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Teams are travelling from as far as Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, Adelaide Sailing Club and The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania to compete in the third annual Melges 32 Australian East Coast Championship supported by SLAM and SOAK on Pittwater this weekend.
The success of previous years has landed the Melges 32 East Coast Championship a permanent placement in the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Clubs regatta calendar providing quality international one design class racing.
Australia's owners and crews have embraced the International Melges 24 and 32 classes one hundred percent. The incredibly close one design racing means that on most occasions it comes down to one maneuver on the racecourse that determines the satisfaction of success for the crew.
The local Melges 24 fleet has been taking advantage of the Royal Prince Alfred's One Design Series during the season realizing that time, dedication, and the will to improve will provide the best preparation for their Worlds campaign. To date five Australian teams have committed to the Melges 24 World Championship in San Francisco 2013. The East Coast Championship and NSW States in a fortnight's time will provide valuable practice and competition for these teams.
The Melges 32 Australian East Coast Championship will be the first Melges 32 regatta for new owner Barry Cuneo and his crew representing RQYS. Commercial Sea Captain Barry Cuneo took delivery of AUS 138 Envy Scooters in July. Barry is coming from a highly respected and successful sailing background, competitively racing in several fleets. Another competitor this weekend new to the Melges 32 competition is Martin Cross racing Funnel Web. Martin's experience in one-design classes will also add to the competitive line up.
Hamilton Island Race Week was the first event in the Melges 32 Asia Pacific Cup Series won by Tasmanian Greg Prescott on 2Unlimited. The Melges 32 Australian East Coast Championships is the second event and provides Gus Reid on Maxstar CYC the opportunity to close the gap and apply pressure in the pursuit of the prestigious cup.
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Who here is a strong atheist ?
A weak atheist ?
An agnostic atheist ?
An agnostic theist ?
An agnostic ?
A theist ?
I'll start the ball rolling. I am a strong atheist. I am certain there is no God or gods.
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Welcome to the club. Also a strong atheist here, a "7" on Dawkins' scale. While anything is possible, including the existence of some kind of deity, the PROBABILITY of such a being, insofar as I'm concerned, is right up there with pigs flying without assistance from Boeing, Airbus, Cessna, et al, cows coming home in a Cadillac ... or my believing in the existence of a god purely on some believer's say-so.
Put simply, it ain't happening.
Loren's comment led me to look up Dawkin's scale. Thanks Loren for that.
I rank myself as a 7. My upbringing was as a 1.
My training is in the sciences, mainly microbiology with an emphasis on biochemistry and microbial ecology.
If Dawkins would have expanded his scale or added a 3rd dimension to it, I would add I am antitheist. As was Ingersoll. The harm of religion in the modern world is inexcusable. While I don't try to deconvert people and don't (ethically, can't and don't want to) try to discuss or involve myself in discussions of belief in my daily life, I am strongly opposed to religion.
Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.
I'm a strong 7 myself. I agree with SB and Ingersoll I tend toward anti-theism. Any good which religion has wrought is more than canceled out by the damage they have done.
Thanks for the link, SB. I'm a 6.9. Anything's possible, but after review of six to 7 thousand years of written human history on the subject, I've yet to see one single scintilla of evidence for the existence of such an entity.
Loren, as to cows coming home in a Cadillac, I agree - at least about the "Cadillac" part. Change the make and model though..........
LMAO! Good point.
I come out as a 6 on Dawkin's scale. I cannot ascribe 100% certainty to any hypothesis about the real world. I can ascribe 100% certainty to mathematical theorems, but that's all. Inasmuch as no human is omniscient, it's difficult to imagine anybody being genuinely 100% logically certain of anything. I suspect that people who ascribe absolute truth to any hypothesis are bringing a certain amount of faith into the equation.
That atheism is also a faith is an old, baseless and often heard argument of the theists. I do not appreciate your making a similar argument. I am a strong atheist at 7 on Dawkins scale. Nobody else is anytime going to give us a 100% certainty about the non-existence of god. It has to come from our own combination of knowledge and logic. Waiting for the certain proof coming from any other source is like waiting for Godot.(Sounding a little old fashioned, is it?)
It's a shame that you cannot appreciate what should be an obvious point: that there is no such thing in the real world as an absolute truth. If you are 100% certain of any claim, then you don't know enough about it. The more you learn about any subject, the more questions arise. You can still assign vast credence to a hypothesis, but 100% certainty requires perfection of knowledge, which no rational human can claim to possess.
We are entitled to be as certain (at least to our own satisfaction) that there are no gods as Christians are certain that there is no God but theirs, and not have to have perfect knowledge.
"Entitled"? A person has the privilege of declaring his own truth? Your argument suggests that your beliefs are based on faith rather than logic, just like religious believers. That's your own business, not mine, but I myself prefer to view reality through the lens of rationalism.
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A Vision Of Destruction [PHOTOS, VIDEO]
Gov. Chris Christie visited Seaside Heights and saw first hand the devastation on the tourist town, calling it "our Katrina."
Residents were allowed back officially for the first time to Seaside Heights on Friday and were shocked and in tears at what they saw.
""It's heartbreaking," Ariel Long told the Asbury Park Press as she and her mother collected Social Security cards, Rosary beads and photographs.
Laurie Molinaro crawled through a window to enter her home according the Asbury Park Press. "Oh my God" was her initial reaction as she scanned the damage caused by several feet of water. "It is what it is," she said. "We're here. We're alive."
Steve Dabern was among those who grabbed all the warm clothing he could as soon as he got back into his Toms River house, which had 2 ½ feet of water in it at the height of the storm.
His reaction when he walked in the front door?
"Complete, utter shock," he said. "Sickness. I felt sick. The floor was all torn up. The refrigerator was on its side. All the tables and chairs from the kitchen were pushed into the living room.
"We waited eight days to get here, and the anticipation, the not knowing what would be there, was incredible," he said. "Now it's just a shock. It's a total mess."
Governor Chris Christie seemed to get a bit emotional as he came to the place where he spent many summers in his childhood reports the Star Ledger.
The Governor toured the island and Christie says he expects life to return to normal Monday for most of New Jersey. And nearly everyone will have power restored by midnight Saturday. But he cautioned that the Jersey Shore won't look the same next summer as it did last summer.
"I want to be honest and direct about this," the governor said according to the Star Ledger. "This phase is going to take months — months, if not years — to be completed fully and to our satisfaction. The devastation we've seen over the last week is not something that can be rebuilt overnight. And I have to tell you a hard truth. Next summer is not going to be like last summer."
He says he may lift the gasoline rationing system in place in 12 counties by early next week. He says the rationing has worked and lines at the pump have become rare as live returns to pre-Sandy for many as power and clean water are once again available.
"By Monday morning, when everybody gets up, for the overwhelming majority of the state, life will be back to what they perceive as normal," Christie said.
Eighty percent of schools were able to be opened by Friday. Christie says even more will be ready on Monday.
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Facebook Rolls Out New Lightbox View
Today for the first time I noticed that Facebook has rolled out a new lightbox view for photos. There were rumors of a new Facebook Lightbox view coming already out in the wild, but this was the first time that I saw it myself.
At first blush it looks like quite a bit of it was
copied from inspired by Google Photos. Remember Vincent Mo, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. 😉
The biggest change is that that comments on Facebook photos have been moved over to the right. Also it's interesting to me that they seem to have dropped adverts on photos that have enough comments to require scrolling. This probably makes sense as it's a way to reward high value (i.e. highly commented) photos on Facebook and below the fold adverts (where the adverts go under the comments) probably wouldn't fetch as much as above the fold adverts anyways.
Also now, when you hover over the photo it gives you the opportunity to "like" or "tag" the photo. This is in addition to the options already to like and tag the photo that are to the right of the photo and always showing. Facebook really must want to drive "likes" and "tags" to their photos, which does actually make a lot of sense as increasing social activity on photos will drive engagement.
Simply clicking off the photo to the empty space around the photo or pressing the escape key will bring you back to the regular page you came from.
Personally I like the new lightbox view by Facebook. It's better than the old Facebook lightbox. It's still not as good as Google+'s which still has a larger photo — but along with the new much larger photo thumbnails in the timeline view, it's a step in the right direction. It also tells me that Facebook has probably noticed the success that Google+ has had with photographers and is looking to try and find ways to make Facebook more attractive to the photography crowd. Facebook's photos have come a long way since pre-Google+. Back then photo thumbnails were ensy weeny — the size of a postage stamp.
If I were Facebook I'd still make the lightbox view much larger though (like Google+). When it comes to a photo in lightbox view, bigger is definitely better.
Facebook also still needs to give us a way to crop photos in the Timeline view. Right now the imposed square crop doesn't always best show your photo and the "resize" feature (press the star above your photo in timeline view) weirdly crops just the top half of the photo. Facebook already does have a cropping tool that you can use for your main cover photo in timeline view, so I'd think (and I hear) that better cropping ought to be coming for timeline photos at some point.
What do you think? Do you like the new Facebook lightbox for photos? And which do you think looks better, Facebook's or Google+'s? Any other thoughts on today's new Facebook lightbox design?
Comments on the new change from Facebook users.
Comments on the new change from Google+ users.
Update: Mike Schroepfer from Facebook comments in the comments below: "Thomas and everyone else – thanks for the feedback.
We experimented with blacking out the entire background. However, we found that may people were confused about how to navigate back from the viewer. The semi-opaque black background tries to strike a balance between having great contrast in the photo and giving people an easy way to click out/get back to FB as they need. Either way I think it is a huge improvement from having a white background.
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We've built our Dodge to our liking (you can check it out at www.off-roadweb.com) with a number of components that we felt meant our standards and every piece has really worked beautifully for what we needed. One modification we've really liked was the addition of the DT Pro Fab control arms to the truck. They're fixed arms so there is no worrying about adjustment, and you can order them in stock length, half-inch longer, or 1-inch longer than stock. We're running the 1-inch-longer-than-stock arms with around four inches of suspension lift, and 37-inch tires can travel completely into the fenderwell without hitting and tearing up the fender.
The DT arms have urethane bushings on them, which makes for a nice ride and allows the arms to flex during off-camber situations. We recently took a look at the arms and the urethane bushings are still in great condition, and the arms look brand new after a wipe with some water and a rag.
Chevy Mid-Travel Kit
The JD Fabrication mid-travel IFS kit on our 2000 Silverado Z-71 has proven to be a boost to our off-road capability. After the install of the upper control arms, we've found the extra couple of inches in droop travel helps keep the tires planted better, especially on cross ruts. We've run dirt roads and some hilly, eroded mountain trails, and in our experience the truck articulates better. We find that we have a tire in the air less often now and the traction is improved with the better travel. We've had no reliability or durability issues with the kit.
S-10 Lift Kit
We've been pleasantly surprised at the durability of our BDS S-10 suspension. It's not a suspension that's in high demand as many 'Dime enthusiasts go custom these days, but we wanted to try out this kit on our S-10 Blazer before getting crazy with our own. Honestly, the kit has worked well enough to set our timeline back over a year now. We figured we'd have this suspension on the truck for a few months, then move on to some type of long-travel or solid-axle-swap suspension for more hardcore use. But this S-10, adorned with a BDS lift kit and 33-inch Hankooks, has really been great as a commuter and weekend warrior. The 33-inch tires rubbed the heck out of the fenders with the 6.5-inch lift kit so we had to go with fiberglass fenders, but it gives our S-10 a cool look and we can stuff these 33s where only a 31-inch tire was supposed to fit.
Bronco Torque Converter
Before meeting the gang over at Continental, we didn't put all that much thought into torque converters. We figured choosing a torque converter was a simple matter of matching an appropriately-sized unit to a transmission. That kind of thinking might work for vehicles that don't see much strain, but our vehicles get flogged pretty hard. Continental has been producing performance-oriented torque converters for more than 40 years, and they take note of almost every aspect of a vehicle when they build a custom converter, from tire size to engine idle speed. The result: an almost bulletproof converter that can last the life of your truck. Check out www.off-roadweb.com for a step-by-step creation of a Continental Torque Converter for our project Bronco. Believe us, the thing is solid.
Terra Trac A/T
As you might guess, we've got a number of things in the works as we gear up for future stories. One of these happens to be a giant all-terrain tire test that we've been putting together for the better part of a year. We've had prior experience with most tires in the test, but one tire in particular—the Hercules Terra Trac A/T—is completely new to us and has been a pleasant surprise from a company we don't cover enough. The Terra Trac is one of the least expensive tires in our test, yet it's been great at freeway cruising, around-town driving, and mild off-roading and trail cruising. In the rain, the tire has performed remarkably well on a test Suburban (versus other all-terrains we've had on this truck in the past) and we're looking forward to the first snow (this entry was written in October—no snow yet).


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The MIT men's volleyball team defeated Emerson College, 25-15, 25-14, 25-13, in a non-conference match on Thursday night. The Engineers, tied for seventh in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) national rankings, improved to 9-1 on the year, while the Lions saw their ledger dip to 3-2 overall.
Ken Siebert racked up 11 kills, four blocks, and three aces as Patrick Vatterott posted six kills, four blocks, and two aces for MIT. Matt Hohenberger notched eight kills while Billy Evans and Evan Wang both registered six kills. Garrett Winther contributed five kills and three blocks as Jeremy Velazquez anchored the defense with nine digs. Caine Jette totaled eight digs and three aces while Tim Lee compiled 37 assists and four digs.
Jeff Ackerstein paced the Lions with four kills as Evan Ong led the way with five digs.
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It's now the semi-finals of the Vegetarian Bento Contest! The voting has been quite heavy (more than 700 votes cast in total!) and very close indeed.
Once again, please take a look carefully at each entry. Vote for your top 2 favorites from the list on or before 23:59:59 CET of Friday, June 19th, and send in your choices to contestvote [at] justhungry [dot] com. The two bento entries that gather the most votes will then go on for the Final Bento Showdown!
There are 15 semi-finalists, since there was actually a tie in one group. Here are your semi-finalists, in no particular order.
You will see that a couple of people have more than one bento in the semis. In the event that the same person's bentos are the top two vote getters, the entry that has the most votes of the two will go through to the Final 2, with another person's entry as the other choice.
Good luck to all the semi-finalists!
To repeat: Vote for your top 2 favorites from the list on or before 23:59:59 CET of Friday, June 19th, and send in your choices to contestvote [at] justhungry [dot] com. The two bentos that gather the most votes will then go on for the Final Bento Showdown!
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I've been looking at this site for a long time going 'someday, someday I'll do that' in my head. Well, I finally went to buy a bento (the 670ml stainless steel one from Kobo Aizawa to be exact) and for the life of me I can't figure out how to purchase it. Mainly because I don't read Japanese very well yet. OK OK I'm still a complete beginner who can only make out hiragana but still doesn't know what any of it means. But at least I could search the words and figure it out. Well, I managed to get one into a cart and now I'm stuck. I even downloaded google translator but for some reason it won't work on the checkout page. So, my question is do they even ship to United States? And if so how can I navigate their page?? ...like I said, I am desparate.. and ready to cry after trying for so long to figure this out. IF there is ANY way you could guide me, I would be SO in your debt, and if not, at least thanks for reading my plea :).
Hi Chandra,
Kobo Aizawa doesn't sell their bento boxes directly to the public; however Bento & Co. now carries a the box you are talking about. Here's the direct link. Now...I know it's all in French! But don't worry, just contact them - contact page in English, and Thomas will take care of you. They ship all over the world, and yep we've been bugging them about translating their site to English for ages :) Those stainless steel boxes are expensive, but very durable (and the Bento & Co. prices are quite reasonable compared to how much they retail for in Japan)
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With conference play heating up, and April — a month that's all about improvement — on the doorstep, I solicited questions on Twitter (@QKessenich) to see what's on people's minds.
National College Lacrosse League @NCLLax: If QK can change just one rule for 2013, what would he add or delete from the NCAA rulebook?
QK: The No. 1 rule change on everybody's mind is the shot clock. Shot-clock advocates are growing, but change is a touchy subject. The rules committee works in a two-year cycle, and this offseason offers it the opportunity to enact reform.
Right now, I favor a 30-second shot clock once the stall warning has been administered by the officials. So instead of the "keep it in" rule, a team would have 30 seconds to put a shot on goal. On goal means scoring or hitting the goalie or a goal post. A wide shot wouldn't reset the 30-second, referee-held buzzer. Refs would manually signal the start of the clock, their beepers would sound at 10 seconds and they would manually count down. It is a compromise solution.
Kevin Gibbons-O'Neill @gibbonsoneill: How do you feel about video replays on scoring plays?
QK: For games that are televised, I love the college basketball model of video review. Referees can use video to review three situations:
•Goal or no goal — Did the ball cross the goal line? Was a player in the crease?
•Timing situations — Had the clock expired? Does time need to be adjusted?
•Flagrant fouls — Officials can use video to correctly identify and punish offenders.
Peter Wilson @PeterWBZ: What about adding a small 30-second clock to ESPNU games to illustrate the time running out as teams try to clear?
QK: Good idea. On dead-ball clears, it makes sense. The problem with that clock is it wouldn't necessarily match up with the timer the official wears on non-dead-ball clears, such as a save, ground ball or intercepted pass. So it wouldn't be an official clock.
@C_McD19: What are the top three skills required to play Division I lacrosse?
QK: Stickwork. Speed. Decision-making. Coaches look for athletes with exceptional stickwork with both hands — players who can shoot hard and accurately on the run. Coaches can't teach speed, so speed is a worthy commodity. And they want playmakers who make correct decisions on the field and show a strong lacrosse IQ.
Ryan Coakley @BIGcoaks: How do you guard Steele Stanwick?
QK: Luckily, I don't have to. But seriously, I'd be slow to double-team Stanwick when he attacks the goal. I'd rather make him beat me off the dodge and score unassisted than let him dish to a teammate. I will also shut him off on extra-man situations and face-guard him when Virginia has any transition. The fewer touches he gets, the better.
Chris @csears18: How do you think UMass will be able to deal with top 5 talent if they make it into the NCAAs?
QK: UMass has balance and is stacked with legitimate talent. Coach Greg Cannella knows how to win and has 11 seniors who contribute. At 8-0 after a win Tuesday over Harvard, the Minutemen have beaten only two teams in the Top 20 (Bucknell and Penn State). They still must play Hofstra, Drexel and the Colonial Athletic Association tournament. But it's likely that at the end of the regular season they will have played no one in the Top 10. That's a serious question mark.
Justin Clark @jclarky021: Cornell is really hanging tough without Rob Pannell — is it the best team in the country when he is healthy?
QK: The Big Red is rated No. 1 in scoring offense and No. 2 in shots per possession, and it rarely commits frivolous turnovers. Cornell is getting terrific production from Steve Mock, Max Van Bourgondien, Connor English, Matt Donovan, Chris Langton and JJ Gilbane. With Rob Pannell, Cornell is a Memorial Day contender; without him, it's a solid quarterfinalist with a chance to win its way to Boston depending on the matchup.
Tom Bovee @TBovee65: If you were building a team today with only NCAA players, who is your starting lineup?
Steele Stanwick — Virginia
Peter Baum — Colgate
Mark Matthews — Denver
Rob Pannell — Cornell (injured)
Tom Schreiber — Princeton
Colin Briggs — Virginia
Brent Adams — Fairfield
Long-stick midfield
CJ Costabile — Duke
Defensive midfield
Devon Dobson — Notre Dame
Marshall Burkhart — Johns Hopkins
Faceoff specialist
Bobby Dattilo — Hobart
Brian Megill — Syracuse
Joe Fletcher — Loyola
Tucker Durkin — Johns Hopkins
John Kemp — Notre Dame
Albert Elezovic @brofessorbert: With many teams rebuilding this year, what unexpected team do you expect to be in Top 10 ranking/playoffs?
QK: Here is my mock NCAA tournament if the season ended today:
•1. Johns Hopkins
•Siena (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
•8. Lehigh (Patriot League)
•5. UMass (CAA)
•North Carolina
•4. Notre Dame (Big East Conference)
•3. Cornell (Ivy League)
•6. Loyola (Eastern College Athletic Conference)
•7. Duke
•UMBC (America East)
•2. Virginia
@tweeter_McGavin: What do you think of redshirt freshman goalie Andrew O'Connell? Future All-American?
QK: North Carolina's backup from Malvern (Pa.) Prep has played a grand total of 52:27 while compiling a 10.30 goals-against average. He is making saves at a 57 percent rate. I will watch him warm up Sunday at MetLife Stadium and give you my assessment during the broadcast of the Tar Heels' game against Johns Hopkins in the Big City Classic (ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.).
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Marjorie J. Neuman, a homemaker and artist who was active in Baltimore County Republican politics, died Feb. 12 from complications of a brain tumor at Lorien Mays Chapel and Skilled Nursing. She was 89.
The daughter of a plumbing company owner and a homemaker, the former Marjorie Jane Schwarz was born and raised in Baltimore.
After graduating from Western High School in 1940, she enrolled at the Maryland Institute College of Art, from which she graduated in 1942.
Mrs. Neuman, who was a longtime Overlea resident before moving to Perry Hall 15 years ago, was "an expert in china painting," said her daughter, Stevie Landon of Palatka, Fla.
Active in Republican politics since 1991, Mrs. Neuman had been a member of the Baltimore County Board of Election Supervisors.
She was an active member of the Baltimore County Farm Bureau, Bou-Tem-Sci Club of Baltimore, Royal Order of Jesterettes, Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America and the Daughters of the Nile.
She was a member of St. Matthias Episcopal Church in Parkville.
Her husband of 18 years, Theodore Neuman, who had owned Neuman's Cafe on Harford Road, died in 1975. Her first marriage, to Randolph H. Irwin, ended in divorce.
At her request, there will be no services.
In addition to her daughter, Mrs. Neuman is survived by a son, Arthur H. Neuman of Baltimore; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.


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1997 Jeep Wrangler TJ Project - Steal-J Part IXPosted in Project Vehicles on July 1, 2007
The last time we showed you our '97 Wrangler project, it had just received new Dana 44 axles with 4.56 gears from Drivetrain Warehouse. When you consider we're only planning on running 32s under this Jeep, 4.56s seem like a lot of gear. However, we've been planning on ditching the three-speed TF999 transmission in favor of something better since Day 1.
While we're still die-hard manual transmission fans, we do acknowledge the fact that a large number of Jeep owners prefer an automatic. So, without too much joking, it was with a certain obligation to our readers that we ditched our plans of a manual five-speed swap and started figuring the very best way to stick a TH700R4 behind our 4.0LWhile it may seem simple on paper, swapping over to the big Chevy transmission is actually quite an undertaking. We enlisted help from some of the best companies in the industry to make this happen. There are certain considerations to be taken into account, such as crank-sensor relocation, overall driveline length, getting the shifter to work with the factory console, and so on.
For starters, we contacted Advance Adapters and told them what we were up to. You can check out the "Parts, Pieces, and Prices" sidebar on page 69 to find everything the company was able to send us to facilitate the swap. Needless to say, the company's grasp on what it takes to make just about any Jeep swap a reality is mind numbing. Advance Adapters has two TH700R4-to-NP231 adapters that will work. The first is 2.5 inches long and fits the 4WD version of the tranny. It comes with a new 27-spline input gear for the NP231. The second is only 1.50 inches long and works with either the 2WD or 4WD tranny. It includes a new 23- or 21-spline mainshaft that must be installed in the transmission. We followed Advance's recommendations and had the 1.5-inch kit's mainshaft sent off to TCI to be installed in our new transmission.
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When considering a company to build our TH700R4, few could match TCI's reputation for quality or flexibility with customer service. TCI routinely custom-builds transmissions, so assembling our Maximiser 4x4 transmission with Advance's mainshaft caused absolutely no drama. TCI's TH700R4 arrived to us fully built with a chrome oil pan, converter, 3 gallons of TCI's Max Shift transmission fluid, TCI's vacuum-operated lockup converter switch installed, and the dyno sheet verifying the transmission had been test run not twice but three times to ensure proper operation before it was shipped out.
Installing a TH700R4 adds a lot of length unless you get creative. Using Advance Adapter's 1.5-inch adapter helped, but we were able to keep our rear driveshaft length within 1 inch of stock by using TeraFlex's Extreme Short Shaft kit (PN 231ESS). Once everything was installed, we called up Tom Wood for a pair of his newly designed, silky smooth 1310 CV driveshafts. The shafts feature Tom's own CVs, not Spicer's. The CVs are forged from steel, not cast iron, and have a modified shape to reduce stress risers and improve grease distribution for longer life and cooler operation.
TAG signed on to be the official shop of our Steal-J buildup, and halfway through the transmission swap, we sort of felt bad for them. We ran into a few glitches and unforeseen problems that would have sent some lesser shops into a tizzy, but the crew at TAG, namely shop foreman Jay Miller, handled every eventuality without throwing one wrench and turned the mess of Jeep parts scattered across the work bay into a reliable runner. Read on for the full skinny on the install.


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We take dessert pretty seriously here at Tillamook. That's why we're heading out on the road with our Yum Yogurt Tour to bring our new Tillamook Dessert Yogurt to the people! Yep, you read that right – Tillamook Dessert Yogurt.
This new, rich and creamy sweet treat contains active yogurt cultures and is made with the most delicious, high quality ingredients from Oregon. Perfect for one or for the entire family, And as always, Tillamook Yogurt contains no artificial anything so it's perfect for you and the whole fam. So indulge in our Honey Cinnamon Crème Brulee, savor our Marionberry Cobbler and relish in our Peach Raspberry a la Mode. All it takes is a spoon.
Want to be one of the first to try our new Tillamook Dessert Yogurt? Then join us as our Yum Yogurt Tour makes its way from San Francisco to Seattle, with delicious stops in Sacramento and Portland in between. Scroll below to see when the Yum Yogurt Tour will be making its way near you and follow along on Twitter using #YumYogurtTour.
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My wife is from Oregon and is very familiar with your products. I am from New York and and am learning love what I am able to find in stores
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Thanks for your comment! Have you checked our Where to Buy tool? It looks like you might be able to find some of our Low Fat Yogurt in your area! Please be sure to call ahead and check that the yogurt is in stock before making any special trips. I hope this helps!
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2012 was the year that websites devoted to factchecking politicians truly came into their own, though they actually started a few years ago. Some people are calling for more of that sort of thing, but Brendan Nyhan correctly points out that if journalists did their jobs, they wouldn't be necessary:
There's a word for this kind of factchecking: Journalism. It's what any journalist worthy of the title should do in every single story they write. The problem is that the American media long ago fell into the "two sides to every story" rut, which they continue to justify by pretending that presenting both sides of a story even when one side (or both) is flagrantly wrong is necessary in order to be "objective" and "unbiased." It's time to stop such nonsense and get back to doing their jobs.
While factchecking did not eliminate falsehoods from our politics, this was always an unrealistic expectation. The relevant question is whether politicians were more careful, and voters better informed, than they would have been without factchecking. By that standard, the expansion of factchecking seems likely to have had a positive effect…
The criteria for success, though, should not be the addition of more specialized factcheckers or the production of more factchecking articles and TV segments. Dedicated factcheckers like PolitiFact and Factcheck.org play a critical role, but we will know that factchecking has succeeded in changing American political journalism when it disappears as a specialized function. The process of factchecking needs to be integrated into political coverage, not ghettoized in sidebars and online features. If more reporters adopt best practices for covering misinformation (including exercising discretion in not fact-checking some statements), politicians and other public figures could face even more effective scrutiny in 2013 and beyond.


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Jeunes Chefs Rôtisseurs Competition
The objective of this competition is to encourage and promote the expertise of young chefs in the finest traditions of the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs.
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A principle of the Chaîne is to promote the enjoyment, knowledge and understanding of fine wines and crafted beverages for the professional and amateur enthusiast.
A clear goal is to provide help, encouragement and support for the young professionals who will be the best sommeliers of the future.
The International Jeunes Sommeliers Competition promotes the expertise of the young wine and spirit professional encouraging mastery of wine and spirit knowledge.
It also offers to the young sommelier an opportunity to present their skills and "savoir faire" under highly competitive, intense and gruelling testing conditions.
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A storm of controversy in Britain over a deadly rescue mission in Afghanistan is coinciding with a new poll that shows plummeting support for the war – something that could strain US ties with its closest NATO allies and present more obstacles to President Obama's push for the alliance to send more troops.
Britain is the second-largest contributor of troops to the NATO mission. But doubts about conflict's direction have turned Britons hostile towards an increased military commitment there.
Widespread allegations of election fraud are undermining international support for Afghan President Hamid Karzai. And the rescue of kidnapped journalist Stephen Farrell, which resulted in the deaths of one commando and Mr. Farrell's interpreter, Sultan Munadi, has only underscored concerns about a rising military death toll.
The new poll, conducted by the German Marshall Fund, asked voters if they would support a request from President Obama to increase troop levels. Huge majorities across Europe were opposed, with 75 percent of Britons and 86 percent of Germans saying Obama's request should be turned down.
The poll also found that 41 percent of Britons want their troops withdrawn entirely and a further 19 percent want the troop level reduced. The poll found 41 percent of Germans want a full withdrawal and 16 percent want a troop reduction.
Majorities in all countries surveyed indicated increasing support for economic reconstruction, except in Britain, where 49 percent approved.
Polling was carried out in late June, before both the daring commando raid to free Mr. Farrell on Wednesday and a German airstrike last Friday that killed 70 people, some of them civilians, in the previously quiescent Afghan province of Kunduz.
Both events, at least for now, have increased opposition to the war.
In pacifist-leaning Germany, the deadliest combat strike by German troops since World War II has become a hot campaign issue, with the country headed for elections at the end of the month.
In Britain, the operation to free Farrell might have been widely greeted with somber pride in another climate, but instead, questions are being raised about the wisdom of going ahead with the raid.
Criticism of journalist
Military commentators have criticized Farrell, a respected journalist with joint British-Irish citizenship who was also briefly abducted in Iraq in 2004, for apparently ignoring warnings not to venture into a Taliban-controlled area where he was kidnapped.
Farrell told The New York Times, his employer, that he had received information that the road to the village hit by the airstrike and where he was taken hostage, was safe.
Britain's beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown is also drawing flak as a result of the raid, which the British government today confirmed was sanctioned by Mr. Brown's defense and foreign ministers following consultations with him.
"Ordinary people everywhere are now saying that the government has got to provide a time scale for withdrawal," says Rose Gentle, a Glasgow mother whose son died serving in Iraq and who now jointly chairs the campaign group Military Families Against the War.
Brown battles to shore up support
Unnamed hostage negotiators who were said to be within days of securing a peaceful release expressed anger at the decision to stage the operation, according to The Times of London.
The episode comes as Brown and his cabinet are battling to shore up support for the war. On Wednesday, a survey published by Britain's National Army Museum showed that 53 percent of Britons now disagreed with the initial decision to deploy British troops to Afghanistan, while just 25 percent said they agreed.
Those figures are broadly in line with European sentiment. The Marshall Fund poll found that 63 percent of Europeans are pessimistic about stabilizing the situation.
But the level of opposition in Britain, regarded as more of a rock of support for the conflict until now, may shock planners in the White House, Downing Street, and NATO headquarters.
Jonathan Tonge, professor of politics at the University of Liverpool, says the changing British public view of Afghanistan was now reminiscent of attitudes towards the decades-long conflict in Northern Ireland, when the public was almost always in favor of pulling troops out, apart from a few occasions when infamous IRA attacks enraged public opinion and caused a spike in the opposite direction.
"Part of the reason is the escalating number of fatalities among troops, but people are also not clear on how long this will last for, they are unsure if the war is winnable, what victory will look like, and whether it really has any effect on reducing the terrorist threat at home, where many terrorists have turned out to be homegrown," he says. "If you polled people after 9/11, there was a gung-ho attitude toward going in, but that has evaporated."
Mr. Tonge predicts that both Labour and the opposition Conservative Party will soon be exploring options for a quiet exit from Afghanistan.
Tonge does not expect Afghanistan to become a major election issue, as it has in Germany, where a resurgent left is using it to attack Chancellor Angela Merkel. Instead, he says, the political consensus in Britain is beginning to crack.
Election fraud
Both the Conservatives and Britain's third major party, the Liberal Democrats, are preparing to call for the disputed Afghan election to be re-run, while the Conservative leader, David Cameron, regarded by many as a prime minister in waiting, was recorded Wednesday by a BBC camera crew lamenting "naked" fraud in Afghanistan's election.
Although his remarks were said to have been private, there are suspicions that his party may be preparing to open up blue water between it and the government.
But the strategy that political pundits say Cameron is considering would hinge on sending in more British troops for a short duration to train the Afghan Army.
Brown is also facing mounting opposition within his own party, which may explode into open political civil war at Labour's annual conference later this month. Long-term antiwar activists sense the wind is now in their sails.
"When it came to Iraq, we were told it was about weapons of mass destruction. With Afghanistan, it was terrorism, and perhaps people thought it was a 'good' war because of that," says Ms. Gentle. "But now we are at a turning point. Everywhere you go, you bump into people who know or are related to someone serving in Afghanistan, or have a relative there. Anytime a soldier gets killed, the ripples get bigger."
Is Afghanistan worth fighting for?
Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski is skeptical about a troop surge, while Francis Fukuyama, author of "The End of History and the Last Man," sees reasons to persist.


text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - The notice of cancer Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in The notice of cancer Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Opinions View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message cloverJoined: 31 May 2003Posts: 3 Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 10:19 pm Post subject: The notice of cancer Hi, everybody! I am a Japanese student. My grandmother has terminal cancer . But she don't know that, because it considered it more fortunate not to know that she has terminal cancer. Do you want to be notified if you have tarminal cancer ? Back to top toomuchJoined: 08 Jun 2003Posts: 5 Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 2:49 am Post subject: I`m sorry to heard about your grandmother,Clover. Take care. Niether I`ve been noticed nor not to be. I`ll accept the reality. Back to top aa702Joined: 06 May 2003Posts: 4 Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 8:12 pm Post subject: brave to accept the reality I agree with the up one Back to top river1974Joined: 20 May 2003Posts: 525Location: Taiwan Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2003 1:06 am Post subject: Regarding this question, I prefer to be notified. I have always wanted to be a man who can frankly face himself, even if dealing with the situation about death. Being notified of suffering from terminal cancer may be a great shock to me at the first time, but I think it's better for me to know the truth rather than being deceived. Since I still have many relatives and friends who are fairly concerned about me, I should get together with them well before departing from this life. Back to top cloverJoined: 31 May 2003Posts: 3 Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 2:53 am Post subject: Thank you for a lot of replies. I'm sorry that a reply became very late I asked to a doctor into what state people would lapse, if they are notified. There are two types. Those who think positively to how I will make a living, and those who wiil be in a depressed state and pass away with the state are needed. My grandmother was a person who cared also a little poor health, so we decided not notify her. This is a very difficult problem because a view changes with individuals. In fact, she passed away. I'm very sad However, we don't repent having not notified her. She passed away without being notified and we regard her as fortunate. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Opinions All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright © 2018 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map Teachers College, Columbia University: Train to Teach English Here or Abroad Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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The Episcopallian road is easy and wide, for many go through it to find destruction. lol sorry channeling Isa.
Father, bless.My friend suggested 耶穌基督得勝, which I can verify from my limited knowledge of Chinese reads "Jesus Christ gets victory/is victorious" in traditional characters. My friend also suggested the following characters might be appropriate, but cannot just be substituted in place of 勝, lest the phrase be rendered ungrammatical:征服 -- to conquer, to vanquish, to prevail獲勝 -- to be victorious, to triumph, to prevailThe hard part is choosing the right characters, I think. 勝 alone can have the commonplace meaning of "to win", like one would win a game of scrabble, for instance. I personally like 征服.If you can't find a calligraphist or scholar of Chinese to help out with formulating the characters, getting the seal script for your chosen characters is the easy part. Any of those shops that produce those name stamps Asian people use to sign their names would be able to transcribe the chosen characters in the seal script.Does any of this help? Are you trying to create a seal for the prosphora?(posted from my iPhone)
I think it looks great, though I personally stress-out whenver I see the seal script!You won't mind if I show it to some more Chinese-speaking friends for verification? I would feel terrible if my initial advice was incorrect or only part-correct.
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For much of the first half, Colts quarterback Andrew Luck looked like he didn't know what to do without Reggie Wayne.
As the night went on, he might have found his next long-term target.
With three touchdowns in the second half of their 27-24 win over the Texans, wide receiver T.Y. Hilton took a huge step toward becoming the guy for the Colts.
Wayne's streak of 189 straight games ended with his torn ACL two weeks ago, and you just don't replace him.
There's no one in the group of Hilton, Darrius Heyward-Bey or Griff Whalen who could, of course. But those guys could help Luck by catching things that hit them in the hands.
Hilton started to in the second half, which was the only reason they got back into the game. In the first half, Luck didn't appear to fully trust anyone other than his old Stanford tight end Coby Fleener.
Hilton needs to become more consistent catching the ball before he can get close to Wayne's level, but he's emerged as the one of the group with the best chance.
Here are five more things we learned during Sunday Night Football:
But as it pertains to the common world of football, they found at least one important answer, and perhaps two.
If it's too soon to say that Case Keenum is their quarterback of the future, it's certainly too soon to say Andre Johnson is slowing down.
The quarterback making his second start and the veteran wideout connected nine times for 229 yards.
Johnson scored his first touchdown since Dec. 16, 2012 in the first quarter, and added two more before halftime.
But more than the scoring itself, the deep ball element that had been missing from the Texans offense was back.
Deposed quarterback Matt Schaub was averaging 6.7 yards per attempt in his six starts this year (a number which had been shrinking progressively, from 8.5 in 2011 to 7.4 last year).
By contrast, Keenum averaged 10.8 yards per attempt last week against the Chiefs, and 10.3 Sunday.
3. The Colts were not helped by a pair of special teams calls in the first half.
Texans special teamer Bryan Braman didn't touch the ball when he plowed into Colts punter Pat McAfee, which should have been called a roughing penalty.
But the second quarter review which gave the ball back to the Texans after return man Keshawn Martin fumbled seemed bizarre. They reversed the call on the field to say Colts wide receiver LaVon Brazill touched it, but any contact seemed imperceptible.
Of course, the special teams gods giveth back, too. Texans kicker Randy Bullock missed three field goals — the sixth, seventh and eighth misses of the year from the 2012 fifth-round pick.
4. The Texans brought Ed Reed in for his leadership.
It certainly wasn't for his play on the field.
Reed has been a step slow (or worse) all year, but he does things more befitting a rookie.
His third quarter personal foul on an incomplete pass kept a drive going. The fact the Colts only got a field goal out of the deal doesn't matter that much, but Reed's not delivering anything near the level to justify their investment in him.
5. The early hole they found themselves in made it not conducive to running.
But at some point, the Colts have to be concerned with what they're getting from running back Trent Richardson.
After giving up a first-round pick to acquire him from the Browns, Richardson has averaged 2.7, 3.0, 3.1, 4.0, 2.6 and 2.5 yards per attempt.
Jim Brown might have been right. Richardson might be an ordinary back, but they didn't pay an ordinary price.


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Loveseat was a hardcore punk zine done in the 1980's by Alex Brown.
Originating from Iowa, Loveseat covered the hardcore punk scene in Des Moines and elsewhere in the U.S.A. It was a photocopied, cut and paste publication.
Issue #2 of this zine, released in 1986, featured interviews with the bands Anti Scrunti Faction (A.S.F.) and Kindred Spirits, a local Des Moines hardcore group, including pictures of the band by Sue. Also featured is an article on a failed Peace March in California, which a Des Moines punk named Thad talks about, after flying there to attend. Along with reviews of live shows there are lots of photos by Polly of the bands performing, such as Welfare Skate, A Child's Trust In God, Sinister Sons, and Dead Relatives. Included in these pages are also reviews of recordings and zines. There's lots of local news items about upcoming shows, local bands and venues, and photos of local punks at shows and hanging out.
Another item of interest are the pen and ink drawings that the editor has made great use of throughout his zine, including the front and back covers.


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Wandering the wastes of a post-apocalyptic landscape, no longer demarcated by county or city limits, I fought Kenshiro through packs of thugs, zealot gangs and imperial guards. Born unto the lineage of the Hokuto Shinken, an ancient fighting style using acupressure points for explosive assassinations, I wade Kenshiro into these peons with little effort, ultimately leading him to encounters against rivaling, tyrannical martial artists. As Kenshiro reiterates time again, Hokuto Shinken is unstoppable. He continually exclaims, You are already dead as opposing troops' limbs contort more awkwardly than even Mr. Fantastic can and bellies burst.
Taking Buronson and Tetsuo Hara's many-times-adapted Hokuto no Ken manga series and adapting it once again for the Xbox 360 and PS3, Koei situate Kenshiro in a Dynasty Warriors spinoff, Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage. The aforementioned series is known for exhibiting the very definition of grinding in the gamer's dictionary, and Ken's Rage is a no-exception addition. In the hands of Koei, this take affords fans of the manga a CliffsNotes retelling filled with stints of repetitive, head-busting action spaced out between droughts of vapid levels that bleed together into seamlessly recycled, indistinguishable corridors.
In this game world, your hero may have the power to deliver special Signature attacks where a flurry of a thousand fists drain your enemy's stamina, or sweeping chains of physicality that culminate in a concussive burst of electrons frying them with a Meridian Shock, but for all of his muscly bulk and Bruce Lee watatata's, arbitrary obstacles create a burden for Kenshiro. Climbing walls and jumping across shipping containers prove to be his greatest adversaries. This isn't necessarily debilitating though, since the environments you blow through offer only optical illusions as expanses. For however open and wide levels appear, what's really playable are only ninety degree angles leading into bland straightaways with little texture or variance on the story (Legend) side of the game. The village made in the rubble of a once-great city shows off the same dusty, tan pathways as any other locale in the game.
Filling these linear levels of ill-conceived platforming are enemies and unhelpful allies with more names than modeled skins. With each of the 13 chapters in Kenshiro's Legend tale directed more as a spin through a meat grinder, it takes killing off pockets of the same mohawked opposition to get to the more unique boss battles: bouts of attrition against leaders who are well-acquainted with blocking, and who inevitably follow a similar encounter formula as your last big-time opponent. Battles against known characters from the manga are more rewarding than killing Thug number 113 thru 201, but even these grow tiresome as you overpower them with the abilities and upgraded characteristics purchased from the game's skill tree.
As Kenshiro, these one-on-one fisticuffs may be fairly easy, but once you unlock and play through other characters' stories, not only can you expect nuanced fighting rhythms based on their specialty, but multiple attempts at the battles against these headlining enemies.
Don't be fooled, however, unlike the Dynasty games, there aren't hordes of enemies to be dispatched with your great Hokuto prowess in Legend mode. On the contrary, manageable patches here and there will test your short list of combos, and show you why only one or two of them do the job well enough. Better yet, a slowly initiated grab mechanic proves the most effective against the fist fodder. Unfortunately, with games full of the eye-bleeding, frenetic pace of Bayonetta or the older God Hand, Ken's Rage simply plays slow and unwieldy with a camera that never seems to fit the picture you want or need.
That said, Koei find a familiar home for the North Star universe in Dream mode, a traditional Dynasty Warriors experience. Without the trappings of poorly executed adventuring pitfalls and a focus on overtaking bases by killing enemies spilling into view, this unlockable portion is the breadwinner of the entire game. Two players can team up locally, choosing between different characters, level them up and delve a bit deeper into sub-plots, which round out the otherwise piecemeal main story.
It's a shame that a popular piece of fiction, which has been around and re-released in some kind of medium over the last 27 years, is given such poor treatment this time around from a general storytelling perspective. Delivered mostly in dictated scrolling sentences between chapters of the Legend segments, you're given the highlights of Kenshiro's purpose in this Darwinian setting. Thus, despite some surprisingly convincing voice acting reading a capable script, from talent that's able to give personality to their character, unless you're an ardent fan of the manga, you're going to be lost sifting through cutscenes capping each boss battle.
Essentially, playing through the game's first chapter yields nearly the same experience as any of the other Legend portions, even for the other unlockable characters' missions. The only difference is a change in fighting style and some equally as tedious pathing through already played levels. Another person can locally join you in pummeling the same enemies over and over again in the entertaining Dream mode, but as a game that scores you on how well you complete levels, where's the online play or leaderboard? And no matter how you play it, looped heavy metal riffs become a grating whitenoise accompanying your fist-to-headbanging.
With hours of violent action capable of being employed, Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage is certainly an easily rentable option if you're looking to kill time as mercilessly as the in-game enemy, but anything beyond the re-skinned Dynasty half only proves to be a chore.
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Hacking for Stacks of Cash: API Hackday Portland recapBrandon West
Portland is one of my favorite cities. There's amazing beer, ridiculously good coffee, a variety of awesome restaurants and food carts, a great public transit system, and a bunch of friendly people. There's also a solid tech scene that is growing with the help of incubators like PIE. It's easy to see why companies and their employees might want to start in Portland or relocate there, and that makes it a great place for hackdays.
I was lucky enough to travel to Portland twice in recent weeks, once for NodeConf, where some of the best minds in the node.js community came together to discuss the future and demonstrate the present. Last week I was back in town as we kicked off OSCON with API Hackday. API Hackday does what it says on the tin: a bunch of API-focused companies get together and encourage developers to hack around with all manner of API platforms. After about ten hours of hacking, prizes are awarded to the coolest hacks.
Tuesdays are not an easy day for hackers and designers to take time off from their normal projects to work on hacks, but we had a great turnout of about 30 people, and we had a lot of great hacks come out of that group, resulting in 9 demos. We were also lucky to be joined by several members of Code for America, who did a great job representing that organization's skills at the event. Everyone was competing to win an iPad, a Nexus 7 tablet, and variety of other awesome prizes inlcuding a literal stack of cash from MapQuest. Neil from Mashery has a video of Mick Thompson making it rain with 500 singles, which I will share once I track it down.
All of the demos were great. The overall winner of the event was a hack called Return2Me by Chris Foster. Return2Me uses Twilio to generate phone extensions for customer service reps, giving customers a temporary number that they can call to resume their conversation if they become disconnected. It was a great hack: it had a clear focus on a problem to solve, and the it was functional. Congrats Chris!
It was a tough contest to judge and everyone did excellent work; we really couldn't ask for more from a hackday! Here's a quick rundown of the other great hacks from API Hackday PDX:
Meta4 – "Apples to apples" inspired game for the web, by [Alex Swan](http://twitter.com/boldbigflank)
Route Near – Find a route between point A and B, and execute searches along that route, by [Mick Thompson](http://twitter.com/dthompson). [Try it out!](http://routenear.com)
Hamburger Helper – SMS your location, receive nearby burger joints. From [Serena Wales](http://twitter.com/gangleton)
gitGong() – Make a git commit, receive audio verification via a recording of a gong. From [Ben Sheldon](http://twitter.com/bensheldon)
Mappit – Draw and share maps. Winner of the SendGrid prize, a Sphero! By [Dan Revel](http://twitter.com/nopolabs) and Mackenzie Revel
Actions – Similar to ifttt, but open source. By [Tyler Gillies](http://twitter.com/tylergillies) and
[Brennan Novak](http://twitter.com/brennannovak)
OnThe.In – "Carfax for where you are" – provides inside information (including the ever important bar:church ratio) about any address, to help renters and homebuyers make decisions. From [Jake Carpenter](http://twitter.com/jakecarpenter)
SMSified – A Python API wrapper for Tropo, by [Zach Williams](http://twitter.com/zachwill)
I had an amazing time in Portland this summer, and as always I can't wait to go back. Thanks to everyone that came out and participated, and thanks to the Portland tech community for making us feel welcome and supporting all of the hackers. We'll see you next summer!


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I would like to see a Light Weight (truly portable) PRecision class Laptop. I need the graphis processing power of a Precision Laptop to run My Graphics intense CAD Software. I also Travel a lot. When in the office I dock the Laptop and us a Large Screen. Very few Designers, or CAD jickies work on the 15 or 17 inch screen offered on the current Laptops. When traveling, it is more convenient to have a computer that I can actually open on an airplane and wont require a roller bag to carry around. I would like to see a 14" precision Laptop with the same graphics and processing power as the the current 15 and 17 inch models. Previous versions of the Precision line did offer a 14" scfreen on ocassion.
Status Update: While it may be a larger screen than you asked for the Precision M3800 starts at only 4.15 Lbs. Thank you for posting!
Feb 17, 2017 Comment LinkHP used to make a 14" laptop, Zbook 14 - it's was a great little laptop, with NFC, fingerprint reader, mobile broadband, and docking port; but unfortunately it is marred by an ATI FirePro M4100 graphics card (only ISV certified for Adobe). The drivers are quite unstable at times.
Jul 12, 2016 Comment LinkThnaks for the share loved reading it
Apr 21, 2016 Comment LinkI would like a Laptop made to create graphics that move with the music where I pick the characters and colors and the music.
Jun 22, 2014 Comment LinkThanks for the submission. I am sure that there are many business travelers that would love to have a machine such as you have described.
Mar 4, 2014 Comment LinkYes, thank you very much
Nov 27, 2011 Comment LinkI think you're preaching to the choir on this one, though the problem isn't really with Dell's systems. Precision laptops work because they use an NVidia Quadro or ATI Fire Pro card for graphics rendering, but because they're simply the desktop cards modified for laptops, that's why the machines are so big.


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Press Room
April 11, 2012
NEWS from BoatUS
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BoatUS Press Room at BoatUS.com/PressRoom
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Boat Towing Business Reopens in Coos Bay, Oregon
Photo Caption: Captain Thomas Kramer with his 35-foot response boat.
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COOS BAY, Ore., April 11, 2012 — Captain Thomas Kramer got bit hard by the boating bug when he was still a boy in Colorado. As soon as he was old enough he moved to California and began working in a boatyard – for free. "I wanted the experience. I wanted to know how to fix a boat in case it broke down when I was out there," he said. That was 50 years ago. Today, Kramer is in the business of helping other boaters, having reopened Vessel Assist Coos Bay, an on-the-water towing service that helps boaters, anglers and sailors get safely home when they have trouble on the water.
Kramer, a familiar waterfront figure known as "Captain Thomas," had operated the business for seven years until 2010 when he sold it to a captain who'd made him an offer that was too good to refuse. But the new owner discontinued the operation after four months, and Kramer has gone back into the towing business.
Much like an auto club for recreational boaters, Vessel Assist, a program of Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS), offers an on-the-water towing service plan for salt waters that cost just $149 a year, which includes BoatUS or BoatUS Angler membership. Without a towing plan, boaters face out-of-pocket costs that nationally average about $600 per incident, or $250 per hour.
Kramer also runs a charter fishing business, Pacific Charter Services, and he and his wife, Stephanie, own a popular bed-and-breakfast inn called the Old Tower House, but the captain is on call 24/7 to help boaters in need. For a man whose career went from repairing boats to captaining luxury yachts and running a fishing charter business, operating Vessel Assist Coos Bay is a way for Kramer to make the most of his vast knowledge and skills.
"I have lots of experience in all kinds of conditions," he said. "It can get nasty here. It'll look all nice and smooth from the bay but when you get to the bar, you'll find 12- to 15-footers rolling in." When he first started towing, Kramer said he practiced operating in the surf by running alongside the U.S. Coast Guard when the seas were rough. "I needed to see what the boat could handle."
With his current boat, a 35-foot Grady-White with twin 150 horsepower outboards, that's just about everything. The boat is fully rigged for towing and salvage, with powerful pumps, battery jump packs and extra fuel. Presently white in color, the boat will soon have a red hull with distinctive "Vessel Assist" lettering once a local paint shop backlog clears up, Kramer explained.
Coos Bay is a major commercial fishing and lumbering port that also attracts recreational boaters, sailors and anglers. Kramer, who can tow boats as large as 50 feet, said he gets the majority of calls to assist boats that break down or get caught in crab traps. Sometimes it is even the crabbers themselves, who get trap lines wrapped around their propellers while they are working.
He keeps his Vessel Assist boat in Coos Bay but can assist boats as far away as Bandon Bay, about 20 miles to the south, and Winchester Bay, about 20 miles to the north. To see the location on a map, go to www.BoatUS.com/coosbayOR. Boaters can contact Vessel Assist Coos Bay 24/7 by hailing on VHF channel 16, calling Kramer at 541-294-2243, or calling the BoatUS toll-free Dispatch Service at 800-888-4869.
Vessel Assist Coos Bay is part of the world's largest boat towing program with over 600 towboats servicing hundreds of ports and waterways. Towing is just one service offered by BoatUS - Boat Owners Association of The United States - the nation's leading advocate for recreational boaters providing its half-million members with government representation, consumer programs and money-saving services. For more information go to www.BoatUS.com/towing or call 800-391-4869.


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Super-sized exhibitions are becoming more common in art museums, and the next few months will see several among the notable new shows opening around town. Chronologically, here's a selection of what's coming up in art this spring, including three really big shows:
"War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath"
Annenberg Space for Photography, March 23-June 2
Some war photographs are indelibly printed in America's cultural memory, such as Joe Rosenthal's carefully choreographed 1945 picture of the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima or Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut's image of a naked Vietnamese girl running from a napalm attack in 1972 (both for the Associated Press). But most are not. War has become commonplace in the past 100 years, tracking the simultaneous ubiquity of camera images. This traveling show from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gathers more than 150 war-related images from 1887 to the present, plus a documentary film and digital gallery with another 500 images in what promises to be a sorrowful chronicle of human waste.
Art exhibitions: The March 10 Spring Arts preview included incorrect prices for two coming art exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: "Stephen Prina: As He Remembered It," April 7 to Aug. 4, will be $15, not $20, and "James Turrell: A Retrospective," May 26 to April 6, 2014, will be $25, not $20. —
Annenberg Space for Photography, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, (213) 403-3000. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Freeadmisstion. http://www.annenbergspaceforphotography


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Red Rocks replied to TJR's topic in Business, Marketing, and AccountingMark C Can you please expand upon the Amazon reader that you are using at 1.6%? I did not know they had one. Thanks
Taxes - Business Or Hobby?
Red Rocks replied to elaine clapper's topic in Business, Marketing, and AccountingI spent a lot of years working in the high tech field, most for venture backed start-ups that did not make money for years! So I would agree with the comments in this thread that say, run it like a business and as long as your losses are documented, the IRS can not demand that you be profitable, otherwise a third of Silicon Valley would be put out of business!
Moving Down The Pyrometer To Cone 5/6
Red Rocks posted a topic in Clay and Glaze ChemistryI have always done cone 10/11 in gas or wood. About a year ago I took a workshop on Cone 5/6 glazes and have been experimenting ever since. I have developed a number of mid-range glazes along with slips and washes that are really awesome. I also bought two electric kilns to support my new passion. However I still have a large Cone 10 gas kiln that I still periodically fire to cone 10 reduction. I want to test firing the gas kiln in oxidation to cone 6, so I can utilize the kiln more often and fire more pieces for less money. Do you have any idea how close I can come to creating the same glaze results in the gas kiln as to what I am getting in the electric kilns? I have done some research on this but have not been able to find any definitive answers and hate to risk a whole kiln load without having a better understanding of the likely results.
Holding Temp
Red Rocks replied to Sunny's topic in Clay and Glaze ChemistryOk to leave the peep open the entire time it is cooling?
One other thing that has not been really covered on this topic is the dreaded 'burp" from putting smaller pieces directly in the wax at the wrong angle or too fast, I tend to put the piece in at a slight angle with one side going in first and slowly easing the rest of the piece in and then quickly removing it. If you leave it in just a little too long, it actually burns off some of the wax. I let those cool off and do them again. Would love to hear about tricks people have learned over the years on this technique.
I want to go back and reinforce my earlier post. I use hot wax with paraffin based lamp oil in an electric skillet set on warm. This setting is around 150 degrees, so it is not really very hot. `The paraffin lamp oil lowers the melting point and is what allows me to brush the wax on the entire circumference of a 20" platter spinning on a banding wheel in one or two passes. You get a nice clean line and little to no clean up.
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Red Rocks replied to DMCosta's topic in Business, Marketing, and AccountingHi Dianna Would be most interested in hearing more about you social media strategy? Most importantly, how do you track your results? I am a big believer in Facebook advertising, so I am always interested in hearing about how other people use it. Thanks
There are a couple of waxes mentioned on this thread I am not familiar with - what is bulk prill form and what is soy wax? Where are these found? Thanks
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I have used both methods ans find latex wax resist a huge waste of time especially for large bowls and platters. You have to let it dry for several hours, better overnight and you still have to clean a lot of glaze off. We now use hot wax with an electric skillet on the "warm" setting. I never have a problem with fumes or smoking and the glaze comes off very quickly. We also add about 1/3 paraffin lamp oil to the mix. This makes the wax stay fluid longer and easier to apply to a large platter spinning on a banding wheel. I also break up a crayon to add color to the wax if am applying to white clay. Makes it much easier to see where your wax line is.
Adding Subtle Interest To Surface In Electric Kiln To Enhance Visual Qualities
Red Rocks replied to oly's topic in Clay and Glaze ChemistryHave you tried using slips on your green ware or washes/stains over the top of your glazes? You can get very dramatic results with washes and can make one glaze look like 4 or 5 different glazes by using slips. Simple, cost-effective and it definitely widens your palette.
Old Lady: A good question but it was not a new batch of chemicals. I actually glazed 4 or 5 pieces with the new 20,000 gram bucket and they came out perfect. I went back to glazing several days later and the glaze was hard-panned. That is when I added the bentonite and epsom salts. Next firing in a month or so, I will pour out half of the bucket into a a separate bucket and add the Mason Stain #6600 and see how it turns out.
Couldn't agree more about the low iron and lack of colbalt. However as I am learning to work with a new kiln, I first mixed a 5000 gram batch and it came out a wonderful blue green, then a 10,000 gram batch, again the beautiful blue green I expected. So not sure what causes the blue, just know that it is. It was when I went to the very large bucket and 20,000 grams plus that it did the hard pan number. I actually glazed a few pieces that came out blue green from the large batch, then I made the mistake of putting the additonal bentonite and the Epsom salts in the already mixed batch and that is when it turned light green. I think Tom Coleman's idea makes sense as Mason Stain #6600 is a strong black stain and a little should go a long ways. I will experiment with it before trying to change the 20,000 gram bucket.
Quick update. I did contact Tom Coleman and he responded very quickly. He said he thought that the Bentonite did indeed effect the glaze and said I should add 25 grams of Mason Stain #6600 to bring it back to blue green. He also said he no longer uses Bentonite or Epsom salts to keep a glaze in suspension. He uses a small amount of muriatic acid like one tablespoon for 20,000 grams. Says it works great. I will try both of these over the next month or so and post and update.
Using Old Ceramic Fiber Blanket
Red Rocks replied to Red Rocks's topic in Clay and Glaze ChemistryThanks for all your comments on this. I am back in Red Rock country after two weeks on the coast. Over the next month, I will tackle this and report back on the process and the results.
Which Artist Would You Love To Work Beside In Their Studio For One Week? Who And Why? | July 17, 2013
Red Rocks replied to lorielle's topic in Int'l Ceramic Artists Network (ICAN) Operations and BenefitsI am with Mark - I would choose to work at Hamada's back in the day. The other potter would without a doubt be Marguerite Wildenhain and a week at Pond Farm.


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