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While Rebel and Union soldiers still fought it out with bayonets and cannons, a Confederate designer had the foresight to imagine flying machines attacking Northern armies. He couldn't implement his vision during the war, and the plans disappeared into history, until resurfacing at a rare book dealer's shop 150 years later.
Now those rediscovered designs have found their way to the auction block, providing a glimpse at how Victorian-eratechnology could have beaten the Wright Brothers to the punch.
The papers of R. Finley Hunt, a dentist with a passion for flight, describe scenarios where flying machines bombed Federal troops across Civil War battlefields. Hunt's papers are set to go up for sale at the Space and Aviation Artifacts auction during the week of Sept. 15-22, giving one lucky collector a chance to own a piece of an alternate technological history that never came to pass.
Anyone who runs is a Yankee. Anyone who stands still is a well-disciplined Yankee.
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Asta wrote:Sounds very romantic Congrats and good luck
call2arms wrote:Pfff... Another convenience marriage, without love!!
Who knows if Patcheeno isn't really in love with the chihuahua 2 doors down??? Did you ask him??
Can we see pictures of the bride at least?
cheekymunkee wrote:Wow, she's pretty!!
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so how long is she staying with you?? is her owner coming out too?
LOL I need to hire Purple to do the videopitbullmamaliz wrote:I fully expect wedding pics! You can leave wedding NIGHT pics out ( ) but we need some of the actual ceremony: the bride getting escorted down the aisle, the groom stammering his vows, etc.
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Wheelchair warrior in 'murderball'
- Garet Hickling is one of the top players in wheelchair rugby
- The 41-year-old Canadian will be targeting gold at the 2012 Paralympics
- Hickling broke his neck in a fall in 1987 which killed one of his friends
- He is renowned for his robust play in a sport once named "murderball"
London (CNN) -- Garett Hickling's personal motto is, "No fear -- give 110%" -- and he certainly lives up to it.
Despite having broken his neck in a 300-foot cliff fall that killed one of his friends, the 41-year-old Canadian is a legendary figure in the brutal Paralympic sport of wheelchair rugby -- or "murderball" as it was originally named.
Teams are 12-strong but only four wheelchair athletes are allowed at any time on the court, which is similar to a basketball space, with the basic aim of crossing into the scoring zone at either end while carrying the ball.
Contact between wheelchairs is allowed -- and frequent -- while players often get tipped out of their chairs as the action is fast and furious.
Hickling, who took up the sport in 1993, is one of its leading players and has the scars to boot. He had to have his neck realigned in 2004, ripped his left tricep in 2008 and last year separated his right shoulder.
He has been MVP many times at major international competitions with Canada, including the 2002 world championships in Sweden, where he led his country to the gold medal.
Canada won a bronze medal when wheelchair rugby was introduced to the Paralympics in 1996 as an exhibition sport, and then placed fourth when it gained full status at the 2000 Sydney Games.
Age: 41
Sport: Wheelchair rugby
Profession: Full-time athlete since 2000
Training regime: Six or seven days per week
Diet: About 3,500 calories per day
Relaxation: Watching a comedy like "Family Guy"
Silver and bronze medals have followed in Athens and Beijing for Hickling and his teammates.
Broken neck
Hickling was brought up in British Columbia and played "pretty much any sport imaginable," including ice hockey, baseball and football.
But in February 1987 came the accident which was to leave him in a wheelchair.
Out with friends, tragedy struck when they fell down a 300-foot cliff. One died, the other suffered severe injuries, and Hickling broke his neck.
Determined not to let his disability curtail his sporting activities, Hickling initially took up wheelchair basketball and road hockey, but it was a meeting with Duncan Campbell, one of the Canadian founders of wheelchair rugby, which changed his life.
"He got me to come out, hit my first guy -- knocked him out of his chair -- and haven't looked back since," Hickling told CNN's Human to Hero series.
That was in 1993, when he was 23, and he has now been competing at the top level for nearly 20 years.
North American rivalry
For much of that period, Canada's players have been battling with their neighbors in the United States for global supremacy in wheelchair rugby.
In the five world championships held since 1995, the U.S. has come out on top four times, with Canada's 2002 triumph in Gothenburg breaking that chain.
But the most recent championships on home courts in Vancouver saw Hickling and his teammates back in fifth spot.
Despite that setback, he still relishes the competition, particularly against the Americans.
"There's definitely a little bit of rivalry there because the U.S has been ranked number one for many, many years," he said.
"There's definitely a rivalry because we want to be there, and being such close neighbors we compete against each other a lot. "
But with the growing popularity of the sport, other countries are muscling in on the medal action.
Golden dream
Heading into the 2012 Paralympics in London, which begin in late August two weeks after the Olympics finish, Hickling believes that the destination of the gold medal is no foregone conclusion, despite the traditional U.S. domination.
"Now, it's anybody's game. In these Olympics you actually don't know who's going to win," he said.
The result of the Paralympic test event in London last month would appear to back up Hickling's assertion, with Australia beating hosts Great Britain in the final.
Canada claimed the bronze medal, beating Sweden, but all the matches were close and high-scoring affairs.
In the likely autumn of his outstanding career, Hickling is desperate to add gold to his collection, having come so close in Athens and Beijing.
"I've always enjoyed rugby but my ultimate is to go for that gold," he said.
"That helps motivate me, makes me train harder, makes us go out six or seven days a week and try to be in the best shape we can be and ready to go out there and pound some chairs."
Sporting philosophy
As Hickling's motto suggests, he is not an athlete who leaves anything on the court.
"I try to give 110% no matter what I do, whether it's writing a paper or trying to hit a guy ... you know? It's give it all you got, whenever you can."
Despite his uncompromising attitude, Hickling has made many friends off the court, even among his American rivals.
"We do go out and have a drink or social after wards with the guys, but when it's on the court, it's game on!"
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The big story in last week's 10-pin action at Hood River's Orchard Lanes Bowling Center has to be the terrific display by young Levi Phelps in the Wednesday night Fraternal league. Levi fired a fine 671 series that vaulted him back to the heady status of a 200 average bowler and, for the first time, vaulted him to the honorable Team of the Week.
As we have pointed out before, Levi has gobs of natural bowling talent, some of which was refined a bit in his stint in juniors at Orchard Lanes but his most significant improvement has come in the past couple of years in the Fraternal league. Levi has developed a mean strike ball that he rolls with lots of speed and revs, it hooks sharply and takes a heavy toll on the pins. In bowling, the key to racking up strikes is in the angle of entry that the ball takes when it enters the pocket. The experts claim that six degrees is the optimum hook angle. Levi's hard charging hook easily fits that description.
Other notable results came at the able hand of everybody's nomination for the best bowler around here for the past 20 years or so, the lanky Jeff Miller from The Dalles. Jeff rolled a pair of 700 sets last week — a 735 in the Monday night Industrial and a 724 in the Fraternal — to top all scoring. This would be a really big deal for just about all of us mortals, but not for Mr. Miller. He has not had an explosive season so far in league action; as he puts it, "most of my series have been in the low to upper 600s." Wouldn't we all like to have that problem?
Finally, we want to welcome Bill Pullum back to the bowling wars. Bill is an incredible bowler who has at least 15 to 20 perfect 300 games and 800 series to his credit. He returned to action with a solid 652 series in last week's Fraternal league.
Team of the Week
Jeff Miller (6), 735
Pat Olson (9), 703
Gordon Sim (10), 686
Greg McDaniel (6), 678
Levi Phelps (1), 671
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Hezbollah hands over 2 checkpoints to Lebanon army
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security officials say Hezbollah has handed over control of two checkpoints in an eastern city to the country's army.
The move Sunday comes a day after a gunbattle in Baalbek between members of the Shiite militant group and residents left at least three people dead. Hezbollah still has at least three other checkpoints in the city.
Lebanon's state news agency said army troops have deployed throughout Baalbek, including in the neighborhoods where Saturday's fighting took place.
Hezbollah set up checkpoints in its strongholds, including Baalbek, after a deadly Aug. 15 bombing in Beirut's southern suburbs. Many people resent the checkpoints.
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I agree with you, I really got to love his character, I hope that maybe he just was beaten really bad but manages to live. That's another icky thing about reading books like this, characters I like die (in HP there were a lot that died that really sucked.)dandyvampgirl_13 wrote: If Cinnia's dead I will CRY! Thats... Worse than Dumbledore! At least he was old, Cinnia's too young to die!
Maybe I'm the only one but I at this point don't really have an opinion on who I want Katniss to end up with. I like both Gale & Peeta for their own reasons. They'd both be good guys to end up with. I was kind of leaning towards Peeta just because I feel like I go to know him better in HG than I did Gale, but Idk. Can't wait for the 3rd one to come out to see how this all works out! (I'm assuming will it be not till next September?)dazzle_me-xx wrote:^^ I got mine for $14 (Austrailian) at kmart.YESSS!!!DudeRocksTheTwilight wrote: Does Katniss just love the boy she's with the moment she's with him? or is this a classic case of Gale was the past before the Hunger Games and Peeta is the past after the Hunger Games and it's a no win situation? I'm feeling for Galniss. I'm hoping Peeta and Madge end up together and creatre Peedge.
Another Galeniss supporter.
It seems everyone's a Peeta fan nowadays...
Not that I don't like Peeta or anything, it just that he's too...cliche. You know? Good looking blond jock? Plus he's kinda boring. Sweet, but boring.
I am so glad that I decided to read HG based on SM's suggestion. That's one of the best ways to read books is on suggestion, that's how I read Twilight & now HG. Books are just awesome.


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Rev. Marsha Sumner, manager of spiritual care, University of Chicago Medicine
Rev. Marsha Sumner has been named manager of spiritual care at the University of Chicago Medicine, responsible for leading the team of chaplains, supervising other spiritual care staff and helping to integrate pastoral care into all aspects of patient care and interdisciplinary training. Sumner, who will be stepping down as staff chaplain at the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital, is acting minister at St Mark UCC in Chicago Heights, and previously provided spiritual care and counseling at Harbor Light Hospice in Merrillville and Advocate Christ Hospital and Hope Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn. She received a master of divinity from the Chicago Theological Seminary and a B.A. in theology and religion from Elmhurst College.
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Three And Out: The Questioning
So Rich Rodriguez did a deeply bizarre thing. Captain Renault, yes, yes. GERG, yes. 3-3-5 addiction, yes. Groban, yes. Right. I'll start again.
Amongst the many deeply bizarre things that Rich Rodriguez did was allowing John Bacon virtually unfettered access to his program for three years. He didn't know it at the time, but these happened to be the only three years of his program.
I received an advanced copy of the book that resulted and… man. If you are a Michigan fan the result is a must read. Hate Rodriguez, love Rodriguez, have deeply conflicted relationship with Carr, love Carr—doesn't matter. This is not another book where ex-jocks tell jovial stories about the slightly dangerous things that happened to them.
This is a book that immediately makes everyone in it mad as hell except the guy who did Never Forget. This is close to literally true. Bacon's been banished to the Drew Sharp area of the press box, Michael Rosenberg is livid, Rodriguez himself is apparently hugely pissed. And while I can't confirm this like the above, I can't help but think that Lloyd Carr hates this book more than anything he's ever hated.
I know Bacon a bit and have pressed upon him an opportunity for MGoBlog: to badger him with questions. I would like to crowdsource these questions because these are important. I want to cover all the bases, ask the things clarify a lot of the debates fans have argued endlessly about for the last four years.
So: what would you ask someone who spent the last three years embedded in Operation Spread Ann Arbor? I'll cull the best ones and pose them to Bacon. He'll answer, and maybe we'll get some clarity.
Before you get to asking, some context:
- While the book documents Rodriguez's increasingly desperate behavior it does seem to have a pro-RR editorial POV. Hard questions will be about the things he did wrong.
- It does not really address the DC fiascoes, which I'll already be asking about.
- The Free Press stuff comes in for a thorough treatment; if you want to be pointed the Qs there should be Devil's Advocate type things.
- It's clear Bacon could not get anything solid on the Great Stapleton/English Conspiracy Theory, though he tried. Wouldn't bother there.
- The Rodriguez coaching search went down essentially like we expected: Ferentz, panic, Les Miles boat incident, panic, Schiano, panic, Rodriguez.
- I'm not going to ask a guy who spent three years of his life with unprecedented access to a major college football program why he decided to write a book about it. Figure it out yourself.
Along with a severe grilling of Bacon, we'll be running an excerpt from the book around the time of its publication, which is scheduled for October 25th.


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Madner Named To First Team; Nash A Second Team Selection
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Two Yale rowers have earned Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association All-America recognition. Stephanie Madner was selected to the first team, while Caroline Nash was a second team selection.
Madner and Nash, both seniors, sat in Yale's varsity eight that was the eighth fastest boat at the NCAA Championships.
Madner was honored for the first time, while Nash earned second team recognition for the second straight year.
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An Idaho resort hotel's verdure is not the wild tumble around W.S. Merwin's beloved Hawaiian home, but disciplined grass and orderly stands of trees. Not, perhaps, the sort of trees Merwin had in mind when he wrote, "On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree." But the Sun Valley Writers' Conference bears an annual crop of words and ideas, and Merwin is here as a master gardener of that. He just ended a year's term as the nation's poet laureate. He has to his name two Pulitzer Prizes and more than 30 books of poetry and prose, and a hand-planted forest at home of rare and endangered palms. The Merwin Conservancy is dedicated to keeping his works green -- the ones he created with words, and the natural ones that exist before and beyond them.
Now that you've passed the torch to the new poet laureate, does that make you the laureate laureate?
Yes, although they say once you are, you have it for good. But you don't have to be active. Both Kay [Ryan, U.S. poet laureate 2008-2010] and I viewed the whole thing with great skepticism. She didn't like the idea of all the publicity, and I didn't like it either.
Britain's poet laureate is a post that's been around for about 900 years. The pay includes "a butt of sack" -- a barrel of sherry. Did you get anything like that?
Oh, believe me, there's none of that!
What are the laureate's duties?
James Billington [the librarian of Congress, who appoints the poet laureate] said to me, "You can do it on your own terms." They wanted a couple of trips to Washington a year and a few readings. In the old days, you were expected to live in Washington. Robert Penn Warren did it. I said: "I don't want to transplant myself for months at a time. I don't like Washington. I don't want to wear suits."
It wasn't onerous. The thing that was onerous, saving your presence, was months of wall-to-wall interviews, and the huge variation between very good interviewers and people who really didn't know anything. There were a few unguessable things, like [an interview for] Oprah's magazine. Wasn't a bad one, either. Then they sent a crew of photographers; it was like Barnum & Bailey arriving with three or four huge trucks.
You told Bill Moyers, "When you hear a poem, you hear something that you always knew, but it's completely new."
One of the mysterious things about the arts is that they make a demand that you stop whatever you're doing and pay attention, whether it's a painting of persimmons or a few notes on a bass violin or a few lines of Shakespeare.
And you have a feeling of recognizing it although you never saw it or heard it before, this feeling that "I know this," even if it's totally strange.
The U.S. sometimes seems proud of being anti-intellectual, and yet even people who've never read a poem by choice will, under emotional stress -- a family death, or 9/11 -- sit down and try to write a poem. What is happening there?
We begin to say something that cannot be said. When you see on the front page a woman in Iraq who's just seen her husband blown up, you see her there, her mouth wide open, you know the sound coming out of her, a howl of grief and pain -- that's the beginning of language.
Trying to express that, it's inexpressible, and poetry is really [there] to say what can't be said. And that's why people turn to it in these moments. They don't know how to say this, [but] part of them feels that maybe a poem will say it. It won't say it, but it'll come closer to saying it than anything else will.
[Interviewers asked, after 9/11,] what poems I was reading. I said I remembered that Dylan Thomas poem, "A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London." Oh it's a great poem. Shall I recite it to you? [He does, and lingers on the last line:] "After the first death, there is no other." He was 25 when he wrote that.
Listen to Merwin recite Thomas
You once wrote that you believe "too much in words." We humans want language to express things that existed in us before language did.
According to Aristotelian logic it doesn't work that way, but I think there are always two sides, and one of them is the unsayable. The utterly singular. Who you are; who you can never tell anybody. And on the other hand, there is what you can express. How do we know about this thing we talk about? Because we talk about it. We're using words. And the words never say it, but the words are all we have to say it.
Writers want the words to capture something perceived fleetingly, from the corner of your eye -- and then it's gone.
Thoreau says, "In wildness is the preservation of the world." People [think it's] "wilderness." It's not "wilderness," it's "wildness." Wildness is not suddenly having a lion in the garden. It's that sense you described, that it just got away from you.
You run across this all the time. A poem you've known for years by heart, you get to the end and feel it just got away from you. The difference between poetry and prose -- in prose you set out to say something and you get to say it. In poetry you set out to say something and you get as near to it as you possibly can, but that's still not it.
You knew Ted Hughes and Robert Lowell; W.H. Auden was an early promoter of your work. What were the first poetic notes you heard?
My grandmother, one thing I'm really grateful to her for [is] one line; she would just go off into a daze and say, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help." My mother, bless her, read to us -- "A Child's Garden of Verses," which I still simply adore. I love Stevenson.
"Dark brown is the river, golden is the sand -- "
"It flows along forever, with trees on either hand." [He recites "Where Go the Boats?" ] It makes me cry. It moves me as much as most poems.
Speaking of crying, I can't read some of your poems about the dying of the natural world without weeping, like "For a Coming Extinction," about the gray whale.
In Corvallis in the late '70s, this biologist said we're losing a species a week. I thought this was terrible. You can't say, "Whoops, we made a mistake," and fix it. It's over. Now we're losing a species every few seconds. And it's accelerating. I used to go out and listen to nine nightingales. Now I haven't heard a nightingale for two or three years.
And people think all green is interchangeable, that a golf course is as good as a forest.
This may shock somebody: It begins with agriculture, when we start taking a piece of land and marking it off and saying, "This is mine here, I'm going to get rid of everything that's growing here and make it grow what I want." Who says it's yours?
Some people regard your poems of the natural world as political.
That's wonderful! I don't make a distinction between nature and us and between the natural world and the urban world -- the urban world is part of the natural world, not the other way around.
And you've written about your beloved dogs; in "The Shadow of Sirius" there's a line "hoping to touch your long amber fur."
That was Koa. Koa was a collie-shepherd. He was a puppy abandoned on the beach. He was one of the great dogs I've ever known.
Why did you give up punctuating your poems?
Certainly I've nothing against 18th century prose punctuation, but it's basically made for prose and it sort of nails the poem to the page. I think it's very important to keep the lifeline to the spoken language. This is one of the reasons why I'm suspicious of writing on the computer, because I think that's a further step away. Poetry begins with hearing something. "This is no country for old men" -- that may have been a phrase Yeats carried in his mind for years without having a poem to go with it.
You can still hear Yeats reading [online], "I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree." He reads it so beautifully. And I think, "Willie, that's one thing you're not going to do -- arise and go now to Innisfree"!
Does a poetry bestseller mean you've done something wrong?
Why should it? [But] I think it's unlikely that a really good poem is going to be a bestseller. For one thing, people read them wrong. When people say, "I don't read poetry because I don't understand it," I think, "Do you understand your sandwich? Do you understand combing your hair?"
What's all this about understanding? You read poetry for some kind of pleasure you can't quite put your finger on.
How is poetry changing?
What I'm looking at is a landscape of young writers; there are probably more than one would expect, an awful lot of young writers being published. There are a lot more poets than there were 50 years ago and more places to publish them. Some [poets] are much better than others, but that's the way it always is. You can't expect that everyone who writes poetry is going to write wonderful poetry.
When I interviewed Kevin Kelly, the co-founder of Wired magazine, I asked him what he would like me to ask you. He wondered what you'd think of creating a post of U.S. science laureate.
Why not? It's a good idea. Except that science gets so much money and attention already, at the expense of the humanities. I'm not worried about science.
This interview is edited and excerpted from a longer taped transcript. An archive of past interviews is at latimes.com/pattasks.
Patt Morrison Asks: The poet, W.S. Merwin
An Idaho resort hotel's verdure is not the wild tumble around W.S. Merwin's beloved Hawaiian home, but disciplined grass and orderly stands of trees. Not, perhaps, the sort of trees Merwin had in mind when he wrote, "On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree." But the Sun Valley Writers' Conference bears an annual crop of words and ideas, and Merwin is here as a master gardener of that. He just ended a year's term as the nation's poet laureate. He has to his name two Pulitzer Prizes and more than 30 books of poetry and prose, and a hand-planted forest at home of rare and endangered palms. The Merwin Conservancy is dedicated to keeping his works green -- the ones he created with words, and the natural ones that exist before and beyond them.


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Justin Bieber Responds to Seth Rogen Hate: 'Sorry I Didn't Bow Down to You'
Justin Bieber has responded to Seth Rogen's recent disparaging remarks about him.
The 20-year-old entertainer took to Twitter after Seth appeared on Watch What Happens Live (via People) and called Justin a number of things, including "obnoxious," "ungrateful," "insincere," and "a piece of sh-t."
Justin just tweeted, "Seth Rogan sorry I didnt bow down when I asked 2 meet u was probably a bit shy and didn't want to be over the top but still. love ur movies."
This refers to the time Justin asked to meet Seth while both were on set of a German talk show.
"I was like, 'Sure, I'll meet him,'" Seth explained on The Howard Stern Show (via Billboard). "So I went outside to meet him and he was acting like I asked to meet HIM! It was very nonchalant, 'Yo man. What's up?' and I was like, 'What the f-ck, I don't give a f-ck about, I don't want to meet you. Don't act all nonplussed to meet me. I didn't want to meet you. I was totally cool not meeting you� But I was like, fine, I wouldn't have said anything, I was like, 'He's a bit of a motherf-cker.'"
He added, "He's a good example of someone you meet, who you think you're going to hate, and then you get to hate him as much as you thought. You meet him, and he lives up to every one of your expectations of how you hope he will be."
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Introduction for unknown soundcard
There are two ways of getting Linux drivers to work, you can either compile them into the kernel or build them separately as modules. Read the Kernel-HOWTO for details of how to compile a kernel.
You must turn on the sound support soundcore module. This is in the kernel. Look in the sound drivers directory and it should be the first option. Most people enable the module setting. That way you can load and unload the module manually if you have multiple soundcards/devices or if you intend to debug or use cutting edge software which may cause your drivers to halt sometimes. Of course it also means you have more control of your system.
Most modern distros come with soundcore compiled as a module. You can check this in numerous ways. The easiest way is to type.
modinfo soundcore
If this command returns that you have this module, then you don't need to recompile your kernel.
Quick Install
NB. If you are using hg (mercurial) then you need to type
./hgcompile "or" make build
instead of
In a shell type these commands:
Make a directory to store the alsa source code in.
cd /usr/src mkdir alsa cd alsa cp /downloads/alsa-* .
Now unzip and install the alsa-driver package
bunzip2 alsa-driver-xxx tar -xf alsa-driver-xxx cd alsa-driver-xxx ./configure --with-cards=unknown --with-sequencer=yes;make;make install
NB. If you are using drivers before 0.9.4 then you need to run
If you use devfs then you should not run the snddevices script
The snddevices script sets the permissions for the devices it creates to root. You should
chmod a+rw /dev/dsp /dev/mixer /dev/sequencer /dev/midi
Now unzip and install the alsa-lib package
cd .. bunzip2 alsa-lib-xxx tar -xf alsa-lib-xxx cd alsa-lib-xxx ./configure;make;make install
Now unzip and install the alsa-utils package
cd .. bunzip2 alsa-utils-xxx tar -xf alsa-utils-xxx cd alsa-utils-xxx ./configure;make;make install
Now insert the modules into the kernel.
modprobe snd-unknown;modprobe snd-pcm-oss;modprobe snd-mixer-oss;modprobe snd-seq-oss
NB. For drivers older than 0.9.0beta11 use:
modprobe snd-card-unknown
Now adjust your soundcards volume levels. All mixer channels are muted by default. You must use a native mixer program to unmute appropriate channels, for example alsamixer from the alsa-utils package. Note that some usb-audio devices do not have internal mixer controls.
You can also look at the utils/alsasound file. This script is designed for the RedHat distribution, but it can be used with other distributions which use System V style rc init scripts. This will allow you to load your modules at boot time. If you want to do this you could just compile them into the kernel instead and save yourself the hassle of coming to terms with the rc init scripts.
Setting up modprobe and kmod support
Before you send a mail complaining that "I don't have /etc/modules.conf, where do I find it ....." ,The /etc/conf.modules has been deprecated with a few distro's so in your case, it may still be /etc/conf.modules. Basically they are both the same, but recent version of modutils uses /etc/modules.conf instead. Nothing to worry about as such, optionally please update to latest version of modutils. This should solve your problem.
Here's the example for this card. Copy and paste this to the bottom of your /etc/modules.conf file.
Note to debian users: You need to save this information into a file in the /etc/modutils/ directory (Eg. /etc/modutils/alsa) and run update-modules
# ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-unknown
# module options should go here
# OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
# card #1 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
NB. For drivers older than 0.9.0beta11 use:
To copy and paste the above to your /etc/modules.conf file follow these instructions.
A short explanation of what happens in the /etc/modules.conf file
Native Devices
After the main multiplexer is loaded, its code requests top level sound card module. String snd-card-%i is requested for native devices where %i is sound card number from zero to seven. String sound-slot-%i is requested for native devices where %i is slot number for ALSA owner this means sound card number. The options line allows you to set various config options before the module is loaded. String snd_id lets you set the name of the card which is returned in the /proc/asound/cards file. Other options may be available which are card specific. The options for these are found in the INSTALL file or above.
xyz@localhost#pico /etc/modules.conf
# ALSA portion alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel alias snd-card-1 snd-cmipci
options snd-cmipci id="first" mpu_port=0x330
# OSS/Free portion alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
NB. For drivers older than 0.9.0rc5 use:
options snd-cmipci snd_id="first" snd_mpu_port=0x330
The "snd_" prefix has been removed from the "module options" to fit with the kernel standard.
Autoloading OSS/free emulation
We are finished at this point with the configuration for ALSA native devices, but you may also need autoloading for ALSA add-on OSS/Free emulation modules. At this time only one module does not depend on any others, thus must be loaded separately, snd-pcm1-oss.o. String sound-service-%i-%i is requested for OSS/Free service where first %i means slot number e.g. card number and second %i means service number.
xyz@localhost#pico /etc/modules.conf
# OSS/Free portion - card #1 alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
# OSS/Free portion - card #2 (cmipci)
alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss
The alias for snd-seq-oss is not necessary on the second device, because there is only one /dev/sequencer, regardless how many devices you have.
The .asoundrc file
Find out more about this file here.
This file allows the you to have more advanced control over your card/device. Some very useful applications will not work without it. The .asoundrc file consists of definitions of the various cards available in your system. It also gives you access to the pcm plugins in alsa-lib. These allow you to do tricky things like combine your cards into one or access multiple i/o's on your mulitchannel card.
Below is the most basic definition.
Make a file called .asoundrc in your home and/or root directory.
vi /home/xxx/.asoundrc
copy and paste the following into the file then save it.
pcm.unkown { type hw card 0 }
ctl.uknown { type hw card 0 }
Become an active member of the Linux Audio Community at Linux Audio Developers or Linux Audio Users Learn about how to use applications that support ALSA. The Linux Audio Users Guide Keep up to date with the news at M-Station or Open Audio Projects The most current book about Linux audio is Linux Music and Sound Find more applications at Sound & MIDI Software For Linux
For professional quality, low latency audio routing use JACK - The Jack Audio Connection Kit
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Posted: Sep 12, 2011 1:47 am
Post subject: Mantario Majestic
On the weekend of September 24th and 25th jbduffman and I will be hiking the Mantario trail in an attempt to find the Mantario Majestic cache (GCQEDH).
We will be starting off at the North trailhead early Saturday morning, plan to camp one night along the trail, and arrive at the South trailhead Sunday evening.
Anyone is welcome to join us. You will need your own overnight hiking gear and need to be in shape enough to cover approximately 30km of trail in one day. (The entire trail is about 64km long.) You will also have to be prepared for a cold camping night along the trail, but there shouldn't be any bugs and the trail should be fairly dry at this time of year.
If you are interested in joining us, feel free to post a reply.
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Posted: Sep 12, 2011 7:02 pm
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I hate to be the one to suggest this, but perhaps you should consider contacting Stuntman to see if he wants you to pull this cache while you are out there. By the looks of the last log, it needs a bit of maintenance.
I'm not up-to-date on the MB Parks policy, but last I heard the Mantario Trail was considered a wilderness area and therefore off limits to caches.
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Posted: Sep 14, 2011 12:10 am
Post subject: The last Mantario Majestic
I'm going to be picking up the cache containers along the way as The-Stuntman will be archiving this cache after the weekend. This will be the last time for this cache if anyone has been interested in doing this one.
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Kudos to you ruylopez for doing this. All the best on your expedition. It is a formidable challenge you are taking on. It will be an unforgetable experience.
Kudos to The-Stuntman for placing this, my all time favourite wilderness cache.
The Mantario Trail passes through 3 different "Land Use Areas". 2 of them are areas that are compatible with Manitoba Parks' geocaching regulations. Just sayin'...
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Posted: Sep 15, 2011 6:34 pm
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I might actually be interested.
I was wanting to do this trail sometime this summer/fall and havent got around to it.
Im just curious what you plan on bringing in terms of food? Canned? Dried?
Do you have a map of the trail? I hear it can be hard to follow in certain areas.
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I typically bring pasta/oatmeal on overnight trips, the types of foods that don't weigh very much and only need water. Lots of canned goods should usually be avoided since they are heavier and require you to carry out the can.
I have a map of the trail and I've also downloaded someone's route that they posted online that can be loaded onto my GPSr. I don't know how accurate it will be. I've also done the trail once before (back before I knew about caching and I walked by all those boxes). The trail is very rough and can be very tough to follow and typically not all that well maintained - but it is the Manitoba wilderness so I wouldn't expect anything else. At this time of year though it should be relatively dry.
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When are you leaving?
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I will be leaving for the Whiteshell at Noon on Friday to do some caching in the afternoon and evening. I'll be meeting jbduffman at the South trail head between 6:30pm to 7:00pm to drop off a car and then we'll be camping at the North end trail head Friday night and will be leaving bright and early Saturday morning, probably between 6:00am and 6:30am.
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If Santa Anita's jockeys' race were a political election, Rafael Bejarano would be
declared the winner in a landslide. With a 26-win lead over his closest competitor and only seven racing days remaining in the 71-day meet, some might even call it a mandate.
With four wins from four mounts yesterday, the 30-year-old Peruvian held a commanding 82-56 lead over runner-up Edwin Maldonado and appeared well on his way to his fourth Santa Anita title, even though he rides at Keeneland today and Oaklawn Park tomorrow.
One of Bejarano's wins Thursday came aboard Top Kisser for Jerry Hollendorfer in the seventh race. It marked the 22nd time from 35 rides this meet riding for the Hall of Fame trainer that they have landed in the winner's circle, nearly 63 percent.
Bejarano is among the leaders nationally, as well. Through April 9, he ranked fourth in purse earnings with more than $3.8 million and was ninth in wins with 72.
Joe Ferrer, his agent of eight years, says all the kudos should go to Bejarano.
"Give all the credit to Rafael," Ferrer said. "I've never seen him ride better. He's done it all by himself. He's done an incredible job. He's getting better and better with age."
Told he should receive at least some plaudits, Ferrer was respectfully dismissive.
"It's good to ride 4-5 shots," he said.
Listed as the 3-5 morning line choice, Mizdirection would appear to have her five rivals at her mercy in Saturday's Grade III Las Cienegas Stakes over her favorite venue, Santa Anita's unique downhill turf course at about 6 ½ furlongs.
Despite the compact field, the race for older fillies and mares came up a bit salty. One mare that could rub sodium in the wound is Bench Glory, winner of the Irish O'Brien Stakes on March 17 after a year's absence.
"She came out of that race in very good shape," said Sean McCarthy, who trains the
6-year-old California-bred daughter of Benchmark for owner/breeder John Harris. "She's like a spring flower in bloom right now. The race came up very well timing wise and she loves the course.
"Of course, she's running against a great horse in Mizdirection. It's a small field but a very good field, but Bench Glory is doing as well now as she ever has. If somebody stubs a toe, our mare will be tough."
The field for the Las Cienegas: Purim's Dancer, Tyler Baze, 5-2; Schiaparelli, Joe Talamo, 4-1; Dancingtothestars, Kevin Krigger, 15-1; Givine, Martin Pedroza, 20-1; Bench Glory, Brice Blanc, 10-1; and Mizdirection, David Flores, 3-5.
Mario Pino, winner of the 2013 Santa Anita George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, will accept the award in a winner's circle ceremony after the fifth race Sunday at Santa Anita.
Pino, Maryland's all-time leading jockey who recently moved with his wife, Christina, and three daughters to Florida, is also 10th on racing's all-time win list with nearly 6,500 winners.
In a vote of jockeys nationwide, Pino outpolled fellow riders Javier Castellano, Perry Compton, David Flores and Rodney Prescott.
Initiated by Santa Anita in 1950, the Woolf Award honors riders whose careers and personal character earn esteem for the individual and the sport of Thoroughbred racing.
Pino, 51, garnered national acclaim as the regular rider of top-tier 3-year-old Hard Spun in 2007, guiding him to a second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby and to victories in the Grade I King's Bishop Stakes at Saratoga and the Grade II Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway Park. He would go on to ride the Larry Jones trainee to a runner-up finish behind eventual Horse of the Year Curlin in the 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic at Monmouth Park.
The Woolf Award was created to honor and memorialize legendary jockey George "The Iceman" Woolf, was regarded as one of the greatest big money riders of his era, who died following a spill on Santa Anita's Club House turn on Jan. 3, 1946. The trophy is a replica of the full-size statue of the late jockey which adorns Santa Anita's Paddock Gardens area.
The Woolf Award was won last year by Ramon Dominguez.
Charlie Whittingham, legendary Hall of Fame trainer of champions such as Ack Ack, Cougar II, Turkish Trousers, Ferdinand and Sunday Silence, would have been 100 years old on Saturday, and as such, Santa Anita Park will honor the occasion with an array of video tributes available to on-track attendees and those at simulcast outlets.
Although "The Bald Eagle," Santa Anita's all-time leading stakes winning trainer with 204 added money tallies, succumbed to leukemia at age 86 in April, 1999, his presence and contributions to Thoroughbred racing and to The Great Race Place are anything but forgotten.
A large bronze bust of his likeness adorns Santa Anita's East Paddock Gardens and a monogrammed tack box, with his signature "CW" stable logo and a small plaque entitled "In Memory of Charlie Whittingham," remains intact at Barn 4, his longtime base of operation that currently is home to Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella.
Perhaps more important is the fact that memories of the self-effacing Whittingham are still vivid in the minds of not only those who knew him well, but also those who were merely casual acquaintances.
The late trainer Willard Proctor summed up the character of his longtime friend and confidant in succinct fashion upon Whittingham's passing: "Charlie wore winning well," said Proctor. "He could win the Santa Anita Handicap (nine times) or the Hollywood Gold Cup (eight times) and he was just the same guy."
Multiple Eclipse Award-winning Daily Racing Form columnist Jay Hovdey captured the essence of Whittingham's success and appeal thusly in Saturday's DRF: "His best horses became popular older horses, full grown and magnificent, able to cultivate loyal fans and sustain serious careers at the top of the game. Whittingham won those seven (national) money championships—all of them without significant help from horses younger than 4—because he could deliver on the promises he made to high-rent patrons that it was better to let other barns make mistakes, run their horses too soon or too steep, and always be there in overwhelming force when the pot was full."
The following races honoring Whittingham will be shown between live races on Saturday:
--1970 San Juan Capistrano Handicap. Whittingham won his first of a record 14 San Juan's as his twosome of Fiddle Isle and Quicken Tree dead-heated after 1 ¾ miles on turf.
--1973 Santa Anita Handicap: Whittingham ran one-two with Cougar II and Kennedy Road, as Laffit Pincay, Jr. and Donald Pierce "threw it down" and were separated by a nose at the wire.
--1985 Santa Anita Handicap: Lord At War, with Bill Shoemaker up, put the "Shoe-Charlie Club" center stage before a record on-track crowd of 85,527.
--1987 Breeders' Cup Classic: Run at Hollywood Park, Whittingham's Ferdinand, winner of the 1986 Kentucky Derby, defeated '87 Derby winner Alysheba in one of the greatest moments in Breeders' Cup history.
--1989 Santa Anita Derby: Whittingham's Sunday Silence annihilated the competition and went on to win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Breeders' Cup Classic and was thus crowned Horse of the Year.
On the 100th anniversary of his birth, the "pot" remains full and as Charlie would have said, "We got 'em surrounded."
And how, Mr. Whittingham. And now.
Garrett Gomez will ride Santa Anita Handicap runner-up Clubhouse Ride in the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic on April 20, agent Tony Matos said Friday morning after the son of Candy Ride worked five furlongs on Santa Anita's fast main track in a bullet 59.40.
Trainer Craig Lewis said the 5-year-old Kentucky-bred chestnut was "on cruise" for the drill, which is expected to lead to a rematch with Big Cap winner Game On Dude.
Matos added that Gomez rides Gotham winner and third-place Wood Memorial finisher Vyjack in the Kentucky Derby; Examen for Tom Proctor in the Coolmore Lexington Stakes on April 20, and, of course, champion Beholder for Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella in the Kentucky Oaks on May 3.
In honor of her 73rd birthday yesterday, co-worker Joe Laricchia bought Georgie Arias a one dollar, one-way 7-3 exacta ticket for each of the eight races.
The number went down in flames until the final race. That's when a 5-year-old maiden making his first start named Talk of the Town won by a length and half under Agapito Delgadillo for trainer and part owner Bill Spawr, paying $10.
Closing well to be second in the five furlong sprint was Mr. Cappuccino, ridden by Arnold Perez for trainer Uri Rafaeli, at 76-1 the longest shot in the field of nine. The 7-3 exacta returned $250.90.
"What a great surprise," said Arias, currently Grandstand Captain of Ushers who has been on the beat at Southern California tracks since 1984. "I really didn't want to go public with the news, because now everyone knows my age, but at this stage, I guess it doesn't matter."
FINISH LINES: Caracortado, who has not raced in 15 months due to persistent frog problems with his right front foot, could have his first workout since that lengthy span soon. Winner of nine of 19 starts and $864,105, the rags-to-riches California-bred gelding won the Daytona Stakes with a breathtaking last-to-first move on Jan. 8, 2012, albeit in a four-horse field. "He could work on the turf at Hollywood Park when it opens," trainer Mike Machowsky said of the chestnut son of Cat Dreams, winner of the Grade II Robert B. Lewis Stakes in 2010 and the Grade II Del Mar Handicap in 2011. "He might even breeze here." Caracortado won first out at Fairplex Park in September of 2009 against $40,000 maiden claimers . . . Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg, one of only five conditioners with 6,000 career wins, will sign his book, "Jack, From Grit to Glory", throughout the day on Saturday, April 20, across from Champions! Gifts & Apparel. Written by Chris Kotulak, it's the improbable story of one of racing's true greats. Books are $20 at the signing, $25 thereafter . . . Veteran agent and handicapping guru Richie Silverstein will be Tom Quigley's guest at his seminar Saturday in the East Paddock Gardens starting at 11:30 a.m.
Santa Anita Statistics
(Current through Thursday, April 11)
Jockey Mts 1st 2nd 3rd Win% Money Won
Rafael Bejarano 318 82 58 36 26% $4,146,244
Edwin Maldonado 352 56 41 50 16% $2,193,018
Garrett Gomez 209 50 34 23 24% $3,143,088
Joe Talamo 349 45 56 57 13% $2,877,883
Tyler Baze 351 40 38 37 11% $1,572,348
Martin Garcia 227 36 33 29 16% $2,040,195
Victor Espinoza 171 32 18 23 19% $1,476,030
Julien Leparoux 206 28 31 18 14% $1,739,828
Kevin Krigger 156 24 20 15 15% $1,251,664
Martin Pedroza 151 20 17 23 13% $746,664
Agapito Delgadillo 140 17 16 21 12% $547,975
Gary Stevens 94 14 23 14 15% $1,110,164
Mario Gutierrez 149 13 22 25 9% $672,608
Mike Smith 78 13 12 14 17% $1,484,244
Orlando Mojica 176 11 18 25 6% $537,158
Trainer Sts 1st 2nd 3rd Win% Money Won
Bob Baffert 167 36 30 18 22% $3,449,020
Jerry Hollendorfer 111 33 22 14 30% $1,972,716
Doug O'Neill 233 32 41 32 14% $2,063,212
John Sadler 195 29 37 30 15% $1,647,123
Peter Miller 105 18 17 15 17% $929,566
Mike Mitchell 73 16 12 7 22% $611,084
Richard Mandella 53 15 12 3 28% $1,188,562
Mike Puype 102 14 10 15 14% $713,283
Jorge Gutierrez 68 13 9 15 19% $438,244
Julio Canani 53 13 5 5 25% $451,560
William Spawr 50 11 12 6 22% $319,480
Mark Glatt 81 10 9 9 12% $366,140
John Shirreffs 44 10 7 4 23% $642,938
Jeff Bonde 38 10 5 6 26% $402,250
Steve Knapp 54 10 2 10 19% $267,610


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Deuce Lockers?
I was wondering if the military M35A2 (aka the Deuce-and-a-Half) ever came with locking differentials like the Mercedes Unimog and G-series? If the Kaisers don't have locking differentials, would you know why?
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To the best of my knowledge and research, none of the military M35A2 trucks were fitted with selectable or automatic locking differentials from the factory. While some branches of the military have been known to install Detroit Lockers in the more specific-use Deuces, these were not a factory option so to speak. Given the wheelbase, additional rear axle, and amount of tires the M35A2 was equipped with, a locker (or lockers) was less critical for the military's intended use with the trucks. An automatic locker would have also created additional handling and equipment strains.
A fair amount of Deuces were equipped with a winch, and in general were convoy rigs. So if one got stuck, there were usually a few there to extract any in need. Some of the newer heavyweight U.S. military rigs do have selectable lockers, but I wouldn't expect to find any classic 2½-ton Rockwell axles fitted with locking differentials in a military surplus yard.
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I have subscribed to Four Wheeler for a very long time and have always enjoyed it. Your Rescued Wrangler project vehicle has been great, and my oldest son and I can't wait for more! My son is graduating from high school here in Southern California this June. He has signed on to play football just outside of Chicago next year in college and he leaves for camp the first week of August. So, our time together is slipping by.
We have recently resurrected my '88 Chevy Suburban 4X4 with a new fuel tank, fuel pump, and about 5 inches of lift. I am a heart attack survivor, so my son has handled much of the heavy lifting. We just took it out and had a blast—the whole family together off-road. My heart was overflowing. My wife and I, along with our four kids, buckled up, locked it in low, and had a blast in the desert.
My son really wants the Burb to be desert tan and we saw you rattle-canned the Wrangler. We want to know how you made it stick. We have very little to spend due to my heart issues, so a budget paintjob would be perfect. How did you prep? And where should we shop for the right color of flat Rust-Oleum (my favorite artistic outlet)?
Dusty Callow
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First off, your burb is looking good and congratulations to your son. I'm glad you like the Rescued Wrangler. I am in the middle of the build as we speak and hope to have it ready to drive in just a few months. Keeping in mind that I am no expert painter, my supply list was as follows:
• 220 grit sandpaper
• A bundle of Scotch-Brite pads
• A can of acetone
• Blue tape (extra wide)
• Mix of prep paper and cardboard
The thing to remember is to sand in big motions and use the Scotch-Brite pads in an X-pattern, so everything overlaps. I opted not to use a primer, and since your burb is white, you may be able to get away with doing the same. I found Wal-Mart to be the least expensive spot to get my paint. It was also one of the few places that carried the specific 1920 Army Green Rust-Oleum paint that I used.
If you know the exact color you want, you can also search around online from places like Amazon and buy it in bulk. I have roughly three coats on the Jeep, which required around eight cans. Ultra-flat paint like I used is pretty forgiving and easy to apply and touch up. Just don't go too heavy with the first coat. Best of luck with your project and be sure to shoot me some photos after it is done.
Block It
In the June '13 issue on page 49, you show a 1-inch rear block. I called Zone Offroad and they did not have one for my '11 Ford F-250. I checked other places and couldn't find anything smaller than two inches. Could you please tell me where I can find 1-inch blocks?
Scott Voge
Via email
The truck shown in the photo was a late-model Chevy 1500 4x4. If your truck was equipped with a rear block from the factory (most likely), then you may be able to swap it out for another block that can give you the lift you need. For example, if your truck was fitted with a 2-inch rear block from the factory, a 3-inch block would provide you with the lift you are looking for. A great source when looking at available lift options for your truck on-line is Rocky Mountain Suspension Products (www.rockymountainsusp.com). Another option would be to install an add-a-leaf, which would net closer to 1½ inches of lift.
Bed Swap
I just recently bought an '80 Jeep J10 that runs and drives. It has Dana 44 front and rear axles, T-18 transmission, and a 360ci V-8. I love the truck, but it was hit by a Suburban really hard behind the right rear wheel and is completely rusted out due its previous life as a Kansas snowplow truck. I have a welder and can get extra steel, but a buddy has a Comanche longbed that he's willing to give me for free. I'm wondering will it work, or could I use a Ford or Chevy bed with less modification? Of course, I could build a flatbed, but I have a lot of parts trucks that I can pull a bed from.
Geoff Irwin
Via email
I have learned over the years, that just because you have something sitting around or a free part handy, it doesn't mean that it's worth spending the time, effort, and additional money to make it work on your project. Assuming your J10 is equipped with the 119-inch wheelbase, finding a replacement bed that will be a direct fit may be a challenging task. I've heard of a few guys modifying Ford pickup beds from the '70s on their J-trucks, but the conversion required a decent amount of bodywork. If you have access to a few different beds, I would start pulling frame and wheelwell measurements.
The J-truck is closer to a midsized pickup, so I would start with those. As long as you are happy with the bed height and style, taking a truck bed from another model just might work for your needs. Another option would be an old military trailer or service bed. The flatbed would be my last resort as well. When done with thought and proper planning, a flatbed can be a great bed option.
4x4 Vans
Did Chevy ever offer a four-wheel drive version of the P30 van? I have a Stepvan that's able to haul 9,500 pounds that I would like to convert, but want to do the job correctly.
Harry Yeomans
Via email
While I think it's a great idea, unfortunately, I haven't found any record of a factory 4x4 P30. The conversion is not impossible, as I stumbled across a few online, but it won't be cheap or extremely easy. If you are dead set on a 4x4 van, but willing to bend a little on what type, Quigley Motor Company (www.quigley4x4.com) offers turn-key 4x4 conversion vans and is worth checking out.
Keep the Carpet?
I have wheeled my '90 Ford F-150 for a few years now and really enjoy how it works off-road. Last summer, I built a set of tube doors, which were awesome on the trail! The problem that I am having is that my carpet is in terrible shape. I have pulled it out once to pressure wash it, but it didn't really help. I don't care for the spray-in liners, but I am not sure what my other options are. Any advice is appreciated.
Via email
If you have a pick-and-pull yard near you, I would search out a vinyl floor from a work truck. It will still have insulation under the mat and you can hose it out from time to time. If you can't find one in good shape, you can always look for new ones online. Companies such as LMC Truck (www.lmctruck.com) actually offer replacement interiors for your truck and should have everything you need.
Four More
I just acquired a '93 Jeep Wrangler YJ that has the stock 2.5L four-cylinder engine and AX-5 manual transmission. It already has 33s, but I want to go to 35s. I am pretty sure it has stock gearing because it is very slow. The Jeep isn't going to be a daily driver, but I will drive it on most of my off-road adventures (no tow rig, only a Honda at the house!). Can you suggest what I can do to make the Jeep have more power on the highway? I know that regearing will help, and once I get the rear axle swapped out (still has the Dana 35), I will step up to a 4.88 gearset. It may be a lost cause, but I don't have the money for an engine swap, so the four-popper needs to work for now!
Brian May
Via email
As someone who has owned a few four-cylinder Wranglers, I understand your gripe. I have had good luck with 4.88 gears and 33s, and depending on how mountainous a region you live in, you may be fine with 35s and the same. If you are swapping axles and can opt for 5.13 gears, I would. As far as pulling more power out of your engine—there isn't much you can do. A few guys swear by swapping out your stock throttle body for one from a 4.0L TJ, but I wouldn't hold my breath for huge power gains. Ditching the mechanical fan for an electric one will help, but again, don't expect to be blown away.
The best performance advice I can offer for a four-cylinder Jeep is to keep it light. Don't overdo it with heavy bumpers and accessories. Watch the weight everywhere—this includes your wheels and tires. A lightweight aluminum wheel is much easier for your Jeep to spin than a heavier steel wheel. If you don't need your backseat, pull it out. Depending on how far you are traveling, and how savvy you are with a plug kit, ditching the spare tire for an on-board air compressor and tire repair kit will net you a better power to weight ratio as well. Fabric doors and swapping to a soft top (if you don't already have one) are also great weight savers.
If you are more into rockcrawling and low speed trail riding I strongly recommend installing lower transfer-case gears. This upgrade is a bit pricey, but a 4:1 conversion such as the one offered from TeraFlex (www.teraflex.biz) will improve the control and off-road performance tremendously. The 2.5L has a bad rap for being underpowered, which it is, but that shouldn't keep you from wheeling and road trips.
Tension Shackle
I have been looking at numerous suspension set-ups, and I was hoping you could clarify something for me. What is the actual name of the suspension design found in the rear of most domestic ½-ton and larger trucks? I'm referring to where the spring is mounted above the shackle, and the shackle is inverted (when compared to what is normally found on most Jeeps).
What are the advantages of using this configuration, and what are the disadvantages? Has it, or could it, be applied to the front axle of a leaf-sprung vehicle (in the case of a vehicle with the shackle mounted at the rear of the leaf spring)? I've seen it on numerous vehicles, and though I am aware that there are conversion kits to flip the shackle over (to gain additional lift), I was curious as to its intended advantages in stock form.
Jason Rowley
Via www.fourwheeler.com
(Editor John Cappa responds:) I call it a tension-mounted shackle. The main reason it exists is for stability. Not because the design is more stable, but because mounting the springs on the outside of the frame is more stable than mounting them closer together and under the frame. In any given situation, wider leaf-spring spacing will cause the vehicle to be more stable, but allows less articulation. This is especially important on load-carrying vehicles like pickups, where this design is common.
It also allows a longer, more arched leaf spring in a given area, which (when combined) helps improve vertical wheeltravel, ride comfort, and load capacity. A longer spring will generally ride and flex better than a shorter spring. A more arched spring will generally ride harsher than a flat spring, yet it will maintain shape and have a higher load capacity than the flat spring. So it's a balance of these two.
It doesn't really make sense to put this suspension design on a front axle for several reasons. The main reason is because of steering clearance (no room to mount the springs on the outside of the frame on most 4x4s) and because of ground clearance issues.
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Since 2007, the "Help A Hero" program has supported the VFW's Operation Uplink "Free Call Days," making more than 2 million calls home possible for deployed and hospitalized U.S. service members. In its seventh year, the campaign will expand its focus to offer scholarships to veterans through the VFW's Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship Program. Each scholarship will provide up to $5,000 to veterans who are pursuing an education at postsecondary institutions, including trade schools.
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My tin dollhouse became the main house: usually the Ponderosa. A smaller tin house became the bunkhouse. My white Tonka truck hauled cattle and wagons and horse riders roamed the kitchen from one end to the other.
I found this set while roaming around Old Town Scottsdale a few weeks ago and will be taking (most of) it to my grandsons this summer.
Last week I took them in to my Writers Inspiration Group as a prompt for writing western stories. I also took my pictures and things from the Festival of the West. Would you believe there were only a couple of people who knew the shows I was discussing and the history of the West?
They didn't even know about "Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman" and Joe Lando. I was practically speechless. Some said they grew up in Chicago or New Jersey and they didn't watch them. How sad is that?
I know people from all over the world who know all the old westerns and ran around their yards slapping their hips to make their "horses" go faster.
All I can say is, I'm sorry you all were so deprived!
I did have fun playing with these plastic memories. The worst part was crawling around on the floor and then getting back up.
Did you grow up during the Golden Age of the Western? (1950s and 60s) or did your family stick with Perry Mason?
Memoir Prompts:
Find a quotation that is familiar and write about how and why it moves you.
Write about an April Fool's joke.
What makes you really angry?
Write about your first dance.
What are your favorite spring flowers?
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Dear friends,
I did it!
I ran my first race.
I finished my first race.
It was so much more than I expected.
It was more nerve-wracking. (Where-to-go and what-to-do issues worry me. Fortunately, everybody was very helpful and answered every single one of my questions. And my irrational fear of getting off course because I've fallen behind and can't see the runners ahead of me never came to pass, not to mention the course was well marked.)
It was more challenging. (Uphill start, roller-coaster middle, uphill finish tells you everything you need to know.)
It was more taxing. (I started too fast and never really caught my breath, but managed to push through it nevertheless. I think my loud wheezing scared a couple of people, especially when we realized I was breathing too hard to drink the cup of water handed to me by the race volunteers. But, hey, nobody questioned my effort.)
It was more rewarding. (I came in 31st out of 61 runners. Middle of the pack, baby! I had no idea being solidly average could feel so damn good.)
It was more interesting. (I ran with all kinds of folks. Among the people I beat was a 13-year-old boy in his pajamas and robe, and a woman I only know casually but who's very fit and who I would have wagered could smoke me. Among the people who beat me was a women about my age who confessed at the starting line that she's a heavy smoker and runs in the hopes it will persuade her to give up nicotine, and a colleague who's 10 years my senior.)
It was more fun. (Afterwards, race organizers invited runners to the local brew pub, where we all enjoyed a complimentary beer. After that, my regular running buddy and I went to breakfast with two other racers. Corned beef hash, eggs over easy, and biscuits and gravy were a fabulous prize for having conquered my fear.)
It was more surprising. (I placed third in my age group and won a prize. How's that for positive reinforcement? Yes, there were only five ladies in the 50-59 category, but I was less than three minutes behind the first two.)
It was more alluring. (There's a local race on Thanksgiving morning and I've already persuaded Kate and her college roommate, Kris, to join me. I have a feeling there are many more races in my future.)
It was more more. (Who knew a little weekend competition among souls of all ages and abilities could bring out the athlete in me?)
With gratitude {for unrealized fear turned into inspiration},
Joan, who kindly asks that you hum the Chariots of Fire theme song when you think of her


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ActiveState this week added open source packages for financial and scientific computing to its ActivePython distribution of the Python programming language.
The move is being made as a result of growing demand for Python in heavy data-centric scientific computing and financial modeling applications, the company said. The packages are being offered partially in response to proposed rules about asset-backed securities from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
[ Also on InfoWorld: In the dynamic language space, Zend Technologies this week offered clustering capabilities for PHP as well. ]
"Python's extensibility and interoperability with other programming languages and numerical libraries makes it an increasingly popular choice in both the financial and scientific computing communities," said Diane Mueller, director of enterprise product management at ActiveState, in a statement released by the company. "ActiveState offers the most robust Python distribution and service levels agreements for companies demanding efficiencies and high performance required in today's increasingly complex computing environments."
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Cleaning & Maintaining Westerleigh Park
Saturday, August 16, 2014
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
This event repeats every week on Saturday between 4/26/2014 and 12/20/2014.
Please note: This event has already taken place. Please use the Search options on the right to find upcoming events.
Help us maintain the beauty of Westerleigh Park by raking, planting, or gardening. Enjoy a cup of coffee and a donut while getting great exercise. We are there every Saturday morning.
Event Organizer
Friends of Westerleigh Park, Partnerships for Parks
Contact Number
(718) 442-0336


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8:30 am
Hey Kids, Let's Cook "Chicken Rice Bowls" Today we're going to show you how to make a bowl with an Asian flair. .Chicken Rice Bowls. D
9:00 am
Growing a Greener World "Sol Mobile Bus (Various Cities Across America)" We follow a group of young gardeners who are traveling the country in a retro-fitted school bus powered on nothing but waste vegetable oil and their own enthusiasm. With a traveling greenhouse, green roof and lots of seeds, they hope to teach edible gardening with sustainable practices in cities and towns across America. D
9:30 am
This American Land "Beaver Builders, Wrangling Water, Body Electric, Census in the Smokies" In eastern Oregon, researchers are doing some extreme fieldwork (snorkeling in rivers and streams in the middle of the night, in the middle of winter). They seek to learn more about how beaver dams are helping to create healthier streams and rivers for salmon, trout, songbirds and nearby communities.G
10:00 am
Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Italian Favorites Revisited" Test cook Bridget Lancaster shows host Christopher Kimball how to make the ultimate Slow-Cooker Meatballs and Marinara. Then, Chris answers questions from viewers. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reveals his top picks for garlic peelers. D
10:30 am
Tracks Ahead "Western Pacific Railroad Museum" Travel with Tracks Ahead into the Sierra Nevada mountains to visit a museum dedicated to the Western Pacific Railroad; see a G gauge layout especially adapted to the harsh Arizona climate; visit a great European collection and layout; and visit a New England tourist destination which started life as a sled dog ranch. D
11:00 am
Song of the Mountains ETSU Old Time Pride Band; James Smith; Monroeville. D
12:00 pm
Sesame Street "A Song for the Letter G" Elmo, Rosita, and the letter "J" are singing a song about the sound that the letter "J" makes. After the "J" leaves, the letter "G" approaches Rosita and Elmo and tells them that he can make the "juh" sound, too, just like the letter "J", and he can also make the "guh" sound like in the word "gorilla." Elmo and Rosita think it is amazing that "G" can make two sounds! The "G" is upset, though, because he doesn't have a song about him like the letter "J" does. D
1:00 pm
Dinosaur Train "Dinosaur Big City, Pt. 3/Dinosaur Big City, Pt. 4" Dinosaur Big City Part III - The Dinosaur Train arrives in Laramidia, the Dinosaur Big City, and Buddy and the Pteranodon family explore the crowded "dinosaur metropolis." At the Theropod Convention, our kids reunite with Annie Tyrannosaurus and her parents Dolores and Boris, and they all meet the multi-horned mayor, Mayor Kosmoceratops! Dinosaur Big City Part IV - Buddy and Tiny help King Cryolophosaurus overcome his fear of performing in front of his biggest audience ever, and he wows a large dinosaur audience when he sings his new song, "Whole Lotta Theropods" at the Theropod Convention in Laramidia, the Dinosaur Big City. D
1:30 pm
Super Why! "Little Bo Peep" Where's Mister Lizard? Whyatt is searching and searching and doesn't know where to find him! Once again, it's the Super Readers to the rescue when they meet Little Bo Peep, who is hot on the trail of her missing sheep. The Super Readers aren't satisfied with leaving them alone until they come home, and spring into action! Educational Objectives: To learn about solving a mystery! Fun, interactive activities show preschoolers how to build the alphabet, rhyme with OG words and use the power to read to change the story. D
2:00 pm
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Maps/Termite Towers" Maps - Nick and Sally are pretending to be pirates. The Cat takes them on a real pirate adventure by following a treasure map! They use landmarks to find their way to a real pirate treasure: parchment paper and ink pens to make their own pirate maps! Termite Towers - Sally and Nick just can't seem to keep their block tower from toppling over. The Cat in the Hat takes them to meet some expert tower builders: the termites! After shrinking down to bug-size, they learn from Terry termite how to build a tower that won't wiggle and wobble. D
2:30 pm
Wild Kratts "Walk on the Wetside" When Chris and Martin locate an amazing water-walking Basilisk lizard in Costa Rica, they try to replicate its actions in order to learn how this rare lizard is able to walk on water. They discover that by using its wide feet, churning its legs to create water pockets and keeping up a certain speed, the Basilisk is able to run on water in order to escape from predators. And when Donita Donata begins capturing basilisks, Martin and Chris us their new water walking powers to rescue these rare lizards. D
3:00 pm
Wyland's Art Studio "Moonlight Celebration" Paint a simple yet detailed scene using minimal colors.G
3:30 pm
Piano Guy Host Scott Houston and five-time Grammy nominee, David Benoit, show viewers how to play Horace Silver's "Song For My Father." Guest pianists name and discuss their biggest musical influences. Bobby Floyd performs "Honeysuckle Rose. D
4:00 pm
Wild! "Peculiar Primate: Tarsier" Witness the alien-like Tarsier in their natural habitat and discover why the world's oldest primate may soon simply disappear. D
5:00 pm
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6:00 pm
Nature "Wild Balkans" The jagged contours of middle Europe with its thick forests, vast wetlands and deep chasms have thrown long, dark shadows over the history of the peninsula. It is as if the bloody history of the Balkans themselves conspired to conceal its natural wonders. The landscape is still untouched, and in it are wild animals that have all but vanished from the rest of Europe.G
7:00 pm
Wild! "Peculiar Primate: Tarsier" Witness the alien-like Tarsier in their natural habitat and discover why the world's oldest primate may soon simply disappear. D
8:00 pm
Martin Clunes: Horse Power "The Servant and the Symbol" Clunes watches his horse run at a Sussex racecourse, experiences how Britain uses horses for pomp and ceremony, heads to Italy to learn about the 800-year-old Palio horse race, and checks out a knight's armor. Clunes also seeks out ranch and rodeo horses in the western United States, and visits tribes in Central Asia where the culture is reliant on the horse. Part 2 of 2G
9:00 pm
Equitrekking "Great American Ranches" Equitrekking takes a look at how geography and history of ranches in Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Alberta, Texas, Maui and the Big Island influence their present workings. Interviewing ranch owners and cowboys who have chosen to hold fast to their traditions and Western culture, Darley learns about running a ranch, while also seeing some of the beautiful wild terrain. D
9:30 pm
Equitrekking "Vermont" Equitrekking host Darley Newman visits the Mountain Top Inn outside of Killington to explore the area's Green Mountains trails and learn the art of driving with two large Clydesdales. At the Vermont Icelandic Horse Farm, Darley experiences the smooth gaits of the Icelandic horse on a multi-day inn-to-inn ride through meadows, woods and old farm lands in the Mad River Valley. Next, Darley visits the University of Vermont's Morgan Horse Farm to learn about Vermont's state animal and UVM's historic breeding program, which dates back to 1878. D
10:00 pm
Nature "Wild Balkans" The jagged contours of middle Europe with its thick forests, vast wetlands and deep chasms have thrown long, dark shadows over the history of the peninsula. It is as if the bloody history of the Balkans themselves conspired to conceal its natural wonders. The landscape is still untouched, and in it are wild animals that have all but vanished from the rest of Europe.G
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The first days for applying for deferred deportation for some young adults under a program to use prosecutorial discretion brought out tens of thousands of applicants to workshops around the country and a first wave of responses from state governments about what privileges they would and would not extend to the recipients. In Chicago, an estimated 13,000 people lined up at the Navy Pier to get information and apply for deferred deportation status for 15- to 30-year-olds on Aug. 15, the first day applications could be filed under a move announced by President Barack Obama in June. Embassies and consulates around the country had long lines of people seeking documents they might need to apply. Church-run service agencies such as Guadalupe Social Services in the Diocese of Venice, Fla., reported steady calls and full schedules of appointments from people seeking help figuring out the program, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. Lindsay Spinazzola, immigration counselor for Guadalupe Social Services, said she's maxed out at three appointments a day for the next few weeks to help people figure out if they can participate in the program. "I get about 10 calls a day," she said. Spinazzola said about half of the queries she gets are for people who clearly cannot participate in the program, at least not yet, because they involve applications for children who are younger than 15. DACA is open to people who arrived in the United States before age 16, have been here at least five years and were not yet age 31 by June 15, when the program was announced. People younger than 15 who otherwise qualify will be able to apply once they reach age 15, the government announced. In Phoenix, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer issued an executive order saying beneficiaries of the federal status would not be eligible for driver's licenses, in-state tuition rates, or even be allowed to attend state-sponsored GED classes for the high school-equivalency exam. Enrollment in a GED program is one element that can be used to show eligibility for the program. Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman also issued a statement saying licenses and in-state tuition would continue to be off-limits to deferred action participants. But California and Oregon announced that the federal work permit which comes along with the deferred action status would qualify as evidence of lawful status, meaning people with the permits can apply for driver's licenses.
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