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Joined: 10 Sep 2000
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:35 pm
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The mechanical is a huge advantage for changing sails on ultra-wide boards on the water which is why we use them for our beginner boards.
One advantage you left off your list is board/rig quick change. If you sail at a place that has radically changing water state with the tides while the wind remains the same than a two bolt is far faster & easier when switching boards.
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Location: Montréal
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:26 pm
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The mechanical base will be for my 94 cm board with the 10-oh sail
ie ideal base for that setup...
When I read about switching boards and the 2 bolt system being quicker, i thought initially you were crazy
Then i realized this implied base plates on the two(2) boards.
I have more than one single bolt mast base and thus that argument for switching boards would not be preferential to one type of bolt system over the other ...
and as someone said - with seven(7) boards, would one buy that many base plates ?? guessing not ...
the single bolt system is quick to switch - when cold the US cup is the PITA
then i spin the bolt instead and take off by mast base!!!
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:23 pm
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joethewindsufa wrote:
When I read about switching boards and the 2 bolt system being quicker, i thought initially you were crazy
Then i realized this implied base plates on the two(2) boards.
I have more than one single bolt mast base and thus that argument for switching boards would not be preferential to one type of bolt system over the other ...
and as someone said - with seven(7) boards, would one buy that many base plates ?? guessing not ...
the single bolt system is quick to switch
As each fresh board comes out of the vehicle and each sail gets rigged in response to changing conditions or preferences, the pile of plug'n'play toys lying on the ground grows. Towards evening, sailing time becomes precious, so the time required to plug just the right sail into just the right board becomes ever more precious. That's one scenario in which the 10:1 switch time advantage really pays off.
Another is the MANY days on which the wind never settles down, varying dramatically from one short session, maybe even one reach, to the next. Again, trying to satisfy conditions and choices all day like that is vastly easier with plug'n'play bases ... i.e., two-bolts.
Then there's the scenario in which somebody wants to borrow or lend a sail or a board. Virtually everyone around here uses two-bolt Chinooks, so the plug'n'play concept stretches clear down the beach.
yes we have a plate (and fin) on every board we own. I learned 30 years ago that shred time is priceless, whereas two-bolt plates (and B&J/wave fins) cost peanuts. I can buy 8 two-bolt Chinook plates or 3-4 excellent B&J/wave fins at swap meets for the cost of gas for an afternoon sailing trip.
Life is short, accessories are cheap, and every minute of wasted time is ... well ...
. Besides, I can sell all those fins and two-bolt plates at no loss, if not for a small profit, when get too old to need 'em any more. You could even say they're on lifetime loan.
Mike \m/
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:45 pm
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As Isos pointed out, the bases are cheap if you get them used as they do last forever. Most of my base plates cost $5 to $10. Other base plates were taken off boards that someone had tossed out.
I do prefer 2 bolt but some of my sailing requires 1 bolt. I have found that having extras in this sport is a good thing.
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:23 am
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I've always used single bolt but I find myself wondering about that choice when I'm 1/2 mile offshore in cold, rough water. If something happened out there where I wanted to ditch the rig and paddle in I don't think I could unscrew the bolt from the board. I know this because sometimes I have trouble doing it back on the beach after a session -- have to get some help from a rubber mallet.
Maybe I over-tighten but my only separation was 20 years ago from a single bolt that came loose and worked its way out of the slot.
Anybody have accidental separations from the two bolt?
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:17 pm
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When it comes down to universals, there are a number of ways that they can fail. While all the focus in this thread has been about the attachment to the board, we shouldn't forget the attachment to the mast extension.
Many times in the past, when I was using the US base cup with the 2-pin attachment, I've had one of the pins shear off. Although it never led to a separation out on the water, a good argument can be made that it might under certain conditions. After coming in and discovering the problem, I never was foolish enough not to address the problem and immediately replace it with a new 2-pin spring component. In fact, it has happened so many times to me, I have an inventory of them in the van just like I carry extra line. Also, I have found that all the US base cup universals that I've ever owned ultimately wear and get so wobbly that I stop using them for fear of failure. I've found that it only took a season or two for this to happen. After years of experiencing these two kinds of problems, when I switched to RDM masts, I also made the switch to Euro-pin design universals.
However, by switching over to the Euro-pin attachment design, it must be recognized that with many of the brands out there, the pin just screws into the top component of the universal. I've heard that many folks have experienced a failure related to the pin breaking or coming unfastened. To be safe, I only buy the Chinook one piece SS universal where the top component of the universal and the pin are machined out of a single piece of SS.
Lastly, using either the tendon or hourglass connection between the top and bottom components of the universal, both can and do break. Fortunately both designs incorporate either line(s) or webbing to hold everything together should a failure occur. Do most folks regularly check whether these safety retention attachments are in sound condition?
So, for all you folks who think that the 2-bolt universal attachment gives you the ultimate safety and security, think again.
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:33 pm
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My only point to add is that when the single bolt works its way loose due to not tightening it enough, in my experience the universal always slipped to the front of the mast box, never coming out. Thus it was never a catastrophic problem on the few occasions it occurred. Per the prior post, I agree that the bolt does not seem to be the most vulnerable part of the universal. dhmark
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:53 pm
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My Experience is the opposite, in that the mast slid to the opening in
the mast track (in my case the back) and then out. So I wouldn't count
on that saving you if you don't get your base plate in tight enough.
I still use single (and dual) bolt base plates. Any thing can fail, and
if you sail long enough, it will.
dhmark wrote:
My only point to add is that when the single bolt works its way loose due to not tightening it enough, in my experience the universal always slipped to the front of the mast box, never coming out. Thus it was never a catastrophic problem on the few occasions it occurred. Per the prior post, I agree that the bolt does not seem to be the most vulnerable part of the universal. dhmark
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:15 pm
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I prefer single bolts for many applications as they allow for more range of adjustment in today's short mast track equipped boards, and I tend to position my uni farther back in the track than most people. The 2-bolt unis just don't let me put the uni where I want it to be in some boards.
Due diligence is key to preventing separation problems... inspect every connection and part before you go windsurfing.
Some unis are easier to tighten/loosen than others.
Kevin Kan
Sunset Sailboards, San Francisco CA
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Frankie's mother said the tricycle transformed her daughter's life. Speaking through tears, Dana Robertson called Gordon and Connie Hankins "angels" for what they'd given Frankie.
"Once she learns the confidence and believes in herself, she'll take that with her for a lifetime," she said.
When Frankie was asked where she wanted to go on her tricycle, she smiled wide and answered, "Everywhere."


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Ever wonder how such a highly polished game as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim wound up with so many bugs and glitches? Dorkly has uncovered a completely fictional series of letters between Bethesda's Todd Howard and the lead developer that may explain the situation.
All it takes is one fussy lead programmer and a slightly grump project lead to turn an award-winning role-playing game into an award-winning role-playing game filled with humorous bugs and glitches. Just one simple internal memo sent on a bad day and everything goes spiraling out of control.
Luckily for Bethesda, no one cares if their games are full of bugs and glitches. Fake Todd should really just learn how to relax.
See what happens? Look what fake Todd made fake programmer do! Now everyone is bears. Hopefully this doesn't escalate any further.
Oh god.
Hit up the link for the full imaginary exchange. It seems completely crazy, but in an odd way it makes perfect sense.
Where Skyrim Bugs Come From [Dorkly]


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It's a strategic board game. Both of the player has 14 balls. The winner is the one who can push 6 balls out of the board.
From Ubuntu Terminal screen (Applications > Accessories > Terminal), type:
taufanlubis@toshiba:~$ sudo apt-get install kenolaba
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 160kB of archives.
After unpacking 594kB of additional disk space will be used.


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Vientiane, LaosKirsty Turner
Vientiane feels more like a large village than a capital city. Pigs and cattle ramble aimlessly beside the slowly flowing river, watched over by women chatting and washing clothes. Pavements are a futuristic concept as are cinemas, shopping malls, fast food and most other types of entertainment.
Yet for many travellers this is the perfect Asian city; there is plenty to see and do here and yet the city has an approachable, unassuming feel.
Pha That Luang is the symbol of Laos and this huge, unusually shaped gold stupa is definitely worth a visit. In the Laotian language, Pha That Luang means Great Scared Stupa. The most prominent part of the temple is a 45 meter tall central tower, surrounded by 30 smaller stupas. The stupas are covered with gold leaf and shimmer brilliantly in the sunlight.
Nearby the temple is the Sok Pa Luang Forest Temple. Here you will find a sauna and massage room in a traditional wooden two-story house, where robed monks relieve your my weary muscles as you relax and listen to the gentle sounds of wind chimes, birds, cicada beetles and breath in the scent of jasmine and lemongrass.
On the way to Pha That Luang you will probably pass the Patuxai, which bears more than a passing resemblance to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Climb to the top of this 7th century gateway for a great view of the city.
Not to be missed is the very unusual Buddha Park or Xieng Khuan, which is situated on the outskirts of the city. Here you will find a large garden full of weird and wonderful Hindu and Buddhist sculptures which need to be seen to be believed.
Vientiane has a huge collection of interesting buildings and temples in a range of styles and a great way to explore is simply by walking. Take a stroll along the river and you will view a interesting collection of buildings from across the road, then simply follow the shining golden roves to find the elaborately decorated temples.
This is a great place to satisfy your craving for Western food as there are a large number of excellent restaurants offering a range of international food, especially in the area near the river. You will even find restaurants serving gourmet French food, and this is the perfect time to indulge. For those looking for cheap traditional food, a number of small carts set up trade on the bank of the river in the evening.


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One of the most persistent debates about the process of evolution is whether it exhibits directionality or inevitability. This is not limited to a biological context; Marxist thinkers long promoted a model of long-term social determinism whereby human groups progressed through a sequence of modes of production. Such an assumption is not limited to Marxists. William H. McNeill observes the trend toward greater complexity and robusticity of civilization in The Human Web, while Ray Huang documents the same on a smaller scale in China: A Macrohistory. A superficial familiarity with the dynastic cycles which recurred over the history of Imperial China immediately yields the observation that the interregnums between distinct Mandates of Heaven became progressively less chaotic and lengthy. But set against this larger trend are the small cycles of rise and fall and rise. Consider the complexity and economies of scale of the late Roman Empire, whose crash in material terms is copiously documented in The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization. It is arguable that it took nearly eight centuries for European civilization to match the vigor and sophistication of the Roman Empire after its collapse as a unitary entity in the 5th century (though some claim that Europeans did not match Roman civilization until the early modern period, after the Renaissance).
It is natural and unsurprising that the same sort of disputes which have plagued the scholarship of human history are also endemic to a historical science like evolutionary biology. Stephen Jay Gould famously asserted that evolutionary outcomes are highly contingent. Richard Dawkins disagrees. Here is a passage from The Ancestor's Tale:
…I have long wondered whether the hectoring orthodoxy of contingency might have gone too far. My review of Gould's Full House (reprinted in A Devil's Chaplain) defended the popular notion of progress in evolution: not progress towards humanity – Darwin forend! – but progress in directions that are at least predictable enough to justify the word. As I shall argue in a moment, the cumulative build-up of compelx adaptations like eyes strongly suggest a version of progress – especially when coupled in imagination with of the wonderful products of convergent evolution.
Credit: Luke Jostins
One of those wonderful products is the large and complex brains of animals. Large brains are found in a disparate range of taxa. Among the vertebrates both mammals and birds have relatively large brains. Among the invertebrates the octopus, squid and cuttlefish are rather brainy. The figure to the right is from Luke Jostins, and illustrates the loess curve of best fit with a scatter plot of brain size by time for a large number of fossils. The data set is constrained to hominins, humans and their ancestors. As you can see there is a general trend toward increase cranial capacities across all the human populations. Neandertals famously were large-brained, but they exhibited the same secular increase in cranial capacity as African Homo. On the scale of Pleistocene Homo and their brains the idea of the supreme importance of contingency seems ludicrous. Some common factor was driving the encephalization of humans and their near relations over the past two million years. This strikes me as very strange, as the brain is metabolically expensive, and there are plenty of species with barely a brain which are highly successful. H. floresiensis may be a human instance of this truism.
But what about the larger macroevolutionary pattern? Is there a trend toward larger brain sizes in general, of which primates, and humans in particular, are just the most extreme manifestation? Some natural historians have argued that there is such a trend. But, there is a question as to whether increased brain size is simply a function of allometry, the pattern where different body parts and organs tend to correlate together in size, but also shift in ratio with scale. The nature of physics means that very large organisms have to be more robust because their mass increases far faster than their surface area. By taking the aggregate relationship between body size and brain size, and examining the species which deviate above or below the trend line, one can generate an encephalization quotient. Humans, for example, have a brain which is inordinately large for our body size.
And yet there are immediate problems looking at relationships between body and brain size, and inferring expectations. Different species and taxa are not interchangeable in very fundamental ways, and so a summary statistic or trend may obscure many fine-grained details. A new paper in PNAS focuses specifically on various mammalian taxa, corrects for phylogenetics, and also relates encephalization quotient by taxa to the proportion of social animals within each taxon. Encephalization is not a universal macroevolutionary phenomenon in mammals but is associated with sociality:
Evolutionary encephalization, or increasing brain size relative to body size, is assumed to be a general phenomenon in mammals. However, despite extensive evidence for variation in both absolute and relative brain size in extant species, there have been no explicit tests of patterns of brain size change over evolutionary time. Instead, allometric relationships between brain size and body size have been used as a proxy for evolutionary change, despite the validity of this approach being widely questioned. Here we relate brain size to appearance time for 511 fossil and extant mammalian species to test for temporal changes in relative brain size over time. We show that there is wide variation across groups in encephalization slopes across groups and that encephalization is not universal in mammals. We also find that temporal changes in brain size are not associated with allometric relationships between brain and body size. Furthermore, encephalization trends are associated with sociality in extant species. These findings test a major underlying assumption about the pattern and process of mammalian brain evolution and highlight the role sociality may play in driving the evolution of large brains.
A key point is that the authors introduce time as an independent variable, so they are assessing encephalization over the history of the taxon. This is clearly relevant for humans, but may be so for other mammalian lineages. The table and figures below show the encephalization slope generated by using time and body size as the predictors and brain size as the dependent variable. A positive slope means that brain size is increasing over time.
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Two major points:
– Note that the slope is sensitive to the level of taxon one is examining. A closer focus tends to show more variance between taxa. So, for example, humans distort the value for primates in general. Bracketing out anthropoids paints a more extreme picture of encephalization, a higher slope. In contrast, the lemurs and their relatives exhibit less encephalization over time.
– The correlation between proportion of species which exhibit sociality and encephalization of the taxon is strong. From the text:
Encephalization slopes were correlated with both the proportion of species with stable groups (order R = 0.92, P = 0.005, n = 6; suborder R = 0.767, P = 0.008, n = 9; Fig. 2 A and B) and the proportion in either facultative or stable social groups (order R = 0.804, P = 0.027, n = 6; suborder R = 0.63, P = 0.04, n = 9).
The last figure makes it is clear that the correlations are high, so the specific values should not be surprising. Don't believe these specific figures too much, how one arranges the data set or categorizes may have a large effect on the p-value. But the overall relationship seems robust.
A highly encephalized "alien"
What to think of all of this? If you don't know, one of the authors of the paper, Robin Dunbar, has been arguing for the prime importance of social structure in driving brain evolution among humans for nearly twenty years. The relationship is laid out in his book Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language. Robin Dunbar is also the originator of the eponymous Dunbar's number, which argues that real human social groups bound together by interpersonal familiarity have an upper limit of 150-200. He argues that this number arises because of the computational limits of our "wetware," our neocortex. Those limits presumably being a function of biophysical constraints.
One interesting fact though is that the median cranial capacity of our species seems to have peaked around one hundred thousand years ago. The average human today has a smaller brain than the average human alive during the Last Glacial Maximum! (see this old post from Panda's Thumb, it's evident in the charts) This may be simply due to smaller body sizes in general after the Ice Age. Or, it may be due to the possibility that social changes with the rise of agriculture required less brain power.
Ultimately if Dunbar and his colleagues are correct, if social structure is the most powerful variate in explaining differences in brain size when controlling for phylogenetics and body size, then in some ways it is surprising to me. After all, it does not seem that ants have particularly large brains, despite being extremely social and highly successful. Clearly the hymenoptera and other social insects operate on different principles from mammals. Instead of
developing "hive minds," it seems as if in mammals greater social structure entails greater cognitive structure.
Citation: Susanne Shultz, & Robin Dunbar (2010). Encephalization is not a universal macroevolutionary phenomenon in mammals but is associated with sociality PNAS : 10.1073/pnas.1005246107


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@davidhuebner, February 24, 2011: President #Obama just finished talking with Prime Minister Key to assess whether more assistance is needed. #eqnz #CHCH Thursday, 24 February 2011 12:22:58 p.m.
That is one of the many tweets I posted during the hours and days immediately after the Christchurch earthquake. Yes, I am the U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. And yes, I tweet regularly, sometimes several times a day.
Have you heard of the phrase "21st Century Statecraft"? It's a philosophy developed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and involves complementing traditional foreign policy tools with new instruments of statecraft that fully leverage the networks, technologies, and demographics of our interconnected world. In other words…using social media as a major form of outreach
Back in 2010, Secretary Clinton stated, " …we find ourselves living at a moment in human history when we have the potential to engage in these new and innovative forms of diplomacy and to also use them to help individuals be empowered for their own development." She was right, and the empowerment aspect was and is revolutionary, as current events continue to show.
Here at U.S. Embassy Wellington we didn't need to be pushed or cajoled. We instinctively recognized the potential to engage using social media, and have been using social media for the past two years.
We started off with tweets @usembassynz. Since then we have extended our outreach through Facebook (Embassy pages forNew Zealand and recently Samoa), Twitter (@davidhuebner, @usembassysamoa), YouTube, Vimeo, Ustream, Adobe Connect,iTunes, and FlickR.
And of course we have two blogs, with a third under development. My Ambassador blog (DavidHuebnerBlog.com) focuses on my travels, experiences, thoughts, and work as Ambassador. I don't shy away from potentially controversial topics, and of course I welcome comments. The other blog, USRugbyNZ.com , is focused on America's long, rich rugby history and on the U.S. Eagles' road to the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
One of our most creative and successful projects in the past year was using UStream and the UStream Facebook app "my UStream" to conduct live broadcasts to our Facebook and wider online audiences. One very successful broadcast involved a livestream with National Science Foundation scientists while I was in Antarctica. Another one was a livestream of Secretary Clinton's townhall event in Christchurch back in November 2010. Both streams were hugely successful with a large number of people tuning in.
So, is all this working the way I'd hoped? Absolutely. Our platform is protean, unpredictable, dynamic, interactive, interesting, evolving, and occasionally profoundly annoying. Just like the real world. And that's what makes the platform successful.
By combining traditional outreach with social media outreach, by cross-promoting and affiliate-linking content across all our social channels, and, most importantly, by interacting with our online audiences instead of just pushing out information, we are having real conversations with real people from all walks of life. Not just those who traditionally see a foreign Ambassador.
And that's the way it should be, right?


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Play Live Creates First-of-Its Kind Interactive Ad Experience for Advertisers
NEW YORK - Nov. 26, 2012 - Bravo Media today announced the launch of "Play Live," a first-of-its kind participatory TV experience that allows fans to play along with live, on-air Bravo content. Play Live initially debuts with special episodes of "Watch What Happens Live," starting with tonight's airing at 11 p.m. ET/PT and will extend to other Bravo programs in the coming months.
To participate, each week fans can visit bravotv.com/playlive on their mobile phones, tablets, desktops or download the Bravo Now app to play with Bravolebrities, friends and other fans to make predictions on what will happen next or to voice opinions on various topics and polls. Live voting results are shown on-air, changing in real time during the broadcast as the audience reacts to what's happening in the show. Fans can cast votes, deciding who's hot, who's not, and an array of other interactive questions customized to what's happening on screen. For example, when the experience rolls out to other Bravo programming, questions such as, 'Which chef would you choose to cook dinner for you?' or 'Who will bring the most drama this season -- the housewives...or their husbands!' could appear on screen.
"Bravo fans are passionate and engaged viewers," said Lisa Hsia, Bravo's EVP of digital. "Play Live caters to the fans by offering participation TV - a new way to enjoy a show with other fans as the broadcast unfolds live. Best of all, it's easy - there's no app to download and install. Viewers participate via URL with any device that has internet access."
Advertisers will be able to use Play Live's technology to create live interactive ads using anything from questions with poll-like functionality to providing access to e-coupon deals, across several of Bravo's high-traffic shows.
"Watch What Happens Live" airs Sundays through Thursdays live at 11 p.m. ET and is Bravo's late-night, interactive talk show that features guests from the world of entertainment, politics, and pop culture. Hosted by Andy Cohen, the series includes lively debates on everything from fashion, the latest on everyone's favorite Bravolebrities, and what celebrity is making headlines that week.
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I should not be finding out a game starring The Flash, Green Lantern, Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman a week before release. I need more time to prep myself for Justice League: Earth's Final Defense, due out by the end of this month for iOS.
I certainly shouldn't be finding out about it from a listing for beta testers written in broken English on the TouchArcade forums via a link from the Superman Homepage, yet here we are.
Justice League: Earth's Final Defense is a beat-em up action arcade game featuring the Earth's other mightiest heroes. The big five team up to take on the bad guys, using their awesome powers to hit things until they fall down. Along the way they'll collect DC Comics hero cards to enhance their abilities.
While those support characters won't appear in the game, the fab five will have a wide variety of unlockable suits, from Superman's black and silver duds to Wonder Woman's unfortunate jacket combo.
Need more info? This is from Korean developer Netmarble's forum post:
Are you a fan of DC Comics?
Do you love to play action arcade game?
Here we give you the great opportunity to be the DC Comics' 5 super heroes.
Well I'm sold.
Wanted: 20 testers for JUSTICE LEAGUE: Earth's Final Defense! [TouchArcade Forums via Superman Homepage]


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mods please note: due to limitations per post, i had to split this "how to" over a few posts.."
Tmaxx Diff Shim Mod.
This page will describe how to shim your Tmaxx diff, to remove excess play and help your diffs last longer. It also enhances the posi effect and keeps dirt out your diff, and the greases in.
You will need the following products.
Yokomo Diff grease/ Lock lube - CS-DGH (hard) for rear, CS-DGM (medium) for front.
I noticed its now obsolete on tower but you can get the same type of grease from a 1:1 car suspension specialist in a larger tub. i beleive its the same stuff used to install eurathane/nolathane bushings..
it should look & feel like a very thick, sticky, waxy "vasoline" and is a silicone based product. (no, DONT use vasoline instead!)
Automotive grease like Valvoline etc (good quality grease)
6mm Steel shim & 10mm Steel Shim. (approx 10 of each)
6mm Teflon washers
5mm x8mm O-rings
Traxxas Foam body washers # 4915
(inside and outside refers to the side of the truck in the turn)
In the turn the outside has good traction, and the inside doesn't. The inside will "diff out" (spin ALOT faster than the other side) if you're pushin' it hard. When the inside hooks back up out of the turn, it will shock load the driveline if the track is sticky.
Packing your diff cups w/ grease will lessen the diffin' out and it will put more power to the ground. The diff action will still be there, unlike a spool, so you won't have turning issues. If you decide to try this it's easy to do and totally reversible if you don't like the way the truck handles afterward. I like the way it handles, you can throw it in a turn, steer the wheels back out, and steer it on the throttle. Kinda like sprint cars on dirt
The medium lube in the front doesn't hurt turn in.
Last edited by Misbehavin'; 10-29-2005 at 10:49 PM.
Im no expert. i just play one on the TRX forums
-Remove and clean out diff cup
Pic 1 + 2 -Dry assemble spiders in cup and trial & error 6mm shims to remove excess endplay (should take 3-5 shims). You don't want it tight, so leave a little play (.010"-.020").
Pic 3 - Keep the stock plastic washer against the cup. Split the shims side to side (equal # on each shaft).
Pic 4 thru 10 -Apply lock lube to cup side gear and install into cup w/ shims. fill cup approx. 1/2 w/ lube and install spider/shaft assy. Fill rest of cup, leave a depression slightly smaller than ring gear side gear (try to leave no air). Apply lube to other side gear and install into ring gear w/ the rest of the shims. Assemble the ring gear to the cup (some grease will squirt out).
-If you want to improve ring gear/pinion mesh, now is the time.
Pic 11 thru 14 -Dry assemble the cup assy. (carrier) into the case w/o the pinion. T & E the endplay w/ 10 mm shims (they go between the brng and the carrier) to .010" - .020". Keep track of # of shims (we'll call this the preload shim pack).
Pic 15 & 16 -Install pinion and adjust shims on ring gear side to move the mesh tighter. Put the rest of the preload shims on the other side and dry assemble the case to check. Some tight spots are fine, but you should be able to turn the pinion shaft w/ your fingers. Play w/ it till you get it right, might take a few tries.
Pic 17 & 18 -Disassemble and grease ring and pinion.
-Final assemble diff
-Pic 19 I also use the foam body washers on the yoke to dust seal the brngs. Clean the yoke and stick it on. You will have to stretch it slightly to go over the raised area in the center. Apply some grease to the exposed areas of the foam before assembly. The foam will be tight at first, it will loosen up in a run or two.
Pic 20 -Use the o-ring between yoke and diff on the shaft during assembly. This will seal the diff and enhance the posi effect (w/out the o-ring you will get a blob of lock lube in your yoke). You will have to push HARD on the yokes to get the pins in.
Last edited by NitroRCracer; 02-01-2005 at 06:03 AM.
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Last edited by Misbehavin'; 10-29-2005 at 10:47 PM.
Im no expert. i just play one on the TRX forums
I hope this was as helpfull to you, as it was for me..
Last edited by Misbehavin'; 10-29-2005 at 10:47 PM.
Im no expert. i just play one on the TRX forums
Have you ever tried something in the 50000 diff oil? I'm going to try this mod. I took the stock grease (which was next to nothing) out of my boys buggy and put in some good OFNA Diff Oil and it made a ton of difference. It stopped it from unloading and spinning the right side tires all of the time. She hooks up and goes now. If it helps anywhere close to as much as it did the buggy this will be a big plus.
Tks for the post bro.... Let me know what you think on the 50000 diff oil.
Last edited by Tommy Gunn; 02-01-2005 at 08:38 AM.
i use the yoko diff greases because they dont melt like other greases, and they arent messy to clean up after (regular grease flicks everywhere)
i havent tried the 50k oils tho. is it like a honey type of oil (thick liquid) or is it actually a grease?
Im no expert. i just play one on the TRX forums
It's a very thick oil... thicker than honey probably. I had someone tell me that the 50000 oil would hold up in a transmission on a tmaxx for a weekend of racing without the mod to seal up the diff. case. It's so thick you can't squeeze it out of a nozzled bottle you have to take the lid off.
Here is the OFNA Oils.
I didn't realize but it goes up to 120000
Last edited by Tommy Gunn; 02-01-2005 at 08:43 AM.
if you do use something like that, only use it within the diff cup/spider gear area.. using it within the main diff housings will cause huge drag on your driveline and probably an overheated engine which isnt what we want (you probably know that tho)
edit: hmm, they look alrite.. i mite have to give them a go next time i pull it apart.. thanks for the link mate
Im no expert. i just play one on the TRX forums
Very nice write up and excellent pictures. Maybe you put this in there somewhere and I missed it, but where did you get the shims?
T-Maxx with a .26 and some other stuff
the required items list at the top of the page has clickable links to the items i used on tower hobbies.
you can also get the shims from collandra racing with the link below.
the pictures and "how to" was given to me by crower28, i added the number references on the pics + write up, and kinda tied the whole lot together.
thanks for the mod crower, it works excellent!!
Im no expert. i just play one on the TRX forums
nice write up!
teamcrc (Calandra Racing Concepts) are about 20 minutes away from me. Mark, Frank Jr., Frank Sr., Jeff are all great people and will help till theres no end. They are my local hobby shop also.
Its a T-Maxx thing, you wouldn't understand.
Ahh, so they are, I knew I probably scanned it too quick.Originally posted by NitroRCracer
the required items list at the top of the page has clickable links to the items i used on tower hobbies.
you can also get the shims from collandra racing with the link below.
the pictures and "how to" was given to me by crower28, i added the number references on the pics + write up, and kinda tied the whole lot together.
thanks for the mod crower, it works excellent!!
Thanks for the excellent post, I need to do this to my diffs and your timing was just about perfect!!
T-Maxx with a .26 and some other stuff
dang i did this and it worked so good
trying to get a hold in my "sinful" life
so the spyders and other guts come from the old diff right? just swaping out the cup,pinion and diff case right?
nice write up!!
note that this will work for most but if your spider gears are worn you should replace them as this mod will not help you!!
Any idea on where these aluminum diff cases are from? The only cases I can readily find split form front to rear, not side to side into halves. I would think the cases shown here would be better for shimming/fitment IMO.
I'm on fire.
Originally Posted by SmokinAces
Heres one mate.
It would be better if you could get the Maximizer aluminum cup. As problem always start from the cups.
This is the best write up on shimming diffs I have seen!!! I use it myself.
I did take the plunge and got the UE kit for stock gears. Comes with Kippster cup, 7075 T6 cases, 3 MM screws, oversized sealed bearings and shim kit. If yu want to you can later upgrade to spyders and use the same diff cases.. They do cost though, $72.00 each and you need 2 of them if you do both diffs.
I can say I have quite a few gallons through them, they hold up great!
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Thanks Dec1973!
I bought 'em as soon as I saw them! Exactly what I was looking for. I appreciate the lookout there!
I'm on fire.
So yeah. I wasn't paying attention. Silly me. I needed cases for the Revo and of course this shim guide was outlined for the T-maxx truck. So my question now is:
Will T-maxx diff cases fit in the Revo?
I'm on fire.
probably not since revo diffs won't fit in a maxx.
TRXnot so Newbie21
I ordered this stuff from Tower. I am using Nitros suggestion and will use bearing grease. I can tell you this, as of Monday, the 10mm shims were on back order.
Revo diffs are sealed, You would end up going backwards in technology. You can still shim your Revo diffs though. If they need it.Originally Posted by SmokinAces
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United We Stand, Divided We Fall
Since Yokomo no longer makes their lube, what does everyone suggest we use? I'm looking at the Ofna Differential Lock lube. Has anyone tried it or has another suggestion?
i have been using the associated 100k + 300k lubes, the 100k works real well.
its much better value for money than the real small yokomo tubs aswell because you get about 4x more product.
Im no expert. i just play one on the TRX forums
Thanks Nitro. Great post
great post will have to put this in the to do list
just checked my tracking number and all my parts are in so ill be doing this tonight to my new diffs
Great write up!
Just ordered the parts to do it.
yeah i did mine per this and lubed with lucas x-tra grease. seems to be working good. IM about to do it to another set of diffs for my project 2.5 maxx for my step son. took my time on the first diff as ive never had them open before but the 2nd diff went fast.
Hey all the pictures are x'd for me....
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I like it..I like it ALOT! My BL 8ight-T
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try a refresh
Last edited by NitroRCracer; 04-11-2008 at 07:34 PM.
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They work now.
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Great thread. Thank you!
I am getting ready to do this today... but I'm a little confused on what kind of grease to use. You guys refer to the grease in thousandths... like 50,000, but I don't know what that means. I bought a used RC moto, and the seller sent me two bottle of diff grease, and it is clear silicone. One bottle says 1000 and the other bottle says 3000. Will either of these work?
I also went to the auto parts store to look for something to use, and nothing they had showed any reference to anything "50000". It's all weight measured. So, what can I buy that will work?
My neighbor gave me some white engine grease for a car, and he seemed to think it would work great, but I don't know.
I want to finish this today so I can get my truck running, and if what I have doesn't work, then I need to know what I can buy at an automotive store that will.
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Excellent differential shimming guide! The best grease money can buy is Gorilla Snawt, its designed for high RPM differential's gears and any moving parts. These nitro monster trucks run much higher RPM's than any real life size cars or trucks.
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the weight depends on what sort of effect you are after.
the 1000 + 3000 you have are buggy diff oils and will give a very light effect. probably too light to be of much benefit, imho.
the associated greases in the little clear tub is what i use nowadays.
i have the 100k and a 300k and sometimes mix a little of both for a 200k front.
if i open and "up end" the 100k it moves very slowly in the tub. you could probably make a coffee before it leaked
the heavy Mugen lubes on about page 3 of that link should work well too
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Im no expert. i just play one on the TRX forums
This thread qualifies as a super sticky..!
Will this work for an emaxx 3905?


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4th Annual International Shafallah Forum, April 20-22, 2009, in Doha, Qatar
Note that the deadline to submit abstracts is January 23, 2009, at 5 pm EST.
On behalf of the Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs, I would like to extend a warm invitation for you to submit abstracts for the 4th Annual International Shafallah Forum in Doha, Qatar from April 20th – April 22nd , 2009. For the past three years our Center has been delighted to welcome more than 250 experts in the field and Wives of Heads of State from all over the world to our Forum and we anticipate that this year's Forum will be no exception.
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For months now, we've gotten tips from readers about an alleged Photoshop of Horrors — except it seems that model Allie Crandell actually looks as pictured. Recently, fashion e-commerce site Revolve took the unusual step of promising she'll gain weight.
It's not like the rest of the models featured on Revolve are actually buxom or anything, but Crandell, a model who also appeared on The City, sparked something of a commenter revolt on every item she modeled. A representative discussion (click to enlarge):
Crandell's weight was an issue when she was on The City too. According to a 2009 recap,
Kelly Cutrone confronts Allie, asking if she's "OK" and repeatedly pointing out how skinny she is.
Allie, for her part, is left flustered, tearful and just utterly hurt. "I know I'm healthy. I know I'm happy the way I am," she tells Whitney the next day. But it's more like she's telling herself.
And The Daily News notes that "two months later, Crandell's agent told Life & Style magazine that he had thought Crandell was too skinny and the two had been working to get her to a healthier weight."
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Left unsaid is whether Crandell's thinness is the product of an eating disorder or some other factor, but given how much her body has already become a group project — to an unusual extent even for someone who makes their living off their looks — that's probably just as well. In any case, kudos to Revolve for being responsive to their customers' concerns, and best of luck to Crandell.
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Arsenal and Chelsea have joined the scramble to sign Wayne Rooney from Manchester United this summer.
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The researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that these young people also face barriers to health care. The study authors said that more should be done to ensure these young cancer survivors receive the follow-up care they need and are advised about healthy lifestyle habits.
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But "business continues as usual" for U.S. companies in S. Korea.
SEOUL, April 9, 2013 -- South Koreans and others living there played down North Korea's warning today that foreigners protect themselves or even think about evacuating because nuclear war is imminent.
"Business continues as usual for AMCHAM and its member companies," said Amy Jackson, president of the American Chamber of Commerce, an association of U.S. companies doing business in South Korea. "We are confident that the U.S. and Korean governments, in close cooperation with other allies, are fully prepared to deal with any situation."
The British Embassy in Seoul offered a similar appraisal. "We assess that there is currently no immediate risk," spokesman Colin Gray said.
But officials in Seoul still believe Pyongyang could test a mid-range missile on the east coast as early as Wednesday, so "preparations are complete," according to Kim Min-Seok, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense.
South Korean officials also pointed out that the North has simultaneously test-launched a long-range missile and several short-range scuds in the past.
Meanwhile, the Japanese Defense Ministry deployed Patriot antimissile batteries, or PAC-3s, to its headquarters in central Tokyo overnight.
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The move came one day after Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera ordered his Self-Defense Forces to intercept any North Korean missile, if it threatened the country. Tokyo has taken similar steps before previous Pyongyang missile tests, but antimissile batteries have never been activated.
"As the Japanese government, we will take all possible measures to protect the lives and safety of our people," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, vowing to "calmly" cooperate with allies.
Japan has deployed additional PAC-3s to military bases in Saitama and Chiba, near Tokyo, while Aegis destroyers have been moved to the Sea of Japan.
With a range of 1,800 miles, Pyongyang's medium-range missiles are capable of reaching mainland Japan and the southern island of Okinawa, home to more than half the 47,000 U.S. troops based in the country. Kim has specifically threatened to attack U.S. bases in Okinawa, and Guam.
Experts in Seoul, who view today's threat from North Korea as more rhetoric, anticipate no direct attack, despite the statement by the North's Korean Asia-Pacific Peace Committee: "In case a war breaks out, we do not want foreigners in South Korea to get hurt."
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North Korea has issued a slew of threats on a daily basis in the past few weeks that has alarmed the international community. But analysts say the bluster is primarily directed at the domestic audience to round up support for its new 30 year-old leader Kim Jong Un.
"If you look at the actual messages, they are being rolled out by different institutions, different actors so we see different spokesmen," Daniel Pinkston of the International Crisis Group said.
As the core of North Korea's central powers intentionally feed a crisis situation, Pinkston detects a round of "demonstrating loyalty" going on within the regime by various organizations.
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ABC News' Akiko Fujita, Joanne Kim and Hunny Jeong contributed to this report.