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Friday, January 04, 2013
Moar Subie!
Steep curves at on- and off-ramps resulted in me getting all squeamish, afraid that the Forester would tip over, since it has, relative to the Zed Drei at least, approximately the proportions of a wheeled telephone booth*.
Steering took some getting used to: A lot more power assist, plus tall and flexy front tire sidewalls, plus the age of the vehicle equaled a numb on-center feel compared to what I'm used to. Combined with the increased body roll, it's going to be a while before I get comfortable with the idea of making like Tommi Mäkinen in the thing.
Pulls good up to freeway speeds, but runs out of breath a lot sooner than I'm used to. At ~70 mph, both the Forester and the Zed Drei are turning right around 3k rpm, but if you flatten the throttle at that speed, the Bimmer will still shove you back in your seat, while the Subie just sighs and grudgingly, slowly, picks up more speed. This is to be expected from an object that weighs 500 pounds more, has 25hp less, and is the size and shape of a small garden shed.
Today I'll be changing the earl in the car, despite the sticker that says it was done 2k ago, because just because.
*Ask your parents what a "telephone booth" is, kids. Basically, back when telephones had to be connected to buildings with a wire, we put up tiny glass buildings on the street in which to attach phones that anybody could use and get their nasty germs all over. The next time that old movie The Matrix comes on the classic movie channel, look for the scene where Trinity nearly gets squooshed by the truck. That thing she's standing in is a telephone booth.
51 comments:
- Bob said...
On phone booths: I remember a hotel my parents owned briefly in Gainesville, Florida, back in the late 1960's. The restaurant featured, in the alcove between the entrances to the men's and ladies' rooms, a beautiful phone booth, beautifully appointed in mahogany, with a small bench for comfort while making calls. A thing of beauty it was.
- 8:02 AM, January 04, 2013
My wife's summer car is a 97 Miata. Switching between my Tundra full-size PU and that always gives me the feeling that I'm sitting about 6 inches off the ground.
Then going back to the truck always leaves me feeling like I'm sitting on top of a ladder.
On the gripping hand, MY summer ride is the 'Wing, and that first ride of spring is always fun to be back on two wheels.
- 8:02 AM, January 04, 2013
- Joseph said...
"because" is my favorite reason.
Q: does the Tamster actually do the changing or does a garage do it? I used to take mine to a local garage associated with a major tire manufacturer until they stripped out my oil pan drain plug and wanted to charge me $700 to replace it. I do my own now.
- 8:40 AM, January 04, 2013
- Tam said...
"Q: does the Tamster actually do the changing or does a garage do it?"
The local oil change joint. I'll be damned if I'm lying on my back on snow-covered gravel to save a couple bucks.
- 8:47 AM, January 04, 2013
This series of posts has me peeking at Craigslist for used Audis.
We rarely get snow here but Quattro still rocks in rain too.
Ever since my wife replaced her crashed Audi with a Honda Pilot (she wanted the third row and extra space) I've missed having one.
I'm hoping to have something slightly more fuel efficient than my 2003 Ram 1500 Quad Cab 4X4 by the time Summer gas price spikes hit.
- 8:50 AM, January 04, 2013
- Armed Texan said...
Tell us again why you didn't go for the WRX instead?
- 9:04 AM, January 04, 2013
- og said...
never, to me, about saving money, it's about seeing that Cletus doesn't cross thread the drain plug or snap off some irreplaceable bracket.
The rear sways on that are I believe hollow. Simply swapping to a solid rear sway will give you a ride you're more familiar with.
You can also get a set of coilovers for it for about a grand, a good summer project and a dramatic improvement to the ride.
yeah, when you take a top heavy vehicle and push it upwards of 70 on a regulation-diameter exit ramp, and feel the inside front lift off, and the engine race, and the posi grab and kick in, you hope that seat cushion your ass just ate was adequately clean.
- 9:06 AM, January 04, 2013
- Tam said...
Armed Texan,
"Tell us again why you didn't go for the WRX instead?"
Why? You know where there's a decent used one for two grand?
- 9:12 AM, January 04, 2013
Sounds like you're getting the experience I hoped for when we picked up an '02 Outback (for four times the price of yours). Alas, things fell off ours, bright green leaks occurred and oil was guzzled to the point I could've just started mixing it with the gas.
Hopefully all that bad karma was safely stored away from your Forester when we got rid of it for a Mazda.
- 9:25 AM, January 04, 2013
Kids these days know what a telephone booth is, because those are very similar to Dr. Who's police box.
- 9:34 AM, January 04, 2013
- 9:35 AM, January 04, 2013
- Eric said...
Do you still have the Zed Drei?
- 9:37 AM, January 04, 2013
- Chris said...
I've been a salesman for 35 years. First thing I would check for in a new territory for the first 20 years of that was where the (relatively) safe telephone booths were. There are a few stories about that, too, concerning a pay phone near one of the "projects" in Baltimore.
- 9:38 AM, January 04, 2013
- Cheeze said...
FIRST! Oh, no, wait. Sorry.
- 9:39 AM, January 04, 2013
- BobG said...
Phone booths were also known as Superman's changing room in the old days.
- 9:42 AM, January 04, 2013
- Fortannica said...
Phone booth?
Oh, you mean the Greenhouse TARDIS-looking thingy we had stateside.
- 9:46 AM, January 04, 2013
- rickn8or said...
"Today I'll be changing the earl in the car, despite the sticker that says it was done 2k ago, because just because."
Because it's not truly yours until you make the fluid changes.
- 9:49 AM, January 04, 2013
"Because" IS the best reason;
c.f. Tam's post on M1's and Murican cards "Because Garand".
I have a local small garage do my oil changes; I bring oil (including a quart of Marvel Mystery), filters n' such and he does the actual work with me looking on and chatting. I hand him a $20 and we're done.
- 9:51 AM, January 04, 2013
- Eric said...
Recall information can be found on this web site: http://www.safercar.gov/
- 9:56 AM, January 04, 2013
- Laura said...
Tam, what year is the scooby? might want to be wary of the headgaskets if it has a 2.5L. they're known for being leaky (anywhere from a slight weepiness to OH GOD WHY IS IT SPEWING THINGS THAT MUST STAY INSIDE) if they're from the late 90s.
- 9:57 AM, January 04, 2013
- Tam said...
Eric & NAVIGATOR,
The recall applies to '09-'12 Foresters with "puddle lights" under the door sills.
This is a '99 Forester that doesn't even have cruise control, let alone "puddle lights".
- 10:04 AM, January 04, 2013
What kind of sound system in the Hoopty Do?
- 10:10 AM, January 04, 2013
My 06 Forester leaks a little oil. Annoying only because I've never driven a car to 180K. The head gasket is a problem on older ones, you'll know it if it happens. A buddy had his go, and just drove it, adding oil every 1200 miles or so for another year before he sold it. The engine can take a LOT of abuse if you just know what to expect.
- 10:27 AM, January 04, 2013
- leBolide said...
You could probably pull off some Ken Block action if you head out after a few people have driven through a fresh snow and packed it down before the plows could clear it...
- 10:48 AM, January 04, 2013
A decent set of high performance all seasons (see Continental DWS), will probably liven it up considerably for when you're not driving on snow tires. My first thought when I went more confidence in a car's handling (after getting somewhat use to it, of course), is a good set of tires and a get set of brakes.
Given the mission statement of Scoobie-ster is to haul around people, guns, and such, at normal people speeds. A decent set of tires and brakes will at least make it a little better to the sportscar.
Glad it went well. I'd consider a coolant system flush soon, and as someone else suggested on the other post a can of HEET in the gas tank to displace any moisture.
- 10:55 AM, January 04, 2013
PS: As someone under 30 around here. I can honestly say, I remember phone booths, when I was about 9 years old. After that, I remember my parents both getting cellphones and by the time I was 12, the phone booth was dead. That would have been circa 1994 (at 9) and by 1997 virtually every phone booth I can think of was gone.
I still remember a few payphone "kiosks" I guess you could all them (payphones attached to the wall of a store), but by 2001 most of those were gone too.
- 11:01 AM, January 04, 2013
- Sport Pilot said...
I'm with Tam on not crawling around under my vehicles in the driveway or street with snow on the ground. Now as to the Foresters performance and handling… http://www.andysautosport.com/performance_chips/subaru.html for a replacement chip.
http://www.knfilters.com/news/news.aspx?id=1194 for a K&N air filter
http://www.ehow.com/how_7681345_do-subaru-outback-handle-better.html to decrease weight and increase rigidity
http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/stiffer-springs-and-shocks-without-lowering-iti-171664.html?s=bf9cf54a6f0372650553b507dd66fd6a& on shocks and struts…Essentially replace with new.
Alloy wheels and all season radial tires.
We have a well-used 1999 Outback that's going through the replacement suspension, engine and overall drive train parts that far too many owners never do. This particular vehicle went through several owners but is still worth fixing up as a daily driver.
- 11:32 AM, January 04, 2013
- perlhaqr said...
There's a place ~25 miles from you (Brickyard Imported Cars) that claims to have a full set of stock '05 Legacy 5 spoke alloy 17's for $85 each, with a less pretty one for a spare at $75. You could drop your tire aspect ratio quite a bit with that. They've also got some 16" 10 spokes out of an '04 for $45 each.
As for freeway entrances, I usually just keep my '93 Legacy in a lower gear until I'm up to speed. Compared to the whomping V8 in the '72, the Subie 2.2 revs to the moon.
Og: When you say "get a set of coilovers for it for about a grand" do you mean something fancy, like Konis or Teins? Because the stock suspension is coilover struts to begin with.
- 11:38 AM, January 04, 2013
- og said...
The ones I've installed were XYZ's. A pretty simple no-power tool install which gives you rebuildable, adjustable ride.
- 11:45 AM, January 04, 2013
- og said...
Crap, I tried to insert a link and screwed the pooch
- 11:46 AM, January 04, 2013
- Yrro said...
@perlhaqr Yeah, sounds like it. Although if you put $1,000 of shocks on a $2,000 car... you might be an autocrosser.
In a '99, I'd bet you $20 that even a set of KYB's would be a nice upgrade. The shocks are probably dead and gone now given the level of maintenance most people put into their cars.
- 12:17 PM, January 04, 2013
- Larry said...
"might want to be wary of the headgaskets if it has a 2.5L. they're known for being leaky (anywhere from a slight weepiness to OH GOD WHY IS IT SPEWING THINGS THAT MUST STAY INSIDE) if they're from the late 90s."
The early 00's had the same problems. Subaru sells a conditioner that you add to the cooling system that is supposed to mitigate this problem.
Also be aware, the flat 4 makes it's best power in the higher RPM range and is an absolute pig between 1K and 3K RPM, so go ahead and rev it up.
NOTHING will make it handle and accelerate like the Zed (a feature not a bug when the roads get slick), but I don't imagine there's any way you are going to confuse the two from behind the wheel.
I am quite fond of my little yellow Scoobytruck (03 Baja). The Mustang mostly stays under its cover this time of year (because convertible, not so much because of road conditions in Raleigh NC).
- 12:46 PM, January 04, 2013
- Able said...
Phone booths (telephone boxes here) are still all the rage here. Just not in the street. I have one friend who has it set up in his hall as a place to hang his cordless house phone. The other? It's in her bathroom, as a shower cubicle.
(that's the old cast-iron, iconic red telephone boxes if you're confused).
I imagine in a few years kids will be asking 'Dad, why were there showers in the street in the olden days?' - I feel old!
- 1:03 PM, January 04, 2013
- Mick Havoc said...
At least you know how to drive well.
Up here in Cheesetopia, Subarus are one of the favorite rides of the Anti-Destination League.
They are one of four vehicles guaranteed to be "operated" by someone with their head up their ass.
Along with Buicks, Grand Marquis, and the winner: The Prius.
Happy Motoring!
- 1:28 PM, January 04, 2013
- perlhaqr said...
Yrro: Yeah, I put KYB Excel-Gs on my '93 Legacy when I got it. Of course, since after removing them, I discovered that they would compress by hand, and stay there, and the right rear rubber biscuit strut mount at the top had ripped completely out of the frame... yeah, anything at all would have been an improvement at that point. :D
(The triangular frame that mounts to the car, not ripped out of the car completely. Replacing the strut mount solved the problem entirely.)
- 2:52 PM, January 04, 2013
- Will said...
I don't know the details, but there is supposed to be a fuse you can pull to dis-engage the rear axle from the drive line, which turns it into a FWD. Useful if you need it towed for some reason, because it can be done by a wheel-lift. No need for dollies or a flat bed.
I never had to tow one in the years I drove a tow truck, so I never got to check it out. None of my coworkers had, either.
My neighbor had an '04 for sale earlier this year, and wanted $10k. Looked like it was just off the showroom floor, complete with LARGE OB/Biden in '08 sticker.
- 3:41 PM, January 04, 2013
- 4:55 PM, January 04, 2013
A telephone booth is a telephone attached by an armored cable to the interior of a non-functioning TARDIS. Bring plenty of coins as you pay by the minute in advance.
- 5:59 PM, January 04, 2013
- Drang said...
When we met , Mrs. Drang was driving a Subaru wagon, an '86, IIRC. Nice little car. Timing belt gave out every 40k, like clockwork. Mechanics told us that was the one known flaw with Subies, have they fixed it? (I heard somewhere they went to chains instead of belts...)
- 7:32 PM, January 04, 2013
- Old NFO said...
LOL, you should have seen me the first day when I went from at GTO to a Yukon... Thought I was gonna roll it getting back on the interstate!!! o^O
- 8:30 PM, January 04, 2013
>Drang - I think that was with the early 2.2L motors. My 2.5L is scheduled for 100K between timing belts, and since it's a DOHC, you don't want to break a timing belt (new valves, possible damage to pistons, head, valve guides, for starters - never happened to me even though I stretched one to 112K). Not sure, but I think they use chain(s) for the 3.0L O-6. >Larry - You may call your 03 a Scoobytruck, but it's nothing more than an Outback wagon with an identity crisis!
- 8:52 PM, January 04, 2013
- Firehand said...
I'll be damned if I'm lying on my back on snow-covered gravel to save a couple bucks.
Ah, memories... I remember once shoveling the snow out of a spot in the driveway so I'd have a dry spot to lay on while I crawled under my Courier to change the slave cylinder on the tranny. Because I could barely afford a rebuilt cylinder and could NOT afford to pay someone else to do it.
As to changing the earl, shortly after I got the VFR800, I did that, and the coolant; no matter the numbers said they had some time left. Seeing the coolant, damn glad I did, too.
- 9:48 PM, January 04, 2013
- Larry said...
"You may call your 03 a Scoobytruck, but it's nothing more than an Outback wagon with an identity crisis!"
I'm certain you have a point to make, maybe one day you can tell me what it was.
FYI the Brat was also built from a standard Subi (L series) wagon, the Brat and Baja are collectively known as "scoobytrucks".
- 10:39 PM, January 04, 2013
- Will said...
Old NFO:
"LOL, you should have seen me the first day when I went from at GTO to a Yukon... Thought I was gonna roll it getting back on the interstate!!! o^O"
Wouldn't be the first one. I righted more than one of those that I found laying on it's side in the middle of the freeway. The Yukon/Tahoe seemed easy to tip over during hard lane changes. The equivalent full size Bronco/Expedition not so much, as I never saw one flipped. My '86 Bronco 302 was driven like a giant sports car, and impressed me greatly.
- 11:04 PM, January 04, 2013
Apologies for tooting my own horn but it's in the mid 30's here in Alabama but I was able to replace the accessory belt on the Pilot in my 65 degree garage.
I'm spoiled rotten having had such a nice space to work in for the past decade. It was a major contributing factor to homesickness when I decided we'd try relocation at the end of 2011.
I'm so thankful we were able to move back.
The belt change was a frustrating reminder of why I'm not fond of transverse mount engines.
- 11:59 PM, January 04, 2013
- Canthros said...
My mother drove a Subaru from before I was six until last year, a bit over 25 years, going through ~5 separate cars, all purchased used and, until the last, generally run pretty hard.
I've been driving a WRX for almost a decade. I don't drive much or terribly hard, and I confess to rather a lot of benign neglect on my poor riceburner. I will miss it terribly when it goes, though: I got stuck with a Ford Focus for a couple days about two years ago due to some other asshole's thoughtfulness in wiping out the rear corner of my (parked!) car. Nice enough car, I guess, but handling was depressing and the driving experience was so thrilling I had trouble staying awake on my two mile commute.
I'm glad your new-to-you Forester is treating you well, Tam. Here's hoping for many years of faithful service.
- 3:17 AM, January 05, 2013
- Earl said...
Changing earl? I like this post, I like all your posts.
- 7:41 AM, January 05, 2013
- Dun Karinn said...
Saw this pic today and thought about your Subie quest.
Hope it doesn't get lost in the spam filter.
- 7:31 PM, January 05, 2013
- Justthisguy said...
I miss telephone booths. Manuel's in Atlanta used to have an actual old-fashioned wooden one.
Subarus are like Glocks. They work just fine, but there is no romanticism about them.
Ah, well, when we reach a certain age... And yeah, I'm older than Tam, and feeling it m'self.
- 12:12 AM, January 06, 2013
- john said...
I know what a telephone booth is, yet I am surpeised that you know who Tommi Makinen is! Impressed...
- 8:43 PM, January 09, 2013
- Evyl Robot Michael said...
"Ask your parents what a "telephone booth" is, kids. Basically, back when telephones had to be connected to buildings with a wire, we put up tiny glass buildings on the street in which to attach phones that anybody could use and get their nasty germs all over. The next time that old movie The Matrix comes on the classic movie channel, look for the scene where Trinity nearly gets squooshed by the truck. That thing she's standing in is a telephone booth."
You mean, kind of like a tardis? ;)
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A few years ago, this song came out of nowhere, "Pumped Up Kicks" from Foster The People, an unsigned band from L.A. It became one of 2011's biggest hits.
FOSTER THE PEOPLE: (Singing) All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you better run, better run, outrun my gun. All the other...
GREENE: Song, as you can hear, has a summer party sound. The lyrics though tell a much darker story.
MARK FOSTER: The fact that song culturally caught on really surprised me.
GREENE: Mark Foster leads the band.
FOSTER: And it's about isolation and teenage culture. You know, and kind of the trends in youth violence.
GREENE: And isolation is a theme that kept coming up when Foster sat down to chat with us recently. He and his band are out tomorrow with their second album. It's called "Supermodel."
Mark Foster in Cleveland, Ohio. When he was 18, he moved with a friend to Los Angeles with big plans for a music career. It was culture shock.
FOSTER: L.A. is a big city, you know. And L.A. is a weird city.
FOSTER: And...
GREENE: What do you mean?
FOSTER: Well, it's just - it's you really got to have a strong sixth sense to be able to kind of navigate the waters because the weird thing about L.A. is just - especially in Hollywood - is just like the entertainment industry is kind of bizarre. It was the first time that I realized that people that were mentally ill also happened to be in like, powerful positions.
FOSTER: So, wow, this is really weird. Like, that guy is like really eccentric. How does he survive and thrive and be like an executive?
GREENE: And (unintelligible)
FOSTER: Yeah, but he thrives and, you know, is an executive or whatever he is. It's just like wow, that's really interesting. So I think that part of the big adjustment was kind of like learning socially the differences of living in Los Angeles compared to Cleveland.
GREENE: You've talked about that you struggled with drug use for a time. And your friends are very worried. I mean how bad did it get?
FOSTER: Well, I mean it got pretty bad. You know, I was young enough to where I still felt pretty invincible. And so, it really took like my friends - who I moved out to L.A. with actually - were kind of the one that opened up my eyes, 'cause I hadn't seen them in a few months. I had kind of the deep end. I don't know, I call those like Gonzo years, you know, my Hunter S. Thompson years. That's kind of what it felt like.
Just being - I felt like the young kid in the room with just the eyes, and I was just kind of watching everything happen around me. And so, you know, it was pretty grim. You know, my parents got me off and I was just like, you know, I was scrounging change for food. And my friend ran into me and he just - he started crying. And that kind of - that was the first thing that shook me up 'cause this is like a kid that partied with me for a lot of it, you know. And I was like, wow, it must be serious if he's worried, just 'cause I was so skinny.
GREENE: You have a song on the new album called "Fire Escape" that is about Los Angeles. And it strikes me as really introspective.
PEOPLE: (Singing) And I've watched the dreamers find their legs, and I've seen the ones that come get reduced to bones and dregs. 'Cause I am a fire escape, my spine is made of iron and my heart pumps out old red paint...
GREENE: What's this about?
FOSTER: I mean it's about L.A. It's about the city and kind of I guess to me "Fire Escape" feels kind of just like the old man on the hill that really doesn't say much, but has been kind of just watching his whole life, watching patterns and people. And, you know, friends come and go and he's just kind of reflecting on the place that he grew up in and the life he lived.
PEOPLE: (Singing) Save yourself. Save yourself. Yourself...
GREENE: The tough times you've had in that city kind of on your mind as you sing this song?
FOSTER: Yeah. Yeah. L.A. - you know, Los Angeles I guess has been my muse for a long time. And I love L.A. creatively. L.A. gives me a lot. L.A. is a city of extremes. People come here from all over the world that have these like giant ideas, and they put everything into it, and some people just fall flat on their face. And some people, you know, shoot like a rocket.
GREENE: And Foster knows something about soaring. After his struggles with drugs, he formed his band and their early hit was "Pumped Up Kicks." There were a tour dates. Columbia Records signed the band on. In a sense, it was everything a Mark Foster had worked for. But then he experienced a different kind of isolation. He says he got so caught up in the attention and the desire to ride that wave perfectly, he forgot about some of the key relationships in his life. In between albums, Mark Foster spent a lot of time grappling with the instant success.
FOSTER: After making that first record and doing it, I was like OK, well, what next? I'm like wait, now I have to make another record?
FOSTER: Shouldn't I be like trying to learn some other art form now that, like some big, impossible puzzle that I can, like, spend the rest of my life trying to figure out? And so, I think, you know, I had to step back and kind of reevaluate my life. And I think raise the ceiling in the sky of possibility and make the vision bigger, so I can keep a running at the pace that I was running at before.
GREENE: You're 30 years old. You've got this new album and one of the songs is "Coming of Age."
PEOPLE: (Singing) You know, I try to live without regrets. I'm always moving forward and not looking back. But I tend to leave a trail of debt while I'm moving ahead. And so I'm stepping away 'cause I got nothing to say. Feels like, feels like it's coming of age. Feels like..
GREENE: After everything you've been through, the downs, the ups in L.A. and kind of just big hit, now kind of moving on from there, I mean what does "Coming of Age" mean to you?
FOSTER: "Coming of Age" is like kind of like a confession. It's kind of like that moment of clarity after getting off a tour and looking around for the first time peripherally, and seeing I guess just kind of seeing the people that were close to me in my life that I'd hurt along the way, in my hyper focus of trying to survive the tidal wave that came at me and my band.
GREENE: And what did the people you hurt along the way feel like now? I mean are you kind of getting closer to them again?
FOSTER: Yeah, I mean I think that that there is like a good amount of grace given to me by my family and friends, based on the circumstances, you know. But going into this next record and this next touring cycle, I've been trying to figure out how to achieve balance. I'm a really extreme person and balance is probably the hardest thing for me to maintain. So I think that's kind of the key to the success and not repeating the same mistakes.
GREENE: Mark Foster, it's been a real pleasure talking to you. Thanks so much and best of luck with the album.
FOSTER: Thanks for taking the time.
PEOPLE: (Singing) Never mind what you're looking for. You'll always find what you're looking for. Sometimes...
GREENE: Foster the People's new album, "Supermodel," is out tomorrow.
This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm David Greene.
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Task: If I like to make a hatch and the contour isn't closed I get a Grey circle Info where the contour isn't closed. Nice!
But ..... I have this Info only for ONE not proper connection and only for the moment when the mouse pointer is over the Hatch Tool Symbol.
If I have to zoom into the Problem - I will lose the Info where the problem is
To get the "Problem Info" back I have to select it again - but for that I have to zoom out ...............
It would be nice to have this "Problem Info" longer in the drawing - maybe until I solved all problems.
And it would be nice to have ALL Infos for not connected lines at the same time. It is not really helpful to repeat this function 20times if I have 20 connection problems ... ;)
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When using the command line this info is logged and gives a reference to the last coordinate point where a loop is not closed.
However I agree for those not using a command line some visual or logged info somewhere would be useful here!


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Priceless Antiques Roadshow Host Fiona Bruce rummages in the ANTIQUES ROADSHOW archive to find a selection of some of the more risque items to have appeared on the series. Bruce also pulls the curtain aside to show how a show comes together.G
5:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "European Travel Skills, Part 1" Rick begins his favorite 3,000-mile European loop while providing information about essential travel skills. He packs 30 years of travel experience into his practical advice while he is on location in Amsterdam, Germany's Rhineland, Venice, Siena, the Italian Riviera, the Swiss Alps, Paris and London. Part 1 of 3G
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European Journal "Greece's Refugees Want to Go Home" Greece: Refugees Want to Go Home - They came by the hundred thousands in hopes of a better life in Europe. Now they are beginning to return to their home countries -- with no money and little hope. Many refugees from Afghanistan, Iran, Morocco, and Nigeria risked their lives to cross the Mediterranean or the precarious Evros River to enter Greece. D
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Downton Abbey Revisited This special presents some favorite scenes from the series' seasons 1 and 2 to savor before Season 3 begins in January. Key actors and creative staff tell their stories of the depiction of life on an English country estate from 1912 into the 1920s. There are also behind-the-scenes footage and a sneak peak at what is yet to come.G
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The Lawrence Welk Show "Movie Songwriters with Henry Mancini" In this tribute to the importance of movie music, Henry Mancini leads the band as it plays the theme from The Pink Panther. Bobby and Elaine dance to the composer's haunting "Charade" and everyone comes together for his signature "Moon River."G
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Are You Being Served? "Erotic Dreams of Mrs. Slocombe" Dreams of romantic involvement with Mr. Humphries do not easily turn into reality.G
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Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket "A Barbecue at Violet's" Hyacinth is sure that if she can break down Emmet's shyness, she will be offered a part in the musical even though the show is fully cast.G
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As Time Goes By "The Country Set" Jean and Lionel visit the Pargetter country home where they are adopted by the country set, who schedule a whirlwind of activities.G
9:30 pm
The Cafe "There's No Place Like Home" Meet the characters of this warm, funny observational series. Sarah without a job or boyfriend moves back home where her mother, Carol, owns a small seaside cafe, where her grandmother, Mary, also works. Colorful characters pop in and out, including Sara's old school friends.G
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The Red Green Show "Rent A Wreck" Mike borrows Red's van to use in a demolition derby. Red paves the Lodge driveway with crushed apples.G
10:30 pm
My Family "Life Begins at Fifty" Susan is suffering from severe mood swings and forgetfulness. She is arrested for stealing a pair of sunglasses because she refuses to admit she is a "woman of a certain age." Ben is convinced he can handle Susan's defense in court.G
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Doctor Who Series "A Good Man Goes to War" The Doctor needs an army by his side. As he calls in all his debts across the cosmos, his enemies use his closest friends to trap him. Today will mark the battle of Demons Run. Both sides will make sacrifices - and River Soong has something to tell the Doctor.G


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Having secured a sure overall win after the first race at the Shanghai International Circuit on Saturday, Pro-Am Team Liu/Rizzo (#37) of China proudly took their title as champions of the 2012 Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia Series with 142 points, a margin of 21 over runner up pro-am driver Ramli (#9) of Malaysia, and 33 points ahead of third position pro-am team Charlz (#99) of Singapore. In the amateur ranking, Kenan (#3) of China and Chan / Tse (#88) of Hong Kong fought a close battle all the way to the finale race on Sunday, finally to be won by Kenan (#3) who maintained a strong performance throughout the Series.
Having set out in 2009 in Europe, the Series expanded into Asia in 2012, welcoming Gentlemen amateur and pro-amateur drivers from China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand to race across some of Asia's highest standards international circuit, starting from Sepang in May and moving on to Fuji, Ordos, Guangzhou and Shanghai for the penultimate race in October.
With the support of dedicated engineers and technicians, each team has followed Italian supercar maker Automobili Lamborghini and the oldest watchmaker brand in the world Blancpain on their inaugurating season in Asia this year, enjoying the partnership's exclusive hospitality and motorsport expertise. Besides the drivers and their families, over 2,200 guests have been entertained in the Asian expression of the Lamborghini Village throughout the Series' six racing weekends.
President and CEO of Automobili Lamborgini Stephan Winkelmann said: "This has been a tremendously successful first season for us in Asia, where we have been treated to strong and exciting performances from the drivers. Having just concluded our fourth European Series in Spain in October, we are thrilled to see that the Super Trofeo is gaining in reputation and following internationally." Mr. Winkelmann concluded: "As in Europe, we would like to thank our partners at Blancpain, our many customers who race with us and the media and the public that give us enormous support. We now look forward to turning the heat up next year with an upgraded race car, and bringing more motorsport excitement to aspiring race drivers in Asia." "This first year of Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia was a great success" said Alain Delamuraz, Blancpain Vice President and Head of Marketing. "As official timekeeper and title sponsor of the race, we are proud to welcome all the teams in our new Boutique in Xin Tian Di, the entertainment district of Shanghai. There, we will also congratulate the winners of this year's championship and award them with a Blancpain watch. The adventure continues, and we look forward to coming back for more next year."


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Over the past few years, as retail investors have fled en masse from equity funds to bond funds, dividend strategies have been one of the few categories of equity ETFs to consistently attract net inflows. For many investors, the allure of these ETFs comes from the association between dividends and mature, low-beta stocks, along with the potential to receive a stream of dividend income over time. As interest rates are expected to remain near historic lows for at least the next couple of years, we believe there is a strong likelihood that these ETFs will remain popular. However, a look at many of the largest equity income ETFs reveals significant sector biases, presenting risks that many investors may have overlooked.
It's not surprising that dividend-seeking strategies have a tendency to be biased toward certain sectors, particularly those in which the majority of constituent companies have historically paid dividends. This was also true in the years leading up to the recent financial crisis, when it was not uncommon for equity income ETFs to allocate approximately half of their portfolio holdings to the financials sector. After all, during the preceding decade, these companies had made large, consistent dividend payments. Unfortunately, the risk of this sector bias was not fully realized until the floor fell out from beneath the financials sector in the fall of 2008.
Today, while sector biases in most equity income ETFs are not as extreme as the allocations made to the financials sector a few years ago, there are still significant overweight and underweight allocations found in most of these ETFs compared to the broader market, both increasing exposure to sector-specific risks and impacting relative returns. In particular, many equity income ETFs are currently overweight the utilities and consumer staples sectors, both of which have been stalwart dividend payers in recent years. Compared to the S&P 500, the five largest equity income ETFs (by assets) are overweight the utilities sector by an average of over 10 percentage points and overweight the consumer staples sector by an average of over nine percentage points (as of Dec. 31, 2012). Notably, as investor appetite for these "defensive" sectors has increased, both have surged to higher earnings multiples than that of the S&P 500, despite expectations of lower future earnings growth rates than the broader market.
Equally important in determining relative returns are those sectors that are avoided by equity income ETFs. In fact, the most pronounced sector bias currently found in most equity income ETFs is the drastic underweight allocation made to the information technology sector. While this sector comprises about 19% of the S&P 500, the five largest equity income ETFs currently allocate an average of only 5% to information technology stocks. In the past, the avoidance of the IT sector was easily understood, since many of these companies have tended to reinvest earnings rather than pay dividends. However, over the past five years, dividend payments by the S&P 500 IT sector have grown at a 21% annual rate and now make the largest contribution to total dividends paid out by the S&P 500.
Unlike actively managed mutual funds, sector biases for equity income ETFs are often the byproduct of index rules, rather than the expression of a portfolio manager's fundamental outlook. For example, many equity income indexes require constituent companies to have a long-term track record of increasing dividend payments, stretching back as far as 25 years. As a result, ETFs that track these indexes are slow to adjust to emerging trends, such as the dividend increases that have characterized the IT sector over the past five years.
One solution to alleviate these sector biases is to selectively allocate to other individual sector ETFs within an investment portfolio to more closely track broad equity indexes. While such an approach may result in a slightly lower current dividend yield for an overall investment portfolio and increase trading costs, it may also increase the portfolio's overall dividend growth rate, due to the augmented allocation to certain sectors. More importantly, however, the additional diversification may help insulate equity income investors from relative underperformance during periods of time in which defensive sectors, like utilities and consumer staples, fall out of favor.


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Microsoft Windows User How To (WinXP)Are you a frustrated user of Windows XP (or even Windows 98)? Do you want to work with a phenomenally fast OS Operating System? You may have heard about the alternative, often free, operating system, Linux, but are totally inexperienced in computer technology. Can you use Linux and especially Puppy Linux (Puppy Linux is phenomenally fast because it runs entirely in RAM on most PC's)? The answer is most probably:
You can find basic information in this wiki, on other Puppy Linux sites, and also at the http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=4701 Puppy Forum (great for all your specific questions not covered elsewhere) and, of course, in this section designed especially for users new to Linux and specifically Puppy Linux.
Please follow our procedures in 1, 2, 3, Etc. Points (written for the Puppy Linux stable version 1.0.8r1, but should still be usable for current Puppy versions):
Point 1: Preparation
- It is good to know the following information about your system before beginning:
- Type of file system used. (FAT, the old LongFileName long name file system used by Microsoft Windows 95 & 98 or NTFS commonly used by Microsoft WindowsXP)
- Amount of temporary storage space available in the RAM (Random Access Memory) of your PC. (e.g. 128 MB)
- Type of mouse (The use of a mouse is necessary in Linux's GraphicSystem graphical environment, i.e. GUI: Graphical User Interface.)
- Type of connection with the internet Internet. (Modem, DSL, or LAN are the most often used.)
- Less important, (Linux can check most of them), but also useful to know if you encounter problems:
- Type of:
- graphics card and chipset (nVidia, ATI or Intel), especially if the PC is custom built (e.g. economical computer designs)
- monitor and its resolution (often 1024 x 768 pixels x 24 visual depth)
- soundcard
- details concerning your Internet connection (e.g. network card, modem, ISP settings, etc.)
- keyboard/printer/scanner.
- Puppy Linux or you (in case of an NTFS file system, e.g. NTFS Microsoft WindowsXP) will add only one (or two) big file(s) to your current file system. This will be the only change compared with the current situation of your PC. But of course, you need to have sufficient storage space on your hard disk.
- You need a CD/DVD CD-writer or DVD-burner with the CD ISO-file which is an image file that contains the Puppy-Linux live-CD operating system. (You can download the ISO file from one of the Puppy Linux download sites. It's only about 60-70 MB.) Then write/burn the downloaded ISO file on a blank CD/DVD as a CD self starting CD/DVD. It is a CD special burning mode for creating bootable CD/DVDs.
Point 2: Prepare for the First Boot
- Be sure the Puppy CD/DVD with the Puppy Linux operating system, you burned, is in your main CD/DVD reader (i.e. CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives).
- [For Microsoft Windows users that are using the NTFS file system only: You must first copy or download the file PUP001 into your main directory of your main partition (commonly known as drive C:\).]
- You know that your computer can read and start (i.e. boot) from system CD/DVDs or checked the BIOS BIOS setup of your PC. See your PC's Instruction Booklet for how to change BIOS settings. (In newer PC's, the boot sequence is usually preset to start from the CD-ROM first). You can test your CD/DVD-ROM's booting capabilities by using the Microsoft Windows Installation CD, it's analogous!
- Check that the Mouse is plugged-in. (It must be plugged-in!)
- Then, please, be brave.
- Restart the computer!
- I will now explain what happens as I go through the following steps on my PC. (I have an Internet connection from a LAN-connected Ethernet hub with a hardware router that allows my family to connect with the Internet via DSL. In your case, it may be different depending on your needs and usage, especially, regarding the Internet connection):
Point 3: The First Boot (needs between 3 and 5 minutes)
- As the computer restarts, it checks for a system CD/DVD. When found, it starts from the CD/DVD-ROM.
- Puppy Linux version X.XX appears with a prompt (common in Linux) after 10 seconds allowing for additional boot paramaters to be entered (e.g. puppy pfix=ram). Linux then continues to start. (If you press the <Enter> key, it won't wait the full 10 seconds, but immediately begins to load your new Puppy!)
- While starting, Linux will show a lot of messages on the screen giving information about the loading of startup processess, hardware, etc. Usually these are in white letters on a black background with the results (e.g. OK, Failed) appearing in green text (good!) or red text (perhaps bad!)
- Next a menu appears asking for a "keyboard map" selection. The "keyboard map" is based on your locale and layout of the keyboard (e.g. US=QWERTY).
- Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to highlight your "keyboard map" and the <Space Bar> to select it. Then press the <Enter> key to confirm "ok."
- The next menu asks how your mouse is connected. The default is PS/2, but there are also options for USB and Serial connections. Select your mouse connection as you did your "keyboard map."
- And now you are asked about the mouse capabilities. Does it have a mouse wheel (i.e. scroll) and if it has 2 or 3 buttons. Make your selections then press <Enter>.
- On my PC, Linux searches now for my Sound_card. Two cards are found. I'm asked to choose which card to use (this can be different on your PC!) and I confirm my choice.
- Linux informs me it has created the configuration file with the sound card parameters of my choice and asks if I want to save the configuration file for subsequent boots. Then there is an audio test for the sound card.
- Now comes a very important step: I can choose between two Video_servers. Depending on what works with my monitor/display and video card, I choose the screen resolution and size of monitor/display (e.g. 1024 x 768, 19 inch monitor or 17" LCD display). The standard server for Puppy Linux is Video_server Xvesa. It's a basic, no thrills server, but may work best on PC's with older monitors and video cards. The best choice is the second Video_server: Video_server Xorg. It is more powerful and has more capabilites than Xvesa.
- My suggestion is to try Xorg first. If the test screen doesn't look quite right, there is the option of "tweaking" the settings or possibly switching to Xvesa. If Xorg completely fails and you don't have the option to choose Xvesa, restart the computer and begin again following all previous steps. This time select the Video_server Xvesa. [NOTE: Users with a NTFS file system as is used in Microsoft WindowsXP, please restart the computer in Microsoft Windows. The PUP001 must be erased before attempting to restart in Puppy Linux. You will need a fresh copy of the file to save into the main directory and partition (i.e. C:\)... sorry!] The following information is regarding the Video_server Xorg:
- After a few seconds/minutes, you can choose the resolution of your screen and visual depth. [I use 1024 x 768 x 24 (24=visual class: true colors).] If possible, please use the same settings that you have in Microsoft Windows.
- Xorg informs that it will now go for the plunge. After a (long) time, you will be taken to a graphical screen. If everything looks right, you have to confirm within 40 seconds using the mouse click on the word "okay." If the settings are wrong, within the same 40 seconds, you can press and hold <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Backspace>. This will allow you to "tweak" Xorg settings (for more advanced users).
- If successful, select "finished" using the keyboard or mouse.
- Now select "done."
Point 4: The basic Puppy Linux operating system is now running!
- The real Puppy Linux desktop appears after a short time!
- Depending on your language and country, Puppy Linux is now operational for almost all applications used by the common user. There are two important exceptions: Internet connection and Printer setup. (These are setup using Puppy's easy to use wizards.)
- You are well on your way in discovering the wonderful world of Puppy Linux. It can do most tasks that Microsoft Windows can, except faster and better!
- As in Microsoft Windows, you can shut down or restart the computer by clicking on the "Start" button on the left side of the bottom panel. Then select "Shut Down" from the popup menu. After that, select either "Power off computer" or "Reboot computer."
Point 5: What is where?
Points 6 & 7: Internet Printer Installation & Internet?
Point 8: Keyboards Other Keyboards
Point 9: Install LibreOffice
Point 10: Change the gear wheel icon and link a new program in the Start Menu
Point 11: Wine Installing and using Wine
Point 12: List of useful Microsoft Windows' programs that work well using Wine
Point 13: For the school, education, and music fans, there's some great music programs
Point 14: Use DHCP in an existing Microsoft Windows Network for network and Internet sharing


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Hrothgar, the Danish king, builds Heorot Hall for his brave soldiers. The first night they sleep there, Grendel attacks and kills 30 of them. The attacks continue, keeping Herot empty and Hrothgar sorrowful for 12 years. Beowulf sails to Denmark with a band of 14 men to defeat the monster. Hrothgar once saved Edgetho, Beowulf's father, from a feud which threatened to start a war, and Beowulf intends to repay the favor.
The first night the Geats (Beowulf's people) sleep in Herot, Grendel strikes again. Hondshew, a young warrior, is killed in the attack. Beowulf fights with Grendel barehanded since Grendel bewitched the weapons, rendering them useless. Beowulf tears off the monster's claw, arm, and shoulder, mortally wounding him, although Grendel flees to his lair before dying. Hrothgar orders that Herot be cleansed and a feast prepared. He presents Beowulf with prizes of a golden banner, a helmet, a coat of mail, an ancient sword, and eight horses. Grendel's claw, arm, and shoulder are hung on the wall of Herot.
The Danes return to Herot. As they are sleeping, Grendel's mother attacks in retaliation for the murder of her son. She carries off her son's body parts and takes Esher, Hrothgar's close friend and trusted advisor. The Geats follow but cannot save Esher. Beowulf dons his woven mail shirt for protection and plunges into the monster-filled lake to pursue his quarry. Hrothgar's courtier, Unferth, who earlier taunted Beowulf about his triumphs, now lends Beowulf his sword, Hrunting, although the sword turns out to be useless against the monster's skin.
As he tires during the fight and it seems Grendel's mother will win, Beowulf spies a gigantic sword on the wall of the battlehall to which she's dragged him. It is this sword, blessed with the magic of the giants who made it, which he uses to slay her by cutting through her neck. Beowulf brings the monster's head and the hilt of the giants' sword to Hrothgar. Another feast is held and the Geats are sent home with even more gifts from the joyful Hrothgar. Unferth makes a gift of Hrunting to Beowulf.
Once home, Beowulf recounts his adventures for his lord, Hygelac, and gives him the gifts Hrothgar sent. Hygelac, in turn, rewards Beowulf with the golden sword which had belonged to his father and Beowulf's grandfather, in addition to giving him land and houses. After the deaths of both Hygelac and his son, Heardred, the crown falls to Beowulf. Fifty years into his rule, yet a third monster appears—this time in Geatland.
This dragon is awakened by a slave who accidentally discovers the hidden path into his tower. Seeing the dragon, the slave grabs one of the treasures surrounding him and flees for his life. The dragon, angry at being aroused and robbed, waits until nightfall; then, he uses his own fire and smoke to burn down the houses of the Geats as they watch in horror.
Beowulf orders an iron shield be made for him, since a wooden one would be no protection against the fire, and proceeds to face his own death by battling the dragon, but fully intending to take the dragon's life as well. He plans to fight alone, rather than risk the lives of others, although a dozen soldiers accompany him to the dragon's tower. It is the slave who leads them to the proper place. Weaponless and angry, Beowulf seeks the dragon, and a fiery battle ensues with the dragon seemingly the victor. However, after all his soldiers but Wiglaf flee, Wiglaf urges Beowulf on to victory and helps to kill the dragon by stabbing him with a dagger.
During the battle, Beowulf is badly burned and fatally wounded in the neck. Before his funeral pyre is built, his soldiers march past his body, having to pass the 50-foot corpse of the dragon first. The dragon's corpse is tossed into the sea and Beowulf is given the funeral he requested: burned along with his helmets, battle shields, and mail shirts. Finally, ten days are spent building a tall tower at the water's edge in which to house his ashes. Upon its completion, 12 of the bravest Geats ride around it on horseback telling stories of Beowulf's bravery and victories, weeping as they do so.
Estimated Reading Time
While this poem is only 3,182 lines, it is full of visual imagery and complicated family lineage; therefore, it is suggested the poem be read in three parts: the first dealing with Grendel and ending at line 1,250; the second dealing with Grendel's mother and ending at line 2,220; and the third dealing with the dragon, which comprises the remainder of the poem. One hour for each of the three sections, totaling three hours, should be more than sufficient for reading Beowulf.
Since different editions of the poem will have various line numbers and spelling of the names, it is important to know which was used in writing this study guide: Raffel, Burton. Beowulf: A New Translation. New York: The New American Library, 1963.


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FS#630 - Select entities by type
Opened by -- (clive) - Saturday, 16 June 2012, 15:49 GMT+2
Last edited by Andrew (andrew) - Tuesday, 17 November 2015, 11:57 GMT+2
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from LeoP
" What would be really useful is a method to select entities by type, rather than by location or layer.
It could have a user interface like the snap command with buttons for the entity type to select, or like the line command with a drop-down box.
This would enable one to quickly select e.g. all texts in a drawing for subsequent attribute modification. Now one has to select each text individually if the texts are scattered over the drawing and layers..."
Tuesday, 17 November 2015, 11:57 GMT+2
Reason for closing: Implemented
Additional comments about closing: View > Selection Filter
Maybe this is solved together with http://www.ribbonsoft.com/bugtracker/index.php?do=details&task_id=630


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Like any country transitioning to a free-market economy, Mongolia has its share of opportunities and challenges. Today, approximately half of the three million Mongolian population lives like their ancestors as nomads or semi-nomads in the countryside. The other half has migrated to the cities and villages, the vast majority to Ulaanbaatar the country's capital. The flight of young workers to the urban areas, lured by dreams of a western lifestyle, has created labor shortages in the country's traditional herding and agricultural sector and the absence of a cash-based economy in rural areas has put Mongolian nomads at a competitive disadvantage.
Dr. Jamsran Batbold, one of the pioneers in community-based and responsible tourism in Mongolia, not only recognized the challenges that Gun-Galuutthe nomadic community of his childhood was facing in a rapidly changing world, but also saw the benefits that a global economy could bring to the area.
Traditionally, places in Mongolia derive their name from landscape features such as rivers, mountains or lakes. Gun-Galuut means "deep lake with geese" and refers to an area on the Mongolian steppe, two hours' drive east of Ulaanbaatar.
The Gun-Galuut of his childhood inspired Batbold to earn a PhD in conservation biology and in the late nineties he founded Selena Travel, Mongolia's first tour operator to include community-based tourism in its program. By then, the Gun-Galuut nomad community was facing serious overgrazing and poaching problems and the absence of a cash-based local economy held many nomads in the grips of poverty. Moreover, the lake that inspired the name Gun-Galuut was rapidly disappearing. Probably as the result of climate change that brought changing rain patterns to the Mongolian steppe. Dr. Batbold understood that community-based tourism could be a potential source of income for the local nomads of Gun-Galuut as well as a strong motivation for environmental protection and conservation.
In 2003 the Gun-Galuut nomad community and Selena Travel persuaded the local soum government to create the Gun-Galuut Nature Reserve (GGNR) and the Gun-Galuut Community Association (GGCA). Under Mongolian law, the board of the GGCA is made up of local nomads and its mandate is to manage and protect the ecosystems of GGNR, preserve the local nomad culture and develop community-based tourism.
Since its inception, the GGCA has successfully launched programs to keep poachers at bay and ensure healthy grazing opportunities for the livestock of the member nomad families., To protect the habitat of the reserve's endangered birds and wildlife, it has built and repaired fences and bird outlooks and has assisted international teams of wildlife biologists with their research of the endangered Argali sheep that live in the hills of the reserve.
Each year on 17-18 September, in cooperation with Selena Travel and the local government, the GGCA organizes Nomads' Day in Gun-Galuut, a festival that celebrates the Mongolian nomadic heritage and where international and Mongolian tourists and local nomads jointly participate in traditional Mongolian nomadic customs, games, and sports. In 2009, Selena Travel received international recognition for initiating and supporting the Nomads' Day festival when it was awarded the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards in the category of Best for Cultural Conservation.
The success of the GGNR is testimony to the time-honored flexibility of the Mongolian spirit. Dr. Batbold, the Selena Travel team, and the Gun Galuut nomad community dared to dream. They recognized the opportunities offered by a changing world and used them to not only create economic opportunities based on nomadic values and traditions for the local community, but also provide environmental stewardship to safeguard the natural resources for future generations.
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kgrep searches through a file or files for a specified pattern and displays the target line containing the pattern as well as a certain number of lines on either side of the target line. GNU grep can do this with the -A, -B and -C switches, and other platform-specific grep implementations may have similar functionality. The main advantage to kgrep is that it's small and can be easily used on any system that has Perl5 installed, rather than going through the hassle of installing a different grep binary (this is actually what the author uses it for most often).
VICE is a Versatile Commodore Emulator, i.e. a program that runs on a Unix, Win32, MS-DOS, Mac OS X, Amiga, or RiscOS machine and executes programs intended for the old 8-bit Commodore computers. The current version emulates the C64, C128, VIC20, Plus4, C64-DTV, all the PETmodels, and the CBM-II (aka C610).
OTRS is a platform independent Web-based help desk system that supports service organization of any kind (e.g. IT service, customer and technical product service, complaint management, public services, etc.) to increase their efficiency. It increases transparency as well as service quality and lowers your total cost of ownership. It has been certified ITIL V3 compatible by PinkVERIFY for incident, problem, change, service asset and configuration, request fulfillment, and knowledge management. Other ITIL processes like service catalog and service level management are supported as well.
WP2LaTeX is a program designed to translate WordPerfect documents into LaTeX 2.09 and LaTeX 2.0e. It is able to cope with Macintosh WordPerfect 1.x, 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x and PC WP 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x documents (WP 7.x and 8.x have same binary file format as 6.x, so no additional conversion module is necessary.)
Cedar Backup is a software package designed to manage system backups for a pool of local and remote machines. Cedar Backup understands how to back up filesystem data as well as MySQL and PostgreSQL databases and Subversion repositories. It can also be easily extended to support other kinds of data sources. Cedar Backup is focused around weekly backups to a single CD or DVD disc. It supports multisession discs, allowing you to add incremental data to a disc on a daily basis. Cedar Backup also provides a Python library of backup-related functionality.


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| December – Receives "Best Management Award 2005" from Mongolian Tourism Association
| "Steppe Nomads" ger camp is opened in Gun – Galuut nature reserve and it is achieved one of # 1 tourist
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Audacity is a cross-platform multitrack audio editor. It allows you to record sounds directly or to import Ogg, WAV, AIFF, AU, IRCAM, or MP3 files. It features a few simple effects, all of the editing features you should need, and unlimited undo. The audio I/O uses PortAudio, which fully supports OSS, Mac OS X CoreAudio, and Windows WMME, and can be compiled with support for ALSA and Jack.
SOFA is a statistics, analysis, and reporting program with an emphasis on ease of use, learning as you go, and beautiful output. SOFA can connect directly to your database and lets you display results in an attractive format ready to share or put in a spreadsheet. SOFA will help you learn as you go, whether you are a student, business analyst, or researcher.
beaTunes is an iTunes companion app capable of automatically analyzing your music collection to help you build better playlists. It analyzes BPM (beats per minute), silence at the beginning or end of a song, and the color (based on frequency spectrum) of a given song. Some of the data is stored through iTunes, and some is stored by beaTunes itself. beaTunes can suggest albums that would complement your music collection, display music charts, and help you find and fix errors in your song meta data, like typos and wrong genres. It also allows you to blog about selected songs or playlists.
relax is a program designed for the study of the dynamics of proteins and other macromolecules though the analysis of experimental NMR data. It supports exponential curve fitting for the calculation of the R1 and R2 relaxation rates, calculation of the NOE, reduced spectral density mapping, the Lipari and Szabo model-free analysis, study of domain motions via the N-state model (or ensemble analysis) and frame order dynamics theories using anisotropic NMR parameters such as RDCs and PCSs, the investigation of stereochemistry in dynamic ensembles, and the analysis of relaxation dispersion.
getID3() is a PHP script that extracts useful information from MP3s and other multimedia file formats. It extracts information like the play time, bitrate, and resolution from the following file formats: MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, AVI, Matroska (MKV), MPEG-1 video, Windows Media (ASF, WMA, WMV), RealAudio & RealVideo, Monkey's Audio, FLAC & OggFLAC, VQF, Speex, Musepack (MPC), AAC, AU, VOC, AIFF, OptimFROG, WavPack, LiteWave, LPAC, RKAU, SZIP, Shorten, Quicktime, NSV, MIDI, ZIP, ISO9660, TTA, PhotoCD, BMP, PNG, GIF, and JPEG. It parses information from ID3v1, ID3v2, Ogg Vorbis, Lyrics3 v1 & v2, RIFF (AVI, WAV, CDA, CART, BWF), APE, ReplayGain, PNG, and GIF tags, and can write ID3v1, ID3v2, APE2, FLAC, and Ogg Vorbis tags.
Baudline is a time-frequency browser designed for scientific visualization of the spectral domain. Signal analysis is performed by Fourier, correlation, and raster transforms that create colorful spectrograms with vibrant detail. Conduct test and measurement experiments with the built in function generator, or play back audio files with a multitude of effects and filters. The baudline signal analyzer combines fast digital signal processing, versatile high speed displays, and continuous capture tools for hunting down and studying elusive signal characteristics.
Find Duplicate Music Files detects music files that contain the same music, even if the files are differently named, and are in different formats such as MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA, M4A, and RealAudio and contain different or non-existent meta-information such as ID3 tags. The program operates on whole directories of music files, analyzes them, and outputs the filenames of pairs that seem similar, based on their audio fingerprint or perceptual hash.
Data synchronization, replication, and transformation software.
A SCXML to C++ compiler.


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/etc/net represents a new approach to Linux network configuration tasks. Inspired by the limitations of traditional network configuration subsystems, /etc/net provides built-in support for configuration profiles, interface name management, removable devices, full iproute2 command set, interface dependencies resolution, QoS, and firewall configuration frameworks. /etc/net provides support for the following interface types: ethernet, WiFi (WEP), IPv4/IPv6 tunnels, PSK IPSec tunnels, VLAN, PLIP, ethernet bonding and bridging, traffic equalizer, Pent@NET, Pent@VALUE, SkyStar-2, TUN/TAP, OpenVPN TUN/TAP, usbnet, and PPP. Due to its modular structure, support for new interface types can be added without overall design changes.
@1 Auto Delete deletes all files (in a specific directory) with dates older than the specified number of days. It can be useful if you have pages generated through user's input. It can be run manually from a browser, through telnet, or automatically using crontab. There are only two variables to edit - the directory, and the file age.
A.M.I.C.U.S. (Automatic Multimedia Installation Configuration Utility System) helps users quickly and easily install and configure MythTV on generic PC hardware. It uses the Debian Netinst CD to install GNU/Linux and just the required packages to allow a functional MythTV on low end hardware.
The aim of ADF MAGE-ML Tool is to provide a module for converting ADF files (a tab delimited file representing microarray design layout) into MAGE-ML format, and for generating an ADF from an array design described in MAGE-ML format. The module is build upon the ADF specifications and using MAGE-Stk APIs (Java). MIAME-compliance checking, a logging system, and integration of LifeScience Identifier (LSID) specifications are key components of the module. The module can be used via the command line or a graphical user interface.
AGControl is a simple Bash script which monitors the size of your incomplete AGSatellite downloads. It features options for playing the incomplete MP3 files and for launching AGSatellite and/or a Web browser. Please note that it is not intended as a replacement for the audiogalaxy.com Web interface.
AMaViS (A Mail Virus Scanner) scans e-mail attachments for viruses using third-party virus scanners available for UNIX environments. It resides on a UNIX (Linux) machine and looks through the attached files arriving via e-mail, generates reports when a virus is found and sets the delivery on hold.


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I was under the impression that you picked your award show performances based on sales and popularity, but now that I know all I have to do is create a Twitter petition there's some things I want you to know. First of all we (stans of mildly relevant artists) are tired of seeing Beyonce at any and every award show. The Grammy Awards, the MTV Awards, the BET Awards, VH1 Awards, the gatdamn Animal Planet Awards, we're tired of it. She is NOT God and I am tired of her monopolizing the industry. I am sick of her and her singing on-key, and dancing on beat and getting standing ovations and stupid shit like that.. It's about time you gave other artists a shot, like artists who don't have an ounce of rhythm, or artists who couldn't carry a tune in a Gucci bag. Or just random-ass artists. Why can't you just have random ass regular people on the show? Why do you always have to support the most popular and the most talented? The BET Awards should be a showcase for ALL people.
If you do not put the following artists on the 2009 BET Awards we will not be watching:
- Letoya Luckett
- LaTavia Roberson
- Ciara
- Keri Hilson
- Farrah Franklin
- Adina Howard
- Monifah
- An Xscape Reunion
- A 227 Reunion (minus Jackeé, she was always trying to upstage Marla Gibbs, and she has the weird "e" on her name like Beyoncé)
- Coolio
- Skee-Lo
- Domino
- KP and Envy
- DJ Jazzy Jeff (but not Will Smith's overexposed ass, we pressed stans only support the underdog)
- A Vanity 6 Reunion
- A Klymaxx Reunion
- An Another Bad Creation Reunion
- A Color Me Badd Reunion
- Oran "Juice" Jones
- Cameo
- Terrence Trent Darby
- Maze (but not Frankie Beverly. I'm tired of him hogging the spotlight, just like Beyonce)
- Parliament (but not Funkadelic)
- Kool and the Gang (minus Kool, he's overexposed)
- The Cult Jam (fuck Lisa Lisa!)
- Fire (we're tired of Earth and Wind monopolizing the industry)
- A "The Boys" Reunion
- A "House Party" Reunion with all original cast members EXCEPT Kid and Tisha Campbell (Tisha looks too much like Beyonce, and the only reason Kid's name is first is because he's light-skinned and Matthew Knowles paid for it)
- My 8 year old cousin and her school's dance troupe doing a routine to "Halle Berry (She Fine)" by Hurricane Chris
- Hurricane Chris
- My grandma who just lost her foot can get on stage and do the "Stanky Leg" and raise awareness about diabetes.
- My great-aunt Cookie doing her version of Rebbie Jackson's "Centipede." (Beyonce better watch her back!)
- My Aunt James and Uncle Jermaine doing their version of Ashford Simpson's "Solid As a Rock"
And at 10:00PM you should just put a microphone on the stage, and just have an open mic at the BET Awards and let everybody jump on stage like it's the '96 Source Awards. It's time to make this year a big ole country-ass tacky-ass unorganized talent show where any and everybody can jump on the stage, not just Beyonce.
If you don't meet our demands we will NOT be watching the BET Awards this year. Well, we're going to watch so we can hate on Beyonce the next day, but we're going to have an attitude about it.
If you are a stan tired of BET showcasing talent and if you are tired of Beyonce setting the bar too high for other artists please sign this petition and feel free to add on to it.
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AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks. It allows you to collaborate with multiple people on one document at the same time. It is tightly integrated with the AbiCollab.net Web service, which lets you store documents online, allows easy document sharing with your friends, and performs format conversions on the fly.
AeroMail is a Web-based email client that uses an IMAP server to read and store messages in one or more user-defined folders. Features include: HTTP authentication for login (no cookies) or login with cookies; Optional IMAP folder manipulation; optional spam flagging using reverse DNS mapping; HTML messages and attachments; simple HTML that can be embedded in a page of your own design; support for different character sets (e.g. Russian and Chinese); support for SSL IMAP servers; and support for sendmail's genericstable (reverse mapping of users for outbound mail). JavaScript is not necessary.
ArahPaint4 is a raster based paint program for drawing images in repeat, mainly for textiles. It includes a graphical image browser, works well on large images, allows limited image palettes, and supports drawing with non-square pixels. It is used in industry by over 300 textile mills, schools, and designers.
ArahPaint4 is a textile-oriented paint program, mainly for jacquard. It is a simple paint program for raster palette images. It has good tools for drawing images in repetition, support for handling palette images (color reduction, substitution, protected, transparent colors), contour tools, layer support, unlimited undo/redo, support for drawing in aspect ratio (pixels need not be square), a two level grid, and a coordinates display. It is simple, stable, fast, and works well on large images (>8000x8000).
CS-Cart is a turnkey shopping cart solution that includes all necessary features to build a successful online Web store. It is ready to use right from the start. With its functionality you can start an ecommerce Web site of any complexity: from a one-product shop to a full-featured online store.
Contao is a content management system (CMS) for people who want a professional Internet presence that is easy to maintain. The state-of-the-art structure of the system offers a high security standard and allows you to develop search engine friendly Websites that are also accessible for people with disabilities. Furthermore, the system can be expanded flexibly and inexpensively. It features easy management of user rights, a Live Update Service, a modern CSS framework, and many integrated modules (news, calendar, forms, etc.).
The CryptoNAS project wants to bring data encryption to the masses. It provides two packages: CryptoNAS-Server and CryptoNAS-CD. The CryptoNAS-Server package adds hard disk encryption to a file server (running Samba, NFS, DAV, etc.) without annoying its users. The CryptoNAS-CD is targeted at users who want to set up an encrypting file server without bothering about complicated administration issues.
Dolibarr is a simple Web application with ERP and CRM capabilities. It is designed for small and medium companies, freelancers or foundations, and can be used to deal with all things you require to manage your activities, such as management of products, stocks, commercial proposals, invoices, orders, members of a foundation, and mailings. A single executable that installs the server and database is available for people with no technical knowledge.


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Anti-bacterial medication for common tropical fish diseases such as bacterial tail rot, cotton mouth fungus and gill disease. Aquarium filtration will not affect treatment. For use in freshwater aquariums. This medication will not harm the biological filter. Note: This medication will cause a slight discoloration of water which can be removed with activated carbon.
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A Charlotte land-planning firm unveiled its master plans for the city's nearly $4.3 million renovation of Berkeley Mills Park during a Hendersonville City Council meeting Thursday night.
A Charlotte land-planning firm unveiled its master plans for the city's nearly $4.3 million renovation of Berkeley Mills Park during a Hendersonville City Council meeting Thursday night.
Plans for the 60-acre Berkeley Mills Park, still to be finalized and adopted, call for a consolidated entryway into the park, a baseball complex, soccer field, playground, picnic areas, a memorial tree garden, an overlook garden, trails, dog park and a future connection to the Oklawaha Greenway.
Gary Wirth, of Wirth & Associates, said they have included about 350 parking spaces in their final design. Plans for the park call for 3.5 miles of trails.
A "destination playground" with state-of-the-art equipment for children of different ages will be located near the memorial garden, he said, which is a "little bit more secluded" and with seating for those wanting to meditate.
The eastern section of the park across Balfour Road will include a mountain bike trail and skills park, a dog park, a lakeside picnic area incorporating the views of the quarry, and walking trails.
Wirth said they added a drive for trucks to transport equipment to an amphitheater at the north end of the park.
The overall estimated cost of the project may be lowered with the help of the Babe Ruth Association, which has offered to partner with the city to renovate the baseball field's in-field.
The association plans to cover the cost of the sod. City Council agreed last month to cover the cost of installation using money already allocated for Berkeley Park improvements.
Councilman Jerry Smith said work to prepare the field began this week.
Grey Hosiery Mill
Council members will look at plans to reopen project ideas and bids for the city's unused Grey Hosiery Mill at a budget retreat next Friday.
The city is interested in looking for a development partner to bring new, purposeful life to the 1915 Grey Hosiery Mill, which has fallen into disrepair after years of neglect. The historic property has been under the city's ownership since the 1980s and has been envisioned as a conference center, a center for the arts and a residential development in the past.
Reach Weaver at firstname.lastname@example.com or 828-694-7867.


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The Fluval 4 Plus Underwater Filter is a powerful and economical submersible filter. It is easy to care for, quiet, and effective. The Fluval 4 is a great mechanical filter for any small aquarium, turtle or reptile tank with up to 57 gallons of water.
The Fluval 4 has a flow rate of 260 gph and uses 120v/10watts.
The double filter cartridge comes with two foam pads and allows for alternate replacement for continuous biological filter activity. The filter cartridge also has a designated area for optional media such as Polyester Filter Pads or Special Carbon Filter Pads (not included).It also features a clogging indicator that will indicate when the filter media needs to be maintained.
The 90 degree Swivel Spout directs the flow output and allows a change of flow pattern in the aquarium. The Water Flow Adjuster can be used to increase or decrease the flow output for feeding or other requirements. An Air Flow Control Device is also included to create a Venturi Effect for added aeration. This filter is specially designed to sit vertically or horizontally.


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The GNU Gatekeeper is a free H.323 gatekeeper based on the OpenH323 project. You can use it to manage a Voice-over-IP network and let endpoints (e.g., Netmeeting) communicate through symbolic names. It also has an external interface for billing and other applications. It runs on a number of Unix versions (including Linux and Solaris) and Windows.
GkAuth is a call management system written for the GNU Gatekeeper project. It functions by connecting to the status port of the gatekeeper and collecting signals in its database. It provides Web based administration and user interface and stores its data in SQL tables. Key features include a Web-based management interface, run-time user administration (add/remove/modify user rights), prepaid/post paid/free billing, and call history.
Kamailio (formerly OpenSER) is a high-performance SIP (RFC3261) server with a flexible architecture and many extensions. The server implements proxy, registrar, redirect, and location SIP/VoIP services. It has support for UDP, TCP, TLS, and SCTP transport layers, DNSsec, ENUM, AAA via database, RADIUS, DIAMETER, gateways to SMS and XMPP, least cost routing, load balancing, NAT traversal, and call processing language. Kamailio implements SIMPLE presence and instant messaging extensions, and includes an embedded XCAP server and MSRP relay. It can be also used as a routing SIP sever for WebRTC via WebSocket.
A Java-based build tool.
A Web-based change management, issue tracking, and help desk customer support system.


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As the major gateway to pulsating NYC, it's no surprise that our choice of JFK Airport hotels is plentiful. From here, there's a range of transport options running 24-7 into the heart of the city that "never sleeps."
From our JFK Airport accommodations, you can hit Manhattan's exhilarating streets in less than hour. Take the lift up to the top of the Empire State Building; catch a Circle Line cruise around Manhattan or view the famous cityscape from the free Staten Island Ferry. Before you head back to your New York Airport hotel, delve into one of the city's huge array of museums, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Then relax awhile in the vast, beautiful Central Park.
Retail addicts will be spellbound with the choices. The shops on world-famous Fifth and Madison Avenues entice those after brand names and bargains, while neighbouring SoHo, NoHo and Nolita offer a more independent and eclectic shopping experience.
Come sunset, take in a show or dance the night away beneath the dazzling neon lights of Broadway and Times Square. Or head to the newly fashionable Meatpacker District to rub shoulders with New York's "beautiful people" before returning to your hotel at New York JFK Airport.


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BUZZKILL Finally, New Jersey will be known
for more than just turnpikes, the dumping ground for the Eastern Seaboard and
big hair! A strong statement to be sure, but how many bands can say that MTV
keeps stealing their band name for their programs?
Since their inception in
1990, Buzzkill have been crafting a totally unique, yet unclassifiable
sound. With a seven-song CDEP on Antidote Records, one full length on Tee
Pee Records (Tooth-n-Sole) and numerous compilation contributions,
Buzzkill has honed their sound to its most stripped down and raw.
It all started when a band, formerly known as
Butthead, had to change their name in 1992 due to the increasing
popularity of a certain MTV show. Mike, the band's drummer, felt that people
started coming to their shows thinking they were a joke or a novelty band.
They decided on the new name, Buzzkill, after long and thoughtful band
meetings, polling of friends and agonizing soul searching (not really, a
friend came up with it and it sounded cool) Little did they know that MTV
was doing the very same thing and as irony would have it, their new little
program is entitled "Buzzkill." The band assures us they will stand
up to "The Man" and fight for what's theirs!
What does the feature hold for our friends
in Buzzkill? Well, after the 2 albums and a single for the label we
are not quite sure. There are rumors that they have broken up yet they
haven't confirmed it with the label yet!


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Urinary incontinence is the loss of voluntary bladder control that can lead to urine leakage. Incontinence can be temporary or long-lasting.
The causes may vary with the type of incontinence.
Stress Incontinence
The accidental loss of urine during physical activity or coughing, sneezing, and laughing
The leakage may be caused by:
- Weakening of the muscles that suspend the bladder
- Weakening of the muscles that control urine flow
- Damage to the muscles that control urine flow following prostate surgery
- Obesity
Urge Incontinence
This is also known as overactive bladder and is the accidental loss of urine when the bladder spasms for no reason. It may be caused by:
- Urinary tract infection
- Diabetes type 1 and type 2
- Bladder irritation, such as a kidney stone or tumor
- Drugs, such as hypnotics or diuretics
- Caffeine
- Alcohol
Nerve damage due to:
- Spinal cord injury
- Stroke
- Multiple sclerosis
- Parkinson's disease
- Constipation
Overflow Incontinence
This occurs when the bladder will not empty. The urine builds up and overflows. This leads to leaking of urine. It may be caused by:
- Prostate enlargement
- Bladder that is blocked, such as by a scar in the urethra (stricture)
- Fecal impaction putting pressure on the urethra
- Drugs, such as antidepressants, hypnotics, antipsychotics, beta-blockers, antihistamines, and calcium channel blockers
- Vitamin B12 deficiency
- Weak bladder muscles
- Nerve damage
Functional Incontinence
This is when you have normal bladder control, but you are physically unable to reach the toilet in time. It may be a result of a condition like severe arthritis. Drugs that cause confusion or sedation can also lead to functional incontinence.
There may be several different causes for incontinence. In some cases, the cause may also be unclear.
Risk Factors
Men who are older than 65 are most affected.
Factors that may increase your risk of incontinence include:
- History of prostate surgery
- Prostate enlargement due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), infection, or prostate cancer
- Urinary tract infection
- Obesity
- Chronic lung disease
- Urethritis
- Depression
- Dementia , including Alzheimer's disease
- Diabetes
- Stroke
- Multiple sclerosis
- Spinal cord injury or disease
Use of certain substances or medications:
- Caffeine
- Alcohol
- Beta-blockers
- Alpha-agonists
- Cholinergic agents
- Cyclophosphamide
Urinary incontinence is a symptom of other conditions. Any loss of bladder control can be considered incontinence.
With stress incontinence, leakage may happen when there is extra pressure on your bladder. This can happen when you laugh, sneeze, lift heavy objects, or exercise.
With urge incontinence, you may have a loss of bladder control following a strong urge to urinate. You may not be able to hold urine long enough to make it to a toilet.
When Should I Call My Doctor?
Call your doctor if you have any loss of urine control. Your doctor can help you determine the underlying cause.
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. You will be asked about your urine leakage and how often you empty your bladder. A physical exam will be done to look for any physical causes. These include blockages or nerve problems. You may be asked to to keep a diary of your urinary habits.
You may be referred to a specialist. Urologists are doctors who focus on urinary issues.
Tests to help find the cause of the incontinence may include:
- Stress test—you relax, and then cough as your doctor watches for loss of urine (this will confirm if you have stress incontinence)
- Urine tests
- Tests to explore problems with your prostate, such as a prostate exam or blood tests
- Blood tests to detect diabetes
- Ultrasound—uses sound waves to examine structures inside the body to determine if any urine remains in your bladder after urinating
- Cystoscopy —a thin tube with a tiny camera is inserted into the urethra to view the urethra and bladder
- Urodynamic tests—used to measure the flow of urine and the pressure in the bladder
Treatments may include:
Behavioral Therapy
Behavioral therapy includes:
Making muscles stronger by doing
Kegel exercises
- These strengthen the muscles that hold the bladder in place and control urine flow.
- Painless electrical stimulation is sometimes used. It can strengthen the muscles more quickly. It is helpful for stress incontinence.
- Creating a regular schedule to empty your bladder (called bladder training). This training may also involve drinking fewer liquids
Weight Loss
Losing weight may help reduce the number of episodes due to stress or urge incontinence. Talk to your doctor about a weight loss program that is right for you.
Medications may be prescribed to relax the bladder muscles. These types of medications are called anticholinergics. They are often used in treating urge incontinence. Examples include:
Your doctor may also recommend botulinum toxin injections to help ease symptoms.
Absorbent diapers are often used by men with incontinence.
Catheters are sometimes used to treat more severe cases. External (condom) or internal (Foley) catheters may be used.
Another option is a penile clamp. These clamps are padded and have a sleeve to absorb leakage.
Home Care
- Take care of your skin by gently cleaning yourself after an episode of incontinence. Let the skin air dry.
- Make it easier to get to the bathroom. For example, rearrange furniture and remove throw rugs. Add night-lights in the hallway and in the bathroom.
- If needed, keep a bedpan or urine canister handy in your bedroom.
Nerve Stimulation
Devices like Urgent PC and Inter-Stim may be used to stimulate the nerves. This may involve implanting a thin lead wire with a small electrode tip. This electronic stimulation therapy can be done as a series of treatments in your doctor's office and can help strengthen muscles that control voiding.
In men, surgery may be done to relieve a physical blockage due to an enlarged prostate.
Other procedures involve surgical repair or implants into the bladder sphincter. The sphincter is the gate that allows the urine to flow through.
Incontinence is really a symptom of another condition. There are several ways to prevent incontinence:
- Reduce your intake of substances that lead to incontinence. These include caffeine, alcohol, and certain drugs.
- Lose weight.
- Avoid and treat constipation.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Adrienne Carmack, MD
- Review Date: 11/2015 -
- Update Date: 09/29/2016 -


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