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Pennsylvania Driver's License & Permit FAQ
How Can I Apply for my PA Driver's License? Frequently Asked Questions
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What age do I have to be in order to apply for my permit in Pennsylvania?You have to be 16 or older to apply for your permit in Pennsylvania.
What documents will I need when I go to apply for my license in Pennsylvania?Be sure to bring the following items with you to the DOT office:
- Form DL 180 "Medical Qualification Certificate"
- Form DL 180TD (If under 18) Completed by a parent, legal guardian or spouse who is 18 or older.
- Proofs of identity such as a birth certificate, US passport, certificate of US citizenship or certificate of naturalization. The documents you need are also listed on the opposite side of Form DL 180.
- If you are 18 or older --Two proofs of residency such as a utility bill, W-2, tax records, current weapons permit, mortgage documents, lease agreement or any document listed on the opposite side of Form DL 180.
- Social Security Card
- Check or Money Order for $34.50
Where do I go to apply for my driver's license in PA?Your local Pennsylvania DOT office is the only place where you can apply for your license. Be sure to verify the time your local office does permit exams before going. Find a local office at www.dmv.state.pa.us.
How do I contact the nearest Pennsylvania DOT office?The Pennsylvania DOT office will happily assist you. Just call 1800-932-4600 or go online to www.dmv.state.pa.us. The hours and availability will differ according to day and location. You will always be able to reach a DOT representative by phone from 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday.
Who should bring me for my permit test in PA?Any licensed driver over 21 years old should bring you.
Do I need a physical in order to get a permit in Pennsylvania?A physical examination is all a part of the driver's license process in Pennsylvania. You should get a doctor, physician assistant, chiropractor or certified registered nurse practitioner to give you a physical and fill out Form DL-180 "Medical Qualification Certificate".
Is a vision test required when applying for the PA driver's license?It sure is. Your vision will be tested the day you go to apply for your permit. It's ok to wear contacts or glasses if that is what you use to see with.
Where do I get a photo for my Pennsylvania driver's license taken?The Pennsylvania DOT uses a unique facial recognition technology feature; therefore, you can only have your photo done there. You will have your photo taken once you pass the road test. To find out more about facial recognition technology go to http://www.dmv.state.pa.us/centers/temporarydriverslicense.shtml.
What colors should I avoid wearing when taking picture for my license?There are no colors you should avoid. Wear what ever color you like!
Do I need to put up hair when taking driver's license photo?You may wear your hair the same way you would normally wear it; however, it should not be covering your face or your eyes. The purpose of the photo is to be able to identify who you really are. Besides, you would not want to hide that amazing face!
What make-up to wear when I get my PA driver's license picture taken?Wear your normal make-up; however, the less make-up the better. As long as you are not wearing so much make-up to where you are unrecognizable, you will be fine!
Why is it best not to smile when taking your drivers license picture?Some states are moving towards face recognition technology that will be able to uniquely identify each individual. A straight face on the photo helps distinguish who you really are. This is all in an effort to stop fraud.
What are some tips for getting the best out of the driver's license picture?Look straight into the camera and keep a calm and relaxed face!
What happens after I apply for my Pennsylvania license?Once you have applied for your license and have your permit, you must wait at least 6 months if you are under 18 to schedule a road test. You must also acquire 65 hours of behind the wheel training before scheduling a test. If you are over age 18, you may schedule it whenever you are ready without having to meet these requirements.
I have a question that's not answered above. What do I do?If you can't find the answer to your question above, please use our Beginner Driver Q & A Section to get a professional answer from our experts! If you need any further assistance, you're welcome to contact us directly at email@example.com.
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"The test was super easy, I didn't reach even the 16th question. Got the first 15 correct! My advice is to read the handbook very well and do practice tests, don't memorize the questions and the answers, just understand the concept, and for those people who r asking if it's the same questions: well, some questions might be similar and some might be the same exactly."Warda L., Philadelphia, PA
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"I passed my test thanks to your website. It helped me prepare well. I went through each practice test here on your website and reread the chapters that I got the answers wrong. When I got to the test I was so nervous but the test was super easy. I was laughing through the whole test because I kept waiting for them to ask me something hard. Nope I knew everything on the exam and was done in minutes. Some of the questions on the test were worded exactly the way you have them here. I highly recommend your website to everyone who has to take the permit. It made it super easy!"Michelle Taylor, Pennsylvania
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Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez and Jonny Evans will all be back from injury for Manchester United when Norwich visit.
Chris Smalling (groin), Nemanja Vidic (ankle) and Tom Cleverly (foot) are still missing but could return after the international break.
Paul Lambert maintains Norwich have to aim to upset United at Old Trafford, but knows any game plan can soon be "blown out of the water" by the champions.
The Canaries manager took in United's midweek Champions League clash against Basle, when the hosts threw away a 2-0 half-time lead and only scraped a draw with a last-minute goal from Ashley Young.
Despite United's less-than-impressive defensive display, Lambert knows full well the magnitude of the challenge which awaits his promoted side with strike duo Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez set to comeback into the Red Devils' attack.
"Some teams are beaten before they even go there, but I will have my own way to deal with that," Lambert said. "We have to go there with a belief, because if you don't you can get turned over.
"Hopefully you will have a game plan which will try to hurt them, but that can be blown out of the water within minutes.
"You have got to respect what you are up against, you cannot go gung-ho because they will pick you off all over the place. You have got to play with your brain a bit and hopefully that is what we will do."
Norwich will be without striker James Vaughan as he is set to be out for up to four months with a knee injury.
Centre-back Zak Whitbread is still recovering from his hamstring problem, while on-loan United defender Ritchie de Laet is unavailable against his parent club.
Defenders Elliott Ward and Dani Ayala (both knee) remain out, while young forward Oli Johnson is set for a spell on the sidelines after ankle surgery.
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Chefs who are making headlines this week…
* Jamie Lauren, from "Top Chef "Season 5, shows the Grub Street gang her super-neat walk-in at San Francisco's Absinthe Brasserie, where she's the executive chef. [Grub Street San Francisco]
* Speaking of "Top Chef", Season 6 contestant Ron Duprat, executive chef at Latitudes Beach Café at the Hollywood Beach Marriot in Florida, is organizing a dining relief effort for Haiti on February 14, 2010. Duprat, a native of Haiti, will be joined by other former "Top Chef" contestants including Mattin Noblia (of Illuna Basque in San Francisco), Hector Santiago (of Pura Vida in Atlanta) and Michael Voltaggio is chef de cuisine at The Dining Room at The Langham in Pasadena, California. [BlackNews.com]
* Patricia Yeo of Boston's Ginger Park Kitchen + Bar discusses her "Scottish Son-in-Law Eggs" that are egg-citing (I couldn't help it) diners at her Boston restaurant. [Boston Herald]
* Chef Simon Dolinky of BLVD 16 is honoring those who make dineLA possible with a discounted tasting menu for restaurant-industry employees only. The offer runs from February 9-14. BLVD 16 is also participating in dineLA, so those of us not in the industry can still enjoy his meals at a steal. [Grub Street Los Angeles]
* Former chef to Oprah and restaurateur Art Smith, of Table Fifty-Two in Chicago and Art and Soul in Washington, D.C., dishes on earning a spot in the Chicago Culinary Museum and Chefs Hall of Fame (nevermind that the museum itself has yet to find a spot). [Chicago Tribune]


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The Latest in Christmas Trees: 7 Modern Replacements for the Traditional Christmas Tree
Tired of the same old same old when it comes to Christmas trees? Is the traditional tree just not cutting it these days? Perhaps you'll have a hard time seeing the forest for the trees with the alternatives I've found (since some of these hardly qualify as "trees" in the first place), but on the eternal quest for variety and newness, here are some of the latest Christmas tree designs coming down the pike.
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Available in three sizes, this plywood "Green" Xmas tree come flatpacked and is 80% more eco- friendly than traditional pine trees. Made with environmentally aware ingredients, they are CNC routered (a low-energy production technique) with waste material minimized by design. Plus, they can be used for several years to come. That is, if your children don't throw it out the window in protest. Buro North has a full report about its ecological benefits and analysis on his site.
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Next up is a contemporary idea for the unconventional set. "Merry Merry" decals further the concept of going green, eliminating the 3D tree altogether. This six-foot, die-cut vinyl wall sticker performs all necessary functions as the symbol of a Christmas tree -- it's just...not. This self-adhesive decal can be applied directly to the wall, and provides a quirky alternative for those short on space or the desire for following tradition. For $180 you can get your own Merry Merry tree, which comes with four ornaments and a star topper to "trim" it with. What a tree-trimming party that would be.
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For smaller spaces or for an extra splash of holiday fare, you could try these funky little tin numbers by StrayDog designs. They come in two sizes (20" or 25" high) and assorted colors, and a group of them could make for a really cool (albeit pricey) whimsical forest. An extra-large, 51" striped version is handmade in Mexico and comes with flower magnets to display pictures and holiday cards.
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The Yule Tree-to-Be Kit is a really sweet way to celebrate the holidays. This kit is perfect for marking milestone events like a baby's first Christmas, or as an eco-friendly housewarming gift. The kit includes Noble Fir seeds, a stratification bag with a medium for germination, a growing medium, a seedling pot, and complete instructions. Then just sit back and watch the little sucker grow. That's if you water it.
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It is an ongoing criticism this election season that the problem of poverty in the United States is not being addressed by either campaign. The Circle of Protection—an ad hoc coalition of religious groups organized to protect antipoverty programs—prodded the presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to speak to the issue. On Sept. 12 both candidates did so in video presentations released along with the Census Bureau's annual report on U.S. poverty.
According to the report, 15 percent of Americans—including one in five children—lived in poverty in 2011. The census data was accompanied by a U.S. Department of Agriculture announcement that 14.9 percent of American households—including 16.7 million children—suffered from food insecurity in 2011.
"Last year," the president said in his video, "I promised to protect vital assistance for the least of these. I've kept that promise.
"We can pay down our debt in a balanced and responsible way, but we cannot balance the budget on the backs of the most vulnerable and certainly can't ask the poor, the sick or those with disabilities to sacrifice even more...just so we can offer massive new tax cuts to those who've been blessed with the most."
"A strong economy will reduce our budget deficits, and it will reduce poverty as well," said Romney. "But at this point, budget cuts are also going to be necessary and I intend to make them. Here you have my word: I'll proceed carefully.... Our government rightfully provides a safety net...and we have a responsibility to keep it intact for future generations."
The candidates "agreed on a lot of things," said the Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World: "the importance of jobs, the importance of charity, the importance of government programs. But they also both agreed to not talk about poor people in other countries.... For us, as people of faith, compassion doesn't stop at the border."
Meanwhile the best that could be said about the census report was that it could have been worse—and was widely expected to be so. More than 46 million Americans are living below the federal poverty threshold, but 2011 became the first year since 2007 that did not record a significant increase in poverty. "With poverty holding at such a high rate, the importance of federal safety net programs is clear," said Beckmann.
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"Federally funded programs play a tremendous role in reducing poverty and helping to keep hunger at bay, but the official data often excludes their impact," said Beckmann. "As Congress works to reduce the deficit, we urge members to not cut these programs, as it would do more harm than good as our economy continues to rebound."


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Yam Cake Recipe (Or Kuih)
Yam Cake Recipe (Or Kuih) recipe – This is basically a steamed cake made from yam pieces, dried prawns and rice flour. It is then topped with deep fried shallots, spring onions, chillis and dried prawns, and usually served with a chilli dipping sauce.
For the kuih:
1½ bowls yam, diced into 1-2cm cubes
1 bowl rice flour
2 tablespoons wheat starch*
2 bowls water
½ – ¾ bowl dried shrimps (heh bee) – I used ¾ bowl because I cannot express how much I love an abundance of it in or kuih
5 shallots, finely chopped
1 teaspoon five spice powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon white pepper
For the topping:
deep fried shallots (I buy mine ready fried from Chinatown)
spring onions, sliced finely
red chillies, sliced finely
dried shrimps (heh bee), chopped finely and fried (optional – you can just put more heh bee in the actual cake)
2. Add the cubed yam to the pan, and fry it with the onion and dried shrimp mixture until it browns.
3. In a separate bowl, mix the rice flour, wheat starch and water, and stir until it forms a smooth paste. Take care to ensure there are no lumps in the mixture.
4. Add the flour mixture into the pan slowly, and stir until everything forms a thick paste.
5. Add the salt, pepper and five spice powder, and mix well.
6. Pour the mixture into a heatproof bowl/plate and steam over high heat for 45 minutes, or until cooked.
7. To serve, sprinkle with deep fried shallots, chopped spring onions, sliced chillies and chopped dried shrimp. Some chilli sauce on the side is also highly recommended.
* The wheat starch helps to make the or kuih softer in texture. If you can't find this, you can substitute it with an equal quantity of corn starch.
Whenever I go home to Malaysia, I would always stuff myself crazy with all sorts of kuih (local sweet or savory cake). One of my favorite is or kuih, or yam cake made of yam (in the US, yam is referred as taro). I have never attempted making kuih in the US though.
Today, I have invited a fellow Penangite Su-Yin Koay of Bread et Butter to share the savory and mouthwatering or kuih recipe. Bread et Butter is a beautiful blog with many recipes: Malaysian, Chinese, baking, and all sorts of goodies.
You can also find culture guide articles bout Malaysia, Penang, etc. Please welcome Bread et Butter to Rasa Malaysia and do visit her wonderful food blog. Now I could only wish that I have some or kuih for my tea break today!
I was very excited when Bee asked me if I would like to write a guest post for her blog–I mean, this was Rasa Malaysia, one of my favourite food blogs out there!
She's taught me so much about Malaysian and Chinese cooking, and it is truly an honour to have a chance to do this.
One of the things I've always enjoyed eating is yam cake ("or kuih" in Hokkien, where "or" = yam, "kuih" = snack or cake). It is a popular snack amongst the Malaysian and Singaporean communities, and is basically a steamed kuih made from yam pieces, dried prawns and rice flour.
It is then topped with deep fried shallots, spring onions, chillis and dried prawns, and usually served with a chilli dipping sauce.
I grew up eating my grandma's or kuih, and I remember thinking how it would be so cool if I knew how to make it. However I would always be at school when she made or kuih, so I never really learnt how it was made.
And if I were being perfectly honest, I was only really interested in eating it… it also didn't help that there was always a ready supply of it.
Of course, this changed when I came to England. I have yet to find a restaurant here that serves decent or kuih, which is highly disappointing. So I decided to ask my grandma for her or kuih recipe so I could have a go at making it myself.
And you know what – I don't know why I never tried making this before, because it is actually pretty simple! Sure, there's a bit of prep work involved in dicing the yam, but apart from that it's quite a breeze.
The best part of her recipe is that it uses rice bowls as a measure. How brilliant is that? The ratio that's used is 2 bowls water: 1 bowl flour: 1½ bowls yam.
Of course, this means nothing is perfectly accurate in terms of weight, but some degree of variation actually doesn't alter the final product too much.
It also does not matter what size your bowl is, as long as it's a Chinese style rice bowl (i.e. not a wide and shallow cereal bowl, for instance). Just follow the 2:1:1½ ratio and you're sorted.
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Dr. Ernest Hughes is the founder and CEO of Logistikos, a fourth party logistics provider (4PL) specializing in supply chain management consulting and education.
Prior to launching Logistikos, Dr. Hughes enjoyed broad leadership responsibility in a range of organizations for more than 30 years. He was most recently Director of Technical Services for Recreational Equipment, Incorporated (REI). Before joining REI, Hughes was co-founder and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Cascadia Community College, after a fifteen-year technology career with Boeing in a range of systems-related management positions.
Hughes earned a Master of Science (MS) in Global Supply Chain Management from the University of Alaska, Anchorage; a Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership and a Masters in Software Engineering (MSE) from Seattle University, and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from California State University, Bakersfield.
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< SummerOfCode | 2006
MoinMoin DocBook XML Conversion Tools
- Student: MikkoVirkkilä
- Assigned Mentor: KarstenWade
What you see below is the original application. Some of the details have since changed and the project currently lives at MoinDocBookProject.
I am going to work during the summer, so I expect to be working on this project during evenings and weekends. As my gf is going to move to another town for the summer, so I'm going to have a lot of time to spare in the afternoons and evenings.
In addition to working, I have no holidays, classes or anything else to work around.
My school will start again at the end of August.
I've done development using Java, C/C++, Python and various web related techniques like XML, CSS, Javascript, XSTL, and I'm familiar with database programming. I'm also the administrator of the my Guild's (the Guild of Automation and Systems Technology) server, and know my way around shellscripts and linux.
I'm the original author for the MoinMoin->Docbook formatter, so I'm intimately familiar with it, as well as that part of the MoinMoin infrastructure.
I've worked on MoinMoin, and did a cleanup of the gnome-app-install program (which was never accepted upstream). I've also worked with TheOpenCD project. I've created the WebSANE sane-frontend (http://websane.berlios.de).
I'm studying at the Helsinki University of Techology where I have been studying for 3 years. The department is called Automation and Systemstechnology, but is also geard towards media and communication.
I'm proposing to finish the MoinMoin->Docbook formatter, and fix any bugs that I find. This will in practice mean that some MoinMoin macros will need to be cleaned up. To make sure the formatter will remain working through the development cycles in the future, I will also write tests, with which it is easy to confirm that the generator is still working. All this will also be documented. Also some tools to support working with docbook inside moinmoin will be created. These include a mass exporter and a mass importer.
Book importer, which will allow for exporting existing Docbook formatted books in to the wiki from the commandline. Each book will be split in to multiple chapters and pages. What worries me here is the possible loss of information. It is not possible to represent all information in a docbook using the wiki syntax. I'm hoping to find some way around this limitation, probably by embedding the extra information in to the page with one or several special macros. This script will use only readily available tools. It will also upload the necessary images.
The Book exporter will format a moin moin page specially created for generating a docbook-book. The page will include links to the different chapters in the docbook. It will format these pages and create a complete docbook from them.
For simple docbook books, the results of first importing a book to the wiki, and then exporting it should yield a book equivalent to the original.
- 26.5 Start
- 5.6. Work on cleanup and bugs in existing formatter done.
- 15.6. Proof of concept for book importer
- 30.6. Proof of concept for book exporter
- 15.7. Storing _all_ information of a dookbook-book in the wiki possible (probably by adding calls to special docbook macros) but possibly not completely implemented.
- 30.7 Importing and exporting a book works
- 15.8 Tests done. All documentation done. Project done.
- Add any currently missing features incl better table support.
- Book exporter in the form of a special moinmoin generator plugin
- Tests (possibly unittests, depending no what the MoinMoin developers feel comfortable with) to ensure that the generator works.
- Shellscripts to get a complete docbook book from the wiki (or individual pages) complete with images etc.
All code will be documented. Usage instructions will be written.
Why me
As I'm the original author of the existing MoinMoin->Docbook code, so I'm very familiar with it. I'm also familiar with some MoinMoin developers, and many parts of the MoinMoin code.
I am exited about this project, because many other projects use MoinMoin as their wiki, and I know for a fact that the Ubuntu documentation team have been very interested in using the Wiki as a means to create DocBook pages.
For people not familiar to Docbook, who want to write documentation and usage instructions, a wiki will be a simple way to do so. Creating tools for people to collaborate, on writing documentation for open source projects, is to me a worthwile project.


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This is a page from Azrael issue 1 which came out last month (on time too, naysayers). I decided to show a bit of the page process cos some people asked me, and I have no completed covers yet to show you. So what ye see above is the sketch, the layout that I use to base all the tricky arting on. Loose, eh? You betcha.
This next stage is where I use my ink layer to outline the main figures and whop in the boldest shadows. No backgrounds here, as I do that on a different layer.
Next up is the adding of greys. These really are the meat of the art, with the black lines being the skeleton, the colour being the skin, the...er...borders being...uh, the pants...*shuts up*
Ok, more meat on the bones. I love Potatoshop so much it *hurts*.
Here I add the background layer. It usually differs from page to page, but in this case it all was all on one layer and then I cut out the main figures. Like old school, but with shiny macintosh machines and less screaming.
Then I add the swords and fire to a new layer. What, you thought I drew that on the same layer...?...*chuckle*, no no no, Grasshopper. Noone would be that stupid.
This is where I thought I'd be able to leave it. I added a new layer for the colours and painted them on, and a few tweaks with some white paint, but then I got a most distressing email...
Yes, apparently I had got his mask wrong. So last minute panic revisions resulted in a new layer over the painting and some old school patch-em-up tactics were employed to remedy this error. Seamless, eh? Go on, you can say it, I'm not bashful...


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Fatal crash in Nolan County
One person was killed and one injured in a one vehicle rollover crash occurring at around 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. The crash was one mile North of County Road 145 on County Road 147 in Nolan County.A 2007 Nissan Frontier pickup, driven by Louis Dakota-Chance Green, 19, of Sweetwater, was traveling North on County Road 147. As the vehicle approached a steep dip in the roadway, Green lost control of the vehicle. The passenger, Hilton Dean Goff, 18, of Iraan, was ejected during the rollover.According to Sweetwater emergency officials, the driver of the vehicle seemed to be going too fast on what is known as "roller coaster road" when the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed. The road goes from Highland to Lake Trammell. Emergency officials stated that the driver of the vehicle walked a mile after the crash to help his friend who was ejected from the vehicle.Goff was pronounced dead at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital at 1 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, by Doctor Keleen Moreno. His body was taken to Acres West Funeral Chapel in Odessa. He was not wearing a seat belt. Green was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. He is listed in stable condition at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital. According to officials, the two were though to be wind energy program students at Texas State Technical College.The weather was clear and the roadway was dry. Trooper William Wheat with the Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating this crash.


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BHA Blog > July 2015 > Getting to know Charlestown's Big Mama
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This week the school were lucky enough to have a visit from Mr Paul Tingle from Severn Trent. He gave a very amusing assembly on the importance of saving water, which the children really enjoyed.
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BugSquad turns its attention to Amarok this Sunday!
This coming Sunday, June 15, BugSquad is hosting a BugDay to go triaging through old Amarok bugs. Come join #kde-bugs anytime to get training and help out! No prior experience is necessary, and you don't need any programming knowledge.
If you are a Kubuntu user, there is a nightly build called Project Neon that you can use.
Joining Bug Days is a great way to help the KDE project. The only things you need to take part are a computer running a recent KDE 4 with Amarok 2 and a KDE 3 version of Amarok 220.127.116.11, and an internet connection. You can join at any point during the day, and stay for as long or short a time as you like. If you are a KDE user and have been wondering how to contribute, then this is a great way to get started - there will be plenty of experienced Bugsquad members on hand to answer any questions you might have. To get involved, join our IRC channel anytime, #kde-bugs on irc.freenode.net, where we will help you get underway. The day will begin at 0:00 UTC (other timezones) on Sunday and continue until the day is over throughout the world, although people tend to stay later!
Authentification key for neon packages?
After this operation, 292MB of additional disk space will be used.
By andy at Wed, 2008/06/11 - 5:00am
Re: Authentification key for neon packages?
Diese Pakete ohne Überprüfung installieren [j/N]? j
ok, that was lame... but fun :P
By Jakob Petsovits at Wed, 2008/06/11 - 5:00am
Re: Authentification key for neon packages?
Yea this is a problem with Launchpad. PPAs can not be authenticated yet. We are sorry about that but there is not much we can do about it for now.
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Bogusevic holding out hope for roster spot
TAMPA, Fla. -- Brian Bogusevic said Friday, "As of right now, they've told me I'm not going to be on the 25-man roster to start the season."
But that is all the 30-year-old outfielder knows for certain.
TAMPA, Fla. -- Brian Bogusevic said Friday, "As of right now, they've told me I'm not going to be on the 25-man roster to start the season."
But that is all the 30-year-old outfielder knows for certain.
"I'm in limbo," Bogusevic admitted.
He may be released, he may be designated for assignment, and there is still a possibility, however remote, that he will be on the Marlins' Opening Day team.
"I guess there are still some things that can happen in the next day or two," Bogusevic said. "It's part of the game. It happens. You deal with it."
Although the Marlins made up their mind on Thursday about Bogusevic not making the Opening Day roster, they are keeping him around as protection, in case they are struck by another unexpected injury.
"As we saw yesterday [with the Ed Lucas injury], you never really know," manager Mike Redmond explained. "Things can change in a short amount of time. These last few games are always a little dicey. You never really know until you pack the car and head south.
"We'll see how it goes the next couple of days. We'll set the roster on Sunday."
Bogusevic, who was acquired in a trade with the Cubs in December for Justin Ruggiano, is out of options and would have to be designated for assignment and clear waivers before the Marlins could send him to Triple-A -- assuming he is willing to go.
"I hope some team will pick me up," he said. "But the closer you get to Opening Day, the more unlikely it is."
Asked if he would be willing to go to Triple-A, with the Marlins or some other team, Bogusevic said, "I haven't even thought about it. I don't know what my options would be right now."
Bogusevic, who was viewed by the Marlins as a left-handed-hitting backup outfielder, was a disappointment this spring, batting only .174 with an on-base percentage of .188, a walk and 10 strikeouts in 47 plate appearances.
"I'm not entirely where I want to be," Bogusevic admitted.
With the Cubs last season, Bogusevic batted .273 with six home runs and 16 RBIs in 47 games.
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Vintage Jeep Road Trip To MoabPosted in Events on April 13, 2014
Ahh, Moab! It's the best! If you have never been, you owe it to yourself to figure out how to get yourself there...if not soon, some day. The only thing better than being in Moab is the buildup and trip out to Moab.
For the past few years Staff Writer, Verne Simons, has driven up to Moab from Peoria, Arizona. The drive is fun. You get to see tons of geology, beautiful scenes, and even a few road side Jeeps. This year, Simons drove his '49 CJ-3A...that's right no trailer! Along for the drive was the new owner of project Ground-Up.
Both Jeeps made it to Monument Valley, and even Mexican Hat, Utah without much drama. 40 miles outside Moab, Verne ran out of gas, and then the top blew off Ground-Up! Luckily the top wasn't damaged, and Verne had about 4 gallons of extra gas in a Jerry can.
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Monday, March 13, 2006
Cadbury Mini Eggs
Many other holiday candies are just different packaging for regular candies. Really, what's so Christmassy about red and green M&Ms or Peppermint Patties in red and green foil? Cadbury Mini Eggs stand as one of those candies that aren't sold any other time of year and as much as I'd like them to be, I treasure them when I see them in a way that I might not if they were as ubiquitous as M&Ms (whatever color they might be).
Cadbury Mini Eggs are unique. While there are plenty of other candy covered chocolates ala M&Ms, the Hershey's Eggs, Kissables, Jots and other imitators. There's nothing else like the Mini Eggs, Cadbury doesn't make a candy covered chocolate bean. They're even oddly shaped, irregular, more like little rounded cones than eggs, they're just such satisfying shapes.
What sets them apart from other chocolate candies at this time of years, first and foremost, is that they contain Cadbury chocolate. Cadbury is rather milky tasting, and certainly very sweet. Then it's all cloaked in this amazingly odd slightly sanded, matte shell. The shell is crunchy and has slightly cool feel in the mouth. You can dissolve it away to get to the chocolate centers, or you can crunch the whole thing together for a sweeter burst.
The colors are even a little less common. Because of the matte finish the yellow, pink, blue and white morsels look like chunks of colored chalk and even have a slightly chalky feel when you first put them in your mouth.
Here's the big surprise, when I turned them over to see where they were made it said "manufactured by Hershey Foods Corp under license from Cadbury, Ltd." How long has that been going on? Um, since 1988 ... jeeze, shows you how much I pay attention!
UPDATE: New for 2007! Cadbury Royal Dark Mini Eggs ... hmm.
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- 3. Make a display stand or box to be used to display a model or an award. Or make a frame for a photo or painting. Use suitable material.
- 4. Make four useful items using materials other than wood that you and your Webelos den leader agree on, such as clay, plastic, leather, metal, paper, rubber, or rope. These should be challenging items and must involve several operations.
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Douglas MacArthur
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Great people talk about ideas. Small people talk about other people.Tobias S. Gibson
General Douglas MacArthur (1880-01-26 – 1964-04-05) was an American military leader.
- It was close; but that's the way it is in war. You win or lose, live or die — and the difference is just an eyelash.
- To Gen. Richard Sutherland after their flight over Japanese held territory to reach Australia (1942-03-17)
- I said, to the people of the Philippines whence I came, I shall return. Tonight, I repeat those words: I shall return!
- After his arrival in Australia from the Philippines (1942-03-30)
- I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
- On landing in Leyte, Philippines (1944-10-17)
- I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.
- To Colonel George M. Jones and the 503rd Regimental Combat Team, who recaptured Corregidor (1945-03-02)
- It seems strangely difficult for some to realize that here in Asia is where the Communist conspirators have elected to make their play for global conquest, and that we have joined the issue thus raised on the battlefield; that here we fight Europe's war with arms while the diplomats there still fight it with words; that if we lose the war to communism in Asia the fall of Europe is inevitable, win it and Europe most probably would avoid war and yet preserve freedom. As you pointed out, we must win. There is no substitute for victory.
- Letter to Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr., 1951-03-20; read to the House by Martin on April 5.
- Talk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is from the insidious forces working from within which have already so drastically altered the character of our free institutions — those institutions we proudly called the American way of life.
- Speech in Lansing, Michigan (15 May 1951)
- It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear. While such an economy may produce a sense of seeming prosperity for the moment, it rests on an illusionary foundation of complete unreliability and renders among our political leaders almost a greater fear of peace than is their fear of war.
- Speech of 1951, as quoted in The Twenty-year Revolution from Roosevelt to Eisenhower (1954) by Chesly Manly, p. 3, and Total Insecurity : The Myth Of American Omnipotence (2004) by Carol Brightman, p. 182
- Only those are fit to live who are not afraid of dying.
- Richards Topical Encyclopedia (1951)
- "Duty, Honor, Country" — those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.
- Sylvanus Thayer Award acceptance speech to the cadets of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York (1962-05-12)
- In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield. But in the evening of my memory always I come back to West Point. Always there echoes and re-echoes: Duty, Honor, Country. Today marks my final roll call with you. But I want you to know that when I cross the river, my last conscious thoughts will be of the Corps, and the Corps, and the Corps. I bid you farewell.
- Sylvanus Thayer Award acceptance speech to the cadets of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York (1962-05-12)
- Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would gladly yield every honor which has been accorded me in war.
- Macarthur and the American Century: A Reader (2001) edited by William M Leary
- The Puerto Ricans forming the ranks of the gallant 65th Infantry on the battlefields of Korea…are writing a brilliant record of achievement in battle and I am proud indeed to have them in this command. I wish that we might have many more like them.
- Quoted on February 12, 1951 in Tokyo [1]
Victory broadcast (1945)
- Radio broadcast after the surrender of the Japan on the battleship USS Missouri officially ending World War II (1945-09-02).
- Today the guns are silent. A great tragedy has ended. A great victory has been won. The skies no longer rain with death — the seas bear only commerce — men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight. The entire world lies quietly at peace. The holy mission has been completed. And in reporting this to you, the people, I speak for the thousands of silent lips, forever stilled among the jungles and the beaches and in the deep waters of the Pacific which marked the way.
- We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war.
A new era is upon us. Even the lesson of victory itself brings with it profound concern, both for our future security and the survival of civilization. The destructiveness of the war potential, through progressive advances in scientific discovery, has in fact now reached a point which revises the traditional concepts of war.
- Men since the beginning of time have sought peace. Various methods through the ages have been attempted to devise an international process to prevent or settle disputes between nations. From the very start workable methods were found in so far as individual citizens were concerned, but the mechanics of an instrumentality of larger international scope have never been successful. Military alliances, balances of power, Leagues of Nations, all in turn failed, leaving the only path to be by way of the crucible of war. The utter destructiveness of war now blocks out this alternative. We have had our last chance. If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.
- We stand in Tokyo today reminiscent of our countryman, Commodore Perry, ninety-two years ago. His purpose was to bring to Japan an era of enlightenment and progress, by lifting the veil of isolation to the friendship, trade, and commerce of the world. But alas the knowledge thereby gained of western science was forged into an instrument of oppression and human enslavement. Freedom of expression, freedom of action, even freedom of thought were denied through appeal to superstition, and through the application of force. We are committed by the Potsdam Declaration of principles to see that the Japanese people are liberated from this condition of slavery. ... To the Pacific basin has come the vista of a new emancipated world. Today, freedom is on the offensive, democracy is on the march. Today, in Asia as well as in Europe, unshackled peoples are tasting the full sweetness of liberty, the relief from fear.
Farewell address to Congress (1951)
- Farewell address to a Joint Session of Congress (1951-04-19) (with MPEG audio)
- I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride — humility in the weight of those great American architects of our history who have stood here before me; pride in the reflection that this home of legislative debate represents human liberty in the purest form yet devised.
- Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause, for the issues are fundamental and reach quite beyond the realm of partisan consideration. They must be resolved on the highest plane of national interest if our course is to prove sound and our future protected. I trust, therefore, that you will do me the justice of receiving that which I have to say as solely expressing the considered viewpoint of a fellow American.
- I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country. The issues are global and so interlocked that to consider the problems of one sector, oblivious to those of another, is but to court disaster for the whole. While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of the one cannot fail to have its impact upon the other.
- In this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition rather than pursue a course blind to the reality that the colonial era is now past and the Asian peoples covet the right to shape their own free destiny. What they seek now is friendly guidance, understanding, and support — not imperious direction — the dignity of equality and not the shame of subjugation.
- The Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for a prospective invader. It assumes, instead, the friendly aspect of a peaceful lake. Our line of defense is a natural one and can be maintained with a minimum of military effort and expense.
- China, up to 50 years ago, was completely non-homogenous, being compartmented into groups divided against each other. The war-making tendency was almost non-existent, as they still followed the tenets of the Confucian ideal of pacifist culture. At the turn of the century, under the regime of Chang Tso Lin, efforts toward greater homogeneity produced the start of a nationalist urge. This was further and more successfully developed under the leadership of Chiang Kai-Shek, but has been brought to its greatest fruition under the present regime to the point that it has now taken on the character of a united nationalism of increasingly dominant, aggressive tendencies.
- The Japanese people, since the war, have undergone the greatest reformation recorded in modern history. With a commendable will, eagerness to learn, and marked capacity to understand, they have, from the ashes left in war's wake, erected in Japan an edifice dedicated to the supremacy of individual liberty and personal dignity; and in the ensuing process there has been created a truly representative government committed to the advance of political morality, freedom of economic enterprise, and social justice. Politically, economically, and socially Japan is now abreast of many free nations of the earth and will not again fail the universal trust... I sent all four of our occupation divisions to the Korean battlefront without the slightest qualms as to the effect of the resulting power vacuum upon Japan. The results fully justified my faith. I know of no nation more serene, orderly, and industrious, nor in which higher hopes can be entertained for future constructive service in the advance of the human race.
- While I was not consulted prior to the President's decision to intervene in support of the Republic of Korea, that decision from a military standpoint, proved a sound one, as we hurled back the invader and decimated his forces. Our victory was complete, and our objectives within reach, when Red China intervened with numerically superior ground forces.
- While no man in his right mind would advocate sending our ground forces into continental China, and such was never given a thought, the new situation did urgently demand a drastic revision of strategic planning if our political aim was to defeat this new enemy as we had defeated the old.
- We could hold in Korea by constant maneuver and in an approximate area where our supply line advantages were in balance with the supply line disadvantages of the enemy, but we could hope at best for only an indecisive campaign with its terrible and constant attrition upon our forces if the enemy utilized its full military potential. I have constantly called for the new political decisions essential to a solution.
Efforts have been made to distort my position. It has been said, in effect, that I was a warmonger. Nothing could be further from the truth. I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes. ... But once war is forced upon us, there is no other alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end.
- War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
- There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history's clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier war. It points to no single instance where this end has justified that means, where appeasement has led to more than a sham peace. Like blackmail, it lays the basis for new and successively greater demands until, as in blackmail, violence becomes the only other alternative.
- The tragedy of Korea is further heightened by the fact that its military action is confined to its territorial limits. It condemns that nation, which it is our purpose to save, to suffer the devastating impact of full naval and air bombardment while the enemy's sanctuaries are fully protected from such attack and devastation. Of the nations of the world, Korea alone, up to now, is the sole one which has risked its all against communism. The magnificence of the courage and fortitude of the Korean people defies description.
They have chosen to risk death rather than slavery. Their last words to me were: "Don't scuttle the Pacific!"
- I am closing my 52 years of military service. When I joined the Army, even before the turn of the century, it was the fulfillment of all of my boyish hopes and dreams. The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point, and the hopes and dreams have long since vanished, but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barrack ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that "old soldiers never die; they just fade away."
And like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty.
- My first memory was of the sound of bugles.
- This is where I came from, and I thank a merciful God that I am able to return.
- Upon returning to his old school, T.M.I.-Episcopal in San Antonio
- You only grow old by deserting your ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, giving up wrinkles the soul.
- You are remembered for the rules you break.
- Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
- commenting retrospectively on General Eisenhower, his Chief of Staff in the Philippines prior to WWII- "He was the best clerk I ever had."
- after hearing of the appalling high casualties on the European front compared to his SW Pacific front " Good commanders don't turn in heavy casualties"
External links
- The MacArthur Memorial - The MacArthur Memorial at Norfolk, Virginia
- MacArthur Museum Brisbane - The MacArthur Museum at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- MacArthur at PBS.


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"Parents desperate to get their hands on the top toys for Christmas have been stunned to learn the best plaything for youngsters is the humble cardboard box." I had to wonder, when I read this line yesterday -- How is this stunning? Isn't this a running, funny-cuz-it's-true joke among parents, who buy their kids the most coveted toys only to discover the littles far prefer the boxes they came in? Boxes that can be turned into rocket ships or submarines, with the help of a few markers and some imagination?
Well, the UK's Ribena Toy Report has recently confirmed what (some) parents have known for generations: kids actually do prefer the box to the flashy toy. And the box – like other simple items that promote 'free play' – aids in cognitive and language development, according to experts, more than the latest Leap Pad gadget does. Unfortunately, a third of parents report feeling 'pressured' by the toy marketing industry to buy the latest electronic toys for their kids each Christmas, despite the toll doing so takes on their wallets.
So the makers of the Ribena Plus Toy Report -- which found that nearly twice as many parents report their children prefer playing with boxes than gadgets -- are bringing the cardboard box back. They're distributing 4,500 boxes (yep, just boxes... with nothing in them) to families across the UK, to get the free play party started. Other parents who want in can download six free templates for their kids to transform their own boxes into dinosaurs, boats, houses, cars, shops, and rocket ships, launching off hours of fun.
Honestly, I don't think kids need templates (enter: imaginations), but parents might appreciate them, especially if they want to get creative themselves; I think any kid would be psyched to wake up to a ready-to-launch rocket ship (or a playhouse!), made by mom and dad, on Christmas morning. And I applaud the Ribena report for looking into the state of play today, and for doing something about it.
Although the box thing seems obvious, it doesn't seem to stop us, as parents, from buying tons of stuff for our kids. (This is perhaps more true here in America than anywhere else… and it's something I've been wanting to blog about for a while!) I'm often surprised by how otherwise environmentally and socially conscious parents I know still buy anything, and everything, for their littles. The stuff invariably piles up and creates clutter, the kids get bored with it, and the parents go out and buy more.
Some families, however, are beginning to question the amount of consumption – and waste – their families create, and when it comes to toys, these families are discovering less really is more. Buying fewer toys means we create less packaging waste, which is better for our planet. We bring fewer factory-made chemicals into our homes, which is better for our bodies. We accumulate fewer piles of stuff to trip on, and to collect dust and germs in our homes, which is better for our families. And we spend less money, which is better for our wallets. In my family, this means the toys we do buy can be high-quality toys made of safe, eco and kid-friendly materials that will last, and that promote creative play for a wide range of ages (so Kaspar won't grow out of them in a few months). We think about how the toys we're buying measure up, on each of these points, and we're willing (and able) to spend a little more on them if they do, because we haven't already spent our money on a bunch of plastic junk.
Kaspar's favorite toys right now are his balance bike, his tree branch blocks, and his play cookware. I love the bike -- which I found at TykeRider.com -- because it converts in size and shape (three to two-wheeler) as he grows; he started riding around on it when he was about eighteen months old, and it'll last him until he's five. It was a good investment! It also gets him outside, burning off all that boy-energy, and helping him to refine his coordination and muscle control. (According to the Ribena report, one in six kids does not engage in any form of outdoor play… that is so sad! Kids need to get dirty!)
Kaspar's blocks (shown above) are from a fabulous Canadian company, Natural Pod. They're made of locally sourced wood, with a beeswax finish. (They smell yummy, too.) Kaspar usually builds block towers (and... "libraries"?) while I cook dinner in the evenings. I used to let him watch an episode of Thomas at that time so I could actually get dinner made – he starts to get tired, hungry and thus cranky around 5:30, which can translate to a lot of fussing and not much cooking happening – but that turned into a bad habit, for both of us. So instead of staring at a screen, Kaspar now zens out with his blocks, contentedly honing his fine motor skills (to him it's just playing), and beaming with pride when I look over the half-divider-wall-thing between our kitchen and living room to admire his creations.
Sometimes he likes to "cook" while I'm cooking, too. I think real cooking is fantastic for kids, but it's not always convenient for parents, especially when you're racing the clock. Luckily, Kaspar also enjoys pretending to cook with his small collection of wooden toy food, and his wok. The stir-fry set actually came with slice-able veggies, too, and a 'knife'. Kaspar gets totally absorbed in cutting his veggies -- he uses the couch as his countertop -- which allows me the time I need to get our real meal on the table.
Chef Kaspar:
So, as the holidays near, we asked ourselves: what do you give a boy who has a bike, blocks and a wok? Well, a photo that his teacher texted to me from school -- wherin Kaspar sat at a 'work' table, neatly cutting strips of paper into pieces, with some child-friendly scissors ("He concentrated on this for fifteen minutes," his teacher said), inspired our idea for this year's gift. I bought a child size table and chairs (used, a la Craigslist), which Aaron and I are going to make over, with milk paint (my fave). We'll then set up a Kaspar "work" station along a wall in our kitchen, with some mounted shelves, and a chalkboard, in addition to the table. We'll stock the shelves with toddler-friendly "activity bags" (or small boxes) – inspired by Pinterest. (Follow me!) We're using eco-friendly and up-cycled materials, spending very little, and creating this together, which is fun for us as a couple, too. Best of all, we know Kaspar will love his little space, and use it for all kinds of creative play.
How do you control the amount of kid 'stuff' that comes into your home (what about stuff that comes from sources other than you, too? Namely... grandparents)? Do your kids have a lot of toys? Do you know what you're getting your kids for Christmas (and/or other holidays) this year? Have you considered downsizing? Do you have any great strategies around specific toys, tools or everyday objects that promote 'free play'?
PS. Unrelated to play, but had to share this, (click the link and read the whole caption -- so awesome!) since we talk about breastfeeding so much around here on 100% Natural Parenting!


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1986 Toyota Toy Pickup R-Series Transmission - Tuffer Toy BoxPosted in How To: Transmission Drivetrain on September 1, 2008
Toyota manual transmissions are made of tough stuff, and they usually shift well and come in a small lightweight package. But as with anything on a wheeling truck, time can take its toll, and the same is true for the five-speed in our '86 Toy pickup commonly referred to as Clampy. Clampy has been through the wringer in recent years and a repower was the next step in this little truck's life. However more power wasn't going to mix well with the old trans. In fact it wasn't even the original unit, but a weaker early model that shifted more like stirring soup than selecting gears. Even though it hadn't completely broken, with the current 60 horses under the hood a future power upgrade was definitely going to be that little gearbox's noose.
We had a plan to repower the truck with a late-model Toyota engine (you'll see that story in a future issue), and while at Marlin Crawler preparing for the swap we began discussing our options for transmission upgrades. Marlin Crawler has been doing dual transfer-case kits for years, but they also specialize in rebuilding Toyota transmissions. Our bench racing resulted in the assembly of an R-series transmission which is commonly found behind the V-6 engines and the turbocharged four-cylinder. These transmissions can take serious power numbers and are often used in high-horsepower racing Toyotas.
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Basketball Analyst Dick Vitale's well-known catchphrase — "Awesome, baby!" — is just one of the many things you'll hear at the 2005 Athletic Business Conference and Expo held Dec. 1-3 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL.
Vitale, along with the Cooper Clinic's Dr. Kenneth Cooper and soccer great Julie Foudy, will be this year's keynote speakers. Vitale will speak on "The Game of Life," Cooper will present on "21st Century Medicine, Exercise, Nutrition and Supplementation" and Foudy will conclude the 2005 Facility of Merit Awards Reception by sharing her formula for success on the field and in life.
The annual event will also feature 85 seminars and workshops including those on facility design and construction; aquatic programming and management; programming and marketing; military fitness and sports; new managers and supervisors; facility management and operations; leadership, people management and personal development; financial and risk management; youth sports administration; and commercial indoor sports facilities.
Preconference workshops will begin on Wednesday, Nov. 30. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in the fourth annual Athletic Business Golf Classic at Shingle Creek Golf Club or take tours of the city of Oviedo's recreation facilities and the RDV Sportsplex.
The show floor will open Thursday, Dec. 1, and will feature more than 300 exhibitors, early-morning workouts, demonstrations and contests. And, for the second year, the Medical Fitness Association (MFA) will hold its conference, "Meeting the Future Actively: Partnerships for Life," in conjunction with the AB trade show. The International Council on Active Aging's (ICAA) conference "Active Aging 2005: The Tipping Point," will also be held in conjunction with the show and will offer seminars on sales and marketing, management and leadership, programming, and activity workshops. With AB registration, ICAA seminars are free and MFA seminars are $35 each.
Athletic Business Conference & Expo Schedule of Events
Tuesday, Nov. 29
- 4 p.m.-5 p.m. Registration
Wednesday, Nov. 30
- 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Registration
- 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Preconference Tour: City of Oviedo Recreation Facilities
- 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Preconference Workshop: Design and Construction 101: Building a Facility from Concept to Completion — David Body and Robert Johnston
- 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Preconference Workshop: Supervisory Skills for Success — Ruby Newell-Legner
- 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Preconference Workshop: Practical Pool Management — Tom Griffiths and Shawn Derosa
- 11:45 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 4th Annual Athletic Business Golf Classic: Shingle Creek Golf Club
- 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Preconference Workshop: Stimulating, Motivating and Influencing Others: The Art of Effective Leadership — Scott Chovanec
- 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Preconference Workshop: Brainstorming the Recreation Facility of the Future…What Will You Build in 2025? — Jack Patton, Kevin Stubbs, Al Oberlander and Dennis Reynolds
- 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Preconference Workshop: Developing Brand-Based Marketing by Enhancing Sponsorship Management — Chris Moler
- 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Preconference Workshop: Colorado-Missouri Rec School Preconference Workshop
- 1:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Preconference Tour: RDV Sportsplex
Thursday, Dec. 1
- 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Registration
- 8:45 a.m.-12 p.m. Educational seminars
- 12 p.m.-1:15 p.m. Lunch break
- 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Educational seminars
- 3 p.m.-4 p.m. Keynote address, Kenneth Cooper
- 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Trade show grand opening
- 8 p.m.-11 p.m. Welcome reception, Rosen Plaza Hotel
Friday, Dec. 2
- 6:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Early-morning workouts
- 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Registration
- 8:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Educational seminars
12 p.m.-1 p.m. Keynote address, Dick Vitale
- 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Trade show
- 1:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Partnership roundtable
- 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Education seminars
- 5:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m. Facility of Merit Awards Reception: Orange County Convention Center
Saturday, Dec. 3
- 6:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Early-morning workouts
- 8 a.m.-5 p.m. ICAA workshop: Active Living Every Day Facilitator Training Workshop
- 8 a.m.-5:15 p.m. ICAA workshop: Healthy Eating Every Day Facilitator Training Workshop
- 8:15 a.m.-12 p.m. Registration
- 8:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Educational seminars
- 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. American Council on Exercise Certification Exams
- 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Trade show
For more information and a list of exhibitors visit www.athleticbusiness.com/conference.


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GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3R Motherboard Review
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3R Motherboard Review
Enthusiasts have experienced a rash of motherboard chipset releases as of late, with no shortage of such releases coming from the Intel camp alone. The new introductions have ranged from the X38, X48 and the P45. Compound that with the fact that both DDR2 and DDR3 flavors generally exist for each, and you have a large number of models making their way to the market. The P45 can be considered the spiritual successor to the P35(die shrunk from 90nm to 65nm), while playing host to a slew of new features. Intel's P45 chipset, codenamed "Eaglelake" is designed and aimed at the mainstream and performance market. The P45 chipset also brings Intel's ICH10R Southbridge to the table, and supports the latest Intel 45nm processors. Rounding out the P45 feature list is support for 1600 FSB, and DDR2 ram up to 1200Mhz, and DDR3 ram up to 1600Mhz. The only potential downside to the P45 variant, is that while two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots are provided, as soon as you utilize a dual GPU configuration, the x16 slots will work at the speed of x8. However, this is most likely not a limiting factor, as most Crossfire configurations will not oversaturated a dual X8 bus.
GIGABYTE produces several models with the P45 chipset, among these are the GA-EP45T-DS3R (DDR3) and GA-EP45-DS3R (DDR2). For this particular review, we will be taking a look at the GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3R (DDR2) version. This is one of GIGABYTE's mainstream P45 variants. The board is stuffed full of hardware and software features, including their DES (dynamic energy saver) with 6-gears. There's the standard "Ultra Durable 2" moniker, which according to GIGABYTE stands for excellent stability and longevity, by utilizing 100% Japanese made solid capacitors, Low RDS(on) MOSFETs and Ferrite Core Chokes.
The feature list expands even further with with "Hardware Overvoltage Control IC", which provides more voltage control options on CPU, North bridge and memory. Also, they present us with a new and unique feature, consisting of onboard DES LED's placed on the board, that light up according to power phase load.
GIGABYTE pulls another rabbit out of its hat, by providing two Gigabit LAN's that can be combined and act as one network connection. If your one of those insecure types, that worries about drive data theft, GIGABYTE added a built-in TPM feature for extra security. Believe it or not, the feature list continues on from here even further.
So lets move on and take a look at the official feature rundown on this board...
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