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BOONE, N.C. (Jan. 8, 2003) � Jessica Jank and Tiffani Johnson scored 14 points apiece to lead Appalachian State University to a 79-76 win over East Tennessee State at the Holmes Center Wednesday evening. The victory was Appalachian's (2-10, 1-2 SoCon) first of the season in league play and improved its record to 2-1 at home. The victory marked the third straight over East Tennessee State (3-9, 0-3 SoCon).
With both programs looking for their first Southern Conference win of the season, it was the Bucs that jumped out to the early advantage. ETSU scored the first six points of the game after Lauren Trantham's (Asheville, N.C.) jumper with 16:25 remaining in the first period, two of her 14 first-half points. It was a closely contested ballgame, with eight ties in the first period, and four lead changes. The Bucs netted six consecutive chances from the floor to take the five-point, 40-35 lead going into the intermission.
ETSU held onto the lead until Johnson's jumper at 14:39 gave the Mountaineers the 50-49 advantage. Appalachian led 76-69 with 3:03 remaining in the contest before the Bucs went on a 5-0 run to trim the margin to 76-74 with 1:37 left. Neither team could muster any offense until Conyers went to the charity stripe to hit 1-of-2 with 21 seconds left. East Tennessee State's Adrienne Walker (Augusta, Ga.) hit a jumper with 13 seconds to play to make it a one-point game. Michelle Conklin drained both free throws with 10 seconds to play to set the final margin.
East Tennessee State's Lauren Trantham led all players with 18 points and nine rebounds. Tiffani Mayes (Sumter, S.C.) and Kiya Verdell (Hartwell, Ga.) scored 15 points apiece. B.J. Banjo (Baltimore, Md.) added 10 points and five assists off the bench.
All five Mountaineer starters finished in double figures. Conklin registered 13 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Kiki Conyers recorded 12 points and eight rebounds from the point guard spot. Lindsay Smith tallied 11 points, and five assists.
ETSU returns to action Saturday as the Lady Bucs travel to Greensboro, N.C. to take on SoCon foe UNC Greensboro. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m.


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... [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS) IS] A MAN OF AVERAGE HEIGHT, DARK, WITH A LIGHT BEARD AT THE SIDES AND LONG IN THE FRONT; ... ONE WHO WILL BE KNOWN AS SHUAYB IBN SALEH. HE WILL HAVE WHITE CLOTHES, A BLACK BANNER AND 4000 PEOPLE UNDER HIS COMMAND... (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, al-Fatawa al-Hadithiyya, p. 41)
One of the details our Prophet (saas) supplies about Hazrat Mahdi (as) is to do with his beard. The Prophet (saas) has said in several hadiths that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be bearded, and in this hadith he provides detail about the shape of his beard. He says that the texture of his beard will be light and thin at the sides while the lower part is long.
In this hadith the Prophet (saas) addresses Hazrat Mahdi (as) as Shuayb ibn Saleh. In interpreting this hadith, the great Islamic scholar al-Haythami said that the word Shuaybused for Hazrat Mahdi (as) means a small division, meaning that the number of Hazrat Mahdi's (as) followers waging an intellectual struggle against unbelievers with him will be very low. He also explained that the term ibn Salehnotes that Hazrat Mahdi's (as) father will also be a very righteous man. On the basis of the trustworthy hadiths about Hazrat Mahdi (as), who the Prophet (saas) says will wear white clothes, al-Haythami has provided a further piece of information, saying that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will also bear the name of al-Harith, meaning Lion.

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Bobrovsky outduels Smith, Blue Jackets extend team record points streak to 10 with 1-0 SO winNHL.com @NHLdotcom
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Sergei Bobrovsky made 39 saves in regulation and overtime, then two more in the shootout to finish with his second career shutout ? both coming in the last week ? to lift surging Columbus to a 1-0 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night, extending the Blue Jackets' franchise record point streak to 10 games.
Artem Anisimov and Mark Letestu scored in the shootout, making nice moves then firing shots past Mike Smith, who made 23 saves and also got credit for a shutout, his fourth of the season and 23rd of his career. It was the fourth straight shootout game for the Blue Jackets.
The Blue Jackets improved to 6-0-4 in their last 10 games. Bobrovsky has been a big reason why, stopping 239 of 245 shots in his past eight games.
Phoenix has dropped four of its last six.
There wasn't much end to end play in the game, but when there was a chance, the goalies were there to snuff them out.
In overtime, Bobrovsky gloved a tough Martin Hanzal shot seemingly with ease and Brandon Dubinsky nearly jammed home the winner, but Smith also kept his cool hugging the post. The most dramatic chance in the third period came with under a minute left. Antoine Vermette had a clean look at the Columbus net from the slot but Bobrovsky turned it aside.
In the second period, Matt Calvert couldn't beat Smith from in tight after the puck squirted to him from behind the net. Later, Smith took matters into his own hands trying to create a little offence. He saucered a long pass to the Blue Jackets' blue line springing Rob Klinkhanner on a breakaway. Bobrovsky lunged to make the save with the shot clanking off his face mask.
With the period winding down and the Coyotes on the power play, Steve Sullivan missed on a golden opportunity, sending his redirect from near the crease wide. The Blue Jackets took off the other way with Dubinsky sending a spinning short-handed 2-on-1 feed to Calvert, but he was again stymied by Smith as the horn sounded.
Each team fired 12 shots on net in the opening period. Smith made the best save when he kicked out his right pad to stop Anisimov's breakaway shot.
NOTES: Columbus has not allowed a power-play goal in 13 games. ... Phoenix D Oliver Ekman-Larrson, 21, played his first game since signing a six-year contract worth $5.5 million annually. ... The Blue Jackets are 1-0-2 on a five-game home stand that continues Tuesday with Nashville. ... Phoenix's next stop on their season-high four-game (0-1-1) road trip is Monday at Los Angeles. They are 3-6-4 on the road this season. ... The Blue Jackets announced during the game they reassigned C Sean Collins to the Springfield Falcons of the AHL.


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But last year Chamberlain's goal was the first of four in a 4-0 season-opening win at Gardner-Webb. This time around Chamberlain's goal was the only one the Bisons could muster in a 1-1 tie with Berry College Tuesday night at the Lipscomb soccer practice field.
The game was played at the Lipscomb soccer practice field on Franklin Pike due to problems with the surface at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex on campus.
"Berry played well enough to score a goal that almost held up," said Lipscomb coach Charles Morrow. "Not to take anything away from Berry, but I don't think we played well. I don't think we gave Berry the respect that they deserved.
"Initially I didn't feel like the effort we needed. If you don't have a good, healthy respect for who you are playing it will catch up with you."
Berry scored at the 23:57 mark of the first period when senior midfielder Jan Weeg scored on a shallow cross from right to left to beat Bisons goalkeeper Brent McGee.
"At that point we played into how Berry wanted the game to go," said Morrow. "There were parts of the game where we showed a glimpse of how we could play."
Chamberlain dribbled in from 18 feet out and beat Berry goalkeeper Daniel Bullock who dived to his left to block the attempt. Chamberlain, however, shot the ball to the right side of Bullock for an unassisted goal at 87:31 of the second period.
"It wasn't until we went down a goal that there was the realization that we could lose the game," said Morrow. "We did some things that were better after we gave up the goal. They did a great job of getting numbers behind the ball and we were fortunate to get a goal back."
The two teams battled through two 10-minute overtime periods, but neither team could find an opening.
McGee made seven saves for the Bisons. Bullock stopped nine shots for Berry.
Chamberlain led the Bisons with nine shots, including three shots on goal. The nine shots were a career high for the sophomore.
Senior forward Luis Salazar led Berry with four shots.
The Bisons outshot Berry 29-14 and held a 10-8 edge on shots on goal.
It was the regular season opener for both teams. Berry is a former NAIA team starting to make the transition this season to NCAA Division III.
The Bisons are back in action this weekend as they make the short trip down the boulevard to participate in Belmont's tournament. They will play Oral Roberts Friday Sept. 4, and Marshall Sunday (Sept. 6) at 1.
"We have a long way to go," said Morrow. "Certainly, it was not the way we wanted to open the season. I think the Berry game will be a good learning experience for us."


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Seib & Wessel: Previewing the State of the Union
WSJ reporters Neil King, Colleen McCain Nelson and Laura Meckler swap reporting leads and predictions on the big themes of Barack Obama's State of the Union address, including the budget showdown, climate change and fixing the immigration system.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Last weekend marked World Oceans Day, a day dedicated to celebrating the beauty and bounty that our oceans provide, and raising awareness of the importance of protecting them. Here at ARKive, we've been inspired by the watery realm, and thought we'd honour our fellow mammals by submerging ourselves in the wonderful world of whales and dolphins.
Winged whale
An instantly recognisable species, the humpback whale is named for the distinctive 'hump' formed by its back as it prepares to dive. Its long flippers, another characteristic feature, can grow up to five metres in length, and contribute to this vocal cetacean's scientific name, Megaptera novaeangliae, which means 'big-winged New Englander'.
Marine misnomer
Orcas are easily distinguishable by their striking black and white markings and their imposing, triangular dorsal fin. Interestingly, these fascinating marine mammals have a rather misleading alternative name – killer whales. While they are certainly efficient predators, they are not whales and are, in fact, the largest members of the dolphin family. Orcas usually hunt in pods, although individuals from some populations are known to deliberately beach themselves in order to snatch sea lions resting on the beach before wriggling back to sea with their prey.
Social cetacean
The charismatic dusky dolphin is a highly social species, sometimes being found in pods of over 1,000 individuals and frequently associating with other cetacean species. This beautiful marine mammal is said to be one of the most acrobatic of all dolphins, often making energetic leaps out of the water and performing impressive tumbles in the air.
Underwater unicorn
There's no mistaking the unique narwhal, a species famed for the hugely elongated tooth or 'tusk' which protrudes from its upper lip. The longest of these incredible appendages was recorded at over 2.5 metres in length, and the males use these bodily weapons in jousting bouts. The narwhal is found throughout the waters of the Arctic, as well as in the northern Atlantic Ocean, and it tends to stay close to pack ice.
Cerebral cetaceans
Quite possibly the most famous of all cetaceans, the bottlenose dolphin is much-loved by many. This extremely intelligent species is highly social, and uses a wide range of clicks and whistles to communicate with other members of its pod. Like some other species of cetacean, the bottlenose dolphin seeks out prey using echolocation, and individuals in a pod will work together as a team to round up schools of fish into tight balls upon which the dolphins can feed. When not chasing prey or performing impressive leaps, dolphins are able to rest one side of their brain at a time. This allows them to sleep while remaining conscious enough to surface and breathe.
Moby Dick
The strange-looking sperm whale can be forgiven for having such a bulbous head, given that it has the largest and heaviest brain of any living animal! And its record-breaking statistics don't stop there – capable of diving for up to two hours at a time, the sperm whale can dive to depths of 3,000 metres, making it the deepest-diving mammal. The largest of the toothed whales, the sperm whale is famed in literature as Herman Melville's Moby Dick, but sadly it is classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, primarily as a result of historic and present-day hunting.
Sea scars
A somewhat unusual-looking mammal, Risso's dolphin can be identified by its long, pointed flippers, bulbous, beakless head, and the conspicuous scars present all over its body. These markings are thought to be caused by bites from other individuals of its kind during playing or fighting, but some scars could be the result of squid bites.
White whale
Although it is also known as the white whale, the beluga whale is actually born with dark grey to bluish- or brownish-grey colouration, only achieving the striking white hue as it matures. It is one of just a few cetaceans with a flexible neck, and it is capable of pursing its lips to suck up prey. The beluga whale is sometimes referred to as the sea canary because of the high-pitched twittering noises it produces.
On the brink
The baiji, or Yangtze River dolphin, is a very shy and graceful freshwater dolphin species with a very long, narrow, slightly upturned beak and small eyes placed high on the face. Sadly, it is thought that the Critically Endangered baiji could actually now be extinct. In 1999, only four individuals of its kind were observed, and an intensive search of its range in 2006 resulted in none being seen. The major threats to the baiji are considered to be illegal fishing using electricity, and being caught as bycatch in fishing nets.
Ocean giant
We couldn't possibly finish this round-up of ten incredible cetaceans without including the biggest of them all – the blue whale! The biggest animal to have ever lived, the blue whale has a heart the size of a small car and is capable of eating more than 4 tonnes of krill per day during the summer months. Whereas some cetacean species communicate using a series of high-pitched clicks and whistles, the blue whale produces a variety of low-frequency sounds, which may also serve the purpose of sensing the environment and detecting prey.
Is your favourite whale or dolphin not featured here? Then why not comment below to let us know what it is and why you love it!
If you're looking for a fun challenge, check out ARKive's ocean-themed scavenger hunt – there may well be a few cetaceans hidden in there!
Find out more about whale and dolphin conservation:
- Whale and Dolphin Conservation
- Whale and Dolphin Conservation – North America
- Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
Kathryn Pintus, ARKive Text Author


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Zebra Diaper
The modern Sustain a Bum cloth diaper is an absorbing, washable and reusable pocket nappy made of textile. It closes with adjustable snaps to adapt to growth and is great for baby shower or birth gifts.
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Review Group Week 185 - FANTASTIC FOUR #570
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Hey you! Reader! Want to be a part of the GREATEST COMIC BOOK AND GEEK COMMUNITY on the web?! Well, they're not accepting new members, but we'll take anyone here, so why not sign up for a free acount? It's fast and it's easy, like your mom! Sign up today! Membership spots are limited!*
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by Punchy » Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:50 pm
Maybe, but I imagine a lot of people didn't get Dark Reign.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:00 pm
They could smell it on the racks.
Interest in it has picked up slightly, but a full run can still be bought pretty cheaply. Even if people largely ignored it, Hickman is continuing it here. Otherwise, why would the first issue have a recap paragraph?
The real question is, why wasn't the whole Norman subplot dropped and the whole miniseries abbreviated into maybe the first issue of his regular FF run? What was the point there? I am guessing it was a half-assed idea to reintegrate the FF into the "current" Marvel universe and try to generate interest by flagging it with "Dark Reign"--and also, for a graphic designer like Hickman, one of the worst designs for the modern comic rack I've ever seen in my life. It was like saying, "Please don't buy this. Don't even notice it there on the racks."
by Punchy » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:02 pm
I assume it was because they wanted the FF to address Dark Reign, but not interrupt Millar and Hitch's run.
Also, Hickman had nothing to do with the logo of that mini, it was the same logo that the regular FF book had had for the last year.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:06 pm
Not the logo itself, which I liked, but the placement, size, and sometimes color. To be fair, I dunno who "designed" the cover layouts. They sucked, though.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:07 pmOh yeah, they didn't address Dark Reign in any meaningful way--or even any way that made sense at all--in that mini.
by Punchy » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:07 pm
Norman was there! And he was hilarious.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:17 pm
Did one of my competitors hire you to keep me from getting any work done?
Sigh. Norman was there. And it was boring and pointless until the final issue where it was bafflingly stupid. If he had been having a Green Goblin moment when he suddenly (and pointlessly) pulled a handgun and tried to shoot Reed in the head, at least it would have been fun. But it came from nowhere, and none of the battle-trained Four reacted--but Franklin shot him with a non-firing toy weapon, which was neither explored in the mini (another sign that #570 is in fact issue 6 for Hickman, not to mention the preview pages in FF:DR 5), but it wasn't even taken seriously by his parents, as the FF just wander away from Norman in issue 5.
I mean, Norman was there to what--look at their papers!? Check their license!? No offense, but worst "tie-in" ever.
by Punchy » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:24 pm
Chicken Little again.
I thought it was funny.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:27 pm
That doesn't even make sense. I can accept that you thought it was funny, you like Spongebob, but that mini was just crap. Most reviews I read also felt it was pointless, but they probably feel the same way about Spongebob too.
by Punchy » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:29 pm
Come on, Franklin dressing up as Spider-Man and taunting Norman is genius. Some of the alternate FFs were hilarious too.
And Spongebob is awesome.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:31 pmLadies and gentlemen of the jury, I humbly rest my case.
by Punchy » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:32 pm
I bet most people on here like Spongebob.
by Mr_Batman » Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:33 pmI just read this so review time!
Fantastic Four #570
I enjoyed this issue for the most part. The story certainly was interesting, but I didn't like how the focus was all on Reed. I mean I understand why, I just didn't like it too much. It's more like the Fantastic One. I do want to see how this whole thing pans out, so I'll be getting future issues. The Bridge, at first, sounded stupid to me, but it's a decent idea. I'd like to see how this turns out, what with all the Reeds and stuff. I don't read any FF, so I thought the Room of 100 ideas or whatever was cool too.
As for that art, the beginning with Reed and I guess his dad was really stellar. From there is was mostly meh. I like Eaglesham's stuff, but it was just ok. I do see the whole bulky Reed thing. It did look like he was on steroids. The other characters were ok, but it wasn't so terrible that I thought the entire issue was bad. Overall, just ok.
I'll be staying on a little longer on this title
Story- 8
Art- 7.5
Overall- 7.75
by Punchy » Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:42 pmHeh, the Fantastic One.
by GLX » Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:55 pmSolid stuff. Nothing exciting, but enjoyable work. The art was tight.
(Lazy review, no?)
7.8* out of 10*
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text: Many obese people are told they need to lose weight. What they are not told is that many of the diseases, disorders, and pain that they have would be eliminated if they lost weight. Never once did a doctor tell me that I could be totally relieved of acid reflux if I lost weight. When I was diagnosed with diabetes, I was given instructions to control my blood sugar but was never told that losing weight would have prevented the disease or would possibly reverse the disease. Many people tell me they can't exercise because they have knee problems or hip problems, etc. I have a client who was told by her doctor she must lose weight to stay alive, and he told her, "Just follow any diet and do some exercise." She didn't know how she could exercise when her knees gave her so much pain. Now after having worked out for one plus years and having lost 135 pounds, she is amazed that she no longer has knee pain. So don't let obstacles be your excuse for not getting fit and healthy, but rather let them be your springboard to action and motivation!


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Manning Faces Lifetime In Jail, While The Wrongdoers He Exposed Are Free
from the something's-not-right dept
And another snippet from Mitchell's list
In October 2010 came a series of revelations about events in Iraq. Chief among these was that US authorities failed to investigate hundreds of reports of abuse, torture, rape and even murder by Iraqi police and soldiers. The reports of abuse, often supported by medical evidence, describe prisoners shackled, blindfolded and hung by wrists or ankles, and subjected to whipping, punching, kicking or electric shocks.
Another Iraq-related revelation was that the US collated details of more than 100,000 people killed in Iraq following the invasion of the country, including more than 15,000 deaths that were previously unrecorded. The tally goes against previous protestations by the UK and US that there were any official statistics on the death toll connected to the war.
-Egyptian torturers trained by FBI—although allegedly to teach the human rights issues.Both lists are much longer with many more examples.
-State Dept memo: U.S.-backed 2009 coup in Honduras was 'illegal and unconstitutional.'"
-Cables on Tunisia appear to help spark revolt in that country. The country's ruling elite described as "The Family," with Mafia-like skimming throughout the economy. The country's First Lady may have made massive profits off a private school.
Yet, the people responsible for these things, and the other reprehensible behavior that came out entirely because of the Manning leaks, appear to have not been punished at all. Something doesn't seem at all right about that. The message is: break the law while representing the US government/military? No problem! But tell people about it? Why, you need to spend the rest of your life in jail.


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SKILLMAN, N.J. -- Barry University women's tennis team earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team and five Buccaneers received Scholar All-American honors Friday.
The Buccaneers, who won the NCAA Division II National Championship, had a 3.35 grade point average for the 2013-14 academic year. ITA All-Academic Team honors are given to teams with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or better for all players who dotted the roster at any point during the academic year.
Five Buccaneers players earned Scholar All-American honors, including senior Akemi Maehama, junior Linda Fritschken, sophomore Karina Goia and freshmen Ana Pain and Maria Medeiros. Individuals must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 or better and be enrolled at the institution for at least two semesters.
Maehama had a 4.0 while completing her undergraduate teaching internship. Fritschken also had a 4.0 in broadcast journalism.


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"Get them while they're young." This is the unspoken (and not so unspoken) mission of churches everywhere.
They understand how critical it is to gain converts before they become adults...before they're exposed to science, history, other religions and other points of view. They aggressively target children and youth with marketing campaigns that rival many advertising companies. They sponsor events, activities, games and lots of free food for the opportunity to influence impressionable minds.
Chris, Andrea, Matt and Dell share their own experiences as children and adults from inside these programs.
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Commuted to Web Design World Seattle at the Westin with the Brompton and via the Water Taxi. Paused here at the World Trade Center elevator platform for a photo looking out across Elliott Bay.
- Beach Drive to Water Taxi
- Water Taxi to Downtown, rode along waterfront
- World Trade Center elevator up to Western
- Western to Blanchard
- Blanchard to 5th and the Westin.
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Chennai: As India`s disastrous performance in Test series against Australia has drawn flak from all quarters, BCCI president N Srinivasan came out with a bizarre defence of the team saying all top teams would lose when they play on Indian soil.
"England won 5-0 in England. They came here here within a month or two and they lost 5-0. Last time, after our loss to England, I had said that we will beat them when they visit India," Srinivasan tried to defend the team`s dismal overseas performance in the past one year which has seen Dhoni and Co lose seven consecutive Tests.
Srinivasan reasoned that Australia did well as they used home conditions to good effect.
"It is a case of Australians played better in their home conditions," he added.
The BCCI president who is also the owner of IPL team Chennai Super Kings feels that once India plays and beats teams like New Zealand, England and Australia in coming months, everyone will "feel very happy."
"Next New Zealand is coming to India and it will be followed by England and Australia. We will beat these three teams on our own soil. They cannot beat us here and we will feel very happy."


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Jeffrey Lebowski, better known as the Dude, is arguably the most successful fictional Californian of the past two decades. Created by the Coen brothers in their 1998 film The Big Lebowski, and embodied by the actor Jeff Bridges, Lebowski became a cult favorite for being an outsider (in his own words, not a member "of the square community"). He was a stoner who drank White Russians, wore a bathrobe to the grocery store, bowled, tangled with pornographers and German nihilists, was indifferent to work, and retired the trophy for most laid-back Angeleno ever.
But times have changed since the movie was made (and since 1991, when it was set). And so has California. This weekend, Bridges and his country-rock band, The Abiders, headline Lebowski Fest Los Angeles at the Wiltern Theater. The tickets, priced at $40, are sold out, though as of this writing $25 tickets for the Lebowski Fest bowling party in Fountain Valley are still available.
Yes, Dude, there are signs that you are no longer the outsider. Indeed, no movie character better represents the 2014 California mainstream than Jeffrey Lebowski.
Let's start with Lebowski the stoner. Last year, for the first time, a majority of Californians supported marijuana legalization in a Field Poll. Gov. Jerry Brown recently warned against this creeping Lebowskization on national TV: "How many people can get stoned and still have a great state or a great nation?"
Perhaps an unfair question, but in matters of economics, we are all Lebowski now.
The Dude used to stand out because he didn't hold a steady job. Today, that makes him an avatar of L.A. As Judy D. Olian and Edward F. Leamer of UCLA pointed out in the Los Angeles Register, Los Angeles has lost more than 3 percent of its payroll jobs since 1990, ranking dead last among American cities.
The work Lebowski did — apathetic detective stuff involving the location of a young woman named Bunny — was purely freelance. Today, Southern California is the national capital of self-employment, according to data from Atlantic Cities; the Bay Area is full of freelancers as well. The number of Americans working from home, as the Dude did, increased by more than 4 million from 1997 to 2010. The Dude's consistently slovenly attire, even in professional situations, was ahead of its time. As someone who is writing this in his office while dressed in a T-shirt and shorts, I'm appreciative.
Lebowski's cultural passions have been widely embraced. The Dude enjoyed imbibing heavily, and adult binge-drinking rates have increased significantly since 1997, according to CDC figures. Bowling, the Dude's great passion, has rebounded in recent years, though growth in casual, recreational bowlers masks a decline in devoted league members like Lebowski. And while few Californians do battle with German nihilists like Lebowski did, it should be noted that the number of UC Berkeley undergraduates majoring in philosophy increased 74 percent in the last decade.
California's image of itself is of a young and diverse place. But in fact, for all our diverse heritage, we are rapidly becoming, like Lebowski, middle-aged and thick around the middle.
Let's not forget that the state has plenty of people like the film's "other Lebowski" — an elderly plutocrat, also named Jeffrey Lebowski (confusion over the two Lebowskis drives the plot). This Lebowski pretends to be wealthy and philanthropic, but he is actually house-rich and cash-poor. Presumably he would have to sell the place, if it weren't for Proposition 13 keeping his property taxes low.
It will be interesting to see how long the Lebowski phenomenon persists. As the film's narrator puts it, "Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that's the Dude, in Los Angeles."
And in California. The cult has become cliché.
Joe Mathews wrote this column for Zocalo Public Square.


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POMONA, Calif. - The No. 6 UC Santa Barbara men's water polo team dropped its first game of the season on Saturday in an 11-9 loss to No. 7 Pepperdine in the opening game of the 2007 Inland Empire Classic being held this weekend at Redlands, Pomona-Pitzer and LaVerne. The Gauchos rebounded with a 12-10 win over No. 20 Cal Baptist and an 11-5 win over No. 19 Pomona-Pitzer later in the day.
After going 2-1 on Saturday, UCSB now holds an overall record of 6-1 on the season.
In the first game of the day, the Gauchos fell victim to the very team they last beat. After taking Pepperdine down 7-6 in last weekend's UCSD Triton Invitational championship game, the Waves were able to return the favor with an 11-9 victory over the Gauchos.
Both teams tallied a single goal in the first quarter before UCSB distanced itself in the second, outscoring Pepperdine, 3-1 to lead 4-2 heading into halftime. Pepperdine had a strong third quarter as they outscored UCSB 5-2 to take a narrow 7-6 lead. The Gauchos were unable to stage a comeback in the fourth, falling 11-9.
Sophomore Zsombor Vincze led the Gauchos with three goals while Stefan Partelow, Travis Watts and Jesse Tootell each notched two goals apiece. Senior goalie Rick Wright tallied six saves in the loss.
In game two, UCSB overtook No. 20 Cal Baptist, 12-10. Dane Lindstrom led UCSB with a hat trick in the win over the Lancers. Fraser Bunn and Michael Robinson split time in the cage tallying seven and four saves, respectively.
In the final match-up of the day, the Gauchos defeated No. 19 Pomona-Pitzer for the second time in two weeks, this time by way of an 11-5 score. Senior Ross Sinclair posted a team-high five goals in the win. Bunn collected six saves while Robinson had four.
The Gauchos will conclude action at the Inland Empire Classic on Sunday with a game versus Redlands 10:20 am and Chapman at 2:20 pm. Both games will be played at Redlands.
Pepperdine 11, UC Santa Barbara 9
1 2 3 4 Final UCSB 1 3 2 3 9 Pepperdine 1 1 5 4 11
UCSB Goals: Vincze 3, Partelow 2, Watts 2, Tootell 2.
UCSB Goalie Saves: Wright 6.
UC Santa Barbara 12, Cal Baptist 10
UCSB Goals: Lindstrom 3, Partelow 2, Dale 2, Vincze 2, Castillo 1, Paunovic 1.
UCSB Goalie Saves: Robinson 4, Bunn 7.
UC Santa Barbara 11, Pomona-Pitzer 5
UCSB Goals: Sinclair 5, Natalizio 2, Partelow 2, Vincze 1, Bishop 1
UCSB Goalie Saves: Bunn 6, Robinson 4.


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First and foremost is spending time with my family! I also love to crochet but never seem to find enough time to do it. I am currently working on an afghan for my boss, which is taking a long time to do. I am also working on one for myself (although the items for myself always end up on the back burner!).
Reading is another hobby of mine. My favourite authors are Diana Gabaldon and Anne Rice. My favourite books are the Outlander Series (got the newest one for Christmas) and the Vampire Chronicles. I also enjoy reading books by Maeve Binchy. Other than books about vampires (I know, I'm strange!), I don't really have any particular genre that I favour. If it's a good book, I'll pick it up.
The 3rd activity that I am involved in is The Order of the Eastern Star. It is the largest fraternal organization in the world in which both men and women can belong, although it is run by the women. To be a member, the men must be a Master Mason and the women must have a masonic affiliation. My father, uncle and grandfather were all Masons as well as my step-grandfather. My mother, step-aunt and step-grandmother and step-grandfather were all members of the Eastern Star. One of my sisters is also a member.
I was initiated at the same time as my mother, in 1991 and have been an active member since 1994 when I finished taking night classes. I've served in many capacities in my local chapter and am currently serving my eight term as their Secretary. In 2006 I was elected Worthy Grand Matron, which is the highest office one can obtain in the Jurisdiction (quite an honour to be elected by the membership). I am also the editor of the Jurisdiction's monthly newsletter (this is my sixth year doing that). As you can see, the Eastern Star takes up a lot of my time.
Last (and at times certainly least!) is work. I work for a large valve manufacturer as an Executive Assistant and Quotations Administrator for the VP of International Marketing.
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My husband just recently became a Mason and I was hoping that I could join Eastern Star. Can you email me to tell me how I join? I live in Champaign, IL.ReplyDelete
It is great to see you involved in so many different things, keep up the good work as it is also healthy for the mindReplyDelete
I too am addicted to the "Outlander" series! I am trying to find more time to read in between researching.ReplyDelete
It looks like you are a very busy lady.ReplyDelete
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Is there a way to find out about past Eastern Star members? My grandmother and maybe her mother were members in Oklahoma.ReplyDelete
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This vtg. 1979 McCall's 6798 pattern I made comes with an attitude! haha I wanted to try the bouse pattern and I had this old flannel in the stash so, it's the end of August and I made a flannel shirt… This is basically just a wearable muslin, I loved how simple and classy the illustration looked and wanted a trial run before I use fabric I really like. I thought it would be fun to shoot this shirt with a Breakfast Club vibe, It was just too tempting. :)
Accesorized with "The Lady Gaga Creeper Shades" sunglasses I got a five below in 2011
The necklace was made by a friend of mine
Regular stud earrings, plus an earring that I made. I have a some 80's earrings, but wanted to stick with my Breakfast Club theme :)
The little plasticky fingerless gloves are from Claires. (but none of the earrings are ;) )
Boots – no boundaries.
Shooting the photos was fun! I got so many that I liked. :) This is a really comfy shirt, I'll probably start wearing it around as a jacket, or just randomly dressing like Bender, once it's no longer 80+ degrees out.
I thought I'd be funny and pretend to run down the hall. next time I wear this I shold find someone to dance with me.
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old flannel that had been a bulletin board background for several years, snaps cuz I was too lazy for buttonholes. fusible interfacing.
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Sep 2, 2013, 07.25 AMby puffinlove
Haha! Great photos, and the shirt looks pretty good too! I particularly like the one reading the pattern envelope :-D
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Thank you! I'm planning on making it again out of fabric that will lay a little nicer. It's a comfy shirt :)
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WSJ.com and the AP have first details on Call of Duty Elite, a premium online service that will be part of the multiplayer element in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the next installment in the military shooter series. This will involve a free element, as well as a paid service, though Activision is not clear on how much this will cost, with WSJ saying: "they expect the cost to be less than fees for comparable online-entertainment services, such as a $7.99-a-month Netflix Inc. movie subscription." There's a preview of this on Gamasutra where they say this is the aspect of the game being created by Beachhead, and explain more of what it is about: "Activision's presentation aimed to enforce that users who don't subscribe won't be excluded from game features -- the intention is to provide a service that players may want. 'There's been a lot of speculation that we were going to try to turn CoD into an MMO, or that we would charge for multiplayer, so we wanted to get that out out [sic] of the way right now. The out of the box experience for Call of Duty... remains the same. We made a commitment that we will not charge for multiplayer, and we're continuing with that commitment'." There's also a walkthrough trailer about this on GameTrailers (thanks Tumbler), explaining that this "works for Black Ops and beyond, Modern Warfare 3, and everything!"
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Billions of years ago, when early life was just taking hold on Earth, Mars was home to an ancient lake filled with the right chemical ingredients for life to thrive, scientists said Monday.
Drilling into dry rock, NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered signs that Gale Crater was once watery, perhaps ringed with ice and snow, and could potentially have hosted an entire Martian biosphere based on a type of microbe found in caves on Earth. Such primitive organisms, called chemolithoautotrophs, feed on chemicals found in rocks and make their own energy.
"Ancient Mars was more habitable than we imagined," said Caltech geologist John Grotzinger, lead scientist for the Curiosity mission. This wet, potentially Earth-like environment could have lasted for tens of millions of years, giving life a wide-open window to emerge.
The findings, described Monday at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco and detailed among half a dozen papers published in the journal Science, impressed scientists who were not involved with the mission.
"They're really quite amazing," said Malcolm Walters, an astrobiologist at the University of New South Wales in Australia who helped find some of the earliest microfossils on Earth. "Now we have enormous detail on the chemistry of sediments [on Mars]. It's a great leap forward."
Still missing is evidence of the type of organic matter that forms the basis for most life on Earth. Curiosity's search will now focus on that — and thanks to some clever manipulation of the rover's inner laboratory, scientists now know exactly where to look for it.
"I think it's a critical turning point in the mission, to accept a much more significant challenge," Grotzinger said.
Mars' geologic history is inscribed in its layers of sedimentary rock, and Curiosity set out to read it after landing in Gale Crater in August 2012. The rover's primary goal was to search for life-friendly environments at Mt. Sharp, the 3-mile-high mound whose clay-rich layers could reveal details about Gale's environment over the eons.
But rather than head straight to Mt. Sharp, the rover took a months-long detour to an intriguing spot called Yellowknife Bay. There, Curiosity drilled into two mudstone rocks, named John Klein and Cumberland.
It was a risk to turn away from the planned mission, and it paid off, Grotzinger said.
The rocks, dated to roughly 3.6 billion years ago, have turned up a smorgasbord of elements needed for life, including carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen and phosphorus. They also show signs of sulfates, sulfides and other compounds that would have been fuel for chemolithoautotrophs.
What's more, the water that transformed these rocks had a neutral pH and would have been drinkable, unlike the highly acidic water detected by NASA's rover Opportunity at Meridiani Planum, on the other side of the planet.
Most likely, the lake would have been "suitable for quite a wide range of microorganisms as opposed to just extremophiles" that can survive salty, acidic environments, said David Catling, a planetary scientist at the University of Washington who was not involved in the new studies.
Curiosity has not yet found any organic carbon, the type that's combined with hydrogen and is a mainstay of life on Earth. That may be partly because its inner lab cooks soil samples to analyze the gases they form, and the test ends up destroying some crucial information in the process.
Life could certainly evolve and thrive without organic carbon. In a past watery environment, chemolithoautotrophs would have done just fine with the ingredients already found on Mars. That said, scientists do want to find organic carbon because it would indicate that the planet once had a wider range of life-friendly habitats.
But scientists feared that the surface had been exposed to cosmic radiation for so long — perhaps hundreds of millions of years — that any traces within reach of Curiosity's drill were long gone.
It was "a pretty serious concern," said Kenneth Farley, a Caltech geochemist and lead author of one of the Science papers.
So Farley directed Curiosity to analyze several soil samples and found telltale gases — such as helium-3, neon-21 and argon-36 — that helped pin down the age of the Martian surface. It was about 78 million years old, much younger than scientists had expected. That meant the amount of cosmic radiation exposure was also lower than they expected.
This was a relief, but how was it possible? The team noticed a small cliff, called a scarp, located some distance away. The geologists soon realized that the edge of the scarp had once extended to the top of the rocks they were sampling; over time it eroded, leaving the rocks newly exposed to radiation.
And while they couldn't dig underneath the scarp, they could drill right by the base of it, where cosmic radiation exposure was still minimal.
If any organic carbon exists in Gale Crater, the foot of one of these scarps would be the best place to search for it, the scientists concluded.
The scientists plan to take this information and run with it — at least as fast as good judgment (and Curiosity's theoretical top speed of 1.57 inches per second on flat ground) will allow.
In about two months, Curiosity will take a detour to an outcrop called KMS-9, Grotzinger said Monday. Scientists are not sure whether it held a lake, but they hope to ride right up to a protected spot and deploy Curiosity's drill.
"You just never know what you'll encounter," said NASA scientist Douglas Ming, who led the organic carbon study. "One thing I've come to expect doing Mars research is to expect the unexpected."


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Junior defender Samantha Fleischmann (Eastchester, N.Y.) was named the women's soccer Offensive Player of the Week after scoring both game-winning goals in MIT's 2-0 week with NEWMAC wins over Wellesley College and Mount Holyoke College.
Against Wellesley, Fleischmann registered an assist on the opening goal and scored the game-ending goal two minutes into double overtime to secure MIT's victory over the Blue, 2-1. In the game against Mount Holyoke, she scored the first goal that helped lead to the 3-0 decision.
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Sekaiichi Hatsukoi
I know BL series hardly ever get discussed on Animesuki, but there's no harm in creating the thread anyway.
Actually, the first episode was good enough for me to feel like posting a few comments on it. It was very surprising, too, even more so if you were expecting something like Junjou Romantica 3 (I admit I was).
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Oh, Kita Shuuhei. I feel sort of sorry for what's happened to your career. One good tie-up with Persona -Trinity Soul-, then your producers only let you sing for fangirl fodder (the previous one being Miracle Train)? Ah well, at least the song's fun. But it still won't sell. *shrug*
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|2011-04-10, 17:32
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This wasn't bad at all.
It looks like there will be a very predictable progression, though. So far I'd say that the show hasn't done anything to turn me away at all, but it hasn't really drawn me in either. I'll definitely give it a couple of more episodes though, looks like it could be fun.
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Onodera Ritsu is an interesting character and the fact he's an uke makes it all the more fun. XD The BL moments were nice, too. Too bad I can't help but to compare it to Junjou Romantica (did you see Usami's refreces? )
I'm definiely watching this.
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Finally got around to watching this. I'll probably finish it no matter what as BL series seem to come around once in a blue moon. I read the first two chapters of the manga a long time ago and vaguely remember it.
I really love Ritsu's character. 'Jaded cynic' is right. He is definitely different from Misaki (Junjou Romantica) which is a nice change. Also, what was he holding in episode one when we saw him at the bathroom sink after he had heard the editors talking about him? It looks like a bag of water but I can't figure out why you would carry something like that.
Takano is amusing (especially his rant about shoujo manga) but he didn't do much in episode one. He and Ritsu make an interesting duo, though.
Unfortunately, a lot of the manga related humor in the manga doesn't carry over so well into the anime. But if I get new jokes I'm just fine with it
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3 days till episode 3. I like this series so far. Besides the BL, it kind of shows what the process of making shoujo manga is like. (Although, I'm not sure if the pink decor thing is that accurate.) Still, love it. :>
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With episode 2 this show really came together for me. At first I thought what happened in the OVA was all a fantasy, which annoyed me. But there having this past relationship and meeting many years later is really interesting. Scenes in the credits makes it look like there is going to be more than one couple, just like JR.
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I had to watch ep2 before I was sure, but really: this is a good show. The voice acting is good. The look is perfect. The shoujo manga publishing world is enjoyable to experience. And the relationship is getting more and more interesting.
I can readily imagine our shy protagonist being put off by a mere smile. The next-door neighbor business is hard to believe but works in the context of a manga romance.
Bring on ep3.
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Do You Live in One of America's Fastest Growing Cities?
The American and global economy might be in a slump that seems to have no end in sight, but there are some places in the good ol' US of A that apparently didn't get the memo.
CNN Money compiled a list of the fastest growing towns in America. They made the list by not only attracting new businesses and industries, but also by enjoying rapid population growth and increases in housing.
The results? Well, it seems like people can't get enough of North Carolina. Charlotte and Raleigh took the top two spots, each growing more than 63 percent in the last decade.
Charlotte, NC managed to grow by becoming the "second largest financial center in the nation," according to its chamber of commerce. Some of the financial giants that have set up their operations in Charlotte included Citi, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo.
Raleigh, meanwhile, can thank a solid tech base for its boom, not to mention the fact it's near three big universities — Duke, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State.
Texas' capital city, Austin, also made the list, thanks mostly to an influx of Silicon Valley tech industries, the University of Texas' highly acclaimed engineering program and its world famous live music scene and South By Southwest Film Festival.
One city that made the list that shouldn't be a surprise to anyone is Las Vegas. The tourist mecca may have been dealt a heavy blow by the housing bubble, but was still able to grow its population thanks to its casino and tourist attractions. It's also tried to expand the tourist base by offering more family-friendly fare to visitors.
the 10 fastest growing cities in the US, along with the growth each enjoyed from 2000-2010:
1. Charlotte, NC – 64.6%
2. Raleigh, NC – 63.6%
3. Cape Coral, FL – 60.8%
4. Provo, UT – 59%
5. Austin, TX – 51.1%
6. Las Vegas – 43.5%
7. McAllen, TX – 39.3%
8. Knoxville, TN – 33.1%
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Ncmpcpp or ncmpc++ is UI very similar to ncmpc, but it provides new useful features such as support for regular expressions in search engine, extended song format, items filtering, last.fm support, ability to sort playlist, local filesystem browser and other minor functions. To use it, a functional Mpd must be present on the system since ncmpcpp/mpd work together in a client/server relationship.
The shell "GUI" for ncmpcpp is highly customizable. Edit Template:Filename to your liking. For inspiration, see the following resources:
The official package resides in [community]
# pacman -S ncmpcpp
Enabling visualization
For visualization, one needs the Template:Package AUR package from the AUR. Once built, add a few lines to Template:Filename to enable the generation of the fft data for the visualization:
audio_output { type "fifo" name "My FIFO" path "/tmp/mpd.fifo" }
Additional lines need to be added to Template:Filename
visualizer_fifo_path = "/tmp/mpd.fifo" visualizer_output_name = "fifo" visualizer_sync_interval = "1" #visualizer_type = "wave" (spectrum/wave) visualizer_type = "spectrum" (spectrum/wave)
Users can chose between either a spectrum analyzer or wave form.


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John D. Rockefeller: American Experience John D. Rockefeller Jr. dedicates his life to recasting the family image, which for decades is associated with his father's feared monopoly, Standard Oil, and predatory business practices. As the elder Rockefeller's only son, he dedicates his life to recasting the family image, giving away hundreds of millions of dollars and insisting his six children behave impeccably. He leaves an invaluable inheritance: a name that stood for "the well-being of mankind."G
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Teaching Channel Presents "High School English" High School English: We'll see how teachers, including 2010 National Teacher of the Year, Sarah Brown Wessling, are working to implement the Common Core State Standards. As students are asked to go deeper into every text they read, we'll see them dissecting, discussing, and debating their way through complex lessons. D
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Mechanical Universe And Beyond, The "Alternating Current" Electromagnetic induction makes it easy to generate alternating current while transformers make it practical to distribute it over long distances. D
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Democracy In America "Political Parties: Mobilizing Agents" This program shows how political parties perform important functions that link the public to the institutions of American government. Parties create coalitions of citizens who share political goals, elect candidates to public office to achieve those goals, and organize the legislative and executive branches of government. D
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "Revelaciones (Revelations)" This episode covers numbers from 100 to 1,000. The conversational Spanish is much more rapid and, compared to previous episodes.G
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Clifford The Big Red Dog "Clifford's Big Surprise/Ears Have It" The Ears Have It - Clifford and Cleo are all excited about the town's upcoming celebration complete with a parade and fireworks! But they notice that T-Bone isn't quite is enthusiastic and soon learn that he is scared of the loud noises of all the festivities. T-Bone learns that the support of good friends can help you manage feelings of fear. Clifford's Big Surprise - Everyone is too busy to play with Clifford, because they are too busy planning a surprise party for him! On his own, Clifford learns that playing by yourself can be fun - but so is a party with all of your friends!. D
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Arthur "Cast Away/The Great Sock Mystery" Cast Away - Arthur is thrilled when Dad invites him to go fly fishing for the weekend. Finally - an escape from D.W.! But when a change in plans forces them to include her, Arthur's had enough. D
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Martha Speaks "Painting for Peanuts/Martha's No Dummy" Painting for Peanuts - The zoo is in danger of closing! Helen and TD volunteer for an animal painting class to try and save it. But it turns out animal painting isn't exactly what they thought. Vocabulary: (E) realistic, easel, participate(d), abstract, portrait (I) painting(s), artwork, brushes, course, sculpture, pose(s). D
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Curious George "Where's The Firedog?/Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye" Where's the Firedog? - George's canine friend Blaze keeps running away from the firehouse. When Blaze winds up in the animal shelter, George and his firefighter friend Sam learn how to keep her safe by putting a tag on her collar, walking her on a leash, and making sure she's never lonely. Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye - Toots the blues-singing germ is back and the Man with the Yellow Hat has a cold. D
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "A Long Winter's Nap/The Tree Doctor" A Long Winter's Nap - Sally and Nick are so excited to go ice skating tomorrow, that they can't fall asleep! Cat's friend Boris the bear can help! Off they go to the Gleep-sneep Woods to learn how Boris gets ready to take his long winter's nap. Back at home, Nick and Sally follow Boris' advice, and follow their own bedtime routine to get ready for bed. With the help of a bedtime story from Cat, they quickly fall asleep. D
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Super Why! "Naila and the Magic Map" Pig and his friends are playing when they find what looks like an Egyptian treasure map. But they can't make out the symbols! To search for some answers, the super readers soar into the book Naila and the Magic Map and explore the world of ancient Egypt. Will they be able to help Naila unravel the mysterious code that will unlock where the treasure lies? Educational Objectives: To learn about Egypt. D
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Dinosaur Train "Dinosaur Train Submarine: A Sea Turtle Tale/Rocket Train" Our Pteranodon family is on the beach watching small eggs hatch and baby Archelon turtles emerge, and start to swim away. Our family and Mr. Conductor get into the Dinosaur Train Submarine and follow the baby Archelons who discover their own facts of nature - that their mother doesn't stay with them after they're born, and that they will grow up to be giant-sized sea turtles. Tiny and Buddy find out that a newer train will be riding the same tracks as the Dinosaur Train. D
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Sesame Street "Rocco's Playdate" Elmo and Zoe have an arts and crafts play date, but Rocco, Zoe's pet rock, is upset that he doesn't have his own play date. Elmo volunteers to find a friend who is round for Rocco and brings in a balloon. But Rocco wants a friend with a face and hair. D
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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Daniel's Sleepover/Backyard Camping" Daniel's Sleepover - Daniel and his parents go to Prince Wednesday's castle for a family sleepover. When Daniel and Prince Wednesday go through their bedtime routines together, Daniel realizes how different it is sleeping at Prince Wednesday's castle. As bedtime nears, Daniel and Prince Wednesday notice some things that are just a little bit scary. D
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Sid The Science Kid "Rock & Roll Easter!" It's springtime and that means it's time to hunt for Easter eggs in the backyard. Explorer Sid searches under every bush and behind every tree, and he finds all the eggs Mom and Dad have hidden. But wait, he also found. D
12:00 pm
WordWorld "There's An Ant In Every Giant/Chef Sheep" There's an Ant in Every Giant - When Ant grows tired of being the smallest WordFriend in Word World, he adds a G-I to his tiny frame and changes from ANT to GIANT. However, he soon realizes that he can be Word World's biggest hero when he's just tiny Ant. Chef Sheep - When Pig gets a bowl stuck on his face, Sheep must take over his cooking show. D
12:30 pm
Caillou "Caillou Helps Out" Caillou Can Compost: Caillou wants to be an amazing magician - and has Grandma got a trick for him! She shows Caillou her composter, and soon, Caillou is determined to make "gardening gold" appear all on his own. Mommy and Daddy are very impressed when Caillou the magician eventually turns their household scraps into compost! Educational Objective: The magic of compost; seeing a task through to the end. Caillou's Tree: When Daddy must cut down an old decaying tree, Caillou is upset. D
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Barney & Friends "The Sword in the Sandbox, A Storybook Adventure" Daniel tries to jump-rope with some older kids, but intimidation sets in. He's convinced that he's just too little to do anything right. Barney helps our young protagonist by telling him a story of "The Sword in the Sandbox," a comical re-telling of the King Arthur legend. D
1:30 pm
Thomas & Friends "Helpful Friends" Charlie & Eddie - Edward wants to show Charlie that he is a really fun engine instead of doing his job. Edward races off to the tracks telling Charlie jokes. A big mistake occurs when Edward takes Sir Topham Hatt's car to the Steam Works by mistake, but Kevin doesn't know how to fix cars, only steam engines. D
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Curious George "Where's The Firedog?/Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye" Where's the Firedog? - George's canine friend Blaze keeps running away from the firehouse. When Blaze winds up in the animal shelter, George and his firefighter friend Sam learn how to keep her safe by putting a tag on her collar, walking her on a leash, and making sure she's never lonely. Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye - Toots the blues-singing germ is back and the Man with the Yellow Hat has a cold. D
2:30 pm
Martha Speaks "Painting for Peanuts/Martha's No Dummy" Painting for Peanuts - The zoo is in danger of closing! Helen and TD volunteer for an animal painting class to try and save it. But it turns out animal painting isn't exactly what they thought. Vocabulary: (E) realistic, easel, participate(d), abstract, portrait (I) painting(s), artwork, brushes, course, sculpture, pose(s). D
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The Electric Company "Tip It Or Dip It" Marcus and Manny are this week's contestants on a game show called "Tip It or Dip It." Show host Rob Robson, played by comedian Sherrod Small, introduces this week's surprise guest host and it's Francine! Will Manny's cheating prevent Marcus from winning?. D
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WordGirl "Oh What A Tangled Knot You Tie, Amazing Rope Guy/Kid Action News" Oh What A Tangled Knot You Tie, Amazing Rope Guy - As a villain, the Amazing Rope Guy is not so amazing. He discovers that his true talent is mimicking others. When he goes on a crime spree impersonating all of the villains of the city WordGirl must find a way to end his career as an imposter. D
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Wild Kratts "Koala Balloon" Martin and Chris must protect a young koala stranded in the Australian Outback, and help him get back to his Eucalyptus forest habitat. On their quest to return the adorable animal home, the brothers discover lots of interesting facts about how animals are specialized to their own environment, and with some tips from an intrepid desert dweller called the thorny devil, they must survive the desert crossing and bring the koala home. D
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Cyberchase "Be Reasonable" Hacker returns to the Cybrary to wreak revenge on Ms. Fileshare and the kids. His crafty plan tricks the kids to try to rescue Ms. Fileshare, only to find themselves all trapped! If the CyberSquad doesn't escape in time, Hacker will steal the Cybrary's most valuable books - all about the most secret inner-workings of Motherboard!. D
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Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "Socket to Me" Sam and Sammy work on helping Ruff decrease his electricity consumption while Harsha and Noel get singing lessons and have to perform.LIVE!. D
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Nightly Business Report Tonight on Nightly Business Report - as the first quarter comes to an end, we'll have the outlook for stocks, bonds and various sectors for the second quarter of the year. D
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Doc Martin "Mother Knows Best" It is Portwenn Fun Day and the event sparks a culinary rivalry between Bert Large and the landlord of the Crab and Lobster pub. Louisa's mother Eleanor arrives in Portwenn unexpectedly, but Louisa is far from happy about her arrival.G
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Outdoor Idaho "Birders, Banders & Binoculars" They can be fierce predators and some of the gentlest of creatures. Some are rare, others are quite common; but they all have the power to bewitch and bedazzle. Birds live in a world that for us is the stuff of dreams and wonder. We take to the field to celebrate birds and the people who study, care for, and watch them.G
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This American Land "Snowy Cave, Conservation Dogs, Underwater Oklahoma" The episode opens amid dazzling natural formations below a New Mexico recreation area. Researchers use GPS technology to help endangered bighorn sheep living in rugged terrain. Doggie detectives in Oregon help scientists save rare plants.G
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Midsomer Murders "Worm in the Bud, Part 2" Barnaby and Troy find themselves thrust into a whirlwind of witchcraft, ancient potions, infidelity and land feuds that expose a chilling example of the consequences that can follow when parents believe they always know best. Part 2 of 2G
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Death In Paradise As DI Richard Poole desperately searches for a decent cup of tea, a bride is murdered on her wedding day. His new partner DS Camille Bordey cannot help but feel deeply about the tragedy and her intuition is working overtime. Richard is more interested in housekeeping signs.G
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On Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at approximately 4:15 AM, Waterloo Police were sent to the 900 block of Oneida Street on report of shots fired. When officers arrived, no one was around, but Officers found several .22 caliber shell casings on the ground.
A short time later, Allen Memorial Hospital Emergency Department reported a gun shot victim was being treated there. The victim, Orlando Dean Moore, age 26, of Pleasant Hill, IA, was shot in the left forearm. The case remains under investigation.
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Thursday, 13 January 2011
I Want Candy!
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Fantastic blog! I'm now following! I get frustrated with exercise too, when I walk for 20 min I feel like I've worked full time for a whole week! Good luck with the job hunting! I think it's fantastic that you are looking for work,I really admire that. I'm currently on disability myself but I'm trying to make it a goal to get back to work sometime this year. I hope an amazing job becomes available for you soon!ReplyDelete
Hey, I have lived with arthritis for the last 4 and 1/2 years. I have tried everything from Enbrel, and joint injections; to Remicade, and now to double knee replacements. I have started my know chairty over the summer and I lobbied with Congress to get the Prevention, Control, and Cure Act. I am fully supportive of anyone that has arthritis. However, I feel as though sometime it is used as an excuse not to shot for the stars. Im sure that you are aware that after 10 to 12 years with rheumatoid arthritis, less than 20% of patients are free of disability or deformity. Wouldn't you want to work now, so down the road you have security?ReplyDelete
For me, having arthritis is not the end of the road, it is a small bump. Being treated at CHOP I see some of the world sickest children, and I feel grateful, that I have the freedom to leave the hospital walls.
Please use your condition to reach for the stars. Don't let it hold you back, let it push you to try harder.
Thanks for your time,
Hey there,ReplyDelete
I came across your blog today and really like what I see. I'm also 24 and living with arthritis (my form is called spondylitis). I write a blog about my experiences and I think we have many things in common. Please check it out sometime: www.lovingwithchronicillness.blogspot.com
I can definitely relate to you - especially about feeling frustrated with physical changes. Check out this post I wrote only a few months ago when I was on steroids:
Feel free to be in touch, feel good, and keep up the great work! I'll be reading along...


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So I know what we really want for cruising around mid-coast Maine:
But I also know that it would be many years in the making, and the kids (and, for that matter, their parents) aren't getting any younger.
Of course, we could just buy a used plastic boat. But where is the romance in that? So my current idea is to build something now that would hold us over while I tackle the bigger, curvier project. And since the goal is for it to be done very quickly and not cost a fortune, I have been looking at flat-bottom skiffs like Old Wharf Dory's Lumberyard Skiff and PAR's Digger 17.
So what say you about the wisdom of adapting these fishing/pot-hauling/work craft to a family-friendly/wildlife-watching/cruising-to-the-local-watering-hole/taking-picnics-out-to-neighboring-islands craft? The area is full of bays and rivers and coves, so there are a lot of places to go without venturing more than a mile or so from shore.
Up till now we have been sailors and rowers, and so don't have a lot of experience regarding fossil-fuel powered craft and excursions.


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Is education finally catching up to DECA?
Published January 1, 1992 | January 1992 issue
As America's schools struggle to meet the demands of the future, countless new programs, paradigms and curricula are touted as solutions to present educational problems. Ironically, many high schools already have a program in place that not only provides the components that some experts ask for, it also offers over 40 years of experience to back it up. That program is DECA, Distributive Education Clubs of America.
Focusing primarily on the marketing and merchandising of goods and services in a free enterprise market system, DECA evolved from the melding of high school marketing, retailing and merchant clubs. Prior to 1947, most of these clubs were extracurricular and provided students a link between school business classes and after school work. With the help and authority of the U.S. Office of Education and the American Vocational Association, DECA was created in 1947 as the unifying organization for distributive education clubs around the country.
As a national organization, DECA has created a program based on a co- curricular philosophy that links the workplace with the school. At the core of this philosophy is the idea that students' competency should be measured and rewarded and that the link between the classroom and the workplace should be very close. James Whealon, Montana state director for vocational education and long-time DECA adviser says, "The tie-in with academics and actual hands-on training is a real strength of the DECA program. Students with work experience on their resume can easily jump into the workplace."
In addition to the competencies needed for successful employment, DECA also measures and rewards achievement through a series of state and national marketing and merchandising competitions. Used as motivational tools to focus on specific learnings, these competitions are supported by local merchants as well as national corporations.
At the national level, competition is underwritten by corporations that generally award winners with cash prizes or equivalent stock portfolios. For example, National Auto Parts Association awards cash prizes in the vehicles and petroleum marketing competition, while J.C. Penney Co. Inc. offers stock portfolios for general merchandising competition.
Even though DECA has existed for over 40 years, there are elements that can hamper the success of a club. According to Whealon, economies of scale affect a club's success. "A community needs to be of a certain size to handle DECA activity." If the workplace component of the program is not available, the academic aspect has little chance of being as effective. Whealon also says that the health of local, state and national economies has an impact on local clubs.
DECA is one of a number of organizations created to enhance business education in high schools. Others include Junior Achievement; the Joint Council on Economic Education, a non-profit business/education partnership with state offices; the Business Economics Education Foundation of Minnesota (BEEF), a non-profit association created to link business practices with established curricula; and the Academy of Finance, an organization that was created to provide special programs to prepare students for careers in banking and securities.


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Mustang MonthlyNews & Views
Formula Drift Official Camera Partner
GoPro Signs on as Presenting Sponsor of Formula DRIFT Championship
You've seen Gittin and Pawlak drifting their Mustangs with action cams all over them, and you've seen the drift videos posted on YouTube, so it's only natural that GoPro signs as presenting sponsor of the Formula Drift series. Check out the press release below for more details.
Formula DRIFT is proud to announce that GoPro has signed on to be the presenting sponsor for the 2013, 2014, and 2015 Championship seasons. GoPro will be the exclusive and official camera partner for the Series for this term and be deeply integrated in the Series as the premier camera brand.
"We are very proud to partner with the Formula Drift Series, and look forward to helping present a unique perspective to an already exciting series," says Rod Rojas, GoPro Motorsports Marketing Manager.
GoPro, makers of the world's most versatile cameras, will become the exclusive on-car and in-car camera during official competition. In addition to GoPro adding a technological jump into the TV and live stream production of Formula DRIFT, Formula DRIFT will also have access to GoPro's media distribution and promotional channels.
"Having GoPro as our presenting sponsor for the next three seasons is a big deal for us," stated Ryan Sage, vice-president and co-founder of Formula DRIFT. "A brand like GoPro is any event series dream and this partnership fits right in with our directional planning of the series."
Entering its tenth season, Formula DRIFT is recognized as the North American professional drifting championship. Established on the streets of Japan, drifting has evolved into a worldwide competitive sport that challenges each driver's driving ability and vehicle control. Formula DRIFT provides a forum for professional drifters to compete nationwide for the coveted Formula DRIFT Championship crown. As the first official series in North America, Formula DRIFT has taken competitive motorsports to the extreme, attracting fans and car enthusiasts from all walks of life and establishes itself as the world-wide leader for the Sport. For a competition schedule and ticket information, visit: www.formuladrift.com.
Operating in 30 countries, IMG Sports & Entertainment's diverse businesses include: consulting services; event ownership and management; fashion events and models representation; licensing; golf course design; and client representation in golf, tennis, broadcasting, speakers, European football, rugby, cricket, motor sports, coaching, Olympic and action sports. IMG Academies are the world's largest, multi-sport training and educational facilities, delivering world-class training experiences to more than 12,000 junior, collegiate, adult, and professional athletes each year. More information is available at: www.imgworld.com.
GoPro makes the world's most versatile cameras, enabling people to capture immersive and engaging footage of themselves during their favorite activities. GoPro's HERO line of wearable and gear mountable cameras are used collectively by more consumers, professional athletes, and video production professionals than any other camera in the world. Based in San Mateo, California, GoPro's products are available in more than 30,000 stores in over 100 countries worldwide and direct via www.gopro.com.


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No matter how hopeless and unmanageable a person's life has become due to the devastation of compulsive overeating, obesity, anorexia or bulimia, lasting recovery and freedom are possible. For more than thirty seven years, we have witnessed miraculous results. The first step is for an individual to recognize that overeating is their problem. The second is to find the willingness to be humble enough to seek help.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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Jeeps of Moab Easter Jeep Safari 2008 Part 1 - Moab Mini FeaturesPosted in Project Vehicles on July 1, 2008
Every year for about the past decade or so, the staff of Jp has made it out to the annual Moab Easter Jeep Safari held by the Red Rock 4-Wheelers club. Why? It's only the biggest, best, and most fun off-road event in the world. And for our money, it's held in the most beautiful area of the country.
Although snow, rain, and cold weather early in the week-long event, coupled with crazy-high fuel prices, threatened to stymie the fun of the 42nd annual Easter Jeep Safari, this year's event was as good as any. Since by now we've covered the trails and the obstacles to death, we've once again decided to focus on a smattering of cool Jeeps we encountered during our all-too-brief stay in Moab. Whether it's a full-gonzo monster or a cheapie stock Jeep, you'll find it on the trails during the Easter Jeep Safari. You can check out the host club's Web site at rr4w.com for more on next year's event or for info on keeping these great trails open for use.
When a CJ on 39s rolls by we tend to take notice. We liked Erik Striegel's '82 right off the bat. From its AMC engine to its 1-ton axles to its battle-scarred exterior, we could tell this Rangely, Colorado-based Jeep had seen its fair share of use. Erik bought the Jeep mostly built, but he's currently putting his stamp on it with a new rear suspension and by stretching the wheelbase out to 106 inches.
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Model: CJ-7
Year: 1982
Estimated Value: $27,500
Build Time: Eight months
Owner: Erik Striegel
Hometown: Rangely, Colorado
Occupation: Pipe liner
Years Wheeling Experience: 21
Favorite Wheeling Spot: The Rangely Rock Crawl Park
Why Choose This Vehicle to Build: Got a good deal on it and it had everything I wanted (axles, steering, etc.)
Favorite Terrain: Rock
Engine: AMC 360
Aspiration: Holley 2-bbl injection
Transmission: TF727 automatic
Transfer Case: Dana 300, 4:1 low
Front Axle/Differential: Narrowed Dodge Dana 60, Detroit Locker
Rear Axle/Differential: Narrowed Dodge Dana 60, Detroit Locker
Ring and Pinion Ratio: 4.88
Front Suspension: Coils with radius arms and track bar
Rear Suspension: Spring-over leaf springs
Wheels: Poison Spyder Customs 17x9, bead lock
Tires: BFG 39x13.50R17 Krawler
Other Cool Stuff: On-board air, tube fenders, PSC hydro-assist steering
Favorite Mod(s): Krawlers
Least Favorite Mod(s): Rear leaves (hop a little)
If I Had to Build It Again: Currently having rear four-linked and stretching the wheelbase to 106 inches
So what does the title of this mini-feature mean? Honestly, we haven't a clue. Sometimes stuff like this just pops into our heads and we have to run with it. Brett Baur got in the magazine via the shrapnel effect. He was standing close by while we were shooting a feature on his buddy's rig when we started noticing how cool his '00 TJ was. Check the spec sheet for the full scoop. We bet you'll wind up thinking it's as cool as we do.
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Model: Wrangler TJ
Year: 2000
Estimated Value: $50,000
Build Time: Five years
Owner: Brett Baur
Hometown: Ogden, Utah
Occupation: Owner, Brett's Towing Company
Years Wheeling Experience: 15
Favorite Wheeling Spot: Moab, Utah
Why Choose This Vehicle to Build: It's a Jeep
Favorite Terrain: Rock
Engine: 4.0L six-cylinder
Aspiration: Avenger Supercharger, factory injection
Transmission: Factory three-speed auto
Transfer Case: Atlas II, 4.3:1 low
Front Axle/Differential: Teraflex Dana 60, ARB Air Locker
Rear Axle/Differential: Teraflex Dana 60, ARB Air Locker
Ring and Pinion Ratio: 4.56
Front Suspension: Three-link wishbone with coilovers
Rear Suspension: Triangulated four-link with coilovers
Wheels: 17x10 Trail Ready bead lock
Tires: 14/42-17 Interco Irok
Other Cool Stuff: Warn 9500 winch; full hydro steering; front and rear torsional antisway bars; cut-down Hanson Enterprises bumpers; Poison Spyder Customs tube fenders, Crusher Corners, and Rocker Knockers
Favorite Mod(s): Wheelbase stretched to 110 inches and coilovers
Least Favorite Mod(s): Nothing
If I Had to Build It Again: Build it like it is now from the start instead of plodding through all the trial and error
No, not the stupid cartoon mutt that runs around in tights. We're talking about the little guy you always root for. If we had a dime for every red TJ we bumped into while at Moab this year it'd pay for our gas out there and back. After a while you just don't even care to look. But when we stumbled across Brett Pulley and his wacky bunch of friends, we got sucked into their sphere and quickly found ourselves rooting for the little $300 XJ that could. Brett bought the '88 off Craigslist for the event and had no plans to bring it home. And after watching him drive The Escalator in it, we were rooting for him every inch of the way.
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Model: Cherokee XJ
Year: 1988
Estimated Value: $300-and dropping
Build Time: Two days
Owner: Brett Pulley
Hometown: We forgot to ask
Occupation: We have no idea
Years Wheeling Experience: Again, we're slackers
Favorite Wheeling Spot: Moab, Utah
Why Choose This Vehicle to Build: It was cheap and it was available for Easter Jeep Safari '08
Favorite Terrain: Slickrock
Engine: 4.0L
Aspiration: Factory Renix injection
Transmission: Peugeot five-speed
Transfer Case: NP231
Front Axle/Differential: Stock Dana 30, open
Rear Axle/Differential: Stock Dana 35, welded
Ring and Pinion Ratio: 3.55
Front Suspension: Stock four-link
Rear Suspension: Stock leaf springs
Wheels: Mishmash of stock Jeep
Tires: Threadbare P225/75R15 and P235/75R15 no-name brand
Other Cool Stuff: Cheap Hi-Lift knock-off bolted to hood, rear roof and tailgate cut off, tube doors
Favorite Mod(s): Front winch bumper and 3,000-pound trailer winch
Least Favorite Mod(s): Muffler knocked off by a rock
If I Had to Build It Again: I would!
It's not often you can carve out your own signature style with a vehicle as ubiquitous as a TJ, but that's just what former rock crawl champion Chris Durham has done. This is Chris' umpteenth TJ on 40s that employs hardly any suspension lift. With 1-ton axles, huge tires, and a crazy-low center of gravity, Chris' TJ makes short work of off-camber climbs and angles that would send taller rigs tumbling.
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Model: Wrangler TJ
Year: 1998
Estimated Value: $25,000
Build Time: 300 hours
Owner: Chris Durham
Hometown: Pickens, South Carolina
Occupation: Owner, Chris Durham Motorsports
Years Wheeling Experience: 18
Favorite Wheeling Spot: Tellico
Why Choose This Vehicle to Build: Creature comforts (A/C, CD player, top, heat)
Favorite Terrain: Rock
Engine: 4.0L, bored throttle body, throttle body spacer, header and exhaust
Aspiration: Factory
Transmission: Factory three-speed auto
Transfer Case: NP231 with Teraflex two-wheel low kit and Advance Adapters 32-spline output
Front Axle/Differential: Chris Durham Motorsports Dana 60 low pinion; Detroit Locker
Rear Axle/Differential: '78 F-250 Dana 60 bored for 35-spline, stock width; Detroit Locker
Ring and Pinion Ratio: 5.13
Front Suspension: Three-link with track bar, 11/4-inch coil spacer to level stance
Rear Suspension: Triangulated four-link, stock coils
Wheels: Walker Evans Racing 17x9 bead lock, 5-inch backspacing
Tires: 40x13.5017 Goodyear MT/R
Other Cool Stuff: Chris Durham Motorsports Flexi-Glass hood (bends 45 degrees without damage), Warn 9500 winch, Chris Durham Motorsports skidplate and front bumper, steering box moved, Poison Spyder Customs Crusher Corners and Rocker Guards, 1-inch body lift
Favorite Mod(s): Suspension being so low
Least Favorite Mod(s): Leaving the stock six-cylinder
If I Had to Build It Again: Do a V-8 conversion for more power