the right choice at this point.
Having worked for an extra week to give this... Read more
The Mythical Fifth Week of August...
Hey there everyone!
I want to give a quick notice to you all that I'm going to release August's development update (#20) on September 8th, rather than the usual... Read more
Development Update #19: July 2014
Thanks for waiting on me folks! I've been on a coding spree for the past two days and just couldn't stop. I promise it was worth it ;)
The Video.... Read more
Development Update #18: June 2014
Ready for your monthly dose of space? :) Please make sure to read the information concerning release date below!
The Video.
Thank goodness, I don't think we need any... Read more
Development Update #17: May 2014
Hey hey everyone! It's about that time, isn't it :)
The Video.
It's a long one, all right :D I didn't get a chance to hone my recording pipeline this... Read more
Development Update #16: April 2014
Excuse me...you there! I have here with me that hot plate of Limit Theory you ordered!
The Video.
Yeah...um...it's the longest dev update so far. By a pretty good margin.... Read more
Development Update #15: March 2014
Someone great once said "if you're going to be late, at least bring presents." Or maybe I just made that up. Either way, I'm late, and I brought presents. Make... Read more
Development Update #14: February 2014
Wow, most painful upload experience yet! Sorry about the delay on this update, everyone...but it did end up taking somewhere around 15 hours for the YT upload to complete. Ouch!... Read more
Development Update #13: January 2014
Ready to start the year off with a bang? Good. Let's go ;)
The Video.
It may have taken forever to upload (as usual), but I think you'll find this... Read more
Development Update #12: December 2013
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, all that good stuff!! :) Please make sure to read the *** section concerning release date below - it's important!
The Video.
Just... Read more
Development Update #11: November 2013
Finally it arrives! Hope you all are gearing up to enjoy the holiday season! :)
The Video.
Well...I do have to apologize this time, but it's on YouTube's behalf. This... Read more
Concerning Development Update #11
Hey everyone, hope you're enjoying this winter season :)
I'd like to let you all know that the monthly development update / video, which would normally arrive tomorrow, will be... Read more
Development Update #10: October 2013
Boo!! :0
The Video.
Well shoot...I don't know how I let the time slip away from me like that. Sorry, but this rather plump update video weighs in at just... Read more
Development Update #9: September 2013
Hey everyone! Sorry for the late upload today...a long day of traveling yesterday left me too worn out to pull the usual all-nighter :/ But here we are, finally...and I... Read more
Development Update #8: August 2013
Hey there :)
The Video. Sans Apology.
I told you I'd get it right one of these days. So...was that day today? Yes. Yes it was. Energetic voice? Check. Awesome... Read more
Development Update #7: July 2013
Hey everyone! Sorry for the late update today. Here's the story to which I'm sticking: lately I've been working in Linux as my primary development environment. Sadly, when I went... Read more
Development Update #6: June 2013
Happy summer! I've been spending most of my time sunbathing on the deck of my battleship. Care to join?
The Video.
Yet again, I must apologize for this month's video.... Read more
Development Update #5: May 2013
It's that time again!
The Video.
You know what to do :) I apologize for the rather meager content of this one - it seems a bit lean compared to... Read more
Development Update #4: April 2013
Well hi there! Let's talk about April :)
The Video.
Unfortunately, with the release of LTP only two days ago, I haven't had enough time to make a new video... Read more
LTP is Here.
It is with the utmost joy that I finally, after much intense labor, hand you the fruit of these past months :) I'm sorry that it comes at the rather... Read more
Development Update #3: Fixed Video
Hello everyone, I am very sorry to bother you with two updates in one day, but Kickstarter does not allow editing of previous updates (older than 30 minutes, that is),... Read more
Development Update #3: March 2013
NOTE : It has come to my attention that the upload did not go through in its entirety, the last few minutes are missing audio. Terribly sorry, I will re-upload... Read more
Development Update #2: February 2013
Hey there! Let's get straight to the point...
Update Video!
I guess I don't need to tell you what this is all about...head on over to YouTube and see the... Read more
Development Update #1: January 2013
Hey everyone! I'm very pleased to present you with some details on Limit Theory's progress this month!
Update Video
First, I'd encourage you to watch the video that I made... Read more
And So it Begins
Hello everyone! I hope you're having a wonderful holiday season, and are staying warm and dry, hopefully with some hot beverages or something of the sort :)
Full-Time Development...As of... Read more
An Incredible Ending to an Incredible Experience
Did you hear that? That's the sound of our initial goal being obliterated into billions of tiny fragments by the massive ion cannons of supportive space sim fans. Well... Read more
The Final Stretch and the Super-Secret Tech Demo
Galactic Domination...Now in an Organized Fashion
I hope you're all ready to create and manage a faction, because I know I am, and we've now officially hit the goal!!!... Read more
Carriers and the Meaning of Limit Theory
Congratulations to everyone on hitting that planetary ownership stretch goal! I'm sure you're all excited to build your empire! I'm really interested to see what happens in the last few... Read more
"It's Too Big to Be a Space Station..."
We're so close to unlocking planetary ownership...I can almost taste the world domination!
Procedural Space Station Tech Demo
Over the past week, I've been doing a lot of internal... Read more
Next Stretch Goal and the NPC Contact System
Ready to Own a Faction?
We've tackled Mac/Linux support and are maneuvering into position to fire upon Planetary Ownership! But what comes next?
At the next level, you'll unlock... Read more
Tactical Interface Tech Demo
Given that we're about to hit twice the goal, I figured I really needed to push another tech demo out!
"Tactical Interface" Tech Demo
Over the weekend I worked a... Read more
"That's no Moon...it's a Stretch Goal!!"
The Third Stretch Goal is Revealed!
You've voted, and your voice has been heard! The vote was overwhelmingly in favor of allowing players to own planets. More details to come... Read more
Ship Editor Prototype
Finally, the first new content update is here! After a bit of code-jamming today, I'm happy to give you all a sneak preview of what you're working toward with respect... Read more
Success, Stretch Goals, and Music
Six days ago I took a chance on making a dream come true. And here we are. Only six days later, that dream is a reality. Limit Theory is... Read more
Gameplay Preview
Hi everyone! It's incredible that we're going to be funded in under a week from launch. I felt that it just wouldn't be right if LT got funded before I... Read more
Black Friday Deals
Well fellow Limit Theorists, Black Friday has finally rolled around. In celebration of both the day as well as our extraordinary performance so far - 40%at the time of... Read more
Badges, Banners, and a Budget
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Review Meeting of SCORES project is scheduled for the next month!
WHEN EXACTLY? 9th - 11th April 2019
WHERE? Brussels, Belgium
We look forward to meeting you!
Presentation of SCORES project was a part of "SAVE TODAY, USE TOMORROW! - Thermal Energy Storage Systems" workshop, that was held on 28th February in Wels, Austria and was organized within the World Sustainable Energy Days 2019.
Christophe Hoegaerts from TNO introduced the SCORES project to audiance in the first part of the workshop and continued with explaining our goals during the interactive poster sessions.
It was a great opportunity to talk about our project with fellow professionals, colleagues, partners and the general public.
Thanks to everyone involved!
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In case you missed our first installment of names for Seattle Seahawks fans to keep an eye on in this weekend's NFL Draft, check out the link.
We're back today with the next five names. Remember, these are just players who, based on skill, position and Seattle's needs, we believe will be interesting to watch for on draft day. There's no particular order, nor is there a prediction from my end that the Seahawks will draft any of them.
On to the names …
CB Jimmy Smith, Colorado: I have a very hard time believing the Seahawks would pass on Smith if he's still available at No. 25. He'd easily be the best player on the board at that point, and I think there's enough veteran leadership in Seattle's locker room to ensure Smith's character issues won't manifest. Or, at least, enough to think it's not a bad idea to take a chance on him.
Here's a reminder of what NFLDraftScout.com analyst Rob Rang had to say about Smith's talents: "Colorado's Jimmy Smith is an ideal candidate for Seattle's press scheme. He has the height, speed and physicality to step in as a starter and play right away. Physically-speaking, he should be a top 15 selection. There are, however, enough concerns about his maturity and decisions off the field that he could slip out of the first round entirely."
As far as those character issues – the Milwaukee Journal reported that Smith has told teams about two abortions that were paid for by women he impregnated, two alcohol-related offenses, and an arrest for third-degree assault at a restaurant.
The Journal has a good take on Smith's off-field issues in this story.
(Also, you've got to love the NFL.com evaluation of Smith, praising him for his skills but implying he'll land in the second round because he needs more polish. They really wrote around the whole character thing nicely.)
Smith has been quoted as saying he doesn't have bad character, but simply made bad decisions. Well, yeah. But it appears as if he's made a lot of them. And that's when it really becomes a concern. For what it's worth, Mel Kiper had Smith at No. 16 on his latest Big Board (it's an Insider story), noting that the character issues are overblown in the eyes of many around the league. That's somewhat of a contrast to what the Journal reported, that 11 personnel people said they would not select Smith in the first two rounds. It's just impossible to say anything definitively this time of year.
But at the end of the day, the name of the game is winning. It'd be hard to argue that Smith wouldn't give the Seahawks a better chance of doing that. And while I think his off-field issues will give Seattle serious pause – wouldn't blame them at all for passing on him – his name is worth watching based on his tremendous skill and the possibility he'll be available at No. 25.
DT Muhammad Wilkerson, Temple: It could be argued that Wilkerson, a 6-foot-4, 315-pound athlete who can play inside our outside, would fill Seattle's biggest need. He'd be ideal at Seattle's five-technique position, where Red Bryant had so much success last season before suffering a season-ending injury in Week 8. Or, Wilkerson could prove an apt addition to the Seahawks' interior D-line depth should Brandon Mebane choose to test free agency, whenever that rolls around.
DT Corey Liuget, Illinois: His name has appeared next to the Seahawks' name on a lot of mock drafts, and like Wilkerson, Liuget could be a five-technique candidate, and could also play the three-technique.
Rang actually had the Seahawks selecting him in his April 4 mock draft. This is what the analyst wrote then: "Sticking with the best player available philosophy, Seattle would be wise to consider Liuget, an explosive three-technique defensive tackle capable of helping immediately."
As draft day has approached, though, Liuget's name seems to have slid up most people's mocks, and it's not unrealistic to expect him to be off the board by the middle of the first round. Still, as Rang wrote nearly a month ago, Liuget would be a great fit in Seattle's defensive line scheme should he fall to No. 25.
And really, it's not unfathomable to think this year's biggest surprise fall could be a DL, given how many legitimate first-round prospects there are at that position.
CB Aaron Williams, Texas: A fringe first-rounder who just might be the next-best cornerback prospect behind Smith, and if Williams is still on the board when the Seahawks draft at No. 57 (or perhaps earlier in the second round via a trade scenario), he'd be an interesting candidate to take a look at.
Rang's most recent mock draft has Williams headed to Pittsburgh with the No. 31 pick, though again, it's not inconceivable to think he could slip into the second, where the Seahawks could be in position to make a move for him.
RB Mark Ingram, Alabama: Here's a wild-card for you. Ingram doesn't fit a particular need for the Seahawks, as they have Marshawn Lynch, Justin Forsett and Leon Washington under contract for next season. And I'm not sure how popular a running-back pick at No. 25 would be, considering the Seahawks' multiple needs elsewhere.
That said, going by the best player available philosophy, wouldn't Seattle have to at least take a look at Ingram should he still be on the board at No. 25? ESPN.com's Mike Sando had Ingram slated there in a mock draft earlier this week, and others have Ingram being selected even lower. So it's not outside the realm of possibility to think Ingram might still be waiting for his name to be called when the Seahawks are on the clock.
Here's an interesting column from NFL.com's Vic Carucci examining Ingram's apparent fall.
Ingram appears to be past the knee injury that bothered him early in his junior season at Alabama, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a sophomore. He's short – 5-foot-9, 215 pounds – but is also a bruiser who can be effective in the passing game. And that's always a nice weapon to have for a team breaking in a new quarterback, which the Seahawks may very well be doing next year with Charlie Whitehurst.
Anyway, my gut tells me Ingram is gone before pick No. 25, and the Seahawks have so many holes elsewhere that it just doesn't seem likely they'd use a first-round pick on a position that for now looks to be one of the more stable on the team. But you can never have enough good football players, and Ingram certainly fits that description. Count him in the "you never know" category.
For more Seattle Seahawks news, visit the front page of the Seattle Seahawks blog.


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Saturday, 1 August 2009
Proof that you don't always get it right ( and why should you ! ), someone I actually wanted to get right but obv missed the mark - Kathryn wanted to approve my artwork before I posted it on Facebook guessing she didn't approve - I reserve the right to post my artworks on this blog so hear it is - if I have missed the mark feel free to tell me all crits gratefully recieved !
A quick update to this post, Kathryn has finally approved this so I am very pleased !
5 comments:
- john said...
Tony I've looked at this a couple of times and can't see any problem with it..
- 4 August 2009 at 08:26
I'm sorry I'm rubbish and very rarely go on the computer. The only connection to Facebook I can actually keep going is on my phone and I can't access my emails on there (To be fair, I am a bit of a technophobe). I'm sorry for keeping you waiting Tony, and I really appreciate all your hard work, it looks great, as do all the other pictures on here.
- 6 August 2009 at 10:48
- Aaron said...
My crit I offer to you is her upper lip is too thick, her eyes are too big as well and kind of the wrong shape perhaps...and maybe the bottom lip's too thick too...but maybe not.
- 13 August 2009 at 14:40
- okbye said...
Heh, I thought it was Minnie Driver.
- 14 June 2010 at 15:10
- Tony Mac said...
Well Minnie Driver is gorgeous and so is this girl so at least they have that in common thanks for the comment !
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They have Trey Adams as #3 most important. I think he will be incredibly important if Browning is going to return to form. One of last year's mock drafts had Trey as the #2 overall pick before he was injured. With Trey at LT and Kaleb McGary anchoring the other tackle spot the Huskies have two experienced giants (each 6'8"-320+lbs.) providing pass protection. Gotta stay healthy.
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Dear Editor:Week in and week out there is mention in The Downey Patriot of education initiatives and achievements for the Downey school district and its students. I have to say it makes me proud to be a citizen of a city that has always excelled in education and constantly finds ways to involve the community in a supporting role. The Patriot alone is increasing issue space dedicated to the local schools, ranging from elementary school to high school. The local Downey Library, too, is instrumental and creative in developing programs to lure the young readers of all ages. Not to mention the local politicians always showing up to the local little league baseball presentations or the fundraisers for many children charities around town. Very proud, I tell ya! Well, for the most part, that is. But there is a side to me that wishes for a greater attention to a certain unmentioned, unheralded part of our educated young minds that make up a small fraction of the student body: the special needs students. Having been raised and educated in the Downey school system since the sixth grade, I remember co-existing in my high school classrooms with the special-needs kids from the now-defunct-SELACO high school on the Downey High campus. It's been nearly 15 years. I remember how we all shared certain classes throughout the school day, as a way of co-existing. And of some of us, still to this day, remain good friends. There is a lack of city-wide attention to special-needs student events and programs. These could be offered in publishing after-school services and more presence of elected officials facilitating the local Special Olympics efforts; something similar to the attention given to the annual Arc Walk through the streets of Downey. Perhaps elected officials sponsoring a showcase of efforts through an art contest or open house could be worked into the school year. In the special-needs community, whose student's are dealt with more acceptance challenges in life than the normal everyday student, this can have a lasting inspiring impression and build confidence. One day, maybe just maybe, Downey's next American Idol can be a special-needs scholar. - Yvette Palomares, Downey
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Friday, July 10, 2009
"*Well mostly what they taught me via porn, psychoanalysis and comics..."
Was a (mostly) new powerpoint comedy lecture, (well I couldn't resist reshowing the Spider-man web good stuff) I did at the Safehouse Gallery for Marcus Keeley's Alternative 4th of July festivities. Mention of the night in his post here.
Catherine Hawcroft of Wild Wind Books and author of poetry collectionThe Hour of Doubt read
as did the great Seamus Fox who presented some heartfelt readings by Plath (Lady Lazarus) and Bukowski (Hangover) along with his own work.
Marcus and Northern Ireland comedy sensation and fellow Watchmen fan Ruaidhri Ward
Marcus has some lovely sweetberry wine dangerously close to a projector, livin on the edge!, rock and roll etc.
"It was a good laugh"
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For 59 years, four months, two weeks, 17 hours and 15 minutes, Andy Carver made it a point to buy and surprise his wife Regina with flowers every Friday whenever he was stateside from his career in the military. They weren't always roses—occasionally carnations—but she always loved them. About a year ago, Carver and his wife moved in to Lakeline Oaks in Cedar Park. The following day, after the movers moved in their furniture, she suffered a massive stroke and passed away.
For three or four months, Carver grieved internally, and did his best to keep appearances that he was ok.
"There was something missing, really missing," Carver said. "I couldn't think of what it was."
Eventually, Carver got to know his new neighbors, one of whom was infirm. He bought a dozen roses and gave them to them. The smiles he received in return struck him like an epiphany.
"I thought to myself, that's the one thing I was missing," he said. "I love seeing people smile."
Since July of last year, 84-year-old Carver has made it his mission to buy a bouquet of flowers each week and give them to a widowed woman resident at Lakeline Oaks as a surprise. No one knows who it will be, they just know "Andy is the flower man." So far, he's given flowers away for 35 straight weeks. And he did it without consulting management first.
"I've been overseas and I served in Vietnam all those years ago. I've seen all kinds of people of all nationalities, speaking all kinds of languages, and I've noticed all of these people seemingly love flowers," Carver said. "So I'm the flowers man."
On Friday, Feb. 2, it was Billie Tips, 93, who had the honor. Carver said Tips hadn't been going to social hour much lately, and that concerned him. So he devised a plan to get some of his female friends to "hustle" her into going this one time.
When 4 p.m. came around for social hour, Andy rolled in on his red electric scooter, with a fresh bouquet of roses in the basket. After parking right outside the tavern area, he stood up and tucked the bouquet behind his back, lest Tips would find out what he's up to.
Carver waltzed across the busy social hour scene as an older gentleman guitarist sang and played sing-along country classics in the corner. Tips, enjoying a glass of white wine at her table, was none the wiser until seeing Carver give her a wide grin upon presenting her bouquet. She beamed. Her friends clapped and swooned.
"I think it's so wonderful because he does it in tribute to his wife, and I can just see her smile," Tips said after receiving the flowers. "This put a smile on my face. I don't normally come to this function. Two friends told me I should come today, and this came as quite a surprise. The flowers are beautiful, gorgeous."
This kind of scene with Carver is common, said Lakeline Oaks lifestyle director Tamela Orell.
"The ladies love the flowers," she said. "They always come up and say, 'Oh did you see the pretty flowers?' They kept asking for a vase to put them on display, so I got one. It absolutely leaves a positive aura around them for the next three or four days. They're pretty much beaming."
At this point in his life, Carver said he's more than satisfied about the life he's lived. He's served as an army officer where he survived two helicopter crashes, he's been a baker, a business owner and a college professor. He's been on the Eiffel Tower, the Tower of London and through the Chunnel. He's seen the tulips in Holland, he's seen the red brick streets of New Delhi, India and spent five years of his life in Germany.
"I love people. I love people," he said, with rising enthusiasm. "I want everybody to be my friend. I know that's impossible, but I love people. That's one thing my wife did, too. She was a wonderful woman. I feel blessed, I've lived a great life."
Carver's goal is to complete a full circuit of giving flowers to every lady at Lakeline Oaks within a year and a half. One thing is for sure, he said, he's going to keep giving away flowers as long as he is alive and able.


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Horn Park Year 4 win Sportathon on Friday 29th June
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On Friday, half of Year 4 had the opportunity to represent Horn Park in the Greenwich Sportathon, competing against 11 schools from all over Greenwich. They participated in several team activities from a relay race, long jump, javelin to a wheelchair race and demonstrated the school values of kindness and cooperation as they helped cheer each other on. We ended the day with a big dance before finding out that we had collected the most points across the day and were named the winners!


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I want to use a local transparent proxy to have a single place to enter the password to an office proxy. Basically, all the TCP packets sent to port 80 except the ones sent to specific subnet should be forwarded to local Squid.
Squid works fine in regular mode but when I switch it to transparent and disable proxy in browser, the browser can't connect to remote hosts.
ipfw works, checked by adding
deny ip from any to any rule. The debugging is hard because its being Mac OS the logs are located god knows where.
$ squid -v
Squid Cache: Version 3.2.9
configure options: '--disable-debug' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/squid/3.2.9' '--localstatedir=/usr/local/var' '--enable-ssl' '--enable-ssl-crtd' '--disable-eui' '--enable-ipfw-transparent' 'CC=cc' 'CXX=c++' 'PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/Library/ENV/pkgconfig/10.8'
$ sudo ipfw list
00100 fwd 127.0.0.1,3128 tcp from me to any dst-port 80
65535 allow ip from any to any
Relevant part from
http_access allow localhost manager
http_access deny manager
http_access deny !Safe_ports
http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
http_access allow localnet
http_access allow localhost
http_access deny all
http_port 3128 transparent
cache_peer proxy.office.com parent 8080 0 login=user:password
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VolcanoesOkay, since we've talked about tortadas, Joe Strummer, and Tammy Wynette this week, let's move on to volcanoes.
Like many of you, my interest in voclanoes took a surge with the recent eruptions of Eyjafjallajokull (pronounced "EYE-a-fyat-la-jo-kutl," not that any of us can), and I was very curious as to the effects on Europe if it's sister volvano, Katla, erupted.
Enter Dubious Quality's Geologic Advisor, Ben Pope, who gave me a ton of interesting information over the course of a few e-mails, so let me share some of it with you.
First off, in a geological sense, he writes this:
Iceland is a fantastic, active, terrifying place.
Next, the case for an upcoming eruption of Katla:
As you probably know from some googling, yes, there appears to be a link between Eyjafjoll and Katla with regards to eruptions. Every time it's erupted in recorded history, Katla has also erupted. Of course, in this case 'every' is a sample size of three, and only one of those post-dates the American revolution, but there you go. There've been earthquake swarms beneath Eyjafjoll for the last few months, and an article in February noted significant crustal distension and movement related to the change in the magma chamber directly beneath Eyjafjoll.
It's interesting to note that this means the recent eruptions were effectively expected a few months ago. While it's difficult tp pinpoint the day, "within the next few weeks" is as close to perfect as can be, and the small jokulhlaup caused by the eruption was avoided with prompt evacuation thanks to this information.
He also, though, makes a case against:
There's been movement in the Eyjafjoll chamber, yes, and all the predictives were there for an eruption some time this spring. That said, I can't seem to find any information on recent activity at Katla, and nothing from the reports I can find implies the predictive events at Eyjafjoll are linking to or triggering things nearer to Katla. In fact, the earthquakes seem to indicate that movement in the chamber is primarily on the opposite side from Katla.
The worry seems to be stemming in this case from two primary sources. Firstly, the historic record of twinned eruption in the sites. This is honestly somewhat damning, but circumstantial at best.
Secondly, the fact that Katla is and has always been a terrifying, unstable volcano. It's much larger, Where Eyjafjoll has erupted three times in the last thousand or so years, Katla's got twenty-five confirmed and counting. It appears to have a hair-trigger and a mean temper, for all that you can anthropomorphize a mountain.
My boss mentioned the VEI (Volcanic Explosivity Index), a logarithmic measure, so a "5" on the scale is 10x larger than a "4."
Katla, on the scale, has generally erupted at the 4 or 5 level, historically. For context, the Mt. St. Helen's eruption in 1980 is also classified as a 5, as well as Mt. Hudson (Chile) in 1991.
According to the Wikipedia page, eruptions from 2-5 on the scale have occurred almost 5,000 times in the last 10,000 years (based on data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institute).
Above that, though, there have only been 56 in the last hundred centuries. So a 6 is a very, very rare occurrence. Mt. Pinatubo in the Phillipines in 1991 was the last eruption of this size, and before that, you have to go all the way back to 1912.
Looking for a 7? Try Mt. Tambora (Indonesia) in 1815.
The eruption happened at around 7pm, when three columns of flames reaching heights of 40km were first sighted. Two hundred million tonnes of sulphur dioxide and 100 cubic km of rock were released.
The explosion was heard over a thousand miles away,
The after effects were devastating
During the summer of 1816, unexpected climate changes left countries in the Northern Hemisphere suffering from devastating famine and epidemic outbreaks. These weather patterns were the result of the volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora in Sumbawa, Indonesia, on 10th April 1815.
Over the following year, heavy ash-fall filled the air across the globe, preventing sunrays from reaching the earth. The resulting frost and rains devastated crops and caused the "Year without Summer".
The death toll outside Indonesia ran into hundreds of thousands. With the 117,000 victims who died in the original cataclysm in Indonesia, this was one of the deadliest disasters in history.
In other words, a 7 would put us in deep, deep trouble. Not as much, trouble, though, as we'd be in if the Yellowstone (yes, the park) Caldera erupted :
The last time that beast woke up - with a roar - was 640,000 years ago. That was a supervolcanic eruption that ejected 1,000 cubic kilometers of ash and lava - 8,000 times what was spewed forth by Mount St. Helens in 1980. The Yellowstone eruption area collapsed upon itself, creating a sunken giant crater or caldera 1,500 square miles in area.
Holy crap. That would be between an 8 and a 9 on the VEI scale.
If you're interested and want to bookmark a few information sources, the weekly activity report of the Global Volcanism Program is a good place to start. If you're specifically interested in Katla, here's a site with a ten-minute updates of tremor levels from monitoring sites near the volcano. And if you just want to see some absolutely spectacular photos of Eyjafjallajokul, Scott Ray sent in a link to a magnificent collection from The Big Dig.


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Ubuntu has been enjoying a monopoly over the home-user Linux Distribution market for a few years now. This article hopes to shed light on ArchLinux as an alternative.
I saw myself visiting a myriad variety of distros over the years, only to revert to Ubuntu eventually. Braving through GRUB issues, networking problems and other potentially devastating complications for the newbie, I clung to it due to the novelty and the freedom. Maybe the most appealing part was the learning process, unraveling the beauty of the Linux environment every day you use it.
Ubuntu deserves unparalleled credit for changing the perceptions of the non-geek audience. It gave the conventional users food for thought, by purging the "Linux Is Too Difficult" tag. The focus is on delivering a usable operating system that is easy to use and just works. By offering prepackaged choices between various desktop environments, it makes the learning curve for the newbie far more smoother, arguably more so than Windows.
2011 saw Unity being chosen as the default desktop environment on Cannonical's flagship distribution, Ubuntu, a move which met a lukewarm reception from the users. Unity, although at its nascent stages, has shown great promise in enhancing the overall intuitiveness and integration of the interface. The genius behind the move may be realized in the future when the Unity interface will play a vital role in the convergence of multiple Ubuntu based platforms, with Cannonical showing intent in the SmartTV and the Phone markets.
The concept of simplicity differs greatly when it comes to ArchLinux. Arch has its essence in minimalism, avoiding unnecessary additions, modifications, or complications. Arch assumes that the user is responsible for knowing what they want and allows them to call the shots, starting straight from the minimalistic command-line installer. This involves a certain amount of effort that needs to be put in by the user in understanding the intricacies of the system, that Ubuntu users may not be familiar with. Of course, this can be avoided by installing other pre-configured flavours of ArchLinux like ArchBang and Manjaro. The time invested initially certainly reaps rich dividends in the future, leading to an above average understanding of the Linux environment. For the Ubuntu user, who is accustomed to utilizing a cracking interface, with minimal command line usage, this may seem alien. Taking your Linux familiarity to the next level may not be easy, but distributions such as Arch will definitely help because they make the user realize that there may be multiple methods to obtain the required result.
The ArchLinux documentation is extensive to say the least, with most usage scenarios covered in the reputed ArchWiki. The community embodies a "do first, then ask" approach, unlike what is seen on many Ubuntu support pages. Armed with the pacman package manager and the Arch User Repositories (AUR), it's very unlikely that you will not find a package that you've been looking for. AUR is powered ArchLinux users who generously devote their time to adopt and maintain packages to give you the latest and the greatest. Arch is a proponent of the Rolling Release model which means that there are no release cycles like those in Ubuntu. With the robustness of pacman, you can easily get your hands on the cutting edge developments in the Linux community. For those looking for an OS change, ArchLinux may just be the option you might want to consider.
I'm going to conclude by citing a well-written post that I happened to encounter, which might help newbies with the switch (credits to the original author):
Steps to becoming self supporting for succeeding with Linux
- Decide that it's worth it.
- Lower the stakes.
- Know your package manager.
- Master permissions.
- Get a sense of your amazing Desktop choices.
- The Command Line is part of the Desktop
- Know where to get information.
- Whatever works is the right way, but there's always a better way.
- Be the community.
- Have a lot of fun.


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Think you've been to the Pima County Fair and seen it all? There's always something original & fresh at the fair!
The 2013 fair has a number of *BRAND NEW* events, attractions, and shows, including:
- Kiddie Kingdom (located inside Pima Hall)
- New Rides – Quad Runners, Motorbikes, and VW Bug
- Imperial Acrobats of Beijing
- Cirque Roots Fire Dancing
- Stylistics Car Show
- Gator on a Stick and Bacon-Flavored Cotton Candy
- 1st Annual BEERFEST on Saturday, April 27th (12:00pm-4:00pm)
- Daily Happy Hour in the Sunset Cantina Bar & Grill (4:00pm-6:00pm)
Plus, the fair promises grounds improvements, upgraded concert seating, and a stronger presence on social media.


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Happy Monday! The past week was pretty good. Of course, as always I didn't accomplish quite as much as I had wanted to. Joined another quilt guild, this one is in Hobbs, they get together every Wed. morning to sew together. What fun! It will take me less than 10 minutes to drive there. I can't wait.
I've never done paper-piecing but I've signed up for a class, joined an online group and printed a pattern for a birdhouse wall hanging. Looks much easier than I had thought. 😀
Crooked Log Cabin Ducky Quilt– I didn't touch this quilt all last week. I'm pitiful.
Sweet Baby Jane– Another quilt I didn't touch all week.
Piecing the Trail to Kansas – YAY!! Got my pattern and purchased enough fabric for the background and enough fabric to get me started. I'm going to use cream and red. I'm sure I will have to incorporate some other colors. I'm so excited to get started on this quilt. I sat and read the story behind the quilt.
Chocolate & Pink Purse #1– Nope, didn't work on this either.
Friends Quilt– This top is finished but I'm not ready to drop it off at the quilter's. I'm still enjoying just looking at it.
Butterfly Pillowcase– I was really surprised at how much I had got done on this when I took it out of the hoop. This project is hard to work on because of all the extra fabric from the pillowcase is always in the way.
Animals on Parade– I only worked on this one afternoon. Which there is no rush doing this since it is for my kitchen.
Weekly Goals for Project List
Apples and Pie (paperpieced) – select fabrics, piece
Birdhouse (paperpieced) – select fabrics, piece
Chocolate & Pink Purse – cut lining, sew
Chocolate & Pink Tote – cut, sew
Piecing the Trail to Kansas- BOM cut and sew Sept block
Rubber Ducky – cut yellow strips & sew, cut navy strips & sew
SpongeBob – layer, baste, quilt
Sweet Baby Jane – cut strips, sew strips together, add borders
Happy quilting!
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Borders files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Borders files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Borders Group is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization after a long struggle to stay afloat as the book and music businesses changed beneath its feet.
The 40-year-old company plans to close about 30 percent of its stores, or about 200, over the next few weeks.
List of stores that are closing
Here is a list of the stores that are closing:
There is a map of the store closings here
Not surprised
I know it was a totally seperate business but you should have seen how quickly Borders in the UK went down the pan in 2009.
Everything just gone in what seemed like an instant. The last week or so was a bloodbath.
If you're a Borders employee get your wages asap, or start taking books home as collateral!


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As Nina Simone once bellowed on her classic song, Feeling Good:
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It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good" -Nina Simone
Today is the dawn, birth, inception, conception, origination, genesis, emergence, rise, start, commencement, the point of departure, launch, and catapult of the Financial Time Traveler's podcast! As you can tell, we are very excited to introduce our newest platform of connecting!
We travel a LOT for our day jobs over at Up Capital Management and Harris-Bay Real Estate Investments, which only prompts endless amounts of small talk. Whether at the airport terminal, the hotel lobby or our favorite restaurant the question always comes up, "What do you do for a living?" There are three choices, Financial Advisor (yawn), Corporate Retirement Benefits Expert (big words, bro), and Financial Time Traveler (awesome). The response to each of those job titles is tremendously different. The first and second generally illicit a dead end discussion, while the third sparks curiosity and always leads to a follow-up questions such as "What is that?" or "Huh?" and "You are a Time Traveler?" All of these responses are precisely what we want, and the primary driver behind our very first podcast.
On episode 1, Anton and I introduce the WHAT, WHY, AND HOW of Financial Time Traveling. This episode is the first of many weekly podcasts surrounding the impact of global trade markets on your wallet, whether you're invested or not! It doesn't matter if you are an aggressive entrepreneur, a veteran stock market investor, or considering your first home purchase, the Financial Time Traveler's podcast is here to help you compress time and add years to your financial freedom. By cutting the noise and delivering the essential need-to-know facts to build wealth in a modern environment, we hope to help educate you on how to travel to your future financial destination at a faster rate.
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Ryan Lochte swimming against his reputation
Ryan Lochte is talking about what he would like to do after he retires from swimming, and he clearly hasn't thought through his answer.
"Something to do with working with kids," he said. "I'm so good with kids that I would want to do something like that. But I don't know what. I don't know. Just working with kids somehow."
In some respects, this is what people have come to expect from Lochte, who is as renowned for his dumb-jock persona as he is for his five gold medals.
But it's been about two years since the E! television network solidified his goofball image with a reality show. And it's been 14 months since he left Gainesville, Fla., to start training in Charlotte for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Under SwimMAC Carolina coach David Marsh, there are no rules, no curfews, no one making sure he gets to where he needs to be. He's being treated like an adult – so he'll sink or swim on his own.
And this is it for Lochte. At 30 years old, he is starting the final push for his final run at his final Olympics, a task that will require more focus and discipline than ever.
The question is: Is Charlotte the right place for Lochte to rise to that challenge?
Living a glamorous life
Roughly 99.999 percent of us can only fantasize about having the life of Ryan Lochte.
The man is among the best at his profession, ranked No. 2 in the world last year in the 200-meter individual medley and the current world-record holder in both that event and the 400 individual medley.
Product endorsement deals – including the one with his primary sponsor, Speedo – have made him a millionaire several times over.
He routinely racks up frequent flier miles with trips to Perth, Australia, where he finished second in the 200-meter individual medley at a meet in January; to LA for a Speedo photo shoot (and a visit to the Playboy Mansion) in February; and to the Bahamas, where he and several teammates were to compete in a time trials event Saturday.
He has a physique rivaling a Greek god's, and a face – chiseled in the mold of a Hollywood sex symbol's – that is easily recognizable.
After a recent Saturday practice at Queens University of Charlotte, Lochte and fellow Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones managed to sit on the nearly deserted lawn of the Levine Center for Wellness and Recreation for about two minutes before they were recognized.
"Hey, weren't you in the Olympics?" said a passerby. "Do you mind if we get a picture with you?"
The teammates obliged, then took off in Lochte's white Bentley Continental GT, which is worth more than the average home in Charlotte.
On top of all this, he's single.
But despite his fame, his fortune, and his reputation as a partier, as he tells it: "The only time that it gets a little wild is during the weekend, when I don't have morning practice and I can go out – go to a nightclub, go to a bar."
Otherwise, he said, he mostly just sits on the couch and watches movies with his Doberman pinscher, Carter, or with Jones, whose apartment is a floor above the one Lochte rents in uptown.
"My life is boring during the week. I just eat, sleep and swim."
'He's like my brother'
Lochte and Jones have been friends for almost a decade now. They met at the Pan Pacific Championships, where they switched roommates to bunk together after discovering a mutual love for rapper Lil Wayne.
Another reason Lochte left Gainesville was to be close to Jones.
Now, Lochte said, "if I want to, I just go up, walk right into his place, sit on the couch and start watching TV – even if he's not there. He'll come home and be like, 'Oh, hey Ryan. What's up?'"
They routinely carpool to practice. They go bar-hopping on the weekends, often winding up at Vault Charlotte, an EpiCentre nightclub that Jones owns a piece of. Ever since the Pan Pacs in 2005, they've always roomed together at meets.
"He's not just my best friend, he's more like my brother," Lochte said. "My brother from another mother."
Jones said Lochte is "that fun goofy person that gets me through practices. He's great to just hang out and go to dinner with, and just talk about whatever with."
But he also said Lochte "is possibly the most driven person I've ever seen. When he sets his mind to something, it's unreal. And that's inside or outside the pool. When he moved to Charlotte, he moved into his place in about an hour and a half. He was so focused to get in and get everything all set up. I'm like, 'You can do this tomorrow!' He's like, 'NO! Right now.'"
As for the reality show, "What Would Ryan Lochte Do?" – which went a long way toward casting Lochte as an airhead – Jones said: "The show did not depict him in the right light. He gets it really bad sometimes from people, and it's disheartening, because he's just not that person."
Smarter under the surface
Marsh tried to recruit Lochte when Marsh was coach at Auburn University and Lochte was at Spruce Creek High School in Port Orange, Fla.
"It was painful to talk with him," Marsh said. "But it wasn't unintelligent talk, it was just surfer talk. And he usually had just finished a hard workout that kicked his butt, so a lot of times he was exhausted."
Here's the reality, Marsh said:
"He is bright. He is very perceptive. He can be in a room with a lot of things going on and not miss a beat; he knows exactly what's going on in the entire room. He has a lot of sense as far as what he can do to make a situation better, and most valuable, he has the ability to pull himself away from negativity."
It's a fair point. In an age when one bad decision can cost a pro athlete dearly – or at least a day of infamy on social media – risk, temptation and bad influences lurk around every corner.
Fellow Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps has been arrested for driving under the influence twice, and famously was photographed using a marijuana pipe in 2009, resulting in the loss of a major sponsor and a suspension by USA Swimming.
All Lochte seems to be guilty of is making a silly reality TV show and being inarticulate or thoughtless in interviews.
He enjoys a good party and having a drink in his hand, but he said anytime anyone asks to get their photo taken with him, he sets the drink down. He likes fast cars, but has just one speeding ticket on his record, from five years ago.
He has a reputation for being a ladies' man. "They love themselves some Ryan Lochte," Jones said, laughing. "Let's just leave it at that. I can't divulge any secrets, but they love themselves some Ryan." But he's steered clear of any controversy related to his sex life.
On the lookout for love?
Though Lochte is single, if you search "Ryan Lochte girlfriend" on Google, you'll get close to 200,000 results, including: "Ryan Lochte shares what he's not looking for in a girlfriend"; "Ryan Lochte: My ideal girl 'doesn't have to play a sport'"; and, of course, "10 tips for becoming Ryan Lochte's girlfriend."
He was featured in People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" issue in 2012, and at one point following the London Games that year, he reportedly turned down an opportunity to be on ABC's "The Bachelor."
Lochte, meanwhile, said he "definitely" wants a girlfriend. And, perhaps surprisingly, his coach would like him to get one too.
"He enjoys the fact that women think he looks good, and I know he enjoys the opposite sex, for sure," Marsh said. But "I would prefer he find one girl and rent a lot more Netflix movies. So that's a challenge to the ladies out there in Charlotte."
A bit older, a bit wiser
A girlfriend may have to wait. For the next 500 days, Lochte has one main goal: Rio de Janeiro.
He'll be 32 years old when the Olympics open there on Aug. 5, 2016, which is rather ancient in the world of top-tier international swimming. Focus, dedication and maturity have become more critical than ever.
The mere fact that Lochte is even in Charlotte shows he's done some growing up, according to the woman who has been tracking his growth for three decades.
"For his training, Gainesville was fantastic," said his mother, Ike Lochte of Daytona Beach, Fla. "But the lifestyle in Gainesville, I wouldn't want for anybody. It's a college life, and you have no responsibilities.
"I want him to have a normal, adult lifestyle, and I think that's what North Carolina has given him. He doesn't hang around with young college kids. He actually is held accountable for his actions. Nobody says, 'You have to do this,' and, 'You have to do that.' He really is on his own, and he's doing a better job at making his own decisions."
Ryan Lochte summed it up: "I'm not in a college town, so I can't think in a college mindset. I have to think more like a grown-up."
So, till Rio, swimming is what's of the utmost importance to Lochte. Not girls or bars, not being on another reality TV show, and certainly not what other people think about how smart or interesting or intellectual he is.
"I know who I am," Lochte said. "My family knows who I am. So anyone else can portray me as anything they want, and I don't really care. Whatever they say goes through one ear and out the other."
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Ryan Lochte's big tests
▪ FINA World Championships, July 24-Aug. 9 in Russia: The last major international competition before the Olympic Trials.
▪ 2016 Olympic Trials, June 26-July 3 in Omaha, Neb.: Excelling here is the only way to punch his ticket to Rio.
▪ 2016 Summer Olympics, Aug. 5-21 in Rio de Janeiro: For swimmers of his caliber, this is the only meet that matters.
Ryan Lochte on...
His favorite movie: "'Belly,' with DMX. Not many people know about that one, because I say 'Belly' and they're like, 'Uhh, OK, whatever that is.'"
His favorite Instagrammers: "I like Ludacris because he posts crazy pictures of him flying on a jet. Or Kevin Hart. He's the funniest person ever."
Visiting the Playboy Mansion in February: "It was on my bucket list, ever since I was little."
Staying out of trouble: "I've learned from other people that have gotten in trouble in the past – like (pause) Michael (pause) Phelps (pause), and other people, football players. … I read all about that stuff, so I'm like, 'Alright, this is what not to do.'"
See him swim
SwimMAC Carolina hosts the Arena Pro Swim Series at Charlotte May 14-17 at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center. Lochte and Phelps are scheduled to compete. Details: arenaproswimcharlotte.com.


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- Asking For Flowers by Kathleen Edwards. As mentioned in my post from May 21, Kathleen is a very talented singer songwriter from Canada. Asking for Flowers is her third album and it is a good one. Anyone on your list who likes Lucinda Williams would enjoy this CD.
- Just Us Kids by James McMurtry. As covered in my post of May 30, this is a terrific new album from one of the best songwriters working today. On this new disk, McMurtry spins his unusual tales of modern life with a quick wit and a cynical eye. A good choice for any rock and roll fan on your list. Another idea is his 2002 masterpiece Saint Mary of the Woods, which includes the high spot, Choctaw Bingo. It is sweet tune about family and vacations.
- The Unreleased Recordings Hank Williams. I just got my hands on this recently and it is incredible. For anyone who has gotten confused by today's Nashville, this is wha real country music sounds like. The words are honest and the backing is great. Somebody please send a copy to Rascal Flatts.
- Pretty World by Sam Baker. Although this was actually released in 2007, I only started listening to it this year. A remarkable effort from an under rated Austin musician. See my post from September 9 for more details.
Booze: I have been drinking a lot of good wine lately. What else are you going to do while watching the sky fall? Much of what I drink comes from Karen Williams and Davis Stevens at Acme Fine Wines in St Hellena California. As I mentioned in my post on April 27, they have a real talent for finding great California wines that are made in small quantities. I have never been disappointed by any of their recomendations. Check them out at acmefinewines.com.
Books: I have read a lot of fiction this year as usual. Most of it has been good entertainment, but not remarkable. Here are a few exceptions:
- A Most Wanted Man by John le Carre. As reported in my post on November 11, this is another great effort from the master of the spy genre, Le Carre. It is excellent.
- The Garden of Last Days by Andre Dubus. When I wrote about this book in a post on June 12, I took a lot of heat from some of my readers. I guess a book about strippers and terrorists doesn't have universal appeal. I stand by my recommendation. It is a very intriguing novel.
- The Finder by Colin Harrison. Harrison has written several novels in the last 10 years that I have enjoyed very much. He has a good eye for descriptions and his characters are well turned out. I still think that Afterburn, which was released published in 2000, is his best effort, but The Finder is quite good as well.
- Lush Life by Richard Price. Although it is a little hard to follow at first, Lush Life has some great moments. Price is certainly one of our best American authors writing today.
Bobs: I have been wanting to write a post about Dylan's Tell Tale Signs, but I haven't gotten to it yet. Naturally, any new look into Bob's unreleased catalogue is a joyful occasion for all of the faithful BobCats. This might be a tricky Christmas gift, because any real fan will have a copy already. It would be a good present for some one who should be a bigger fan. It contains some great outtakes from his recent albums.


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As promised, here are some photos of my trip to Costa Rica, showing a little bit of what we did. Patrick, one of the team members, was an amazing photographer and took all these pictures and then took the time to add a Bible verse to each one.
This is the little cabin where three other team members and I stayed. It was cozy but worked.
Each morning, Dan, the project leader, led a coordination meeting where laid out our goals for the day and made sure everyone was on the same page.
We had a team devotional time each evening, which was good to keep everyone focused on God and build fellowship. Here we are singing some choruses.
This is the room where we worked most of the time. This was a planning meeting at the beginning of the week. The architect and planner are on the left discussing the YWAM's dreams with their staff, seated on right.
This is the EMI team exploring the site on the first day. I am wearing the funny khaki hat to keep the hot Central American sun from beating down on my face.
One day most of us went on a field trip to check out local materials and construction practices. Here we are at a masonry building going up...
This is the planner and I discussing aspects of the projects. As you can see, I am proud to represent Nebraska in a group from all over the country.
Here is a sketch the planner made about halfway through the week, laying out some housing on the site that will be in YWAM's future plans.
Here are some sketches the architect of the building toward the end of the week.
EMI had 3 interns that are with them for 6 months at a time. Andrew was the intern assigned to me and here we are working on the project.
On Friday night, we gave a presentation to the YWAM staff and several guests including YWAM board members and financial supporters from the States. The architect and planner did most of the talking but here is me pointing out the grading and drainage aspects.


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Change my dimension's name?
Build a fireplace?
Build an aquarium or fish tank?
Thanks in advance. Its been ten days and I've done nothing else in game but play with my dimension. I think I need a support group.
Change my dimension's name?
Build a fireplace?
Build an aquarium or fish tank?
Thanks in advance. Its been ten days and I've done nothing else in game but play with my dimension. I think I need a support group.
As far as a fish tank goes I use Stasis tubes, lay one or two on its side and build around it using stone cubes. I then move vegetation into the tube, sometimes shrink a Dory, and sometimes ill make fish using a water or air dragon mote and sourcestone for eyes and red dragon scales for fins.
If it makes you feel any better Ive spent approx 4.9k plat on my mine so far >.> and imo you'll never be done, you'll just get to a point where its ready to be shown but im always tinkering with mine and I doubt it will ever change.
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Dimensions: Planar Study Spec: 61/10/5
PA: 900 | Score: 11120 | Tradeskills: All Grandmastered
4/4 GP | 4/4 DH | 5/5 GSB | 5/5 RoS Conqueror | 11/11 HK | 2/4 RotP | 1/8 ID
Characters: Xillean R90, Phantasmal R72, Eylisa R68, Kattie R74
Once you start its hard to stop. Welcome to the addiction.
Kagukan - Greybriar - My old dimension "I call it home" Stone Flask Tavern. Latest dimension "Blue Toilet Paper" Moonshade Highlands. Stop by for a visit.
Look around here on the forums. There are lots of screenshots of people's dimensions with just the items you mentioned! Or there are also links to dimension blogs and sites. Or check out the contest entries. Pretty much anything you could think of to build can be found on one of those places!
I spent 4+ plat on my first dimension and am now working on my second one. Well, I am having to fish instead of decorate right now but some of the new dimension items are so awesome and you can only get them from fishing!
Not sure what server you are on but feel free to stop by my dimension or chat me up in game. Kumberlin or Sumaiya on Deepwood shard. i play a lot so you have a good chance of catching me!
Welcome to the club! Happy building!
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I've been to dozens upon dozens of dimensions and looked at every single entry in the dimensions face book contest.
Having drooled enough, I am looking for some how to tips.
I just fished up my second boat today, so.....must make bigger pier!
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a fire place is one of the easier items to build.. you need dimension item Fireplace, and 2 or 3 standing torches. Adjust the fire place to desired size and then center the torches over the fire and move them down into the fireplace.. and presto you have a real working fireplace. You can then add various different items around like rocks, wood, stone planks, or elven coffee tables. Anything that you want really. An welcome to Dimension Addiction
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If you're looking for dimension inspiration and news, then head off to Better Homes and Dimensions, a blog about dimensions for dimensioneers.
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I am with you OP...I love decorating dimensions. Since I am an alt o'holic I have a different dimension each char so far that I have been able to buy one for. I absolutely can't wait until the current dimension contest is over to see what the new dimension will be. I am hoping it at least has water. I love my stoneflask dimension and there is just soo much to do!
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It's more helpful than you can even imagine. It may seem daunting, but it only takes 5 or 10 minutes to figure out, and will save you days upon days of design time.
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Interventional SpineGiuseppe, Bonaldi, M.D.
Alessandro, Cianfoni, Prof., Non ASSR Member
To demonstrate effectiveness of a percutaneous treatment of vertebral compression fractures characterized by retropulsion of the posterior-superior corner of the collapsed body.
Methods & Materials
We observed 4 patients with a single vertebral body collapse of osteoporotic origin, in whom also the cauda equina roots were compressed by intracanalar bony fragment dislodgement. Patients complained of back pain and intermittent neurogenic claudication. The treatment combined a standard balloon kyphoplasty followed by percutaneous implant of the Aperius interspinous spacer, in 2 cases concurrently, in 2 in separate surgical sessions.
All patients had a very favorable clinical result on both back pain and INC symptoms. Such results remain stable at 36, 32, 18, 12 month follow-ups. Three patients underwent a MR control at 36, 32, 12 months after implant of the interspinous spacer. In two cases a persistent reduction of the pre-operative spinal canal stenosis was depicted, in one case MRI did not show any modification in size of the spinal canal despite the favorable clinical result.
The cases we are presenting confirm that the combination of kyphoplasty and percutaneous interspinous spacer device implant may be a safe, easy to perform, efficient option in fragile patients. The two procedures, thanks to the very low invasiveness of both, can be separated, if deemed safer, and interspinous spacer implant may be performed only if favorable clinical results are not obtained by kyphoplasty alone. Osteoporotic and elderly patients are fragile, and surgery must be proposed only when inevitable. To our knowledge, this is the first description of a totally percutaneous approach to such pathologic conditions.
References/Financial Disclosures
- Arbit E, Pannullo S. Lumbar stenosis: a clinical review. Clin Orthop 2001;384:137-143. - Katz JN, Harris MB. Lumbar spinal stenosis. N Engl J Med 2008;358:818-825. - Kondrashov DG, Hannibal M, Hsu KY, Zucherman JF. Interspinous process decompression with the X-STOP. Device for lumbar spinal stenosis. A 4-Year follow-up study. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2006;19:323-327. - Zucherman JF, Hsu KY, Hartjen CA, Mehalic, TF, Implicito, DA, Martin MJ, et al. A multicenter, prospective, randomized trial evaluating the X STOP interspinous process decompression system for the treatment of neurogenic intermittent claudication. Two-Year follow-up results. Spine.2005;30(12):1351-1358. - Richards JC, Majumdar S, Lindsey DP, Beaupré, GS, Yerby SA. The treatment mechanism of an interspinous process implant for lumbar neurogenic intermittent claudication. Spine.2005; 30:744-749. - Siddiqui M, Nicol M, Karadimas E, Smith F, Wardlaw D. The positional magnetic resonance imaging changes in the lumbar spine following insertion of a novel interspinous process distraction device. Spine. 2005;30:2677-2682. - Siddiqui M, Nicol M, Karadimas E, Smith F, Wardlaw D. Influence of x stop on neural foramina and spinal canal area in spinal stenosis. Spine.2006;31:2958-2962. No disclosure.[gallery]


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© 2014-2018 KB Spigot Ltd Spigot Lodge, Coverham, Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 4TL
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Spigot Racing Ltd, Spigot Lodge, Coverham, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 4TL - Registered
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We hope this web site provides you with an introduction to life at the yard and may
even encourage you to join us as an owner in the exciting world of thoroughbred racing.
Read about Karl Burke's career to date and his ambition to work his way to the very
top of horse racing. Learn more about the history of Spigot Lodge, the excellent
training facilities the yard provides and plans for its future development.
Browse our horses for sale and understand the options we provide for racehorse ownership
at all levels. You will find a full listing out our current horses in training and
be able to follow links through to the Racing Post to get up to the minute information
on the horses forthcoming engagements and recent results.
Get to the know the key staff that make the yard one of the most forward looking
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So... You are going to boil me and have me for dinner?
I wanted to make a post for Valentine's day. I stumbled across these vintage & retro Valentines.
quite a few of them are hilarious. The sort you would HATE to get from the boy in your class that you had a crush on!
Not sure I feel the love here. Unless the giver is a steak lover. But the whole meat cleaver thing..
Loving Skeletons as I do, I would adore to be given this one!
'So I threaten you with a big GUN!' Creepy.
I want to run you through!
Is that a Banana or are you just happy to see me?
'I'll nail you'? WTF?
This one is moveable so you can demonstrate how you will push
your intended into the jaws of death, if she refuses you!
Just nasty. This would ruin any girls Valentines day.
(You gave me dentures!)
Recycled Halloween cat.
This is a bit forward and cheeky!
Nothing says I Love you like a Fly and a place for flies to die!
And there will be more bloody arrows!
And by 'Dictator' I mean go put some pants on you look like a girl!
At first glance 'it' sure does look 'loaded'. Placement fail.
Seriously? Duct Tape? Don't you have any Golden Thread or something?
You're an Angel for christsakes!
Bugs + 'You Bug me' = Valentine Fail
OK- First. . where are your PANTS? You Screw what? with a Pig- tail too?
A pig on a Valentine is always bad. And you are a Ginger to boot!
A Winner! He wants me for my mind!
Any boy would run from any girl who gave him this card!


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Coleraine Council welcome improved railway line
- By : Elizabeth Witherspoon
- Category : Featured Stories, Local
- Tags: Coleraine Borough Council, Improved railway, Translink, wifi
Coleraine Borough Council met in the council offices in Cloonavin on Tuesday 19th February 2013 at 6.30pm.
Deputy Mayor Alderman Creelman, chairman for the evening, opened proceedings by welcoming everyone to the meeting.
The first item of business was an update from the General Manager of Rail Services in Translink, Mr Mal McGreevy. He addressed the council on the upcoming opening of the improved Coleraine and Londonderry/Derry rail line.
Mr McGreevy revealed twenty new trains will operate on this line, as opposed to the original thirteen.
In response to the 70% increase in passengers travelling on trains between Belfast and Coleraine, Mr McGreevy stressed, "It was necessary to implement a new timetable that would see trains running hourly." Trains have been increased from eleven to nineteen per day, Monday to Friday and eight on a Sunday.
Mr McGreevy told the chamber, "The line will reopen one week ahead of schedule on 24th March 2013", while adding this had been, "A challenging programme."
Councillor McClarty extended his praise of the reopening to the gathered councillors, commenting that not many years ago the prediction for the line was demise, but now he is pleased that there is, "A bright future ahead for the railways of Northern Ireland." Making reference to the service provided by Translink, he further added, "The service is now tremendous" and that he was, "Looking forward to travelling on the improved line."
Councillors heard how Translink have installed new technology, enabling passengers to access a 'wifi' network when travelling. This new service will allow passengers to connect to the internet free of charge whilst on the move, giving them the opportunity to check emails, browse social network sites or catch up on work whilst travelling with Translink. The new scheme was widely praised by the majority of the gathered councillors and it was commented that this added a new incentive for people to use public transport.
Councillor Barbour echoed this praise by adding he thought it was a, "Great idea to be able to use computers on a train." He also made the comparison that this wifi scheme would help to, "Enhance our tourist rate" and, "Help us economically."
Mayor, Councillor Cole ended the item of business by commenting, "I cannot wait to get using my free pass to try out the line."
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JAMES WHITE is the head coach and founder of Roark Gyms. James has a Gym Jones level 1, 2 & 3 certification and was the first fully certified Gym Jones instructor in Africa. He also has a Crossfit level 1 certification as well as Crossfit Mobility, Crossfit Olympic Lifting and Crossfit Football certifications. He is also a member of the USA Weightlifting Federation.
2000m Row: 6:42 | 500m Row: 1:23
2000m Ski Erg: 7:21 | 500m Ski Erg: 1:28
Triathlon: 4:40
300 FY (Gym Jones standard 300 cals in 10 minutes on AD4)
222 FY (Roark standard 222 cals in 10 minutes on AD6)
Benchpress: 145kg's
Back squat: 150kg's
Dead lift: 175kg's
Front squat: 125kg's
Overhead squat: 100kg's
Push press: 110kg's
Clean: 110kg's
Max pull ups: 38
ANGELO PACEGO joined Roark in July 2013 and started coaching in the mens gym in August 2014. He specialises in dynamic strength training with a strong emphasis on explosiveness.
Bench Press: 165kgs
Push Press: 130kgs
Deadlift: 200kgs
Back Squat: 180kgs
2000 meter row: 6:59
JUSTIN PARKER joined Roark Gyms in April 2012 and became a coach in January 2014. He coaches in both the Men's and Women's Gym.
2000m Row: 7:02
Triathlon: 5:27
Benchpress: 110kg's
Dead lift: 180kg's
Front squat: 110kg's
Push press: 110kg's
Completed 42km Otter Trail Run in 7h58m
'14 Two Oceans Half Marathon time: 1h46
NIC RASENTI joined Roark Gyms in April 2012 and became a coach in April 2014. He coaches in both the Men's and Women's Gym.
2000m Row: 7:03
Triathlon: 4:59
Benchpress: 130kg's
Dead lift: 180kg's
Front squat: 115kg's
Push press: 105kg's


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Victims Of The Modern Age is the latest album by Dutch musical mastermind Arjen Lucassen. With projects like Ayreon, Star One and Guilt Machine he has made himself a household name in the progressive rock and metal landscape. Prior to the album being released, Wouter de Boer had an extensive telephone chat with The Tall One, as he is often referred to. Due to technical problems with the recording and the sheer length of the interview, it took some time to work out the final article. A lot that has been said, ultimately didn't reach the pages of Home Nucleonics. But what remains is an honest portrait of a talented musician who always strives for the best quality possible. Just the way we like it! Continue reading
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Interview with Arjen Lucassen
Guilt Machine – On This Perfect Day
Arjen Lucassen is probably best known for being the mastermind behind Ayreon. Records like Into The Electric Castle, The Human Equation and 01011001 are massive prog behemoths built around difficult storylines and countless guests. His latest project Guilt Machine is way more basic in its approach but not less impressive… Continue reading


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When Coldplay issued their debut, Parachutes in 2000, many assumed they only succeeded because they filled the void left by Radiohead, who had became less radio friendly and more experimental with each new release. No doubt, Coldplay's sound —elegant, melodic, vaguely spacey and very dramatic — bore plenty of similarity to mid-1990s Radiohead. But the group's hooks, sharpened by frontman Chris Martin's ability to pull heartstrings, and the their willingness to evolve their sound, gave Coldplay staying power. As a result, the band became one of the most commercially successful acts of the new millennium.
Coldplay formed at the University College of London in 1998 by guitarists Martin, a pianist from childhood and also a singer, and Jon Buckland; they were later joined by drummer Will Champion and bassist Guy Berryman. (Tim Rice-Oxley was asked to join on keyboards, but was too busy with his own group, Keane.) They played their first shows as "the Coldplay," and in 1998 self-issued an EP, Safety. The following year, the group released the Brothers and Sisters EP on U.K. indie Fierce Panda, performed their first sessions for the BBC Radio 1 presenter Steve Lamacq, played Glastonbury, and signed to Parlophone in short order.
Though Parachutes' lead single, "Shiver," didn't make much impact, the follow-up, "Yellow" (Number 48, 2001), was omnipresent on radio and one of the first power-ballad hits of the new decade. The group's follow-up, A Rush of Blood to the Head (Number 5, 2002), consolidated Coldplay's position as the go-to band for melodically sturdy guitar-rock weepers, as it spun off a fistful of big hits: "In My Place" (Number 17 Modern Rock, 2002); "The Scientist" (Number 18 Modern Rock, 2003); the piano-driven "Clocks" (Number 29, 2003), which won the 2004 Grammy Award for Record of the Year; and "God Put a Smile on Your Face."
In Rush's wake, Martin became an outspoken advocate of fair trade (he appeared with the phrase "Make Trade Fair" written on his hand on a magazine cover) and spoke in favor of John Kerry's presidential bid. (Martin doesn't have an American vote, but his wife, the Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow, does.) The band gives ten percent of their profits to charity.
Those profits went way up in 2005, when Coldplay released their third album, X & Y, which went straight to Number One in 22 countries, including the U.S. and U.K. Despite critical pans (including a high-profile drubbing in the New York Times), the album spun off the radio tracks "Speed of Sound" (Number Eight, 2005), "Fix You" (Number 59, 2005), "Talk" (Number 86, 2006), and "The Hardest Part" (Number 37 Adult Contemporary, 2006). Martin became a tabloid fixture thanks to his marriage, but his image, and his band's, remained relatively down to earth.
On 2008's Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends (Number One, Top 200) Coldplay's sound became more overtly experimental as the band worked with boundary-pushing producers like Brian Eno, who helped bring the band win significant critical acclaim. The album's first single, "Violet Hill," hit Number Eight, while the follow-up, "Viva La Vida," hit Number One and won Song of the Year at the 2009 Grammy Awards. After the release of Viva La Vida, Coldplay embarked on tours in North America, Latin America, and Europe. In December, 2009, they convened in a North London church to focus on a new album, again working with Brian Eno.
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Stormy Daniels Regretted Alleged Trump Affair and Felt Sorry for Melania Trump, According to 2011 Interview
Stormy Daniels regretted her alleged affair with President Donald Trump and felt sorry for his wife Melania Trump, according to a transcript of an interview with In Touch in 2011.
The publication has published its full interview with the adult film star—real name Stephanie Clifford—about her alleged sexual relationship with the president in 2006. The interview took place before Daniels is claimed to have reached a settlement deal with Trump to keep quiet about the affair in October 2016, as reported by The Wall Street Journal on January 12.
Speaking to In Touch in 2011, five years after the rumored affair, Daniels said she was now remorseful about the impact of the affair on Trump's marriage to the first lady. Trump married Melania Trump, née Knauss, in January 2005. Their son Barron was born in March 2006—just four months before Trump and Daniels met at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
"You know he's married, so how did you feel about engaging with someone who is cheating on their wife?" In Touch reporter Jordi Lippe-McGraw asked Daniels.
She responded: "At the time, I didn't think that much about it. But now that I have a baby that's the same age that his was at the time, I'm like, 'Wow, what a d---.'"
Daniels gave birth to her daughter in early 2011, per a Daily Beast article from 2012.
The exchange continued:In Touch: "Do you feel bad? If she ever confronted you, what would you say?"
Daniels: "Yeah, I feel bad. It didn't occur to me at the time."
Daniels also spoke about how Trump allegedly brushed off mentions of his wife when she brought up Melania during their first encounter.
"I mentioned her. I was like, 'Yeah, what about your wife?' He goes, 'Oh, don't worry about her.' Quickly, quickly changed the subject," Daniels said.
Asked if she had a message for either Donald or Melania Trump, Daniels said: "I don't know. Karma will always bite you in the ass."
Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen has denied that any sexual encounter between his client and the adult film star took place. "President Trump once again vehemently denies any such occurrence as has Ms. Daniels," he told the Journal.
Cohen also supplied a quote attributed to Daniels in which she denied a "sexual and/or romantic affair" with Trump and said rumors of receiving "hush money" were "completely false."
In Touch said Daniels passed a polygraph test after giving her interview in 2011.


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