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Joined: 31 Mar 1987
Posts: 19
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:09 pm
Post subject: Tabou Waveboard Owners Forum
I would like all OWNERS of fairly recent Tabou wave boards, that would be the Pocket and the Da Curve, to have a forum to exchange experiences, tuning, longings, and the like. Therefore, I'm starting this thread.
If you are not a Tabou owner, you can stop reading here. The goal is to avoid contributions beating any particular drum about wave board philosophy or experience on other equipment, rather to see if there are in fact enough Tabou wave board owners who would like to contribute to the collective knowledge about these boards.
To start the conversation, I will let you know that I am a recent owner of a 2013 Pocket Thruster. Perhaps because this is my first departure from a single fin, I found that, while I loved the slashy feel, all those fins back there created significant drag both before and after planing. I have been experimenting with changing the size and brand of the fins and have found significant improvements, though it's a work in progress. I will be happy to share my experiences so far if there is another Tabou wave board owner out there who is interested enough to share some of her/his experiences with their board.
I'm hoping there is a budding community out there. Please chime in if there is.
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Location: Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania. Colorado
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:57 pm
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the Tabou forum did at time have some useful posts.
The drag from the 3 fins on the Pocket Wave, could be corrected somewhat using K4s with 2 degree toe and asymmetrical foil.
The drag could also be less using a faster side fin, MUF, Makani BPF in conjunction with a single fin with a of thinner profile .
Since the PW or Da Curve have mutli fins which WILL have more area than a single, hence more drag , the drag problem will not disappear , but most of the plus far outweigh the relatively minus trait of muiti fins particularly in a wave board.
The 3S in tri fin would be a different story.But then I made a Rocket tri fin,
its top speed may be less, it may plane slightly slower, but it goes upwind like a banshee, and turn s like a rat with Nikes.
The tri fin , 2+1, thruster fin configuration iIS fairly well refined by FEW.
I have difficulty grasping when the board is said to be able to sailed 3 or single fin that either configuration are now optimized.
Be interested to read your size PW and whats working for you
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4Boards....May the fours be with you
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Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 8:34 pm
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I like my da curve 91 best with the thruster setup. Black project 18 or 17 in the rear with Tabou 8s in the front. I find the wider base on the Tabou thruster fins allow a little earlier planing and a lot more drive.
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Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:13 pm
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Good to hear there is interest. And interesting that the da curve works well in thruster mode.
U2U2U2: do you have a link to the discussion you alluded to?
I started with the stock Tabou (Zinger?) 11-cm thrusters and a 21.5 MFC K1 center fin, all of which were pretty draggy. I next tried a K4 setup: 16 center Stubby and 8 Ezzy asymmetrical thrusters with 2-degree toe in. The early planing was amazing! Much lower drag. Very slashy, but I had to be very careful with the back foot to avoid pushing out the fins. So, I replaced the Stubby with the K1 and found plenty of resistance to back-foot pressure, but the slashiness was noticeably reduced. So, I went down to the 17-cm stock Tabou Zinger. This seemed to be more draggy than even the K1, but also easy to push out when headed upwind. The worst of both worlds.
For now, I think it's back to the K1 just to stay upwind. I have an 18-cm K4 on order, as well as a set of Black Project fins. I'll update as they arrive and I have a chance to try them out. In the meantime, I'd be very interested in the experience of others.
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Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:21 pm
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Oh yeah. I have an 85L PW.
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Location: Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania. Colorado
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:43 pm
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discussion.. you mean the remark about the Tabou FORUM ?
Its gone, been a goner about 2 years.
When I use K4s, I use a standard G10 center fin, the more I get into BPF the better I like them.
K4 rule //policy// what I do does not apply to Quads, then I like all K4s.
You have to be careful with K4s as the area will vary with length esp when considering the shark teeth sides, which are really small. The tri carve fins are interesting, but I don't have any of those.
as a center fin, I think I would go no larger than the 18cm in K4
unless they stiffen them up with a different composition, but like I said I like a G10 center
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4Boards....May the fours be with you
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Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 7:02 am
Post subject: Tabou Wave Board Owners Forum
I purchased a 2013 Tabou Pocket Wave 93 from Andy McKinney at Wind-NC last January. I love this board and for my 6'4" height and 200 lbs weight it has truely become my one board solution for 4.5 up to 6.2 sails in both ocean/waves and Sound side B&J. I have written several reports on the board which are posted on my blog "Chuck's Sea Wind Sky Chronicals" at
For flat water and B&J sailing I sail in single fin mode using a MFC San Carlos 25cm Weed-Wave fin. I have used this fin for several ocean/wave sessions to and have found it to be very fast and maneuverable for a wave weed fin.
As for the tri-fin setup I initially sailed the stock Zinger 18cm center and 12cm side fins but at my weight could not get good enough upwind performance. So I started using a 20cm fin off my Exocet X-Wave 73 board. This fin has improved the upwind performance yet is still small enough to easily get that slashy quick turrning performance on the waves. Also, when sailing the board in tri-fin mode it is a little slower than with the single fin but despite the increased drag is plenty fast for wavesailing.
The other thing I really love about the Pocket Wave is that it is a Jumping Machine!
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Location: Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania. Colorado
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:32 pm
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Wind n Ceee
wondered if you got the PW
You can change the character some, but fin size, try he 3 closer together,
maybe 13s and a 16cm center
OR the opposite end which is what you have now but 20--22cm 10cm sides
ask that Andy guy for specific fin advise for which ones.
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4Boards....May the fours be with you
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Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:23 pm
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Thanks, everyone for interesting comments. Today I sailed in 17 to 20-ish wind with a 6.3 Ezzy SE, those lovely 8cm K4 Graham Ezzy asymmetricals, and a 21.5 cm MFC K1. The K1 really held in there with what is probably the largest sail I'll use on this 85 L PW, and the whole combination went upwind very nicely, both planing and slogging. The draggy fin cluster I have associated with all thrusters and quads to date was not at all apparent. There were only ankle biters for waves, but this setup is so slashy that I was able to have a lot of fun smacking their tiny lips (backside).
In higher wind with smaller sails, I think a smaller center fin would work better. The 21.5 cm did slow down the carve off the front foot a bit, but it was still very maneuverable with more weight on the back foot. Much more slashy than any other board I've owned, all of which had single fins. Comparable to a twinzer I tried, but with more upwind ability.
Bottom line: I really love this board!
Techie note: The PW thruster boxes are set with zero toe in (in fact a very small toe out on mine, doubtless unintentional). I think this is why the 2-degree toe-in of the asymmetricals frees up the drag so much, though it could be that the K4 thrusters are just more efficient. These thrusters are working so well I see no reason to try the 1-degree K4s I got other than idle curiosity. I'll report if the occasion arises.
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:28 am
Post subject: Tabou Wave Board Forum
Just wondering what your recommendation would be for using the GE K4 Asymmetricals and the MFC K1 fins on the Tabou PW 93 liter and considering my 200 pound weight? Perhaps go with the 10cm GE K4 2 degree toe-in fins and 22 cm MFC K1? Other ideas?
Where do you get the K4's in the US?
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As I said in the last post I will share what became of the discussion on the song "No One Together" by the group KANSAS. First, I must tell you about what brought me back to add posts for additional songs. It's important because this relates to that song and it's what can link us all together!
I am here because my prayers have been answered! I am sharing because of prayer. But wait, Why should Prayer be included in a discussion about Music in this forum you might ( and Me too at times) ask? I believe that it has more reason to be explored than we might think. And because it's a long post, I hope (actually I'm Praying) that you continue reading and give me a chance to show you how it does. I am sharing all of this because we don't realize that some of the Music and Songs that we love to listen to are really Prayers or advocating Prayer being sung by the Artists who write and record them. What! You Don't Believe It? And What makes my opinion right and not just my truth and interpretation of the lyrics? It's a fair question that I've had to answer many times. The Truth is, for some songs it's only my opinion which I, and I hope that you will too, come to accept by Faith.
But there are some songs that I would like to show you that the lyrics can be only one thing.
Ever hear of the group Mr Mister? Well the first song that I heard of theirs was when they were voted the best new recording artist of the year and played their song on the "Grammy Awards Show" in the late 1980s. It was a little Diddy called "Kyrie". I was blown away. To understand why, you would have to been born earlier than 1960. While the media then were trying to figure out the meaning of the song, I once heard Casey Casem say that Kyrie meant Peace. I already knew that it was the begining of a prayer sung during the Mass when it was said in Latin. The Mass changed to English and other common languages in the mid 60s. I knew this because as a child in parochial school I was compelled to sing the Mass in Latin. Thank You Sister Leonie McTague SCC and the Sisters of Christian Charity. Even the begining of the song mimics the Prayer. The Group starts chanting the words repetitively like you would have heard at an authentic Catholic Mass of the time. "Kyrie Eleison" which translates to "Lord Have Mercy" truly is a Prayer even with Mr. Mister's own take! There are other songs we can explore later, which include George Michaels who recently passed away sang "Praying For Time" and many others. Like Rick Springfield's "Speak to The Sky", Carlyle Simon with "Let The River Run", and (for a bit of controversy) Madonna in the beginning of "Like a Prayer" which starts with ,if you listen closely, a query in a bit of a whisper to find and call on "God". Also recently in the present season of Saturday Night Live, a country artist singing a song called "My Church" and a rapper who's lyrics truly containing his belief in his Faith. I need to research the last two a bit more. But I hope that you get the idea.
So back to how Prayer is moving what I do. I am not trying to sell anyone on an idea of praying to a particular belief in any certain Religion or God. With the different religions throughout the world each individual with a little faith is probably comfortable praying within their belief system. My belief in prayer and sharing this is for those who don't believe in prayer or who question belief in something greater than us that we have access to and are able to petition in times of need. I have prayed many times for Inspiration about how I can share my knowledge of music.
What I find that motivates me is feedback and questions about music. It is so important that is why I enlisted some help. Discussion with the contact person of a Prayer Group (Maureen B) helped me fine tune this post attends the same Church I do. I feel that there I have been Graced to find some new friends. So, some time ago I asked her and the group she prays with to pray for my intentions, for New Opportunities to share the messages I hear in music with others. And believe it or not, It Worked. Prayers do work! How do I know that? My wife and I moved to the country early in our marriage and joined a small to medium RC Church then after my STE I prayed intensely to find an Opportunity to become a member of a much larger Faith community which happened and in the years that followed I gained tremendous insight about sharing my gift. I started out sharing what certain songs meant to me but found greater satisfaction in guiding others to realize what a song ment to them. Next, I learned that when I was helped by someone that it's important give them recognition and the thanks that they deserve. There's a shortage of that in our world today. I also realized that sharing what is in music is a much larger task than one person can handle alone. Now I pray that others may be guided by the Spirit to learn, accept and fearlessly share the messages of Faith and Hope contained in modern music, especially a most Profound Message.
So now it seems that I am back at the same place I started at but this time with some very powerful help. Also, This group will be glad to offer prayers for anyone and any situation. Maureen is a spiritual leader and will keep all requests confidential, if desired. Contact via email to firstname.lastname@example.com .
In the process I have gained insight into a few songs that I've had problems with understanding for a long time. I also found the way to share this story about Prayer.
Finally I've shared the song "No One Together" with numerous people and there seems to be some consensus that the first part of it sounds like a pessimistic half empty glass song. The lines; thru the centuries nothing has changed. "We consume it all yet still we lack". There's nothing but chaos and strife shared. With the current situation of the world, are they singing about us? It could be about something the Band or all of our civilization is experiencing now which is my view of the song. But the last part seems to hold Hope for us all. We can't find what we are searching for, in men. Searching for wealth won't allow us to grow within. A somewhat optimistic change to a half full glass. Somewhere along the line KANSAS saw the possibility of something changing us to become unified that makes the differences we have less devicive and makes us aware that "We're All Together".
What could that be? In between the two sections is an upbeat instrumental interlude that I think suggests that Music is somehow involved. I also believe that it could be knowing something and believing in that enough to share with others and getting them to believe as well. Could prayer and praying be the possible uniting factor of growing within KANSAS sings about? Many people believe that when you sing that you are praying twice
Thinking about this I remembered another KANSAS song which I liked but seemed to be an enigma to me. The title contradicts the album art. "Point Of Know Return" is not like most songs that I talk about. This is because when we say the song's title it evokes the thought pictured in the album art. It's of a sailing ship of the Middle Ages. It's about any explorers nightmare. It's about the risk that Christopher Columbus took in changing the World. And it is about the false belief at the time that we shouldn't go far beyond our comfort zone to explore new things lest we would be lost in an abyss. But the title' s spelling of (No/Know) actually contradicts that belief. Usually the the Lyrics are veiled or somehow changed . And the Album art says more what the artist really wants to say. Also the previous song had contained two opposing thoughts. But it was necessary for both to be addressed so we might better ourselves. Does this one ask the same from it's listeners ? I have much more to say about the connection between the two KANSAS songs in my next post. And another song connection brought about by a comment and challenge. I'll leave you with the lyrics of " Point Of Know Return". Are We Together or not? And did I not prove to you that Prayer works? Remember, in the beginning of this I prayed that you would continue to read and let me prove that Prayer works. If it didn't work, you wouldn't be reading this at the end of the article! Would You? PEACE
Point of Know Return
I heard the men saying something
The captains tell they pay you well
And they say they need sailing men to
Show the way and leave today
Was it you that said, "How long?"
They say the sea turns so dark that
You know it's time, you see the sign
They say the point demons guard is
An ocean grave for all the brave
Was it you that said, "How long, how long
How long to the point of know return?"
Your father, he said he needs you
Your mother, she said she loves you
Your brothers, they echo the words
"How far to the point of know return?"
"Well, how long?"
Today I found a message floating
In the sea from you to me
You wrote that when you could see it
You cried with fear, the point was near
Was it you that said
"How long to the point of know return?"
No One Together-Point of Know Return
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A winner was selected from 124 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
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We are looking for a new design for our aircrew/rescue swimmer/SAR shop at my command. We are a Tactical, Combat and Search and Rescue command that serves the US Navy feet. We have done deployments in Bahrain, Kuwait, South America, Haiti, Iraq, and worked with other squadrons when Hurricane Katrina hit. Currently we have our rescue swimmers down in Haiti as well. We currently fly in the Navy's version of the Army blackhawk.
For inspiration, watch "The Guardian"
The target audience is for all Aircrewman and Rescue Swimmers in the United States Navy, past and present and possible aircrew and rescue swimmer canidates that are looking for a new logo and t-shirt.
T-shirt color: Navy Blue
Small logo on the front right (4"x4") where a pocket would be. On the back will be a 10"x10" logo.
Preferred logo on back will have HSC-26 Aircrew Family on top of logo. On the bottom of the logo, "So Others May Live..."
Gold US Navy Aircrew Wings, black fins
Some things to possibly include in the logo: Mask, Fins, Snorkel, Anchor, Helicopters (MH-60S), waves, the ocean, rescue basket, the colors: red, gold, yellow, black, white.


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It may never be fair to cry "Dead Man Walkin'" for a brand new Web service, but unfortunately that's the conclusion I've come to after playing with new curated search service Blekko this morning.
Blekko is geared to cut out the clutter of Web search on Google, Bing and Yahoo.
You know, the kind of clutter where you search for something and get 40,000 results, most of which aren't really useful.
Blekko gets points for that, but to do this users need to create slashtags, or little vertical search categories for favorite Websites and topics. Users can follow other users slashtags and message them within Blekko if they choose.
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Once these vertical searches are established, or users find existing slashtags, Blekko becomes a blast to use. It's getting to that point that sucks and it will be work, not fun, for the bulk of users who try it.
I set up a favorite list slashtag, adding some of my favorite Websites. Then I searched within them and Blekko really worked well.
But no matter how good Blekko was at cutting out the crud, it was still work time that I could be spending on something else.
Blekko is an exemplar of Web service creation, but this produces it's own hairy mess: who wants to spend time curating search? I don't.
Google is great because I go there, type in a search, and often find what I need within the search bar from Google Suggest, or even from Google Instant when I'm not searching from my iGoogle homepage. It's simple and it works.
Blekko's barrier to usefulness is too high. Sure, you can skip the slashtags and do good ole-fashioned general purpose Web search, and Blekko offers suggested queries, but what would be the point?
That's what Google has covered for 66 percent of U.S. users. Those who don't Google, use Yahoo or Bing it.
My guess is the die-hard blogging corps in Silicon Valley will praise this approach, tired of tired Google searches for the last decade.
They like to write about services invested in by trendy VCs because it endears them to those guys for access on other issues.
But this simply won't catch on with anyone by industry insiders who thumb their nose at traditional services that just work even if they are cluttered.
That's what search startups have become: homes for niche users fed up with a solution that bores them with too many nonsequitur results, even if it is efficient.
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I started the AmazonLikes hashtag in August of 2011 out of a pretty simple observation. There are hundreds of thousands of authors that have published their books on Amazon. There are thousands of authors that I have followed or have followed me on Twitter. Yet, I consistently see people struggling to get any "likes" on their book(s).
You may first ask, why does it even matter?
Good question. It matters because there are hundreds of thousands of ebooks on Amazon. Millions of paperbacks. How do you sort through big lists when you have to? Easily identifiable markers. So, on Amazon, what are those markers? For a book, it's the cover image first, then the review ranking, then the number of "likes." To answer your question then, if the number of likes is the third most important thing people use in considering whether to consider your book further, should you ignore that? To analogize that to something, such as sports, do you think a good pitcher in baseball will focus on their first two types of pitches, but ignore their third and fourth? Nope. Not a good one, at least.
So, if you've bought into the importance of the number of "likes" on your book's page, then read on. If you're still a skeptic, best of luck to you.
With that framework in mind, I set about to figure out a way to increase likes on books. There were already groups in Goodreads and elsewhere that focused on the venture. I participated in those groups, but I found a couple things out. First, people don't reciprocate as well as they should. Second, the groups were rather small in nature (i.e. 20-40 authors) so the number of likes that could be obtained was limited. Sitting at a small desk at a hotel room, and talking to an awesome author named D.A. Graystone (check out his book Two Graves), I came up with the idea for #AmazonLikes.
For people unfamiliar with it, here's how it works. You create a tweet that includes your book's title, the link to it on Amazon, and the hashtag #AmazonLikes. That's it. You tweet it. Because you have included the hashtag #AmazonLikes, the post immediately goes into the hashtag stream. This means that if you perform a search for "#AmazonLikes" on Twitter, your tweet as well as hundreds of others from authors doing the same thing pop up.
Getting it now? 🙂
What #AmazonLikes has created then, is a stream of authors tweeting their book's link to each other. People that participate can simply click on those links, like the books, and go to the next one. If we do something SIMPLE, like going into the stream and liking 1-3 books a day, the results can be tremendous.
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Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie among most charitable celebrities (Celebrities news headlines)
NOLA.com reported
Celebrity charity work has been around as long as celebrity itself. "Beethoven was doing charity concerts," says Myrlia Purcell, founder of LooktotheStars.org, a website that tracks celebrity charity events around the world.
Purcell and her staff compiled a list of the most charitable stars based on the number of nonprofit organizations and events they support. Some have their own foundations, others lend their name and fame to multiple causes. "Nonprofits say having a celebrity involved can make or break their events," Purcell said.
Good thing Annie Lennox is around. The 57-year-old singer and political activist is the site's most newsworthy star. A U.N. Goodwill Ambassador fighting HIV and AIDS, Lennox has made news with more than 200 nonprofit efforts in the past six years and supports 36 charities.
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Also known as KW, a once infamous football player from Missouri, he now spends his time as a wanna be UFC fighter, and pimping out cars and trucks to compensate for other parts of his personality that are lacking in substance.
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Sheikh Haitham Al-Haddad lecture on "The Challenge of Modernity".
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HELP - - - Freezing Pizza Dough
Re: Adaptation of Jim Lahey's NoKnead Pizza - - - adding honey into the formula.
Day One - Mixed ingredients and let dough ferment for 18 Hrs at 70 degrees.
Day Two - Divided dough and immediately froze unneeded dough in oiled freezer bags.
Day Five - Transferred frozen dough into refrigerator at about 10:00 PM
Day Six - Removed dough from refrigerator at about 2:00 PM for final rise.
PROBLEM: The dough now had a rancid odor and subsequently threw the dough away.
QUESTION: Has anyone had similar experiences, and/or can anyone explain what may have gone wrong? I've frozen pizza frequently without the honey, but have no clue what went wrong this time. The pizza that was baked on Day Two after the 18 Hr fermentation and subsequent 2.5 hour final rise was great.
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A huge swarm of jellyfish forced officials in Scotland to shut down a nuclear plant when the creatures clogged the facility's cooling system.
The jellyfish were sucked in from the North Sea and clogged up filters designed to screen seaweed from the colling system. Reactiors were turned off on Tuesday, and workers are still trying to clear the fish out of the filters. It was not known when the plant, near Dunbar, would be back online.
Officials said warmer than usual temperatures could have given rise to the surge in the jellyfish population. A similar event occurred earlier this month in Japan, though that plant did not have to shut down completely.
"There are suggestions from some science data that over the past few years there has been an increase in swarms of jellyfish. It's possible it's linked to climate change," Steve Hay, a plankton ecologist who specializes in jellyfish research at the Marine Scotland Science laboratory in Aberdeen told Reuters.
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Whether you have a big or small budget are time rich or poor, there's always the pressure to build applications with the future in mind. [...] So amongst the multitude of other advice you'll receive throughout your life, building applications that are readily extensible and extendable – in a simple, clean and cost-efficient manner – is essential to keeping input as low as possible, whilst maximising output, and accompanying client satisfaction (or boss satisfaction if you're full-time employed).
He focuses on one aspect of Zend Framework that he's found that helps out the most in keeping his development flexible, resource plugins. These plugins (through use of the Strategy design pattern) can add immediate functionality to your application and be dropped in as needed. He shows how with a simple plugin that allows for simpler file handling for user uploads. The code for the various parts - interface, factory, plugin and resource - are all included.


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Lithuanian Chemists Celebrate IYC 2011Activity by Aivaras Kareiva | added on Mar 30, 2011 | Lithuania
The 10th International Conference of Lithuanian Chemists dedicated to the International Year of Chemistry 2011 will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 14-15 October 2011.
Lithuanian chemists conference is organized every two year. This conference is the tenth and it is dedicated to chemists working in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, physics, medicine, matterial science and technology. The purpose of the conference is to ensure the oportunity for scientists whose interests are pointed to fundamental and applied research to change the latest information and concepts.
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Fluellen had 115 tackles, 10 pressures, five sacks, five forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and 14 tackles for losses from his nose guard position on the Black Flag Defense of the Buckeyes.
Boyd rushed for 1,276 yards on 161 carries and 19 touchdowns. He also caught 20 passes for 226 yards and two touchdowns.
Gilmer's coaches were named the Coaching Staff of the Year. The Buckeyes went undefeated in winning District 16-3A, their 11th undefeated run to a district title in the last 12 years, and then they won five of six playoff games to finish with an overall record of 14-2.
The district's coaches voted on the selections Wednesday night. Other schools in District 16-3A( aka the District of Doom) include Kilgore, Henderson, Bullard, Chapel Hill, Gladewater and Spring Hill.
Overall MVP of the district was A.J. Davis of the Kilgore Bulldogs. The middle linebacker had 154 tackles on the season. Offensive MVP was Patrick "Monsta" Brown of the Henderson Lions. He had 2,329 yards of total offense and accounted for 27 touchdowns from three different positions—wide receiver, quarterback and punt returner. Both Davis and Brown are seniors.
Sophomore Daylon Mack of Gladewater was named Defensive Newcomer of the Year.
Buckeyes receiving honors included the following players:
First Team Offense
Jaidon Parrish, FB, H-back, Junior
Chase Tate, WR, Sophomore
Pat Finch, WR, Senior
Brady English, OL, Senior
Dillon Sampson,OL, Senior
Dylan Adkinson, OL, Junior
Tanner Barr, UTL, Junior
First Team Defense
Demarco Boyd, DL, Freshman
C.J. Williams, DL, Senior
Josh Walker, OLB, Junior
DeVondrick Dixon, DB, Junior
Trey Washington, DB, Senior
Dylan Bowman, PR, Senior
Pablin Olivares, Special Teams, Junior
Ardarius Johnson, Special Teams, Junior
Second Team Offense
Jamel Jackson, RB, Sophomore
Slade Morris, WR, Senior
DeVondrick Dixon, WR, Junior
Second Team Defense
Dakota Fluellen, DL, Senior
Dylan Bowman, DB, Senior
Honorable Mention
Mitch Lange, OL, Junior
Jackson McQueen, OL, Senior
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De Thomas, CB, Senior
Brandon Barnes, LB, Senior
John McPherson, LB, Sophomore
Anthony Villafuerte, DT, Senior
Adam Witcher, LB, Senior
Harrison Foster, DT, Junior
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Western Tradition "The First World War and the Rise of Fascism" As the old empires crumble in the war, totalitarian states arise throughout Europe.G
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Western Tradition "The Second World War" The war leaves Europe balanced between the first two superpowers: the Soviet Union and the United States.G
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Curiosity Quest "Moonridge Animal Park" Join Joel on this quest as he journeys through the Moonridge Animal Park in Big Bear, California. Watch as the Curiosity Quest crew gets up close, and personal with deer and experiences a rare, and endangered snow leopard. D
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Biz Kid$ "Have A Plan, Stan!" Explore the different elements of a business plan and see why it's crucial to develop a plan before you start your business. Meet a teen who opened a snow-cone shack, another who makes and sells candles, and a group who markets self-defense kits. D
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The Electric Company "Revenge of the Zeros" Upset about their score of zero points in the banana sculpture contest, Danny and Annie decide to ruin Paul the Gorilla's banana festival party that is being held at The Electric Diner. The Electric Company catches on, and does everything they can to stop the pranksters and save the party and preserve Paul's sanity. D
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Cyberchase "Harriet Hippo and the Mean Green" Hacker infects Motherboard with a new virus -- one that causes her to make cyber-citizens act mean. Digit and the kids go in search of an antidote: 2/5 of the Electro-Root, 2/8 of the Healing Stone, and 1/3 of a box of Hacker's wig gel -- a strange antidote indeed! Will the young cyber-heroes be able to gather the ingredients and figure out how to properly mix these odd fractions before it is too late? The Big Idea: Fractions that look different can represent the same portion of a whole. Math Topic: Equivalent Fractions. D
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Lidia's Italy In America "San Francisco and Napa: Soupy In San Francisco" NULL
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Christina "Making Over Your Life...." begins in the kitchen. But what about all the foods you love? What about comfort foods? Are you to jump into healthy eating with both feet, leaving behind all that you adore? Nope.you just have to understand how to make your family faves healthier. D
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Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope "Passage Through Chile's Tierra Del Fuego Around Cape Horn" Joseph travels around the tip of South America on an expedition passenger ship. He journeys into Beagle Channel and through "Glaciers Avenue" encountering elephant seals and Magellanic penguins.G
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Fancy Chicken" Bridget shows Chris how to make the best Chicken Cordon Bleu. Next, Erin demonstrates how to cut a whole chicken. Then, Jack challenges Chris to a tasting of Black Forest deli ham. D
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Simply Ming "Dennis Lee & Cooking with the Binchotan" Sitting by the dock of the bay at San Francisco's Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, Ming shows viewers some of the city's best street food. Gone are the days of hot dogs, pretzels and fried dough. In their place you'll now find restaurant quality food in the form of Korean tacos, wood fired pizzas and Roti. D
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Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co.: Our Food Heritage "The Germans of New Orleans, Minden and Robert's Cove" Germans immigrated to Louisiana in three waves, settling in various areas of the state. Frieda Arwe, Susie Lester and Josie Thevis guide us through their respective German communities in New Orleans, Minden and Robert's Cove. Sauerkraut making, shredding and salting cabbages in large barrels, was common among German Coast descendents. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "Paris: Regal and Intimate" Rick cruises the Seine River, visits Napoleon's tomb, and takes in the Louvre. He also shops in village-like neighborhoods, attends church in a grand pipe organ loft, and celebrates with a big, patriotic Bastille Day bang.G
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "La Despedida (The Farewell)" This episode covers days of the week, telling time, and conversation that use these concepts. Raquel helps find Jaime and his dog Osito.G
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "Maestra? (Teacher?)" This episode introduces the past tense and reviews topics covered in the past five episodes.G


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We welcome our many friends and Oblates to take part in our daily liturgical prayer, meditation, Eucharist, and on other occasions when we gather to listen to the Word of God, through the many ways that the word presents itself to us.
The Camaldolese monks and nuns are part of the great Benedictine family, guided by the Gospel and the Rule of Saint Benedict (sixth century). The Camaldolese grew out of the reforming efforts of Saint Romuald, an eleventh century Italian monk. His reform of men's and women's monasteries brought out the best of the communal, solitary, and evangelizing aspects of monastic life.
The Camaldolese Benedictine monks came to the United States in 1958, with the founding of New Camaldoli Hermitage in the Santa Lucia mountains of Big Sur, California. Twenty years later two monks planted the seeds of an urban community in Berkeley, California.
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Girl Scouts of Central & Western Massachusetts Council is hosting a special Mystic Aquarium Overnight program for Scouts in grades 2-8 during School vacation Week (Friday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. through Saturday, Feb. 20 at 8:30 a.m.)
Registration is closing on Feb. 1 or when 125 Scouts have registered.
About the program: The Mystic Aquarium is reserved just for you! Girl Souts will be invited into the aquarium after it closes for a spectacular event.
The aquarium staff will lead 5 different classes during the evening including things like Squid Dissection, Touch and Learn, Behind the Scenes Tour and a surprise class.
Bedtime is about 10:30 pm and lights out at 11:00 pm. See how the marine animals settle down for the night and wake up in the morning.
Morning wake up is at 6:30 am. We will gather our belongings and bring them to our cars. Then, we will gather inside for a guided tour of the outdoor exhibits in the daylight.
After the tour, everyone enjoys a continental breakfast of muffins, bagels, cold cereal, fresh fruit, orange juice and coffee.
Our group has to leave the aquarium at 8:30 am but we receive a special overnight patch and get our hand stamped for free re-entry that day.
The aquarium reopens at 9:00 am.
Adult ratios for this event are a minimum of 4-5 girls to 5 adults.
Juliette and Individual Scouts may also register.
Event # 4638
Registration fee is $55 per Scout and $55 per leader and adult chaperones.
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One of my food resolutions is to learn how to cook Filipino food. My own cuisine has always been, to me, a secret world of family recipes that I never took the time to learn. Why try to learn how to make adobo and sinigang when somebody's grandmother or mother or aunt has already spent years mastering it? Why not just enjoy these dishes at their tables and spend my cooking-energy learning something like how to make pasta and bread and French desserts?
Shamefully, I have fallen into the trap of familiarity-breeding-complacency when it comes to Filipino food. Obviously, it's everywhere over here! And since this old comfort-blanket of dishes has kept me warm and safe quite successfully for all this time, I hesitate to weave my own version.
But nevertheless, I pull back my shoulders and put a tentative toe in the Filipino kitchen. I've already started making adobo – I have come quite far from my first attempt I'm happy to report. I'm still far from setting a recipe in stone as there are just so many things you can do with it! With the arrival of this bounty of vegetables though, pinakbet was the obvious choice.
Pinaktbet (or pakbet for short) is a very popular Filipino dish that hails from our Northern province of Ilocos***. Ilocos is a region with quite a distinct culinary profile, and some of its dishes, like pinakbet, have become popular all over the country. It is a vegetable dish that includes eggplant, ampalaya (bitter melon), okra, sitaw (long beans), chilli, tomatoes, ginger, fatty pork, and bagoong isda (their fish sauce). In some versions of pinakbet, squash is added – but I think this may be more a Southern move.
Another reason why I was so excited to make this dish, aside from the serendipity of having all the main ingredients delivered fresh to my doorstep, was my palayok. A palayok is our native clay pot used for cooking and I have had one for a couple of years now. It's been sitting in my kitchen, longing to be used, but I've just never had the wherewithal to do so.
Well, it seems like fate had all the stars aligned for a pinakbet in a palayok and who am I to argue with culinary kismet? 🙂
No recipe yet, since I was just feeling my way around the dish (making kapa). But in a nutshell this is what I did:
Other than the veggies getting a bit smooshed by my stirring, I was quite pleased with the result! Not in the least because it actually tasted like pinakbet! It was very flavourful, and with a hot steaming scoop of rice, and some fried bangus (milkfish), made for a simple yet satisfying meal.
If you need more pinakbetspiration check Marvin's post on finding his soul and Marketman's Palayok Pinakbet!
I sense an all-new comfort blanket of Filipino dishes steadily in-the-weaving 🙂
***I've had the good fortune of visiting this lovely and delicious part of my country and you can take a peek here, here, here, and here, if you want to learn more 🙂


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In MeritBadge.org click the "Languages" then click on your language such as Spanish (Español) to see everything in your language!
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The OWL recently received an inquiry about what to call "the damned" in the following sentence:
The damned inhabit [Anne] Rice's novels.
Though "the damned" functions as a noun, the grammatical origins of this construction are not quite as clear. The usual verb-as-noun explanation, the gerund (or "-ing" form), does not apply in this instance. What, then, is the connection between this noun and the verb from which it stems?
This one is tricky, because I think it has two parts. First, "damned" is the past participle of "to damn." Usually, past participles can function as adjectives, as in "the sunken ship." But I could only find one mention of past participles functioning as nouns. AudioEnglish.net notes in very small print, "It is very rare." (http://www.audioenglish.net/dictionary/past_participle.htm)
Think about it this way. If I said, "the sunken," would you recognize the person, place, or thing that I am referring to? You might have an idea, but the picture is not complete. We do, however, understand the reference when I say "the rich" or "the young of this country." These types of constructions are called adjectival nouns or attributive nouns. With "the damned," those of us acquainted with Dante understand that "the damned" actually refers to "those who are damned," a construction similar to "the rich" (meaning "those who are rich"). In this case, I think "the damned" is a past participle acting as an adjective that in turn functions as an adjectival noun.
I would be interested to know if anyone can think of other such cases. In short, how "rare" (or endangered) is this species of noun?
Friday, August 8, 2008
A noun by any other name
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Labels: adjectival noun, noun, past participle
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I think that 'the damned' is in the same category as 'the rich' and 'the young'. That is, adjectives that are used to desribe people, used as a noun and preceded by the definite article, to refer to a group of people.
Apart from 'the damned', 'the rich', and 'the young' we can also use ' the poor', 'the elderly', 'the homeless', the unemployed', 'the wounded', 'the dead', and probably many more.
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Wabash Wins in OT at Woosterby Brent Harris • February 5, 2011 Share:
Derek Bailey's five points in overtime proved to be more than enough to help Wabash College knock off the undefeated and top-ranked College of Wooster Fighting Scots 69-68 in overtime Saturday afternoon.
View photos from the Little Giants' victory here and here.
Bailey (left) hit a reverse layup to give Wabash, ranked 15th in this week's D3hoops.com poll prior to a three-point loss Thursday evening at Denison, a two-point lead after the 64-64 tie score at the end of the regulation. His 3-pointer two minutes later put the Little Giants up five and secured the eventual road victory.
Aaron Zinnerman (below right) provided a key boost for Wabash in the second half, helping erase a three-point Wooster (20-1, 11-1 North Coast Athletic Conference) halftime lead. The junior guard, who finished with a career-high 17 points, drilled three treys in the first four minutes of the second period. Zinnerman's third long-range shot broke a 39-39 tie and gave Wabash a lead it would hold for 14 more minutes.
Wooster's Ian Franks kept the Scots in the game after the Little Giants stretched their lead to seven points. Held quiet for much of the game by Wabash defender Brian Shelbourne, Franks scored four points in the final five minutes of regulation, eventually giving Wooster a 63-62 lead with 1:01 remaining in the second period.
Bryan Wickliffe, who led Wooster with 25 points on a strong performance in the paint, hit one of two free throw attempts with 29 seconds on the clock. A foul on the Scots at the other end of the floor sent Wes Smtih to the line for Wabash. His two free throws tied the game to force the overtime.
Bailey's two baskets put Wabash up 69-64 before two free throws and a basket by Wickliffe trimmed the lead to one point. Wooster and Wabash both missed shot attempts with less than a minute to play, with the Scots grabbing the final rebound to set up for one last winning chance.
Wooster looked to Franks for the final attempt, but Smith stepped in and stole the basketball with two seconds left to play, knocking it to Nick Curosh. The Wabash forward tossed the ball into the Little Giants' offensive end of the floor as the buzzer sounded, completing the upset victory.
The win snapped a three-game road losing streak for Wabash (17-4, 9-4 NCAC), and gives the Little Giants victories over the number-one and number two-ranked teams in the nation this season.
Bailey and Curosh each finished with 13 points while Smith tossed in 11. The Little Giants shot 43 percent from the field compared to 54 percent for the Scots, but outshot Wooster from beyond the arc. Wabash connected on eight 3-point attempts, while Wooster was held to 3-of-10 shooting from 3-point range. The Wabash defense, led by Smith, Shelbourne, and Curosh, forced 20 Wooster turnovers. Smith grabbed five of the Little Giants' 14 steals.
Wabash returns to action Saturday afternoon with a home contest against Hiram College at 3 p.m.


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Lise Watier Havana Bronzer: This is great on the hollows of your cheekbones. Or, in my case, it helps fake where those hollows should be.
Eye Shadow: I used two of the lighter colors from the Too Faced Naked Eyes Palette to crease a serious crease.
Too Faced Better Than False Lashes Mascara with Maybelline's Volum' Express Rocket: I used Rocket as the base and top coat and added the Too Faced nylon fibers to create faux fake lashes.
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Menzies [1] is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
Looking at Menzies today you wouldn't suspect that it was once a major town during the goldrush of the late 1800's. By the early 1900's the population was nearly 10,000 and the town had thirteen hotels, four churches and a brewery. When the gold ran out, so too did the fortunes of the town and with it the size of the population. Today the residents number a little more than two hundred and the handful original buildings still standing are all that remain from Menzies' previous grandeur.
While Menzies has enough interesting things to see on its own, many travellers pass through here on their way to the sculptures on Lake Ballard. Not as well known, though no less interesting, are the nearby Goongarrie railway cottages, Niagara Dam and Kookynie ghost town.
Get in
By car
Menzies is 132km north of Kalgoorlie and 105km south of Leonora on the Goldfields Hwy. It passes right through the middle of town.
Get around
Menzies is not large and the majority of sights are along either side of a 300m stretch of Shenton St.
For such a small town, the places of interest in Menzies are surprisingly informative. Almost every building has an information board explaining the history and significance of what you are looking at. Dotted around the streets at relevant places are larger than life-size metal silhouette figures of miners, bakers, police, prostitutes and priests captioned with quotes from past residents that give a voice to bloodless names and dates.
Lake Ballard
An icon of weird Australia are the 51 forlorn statues standing on the dazzlingly salt encrusted surface of Lake Ballard. The lake stretches for almost 100km but the nook that everyone visits is 51km from Menzies. The sculptures are the work of Britsh artist Antony Gormley who was commissioned to create the artwork for the 2003 Perth International Arts Festival. The figures began life as laser scans of current Menzies residents. Each scan was shrunk by two-thirds, creating truncated figures that were cast in an alloy containing molybdenum, vanadium and titanium - metals found in the local rock.
Most people tend to view them in early morning or late afternoon, not only because the low sun colours the hills a radiant orange and throws gangling shadows from the feet of sculpture and viewer alike, but mostly because the midday sun makes the scintillating surface of the lake unbearably hot. The viewing site begins at the base of a domed hill from which the sculptures radiate haphazardly outwards toward the horizon. The closer ones get the majority of visitors, making the area around them smudged with muddy foot prints. Avid photographers should head to the disregarded brothers on the outskirts where the pristine blanket of salt makes for more striking shots. During the day insistent flys are phenomenally abundant but they retreat after sundown. A net and/or repellent would make things more comfortable.
Other than walking around and having your photo taken with your arm around your new spindly metal friend, there isn't much else to do. A climb to the top of the domed hill at the entry provides a different perspective. A narrow path (steep in places) spirals up the side to the relatively flat hilltop. Snake hill is 3km further up the road and gives a wider view of the lake.
To get here from Menzies, take the Menzies-Sandstone Rd signposted from the Goldfields Hwy on the northern end of town. The road is unsealed but smooth enough to traverse without a 4WD. Custom Inside Australia signposts mark the way at 10km intervals.
Camp sites along the lakeside are available in specified areas. Facilities are not any more than a single "long drop" toilet and a couple of concrete fire-rings. A water tank is on site but you would be better of bringing your own. The same applies to food.
Niagara Dam
Few sights in the Goldfieds typifies the unbridled ambition the of Goldrush era than Niagra Dam. Prospectors drawn to the desert by their thirst for gold were all too often defeated by a thirst for water. The importance of a permanent water source, not only to quench the rapidly growing population as much as the equally demanding steam trains, was great enough to drive an engineering feat that, looking at it today, is difficult to believe was accomplished in 1897. The 18m high dam builds on a natural rock ridge that forms a natural reservoir, capped with the 173m long concrete wall. Construction materials had to be transported overland from Coolgardie by Afghan camel trains. This arduous trek was shortened later when the rail line extended to Menzies. A namesake town was established soon after construction began, intended to service the planned Leonora-Coolgardie rail line and nearby goldmines with water from the dam, but by the time of completion the gold had run out and town was in abrupt decline. After its completion in May 1897, the discovery of abundant underground water at Koolkynie made Niagara Dam all but irrelevant. With the decline of Niagara township and a less impressive than expected capacity, the dam ultimately was never utilised and it quickly faded to a historical oddity. Today it's popular camping spot and welcome chance to get wet in a region where salt lakes predominate.
Though rain is infrequent here, the dam fills quickly and always full enough to go for a swim. There a two short hiking trails around the dam and along the break away area. The site of the Niagara township is about 3km eastwards from the dam turnoff. A sign marks the spot where the short lived community once stood with four pubs on each corner of the crossroads of the only two streets in town. A wander across the rubbly ground will reveal lines of mud bricks, bottle fragments and other interesting detritus that, with a bit of imagination, show the lives of people.
To get here, head north on the Goldfields Hwy to the Kookynie turn off, 42km from from Menzies. The Niagara Dam turnoff is a further 16km.
There are maintained camp sites both above and below the dam wall. The lower sites are larger and quieter, though the sites up top are right on the water. There are toilets at each site and numerous concrete fire-rings. Food and water are DIY. Bring your own firewood.
Isolation and the general smallness of most country towns hinder them from having abundant eating options. Menzies can offer even less.
Self-catering is a practical option though you will need to be prepared as there are no supermarkets in town. The Roadhouse and Menzies Hotel have a very limited range of tinned or dry groceries. Stocking up in Kalgoorlie or Leonora with enough supplies to keep you going till you reach the other side will avert an empty stomach.
If you can't be bothered cooking after the long drive you have a few options you can get a hot and readymade meal.
The Menzies Hotel also, sometimes, has food to go with your beer.
Menzies once had 13 bars. That number has declined to a solitary choice, so if you are particular about your booze it would be prudent to BYO as the nearest bottle shop is a few hundred kilometres away.
Your options are limited.
As to be expected, Menzies Hotel have rooms too.
Mobile phone coverage is limited to the Telstra 3G network, and only within town. The signal becomes variable to non-existent the further away you get. Coverage maps show it's possible to get a signal with an external antenna as far away as Lake Ballard, but you should not rely on it. Other networks aren't available in Menzies.
A satellite phone would be useful to have in an emergency if you intend to spend an extended amount of time off the beaten track.
Mobile internet on the Telstra 3G network has the same coverage as the phones do. The Visitors Centre have two internet connected computers you can get online for $2 for 15mins or $6.50 for an hour.
If you need it quickly, the old post office has an ANZ ATM on the Brown St side. The visitors centre provides banking services for other Banks. If you need something special it might be worth asking them.
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What is Gay Days?
Orlando Florida's Gay Days Celebration is not a single event. It is a total gay and lesbian vacation experience. Gay Days is comprised of multiple events staged at world famous attractions, gay & lesbian clubs, and unique venues secured for the purpose of creating a gay and lesbian atmosphere at Orlando's greatest theme parks and at multiple parties occurring during this long weekend. We have young, old, all races and beliefs, parents, gay AA groups, and every other section of our community attending Gay Days each year.
Gay Days began in 1991 as a single designated day (always the first Saturday in June) when the LesBiGay community and friends were encouraged to "Wear Red and Be Seen" while visiting the world's most popular theme park. From it's beginnings (spearheaded by the GLBT Community Center, local activists, businesses, and the online friends and users of Compu-Who) with 3,000 attendees, this one-day park visit has evolved into a week long, citywide celebration offering round the clock activities including multiple theme park visits, cocktail soirees, concerts, and a host of internationally renowned parties. Gay Days attracts over 150,000 celebrants from across the nation and around the globe!
Gay Days: Survivor
Since its inception in 1991, Gay Days has survived both criticism and indifference and has emerged as not just a survivor, but a winner. It's been attacked by the American Family Association, it's been besieged by undercover photographers attempting to covertly capture images of sexual misconduct in one of the favorite family playground, it's endured the dire prophecies of Pat Robertson, and it has suffered the indignity of signs at Disney entrances "warning" others of the presence of large numbers of gay and lesbian visitors. And for many years, it was pretty much ignored by the press and Orlando's hotel/motel industry.
Today, most of the controversy and apathy have disappeared. The protesters and the warning signs at the Magic Kingdom entrance have been replaced by smiling cast members welcoming Gay Days visitors with unscheduled entertainment at the Castle Forecourt, expanded park operating hours, and a fireworks display usually reserved for the peak summer season and holidays. Hotels and motels all over Orlando are signing the "Gay Days Friendly Pledge" and requests for interviews center around economic impact and entertainment value rather than conflict and comets from hell.
When 1 Gay Day became Gay Days
One sign of the event's refusal to die has been its relentless expansion. What began as a single-day visit to the Magic Kingdom has expanded to a weeklong vacation celebration attracting more than 135,000 Gay Days revelers to more than 40 citywide events. Attendees from across the nation and around the globe will infuse an estimated $100 million-plus dollars into the local economy. Year after year, old events continue and new events and new life is added to this annual event. Local business and club owners add to the excitement with special nights and expanded entertainment options aimed at Gay Days attendees. But the growth of the phenomenal event was gangly and chaotic, with no central hub of activity, no Gay Days information center, and most regrettably, no central agency to help visitors acquire tickets for the myriad of events. Gay Days was gaining popularity, but it was getting more and more difficult to plan for.
Web-Based Company Nets Gay Days Unity & Acceptance
When GayDayS.com launched in April of 1998, not only did Orlando's Gay Days gain an impressive state of- the-art marketing tool, it acquired the first ever year-round staff of professionals dedicated to establishing Gay Days as a fully recognized and respected addition to the Central Florida tourism and cultural calendar. In 1999, GayDayS.com/Gay Days, Inc., was added (albeit with some hesitation by the OCCVB) to the membership roster of the Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Now GayDayS.com is a member of VISIT FLORIDA, the state tourism agency. They are actively working to bring more GLBT tourism to Florida throughout the year. GayDayS.com is also a member of the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA), the Metropolitan Business Association and is a registered seller of travel in the state of Florida.
Gay Days Wins – Detractors Retreat
In the end, persistence, tolerance, and economics won out. The espionage efforts have proven expensive and ineffectual. The Southern Baptist boycott has been pretty much a failure, and Pat Robertson's dire warnings of hell and brimstone have failed to set the city on fire. Now, hotels are rushing to become a Gay Days Co-Host Hotel property, national businesses like Bud Light & Esurance are sponsors, national media attend and highlight the major economic benefits, and the Mayor of Orlando and the Mayor of the Board of County Commissioners have offered Gay Days visitors a hearty welcome and have even attended Gay Days events.
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mickk brauchte ein neues Anderes Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 14 Designs von 8 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
I am manufacturing a hand gripper for building forearm and finger strength, similar to heavy grips or captains of crush (pics attached). I have some names in mind that I would be happy to run with and the best design will decide the final name!
Names are: Lumberjack grips, Warrior grips, Python grips, Animal Grips, Beast Grips, Highland Grips and Viking grips.
I have the idea of having the attached image of a friend of mine in the background, it is a low res image of him I have but just his forearms in the background as a very grainy or mosaic/sparse pixel greyscale image might look good just to fill the background space.I like the look of the diamond shape layout (square tilted onto one edge) like the warrior grips design a friend did for me also attached.The only other details that have to go on it are the model options, there are five models "Beginner 50kg, Intermediate 75kg, Advanced 100kg, Strongman 150kg, Superhuman 200kg" with a small box beside each so the factory can mark with a marker during production.Another idea for the design was to have the beginner, intermediate and advanced grippers made in normal steel (as in pictures of other brands attached) but then to have the Strongman and Superhuman grippers made in black oxide steel. Then have the background design half and half black and silver (or other colours). Chains, cages or barb wire also go quite well with the image of strength ect...
Friends design
- Friend big arms.
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MONACO (Reuters) - Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton gave Mercedes a dream start to the Monaco Grand Prix weekend with the fastest times in practice for Formula One's most glamorous race on Thursday.
Rosberg, who has been at home on the twisty streets ever since he was a boy growing up in the principality, set the pace in both sessions with a best time of one minute 14.759 seconds in the afternoon.
That lap compared to last year's fastest time from qualifying set by Mercedes' Michael Schumacher of 1:14.301 and a second faster than last year's best effort in second practice.
Hamilton, the 2008 world champion, was 0.318 off Rosberg's pace in the second session to fuel rising expectations of a fourth successive pole position for Mercedes in Saturday qualifying.
"We completed a lot of laps and I feel comfortable in the car," said Rosberg. "It seems that we are quick again on one lap but we have been working hard again to make improvements to our race pace.
"It will be interesting to see where we are compared to the others over the weekend as it's not really representative today."
Mercedes have suffered from excessive tire wear on race day, with Hamilton plunging from second to 12th and lapped at the previous race in Spain.
While Rosberg will be chasing his third pole in a row, hat-trick chasing Spaniard Fernando Alonso was second and third fastest respectively for Ferrari.
Alonso, winner of his home race in Spain this month, is hoping to become Ferrari's first Monaco winner since 2001 and the first Formula One driver to triumph in the glamour race with three separate teams.
Team mate Felipe Massa was fourth on a gloriously sunny afternoon with the Mediterranean serving as a sparkling backdrop to the action.
"Even if the feelings are positive and we got through the day without any problems whatsoever, we still don't have a clear idea of the pecking order in the field," said Alonso. "We will have to wait a bit to see where all our rivals really are.
"Until Saturday, no one pushes 100 percent: the barriers constitute too high a threat to take risks in the first free practice sessions."
Frenchman Romain Grosjean was the exception to the rule - crashing into the barriers at Sainte Devote in the afternoon after setting the third fastest lap for Lotus in the morning.
On a historic course threading its way up the hill and into Casino square before dipping and winding down to the darkness of the tunnel and blasting past the moored yachts on the quayside, Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado provided a surprise.
The Williams driver was sixth fastest in the morning, although he faded back in the afternoon, on one of the most treacherous and unforgiving circuits on the calendar.
Williams have not scored a point yet this season, a run of six races in a row including last year's finale, and are in danger of chalking up their worst ever start to a championship this weekend.
Maldonado has form in Monaco, however, winning junior series races there on his way to Formula One and loving the challenge of keeping out of the barriers.
"We feel we have made some progress," said Maldonado, who ran a different setup in the afternoon.
Red Bull's triple world champion Sebastian Vettel, who has a four-point lead in the standings over Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen, was only 10th and ninth quickest after struggling with a KERS problem in the afternoon.
Australian team mate Mark Webber - last year's winner - was seventh and fifth.
"I think traditionally we're never too electric here on Thursdays, so today was actually one of the better ones we've had in the last few years," said Webber.
McLaren's Jenson Button was eighth in both sessions, with Mexican team mate Sergio Perez ninth and 12th, ahead of what could be another difficult weekend for a team struggling to catch up after starting the year well off the pace.
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Silicon Valley Group 2012
(From Left)Back: Jessica Mao '12, Madison Freidman '14, Juan Medina '12, Seth Winterroth '12, Orlan Davies '13, Seaun Eddy '13, Paige Costello '12. Front: Suppalav Baksi-Lahiri '12, Aaron Haas '12, Xiaotong Li '12, Jiaxin Liu '12, Monica Cason '14, Rei Kawano '12, Emily Nathan '13, Anne Rynearson '13, Sumaiya Hashmi '13, Angelica Quicksey '12, Aravind Swaminathan '12, and Scott Mauvais '90.
Trip Dates: January 8-13, 2012 (Sunday thru Friday)
Trip HQ: The Four Seasons Palo Alto - Provided by the ITAB
Transportation: Students accepted to the program must provide their own transportation to and from the Trip HQ hotel in the Silicon Valley. While in the Silicon Valley, all trip-related transportation will be provided by the ITAB.


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Sugarbush Opens The Big Park
Photos: Drew Amato
Words: The Catfish
Over the last 6 years, Park Manager Tony Chiuchiolo has taken the once overlooked Sugarbush Terrain Park and transformed it into the jib mecca of Northern Vermont. Recently, the park gained national recognition when it landed a spot in TransWorld SNOWboarding's Top 5 East Coast Parks of 2013. This weekend Tony, with help from Park Designer Trevor Borrelli, Park Fabricator Richie Picarelli and the rest of the Sugarbush Park Crew unveiled the mountain's most innovative park to date. With a unique mixture of 25+ skate influenced rails/bonks and a solid jump line, there is a guaranteed feature for all skill levels. The features that stood out the most to many riders this weekend were the new Strap'd Up down rail, the 12'-24'-12' Windell's DFD and very intimidating elbow rail to elbow down-flat rail. With great flow and a variety of lines to be taken, it is without a doubt the best park the Sugarbush Park Crew has put together. With the addition of two new parks in the coming weeks it is easy to say that the park is only going to get better.


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Well, it is actually truly raining here in So. Cal. I cannot believe it! It was 90 flippin' degrees on Monday (lovely weather for conferences, if you ask me! NOT!! I was SWEATING like CRAZY!) and now today it has been chilly/rainy ALL DAY. Me loves this weather! I am currently wearing my flannel fat pants and a sweatshirt, and I feel so comfy cozy! I have 2 more conferences tomorrow, and I am SOOOOOOO darn tired. Do the rest of you feel exhausted after conference week?
I wanted to share with you the CUTEST thing EVER! My friend Sarah (who my eldest daughter is named after!), and who I have been friends with since we were babies, lives in England (you know about my obsession with England and all things British right??), and she is the most creative person I have EVER met! Not only that, but she has MAD skills with a sewing machine and makes the most ADORABLE things EVER!!
She sent me her Book Buddy creation last year for my classroom, and I about DIED when I opened the box. Check these guys out...
Here is mine sitting in my library at school. My kiddos LOVE him!! He has a pocket in the front to hold a book or two, and I put all of my National Geographic Kids magazines in the pocket. I just love him to BITS!
If you would like a little bit of this cuteness for your classroom, click HERE to go to my friend Sarah's ETSY shop. She has LOTS of other cute hand-sewn things in her shop, perfect for Christmas gifts for your little ones at home. My Katie has her eye on one of the Indie girls...
This has been bugging me for AGES, and I finally buckled down and got them done! Anything to put off doing my report cards (*procrastinator*)!
Can I just say how excited I am to get Monday off?? God bless the Veterans!