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Millitary Hummer Electric Fan - The Fan That Went To WarPosted in How To: Engine on December 1, 2006 Comment (0)
When you overheat in the Badlands of South Dakota, it's an inconvenience. When you overheat in the Badlands of Iraq, it can quickly become a life-or-death problem.
That's exactly the scenario Army Chief Warrant Officer Pat Milton was experiencing during a deployment in Mosul last year. His company's M1114 Humvees--nicknamed "Turtlebacks" for their slanted rear roofs--were seeing operating temps of 250 degrees or more due to the stress of carrying soldiers, weapons, and ammo in 130-degree temperatures with the A/C at full blast. "I cooked three engines in the first month and a half I was there," he said. "Everything else checked out, but I was cooking the engines in three- and four-month-old vehicles." Catastrophic engine failure was the biggest problem, resulting in very expensive--and time-consuming--repairs and engine swaps. But the overheated motors also triggered the limp-home mode in the transmissions, so that they wouldn't upshift beyond Second gear. Try running away from pissed-off Iraqi insurgents in a 14,000-pound Humvee with only Second gear.
The M1114's radiator design doesn't do it any favors in the Middle Eastern heat. The radiator sits under the hood almost parallel to the road--not straight up in the air stream--and there's a massive oil cooler mounted on top of it, which further blocks fresh air from reaching it.
Soldiers tried all sorts of remedies, from disconnecting the engine-fan control module so the fan ran constantly (which sapped the engine of much-needed horsepower) to rigging hood scoops that worked when the vehicle was moving, but were ineffective in traffic or when idling.
Milton, a Jeep owner stateside, figured there had to be a better way. "So I broke out my Summit catalog and started looking at electric fans." Due to the Humvee's underhood design, he knew he needed a pusher, and it had to be thin enough to allow the hood to close.
He found a good candidate in Flex-a-lite's Low-Profile 230 pusher fan. It moves 2,500 cfm of air, draws just 19.5 amps, is easily connected to a 12-volt system, and, with a width of just 2 5/8 inches, is compact enough to fit under the Humvee's hood.
"In the Army we have a credit card with a $2,500 spending limit," Milton said. "I contacted Summit to see if I could order 10 and have them sent to an APO in Iraq." He did, they were, and those fans immediately went into service.
Installation was a snap, he said. "The fans bolt to existing holes in the oil cooler [which sits on top of the radiator] like they were made for it. The thermostatic fan relay switch mounts to the front of the fan shroud, and the sensor plugs into the radiator hose prior to the thermostat, giving us an accurate reading from the engine." Though the Flex-a-lite fan is designed for a 12-volt system, the Humvee works off 24 volts. "So you hook it to one battery, then wire it to the transmission control light, giving you the 12-volt ignition source you need."
Right away the fan-equipped Humvees showed lower engine temps compared to those pulling the same duty without fans. "Since installing these auxiliary fans we have not had an engine exceed 230 degrees on the road or 220 degrees at a prolonged idle, even with the ambient temperatures exceeding 125 degrees," Milton wrote in a report to his superior officers. "Crews have reported cooler crew compartment temperatures, more horsepower, and better fuel economy."
Milton had found a way to spend about $200 and two hours installing a fan to prevent the days-long job of replacing an $11,000, 6.5L turbodiesel. He immediately put in an order for 80 more, to equip the rest of his pool. We've all heard horror stories of the red tape you have to wade through to get anything done in the military, and we asked Milton if he had any trouble getting the fans.
"Well, I'm in a Special Forces unit, and we have our own, um, avenues of getting money. That's the only red tape I encountered, getting the money. It didn't happen as fast as I wanted, but command thoroughly dug it, so there was no problem getting it done. But when you send a $16,000 request to the bean counters, it gets slowed down. They don't have the same sense of urgency as you do."
When the funding was secured, Milton contacted Bruce Erickson at Flex-a-lite and ordered his fans factory-direct. "Then I did what every good paratrooper would do: I put it on the street for everyone. I wanted to get the word out to these guys, to get their units to buy these things. I wanted them to get their butts out of harm's way on these roads." Milton produced a PowerPoint presentation about the aftermarket fix, a presentation that got passed around to a lot of other units. Another Chief Warrant Officer overseeing vehicle maintenance, Jerry Bechtol, was so impressed that he ordered 400 of the Flex-a-lite fans for his Humvees.
Milton also sent his low-buck fix up the chain of command, thinking it could become either a permanent Army fix or even an upgrade at AM General. So far the change hasn't been adopted at that high level, "but our guys are doing it on their own,"he told us. "We have to take care of ourselves."


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Global Magnitsky Act could be powerful weapon against impunity in journalist murders
Last week, the proposed Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act emerged from the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee with approval. The bill was passed by the Senate last year. If passed by the full House of Representatives and signed into law by the president, it has the potential to offer partial redress to one of the most chilling truths facing journalists today: in 90 percent of cases, the murders of journalists go unpunished.

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Fueling up for fitness with fashionable wristbandsJanuary 13, 2014 11:44 PM
Don't let your New Year's fitness resolutions meet the fate of last month's Christmas trees -- kicked to the curb.
Try an activity-tracking wristband to keep you motivated. These techy bands combine the look of a bracelet or sports watch with the knowledge of a personal trainer and the support of a best friend. Wear them 24/7 to monitor everything from steps taken and calories burned to how many times you wake up in a night. Some will even alert you when you've been inactive for too long. Transfer the information to a mobile device or computer to see charts and graphs that map out your lifestyle.
The health and fitness world is no stranger to these bands, but what is new is many of their capabilities and their sleeker styles. Brands continue to release updated models and reinvent bands' looks so they blend better with day-to-day clothes and accessories. They can be spotted on such famous and fashionable folks as Serena Williams and Kanye West.
Here are some of the most innovative and attractive activity-tracking wristbands on the market:
• What it does: Fitbit boasts several activity- and sleep-monitoring devices, but the Flex and Force bands are among the brand's most comprehensive lifestyle trackers. The Flex measures steps, distance and calories burned by day, while at night it gauges sleep quality. The Force is more advanced and keeps track of steps, distance traveled, stairs climbed, total calories burned and active minutes in a day and also offers a sleep quality tracker. Both bands come with a silent sleep alarm that vibrates to gently nudge its wearer awake.
• Digital features: See stats without plugging the device into a computer or phone. Data syncs with Mac OSX and Windows operating systems through a wireless Internet connection and displays on select iOS and Android mobile devices via Bluetooth 4.0 technology. (Visit www.fitbit.com/devices for a complete compatibility list for mobile devices.) Free online tools and a mobile app help people further translate their movement into graphics so they can evaluate their lifestyles and set realistic fitness goals.
• Chic factor: Bands are slim and sporty, and, come spring, even more stylish options will be available when Fitbit debuts a collaboration with fashion designer Tory Burch. For now, choose from black, slate, lime and pink for the Flex or black or slate for the Force. Bands are adjustable to help ensure a perfect fit.
• Cost: $99.95 for the Flex, $129.95 for the Force.
• Info: www.fitbit.com.
• What it does: The Basis body monitor is like a video game in which the prize is good health. Select what you want to work on, such as sleeping better or moving more, and the Basis band will offer tips for how to achieve personal goals. When they are consistently achieved, the next level of goals will be unlocked. The Basis also measures heart rate patterns, movement, calories burned by activity, perspiration and skin temperature and adjusts according to the type of exercise being performed.
• Digital features: Applications for select Android and iOS devices and the Web enable people to view metrics related to heart rate, sleep and exercise. A USB connector is included so the band can be hooked up to digital devices.
• Chic factor: The Basis looks and adjusts like a wristwatch and comes in black. Straps in white and colored patterns are other choices.
• Cost: $199 for 2014 Carbon Steel edition.
• Info: www.mybasis.com.
Nike+ FuelBand SE
• What it does: Tracks all-day movement as well as how intensely people work out. Activities translate into "fuel points," which people can use to set goals for the number of points they want to earn in a day. The band also counts steps, tells time and tracks sleep.
• Digital features: The Nike+ FuelBand app and secure-nikeplus.nike.com/plus/ website help track progress. The app is compatible with iPhone 4S (or newer) and iPod touch generation 5 (or newer) devices, and Bluetooth 4.0 technology allows the band to remain connected with the app. A computer with a USB 2.0 port and a Windows 7 or 8, Vista or XP operating system for PCs, or a Mac with an OS v10.6 or newer system, are required to hook the band up to a desktop or laptop.
• Chic factor: Bands are thin, black and sleek and come with the options of accent colors of volt yellow, pink foil, total crimson or solid black with a rose gold clasp. LED lights display goal information.
Bands are available in small, medium/large and extra-large sizes. As Nike puts it, FuelBand is a "perfect intersection of sport and style."
• Cost: $149 for standard bands, $169 for rose gold edition.
• Info: www.nike.com.
Jawbone UP
• What it does: Understand day-to-day activities and habits better by tracking workouts (calories and intensity of exercise), moods, eating and sleeping. It also features a customizable idle alert that will notify people if they've been inactive for too long and a sleep alarm with gentle vibration.
• Digital features: Jawbone's latest activity-tracking band, UP24, wirelessly syncs data to iPhone 4s (and newer) mobile phones, iPod touch generation 5 (or newer), iPad generation 3 (or newer) and iPad Mini devices. The standard Jawbone UP model requires a USB connection and is compatible with some older iPhone, iPod touch and iPad generations and many phones with Android 4.0. Visit jawbone.com/up/devices for a full device compatibility list. Once connected, daily activities will be broken down to help people gain insights into their lifestyles and set exercise, nutrition and sleep goals.
• Chic factor: The slim band's wrap-around style is capped with silver-tone detailing on each end and comes in small, medium and large fits. Pick from onyx or persimmon for UP24 or onyx, blue or light gray for the basic band.
• Cost: $149.99 for UP24 (Bluetooth compatible), $129.99 for standard UP version.
• Info: www.jawbone.com.
• What it does: The LINK and CORE armbands collect data related to heat influx, skin temperature, motion and more to calculate information about daily activities, calories burned and sleep efficiency.
• Digital features: The LINK band is Bluetooth-enabled and provides data in real time via a smartphone app. The CORE band uses online computer tools and smartphone apps to outline similar health and wellness insights. An optional display device for the CORE that can be clipped on clothes shows caloric burn, steps taken and more while on the go.
• Chic factor: While more athletic in appearance than some other bands, they are slender and come in neutral grays and whites. Add a pop of color with self-adhering vinyl skins in hundreds of shades and patterns. Custom skins also are available.
• Cost: $119 for LINK armband, $99 for CORE armband (excludes subscription fee for accessing online tools or extra costs for additional skins).
• Info: www.bodymedia.com.
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Needless to say, the Clippers have had a tough time since moving from San Diego to Los Angeles in 1984. Davis and Gordon are primed for a postseason run. Since then, the franchise had made just four postseason appearances, and has advanced past the first round of the playoffs on just one occasion. However, the 2010 season brings much hope to Clipperland. After going 29-53 last season, the Clipp...


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When I worked as assistant director of South Providence Neighborhood Ministries. I met a social work intern who opened my eyes to a field of study I never would have considered. I had always thought of social work as clinically focused, but when I learned of the possibility of a concentration in policy and organizing I knew I had found a new home. The graduate program at the School of Social Work was fantastic. The professors encouraged me to build on my personal experience in policy and organizing while providing me with academic background and organizational theory.
Working full time while attending graduate school part time was definitely a challenge but I found the professors and my classmates to be a great system of support throughout my studies. I still meet monthly with friends from grad school and we are as much social support as professional support for one another. I am also very fortunate to have found great mentors in the faculty at RIC whom I still turn to today for guidance.
Since 2004 I have coordinated the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) , a government assistance program which provides nutritional assistance to low-income households. Every day I utilize social work skills. I make policy recommendations and provide direct support and advocacy services for low-income clients. I also supervise social work interns and love giving students a real-world kind of experience so they see how their classroom learning relates to professional life.
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Gonna head back out this weekend and snag some more from under the overpass
Gonna head back out this weekend and snag some more from under the overpass
Finished the coop today, should call it a pigeon condo, cost me a fortune.
Caught 3 more birds today and cut 10 2x4's into 2x2's to make more traps.
would post pics but I'm a techno idiot.
Gregg Leonard
How are yall making your own traps? Did you order the trap doors, then just build your own box to mount them on?
Pigeons are going like crazy in the Front range of Colorado, I can't keep up with the demand. Caught 303 and sold 220 the next day. Fastest way is to find where they are roosting and go in at night with a strobe light and fish net.
canine n. Synonymous with courage, valor, trust, selflessness. If we learned to be half of what dogs are, the world would be a much better place
We switched to horse feed and got one yesterday. Kept him in there today and got 3 more. We won't catch up to 2labs at this rate but we're getting there. The "Judas" bird goes out again tomorrow to convince a few more..
I would like to join this post, I am purchasing for $3.50 each but after reading this thread I am looking under every bridge when I drive to work for pigeons. I found some near where I train and they hang out on the power line but not sure how to trap or net them. Does anyone have a pic or sketch on homemade trap. I am not sure where they are roosting, there is a small bridge nearby.
Look at nixalite.com, I have one of their traps works great, copied their door design.
I am using 2x4's ripped in half for the frame and 1" chicken wire to cover.
about $9.00 in matls. per trap.
I am really busy at work this week, will try to build 3 traps on Sunday, gotta train Saturday.
Good Luck Trappers
Gregg Leonard
Where do yall set your traps? Just under and overpass on the highway where pigeons hang out?
Yep, and throw out alot of corn to attract from the start.
Caught 4 more since last post, they love the new coop.
put little bowls in today for nesting, and twigs, straws,etc.
Waiting for eggs.
Gregg Leonard
I am up in Chattanooga, which is a Desert for pigeons. If your supplier has ample quantities I would take a drive for those $3.50 pigeons. Driving would be easier....So far I have over $350 invested and yet to catch 1. ( $50 for trap, $300 for new tire after driving around abandon warehouses). thanks for the help.


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If only Hasbro could come up with a playset like this with lighted panels, ceiling and blast doors to boot.
A Tremor in The Force
If only Hasbro could come up with a playset like this with lighted panels, ceiling and blast doors to boot.
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I see you took my idea and put the Jedi Robe from the Ep1 Tatooine accesory pack on POTJ Old Ben. Looks pretty sweet.
I've been nagging Hasbro for years about cool modular playsets with hallways and such, I'm still on board!
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
The first time I saw old Ben, my immediate thought was about his missing Jedi robe. When I got it, I tried the other plastic robes from the other figures if it would fit. That's the time I got the cloth robe from the accessory pack and had it on him ever since. In this case, it was also my idea through T&E of how it came to be. Then again "Great minds think alike!".Originally posted by Rollo Tomassi
I see you took my idea and put the Jedi Robe from the Ep1 Tatooine accesory pack on POTJ Old Ben. Looks pretty sweet.
I just hope that they won't put some stupid-looking guns hooked up like what they did to the Detention Cell and Escape playset.Originally posted by JediTricks
I've been nagging Hasbro for years about cool modular playsets with hallways and such, I'm still on board!
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The key is to not add the guns when assembling those. But you're right, I hate that Hasbro feels everything has to have a stupid kiddie gimmick that is huge and ugly and out of place.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
originally posted by Rollo Tomassi in the old forums
Sectional Playsets #1: Cantina
Playsets that come in sections to keep the costs down but are specifically designed to connect into one larger playset. Each one comes with an exclusive action figure. Buy the ones you want.
Section #1: Central Bar Playset with Dannik Jeriko figure. Long and Skinny with all those tubes and pipes in the middle for making drinks. All the other sections attach around the edge. Retail $35
Section #2: Entrance gantry and steps with light and sound droid detector and BoShek(Ed Note. Hem Dazon instead!!) figure. Connects to short side of Central Bar. Retail $15
Section #3: Han/Greedo confrontation recess with Corulag spacer figure. Recreate the famous showdown with an action chair that throws Greedo from the table. Connects next to Entry gantry. Retail $15
Section #4: Stage recess area with Dice Ibegon figure. Comes with two tiers for your Bith band to play. Retail $15
Section #5: Basic Table with Tonnika Sister figure. Fill in the gaps between the specialized playsets with a basic table playset and fill it with all your figures. Retail $10
For the die hard collector a hundred dollars gets you a full size realistic diorama of Chalmun's cantina and a whole slew of new figures to populate it!! Beats the pants off the cardboard version.
Something like this??
or this???
Any thoughts?Originally posted by Rollo Tomassi in the old forums
Sectional Playsets #2: Jabba's Palace
Playsets that come in cheaper, easier to produce sections, but join into super dioramas. Each one comes with an exclusive new figure.
Section #1: His Excellency's Main Audience Chamber with New Jabba figure. Jabba's dias sits at one end with a real working trapdoor release under it. Slide it forward to open the working trapdoor under Luke's feet.
Retail $35.
Section #2:Han in Carbonite decoration recess with Cane Adiss figure. Attaches to the Main Audience Chamber set on the left. Has a real raising and lowering mechanism for your Carbonite Han figure. Retail $15
Section #3: Max Rebo band's performance dias with Ak-Rev figure. Includes two tiers big enough for all your band members and dancers including a giant drum set for Ak-Rev. Attaches to Main Audience Chamber on the right. Retail $15
Section#4: Entry stairway with BG-J38 Droid. Has a real archway with wind chimes and a stand for BG droid. Attaches at front right corner of Main Audience Chamber. Retail $15
Section #5: Table recesses with Jawa w/fanning leaf. Fill in the gaps around the edge of you Main Auidence Chamber. Retail $10
Once again, for a hundred bones or so, you, the die hard collector, can have a complex diorama and plenty of cool new figures to stick in it. For even more fun, use it with Jabba's Palace Door playset with one eyed security droid. And Jabba's Dungeon Sectional Playsets including Droid Workshop, Dungeon, and Rancor Pit playsets...For more information see :
Sectional Playsets #3: Jabba's Dungeon. Coming Soon...(Ed note. I never finished this one...)
or how about this?
How about this old pipe dream...Originally posted by Rollo Tomassi in the old forums
Sectional Playsets #3: Cloud City Proper
Sectional playsets are sets that are sold individually to keep the price down, but connect together to form a larger playset diorama. Each set comes with an exclusive action figure.
Section #1: Landing platform with catwalk and entrance. Comes with an Exclusive Bespin Security Guard. This set can double as both the Falcon platform and you can purchase a second one for the SLAVE 1 and place it at the opposite end of your mega playset. Retail $20
Section #2: Central hallway with exclusive Alien Security Guard Utris M'tok. Comes with raised steps, elevator area and Beldon Eye Statue. All the other pieces connect to this. Retail $25
Section #3: Droid Blast antechamber with "E chu ta" droid. Blast 3PO to pieces with secret floor button! Connects to main hallway. Retail $15
Section #4: Guest Quarters with New Bespin Gown Leia sculpt. Connects to left of main hallway. Retail $15
Section #5: Banquet Hall with exclusive new resculpt of Han, or Vader or Fett...Comes with an opening door and long table full of refreshments. Connects to right of Main Hallway. Retail $20.
Section #6: Interrogation room with Torture chair and exclusive new Stormtrooper sculpt. Retail $15.
Section #7: Detension Area with Black Bespin Security Guard. Comes with slide out bed for an interrogated Solo to crash on. Retail $15.
Section #8: Side Hallway with Cloud City Citizen. Fill in the gaps with this piece. Have Luke sneak in the side way or use it to connect to Reactor core duel Sectional Playsets including Carbonite Freezing Chamber. Comes with interchangeable wall or railing to simulate Chewie, Leia, and Landos race through Cloud City. Retail $10
This one costs a little more to get the full effect (Just wait until the Death Star Sectionals!!) but for around $150 you can have a sprawling cloud city of your very own!!
..and it connects to...
Originally posted by Rollo Tomassi in the old forums
Sectional Playsets #4: Cloud City Reactor(Jedi Duel)
Sectional Playsets are sets you can buy individually to keep prices down, but connect together to make supercool dioramas. This particular playset series CAN connect to the Cloud City Proper playset if you want (and if you have enough room...) As always, each playset comes with an exclusive figure.
Section #1: Cloud City Incinerator with exclusive Ugnaught figure. Comes with a break apart IG-88 droid and moving conveyor belt. Plenty of junk lying around, too. Retail $15.
Section #2: Expanded Carbonite Chamber with Bespin Guard. Giant staircase adds on to existing Carbon Playset to recreate the Jedi Duel between Vader and Luke. Retail $20.
Section #3: Reactor Control Room with Exclusive Vader figure. Giant two-level playset comes with giant break away window and "flying" debris to knock Luke out onto outside walkway. Retail $30.
Section #4: Chasm Catwalk with exclusive Bespin Luke. Comes with "Sliced apart" piping to recreate Vader and Luke's ominous "I am your Father" scene.
Retail $20.
Section #5. Hallway playset with opening doors and interior lights. Use it to connect the other sections together. Retail $10.
There you have it. For less than a hundred sawbucks, a killer recreation of the coolest scene in cinematic history...
RE: Sectional Playsets #4: Cloud City Reactor(Jedi Duel)
And you can place it at the end of a table, so when Luke falls, he really falls...
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Workshop on bioterrorism and biotechnology research to be held Oct. 29-30
Posted October 24, 2002; 12:44 a.m.
The Princeton Center for Photonics and Optoelectronic Materials (POEM) will host a symposium on bioterrorism and biotechnology research Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 29-30.
Speakers will address a wide range of topics, from advances in molecular imaging to national trends in homeland defense research. Complementary pre-registration is still available to members of the Princeton University community for the Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday sessions.
The full agenda is available in Acrobat format at the POEM Web site .
The symposium is being organized by POEM in collaboration with SMART NJ, a consortium of representatives from government, industry and academia promoting technology research and development in the Middle Atlantic region.
For registration or additional information, contact Joe Montemarano , POEM director for industrial liaison, at (609) 258-2267.
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Jabra VOX Corded Stereo Wired Headsets - Retail Packaging - Black
"The Jabra Vox is Jabra's current flagship IEM. It has impressed me in many ways, but has its shortcomings. But for being only $100 MSRP, these are a definite competitor on the current market. [[SPOILER]] Package - The Vox comes in a hard-plastic container with a yellow silicone stripe down the middle, with the word, 'Vox' written on it. It feels well made, and is aesthetically pleasing to my..." --pro1137
Sakar Noise Isolation Isolating Reduction Canceling/Cancelling Sealing 3.5mm Plug Stereo Earbuds/Earphones/Headphone for iPod/MP3
Once you switch to noise-isolating ear-bud comfort headphones, you'll never switch back! Theres nothing like standing in a noisy crowded subway, oblivious to the amateur trumpet player 10 feet away, because youre listening to your own personal musical symphony in a soundproof block of space. The silicone sleeves provide a huge upgrade in comfort over traditional in-ear headphones, while...


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Japan releases Chinese journalists--China's up next
It's not often we at CPJ find ourselves calling on other countries to release Chinese journalists from detention. But that's just what happened yesterday. Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV contacted us to say that two of their journalists were among a group of 14 arrested by Japanese authorities over a disputed territory in the East China Sea. For once, we found ourselves in accordance with Chinese authorities, who called for the "unconditional and immediate release" of all 14, according to Reuters.


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Lenntek Pro Series with Balanced Armature Professional In-ear Monitor (IEM)
"My Altec Lansing 716s are getting old and my Sennheiser HD 600s will need new cords shortly, so when I saw the Lenntek Pros at Costco.com for $50, I couldn't pass them up. When I first opened the box, and cut open the sealed all around plastic, I noticed that the included tips are all very small. But if you push them deep, deep, deep into your your ear canal you can get a seal...." --chasfs
Telemax Brain Acid Earbuds (Pink/White)
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Yes, I was away... long and sad story involving health issues. :-( I'm trying to get back, hopefully everything will be fine. Let me publicly apologize to some people that was expecting some work from me and I postponed it, not because of slackness but because I was unable to do it. I'm catching up with a lot of tasks and trying to solve long standing issues, feel free to ping me to get some update on a specific matter. I am really sorry!
Do you know about the poll to choose a slogan for the release of Debian 5.0, also known as "lenny"?
No!? Shame on you! :-)
People behind Debian Art started a discussion to get opinions! After some input they prepared a poll, maybe they should try to use a doodle. Right now, The Universal Operating System is quite popular, but a lot of people did some nice suggestions, and some of them would like to see a slogan some way related to the Toy Story (tm) character Lenny:
The discussion is distributed across three lists: Debian Desktop, Debian Publicity and Debian Curiosa, I would also point to the comments made by Gustavo Noronha da Silva (here) and Andre Felipe Machado (here).
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Back in 2009, I posted this recipe and a video on my YouTube channel. Well since I have been consolidating the channel and working hard on Blog content, I stumbled on this recipe and the video on an old hard drive. I retooled the video and thought this was a great meal for anyone on the trail.
So you might say that I am re-purposing recycling the post, but trust me this is a recipe that you will enjoy. So try this one. You will love it.
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Patch 47 commentaried!
this patch was all functions for 'doing work' on the home node on behalf of the remote node. syscalls, fork(), execve, mmap.. several file related functions, all called only on the remote node. the quality of the code in this patch was pretty high.
i pounded through this commentary, listening to my usual xaphan.us monday night show. the code was rather straightforward, even if it seems complex. the most grevious error i could find in it was a case of memory leak if something went wrong in remote_execve.
on the plus side, this is the last patch of its side in the 'first 98' that makes a compilable version of openmosix. its all downhill from here, mostly headers. then at least I'll have something that compiles, to start cleaning up, piece by piece. only 322 patches in the set!
so, I've done two levels of review on 7,200 lines of patch, with 25,000 lines total. and its taken me 5 months. I'm way over my head. *shrugs*
and after all that, I've still got outstanding bugs.
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Another excellent read;
Conservatives Must Lead Where Obama Has Failed
In his Tuesday State of the Union address, President Barack Obama said Americans must "understand [that] if we dont take meaningful steps to rein in our debt, it could damage our markets, increase the cost of borrowing, and jeopardize our recoveryall of which would have an even worse effect on our job growth and family incomes." This is all true. But then in a total failure of leadership, President Obama went on to completely abandon his own deficit commissions spending cut proposals.
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed that our nation simply cant afford President Obamas failed leadership for much longer. This new CBO 10-year budget baseline shows an unprecedented $1.5 trillion deficit for this fiscal yearan increase of $95 billion over their last estimate. This will be the third consecutive year of trillion-dollar deficits.
And the reality is even worse than the CBO report suggests. By law, the CBO is forced to make a number of unrealistic assumptions about federal spending and taxes, including that (1) the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts will expire, (2) the Alternative Minimum Tax will not be annually adjusted for inflation, and (3) non-war discretionary spending will grow no faster than inflation through 2021.
The Heritage Foundations Brian Riedl has constructed a more realistic baseline that fixes the distortions mentioned above, and the results are scary. First, the federal government will add an astonishing $19.1 trillion in new debt between 2009 and 2021$140,000 per household over those 13 years. Annual budget deficits will never drop below $1 trillion, as the debt is now projected to reach 100 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020.
Second, these eternal trillion-dollar deficits are being entirely driven by rising government spending. By 2018, recession-depleted tax revenues are scheduled to rebound to their historic average of 18 percent of GDP. By contrast, federal spending (historically 20.3 percent of GDP) is projected to reach 26.4 percent of GDP by 2021.
In just four years (2007 through 2011), the federal budget is set to have expanded by nearly $1 trillion, from $2.729 trillion to $3.708 trillion. This represents a 36 percent expansion of government. The new Congress has already begun force the Obama Administration to make some responsible discretionary spending cuts. And these will help. Discretionary spending increased 25 percent between 2007 and 2010not counting the $311 billion in discretionary stimulus spending and approximately $170 billion in annual spending on the global war against terrorism. Forcing President Obama and his Progressives allies to reverse this trend is a necessary first step.
But it will not be enough. Much of this spending growth will be driven by entitlements such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Between 2008 and 2021, the annual cost of these three programs is set to rise from $1.2 trillion to $2.2 trillion. Thanks to Obamacare, Medicaid costs alone are projected to soar 129 percent faster than inflation over that period. Our nation will drown in debt unless serious reforms to long-term entitlements are made.
The Heritage Foundation has solutions for our entitlement crisis. First and foremost we must repeal Obamacare. But that is not enough. We must also transition away from Medicares inefficient price-controlled fee-for-service system into a new defined-contribution system. Medicaids long-term care benefit must be transformed from an open-ended entitlement to an insurance-based model of private coverage. And Social Security should be reformed into real insurance, focusing benefits on those who really need them during retirement while strengthening the safety net for poorer retirees.
Yesterday at The Heritage Foundation, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor spoke about the United States fall from the ranks of the economically "free" countries of the world as measured by the Index of Economic Freedom: "Today, I dont hesitate to say that we have arrived at a critical moment in American history. We as a nation are at a crossroads. This year our overall score fell again, in large measure because of the increase in government spending." He is right. Which is why conservatives must lead on real solutions to end our entitlement crisis.
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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen left the company in 1983 after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. He has recently made comments about Windows 8 and believes that people will eventually learn to like the OS. However, he recently stated that Windows 8 was "puzzling" and "confusing initially." Allen made comments on a post this week made on his personal blog.
Allen says that he has been running Windows 8 Release Preview, which shipped back in May, on his desktop and on a Samsung 700T. That is the tablet that Microsoft is been handing out to developers, analysts, and some members of the press to get them to try out Windows 8.
"The bimodal user experience can introduce confusion, especially when two versions of the same application -- such as Internet Explorer -- can be opened and run simultaneously," Allen said.
The two user interfaces that Allen is talking about are the Windows 8 style, previously called Metro, offering a minimalist look and the classic view that looks like a slightly modified Windows 7 desktop. Allen also criticized some of the changes to the operating system that have been voiced by other users as well.
"Strangely, there is no way to set the desktop as your default view (there should be)," Allen wrote. "This is one of the single biggest changes in Windows 8: the lack of the familiar Start menu."
"I found myself wishing that a Power tile was available on the Start screen to make these commands more accessible," Allen continued.
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While tech research outfit IDC scaled back its sales forecast for tablet sales, buried in the headlines: tablet growth this year is still nearly 58%.
IDC said Thursday that it sees tablet sales in 2013 of 227.4 million units, reflecting slower growth in North America and Western Europe. That's down from a previous forecast of 229.3 million, but 57.7% above 2012 shipments.
IDC said "market saturation, increased adoption of smartphones with 5-inch and greater screens, and the eventual growth of the wearable category will impact tablet growth in all regions, but are likely to impact mature regions first."
The IDC press release here. It quotes Jitesh Ubrani, an IDC analyst, who did admit we're in the "early stages of maturity." Tom Mainelli, IDC director of tablet research, also offered the following:
"A lower than anticipated second quarter, hampered by a lack of major product announcements, means the second half of the year now becomes even more critical for a tablet market that has traditionally seen its highest shipment volume occur during the holiday season. We expect average selling prices to continue to compress as more mainstream vendors utilize low-cost components to better compete with the whitebox tablet vendors that continue to enjoy widespread traction in the market despite typically offering lower-quality products and poorer customer experiences."
Apple (AAPL), Samsung and Amazon.com (AMZN) are expected to unveil updated tablets later this year. Shares of Apple are down $3.89, or 0.7%, to $487.57 this morning. Amazon shares are down $2.90, or 1%, at $281.09.
The Wall Street Journal's Digits take on the IDC numbers is here.
The Guardian has a nice piece here on the death of the personal computer precisely because of the tablet-smartphone takeover. Author Charles Arthur points out that IDC estimates have hardly been reliable as Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Microsoft (MSFT) struggle to sell PCs:
"IDC has repeatedly revised its forecast for PC shipments downwards since early 2010, according to data collated by the Guardian. In June 2011, its forward forecast reckoned that total shipments for 2013 would hit 438.5 million. But the rapid rise especially of tablets has eaten into that – so that it now reckons this year's total will hit 315.4 million, a 28% cut from that older forecast."


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1951 - May 25, 2008
Mark Francis Klapperich was born in Austin, Minn., on July 1, 1951, to Herman and Odelia (Ulwelling) Klapperich. His son, Levi Joseph Klapperich, was born to Mark and Jorde (Hovland) Klapperich in Steamboat Springs on Aug. 24, 1981. They took their last flight together on May 25, 2008, while viewing the Yampa Valley below.
Mark grew up and attended school in Adams, Minn., graduating in 1969. He married Jorde in 1971 in Austin, Minn. They relocated to Hayden in 1981 with their two daughters, Katie and Anna. Levi was born in 1981 in Steamboat Springs. In 1996, Mark married Chris Thomas in Hayden.
Mark was a skilled and artistic craftsman and was considered "A Jack of all trades" - which is the same phrase that was often used to describe his father, Herman. He learned early the family trade of blacksmithing. His daughters remember that "Dad didn't just ask us to do a project, he worked with us and taught us everything he knew." Mark had a true interest in people and could BS with the best. He had a love for the outdoors, playing cribbage and classic rock 'n' roll. Mark and his son Levi had a special bond between them when it came to their passion for cars.
Levi considered his dad as his "go-to guy." A friend recently commented, "Levi flew an airplane like he was conducting an orchestra." This carried through with everything he chose to do: snowboarding, dirt biking, basketball, football and mountain biking. Levi grew up in Hayden and graduated from high school in 2000. He earned an associate degree in aviation technology from Colorado Northwestern Community College, and a bachelor's degree in aviation technology with a minor in finance from Metropolitan State College of Denver. Uncle Levi was bigger than life to his nephew and two nieces - a true inspiration. Levi left a lasting impression on everyone who has had the pleasure to know him.
Together, the two conquered the world and lived life to the fullest. Together, time stood still when they were under the hood of a car or counting points in a cribbage game. Mark shared his passion for life with Levi, and it is fitting that Levi was sharing his passion for flying with his father in their last conquest.
They were preceded in death by Mark's parents, Herman and Odelia Klapperich.
Mark is survived by his wife Chris Klapperich; daughters Katie Koppenhafer and her husband Thad, and Anna Bennett; sister Sheila Micka and her husband Tom; brother Steve Klapperich; grandchildren Zayne and Ellen Koppenhafer, and Jillian Bennett; stepsons Dylan, Jason and Matt Marchbanks; nieces Katy Ellis and her husband Jared, Libby Micka, Amy Edelbach and her husband Dave; nephews Doug Klapperich and his wife Jennifer, and Joe Micka; godmother Isabelle Morse; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
Levi is survived by his fiancee Emily Bee; mother Jorde Neumiller and her husband Rod; sisters Katie Koppenhafer and her husband Thad, and Anna Bennett; nephew Zayne Koppenhafer; nieces Ellen Koppenhafer and Jillian Bennett; stepmother Chris Klapperich; step-siblings Dylan, Jason and Matt Marchbanks, Clayton Neumiller and his wife Brittany, and Audrey Neumiller; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.


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Description ADULT SUMMER Has gray back and upper wings and mainly black cap, although forehead is white; plumage is otherwise pure white. Note the black-tipped yellow bill and yellow-orange legs. In flight, outer two primaries are noticeably dark (show as black wingtips at rest). ADULT WINTER (acquires this plumage from late summer onward) Similar, but white on forehead is more extensive and leg and bill colors are duller; upper wing is more uniformly pale. JUVENILE Similar to winter adult, but back appears scaly, and outer four or five primaries and leading edge of inner wing are dark. Most first-summer birds resemble winter adult, but with dark leading edge to inner wing and dark outer primaries.
Dimensions Length: 8-10" (20-25 cm)
Endangered Status The Least Tern is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas. The California subspecies (the California Least Tern) was the first to be declared endangered, in 1970, but the interior and east coast populations have since also achieved that distinction. The destruction of its habitat by human activities and development has put the species in peril. Where it still finds nesting habitat, it is also vulnerable to predators and to human disturbance when bathers and beach strollers enter its nesting colonies. Least Terns will sometimes abandon their nests if they have been disturbed. Because of this tern's habit of nesting on low sandbars, whole colonies are sometimes destroyed by very high tides.
Habitat Declining, but still very common locally. Nests colonially on sandy and pebbly beaches, both on coasts and at inland freshwater sites. Badly and directly affected by man's actions, specifically dis_turbance, to, or exclusion from, beach nest sites, as well as habitat destruction and degradation. Ground predators compound the problem. Migrates along coasts and river courses and winters on coasts and at sea off Central and South America.
Observation Tips Easy to see at locations where nesting colonies are protected (search the web for sites and access details). If you come across nesting birds elsewhere, keep your distance and avoid disturbing this vulnerable species.
Range California, Southeast, Southwest, Rocky Mountains, Plains, New England, Great Lakes, Florida, Mid-Atlantic, Texas
Voice Utters a raucous kree-ick call.
Discussion Our smallest tern. Flight is rapid and buoyant and it frequently hovers before plunge-diving into shallow water for small fish and shrimp. Sexes are similar.


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IT'S REAL GOLD that we showed to our Castlemaine field trippers this year. The Castlemaine, Victoria area is famous as an historic gold site and pictured (right) is some recently found gold. But we were after better than gold – the evidence that God created the world, and the world was destroyed by Noah's flood.
|Several groups of High School students have visited sites with us during 2011 and pictured below is a group of grade 11 & 12 students as they ponder how a 10 metre exposure of sedimentary beds formed. They were trying to answer, how long these rock layers took to form, and on average how such rock formed each year.
|They found it very helpful when our local gold miner guide told them that this feature was actually a man made sedimentary bed, formed as the sediments were washed out of the old gold crushing plants and the 10 metres took 50 years to be deposited. So how much sediment formed each year? The maths was simple, they just divided 10 metres by 50 years to find that approximately 20cm a year formed. The students were amazed when they saw the portion covered by the hand span (right) proved to have formed in less than one year, and averaged 20 to 50 sedimentary layers. The local mining guide explained – in those days they worked 6 days and rested one so the breaks in the beds probably represent Sunday, their day off. Surprisingly these semi-consolidated beds showed all the features of sediments such as those in the Grand Canyon.
|But when you apply this 20cm per year rate, to sedimentary structures such as the Grand Canyon fossil layers – the whole fossil bearing portion of the Grand Canyon, around ½ kilometre thick, required no more than 2500 years to form. The point to be made is not that we have proved that the rocks in the Grand Canyon took 2500 years, instead of more than 250 million – but the time strata takes to form depends on the process and not vice versa.
|In today's society, people make time the hero of the plot and most think given long enough rocks will form. But time doesn't make rocks - process does! And the type of process determines how long the rock structure actually takes to form.
|EVEN A BLIND MAN COULD. Home Schoolers in South Australia had a great field trip as we took them to Hallett's Cove to investigate the rocks and fossils of the area and look for evidence of creation, Noah's flood and a recent Earth.
|Surprisingly, our group organiser, Joseph Stephen, is totally blind and has been since 2 years of age. Joseph is a computer programmer and develops programs for blind people – but he sees through his fingers. When Joseph asked to be shown the fossils, we placed his hand on them asked him what they were. Joseph quickly replied "This is some kind of shell." When asked how he knew that – he replied, "I have felt shells before."
|Joseph was 100% right and it just went to prove that his Pelecypod Shell does not provide any help for the theory of evolution, but does provide overwhelming evidence that creatures do actually behave as God said they would when they were first created – "After their own kind." Pelecypod are still here and they still look like the one Joseph found.


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Premier-in-waiting Frank Coleman says he'd be happy to see the auditor general scrutinize a controversial deal between the government and his former company, Humber Valley Paving.
All this week in the House of Assembly, opposition parties have been hammering away at the government for more information about the paving contract.
The NDP has been demanding that the auditor general look at it.
Coleman said he'd be fine with that.
"I would welcome the auditor general to do his duty, and if he saw fit, to look into this, I would welcome him to come in," he said. "The Department of Transportation acted, in my view, perfectly in this matter."
Coleman has refused requests to do interviews, but he spoke to reporters who were waiting for him in the lobby of Confederation Building following a meeting with the PC party caucus.
"I think I've said everything I had to say about it, but I'm happy to take more questions," Coleman said.
Humber Valley paving was let out of a money-losing multi-million-dollar contract to pave sections of the Trans-Labrador Highway earlier this year, around the same time that Coleman declared himself as a candidate for the leadership of the PC party.
The renegotiated contract happened after a conversation between Coleman's son, Gene Coleman, and Transportation Minister Nick McGrath.
But despite the fact that McGrath told reporters earlier this week that he negotiated personally with Gene Coleman, when Frank Coleman spoke to media Wednesday, he denied that.
"I don't believe that representatives of the company dealt directly with the minister. They dealt with officials within the department to reach a conclusion, and their legal counsels," Frank Coleman said.
"My son and other members of our company would have spoken directly to the officials. This would have been a decision by officials within the department to make this decision, and they would have made recommendations to the minister."
After the interview, Coleman's spokeswoman, Carmel Turpin, contacted the Telegram to clarify his comments.
"Mr. Coleman did not intend to deny that his son, Gene, spoke to Minister McGrath," Turpin wrote in an e-mail. "It was simply that he was not aware of the details of whom Gene was speaking with in the department as Mr. Coleman had removed himself from the day to day operations of the Humber Valley Paving. Sorry for the confusion this may have caused."
Coleman said he sold his shares of the company and resigned from the board, but he wouldn't say who the shares were sold to.
Coleman said, "I think you know the new shareholder of the company," but the Telegram has been unable to identify who currently owns the company. That information is not publicly disclosed.
Coleman said whoever owns the company, it's not in his family's hands anymore.
"I'm not hiding any information, I'm just telling you that my shares were transacted and went to other members of the company," he said. "My family owned the shares in Humber Valley Paving and there is a new owner that has declared himself, and his last name is not Coleman."
However, the provincial government registry of companies only lists two directors on the board of Humber Valley Paving — Michael Coleman and Robert Coleman.
The ownership of a company is not disclosed on the registry of companies website; the directors of a company are the only information about a company's management structure that is disclosed.
After his only competitor dropped out of the race, Coleman became the province's next premier by default on April 17, but he will not take over the job until July when the PC party holds a convention to formally ratify his leadership.
Coleman was in Confederation Building Wednesday morning speaking to a meeting of the Progressive Conservative caucus.
He would not say if the Humber Valley Paving scandal came up during the meeting.
"A lot of issues came up, and we discussed them," Coleman said. "When I met with the caucus we talked about the convention, we talked about leadership, we talked about my progress to date, and you know, a bunch of different things."


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Now that my school term is over I can finally get some quality time in with my directed study, a.k.a. my Gnuplot frontend. The C++ wrappers for gnuplot are coming along. They may not be super efficient, but they are easy to automate which is what I need for the GUI. I started doing some real work on the GUI, and I'm finally getting up to speed with Gtkmm and Gnomemm. The folks on irc have been helpful with my Gtkmm problems. Unfortunately, work must quit until after I return back from visiting relatives for the Holidays.
I started my training at the Motherlode today. Jess showed me how to make most of the drinks ( I didn't actually practice making them yet ). I need a lot of practice frothing for cappacino's. I made a sandwich, took out the recyclables and did some general sweeping up.
I put about 4 hours into organic chem, and starting figuring out how to synthesize things using Malonic esters.
To relax before bed I booted into Windows to play with SharpDevelop and do some C sharping. Nonetheless I'm really impressed, both with C#/.NET and SharpDevelop, it's pretty tight. I can't wait till Windows.Forms support is in Mono so we can use it in *nix.
It's amazing how much you can get done in a day when you don't have to go to work. I woke up today and went to the rec room for an hour. Then I went to my last organic chemistry lab for the summer, to a local coffee shop to study for 4 hours, ran 7 miles and back to the coffee shop to close it out.
I got a little time today to look at some websites so I can start redesiging my homepage and various software project pages. I took a litte time to work on Botslide. I only have 2 more weeks of Organic Chem 2 left. During the break week I should be able to get Botslide finished and update it's webpage. After that I can continue work on my Gnuplot GUI. I'm only taking 12 credits this fall, and it's 3 of them.
I also got a little mandolin time in today.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
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Jackass only ran for three seasons between 2000 and 2002. It did, however, go on to have a long and happy life as a film franchise: It spawned three theatrical releases, one of which was in 3D (of course), and one direct-to-DVD feature. Ryan Dunn's horrific car accident earlier in the year may have put a stop to the stunts.
One of the most beloved examples of a show rising above its unjust cancellation, Firefly managed to continue its story in the feature film Serenity just three years after the show's untimely end. Though in some respects the film may have been a little disappointing, it was clearly a labor of love for everyone involved. You can't stop the signal.
Jackass only ran for three seasons between 2000 and 2002. It did, however, go on to have a long and happy life as a film franchise: It spawned three theatrical releases, one of which was in 3D (of course), and one direct-to-DVD feature. Ryan Dunn's horrific car accident earlier in the year may have put a stop to the stunts.
After the conclusion of the original British improve comedy spectacular Whose Line Is It, Anyway?, the show jumped across the pond and earned itself another 8 seasons with Drew Carey as its host. A lot of the American Whose Line cast, by the way, sometimes spend their time doing a Whose Line-esque stage show in Vegas.
Okay, admittedly the 1999 revival of Are You Afraid of the Dark? was kind of lame in comparison to its predecessor, but, I mean, really. This is Are You Afraid of the Dark? we're talking about here. Any Are You Afraid of the Dark? is better than NO Are You Afraid of the Dark?.
TV Tropes believes that Family Guy may actually be the originator of the "Un Cancelled" trope. Fox put Family Guy on a lengthy hiatus, but then ordered production on new episodes once DVD sales started to go through the roof. Note the following piece of dialogue from the show's returning episode:
Peter: Everyone, I've got bad news: We've been canceled.
Lois: Oh no, Peter, how could they do that?
Peter: Well unfortunately, Lois, there's just no more room on the schedule. We've just got to accept the fact that Fox has to make room for terrific shows like Dark Angel, Titus,Undeclared, Action, That 80's Show, Wonderfalls, Fast Lane, Andy Richter Controls The Universe, Skin, Girls Club, Cracking Up, The Pitts, Firefly, Get Real, Freakylinks, Wanda At Large, Costello, The Lone Gunmen, A Minute With Stan Hooper, Normal Ohio, Pasadena, Harsh Realm, Keen Eddie, The Street, American Embassy, Cedric The Entertainer,The Tick, Louie, and Greg the Bunny. *glances at Chris*
Lois: Is there no hope?
Peter: Well, I suppose if all those shows go down the tubes, we might have a shot.
Note that all of the shows named were cancelled extremely early in their runs. And some of them-- like Wonderfalls-- were really quite good!
Buffy has had a long history of coming back from near-death. First there was the movie; then there was the television show; then when it looked like the show was going to be cancelled after the 5th season, it simply moved networks; and even now, not content to end after seven seasons, it's carrying on in a series of comics called Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight. Now we just have to hope that that reboot we keep hearing about never gets off the ground…
Futurama mostly suffered because no one ever knew when it was on. But Matt Groening's non-Simpsons show has proven extremely resilient in spite of the deck constantly being stacked against it: After its original airing, it ran in reruns on the Cartoon Network for five years until the network's contract expired; it had a series of straight-to-DVD films; and then finally, it was contracted by Comedy Central for brand new episodes starting in 2008. It just finished airing its sixth season a few weeks ago, and it's been renewed for a seventh season. Hoorah! More Philip J. Fry for all!
Did you know that there was a series focusing on Tommy Pickles and the gang during their grade school years? Because there was. It was called All Grown Up!, and in it, all the characters were nine years older than they were in the original Rugrats. It ran from 2003 to 2008, and the fact that it exists just BLEW. MY MIND.
Another fan favorite, Doctor Who ended a nearly 30-year run in 1989. Fox attempted to revive it with a TV movie in 1996, but it wasn't until 2005 that Queer as Folk creator Russell T. Davies successfully brought the time-traveling epic back into play. And boy are we glad that he did; as anyone who watches the show will tell you, it's far better than us old school fans had ever hoped it could be. And that's how you do it, my friends!
Hey, I never said all of these second chances were actually good ideas. Sex and the City is the show that just won't die: After two lackluster follow-up films, there are now plans to do a prequel show based on Candace Bushnell's YA novel The Carrie Diaries.
Ditto. I'm not entirely sure why Chris Carter felt the need to make a second X-Files film in 2008, but he did. It's called The X-Files: I Want to Believe. And it's bad. And it will never happen again.
Star Trek films have more or less become a cultural staple these days—I have memories of going to see a new one sometime around Thanksgiving for a number of years—but way before Star Trek: The Next Generation happened came Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Creator Gene Roddenberry spent the years following the original series' cancellation in 1969 trying to convince Paramount to let him keep the franchise going through a film. Eventually he won out, leading to Star Trek's first voyage to the big screen in 1979. Chances are that without Star Trek: The Motion Picture, every series to follow never would have happened.
From Ali G, we got Borat and Brüno. Success? I think so.


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ProteaDorp is a very large informal settlement right next to the village of Kleinmond in the western Cape, about one hour from Cape Town, South Africa. Last week a terrible fire occurred here, where the houses are one-room abodes that rest against one-another. Here is a video interview with Geoff Harris about this disa...


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Did you know?
By 2030, chronic disease could kill up to 4.2 million people annually in South East Asia. More than 2.5 million people died from chronic diseases in the region in 2005, 30% of whom were between 15 and 59 years old. The number of people diagnosed with diabetes quadrupled from 1970 to 2005, twice the rate of the USA in the same time period.1
In recent years, Thailand has developed a childhood obesity problem. Statistics from Thailand's Ministry of Public Health reveal significant increases in the rate of obesity among children. In the past five years, the percentage of obese pre-school children rose from 5.8% to 7.9%; in school-age children, the obesity rate went from 5.8% up to 6.7% during the same period. Among Thailand's young adults (aged between 20 and 29), the obesity rate over the same five-year period increased 36% among men, and 47% among women.
1. Dans A, Ng N, Varghese C, et al. The rise of chronic non-communicable diseases in southeast Asia: time for action. Lancet 2011; 377: 680-9.
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(3): IDF Diabetes Atlas, 5th edition annual update, 2012


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Bernie Ecclestone has said F1 can "afford to lose" certain rounds to make way for races in New York and Russia – two venues he's been trying to get on the F1 calendar for decades. He told Autocar:
We?������re going to lose some races for sure, there are some races we can afford to lose without too much problem. I?������ve spoken to the countries to see what we can come up with.
Bernie Ecclestone
I suspect fans may differ with him on which F1 races should get the chop – so let's put it to a vote…
South Korea joins the championship as a 19th round this year and India could make a largest-ever calendar with 20 races in 2011. Rome is also in the queue and Ecclestone has been talking about races in New York and Russia once again, though there's nothing new about that.
Which rounds would you drop from the world championship? Pick as many as you like from the poll below and have your say in the comments.
Which races would you drop from the F1 calendar?
- Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir (65%)
- Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne (1%)
- Malaysian Grand Prix, Sepang (7%)
- Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai (21%)
- Spanish Grand Prix, Catalunya (16%)
- Monaco Grand Prix, Monte-Carlo (3%)
- Turkish Grand Prix, Istanbul (30%)
- Canadian Grand Prix, Montreal (1%)
- European Grand Prix, Valencia (60%)
- British Grand Prix, Silverstone (2%)
- German Grand Prix, Hockenheimring / N?�??rburgring (3%)
- Hungarian Grand Prix, Hungaroring (27%)
- Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps (1%)
- Italian Grand Prix, Monza (1%)
- Singapore Grand Prix, Singapore (19%)
- Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka (2%)
- Korean Grand Prix, Jeonnam (13%)
- Brazilian Grand Prix, Interlagos (1%)
- Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Island (29%)
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Weekend Results: K-1 The Battle for Spain
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K-1 returned to one of their host cities of the past year in Mallorca, Spain where they hosted The Battle for Spain. The Battle for Spain streamed live around the world for free thanks to an agreement with Australia betting site TopBetta. The event saw many Spanish mainstays in a very fan-friendly event that sent everyone home happy. The main event saw Maximo Saurez defeat Sergio Sanchez in a three-round war, with Suarez announcing post-fight his intentions to fight Buakaw Banchamek soon. It is unclear if this is an official fight or not seeing as though K-1 still has Buakaw vs. Enriko Kehl for the K-1 World MAX Finals on the burner, waiting to simmer.
- Maximo Suarez (R3 - Decision) Sergio Sanchez
- Moises Ruibal (R3 - Decision) Denis Marjanovic
- Mario Agatic (KO) George Colin
- El Medhi (R3 - Decision) Juan Taltavull
- Moises Baute (R3 - Decision) Carmelo Fernández
- Miodrag Olar (R3 - Decision) Dario Ibañez
- Cristian Barrionuevo (TKO) Xavier Flotats


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This itinerary is all about the natural beauty of Israel. Visit amazing parks and reserves, immerse yourself in breathtaking vistas, and allow yourself to be one with nature.
Drive east towards the Dead Sea and then south along its western shore. Your first stop is Metsoke Deragot (stepped cliffs), offering a variety of extreme sports activities, safari, jeep tours and rappelling. (Must be prearranged; for more information see: http://www.metzoke.co.il/English.aspx).
Continue to the oasis of Ein Gedi where you can enjoy a choice of hikes. The short trail will take you into Nahal David (the David riverbed), the longer trail to Nahal Arugot (the Arugot riverbed). Both hikes offer plenty of shade, water and small pools where you can stop to cool off.
End the day at one of the spa hotels along the shores of the Dead Sea and pamper yourself by choosing from among the variety of treatments based on the water and the unique combination of 21 minerals of the Dead Sea.
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The Princeton students and their proposed dissertation titles are: Amanda Dickins, "Economic Interdependence and International Distributive Justice;" Katarzyna B. Hagemajer, "Philobarbarism: A Study in Greek Interchanges with the Non-Greeks in the Fourth Century B.C.;" Gregory B. Lyon, "The Art of History in Reformation Germany" and Megan H. Reid, "Exemplary Excess: Devotional Piety in Medieval Islam, 1200-1500 C.E.."
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This story comes from Thomas B. of Tomah, Wis. He writes about a hunt with his son, Andrew.
I shut the truck off and we sat in silence for a moment as our eyes adjusted to the predawn darkness. I knew Andrew was excited for his first turkey hunt but I also sensed that he was a very nervous 10 year old boy, not knowing what to expect.
I took his hand and prayed aloud thanks to Him for allowing me to be here with my son to share this hunt, safety for us and all 17 first time turkey hunters and their mentors participating in the Learn To Hunt program scattered across 2 counties, to make life long memories, and, if it be His will, for Andrew to shoot his first turkey.
I went over the "rules of engagement" one more time...mainly don't even dream about taking off the safety until I say so, once it's off, keep your damn finger outside the trigger guard until I say it's time to shoot, aim and squeeze.
"I know, Dad. Can we go now?"
We had roosted a couple birds the night before down a dirt road not far from where we were parked. We walked quietly in the dark and I stopped to hoot before ducking into the woods. The birds gobbled from where we'd left them the night before. We snuck in as close as we dared-probably 75 yards- and sat down at the base of a large oak. The birds were gobbling a couple times a minute and things were shaping up to get very interesting very quickly. I didn't like how brushy it was in front of us and we were about 30 yards off the trail. I considered they might flank us and opt to come down the trail, but figured we were close enough they'd just come straight through the woods.
Boy, was I wrong.
I scratched a few yelps on my slate call and both birds hammered back immediately. A couple more exchanges and I heard them pitch out of the tree. The next series of gobbles was obviously closer.
Game on.
I realized the error of my set up when the gobbled again. From the trail flanking us to the right. Two strutting long beards bobbed into view and Andrew's breathing increased noticeably. They stopped in an opening at 25 yards and Andrew got his first up close look at a wild turkey in all the strutting glory of what the rest of us already knew.
"If I shoot right now, I'll hit both of them," he observed.
"No shot, keep your finger off the trigger."
As they kept going right, Andrew made an exaggerated movement to adjust his gun and it didn't go unnoticed. They broke strut and started putting walking nervously back and forth-knowing something wasn't quite right, but not quite ready to leave. When the lead bird came back through an opening about 35 yards, I thought there was enough space to get a shot.
As soon as the gun went off I was on my feet and running toward a turkey I knew I'd never see again. I tripped as I hit the edge of the trail and went head long, face first into the dirt...one of those full throttle face plants where the entire plane of your body contacts the ground at precisely the same moment...the only thing saving my face from road rash was the underside of the brim of my hat.
"UUMMMFFFFGG" as the wind left lungs for what I feared may be the last time.
By the time I gathered my pride and various items scattered about, the turkeys were gone. I walked back to Andrew and he asked me the question he already knew the answer to. I kicked myself for calling a marginal shot-not a the right way for a kid to take his first shot. We went back to the truck so I could exchange out some damaged clothing and equipment then headed back down another sand trail into a stand of mature mixed oaks and white pines that define Meadow Valley. We set up 15 feet off trail and had a great look ahead and in all directions. I yelped a few times and was answered by some hens 75 yards up the trail. I cut back into them and a tom gobbled 200 yards further past them. The hens answered and came into view marching toward us down the trail.
"They're both hens. Finger off the trigger. Keep your head down on the gun and just let them walk right past us."
They were so close and the air so still that you could actually see the steam coming out of their mouths as they yelped. I'm not sure I've ever seen "turkey breath" before. Andrew even noticed he could see them blink. Cool things only turkey hunters experience. As they passed out of sight over my shoulder, the tom gobbled again-half as far as his first time.
Round Two was upon us.
I whispered some hurried instructions on what was about to happen. I made one series of yelps and he gobbled obviously closer. Soon, I could see him coming on a dead run down the trail-stopping every 10 yards or so to gobble and strut momentarily before continuing on.
You've all seen it.
Legs moving, body waddling side to side like a bobble head, long beard swaying in the exact opposite direction as his body sway. Fully engaged. Fully committed. Start the music, boys, my kids' fixin to kill his first long beard. Nothing can screw this up.
"I'm not going to miss this time, Dad".
No, because you're never going to shoot. For some reason, Andrew decided to lift his head and reposition his gun as the bird was coming hard on a string. He caught the movement and locked up behind a big oak 30 yards out. I could see him perfectly from my position, but he stopped exactly behind the one tree Andrew couldn't see around. He hung around for few minutes while we traded putts, but he managed to walk perfectly straight away and never cleared the tree until he was well out of Andrew's range.
If the first scenario out of the roost was a "swing and a miss", I'd have to say this was "called third strike" or, as Bob Uecker would say "caught him looking and he's gone". Either way, my son was an hour into his first hunt and already had more stories than he should have without wrapping his tag around a leg.
We hunted the rest of the morning, but never heard another gobble. We knocked off at 11:30 to meet the rest of the group for lunch at Holiday Lodge. How could I be disappointed? Andrew had experienced an awful lot in one morning-gobbling from the roost, strutting, spitting and drumming, hens at close range. Still, it was tough to get back in the truck.
Over lunch, we listened to the stories of how four first time turkey hunters harvested their first turkeys. Even better were the stories of the "close calls" and "almost" from the other hunters. Tom Muench would have also been proud to hear ten and eleven year olds talk about the excitement of the stillness of the morning being broken by the first gobble. The beauty of the sunrise. The scatter of the sunlight off the frosty grass. How "blue" a bluebird really is. Cool things. Things you can't wrap a tag around but no less important to the experience. After lunch, the father of one of the kids who had shot his first bird approached me.
He shook my hand, and with great difficulty, tried to express how much he appreciated the cooperative effort that made this program a reality. He assured me our efforts-Warden Little, the NWTF, and myself-allowed him to experience something with his son he had been dreaming about since the day his son was born. Another father echoed those sentiments about the hunt he shared with his daughter. She didn't kill a bird, but she played the game with her dad and, for that, he would be eternally grateful. Now it was me being reminded there was more to this than simply killing a turkey.
Still, I wanted to try, but I wasn't going to push Andrew. I asked him when we got back in the truck and he assured me he wasn't ready to quit. We talked again about what didn't go right in the morning and he was ready to get back in the saddle. Funny what a couple hotdogs and some cookies will do to a guy's ambition. We headed for a different area for the afternoon hunt. My buddy had turned my attention to a couple hundred acres of a secluded oak ridge almost a mile from the nearest road. Steve and I had scouted it together and it looked as good in person as it did on paper. We parked on a gated access road and hunted our way to the south through nearly a mile of clear cuts of varying ages.
Once we made it to the mature timber, the woods opened up and it suddenly looked very good. We sat down with our backs to the clear cut and my first call was answered by a gobbler 150 to the west. I got up and moved us about 20 feet to our right facing west. He never gobbled again but I called a few more times over the next thirty minutes or so. We noticed again just how pretty of a day it had been. How quiet the woods were for this time of day- reviewing different bird noises he'd learned. Warm. Happy. Alone with my son in the woods. Alone with his Dad in the woods.
I was brought back to reality when Andrew whispered: "Do you see him, Dad?" My heart skipped when I realized I was listening to a gobbler spitting in drumming in full strut somewhere close. Very close. Suddenly, the fan and red head of a gobbler materialized through the boughs of a white pine 35 yards straight down Andrew's gun barrel.
"Take the safety off right now."
"Right now?"
"Right now."
It was at that point his breathing became shallow and irregular. I leaned into him for support and wedged my hands up into his armpits. I could feel his heart pounding wildly in his chest and I kept whispering for him to try to relax. Whispering to us to relax.
For 10 minutes, the gobbler stood in full strut, never taking a step. Occasionally breaking strut to lift his head and look around, but not in a hurry to go anywhere. Andrew was having a hard time holding his gun up so I told him to keep his face on the receiver, but let the barrel down to rest on his knee. Once he did that, he relaxed and told me he could hold that position for a long time.
"Don't move. Don't pick your head off the gun. Try to relax."
Eventually, the bird broke strut and started to walk back the way he came. Only then did I let out some soft yelps to redirect his attention. He immediately broke back into strut and started quartering back toward us to the right. One lesson he learned in the morning was to anticipate where the bird was going and try to find an opening ahead of it-aiming at that opening and let the turkey literally walk into your sight picture. Andrew picked the next opening and had his gun trained there when the bird walked into it. He broke strut to stretch his neck to look around and I gave Andrew the green light.
This shot was perfect and I ran ahead faster than I needed to-but anxious to make sure.
Words can't begin to describe the moment when he walked up and looked at his first gobbler. Excitement never before experienced. Happiness. Accomplishment. Relief. But, more importantly, reality. Reality of the consequences of pulling the trigger. Ownership and responsibility for your actions. All part of the game we accepted a long time ago, but difficult for a 10 year old to digest. We talked about it for quite some time and he accepted it as part of the hunt. His final lesson was that, while killing defines some degree of success, with it comes remorse. And that will never go away no matter how many times he pulls the trigger.
Life lessons for a kid. Emotions for a dad I hadn't prepared myself for.
We had a long walk back to the truck but it was easy. I marveled at how my son had matured in such a short time. We replayed the day's events in one moment-then talked about Sponge Bob and his Webkinz in the next.
A young man carrying a gun, walking with his dad, but still wanting to hold my hand and be close to me.
How long would that last?
However long our walk was, it wasn't long enough. The moment would be lost as soon as we got back to the truck.
Suddenly it was me who was walking too slowly...
"Sons born to a man are like arrows in the hands of a warrior. Happy the man whose quiver is full of them." Psalm 127:4-5


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Now that the Stormtrooper has been released in a troop builder pack it has revived my hopes of someday creating an Emperor's arrival diorama. One question though, what were all the different types of Imperial troops/droids in the scene?
I have been able to pick out:
Stormtroopers (obviously)
Scout Troopers
Imperial Officer (Black Uniform)
Imperial Officer (Olive Uniform)
R2 Units
Probe Droid
Emperor's Guards
Death Star Troopers
Are there Techs in the background or AT-ST drivers or both?
Are there Tie Pilots?
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Sure the baby is small but look at that head! What do you think that head would look like if it wasn't born by a cesarean operation?
Why Does My Little Brother Have A Conehead?
Have you ever seen a baby born by vaginal childbirth? Not everyone has, but many who have are surprised and even concerned about the shape of the baby's head. The symmetry which we see in adults is...well, not quite there, and the babies head can look a little squished. It's okay though and is really quite normal. All babies' heads used to look like that. As a matter of fact, not only is it "normal", but it seems that we humans have shared this trait with our ancestors for quite awhile--for 2.5 million years!
- Our Ancient Relatives Born With Flexible Skulls from AMNH http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2dKR0QDvJs
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Use the resources below to answer the following questions:
- How does a baby's flexible skull make the birthing process safer for the mother? What sort of potential problems are eased?
- What is possible after the birth of a human that is not possible for primates with fused skulls at birth?
- How did changes in the pelvis that promoted bipedalism (walking on two feet) affect the birthing process? Was this change beneficial to the mother?
- Which do you think came first for early humans: a bigger brain or walking upright? Think carefully about the benefits of both and the physical changes that were necessary? Explain your thinking. Does the finding that some primates had flexible skulls 2.5 MYA support your thinking?
- http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/04/23/1119752109.full.pdf+html
- http://deanfalk.com/human-brain-evolution-what-fossils-tell-us/
- http://www.aim.uzh.ch/morpho/wiki//CAP/Front
- http://www.nature.com/nature/ancestor/pdf/115195.pdf
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Did you know?
With 11% of the adult population affected, the North America and Caribbean Region has the second-highest comparative prevalence of diabetes. There is a death attributable to diabetes approximately every seven seconds. The third highest number of deaths due to diabetes is in the USA, behind India and China, and ahead of the Russian Federation
In 1940, less than 20 years after the discovery of insulin, 28 physicians founded the American Diabetes Association. Since, the ADA has invested more than USD 600 million to funds almost 4,000 research projects dedicated to diabetes.
(1): CIA factbook
(3): IDF Diabetes Atlas, 5th edition annual update, 2012


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Has anyone set a Goal for themselves this year?
I'm going way out on a limb. Going to see if I can fill 4 tags, all on public land birds, starting the 3rd season, in less than 15 hours total hunt time. I know CRAZY :lol: .
kygobbler wrote:My goal for this year is taking 6, maybe 7, kids turkey hunting this spring and getting all of them a turkey and 2 for myself. Our season is only 23 days so its going to be rather difficult but hopefully doable if the stars line up right.
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