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Now after trying to search around for answers to these errors I came across a thread somewhere that recommended I do a windows repair, which to my knowledge is something similar to reformatting without losing your shit?
This is where I start to fuck up. I did the windows repair, and now when Windows begins to do the setup after I boot the computer, the computer restarts before the Setup can even complete. It doesn't even make it to the part where it asks for my cd key for Windows XP Home.
To my understanding that would point towards a hardware issue, but before I attempted the Windows Repair, the computer worked fine in safemode. No restarts at all. Which is what pointed me in the direction of a software issue.
I've had some problems with my computer restarting in the past which I managed to fix here. Hopefully you guys can do it again, I appreciate it.
EDIT: Forgot to mention, a friend of mine suggested it may be an issue with corrupt RAM. I've got two 1gig sticks in my computer, I tried removing each one while leaving the other in place and the computer still restarted. Could it be an issue with both sticks?

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I am really sorry if this has been posted before.
If you knew me in person, you would know I love getting into discussions with people about religion. One of the questions that seems to keep coming into the discussion loop is Jesus.
So I was at a social gathering the other night at a restaurant and I dropped my silverware and out of habit I said "Jesus Christ!" And a random girl that was a friend of a friend said, "Don't use the Lords name in vain."
So obviously we got into a debate.
I brought up the point in the discussion that Jesus never existed. Well everyone looked at me like i was off the wall insane...
At that point the discussion just turned into incoherent ramblings and Grrrr... So frustrating that people base their whole life on hearsay! Simply dumbfounding!!!
Help me feel better... seriously.
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I agree completely. The gospel writers tell all about what Jesus said, places he went to, how he acted and reacted, and it's all very plausible (minus the miracles).
However, the tone changes completely when they write of the resurrection. Almost no details. Jesus only spoke to disciples, never to crowds, and most of the 40 days of the resurrection are unaccounted for. This is the very time that Jesus should have been followed by thousands.
Why are there only four?
The early church decided these gophels were credible and had authority.
They do all tell their own story, each story is different.
Yes, well at 11 years old, and having grown up in a religious environment - the history of the political shinnanigans and willful lying of the early church wasn't something I had a lot of information on.
It's been at least 20 years since I read through he 4 gospels, so perhaps they perspectives are much more different than I perceived. At the time, however, to me, they all sounded like they were telling the "whole story" and not "someone's story"
My point is that yes, even between the ages of 11 and 14 as I read the book straight through, I could clearly recognize places where the story had been 'squeezed to fit'. That always struck me as meaning it wasn't entirely made-up, but it wasn't really true either. It wouldn't be until in my 20's that I came to understand that this is a very powerful tool of mythology.
I know that I'm smarter than your average cup of yoghurt, but how any grown people still believe in fairy tales that I couldn't for the life of me cling to belief in at 12 and 13 years old will always confound me.
What? You were 11 and not reading Origen's and Tertullian's writings? lol
When I was at the age of 17ish and had done a lot more study into scriptures and early church history than most teenagers, I became overtly skeptic. My skepticism stopped me from pursuing a life as a theologian (which is most likely a good thing), my skepticism was un-warranted and when it was placed under the microscope by Biblical scholars it was found wanting.
There was a historical Jesus He died, and He rose again, this is nearly a historical fact, well at least Jesus's followers believed 100% that He died and rose again.
Historians like N.T. Wright have wrote lengthy books defending not only the historicity of Jesus, but that the gospels do convey a relative actual story of the life of Jesus.
The works of Tommy-boy are resounding only in their omissions. The forgery of the Pericope Adulterae and the insertion of the Comma Johanneum for starters - but apologists never bring these things up when writing for an indoctrinated audience.
Apparently he considers the conflicting genealogies of Jesus to be minutiae Matthew 1:2-17 and Luke 3:23-38, as well as the fact that Mark and John don't even mention the miracle birth, a central tenet of the faith - which I cannot cite because they are not there. Hardly minutiae.
You are correct that in Mark 3:20-21 that Jesus' family seems to think he's crazy - but how can you explain Mary's actions considering she had been told by an Angel that her son was the Messiah? How could she possibly forget that encounter?
The Gospels can't even agree on Jesus' birthday. Matthew indicates that Jesus was born under the reign of Herod the Great (Matthew 2:1) and Luke says he was born while Quirinius was governor of Syria (Luke 2:2). This is impossible because Herod died in March of 4 BC and the census took place in 6 and 7 AD, about 10 years after Herod's death.
You can tout old Tommy boy as a scholar all you like, but until you can offer his explanation for these glaring 'minutiae' you might want to reconsider your sources.
Except that with the civil war you have events that were recorded by first hand witnesses, the letters written by the hands of the men who fought in the war, and reams of interviews of veterans of that war that are written, recorded on audio, and some on film. You even have photographs of the events, legal documents pertaining to declarations of war - a lot of source material to work with.
In the case of Jesus, you don't have a single first hand account of his life - mostly because there was no reason to write it down because the belief was that he would be right back, ha ha ha ha ha
So then after like 40 years or so, and no one having a clue where the disciples went, someone decided to start writing down the general folklore that was going around. It seems a few people did this.
So then after about another hundred years or so, some guys sitting in a room who never met the authors, and don't even know who the authors were in most cases, set down and evaluated a third hand collection of folklore - and EVEN THEN they had to inject a few forgeries to massage it to their purpose.


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Well I guess you guys loved the cartoon angel I drew for you all a few days ago. Now because you guys liked the cartoon angel so much, I wanted to do another tutorial on an opposite figure that also came out extremely cute. I am going to show you "how to draw a boy", step by step. I love the way he came out because it reminds me of one of those Halloween pictures that you would see in a coloring book or window decal. The angel represents good, and the devil obviously represents bad. He certainly does look like a bad little boy doesn't he? I gave him the cute devil wings, a devil pitchfork, and a cute devil tail. The coloring came out cool too and I think you will have an awesome time with this lesson on "how to draw a boy" step by step. I have more tutorials on the way, and I think you will like them all. I will be back soon, so stay tuned. Peace out and happy drawing kiddies. And you can even draw a boy in a more simple form too. Just take off the wings, horns, and pitchfork.
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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels today (Aug. 19) joined executives from recreational vehicle manufacturer Fleetwood RV Inc. to celebrate the company's plant reopening in Decatur.
Following the sale of Fleetwood Enterprises Inc.'s motorhome division and Goldshield Fiberglass assets to private-equity firm American Industrial Partners Capital Fund IV LP in July, the newly established Fleetwood RV has recalled over 600 associates and plans to create an additional 300 jobs at its Decatur headquarters by 2012, according to Inside Indiana Business.
Under the company's new ownership, Fleetwood RV is consolidating its California and Pennsylvania manufacturing operations to Decatur. Plans call for $7.4 million in new investment toward building improvements, machinery and equipment and retooling. In addition, the company will relocate $8 million in equipment from its out-of-state operations.
This is the latest of several recent business consolidations into Indiana, including Dometic, a manufacturer of recreational vehicle accessories, which is consolidating operations from Sweden and Mexico to Indiana and expanding its facilities in Elkhart and LaGrange counties.
"Indiana is determined to make opportunity from hard times. We're reaching out to companies like Fleetwood and saying, if you are consolidating, do it in Indiana. Jobs have been coming to Indiana from everywhere," said Daniels.
Fleetwood RV is currently hiring manufacturing personnel and will continue to make significant staffing additions over the next three years.
"The decision to establish our company headquarters in Decatur was two-fold," said John Draheim, president of Fleetwood RV. "First and most importantly, was the high-caliber workforce in the area, and the second was the cooperation from the state and city to develop a plan that would be best for the company, the local community and the RV industry as a whole."
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. offered Fleetwood RV up to $9 million in performance-based tax credits and up to $100,000 in training grants based on the company's job creation plans. The Decatur City Council approved additional property tax abatement at the request of the Adams County Economic Development Corp.
"Have no doubt – as mayor, you don't sleep at night when worrying about people needing jobs but this is a giant leap for us on the way to recovery. We are grateful to Fleetwood RV," said Decatur Mayor John Schultz.


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Organizers hold Bodefest at Cannon Mountain
Thousands of people hit the slopes for Bodefest at Cannon Mountain Saturday.
The annual event is organized by Olympic gold medal skier and New Hampshire native Bode Miller. He started the event several years ago to get children motivated to participate in winter sports.
The event is also a fundraiser for the Turtle Ridge Foundation, an organization that promotes a cause close to Miller's heart.
"(It's to) enable people who have disabilities to get out there and participate (in) winter sports," Miller said.
The foundation teams up with other organizations to develop technology so people with disabilities can hit the slopes.
For local children, it's a dream to meet Miller. They lined up for hours to get Miller's autograph on their skies, helmets and T-shirts.


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More alleged "sexting" scandal questions may await Brett Favre when the Vikings go to NYC to play the Jets on ESPN's "Monday Night Football."
After practice Thursday with his newest teammate, Randy Moss, Favre took questions from the media. As the Vikings' Helen Thomas, better known as media relations guy Bob Hagan, announced that Favre was about to take his final two questions, a query was made that had nothing to do with Favre's excitement over finally having Moss on his team.
"Brett, there's a Internet report today that accuses you of sending some inappropriate text messages to a female employee of the Jets during your year there. Would you care to respond to those allegations?" came the unsettling question from a guy wearing green.
"I'm not getting into that. I've got my hands full with the Jets," said Favre, cool as you please.
That wasn't exactly I never did such a thing!
After the media session, the man in green got lost in the crowd. I caught up with him as he was getting in a car with two other people. He told me his name was Brian Costello. Said that he worked for the New York Post and that he needed to hurry over to Target Field for the second Yankees-Twins ALDS game.
Costello's name matched a photo on the Post's website, which promptly posted a story Thursday that began: "Gray-haired gridiron granddaddy Brett Favre did not deny today that he left voice-mail messages propositioning a sexy TV sports personality shortly after he joined the Jets in 2008."
An "Additional reporting by Brian Costello" is at the bottom of the story.
Costello's question was prompted by an article on Deadspin.com and its continued coverage of whether or not that's Favre's voice on messages allegedly received by former Jets sideline reporter Jenn Sterger., now a member of Versus' TV's "The Daily Line."
I listened to the voice mails posted on the Deadspin. The guy sounds like Favre or a guy doing an impression of Favre's speaking style.
And this time Deadspin.com, which first broke the story in August, included the sexting pictures, allegedly received by Sterger. Through her manager, Sterger told the Post she had no comment and denied giving the website the content for this latest explosive story.
Having never seen the appendage in the photos, I don't know whether this is part of Favre's body or not. But some of his teammates (of course, pro athletes would never look at each other's naked bodies) may know.
For damn sure, Mrs. Favre would know.
The way that Sterger tells the story, she's no Tiger Woods bimbo. When pressed about contacting the person pretending to be Favre -- although he never says his own name -- Sterger joked that if she were to get involved with someone like this person she might wind up in a "garbage can."
Sterger, who resembles Mrs. Favre, is an interesting personality despite having posed for Maxim magazine. In an interview on Versus.com she's a cheeky quote above most, although the incessant eye rolling and excessive lip gestures are just too precious and sometimes make it difficult to understand what she's saying. She ends a segment on her parents with, "And my grandmother is just happy I'm not doing porn."
Sterger's most winning observation: "The one thing that drives me nuts about how athletes deal with the media: I have to read your tweets all day long. Learn some English. Hell, use Rosetta Stone, learn a different language. Just make it so I can understand what you are trying to say."
If Favre was the person communicating with Sterger, and I'm not saying that's his voice, I imagine being asked that question in a room filled with reporters and cameras would have probably cooled him off.
After Monday's game there will probably be an post-game Q&A session with the media, including Post reporters. While the Vikings will want to talk about what a tremendous asset Randy Moss was in that victory over the Jets, there might be some other questions for Favre.
After all, the New York reporters play hardball, to say nothing of the NFL, which is now investigating.
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Veteran credits piece of Civil War equipment for getting him through tour in Korea
When Thomas Lapins was shipped off to Korea in 1951, he wore a standard issue U.S. Army belt buckle.
But the buckle wasn't issued to him by the Army. The rectangular piece of brass featuring a bald eagle with his wings spread and a banner across the top that spelled out "E pluribus unum" was issued to his great grandfather when he fought in the Civil War nearly 100 years before.
"It was given to me by his daughters who thought that it might be lucky," Lapins said. "He made it through that war, so they thought maybe it would help me make it through Korea."
If he had it to do over again, Lapins doubts he would have accepted the buckle. It could have been lost or it could have become a souvenir for an enemy soldier if the Chicago area native turned Shiloh resident was killed or wounded.
"If I had time to think about it, I probably would have decided that it wasn't a very good idea," Lapins said. "But I'm glad I did take it. I don't know how much I believe in lucky charms. But there were some things that happened when I had that buckle with me in Korea that can't be described in any other way than 'lucky.'"
Lapins spent most of his time in Korea as a radioman in a valley known as the "punchbowl" because it was surrounded on three sides by mountain ranges.
"I was on the front lines with the 5th Regimental Combat Team for nine months and 23 days," Lapins said. "But who was counting?"
Many nights, it was Lapins' job to man a defensive trench in 30 degree below zero temperatures with 20 mph winds. Undermanned, the whole line couldn't be guarded. Watchmen huddled in "fighting holes" every hundred yards or so along the trench line. Soldiers strung trip wires tied to tin cans or empty gun magazines that would rattle like a cow bell if stepped on to warn if North Korean or Chinese attackers tried to enter the trench in unmanned areas.
"The fighting holes were lined with hand grenades and filled with 30-caliber machine gun munitions," Lapins said. "If we heard somebody coming, we were ready to let them have it so you had to be careful when you moved around in there or else you might end up with a grenade in your lap.
"We really had three enemies in those trenches: The North Koreans, the Chinese and the weather."
When he wasn't hunkered down in the cold, Lapins was walking in two feet of snow on even more dangerous patrols. Sometimes the fog in the punchbowl was so bad that Americans and their NATO allies would bump into their communist enemies while on patrol, igniting close quarters firefights.
During one patrol, Lapins and another man were sent to string a communications line from a command bunker to troops in the field. Communist soldiers spotted the Americans doing their work and fired mortars at them.
"You could hear the mortars, the poom, poom sound they make when they're launched and the sound they make when they're flying over your head," Lapins said. "One of them landed about 10 feet behind us -- close enough that it threw dirt on me. But it was a dud. It didn't explode. Something was watching over me that day."
Three days before he was supposed to be shipping out for the States after nearly 10 months in combat, Lapins was told his replacement was due any day. But if the soldier didn't make it in time, Lapins would have to go out on one last patrol before he was allowed to go home.
"Guys get pretty squirrely when they're about to go home," Lapins said. "I didn't want to go on that patrol because I didn't want to be the guy who got killed right before he was supposed to go home."
His voice halted with emotion.
"My replacement showed up in time and he went on that patrol instead of me," Lapins said. "And he was killed. I think about that a lot."
In the last few weeks before he was set to go home, Lapins almost lost the buckle to a new lieutenant.
"He saw it and told me to get rid of it," Lapins said, adding that the young officer was unmoved by his story that he thought the buckle would be OK since it was, actually, Army issue. "He told me to get rid of it, so I said, 'Yes, sir,' and walked away. But there was no way I was taking off that belt buckle."
Korea is never far from Lapins' memory. Especially during winter time.
While he avoided communist bullets and mortars, he didn't come away from Mother Nature unscathed. Pressed into what was supposed to be a quick skirmish, Lapins took off his bulky "Mickey Mouse boots" that protected his feet from the cold when he was stationary. The fight lasted nearly two hours in deep snow. When it was over, Lapins' feet were so frostbitten he couldn't walk. Five decades later, he said his hands and feet still get tingly in the cold.
After the frostbite scare, Lapins spent much of his remaining time in Korea in the Command Center handling the radio calls from indoors. He was offered stripes and a raise to stay in the military after his two-year hitch, but, despite growing up while dreaming of being a soldier, he decided he had seen enough war and went home to become a carpenter.
After Lapins' service was up, the belt buckle wasn't through with its lucky ways. It found its way to the uniform of Lapins' stepson, helicopter pilot Jim Murphy, who served in Vietnam.
Although Lapins doesn't describe himself as a hero, he said his stepson was certainly one, flying dangerous chopper missions to rescue stranded troops. Murphy earned several honors for his service, including the distinguished flying cross.
Today the belt buckle is in a frame in Lapins' Shiloh home. He said he hopes no one else in his family has an opportunity to wear it in battle.
"If I'm having a bad day or I get frustrated, I try to remember that at least I'm not in Korea," Lapins said. "Compared to those nine months and 23 days, nothing else seems that bad. But who's counting?"


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Carl Fellman Schaefer
Canadian, 1903–1995
Barley in Stooks, John Voelzing Farm, Hanover, 1936
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Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Acquired with the assistance of the Canada Council
The 1930s were defined by global depression and military escalation that presaged World War II. It was also an era of change in Canadian art. Many landscape painters turned their attention toward regional and human-centred subjects and away from wilderness and the nationalistic sentiment popularized by the Group of Seven. The watercolour medium, as seen in Schaefer's agrarian landscapes, was adopted by an increasing number of these artists for its technical effect and low cost, relative to oil paint. Hit by economic strife, Schaefer was forced to move with his family to his in-laws' farm in rural southern Ontario. The artist's paintings from the 1930s convey a sense of despair and lost hope, alluding to the dire social and economic situation facing many Canadians during this decade.
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Obama to call for new financial regulator, stronger Fed
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is proposing the broadest changes in financial regulation since the Great Depression, calling for the elimination of some bank regulators and giving the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve vast new authority.
"We are going to put forward a very strong set of regulatory measures we think can prevent this kind of crisis from happening again," President Barack Obama said Tuesday from the Rose Garden.
Senior administration officials late Tuesday confirmed that on Wednesday Obama would propose the elimination of the much-maligned Office of Thrift Supervision, which regulates savings and loan institutions, and had oversight of the financial products division of failed insurer American International Group. The company's collapse has cost taxpayers more than $180 billion, and AIG is now almost 80 percent owned by the Federal Reserve.
Under Obama's much-anticipated regulatory proposal, the OTS would be merged with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which regulates a large number of big banks, and a new entity will be created. The revamping would eliminate separate federal charters for banks and thrifts and treat financial institutions alike from a regulatory standpoint.
This addresses one of the regulatory shortcomings that brought about the financial crisis, as banks and other financial players shopped among regulators for the agency least likely to regulate them.
The Federal Reserve would gain new powers under the proposal. It would be tasked with monitoring the banks and other financial institutions so large that they're deemed a risk to the broader U.S. and global financial system.
In an interview late Tuesday with Bloomberg Television, Obama said of the Fed empowerment that "we have to have somebody who is responsible for seeing the risks (in) the system as a whole and not just individual institutions. And I think the Fed is best positioned to do that."
Obama also will propose the creation of a Financial Services Oversight Council. It would be a council of regulators, led by the Treasury Department, which collectively would police developments in the financial system with an eye toward ensuring adequate reserves in banks and watching for potential risks to global finance.
Congress will be asked to give Obama new tools to empower regulators. Chief among these tools would be the ability for regulators to dissolve large institutions that pose risks to the financial system without having to force them into bankruptcy. The lack of such authority led to the failure in September of investment bank Lehman Brothers, which triggered a global panic that forced the Fed to seize and protect AIG.
"We can't have this false choice between bailouts or financial collapse," said an administration official who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity because the president hadn't publicly spelled out his plans.
The proposed revamp of financial regulation contains numerous technical but important details. For example, companies that package and pool loans for sale into secondary markets — as is common for mortgages, car loans and other types of consumer lending — would have to retain a portion of these loans on their own balance sheets. The absence of such requirements encouraged shoddy underwriting because the bad loans were resold with little consequence to the banks that had underwritten them.
This process of pooling loans is called securitization. Credit-rating agencies such as Moody's, Fitch and Standard & Poor's deepened the problem by giving top ratings to these securitized loans, creating the false impression they were safe investments when often another arm of the same rating agency helped stitch together these complex pools. Under Obama's plan, credit-rating agencies also would come under federal supervision.
The administration also will propose creating a special commission that would regulate consumer credit, watching for misleading advertising and predatory lending by credit card companies, payday lenders and mortgage brokers who help arrange financing for home purchases but have had no duty to prospective home owners. This would involve shifting powers now with the Fed and other regulators, although the Securities and Exchange Commission wouldn't lose its investor-protection powers.
The Obama plan largely parallels what lawmakers are already preparing, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, told McClatchy Tuesday.
"I don't see huge differences between us and the administration," said Frank, hinting that lawmakers may take the consumer protections even further. "Elected officials are almost always more sensitive to consumer protection than are appointees."
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La Sonora Poncena 55th Anniversary Concert
Legendary salsa band La Sonora Poncena, with special guests cuatro master Yomo Toro, salseros Tito Allen and Rafy Santana, and trumpeter Hector "Bomberito†Zarzuela, celebrates its 55th Anniversary with a special concert at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, July 11, 2009, at 8pm. With over 40 albums, salsa pioneers La Sonora Ponceña, led by founder Enrique "Quique†Lucca and his son, piano virtuoso "Papo†Lucca, has released such classic hits as "Hachero pa' un palo†and "Fuego en el 23.â€
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is on the campus of Lehman College at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, NY 10468. Tickets for LA SONORA PONCEÑA 55th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT on Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 8pm, are: $50, $45, $40 and $35 and can be purchased by calling the Lehman Center box office at 718.960.8833 (Mon. through Fri., 10am–5pm, Tues. 10am-7pm, and beginning at 12 noon on the day of the concert), or through 24-hour online access at www.LehmanCenter.org. Lehman Center is accessible by #4 or D train to Bedford Park Blvd. and is off the Saw Mill River Parkway and the Major Deegan Expressway. Over 1,000 free, on-site parking spaces are available.
La Sonora Ponceña was formed in Puerto Rico in 1954 by Enrique "Quique†Lucca, who named the band for the famous Cuban band Sonora Matancera and his home city of Ponce, thus Sonora Ponceña. By 1956 the group included pianist Vicentico Morales, with Quique's ten-year-old son, Enrique "Papo†Lucca Jr., already at the piano writing arrangements. Papo recorded his first piano solo at age twelve. The band's early recordings featured various popular vocalists of the time, until Tito Gomez joined the band, staying until 1974. By 1960, the band had performed in New York, catching the attention of Fania/Inca Records owner Jerry Masucci. After studies at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, Papo was an accomplished pianist and arranger, and in 1968 Quique stepped down as musical director. Under Papo's direction, the band's sound became a fusion of traditional Cuban and modern Latin styles. In 1969 they released their first Inca LP, with all arrangements by Papo, Hachero pa' un palo, whose hit title song established them as salsa pioneers. They recorded 30 more albums for Inca and by 1980 were a huge success. As salsa romántica became popular, they adjusted to commercial forces without deserting their trademark sound. The band's most recent CDs are 2008's Otra navidad criolla and 2009's Greatest Hits.
Yomo Toro, born in Ensenada, Puerto Rico, has been one of New York City's most respected Latin musicians for over five decades. Playing the cuatro, a Puerto Rican 10-stringed instrument descended from the Spanish vilhuela, he arrived in New York in 1953 with his band, Los 4 Aces, playing several tours of the Caribbean before settling in the Bronx in 1956. He played with Trio Los Panchos in the early '60s, recording four albums, one featuring Eydie Gormé. He soon joined the Fania label and the world-famous Fania All-Stars. In 1969 Toro recorded the influential salsa album Tribute to Arsenio with the Larry Harlow Orchestra. In 1970, with Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe, he combined the new sounds of New York salsa with traditional Puerto Rican Christmas music in the classic Asalto Navideño, one of Fania's best-selling albums of all time. Yomo Toro has played on over 150 albums, including over 20 solo albums and CDs with Paul Simon, Linda Ronstadt, and David Byrne. Since 1994, he has performed in the Latin Legends band with Larry Harlow and Adalberto Santiago.
Tito Allen, "the elegant one,†has been one of the most popular soneros for over thirty years, performing with the Ray Barretto Orchestra, TÃpica 73, and the Tito Puente Orchestra. As a solo artist, he is known for such hits as "Maldades,†"Feliz y dichoso,†"Ahora y siempre†and "Untouchable.â€
Rafy Santana, who is a featured vocalist on La Sonora Ponceña's Aniversario 45 CD, leads his own band, Rafy Santana y su Orquesta Homenaje, which released 2005's critically acclaimed Canto a Lavoe, a tribute to salsero Héctor Lavoe.
Hector "Bomberito†Zarzuela has played trumpet with Conjunto Clásico and the Fania All-Stars and has appeared on over 100 albums with such legends as Tito Puente, Héctor Lavoe, Johnny Pacheco, Celia Cruz, Ray Barretto and Tommy Olivencia.
This concert receives support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York Daily News, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
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Picture Prompt #1/
This week we're sharing a new type of prompt. The concept is simple yet challenging, so get those fingers ready! This prompt can be done with any photo you find interesting, but preferably one you haven't had a long time to study. It's a fun exercise for a writing group as well, especially if everyone reads his/her piece to the group.
Here's the prompt: In just thirty minutes, write a complete story based on the photo below.
When you're finished, come back and share your experience in the comments. (Or even your story!)
Did you like this exercise? What was the most challenging part about it? Did you get a full idea on the page, start to finish? What slowed you down? What parts were easiest to write? Did you spend too much time leading up or describing setting/characters/backstory?
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ABC's Mixology Shakes Up the Recipe for TV Romance
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DAHLONEGA, Ga. - A furious second-half rally came up short for the Georgia Southwestern Hurricanes as they fell to the North Georgia Saints, 78-73, Thursday evening in Memorial Hall Gymnasium.
Behind 13 first-half points from reserve junior forward Scott Windom, North Georgia shot 51.6 percent (16-of-31) and held GSW to just nine field goals as they built a comfortable 48-27 lead going into halftime.
In the second half, the Hurricanes rallied behind the tenacious front line trio of Milos Kleut, Matt Shaw, and Daryl Davis. The trio accounted for 40 of the 46 second-half Hurricane points as Southwestern shot a blistering 60.9 percent (14-of-23) from the field.
Two Matt Shaw free throws got the Hurricanes, once down 27 points, to within just four with a minute remaining.
A tip-in off a missed three point basket by Robby Goldsmith and a layup by Saint forward Ishmael Hollis proved to be all North Georgia needed to hold on to a 78-73 victory.
The loss drops GSW to 7-10, 3-7 in the Peach Belt Conference, while North Georgia improves to 11-6, 6-3 PBC.
Three Hurricanes finished in double figures on the night.
Shaw led GSW with 19 points, 13 of which came in the second half, and three rebounds while Milos Kleut chipped in 17 points for the Blue & Gold. Daryl Davis used a productive second half to finish with 16 points.
Forward Alan Arnett finished with a near double-double as the junior reserve ripped down 10 rebounds to go along with nine points for the Hurricanes.
Wisdom led North Georgia with 18 points and three rebounds while Hollis chipped in 15 for the Saints.
Next up, Georgia Southwestern travels to Columbus State Saturday afternoon for the last stop on their four game road stretch. The tip-off is set for 3:30 p.m.


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23 June, 9.00am to 11.00am. That doesn't leave the teams much time to travel from Barcelona does it? The Barcelona Pit Stop catering is offered from 11.30am to 4.00pm the previous day, which means that teams will most likely depart from 11.30pm on the 22nd until 4.00am on the 23rd.Now the earliest flight I can find on Air France (horrible grappling with both French and Spanish) is AF2349 leaving at 7.05am and arriving at 9.00am. Iberia offers IB4422 leaving at 7.25am and arriving at 9.05am, but at Orly Airport.Orly is 6km from the city centre, Charles de Gaulle 26km. By taxi, travelling time is at least 45 minutes on the A1 expressway, and that is during off-peak hours. Getting to the Eiffel Tower quickly during Friday morning rush hour? I don't think so.Train services aren't that much more promising. Both airports require a change of train (from Line B to C, and Orly requires an extra light-rail shuttle) to get to the Eiffel tower, and a journey from either airport takes about 50 minutes. No idea how they'd be able to make it, unless they shorten the Pit Stop duration. Now if the just-eliminated team gets on a flight to Paris to join other Sequester II teams though...Now for the tower itself. I agree with gingerman28 that this looks like an exact repetition: climbing up the Eiffel Tower on foot. The pictures were taken on the second platform, with the first (lowest) platform (http://www.clt.astate.edu/wallen/digits/eiffel/tower03.jpg) enclosed, and the third platform (http://www.clt.astate.edu/wallen/digits/eiffel/tower04.jpg) using squarish netting instead of diagonal ones. I also found this (http://photos.pkicentral.com/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_2585.jpg) but I have no idea where it belongs, but the lower level of the second platform (http://www.painetworks.com/photos/ih/ih1319.JPG) seems to fit nicely. And guess what? One is only allowed to climb on foot up to the second platform. Guess the TAR producers ran out of ideas! (I really really hope this is a decoy though.)
This picture was taken between 9:14 and 9:19 am on June 23rd, 2006.I've got good accuracy with this one because they are located at the North Leg of the tower (where Gustave's Statue is located). And the Eiffel Tower is oriented exactly North/South/East/West in terms of its leg positions (as near as I can tell from Google Earth, and knowing the French zeal for perfection I suspect that it is exact). With that pinpoint of orientation and the the way the shadow crosses the rounded surface almost exactly at the corner (a little before, and being a slanted curve, you have to look at the equatorial position) I peg the solar azimuth at 89 plus or minus half a degree.This all argees quite nicely with the Exif data of the shots: This Nikon shot has a time stamp of 15:17:31while the Canon shot Karlyn & Lynn has a timestamp of 16:16:54. But Both shots were taken within seconds of each other. So they just have a daylight saving time mismatch in addition to their timezone offset of six hours as noted by Slowhatch.
The man from the man/woman team came over to us and asked if we knew where The News Building was in New York City - he even showed us the clue.
The Daily News globe, from the spoilers page: puzzle, or just an info point?QuoteThe man from the man/woman team came over to us and asked if we knew where The News Building was in New York City - he even showed us the clue.
Gasworks Park (?)
Oh they are just coming out of the woodwork!1) Why wait until now to post?Why all of a sudden remember that you have a spolier?2)The posters first post? not very credible.3) the Chos were decoys.shirleyf 3 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson" 10-30-06, 00:28 AM (EST) " East Coast US Major City" SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER East Coast US Major CityCho brothers and the blonds will make it to New York, most likely one of the later episodes of the season....I was in NYC this summer early one Saturday morning right by Union Square, and I saw a few people running up to the group of people I was with, holding clue cards in their hands. I recall it was one of the Cho brothers (the younger one I believe), pointed to their clue card, which was the Alamo sculpture in Astor Place in NYC. (see picture on wikipedia hereOne of the people in our group knew where it was, and pointed them to get to the right direction (it was South of Union Sq). It didn't hit us until a minute later when we were like, "didn't they look like they were in the Amazing Race?!?!" We never thought we'd be one of those people who they would ask directions for. I think we also saw the blond girls chasing right after the Cho brothers...
Welcome purplepink and Brn2Wander Brn2Wander , maybe you can help us figure out what the teams might be going to the news building for?
"Alamo sculpture in Astor Place " ?
But is there a globe in Gas Works?
Probably someone already thought of this and I missed seeing it above. But what about this:They get their clue in Paris to find a globe in NYC and there is some form of clue which indicates which globe they need to find. Then, on the way to NYC, they ask about any globes that people know about in NYC. "well there's this globe...that globe... etc"And we know which globe they are supposed to go to!
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Would You Rather Have A ZR1 With A Carb'd Camaro Engine, Or A '60s Camaro With A ZR1 LS9?
Engine swaps are the norm at SEMA, but a few combinations will always stand out. High on this list is a gigantically powerful modern engine in a classic muscle car like the one on display here. So much more thoughtful than a crate 350 V8, but also so much more expensive.
Would you rather have a modern ZR1 rockin' a four-barrel Webber topped 350? Or this vintage Camaro rockin' that furious LS9 V8?
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text: Thomas Gaffield (1825-1900) investigated the patterns on the wings of the butterflies (notice the bodies are missing). He was well aware that various chemical compositions in manufactured glass caused changed color overtime and suggested certain kinds of glass for the skylights in photography studios. Courtesy of Smithsonian National Museum of American History hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Smithsonian National Museum of American History The Picture Show From Smithsonian: Butterflies, Just Because July 27, 2011 A few vintage images of butterflies are set free from the archives.


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In the film "Zero Dark Thirty," a young CIA officer known only as "Maya" is relentless – apparently obsessive – in tracking down Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. For years, she badgers her agency superiors. She moves back and forth between CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., and CIA facilities in South Asia, sometimes witnessing waterboarding and other abuse of terrorist suspects in Afghanistan. Finally, her years of persistent work pay off and the Navy's Seal Team Six puts away bin Laden forever.
"Maya" is a real person, we're told, and the filmmakers say their work is "based on firsthand accounts of actual events."
Now, art having reflected life, life seems to be imitating art's sequel.
For the first time, a woman – a CIA veteran – is running the agency's National Clandestine Service.
As first reported by the Washington Post (which withheld her name), the woman is serving in an acting capacity until CIA director John Brennan appoints a permanent replacement for the clandestine service chief who retired recently. She is reported to be on a short list of candidates, and she is broadly supported within the agency.
"The service is the most storied part of the CIA. It sends spies overseas and carries out covert operations including running the agency's ongoing drone campaign," the Post reports. "The service has also long been perceived as a male bastion that has blocked the career paths of women even while female officers have ascended to the top posts in other divisions, including the directors of analysis and science."
The woman under consideration is in her 50s, and she reportedly served as the CIA station chief in London and New York, spent years working inside the agency's Counterterrorist Center, and once was in charge of a so-called black site, playing a role in developing the CIA's post-911 detention and interrogation program.
The CIA reportedly operates black site prisons in Afghanistan, Thailand, Poland, Lithuania, Morocco and Romania.
Because of her background in detention and interrogation, news that this woman is running (and may permanently oversee) the clandestine service is being met with criticism – particularly since she is said to have been directly involved in the destruction of 92 video tapes made of interrogation sessions that included the "enhanced" methods often labeled "torture."
One such critic is Glenn Carle, the agency's former deputy national intelligence officer for transnational threats who served 23 years in the clandestine service.
"Appointing someone who directly supported the enhanced interrogation program – as opposed to having been part of the system that engaged in it – would be a mistake," Mr. Carle told Foreign Policy magazine. "We should repudiate these sorts of practices, whatever the pressures and judgments of the moment were."
"My understanding is that the United States prosecuted Japanese soldiers after World War II for having waterboarded Allied soldiers," he said. "Perhaps we should avoid raising to the highest position in the Clandestine Services someone so directly implicated in the same practice … this time engaged in by Americans."
The destruction of the interrogation video tapes infuriated many members of Congress. The US Justice Department investigated but did not file charges in the case.
Responding to questions this week about the woman being considered for the job, CIA spokesman Preston Golson said the acting director "is one of the most senior and respected officers in the agency and is, of course, a strong candidate for the job."
During his recent confirmation hearings, Mr. Brennan was pressed on whether he agreed with a Senate report's conclusion that waterboarding and other abusive interrogation measures did not work.
Brennan said he had read parts of the report and that he did not disagree.
Sen. Carl Levin (D) of Michigan asked Brennan if he thought waterboarding was "torture." Brennan did not answer directly, but called waterboarding "reprehensible" and something that "should never have been employed."
News that a woman may become chief of the CIA's clandestine service came the same day that President Obama appointed Julia Pierson as the first female director of the Secret Service.


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NEW YORK -- The Buffalo Bills, Oakland Raiders, Washington Redskins, Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers and Cincinnati Bengals are among the teams still searching for a quarterback entering the second round of the NFL draft.
TCU's Andy Dalton, Nevada's Colin Kaepernick and Arkansas' Ryan Mallett are the most prominent quarterbacks remaining, and all should be picked Friday, with at least one or two of them likely to go at the top of the second round.
There could be a trade up, even to the New England Patriots' round-opening pick at No. 33, if a team decides to make the leap.
The Bengals have displayed strong interest in Dalton throughout the process and have him targeted in the second round. I don't expect him to last past that spot. Dalton also is high on the Redskins' list.
Kaepernick was seriously considered at No. 15 by the Dolphins, and if Miami can acquire a second-round pick, the Nevada passer would be the target, according to sources. Oakland also is enamored with Kaepernick and might explore options to trade up in the second round to pick him.
The Bills, Bengals and Dolphins also have spent time on Mallett. Some executives wonder if Mallett will end up going in the third round rather than the second, and the possibility for another quarterback-driven trade is very real.


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Mary Eggers and Lance Armstrong will battle it out for 50 meters in the pool at the University of Buffalo using only a kickboard. All proceeds will benefit LIVESTRONG and Teens Living with Cancer (TLC) in Western New York (Rochester and Buffalo).
Attendance at the live event will be by Special Invitation only.
A video of the race results and behind-the-scenes footage will be revealed during Armstrong's presentation at the University of Buffalo, Distinguished Speakers Series.
Saturday, April 28, 2012 @ 8 pm
University of Buffalo
Alumni Arena on the UB North (Amherst) Campus
Tickets are available for purchase through TicketMaster and the UB Alumni Arena Ticket Office.
How it All Happened
As fitness coach for the TLC Fit program and passionate champion of the TLC mission, Mary boldly challenged Lance Armstrong via Twitter to the "Duel in the Pool". Reflecting his own passion as a cancer warrior, he accepted Mary's challenge! The Duel was on!
In the spirit of community collaboration, a mutually beneficial partnership between the University of Buffalo, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Melissa's Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation was formed to make Armstrong's appearance in Buffalo a triumph for all.
About Teens Living with Cancer
Teens Living with Cancer (TLC) is the peer support program of Melissa's Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation. Our mission is to help teens live their best life through all stages of their disease and treatment. At TLC teens with cancer have a voice. A voice that is loud, strong and empowered. At TLC teens are not alone. Together they are living with cancer!
Our vision is closely aligned with Lance Armstrong's who has used his experience and influence to help millions of survivors around the globe take control of their lives.
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Diarrhea is coming.
An E. coli outbreak linked back to Chipotle restaurants in Washington state and Oregon has left nearly two dozen people sick in the past few weeks.
#Breaking: Oregon Health Authority confirms multi-county investigation into E. Coli outbreak that may be linked to Chipotle Restaurants.— Wiley Post (@WileyPostKGW) October 31, 2015
Nineteen cases were traced back to Chipotle restaurants in Washington and three to Oregon. Eight of the patients were hospitalized.
"Anyone who thinks they may have become ill from eating at a Chipotle restaurant in the past three weeks should consult their healthcare provider," said State Epidemiologist Dr. Scott Lindquist in a press release.
No individual food item has been determined as the cause, but 17 of the 19 patients ate at Chipotle recently.
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[Hook - T.I.]
This a trap
This ain't no album
This ain't no game
This a trap (trap muzik)
[Repeat 8x]
[Verse 1 - T.I.]
Welcome back to the trap, niggas back in the trap
With another heavy Chevy, big dope boys and trap
All you rap niggas roll out, I trap when it's cold out
Wack niggas flyin but I stay down 'til I'm sold out
Cause down a hundred ground like a rapping in a dope house
Man wherever I be the feds got me scoped out
Motherfucker let my nuts hang, block out the duc canes
Cook it 'til it bubbles, double fast as a Mustang
I know you think you fuck man, but little shawty tuff man
Been a long time, since a nigga from Atlanta
Spit this much game that's a very few of real niggas
So how could they give nigga the feelin that a real nigga
Would get around a real nigga
All they do is steal niggas' ideas
And run wit' em holla somethin' similar
Talking bout the hood like they hung in 'em
I got a million rhythms, want em come get em
What bitch you pussy nigga, I'm just havin fun wit em
[Verse 2 - Mac Boney]
Still telling niggas
I ain't holdin' I ain't foldin'
When the 12 hit the corner
I ain't rolling I ain't rolling
Keep the coke stretched out
Like Carl Lewis' hamstrings
Stepped on like I'm working
With the dance team
Triple beam ain't seen
What I do to a ounce of blow
The weight man on my pager
Like I pay you folks
To whip some more
I'm doper than the pure itself
I cook it all up by myself
I give my niggas recipes
So they can turn to chef theyself
They love to work
Thats why I keep 'em comin'
Like collection plates
We flip the cake
We move this shit from Georgia
Baby state to state
Intimidate niggas in the city
Who've been moving weight
Yo pockets losing weight
They fuck with us
Cause you've been known to hate
Demonstrate the way we turned the drought
Out in '98, started out in '95
Started out with nicks and dimes
Niggas you done lost your mind
Thinking you could set up shop
Pimpin' I respect the game
Lets take this to another block
[Verse 3 - T.I.]
Pimp squad
Showty still in the trap
When the spot'll be hot
With the mayonnaise jar
And the collared green pot
On a lot of straight Hen
And a lot of green pot
Competition in a rage
Like he gotta be stop
Well maybe I will be
But probably not
Oh what the blood clot
You try to knock 'em out of he socks
Listen to I'm Serious thinkin' how did he not
End up way up on the top of the chart
That's because where I was
Man you gotta be pop
And if you really want to pop
And I rather be dropped
Listen pops
Want to know a little more about rap?
First rule if it's real
It ain't just a record deal
It's a trap
The title track and intro from T.I.'s best album, Trap Muzik, which describes life on "the block", or "the trap" in Southern slang


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Quickies: Thesis about Kolab, Task Juggler IDE, Helix-Qt, Blast from the Past
The Kolab project
TaskJuggler has started a subproject called
A new page has popped up at the
In our section Blast from the Past someone showed me this page on IRC. Well isn't that a spiffy KDE application?
Does interaction withb Palm work?
By hein at Sun, 2004/10/10 - 5:00am
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perhaps it uses kitchensync ? so it can sync not just with this palm things that no one has.
TaskJuggler demo @ Berlinux 2004
By Fabrice Mous at Sun, 2004/10/10 - 5:00am
Everything is qtfied and looks good. But some projects stick to GTK such as Lazarus.freepascal.org -- really sad.
By hein at Sun, 2004/10/10 - 5:00am
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try to convince them. if they all use gnome as their primary desktop they wont rewrite it to use QT. What do they want with Kde dialogs in gnome ?!?!?
Re: hmm
"At this point in the development we are using gtk+ as our initial API widget set. Some work is also being done with Qt and the Win32 API.."
By Richard Dale at Sun, 2004/10/10 - 5:00am
Re: KPlato
Why should it? It's a different effort.
By Anonymous at Mon, 2004/10/11 - 5:00am
name for TaskJuggler IDE
TIDE (Taskjuggler IDE)
Just some ideas
By Fabrice Mous at Mon, 2004/10/11 - 5:00am
Re: name for TaskJuggler IDE
What about 'taakje'.
Tasks And All Kde Jobs Editor
By pieter at Mon, 2004/10/11 - 5:00am
Re: name for TaskJuggler IDE
Unfortunately TIDE is already taken ...
What about "TaskForce" (suggested by Torsten Rahn on taskjuggler-devel)?
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Ascent to Mount Washington-Tuckerman Ravine on 1992-04-25
Greg Slayden
Others in Party:
Gabe C. (Stayed behind)
Saturday, April 25, 1992
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Mount Washington
- Tuckerman Ravine
USA-New Hampshire
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Ascent Trip Report
I drove us north on Route 16 to Pinkham Notch Camp, we seeing our first snow around Jackson, it pretty thick on the ground when we arrived at 9:10 A.M. It was still very overcast, with occasional light snow, but mobbed--hundreds of people thronged the parking lot, all of them with skis on their backs. It was incredible. We had to park almost at the end of the lot, and decided to go to the Camp to check things out. There signs and forecasts said that avalanche danger was low in Tuckerman Ravine, and we saw hordes starting up the trail with skis on their packs, so we decided to go for it.
Back at the car Gabe and I arranged our packs, he putting his snowboard on his rented pack with bungee cords, I inserting my skis into side pockets of my battered Gregory Snow Creek Pack. After putting on our hiking boots (our ski boots were inside our packs), we were ready, so we hiked across the parking lot, where perhaps a majority of all people on the planet with skis on their backs were at that time, and started up the Tuckerman Ravine Trail behind Pinkham Notch Camp.
The trail was wide and covered with snow, but with so many people using it the footway was well packed down and easy to hike on. There was almost a continuous line of people hiking up through the forest, virtually all with skis, and we passed and got passed many times, often by the same groups. We got very hot as we hiked up, stopping a couple of times to change clothes. The most annoying thing for me was that my skis were sticking up about 10 feet in the air, hitting tree branches and raining fresh snow on me--it had apparently snowed about 6 inches the previous night.
As we got higher the weather cleared, and at one point there was blue sky and a good view of Raymond Cataract Ravine straight ahead, but when we reached the ranger cabin at Hermit Lake (HoJo's) it was again cloudy and snowing lightly. Gabe and I took a rest here amidst the throngs, eating a snack at a snow-covered picnic table. A guy here asked us what the story was with the skiing up in the ravine, not visible through the clouds, but we confessed to being Tuckerman virgins too.
After looking at a trail map on the wall of the cabin, we left HoJo's and started the steep, narrow section of trail up to the floor of the ravine. It was very foggy out, and this section of trail was treacherous as it wound up through scrub to timberline--I had turned back here in February on my touring skis due to steepness. We were still in a line of people, literally following in the snow footsteps of the person in front of us--I briefly loaned Gabe a ski pole for a walking aid, since, as a snowboarder, he didn't have any.
We finally came out into the open floor of the ravine, but in pea-soup fog, so we couldn't see anything. We just kept on walking up into the whiteness, past and through Lunch Rocks, where tons of people were hanging out and resting. We saw some guys with cheapo plastic children's sleds, and saw one of them tobaganning down the lower slopes in the fog to a cheer from the assembled spectators.
Not feeling tired, we just kept on walking up, following a set of snow footsteps that led up to the right. Gabe borrowed one of my ski poles again as the slope got awfully steep past Lunch Rocks, and soon we were climbing up a super-steep couloir between two cliffs, with only a couple of other people in our path--it seems most had gone up directly ahead, instead of to the right like we did. Here we saw our first accident, when a skier falling ahead and to the right of us just missed clocking his head on a rock. His other ski was hundreds of feet above him.
The snow steps were now at an angle like a ladder, and each step was carefully planned. Gabe, going first like he had the whole way up, came to a little ledge on the super-steep slope, where we debated stopping, I wanting to hike above the lip of the ravine to either Alpine Garden above or else all the way to the summit of Mt. Washington, neither visible in the fog above, and of which we had gotten discouraging reports from descending skiers. We decided to go on, but as Gabe traversed to the right from the ledge he slipped and fell, out of control and somersaulting down the 50 degree slope toward rocky cliffs below. I thought for a moment that he might die.
However, he managed to hold on to his ski pole, and rather skillfully self-arrested himself after falling only about 60 feet down the slope. He was fine, and we agreed to get our skis/snowboard on here and get the hell off this treacherous slope. This was easy for me, relatively speaking, because I was on the little ledge. Gabe, however, was alone on a very steep incline.
There was a guy behind me who also wanted to use the ledge, and he waited while I took off my pack, removed my skis from it, took off my hiking boots, put on my ski boots, stepped into my skis, and then put on my now-much-lighter pack, all in a very precarious position on a very narrow, exposed snow ledge. I then traversed across the slope, made one clumsy turn on perhaps the steepest slope I had ever skied, then realized that I felt naked with only one pole on this kind of terrain--Gabe had my other one. Having vacated the ledge, I then sat down to wait for Gabe, my skis biting into the snow to hold me in place.
Gabe had made his way over to the right (as you look uphill) to find a place to get changed, but it was still too steep. He therefore laboriously traversed back to the left of the couloir, after ten minutes finally reaching the ladder-like trail uphill. Here he rested for a long time, realizing he'd have to hike up about 60 vertical feet to the ledge I had used. A Mt. Washington Volunteer Ski Patrol guy came along, however, hiking with an ice axe, and he offered to chop out a ledge for Gabe on a steep ridgetop to the left of the ladder, not as high as the ledge I had used. So Gabe only hiked halfway up the steep trail, then went left to a steep hogback-type snow ridge, where a very secure platform was chopped out of the snow by the ranger, named Roger, a fiftyish guy who roamed the ravine helping people out.
I skied over to the new ledge as it was being constructed, thanked Roger (as did Gabe) for his help, then sat down to wait for Gabe to change his boots. Apparently he had been badly shaken up physcologically, now nervous and scared after his fall, and it took him a long time to put on his snowboard boots, repack his pack, and put on his snowboard. We tried to build up his confidence by getting him to repeat the mantra "I CAN snowboard--maybe not hike up a steep slope, but I can definitely SNOWBOARD".
While we were here the fog cleared, and we could see the whole ravine beneath us. There were tons of skiers, most of them hiking up in various lines, the most used being in the middle of the ravine--we had definitely blundered up to the right in the fog. The whole ravine was an almost perfectly round snowy bowl, like one of the ones at Vail or Whistler, only smaller and steeper. Whenever a skier either skied down well or fell spectacularly, the resting crowds at Lunch Rocks would send up a loud cheer. What a scene.
I thought we might ski down to the left (again, looking uphill) from where we were, but we decided to stick with the couloir we had hiked up. I got my pole back, and Gabe went first, scraping his board down the steep slopes fine. I went next, doing much better with two poles, and made a couple of good turns to where the couloir melded into the main lower slopes of the ravine. The snow was icy crud with six inches of wet powder on top of it--not the greatest, but all right--the crud itself would have been bad news.
Gabe and I stopped a couple times on our way down to gawk and take pictures. It was here we saw the most spectacular skiing accident we had ever seen--a guy had lost it up near the lip of the headwall and had taken out another skier, both of them hurtling downhill in a cloud of skis, poles, and limbs, clocking another skier before the high-speed catastrophe ended near the ravine's floor. The crowd oooed and groaned.
After our relatively brief run, Gabe and I decided to eat lunch, sitting in the snow in front of Lunch Rocks in the now pleasant but still overcast afternoon. As we ate we saw a couple more completely, utterly spectacular accidents--the place was like a bowling alley, with skiers who fell on the upper steep slopes plunging hundreds of feet at high speed before stopping. A dog showed interest in our food as we ate--the place was hopping, with tobagganers, skiers, snowboarders, dogs, and just about everything at a ski resort except lifts. Gabe was still shaken up from his fall, and didn't want to hike up much anymore, while I still wanted to go for the summit of Mt. Washington, a thousand feet above the lip of the ravine, which was a far as we could see up. So after lunch I put my skis in my pack and started hiking up the central snow ladder/trail (wearing my ski boots), determined to at least get to the top, or lip, of the ravine. Apparently most people changed into their ski boots at Lunch Rocks to avoid the boot-changing-on-a-cliff-face routine we had ineptly tried, and then simply carried their skis uphill for any one run, skiing packless. However, since I wanted to go high, I still needed my pack.
It was hard work going up, and I needed frequent rests. I soon joined a line of people, and after going around some stopped hikers I noticed that the wall of the ravine was awfully steep--I mean awfully, awfully super-steep. I needed to put my hands in the snow footsteps in front of me for balance, feeling like a fly on a wall. I finally was behind a guy who was enlarging the snow footsteps in the cliff wall, explaining this to a woman behind me who was wondering about our slow uphill progress.
I finally came to a tiny, crowded ledge, where most people were stopping to put on their skis. It was too full of people to even rest there for more than a minute, and I took off up again, behind some French Canadians. The terrain started flattening out as I fought my way through some drifted-in krummholz, and, wheezing, panting, and resting from my exertions I was soon above the lip of the ravine, passing a cairn on the Alpine Garden Trail.
Unfortunately, up at this elevation it was totally socked in. After another brief spurt of energy brought me to a nice rock to sit and rest on, I realized that above me there was nothing but white snow and thick white clouds, your basic white-out, meaning that I might not be able to find my way down the mountain. I decided to simply ski down from where I was, at 5300 feet, about 1000 feet short of Mt. Washington's 6288 foot summit but still 1000 feet above the floor of Tuckerman Ravine.
After a long, quiet rest, including a snack and drink of water, I put my skis on, strapped on my almost empty pack, and started skiing down through the fog to the Tuckerman Ravine Trail/Alpine Garden Trail junction. I saw one guy hiking up to my resting place as I left, the only guy I saw during my rest, above the hordes below.
At the signs at the trail junction I continued down, bearing to my left, the way I had come up, not wanting to chance going over a cliff. The moderate slopes, above the lip, were OK to ski on, but hidden rocks were a hazard, and the snow was pretty thick and gloppy, overlaid on ice--typical backcountry stuff.
After a minute of so I found myself sort of on top of the dominant central cliffs of the ravine, with the ledge I had passed on the way up on my left. There was a fairly wide area between the cliffs and the ledge and its associated line of skiers hiking uphill, but it was ferociously steep, and also very icy, since the fresh powder/glop had all either fallen off or been scraped off. I was very nervous about being able to ski this slope, so I decided to traverse and kick-turn until it became easier, although finding a platform to kick-turn wouldn't be easy.
I started across the steep slope very slowly, towards the line of skiers, but the slope was so steep and icy that I couldn't even get an edge for my traverse, and while almost stopped felt my skis loose their grip. Suddenly, I was hurtling down the ravine, somersaulting wildly, feeling my left shoulder pop out of its socket, trying desperately to stop myself as I literally thought to myself, "So this is what's it's like to die--oh, well, it's been an interesting life".
I had no way of knowing where I was tumbling, and I thought I might go over a cliff, crash into some rocks, or clock anther skier, but finally my thrashing managed to slow me down and I dug my feet into the snow to stop myself, ending my 600 foot fall. It was very similar to a fall I had at Whistler, British Columbia, in March, 1990, the only other one as bad as this one in eight years of skiing.
The audience at Lunch Rocks had seen my spectacular fall, and was kind of hushed, and when I started moving and realized that except for my shoulder I was unhurt, I raised my right arm and everybody cheered. I was then forgotten about by the masses.
After cleaning the snow from my glasses, removing my pack, and detatching my one ski that somehow stayed on my foot, I tried to relocate my shoulder. Since this was about the twentieth time this had happened to me, it was a drill I knew well, but my shoulder hadn't been out in well over a year, meaning it would probably be hard to work back in. People must have thought I was weird as I extended my arm, moved it behind my head, and did other gyrations, but it had to be done.
After a bit I heard Gabe's voice below--he hadn't seen my fall, but had recognized me. He hiked up to me, and then Roger, the same volunteer ranger who had helped Gabe earlier, came up, and he and another ranger got my other ski (there were a couple of other loose skis littering the mountainside from all the accidents--I was asked which one was mine) and, after I was unsuccessful relocating my shoulder, tried helping me get it in with traction and twisting. I was at the same spot as the incredible three-skier collision I had seen earlier--the snow was all red around me, from the blood from that crash. Meanwhile, Gabe, a true friend, hiked up to get my poles, halfway up to the lip, exposing him to the same maniacal steepness I had seen on my way up, only he had to hike down as well as up.
While I waited here some poor woman named Patty, receiving encouragement from her friends, soon found the whole ravine join in a chant "Pat-ty! Pat-ty!" after a while as she made her way down the easy lower slopes to wild applause. The whole scene was just incredible.
After about twenty minutes I realized that I wasn't going to get my arm back in easily, and I was kind of in the middle of things, so Roger said I should ski over to Lunch Rocks. With his help I put on a warmer jacket, got my skis on, and gently skied the not-so-steep lower slopes of the ravine over to the right, then across to where Gabe and I had eaten lunch. Gabe was here, and I put on my pack, and, with my arm still in pain and dislocated, I easily skied to the very bottom of the ravine, where the trail came in.
The ubiquitous Roger was here, and offered to take my skis down to a forest service hut near HoJo's, where he said he could apply hot compresses to my shoulder to help it get in. He took off, and then I went, with about half a mile of steep, treacherous, rocky/icy trail separating me from HoJo's. Gabe, who had to attach his snowboard to his pack with bungee cords, was way behind me.
The trail was hell--I had to be very careful, and every step was painful for my poor left arm. Hiking in ski boots wasn't very easy either, down the rock steps, deep snow pitches, and treacherous slopes of the path, using my right hand and ski pole for balance, falling gently only once. I saw skiers off to my right, taking a backcountry route to the Sherburne Trail, and when I was still behind Roger (at the beginning) I saw him admonish skiers about heading into that country.
After a painful eternity I arrived at HoJo's and went to the porch of the Forest Service hut, next to a sno-cat, where my skis were resting, but no one answered my pounding at the door--Roger was gone, and it was all locked up. I took of my pack and made concerted efforts to relocate my shoulder again--reaching behind my head, extreme stretching, crazy twisting, and whatever else I could do, all to no avail. I was basically resigned to having to hike all the way back to Pinkham Notch in my condition and driving to a hospital to get a doctor to fix it.
Gabe finally showed up at the hut's porch, complaining bitterly about the toughness of the trail he'd just come down, and rested for a bit while we ate about ten Snickers Bars between us. He went over to an outhouse, and when he returned he said people at HoJo's (visible fifty yards away) were saying that one of the skiers in the wild country to the south of the trail had fallen in a crevasse, and that explained Roger's absence--he had more important things to worry about than me.
Since I was a semi-invalid, Gabe had to help me change my boots from skiing to hiking, pack my pack, attach my skis to it, and put it on my back, all in a continuous light snowstorm--the weather had been deteriorating all afternoon. After Gabe pulled my sternum strap tight, pulling my left shoulder strap against my neck, my pack wasn't too bad, considering my condition. I could certainly walk.
The wide Tuckerman Ravine Trail was easy to hike on, descending at a gentle grade through the forest, and only the dull, occasionally painful ache from my shoulder made it hard for me. Gabe and I trucked, striding forcefully and quickly past people, and stepping out of the way for the occasional illegal downhill skier. About halfway down I slipped while crossing a rivulet in the snow, getting my boot wet and awkwardly righting myself, then noticing that the jolt had knocked my shoulder back into place. I was immensely relieved at avoiding a trip to the hospital. We theorized that I needed to warm up my body, and the fast hiking we were doing would have done that. My extensive stretching must have helped, too.
The main crisis over, we continued to fly down the trail, grateful for having survived the carnage of the Ravine. For the relatively few skiers there and the fantastic number of major injuries, we decided that Tuckerman Ravine was the most dangerous "ski area" in the world by a factor of about 100 over its nearest competitor. Five or more spectacular accidents, blood in the snow, a guy falling into a crevasse, another missing rocks with his head by about a foot, my shoulder, Gabe's slip, and god knows what all else we missed--it all added up to the Ravine being a deathtrap.
The snow soon disappeared from the trail for the most part, it got warmer, and we passed a couple die-hard skiers coming down the muddy lower Sherburne Trail before arriving at Pinkham Notch Camp. We hiked to the car, jettisoned our stuff, and then went into the trading post to check out the scene. It was full of people, and after browsing through their books, looking at the 3-D relief map, checking out the fatality listing on the wall (surprisingly few skiing deaths considering what we had seen), and using the restrooms in the basement, I went to the crowded desk and asked if I could leave a note for Roger, the helpful ranger, letting him know that I was all right. They said they had no way of getting anything to anybody on the volunteer ski patrol, but they said they'd take my note anyway.
Gabe then drove back down NH 16 to our motel, since my shoulder, despite being in place, was very sore and stiff. I showered at the motel before we went out to find dinner, settling on a steak house south of our motel. We ate after Gabe checked out a L.L. Bean factory outlet store next door.
Back at the motel we just watched some T.V. before crashing out, tired, sunburned, and sore, but grateful for having survived.
Summary Total Data
Total Elevation Gain:
3786 ft / 1153 m
Total Elevation Loss:
3786 ft / 1153 m
3 (on a subjective 1-10 scale)
Route Conditions:
Maintained Trail, Snow on Ground, Snow Climb
Gear Used:
Skis, Ski Poles
Snowing, Cold, Windy, White-out
Ascent Statistics
Gain on way in:
3786 ft / 1153 m
Gain Breakdown:
Net: 3286 ft / 1002 m; Extra: 500 ft / 152m
Loss on way in:
500 ft / 152 m
Start Trailhead:
Pinkham Notch Camp 2014 ft / 613 m
Descent Statistics
Loss on way out:
3286 ft / 1001 m
End Trailhead:
Pinkham Notch Camp 2014 ft / 613 m
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|Winnebago County Sheriff's OfficeNews Media Release
|News Release Number 2008-013
|Information: No Wake Zone On Rock River
|Date: 04/08/08
|Time: 1500 Hrs.
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Narrative: Sheriff Richard A. Meyers is announcing the implementation of a "NO WAKE ZONE" effective immediately for the entire Rock River within Winnebago County, due to the high water and hazardous river conditions. Though the weather has not been conducive to recreational use of the river, there has been some traffic noted on the waterways. Boaters are encouraged to avoid using the river for recreational purposes during this time as the presence of debris in the river creates hazardous conditions, which are difficult to detect. Additionally, the increased water flow creates a much faster current than what has been experienced over the past few months with the lower water levels. These conditions increase the likelihood of problems for boaters, which results in exposing first responders to dangerous conditions should a rescue situation develop. Residents of the area are reminded that as the water rises, flooding may continue to occur in areas affected by the higher water levels. Any additional rainfall will greatly impact the water levels, as the ground is saturated, and any significant amounts of rain over the next several days will add runoff to the water levels. Sand and equipment needed for sandbags is available at the former Logli's Supermarket–8010 N. 2nd St.– Machesney Park. The Winnebago County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency can also field calls from people with concerns or questions about the flooding. Their number is (815) 319-6215. For current river conditions, and any further updates, contact the Sheriff's Office at (815) 319-6300, or the Rock River information telephone line at (815) 316-8888.


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Micro-CT scanning prayer beads from the Thomson Collection
The AGO's Lisa Ellis, conservator of sculpture and decorative art, and Sasha Suda, assistant curator of European Art, travelled to the University of Western Ontario to answer questions about the intricate construction of two prayer beads from the Thomson Collection currently featured in the exhibition Idea Lab: Research at the AGO, Investigating Miniature Ivory and Boxwood Carvings, running from July 19, 2012, to April 2014.
The complexity of the prayer beads has until now defied attempts to fully understand their construction. Some of these miniature carvings contain close to 100 separately carved elements. Traditional tools like X-radiography and microscopy cannot not fully explain how these objects were made — the way they are pieced together obscures joins from view and stacks elements, making it impossible to fully decipher the objects' interiors with X-rays.
In order to understand these objects, we required much more sophisticated imaging. For help with our problem, we tracked down Dr. Andrew Nelson and doctoral student Zoe Morris from the University of Western Ontario's Department of Anthropology and Dr. Ron Martin from its Department of Chemistry. This highly specialized group of experts introduced us to micro-computed tomography, also known as high-resolution X-ray tomography or micro-CT scanning.
The Sustainable Archaeology facility at Western University has a Canadian Foundation for Innovation–funded industrial Nikon Metrology XT H 225 system microtomography (micro-CT) scanner with a resolution so fine that it can distinguish details as small as 36 micrometers — a third of the diameter of a human hair — in the scans of the prayer beads. Just like medical scanners (which have a slice thickness of 600 micrometers), micro-CT scanners perform non-invasive studies to show internal features not of human anatomy, in this case, but of archaeological and bioarchaeological materials and now artworks.
Micro-CT scanning is now successfully exposing the construction secrets of these superlative carvings: scans of the two prayer beads have revealed hidden joins, pegs and adhesives. With the support of our collaborators at Western, the AGO team is eager to continue our micro-CT investigations into these fascinating objects and scan the remaining eight prayer beads in the Thomson Collection.
More resources:
Learn more about the project in this CODART e-zine article by Lisa Ellis and Sasha Suda.
This animation is a surface rendered model of the prayer bead, created from a 21 gigabyte, three-dimensional volume of micro-CT data, using VGStudio MAX. Animation created by Zoe Morris. Courtesy of Sustainable Archaeology: Western University, 2012. Prayer bead. Workshop of Adam Dirksz. 1500-1550. AGOID 29365. The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario.
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Ariana Grande is "moved" after Manchester officials agreed to make her the first honorary citizen of the city, she said Thursday.
"I don't know what to say. Words don't suffice," the American pop singer wrote on Instagram. "I'm moved and honored. My heart is very much still there. I love you. Thank you."
Manchester city council leader Richard Leese proposed to make Grande, 23, an honorary citizen because of her response to the terrorist attack that killed 22 people at the end of her concert on May 22 at the Manchester Arena.
Other council members voted Wednesday to support Leese's measure.
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2011 Edition of Look What My Secret Santa sent me...
- Gary C(ghcstr)United States
EDIT: Jason Clague(superbgg)New Zealand
WaikatoI can see my house from here!
ALRIGHT! It is time once again for the annual Secret Santa List, this time the 2011 Edition. For those of you who are new to the list:
I run this list as a central location to let your Secret Santa know when your (hopefully much appreciated) gift has arrived.
Use this list to record what your Secret Santa sent you and remember to include any comments such as thanks that you want to give your Secret Santa. When you post on this list, you may want to make a note on your profile with a link to your entry so your Secret Santa can easily locate your confirmation of delivery and your reaction. That way your Secret Santa can look to see if you received your gift and you can post any comments you may have about the gift here and you can reply without the identity of your Secret Santa ever having to be released!
Please only make an entry when you actually receive the present! This assists those of us who read the list regularly as recipients are adding their gifts in a chronological order. No placeholder entries, please.
In years past this list has been heavily monitored as the gifting season approaches and I am sure the same will hold true this year.
Last year there were 1,437 unique entries spread over 58 pages. I'm curious to see how huge it grows this year. As a tip - if you go looking through the previous years' lists, please be mindful of which year you are actually posting your gift to. There have been multiple occasions of people posting a gift from the current year on the previous year's list. That would likely diminish the chances of your Secret Santa getting around to seeing it...
I find it very handy to put a link on your profile page so your Secret Santa knows where you have posted the feedback so s/he doesn't have to sort through 2000 entries to find yours quickly.
To see all previous years' editions of this list and to give the new Secret Santa participants an idea of how this works, look at these links:
"2010 List"
"2009 List"
"2008 List"
"2007 List"
"2006 List"
In addition,Simon Hunt(simonh)United States
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Want some for your stocking? Simon also runs a Secret Santa Sweepstakes which is located at:
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IMPORTANT - When you get your gift(s), take the time to "Add Item" to this GeekList rather than place a comment at the bottom of the list. This helps the statisticians out there.
A good example of how to make an entry containing multiple gifts is located at: this entry.
Making an actual entry will also make it easier for your Secret Santa to locate your Item.
If you would like to taunt your "target" while maintaining your secret identity, you can do so using the Santa logon. Just log yourself off and close any BGG windows (if you don't you take the chance of being discovered if the new username doesn't take) and log on using this info:
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I hope you have a terrific holiday season and enjoy the list!
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Immigration and the Labour Market: Theory, Evidence and Policy
The current economic downturn has led to questions over the value of economic migration. Public opinion supports the view that immigrants take natives' jobs and reduce their wages, but most economists disagree. Although basic laws of supply and demand suggest that immigration could reduce wages by increasing the supply of workers, in reality the economy also responds to immigration by increasing demand for labour.
This means that the actual impact of immigration is likely to be small, especially in the long run.
Insofar as there is a consensus arising from economic research on immigration, it can be summarised as follows: the impact of immigration on the average wages of all workers is small. There are almost certainly distributional effects – some workers do better than others. Overall, however, other factors such as education, trade, outsourcing, demographic change and technological change affect wages and employment much more than immigration.
I. Introduction
II. What do we know about the labour market impact of immigration?
III. Why are the estimates of the impact of immigration so small?
IV. Conclusion: what are the implications for public policy?


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Tesla Ski Carrier – Top Carriers Reviewed
How To Choose The Best Ski Carrier For Your Car?
There's no arguing that skis just do not pack up well. They're long, bulky, and also simply can't be made to fit in little rooms. When I made my very first trip across the nation as a winter sports professional, I had to damage down and also purchase a ski roofing shelf since there was no chance my skis were going to fit inside the old Subaru along with all my valuables to live and work for 5 months.
So whether you reside in Denver and have a brief commute to the hotels or if you're taking a trip across the nation to reach your destination, a ski rack will certainly maximize useful room inside the car.
Many small automobiles are simply not big sufficient to carry skis anyway, unless you stick them gone (not a suggested remedy). Adding a cars and truck shelf is typically the only remedy to these issues.
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A drawback rack is an attachment that clips to the drawback receiver on the back of your vehicle. If your car does not featured a drawback receiver, you can typically mount one. Prior to connecting a hitch rack, examine the compatibility of your car's hitch. Be cautious– the "tongue" weight, describing the weight the drawback can deal with if you pack it as a shelf and not as a towed product, is much less than the stated towing limitation.
The benefits of making use of a drawback rack are that they are easier to install as well as it's easier to load the gear, given that you don't have to raise it as high. Like the freight box, a hitch shelf comes off extra conveniently than a roof covering shelf when not being used.
Some more affordable models block access to the trunk. Skis and boards are better to the ground and also get dirtier. And while drag is not a concern here, a drawback rack does make it more difficult to maneuver your cars and truck into a tight parking space.
A similar alternative to the hitch shelf is the extra tire shelf, which fits onto the extra tire at the back of some automobiles and also can be adjusted to carry skis as well as snowboards. If you're only carrying skis and also snowboards, this would be the last alternative I would certainly advise, as spare tire racks are designed for individuals who primarily lug bicycles.
Tesla Ski Carrier
So you have actually invested stacks of your hard-earned money and also hours of your precious time into picking a set of skis or a snowboard that's mosting likely to turn you right into a specialist. Now you're stuck folding down the rear seat of your auto, placing every little thing perfectly, as well as stacking passengers in like a chock-full metro car. When it's all said and done, you're entrusted to a puddle of murky water in your trip. Prevent all of these headaches by carrying your ski equipment in among these Tesla Ski Carrier following time you head to the hills.


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