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ROKK Flat Iron
I work for a retailer that sells ROKK equipment and…
Design: Internal
Size: 3600
Number of Pockets: 1
Price Paid: $80
I work for a retailer that sells ROKK equipment and believe me, this past summer i've sold alot of ROKK packs. The one thing i want to make clear to anyone who checks this sight for information on ROKK is that they get an accurate picture of the type of pack you're going to get if you buy a ROKK.
First of all, ROKK is a division of American Recreation Products, the same company that owns Sierra Designs, Kelty and Slumberjack. So they aren't go to give you anything "New and/or Reevolutionar," they're going to let the big boys in the company do all the innovating.
What you are going to get, from what i've seen so far, for that "Oh so reasonable price" is a pack with basic features where the packbag appears to be well made (taped seams, bar-tacked in the right spots, ykk zippers, decent fabrics) but they did cut afew corners (lightweight shock-bungee cords, barrel locks, frame stays, and single layer foam padding in the shoulder harness and belt) and the suspension systems run shorter than stated if you're looking for a proper fit. The minaret is the largest pack in the line to date at 5400 cu. in. but the suspension system isn't capable of carrying any more than 40 lbs. comfortably, because of the light stays and single layer foam in the belt and shoulder harness.
There is a place in the market for these packs. If you're just starting to take up backpacking, my first recommendation is to seriously consider a good external frame pack (they are much easier for inexperienced packers to pack and use) but if you have to get an internal and your only going to use it 3-4 times a year carrying light loads you should look at the ROKK line.
Just remember, NEVER let price or style be the major be the deciding factor when purchasing any backpack. FIT and COMFORT are the most important factors, because it doesn't matter how much you saved or how cool it looked in the store, if it feels like s_ _t on the trail you won't be a happy camper. And for the best results always try to have your pack fit by a professional in the store, we don't charge for the service and you'll know you've got a pack that fits.
Not really that well made, blew out the zipper on…
Source: received it as a personal gift
Not really that well made, blew out the zipper on the top cover pouch on day 1. Okay, we attached it with carabiners for the remainder of the trip.
Not really comfortable for anything over 40 pounds, lightly built shoulder straps cut into you. Not intended for "big guys".
Good weekend pack if you set up a base camp and don't have to carry this everywhere you go.
- Price
- Intermediate size
- Good weekend pack
- Not built for large shouldered guys
- Weak nylon zippers
- Light loads only
Received this pack as a gift,
Fit: Uncomfortable for a large shouldered guy.
Capacity: Okay for a weekend trip, wouldn't put anything more than 40 pounds in it.
Organization: I liked the zippered pouches and internal dry sack, until the zipper blew out.
Ride: Lightly built shoulder straps tend to cut into you with heavier loads, on the plus side, held pack nicely in place, not a lot of movement.
Construction: Lightweight nylon zipper failed on first trip out. I'd love to get a replacement pouch if I knew where to get one.
Used this pack on a 3-day weekend trip on the PCT in California. I think I'll stick with my USMC ILBE pack for future use.
Does well for a mid-range pack; great for a starter…
Source: bought it used
Price Paid: $45
Does well for a mid-range pack; great for a starter or even a 2nd back-up backpack
- comfortable fit
Picked up this pack from a friend as I wanted to try a smaller pack. It was in amazing shape and had some interesting features.
The shoulder harness has the typical ladder-adjustment, but this pack may not suit hikers over 6'0". The shoulder harness is fairly comfortable and has a sternum strap. The harness is a bit thicker towards the back, so you could feel some pressure against your neck. The waist belt appears to be more cosemetic than anything; it was nicely padded but no support.
The pack has a feature similar to High Sierra packs — there's a rain cover on the very bottom of the pack. The bag has 4 sections: a lower sleeping bag compartment, main compartment, top lid (which also doubles as a waist pack), and an outside pocket.
The material seems well built and is an overall decent pack — however if you are bigger, like me, then you may not be able to land a comfortable fit. If you are an average-sized person, then you'll be fine.
I loaded this pack beyond its limit for 5 days in…
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $70
I loaded this pack beyond its limit for 5 days in Holy Cross wilderness, a few summers ago, with no failures. Loaded more appropriately (lighter), it was comfortable for 3 desert days in Grand Gulch. The top pocket does convert to a smallish lumbar pack, but zipping it closed when converted is challenging. Well built, fully warranteed, functional with basic features, adjustable and comfortable, this pack is all you need for small loads and short trips. Remember, it holds a little less than 4000 cu. in, so it fills up fast. This pack ROKKs!
- Comfort
- Adjustability
- Warranty
- Construction
- Durability
- Small capacity
- Does not handle bulky items stacked on top or tied to outside well.
The summary, pros and cons tell the story. Also, I'm 5' 11'' and could barely get it to adjust to my height. Would be better for someone shorter. I don't know if these come in different sizes.
I got this pack in 05', I have lugged it about 300-400…
Price Paid: $90
I got this pack in 05', I have lugged it about 300-400 miles or so, has had no rips, tears or failures.
The padding in the shoulder harness is still crisp and shows no fatigue, The hip belt is far above average and still like new.
Only negative thing: One of the zippers on the pocket broke, but that may have been my fault.
I just got back from an alpine backpacking trip in…
Max. Load Carried: 35 lbs
Height of Owner: 5' 11''
Price Paid: $65
I just got back from an alpine backpacking trip in Yosemite National Park. My Rokk was awesome. While my buddy was in pain w/his North Face bag I was walking on clouds in my Rokk!! I only wish that it had a bladder pocket.
I make no judgements, I just offer this as information.
Size: 3660
Number of Pockets: 3+
Max. Load Carried: 0
Height of Owner: 5'9"
I make no judgements, I just offer this as information. This pack is shown in the lightweight catagory on some sites because the manufacturer lists the weight as 3.16#. A few places give its shipping weight, which varies from 4.8# to 5.3#. I called ROKK and they said their computer had it as 2.8#. So I took my scale to a local retailer and weighed one and it was 4.8# even with most of the strap-ends touching the counter, so it's probably closer to 5#, maybe even 5.3#. Also noticed the torso length adjustment and convertable top lid/fanny pack arrangement is exactly the same as a "Ridgeway by Kelty" pack.
Very comfortable, alot of room, lots of features.
Design: internal
Size: 3660
Number of Pockets: 5
Max. Load Carried: 40
Height of Owner: 5' 5''
Price Paid: $135
Very comfortable, alot of room, lots of features. lifetime warrantee.
I love the rokk company. it is so comfortable and…
Design: flat iron
Size: 3660
Number of Pockets: 3
Max. Load Carried: 100
Height of Owner: 6'2
Price Paid: $90
I love the rokk company. it is so comfortable and easy to move around. I reccomend this bag to anyone willing to go on a hike. It is very reasonable. I hope you take the advice and don't go somewhere where they screw you and you have a terrible time just because you have an uncomfortable bag.
Just finished a trip into Golden Trout Wilderness,…
Design: Internal Frame
Size: 3660
Number of Pockets: 2
Height of Owner: 6' 0"
Price Paid: $80
Just finished a trip into Golden Trout Wilderness, this pack performed better than expected for the price, it was very comfortable, easy to adjust, ample room for a week's worth of gear. I was very impressed with this pack, Rokk is doing it right. It would be hard to find a better pack at even twice the price, many of its features are normally only found on much more expensive packs. Lifetime Guarantee and it is made to last.
This is a fairly new company ..But they're on the…
Design: Internal frame
Size: 3660 cu.in.
Number of Pockets: 4
Max. Load Carried: 43 lbs
Height of Owner: 6'1"
Price Paid: $80 bucks
This is a fairly new company ..But they're on the right track!! This is a very nice pack. not only is it guaranteed for life but is built to take alot of abuse!! I have used it on several trips in the Red River Gorge and it is performing very well. It is very comfortable, carries well and is a nice pack at a great price!! Hats off to ROKK!!
Where to Buy
The ROKK Flat Iron is not available from the stores we monitor. It was last seen November 21, 2006 at Gear for Adventure.


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The embarrassing and unfortunate financial failure of the Baltimore Grand Prix was caused by a pervasive culture of secrecy and privilege within City Hall and at Baltimore Racing Development.
Had more facts been available to the press and the public, it would have been abundantly clear that the race was in jeopardy even in its earliest planning phases. The failure to secure a lead sponsor was, in retrospect, a body-blow that should have led to the race's cancellation or postponement.
Instead, a small group of insiders within BRD and City Hall reassured the race's political sponsors that everything was in hand. And within city government, I was told, people with dissenting opinions about the race were eventually no longer invited to meetings.
Propagandists and politicians use an over-reliance on secrecy to shape popular opinion and suppress dissent. But the success or failure of the Grand Prix was not a matter of opinion; it was a matter of financial facts. And the facts show that as a business proposition, it was a dismal failure — ultimately indebted for more than $12 million and having snubbed multiple creditors, including the city, state, and multiple small businesses.
The Baltimore Sun shed light on many aspects of the race. However, despite their efforts, reporters were only able to puncture the "veil of secrecy" around the race periodically — and often after the fact or within a limited scope.
Baltimore City should have made all of its contracts and correspondence with BRD open and a matter of public record. It should have required BRD to enter reviewed financial statements into the public record every 60 days. Had everything been more open, the insiders who thought they could turn it around would have had a clearer picture, and also would have had to answer to informed public inquiry.
Instead, intelligent public debate was starved by a lack of facts. Baltimore Sun opinion writers supported the race based on assumptions promoted by BRD and the city that turned out to be speculative or false. The ensuing public debate was accordingly limited to ad-hominem attacks that did not further any deeper understanding of the pertinent questions.
I sued Baltimore City last summer to stop what I perceived to be an illegal removal of trees. But this was prompted by secrecy and incompetence. We asked for a copy of the city's tree plan, from either the city or BRD, and got nothing. We asked for assurance that no more trees would be cut before the plan was released, and still more trees were cut. As a result of our suit, the city did release its tree plan, and the count of trees actually cut dropped from 139 to about 40. And now, taxpayers will be paying for the replanting — which BRD was supposed to cover.
We are moving into a new era where secrecy in city government is no longer acceptable. The default position for all city information should be "open," and that includes the dealings of Baltimore Development Corporation and economic development partners like BRD.
In the age of "Occupy" and the "Arab Spring," we need to liberate reporters up from the clerical task of "freeing information" so they can do the important inquiry and analysis for which they were trained. Only overwhelming public pressure can free this information.
If and when Baltimore City enters into another agreement to try to revive the Grand Prix, we must demand 100 percent openness. Because if the deal can't withstand thorough public scrutiny, it almost certainly is a bad deal for Baltimore.
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As the results of the 2010 election are assessed, wealth managers are looking ahead to what the lame-duck Congress may do before year-end to settle several tax issues that are up in the air. Tax cuts enacted by President George W. Bush contain sunset provisions that are scheduled to take effect on Jan.1, 2011, which would raise the tax rates on wages, capital gains, dividends and estates—unless Congress acts before year-end to extend the lower rates .
"We believe coming out of the election, from the tax reform and legislation standpoint, [Senate Majority Leader] Harry Reid's [D-Nev.] reelection is huge," says Tim Speiss, partner and chairman, Personal Wealth Advisors, at EisnerAmper LLP. The same goes for "Nancy Pelosi stepping down as Speaker of the House," and turning that over to "Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio."
The Senate will retain a Democratic majority while the House will have a Republican majority. In gubernatorial races around the country, Republicans picked up seats while Democrats lost governorships. The message, Speiss told AdvisorOne.com in an exclusive interview on Nov. 3, is "smaller federal government, less spending…and more state control." In terms of federal spending, "it's not just the deficit, it's the balance sheet." Speiss adds.
Personal Income Tax
To keep it in perspective, if Congress does not act, and, "if Clinton tax rates come back on Jan. 1, at 39.6% [for top earners], within the first 18-months there would be $300 billion in additional tax receipts" coming in, Speiss explains. He observes that this would eliminate "one-third of the deficit."
But, asks Speiss: "Would you really want to be raising taxes right now in the current [economic] environment?"
President Barack Obama has proposed keeping the Bush tax cuts for personal income temporarily in place for families making less than $250,000. See "Gauging the Impact of Obama's Proposed Tax Plan, Part II."
It isn't about more taxes coming in, Speiss notes; it is looking "more and more like [there will be] extension of the current rates—and to pay for that, spending cuts." He adds: "The administration might come out in favor of extending the current rates in an effort to show leadership and guidance."
Capital Gains and Dividends Tax
Speiss also expects that the lower capital gains and qualified long-term dividends rates—also slated to sunset on Dec. 31—will be extended rather than raised; although it is "possible they could sneak a 20% rate in there."
The Alternative Minimum Tax
The alternative minimum tax (AMT)—meant to ensure that the wealthiest taxpayers do pay some taxes—is another thorny tax issue that Congress has taken up a number of times in recent years. That tax affects more and more middle-class taxpayers, in addition to the very wealthy. Speiss expects that the threshold for the AMT will be raised.
Estate Tax
The estate tax expired at the end of 2009 with no new estate tax legislation in place—so there is no tax on the estates of persons who die in 2010. The estate tax comes back in 2011—at higher rates than those in 2009—unless Congress acts before year-end. But, "unlike the income tax," Speiss says, "nobody pays attention to the estate tax; it's not a hot, burning issue. It's tailored to effective planning." Speiss believes that there will be an estate tax plan enacted in 2011 "retroactive to Jan. 1."
Small Business Tax
On Sept. 27, Obama signed The Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010, to provide aid to small businesses. The legislation includes $12 billion in tax breaks and would create a $30 billion facility to expand credit access to small businesses. See, "The Impact on Small Businesses of the Jobs Act: Part I."


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District of Columbia Family History Research
This entry was originally written by Johni Cerny in Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
History of the District of Columbia
Congress created the District of Columbia as the seat of the federal government on 16 July 1790. On 9 September 1791 George Washington appointed three commissioners to lay out the city, although the federal government did not relocate to the District of Columbia until 1801. The area chosen as the seat of government was carved from Fairfax County, Virginia (created in 1742) and from part of Prince George's (created 1695) and Montgomery (created 1776) counties, Maryland. The area taken from Virginia was returned to that state in 1846.
By 1800 the District's population was about 14,000, but the federal government was still operating in Philadelphia. In the interim before the government relocated, residents of the District used record-keeping services in Fairfax County, Virginia, and Montgomery County, Maryland, until local government offices were established. By 1820, the population had grown to about 33,000 as more government jobs were made available and retail businesses grew to accommodate the populace. Those moving into the area came mainly from surrounding states, but some merchants arrived from Europe. African Americans have always been a major element of the District's population, and their number increased dramatically during the Civil War and Reconstruction era. Nearly twenty percent of the total population in 1860 was made up of free African Americans; slightly more than four percent were slaves.
Tracing families in the District of Columbia requires a complete understanding of the record periods and jurisdictions and the tenacity to track them down in one of the many repositories. Records for those living in the area created for the District of Columbia before 1801 have to be sought either in Maryland's or Virginia's records. When the portion of Virginia originally taken to create the District of Columbia was returned in 1846, the pre-1846 records were returned as well.


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Like it or not, the jury got this one right.
Nobody wants to see two parents who already lost their teenage son also lose out on what they saw as justice.
As painful as it may be, though, acquitting George Zimmerman was the only verdict the jury could logically reach.
The state simply didn't prove second-degree murder. Or manslaughter.
As much as I don't like many of the choices Zimmerman made the night he killed Trayvon, the evidence presented at trial gave way to more than one reasonable doubt about Zimmerman's guilt.
The jury believed Zimmerman's claim of self-defense.
A lot of people didn't see it that way.
They saw Zimmerman as the man who should be held accountable for tipping the first in a series of dominoes that led to 17-year-old Trayvon's death early last year.
Zimmerman made the wrong assumptions about Trayvon Martin, but he didn't break any laws by calling police to report Trayvon as suspicious.
He didn't use good judgment, but he didn't violate any laws by following Trayvon, either.
And you can say Zimmerman didn't need to stick a gun in his waistband when he decided to get in his truck and drive to Target that night, but he had a legal permit for a concealed firearm.
The state couldn't prove that Zimmerman started the fight between him and Trayvon.
But without a doubt it was Zimmerman who was losing. His nose was bloodied and broken. His head was cut and bruised.
Trayvon had barely a scratch, until the gunshot that killed him.
Some might have seen manslaughter as a compromise verdict.
But a manslaughter conviction would have been no compromise for George Zimmerman.
It's hard to imagine that, with a 29-year-old man's life hanging in the balance, the jury of six women could reach a verdict rooted in conciliation instead of the facts.
Verdicts aren't meant to placate.
We must accept that this jury reached a not-guilty verdict because jurors believed Zimmerman was in fear of his own life when he shot Trayvon.
Self-defense laws — "stand your ground" aside — are strong in Florida, where concealed-weapons permits nearly outnumber palm trees.
And there was plenty of evidence to show the fight between Zimmerman and Trayvon went down close to, if not exactly, as Zimmerman said it did.
As demonstrators gathered at the courthouse while the jury was deliberating inside, we were reminded how viscerally people reacted to this case.
Trayvon's death became a symbol for people who feel they are unfairly judged on appearance.
The case morphed into something much bigger than a fight between two people, with the worst of consequences. It became a modern assessment on equal justice and fairness in Florida's criminal-justice system.
Florida's record is marred when it comes to doling out justice. Men wrongfully convicted by prejudice or junk science have later been freed after serving long prison terms. That same bigotry played out in police departments that haven't always given crimes against black victims the attention they deserved.
But Zimmerman wasn't on trial for this state's historical and institutional wrongs.
He was charged with the second-degree murder of Trayvon Martin. And the proof for that charge just wasn't there.
But justice isn't about what I think. It's about what those six women on the jury decided.
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- the connected cars installed base will be more than nine times larger than that of 2015; 2
- "80 percent of all new vehicle models in mature markets will have data connectivity; 30% of connected-vehicle models will have built-in, function-level, over-the-air software update capabilities"; 3 and
- well over one billion connected automotive subsystems will be shipped. 2
The new SD card offers a new suite of smart features. These include enhanced power failure protection, a memory health status monitor, OEM customization capabilities, and enhancements for read-intensive applications, such as navigation. With these features, automotive manufacturers can designate and program a SanDisk Automotive SD card for use exclusively with a specific connected application. Manufacturers can also remotely and proactively monitor the easily removable SD card to ensure that it is operating at its ideal performance level or to identify when card upgrades or replacements are needed."Quality and reliability are absolutely critical in the automotive industry. SanDisk's newest automotive solution with smart features enables our OEM customers to bring exceptional quality, customizable flash storage to a wide range of connected car applications and provides the ability to continue to ensure that the applications performs at their best well after the car drive off the lot," said Frank Hartwig, chief executive officer of CDA. "Cardwave works extensively with automotive customers, offering solutions for the ever-growing needs of the connected car. The automotive grade solutions from SanDisk provide Cardwave customers with innovative, cost-effective and robust flash storage to meet the demands for the next generation of connected car applications and sub-systems," said Paul Norbury, chief executive officer of Cardwave. Optimized Solutions for Connected Industrial Applications SanDisk's new smart features will be available in SanDisk Industrial and SanDisk Industrial XT SD card solutions. These industrial-grade cards are intended for use by OEMs in market segments that demand high endurance and reliability even in extreme temperatures, including factory applications, industrial computing, utilities, medical equipment, robotics, point-of-sale solutions, large-scale printing, and many other applications. The inclusion of the new features enables OEMs to better manage the intensive data demands of a variety of applications in the industrial market, from commercial drones to industrial gateway systems to security cameras and more. Availability Samples of SanDisk Automotive, SanDisk Industrial and SanDisk Industrial XT SD card solutions with the new smart features will be available in March in the United States and Europe, in capacities up to 64GB. 4 For additional product details, specifications and information visit www.sandisk.com/oem-design or contact a SanDisk sales representative. The new solutions will also be part of a full line of SanDisk flash storage solutions on display at the Embedded World, Hall 4, Stand #4A-448. About SanDisk SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, is a global leader in flash storage solutions. For more than 27 years, SanDisk has expanded the possibilities of storage, providing trusted and innovative products that have transformed the electronics industry. Today, SanDisk's quality, state-of-the-art solutions are at the heart of many of the world's largest data centers, and embedded in advanced smartphones, tablets and PCs. SanDisk's consumer products are available at hundreds of thousands of retail stores worldwide. For more information, visit www.sandisk.com. SanDisk Forward Looking Statements This news release contains certain forward-looking statements, including expectations for growth of the Internet of Things, expectations for connectivity in automobiles and expanded storage requirements of automobiles, and expectations for product capacities, form factor, availability and performance that involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others: industry trends such as the growth of Internet of Things and expanding connectivity of automobiles and storage capacity in automobiles may not develop as we expect, products may not be available in the time frame we expect or contain capacities, form factor and performance characteristics that we expect, and the other risks detailed from time-to-time in SanDisk's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 2016. This news release contains information from third parties, which reflect their projections as of the date of issuance. All statements made in this news release are made only as of the date of this release. SanDisk undertakes no obligations to update the information in this release in the event facts or circumstances change after the date of this release.
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You've probably seen them: those red bins in PSU computer lab entrances where users can safely store their beverages while working on a computer. But what happens if people forget to claim their mug or water bottle when they leave? Containers are held for 24 hours in computer labs, but if still unclaimed they are thrown away, ultimately to end up in the landfill.
That was the fate for loads of reusable drink containers before the Mug Runners came along. The idea—initially proposed by Emily Waters, a student in the PSU EcoReps residence halls sustainability leadership program—was to rescue these abandoned yet reusable drinking containers, sanitize them, and redistribute them through the PSU Reuse Room. This summer, PSU's Reuse Coordinator Thea Kindschuh, Take Back the Tap's campus leader Emma Pritchard, and representatives from the Office of Information Technology (OIT) met to brainstorm a process for the program, now known as Mug Runners.
According to staff from the OIT-managed computer labs, 2-5 reusable drinking containers are left unclaimed in each lab location on a typical night. This number can approximately double to 5-10 during busy times such as midterms and finals. Multiply that by four major OIT computer labs, and the number of perfectly usable mugs and water bottles being thrown away on a daily basis is pretty alarming. These containers are designed to last, and not only do they require natural resources to produce, but will sit in landfills for a long time when "thrown away".
Staff and volunteers from the Reuse Room and Take Back the Tap are now collecting and washing abandoned containers from the Millar Library lab, the pilot location, with plans to expand collection to Neuberger and Broadway labs this winter.
"I believe the initiative of this program helps the campus and community by providing valuable resources and preventing mounting waste, and OIT is happy to be a part of it," says Steven Murschel, Millar Library 115's student coordinator.
What's more, demand for the reused containers is brisk. "They are continually taken within a day or two of being put in the Reuse Room, with customers asking when more will be available if shelves are empty," says Kindschuh. "People are loving it."
With volumes collected and redistributed slated to increase as Mug Runners expands to additional labs, the team hopes to further institutionalize the program for long term success while promoting a culture of reuse and waste reduction at PSU. Taylor Ellsworth, Neuberger Labs Manager sums up the experience so far: "It's exciting for OIT to get a chance to connect and collaborate with the Campus Sustainability Office on this initiative to establish a greener campus for all."
Our thanks and appreciation go out to OIT, the Reuse Room, Take Back the Tap, and EcoReps for your creative thinking and successful collaboration to make PSU a model of sustainability.
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A decommissioned shipping container that spent about a decade being hauled back and forth across the South China Sea is about to get a new lease on life as a public washroom in Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park.
The big steel box is one of three recycled shipping containers — all of them 12 metres long, 2.4 metres wide and nearly 2.7 metres high — being converted into washrooms by Peter Sampson Architecture Studio and Gardon Construction Ltd.
That's the same team that last year converted two shipping containers into a funky new bicycle repair kiosk (The BikeLab) for the University of Winnipeg campus.
This time, their client is the Assiniboine Park Conservancy (APC), the not-for-profit organization responsible for redeveloping and managing Winnipeg's largest public park.
The APC plans to install the unique washrooms, which will be clad in wood siding, along the edge of a bush just east of the Lyric Theatre.
It hopes to have them fully operational for the Victoria Day long weekend, John Kozlowski, the group's director of facilities, said in an interview.
Kozlowski said the original plan was to go the conventional route and build the washrooms out of cinder blocks. And the Gardon/PSA Studio team won that contract after coming in with the lowest bid.
It was only after they and APC officials began kicking around ideas for further reducing the project's costs the two partners pitched the idea of using shipping containers instead of cinder blocks to build the washrooms. And it wasn't a hard sell.
For starters, it's lopping more than $100,000 off the cost of the project, Kozlowski said. And then there was the whole "green" aspect of using recycled containers.
"It fit well with the park's mandate with regards to sustainability and the environment," said Jeff Olafson, Gardon's senior project manager.
And because shipping containers are so sturdy and were designed to be moved, "we do have the option down the road to pick these things up and move them if necessary," Kozlowski added.
In order to keep the interior space as big as possible, the insulation and the water and sewer pipes will be installed on the outside of each unit, said John Duerksen, another PSA Studio architect working on the project.
The electrical and exhaust equipment will be on the inside, but hidden behind a false ceiling. Each unit will also be equipped with an electric heater.
The exterior siding and wooden skirts for each unit will be made from recycled lumber.
The units will also feature low-flow water taps and toilets, and energy-efficient lighting and exhaust systems.
To further reduce energy consumption and allow natural light into the interior, the crews are removing one end of each container and replacing it with a glass wall with a door.
Architect Peter Sampson said the glass will be mirrored on the outside, to reflect the nearby surroundings, and frosted on the inside.
That way, the occupants can see out, but people on the outside can't see in, even at night.
Sampson and Olafson said another advantage of using shipping containers is most of the retrofit work can be done off-site — in this case in a heated warehouse in east Transcona.
Not only does that give work crews more control over the quality of work they do, they can work much faster.
"Our site time, which is one of the most expensive parts of a project, is down considerably from the six months... we might otherwise be dealing with during the winter," Sampson said. "So the advantages are massive."
Olafson said the crews have been working on the containers since early February and expect to move them to the park on April 22.
Once there, it will take only about a month or so to finish everything.
The APC and BikeLab projects are the first two shipping-container projects PSA Studio and Gardon have been involved in. But they're eager to do more.
Sampson said he's watching closely to see if a much bigger project involving Winnipeg architect David Penner and Toronto developer Tali Zhiubritskaya proceeds.
That one would involve using 36 shipping containers to build an 18-unit condominium complex, to be called Nightingale 956, at 956 Notre Dame Ave.
Although Fort Whyte Business Park owner Mario Costantini has built a 1,500-square-foot office building and a 1,600-square-foot home out of shipping containers, the Nightingale 956 project would be the city's first multi-family housing complex made out of the boxes.
"It's a challenge," especially in a cold-weather climate, Sampson said of the plan to build a multi-family complex.
"The economics may not necessarily be there yet."
As for the APC, Kozlowski said while this is its only shipping-container project at the moment, it may not be the last.
"I anticipate this will not be the only shipping-container solution that will be advantageous for us."
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Saturday, 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
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In addition to consulting with libraries, Ayre teaches half day and full day workshops, and presents and produces webcasts. She maintains her own weblog, Mentat and also contributes to TechEssence. She has written pieces for ALA publications including Library Technology Reports and the Whole Library Handbook 4, and contributed a chapter to the Addison Wesley book "RFID-Applications, Security and Privacy." Lori makes most of her work freely available on her website at www.galecia.com.
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Discussion in 'GTP Weekly Race Series Time Trials' started by Sjaak, Nov 3, 2008.
:: GTP_Weekly Race Series ::
New to the GTP_WRS? Introduce yourself!
Say hi to the WRS community
Hi, I'm Sphinx.
Hi fellow GTPers I'm Craig. WRS is all new to me.
<--- Stotty.
Hi Sphinx and Sjaak,
My name is Kenny and I'm an WRS addict.
Glad to be here and looking forward to some GT5 combo's.
EDIT: Missed a couple of you already.
Hi guys!
Hello WRS'ers
I'm Luke, and I learned everything I know about racing from the Weekly Race Series ... well, almost I've been around since the WRS started in GT3, but I haven't participated in a while. Looking forward to some new combos and new faces
Hey everyone.This is totally new to me.Looks like fun.Hope I don't do to bad.
hic! Hi guys I'm Ron and I'm an alcoholic ... oops wrong thread
Looking forward to this
Hi guys.
I never got plugged in to the GT4 WRS. I'm looking forward to participating in GT5 (and prologue).
hey all! Happy to be here and I am looking forward to running many races with you.
Hi everyone,
My name is Peter and have been an occasional participant in the WRS since GT4. My GTP registry name is GTP_Im_Sorry. It was sad to see the GT4 WRS end but I am looking forward to the new challenge with the GT5P WRS.
I'm Steven/bigracer. I am also a Gran Turismo addict. Thank you Jerry, Sjaak, Kevin, Hugo, Bert, Jerome and ... (Vaxen, sorry but I still don't know your first name) for doing all this work in order to make us happy puppies on GTP and while using Gran Turismo
My first name is Dan
Hello Dan, and thanks for sharing that.
I also forgot to mention Colby who has apparently been appointed Mod without any noise. Let's make some noise for all those making our GTP experience happening !
Hello, I think most of you know me by now, New to the WRS though. Look foward to taking part.
Hi guys I'm Jeff. WRS is all new to me
Looking forward to this
Hey all! My name is Jerome, I've been WRS'ing since week 5 of GT4, I hope to see a nice blend of new faces as well as old friends I can't tune worth a -! So many thanks in advance to those that can and share the wealth! Thanks again to my bros that helped put this all together, way to keep on rollin'!
Name's Andrew, did a couple GT4 WRS'. Hopefully I can be a regular in GTP WRS.
Hey guys. I am Stevisiov I steered clear of GT4 WRS because I am not really up to scratch on my time trials, but I think I will give this a shot anyway.
Hi, I'm ron stuart.
Don't I know you from somewhere?
Hi all! I joined the GT4 WRS in week 156, thanks in large part to my friend Kevin pointing me in the direction of this site. I wish I had known it was here all along!!!
I've learned a lot from everyone in my short time here, and looking forward to even more with GT5P
- Drew
Hi, I'm Niels.
A casual racer from DK.
Hi fellow members
This will be my first WRS series & am glad to share this with you all
Hey fellow GTP WRS'ers,
This is my introduction. Name's Adam, from Bethlehem Pennsylvania - glad to be here. Hoping for many many more wonderful events!
Hey guys
I`m Ole B from Norway
I must say you got a great job with this
Hey, my name is Lars and this is the first time I have entered the WRS. Looking forward to some nice races.
Hi all.
I'm Marcio (obvius), from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil and I'm happy to be here
Hello everyone!
My name is Mike and Week 1 was my first stab at the WRS. Totally new to all of this so if I have any "dumb" questions i apologize in advance :-)
Hi all, First try at this type of event. So any dumb questions i'll ask Hyperuk at work, because I am as dumb as I look. Cheers Leigh.
Hi all,
My first name is Stijn. I haven't competed in any of the WRS series here yet, cause I didn't know about GTP till after I sold all my other GT's (from the first GT till GT4). I really shouldn't have done that
I do have some experience with WRS series from my time on motogpboards.com (playing Tourist Trophy), where I competed the last 8 months or so before GT5P was released in Europe. Had lots of fun there with really great riders, but I haven't played TT anymore since I got GT5P the time here was just too awesome


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Ask John
Longevity and inexperience
John Griffiths
November 21, 2012
Ryan Jones has captained Wales more times than any other © Getty Images
Welcome to the latest edition of Ask John where renowned rugby historian John Griffiths will answer any rugby-related query you have!
So, if there's something you've always wanted to know about the game we love but didn't know who to ask, or you think you can stump our expert - then get involved by sending us a question.
In this edition, John looks at leading Welsh captains, brothers playing Tests for different countries, poor Grand Slam follow-ups, inexperienced England Test sides and New Zealand's senior surviving Test player.
Who has captained Wales most often in Test matches? David Rees, England
Ryan Jones has captained Wales most often in Tests, overtaking Ieuan Evans's record in the defeat by Samoa last Friday. Evans had held the record since the 1990s when he overtook the legendary Arthur Gould. The top ten Welsh captains of all time (to November 19 2012) are as follows:
29 - R P Jones (2008 to 2012)
Cornelius Dirksen recently won his first cap for the USA. His brother Hanno is gunning for a Wales call-up based on residency. How many other brothers have represented different national sides? Ian Williams, United States
Cornelius Dirksen made his Test debut for the United States in the win against Russia at Colwyn Bay earlier this month. He also played against Tonga last weekend. As you say, his brother could play for Wales by qualifying on residency. Their uncle was Corra Dirksen who played on the wing for South Africa in ten Tests in the 1960s.
The following is a list of brothers who have played Tests for different countries. (This list is restricted to brothers where at least one of them played for a leading nation):
Astons for England & South Africa
Alatinis for New Zealand & Tonga
(Readers are invited to add to this list)
Has any country had such a poor international run as Wales after winning the Grand Slam? Ben Davies, Wales
Although Wales beat the Barbarians in a cap match after taking the Grand Slam earlier this year, they have lost five successive internationals with New Zealand and Australia next up.
All told, there have been 37 Five/Six Nations Grand Slams since France began playing Test rugby in the first decade of the Twentieth Century. The only side to win a Grand Slam and then experience a run of more than five international defeats is Scotland. After winning the 1984 Grand Slam they lost six on the trot: to Romania (barely a couple of months later) and then Australia, Ireland, France, Wales and England as they followed the Slam with a Whitewash in the 1985 Five Nations.
After years of striving France didn't win their first Grand Slam until 1968. Like Wales (against the Barbarians) they then played a meaningless capped Test (beating Czechoslovakia 19-6 in Prague) as a warm-up for a summer tour to New Zealand and Australia.
That Grand Slam side then lost ten in a row - three Tests in NZ, a one-off Test in Australia, two Tests in France against SA and a Test against Romania in Bucharest at the end of the year before losing their first three Five Nations games of 1969 - against Scotland, Ireland and England. Eventually they squeezed a draw against Wales in Paris in the final game of the 1969 Championship.
How inexperienced was Stuart Lancaster's side against Fiji compared to England sides of the recent past? LB, England
The England team that played Australia in 1984 © PA Photos
Measuring experience by cap total before taking the field (so that the 1871 side against Scotland had a total of zero), England's team against Fiji was the least experienced for ten years. The run-on fifteen against Fiji had a total of 215 caps among their ranks before kick-off. That figure was 18 fewer than the run-on total for Lancaster's first Test in charge of England, against Scotland at Murrayfield earlier this year.
Sir Clive Woodward called on 170 caps-worth of experience for his first game in charge when England drew with Australia at Twickenham in November 1997 and the lowest England total in the professional era was the 104 for the one-off Test against Argentina in Buenos Aires in 2002 when Geoff Appleford, Phil Christophers and Alex Codling were among the new caps.
Towards the end of Clive Woodward's time he was able to name a run-on fifteen that had amassed more than 600 caps for the 2003 RWC Final in Sydney against Australia. When Martin Johnson, Lancaster's predecessor, took charge for his last match, the RWC quarter-final defeat against France in Auckland in October 2011, there were 587 caps among the run-on side.
The lowest cap total of the last thirty years was 62 when Nigel Melville captained England (on his debut) against Andrew Slack's Wallabies at Twickenham in 1984. Among the England new boys that day were Stuart Barnes, Gareth Chilcott, Nigel Redman and Rob Lozowski. John Carleton (25 caps) and Gary Pearce (15) were the only members of that side who took the field with ten or more caps to their names. They lost 19-3 to a Grand Slam side that included youngsters Michael Lynagh and Nick Farr-Jones.
Who has succeeded the late Bob Scott as New Zealand's oldest surviving Test player? Denis O'Brien, Ireland
Bob Scott passed away at his Coromandel home on November 16 at the age of 91.
He is succeeded by Wally Argus as the oldest surviving New Zealand Test player. Argus, also 91, is three months younger than Bob Scott.
Scott, Argus and Fred Allen (who died earlier this year at the age of 92) were among the 15 new caps in New Zealand's first post-war Test team, against Australia at Dunedin in September 1946. The three of them had been star performers with the "Kiwis" - the New Zealand Forces rugby team later dubbed the "Khaki All Blacks" - that toured Europe in the first winter after World War Two.
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Encouraging Doc Return
Good to see Doc back on the mound again. Other than four straight hits in a two-run second inning, his outing was encouraging.
Hunter's clutch, two-out single in the eighth gave the Phillies another one-run win and series win. Now, Cliff goes for a sweep this afternoon.
Believe It Or Not
**Phillies had only five hits and two resulted in outs on the bases.
**Going into the game, the Phillies were 0-38 when trailing after seven innings.
**They are now 6-36 when scoring three or fewer runs. They led the majors a year ago with a 30-47 record.
**Without Doc, the Phillies were 15-27, second worst record in the majors.
**Phillies have a combined five wins from Doc and Cliff and it is July 18.
Down On The Farm
**Lehigh Valley lost, 8-6, at Durham. LF Domonic Brown, 3-5. RHS Scott Elarton (5-8) was the loser.
**Reading was blanked, 7-0, at Portland, who stole 6 bases. Reading was held to 4 singles and a double. RHS Julio Rodriguez (5-4) took the loss.
**Clearwater won 5th in last 6, 2-0, over Bradenton behind LHS Austin Wright (8-4), 2 hits, 6 innings, 7 strikeouts; RHR Chris Kissock and RHR Michael Nesseth, 2nd save. RF Anthony Hewitt hit his 10th homer.
**Lakewood was defeated by Savannah for the second straight night, this time, 10-2.
**Williamsport edged Auburn, 6-5, in 11 innings on RF Brian Pointer's game-winning triple. SS Roman Quinn, 3-5, 3 runs, 5th triple, 12th steal. RH Chris Nichols won his first pro game, 3 innings, 0 runs.
**Gulf Coast League Phillies won, 4-2, at Tampa vs. the Yankees. RF Dylan Cozens, 1-3, 8th double, 14th RBI. RHR Felix Santos (3-1) won, 3 strikeouts, 2 innings.
July 18, 1983: For the second time since becoming GM, Paul Owens goes from the front office to manage the Phillies. This time he replaces Pat Corrales with the Phillies (43-43) ½- game behind division-leading St. Louis.
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Now you must add rules to the rules file. The Solaris installation program uses the rules to select the correct installation (profile) for each system during a custom JumpStart installation.
At this site, each department is located on its own subnet and has its own network address. The engineering department is located on subnet 255.222.43.0. The marketing department is located on 255.222.44.0. You can use this information to control how the engineering and marketing systems are installed with the Solaris 10 10/08 software. In the /jumpstart directory, you edit the rules file, delete all of the example rules, and add the following lines to the file:
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