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This week I started to tweet everything I worked on/finished during the day every night before I went to sleep. You guys seem to like it so I'm definitely going to keep doing these daily updates. If your interested you should go follow me on Twitter!
I mentioned some of this in the forums, but here is a quick update on what's going on with Survive.
The Pre-Alpha 5 update that was planned for the beginning of this month has obviously not come out yet and I've decided to push it to the end of this month. As you may know this update is all about building generation. I've actually decided to move slightly away from working on the building generation itself to working on the actual world generation!
Over this last week I have decided to make some changes to the initial world generation plan. Originally the plan was to have a literally unlimited sized world. While that sounds cool it doesn't actually add anything to the gameplay and actually conflicts with some of the other planned features like dynamic geography based weather and temperature.
So what I'm doing now is creating an actual earth sized map by generating tectonic plates and simulating their movement along with heat, moisture, and temperature simulations to generate the actual land layout and biomes of the world. So coastal areas with naturally be tropical and it will get colder the further away from the equator you go. This is even better than the original unlimited plan because you will actually be able to circle the globe if you happen to find a jumbo jet with enough fuel. The world can be any size because the engine was already designed for unlimited size. So scaling down to 510.1 million km²(size of earth) from unlimited is no problem.
If you where previously a Dead Linger fan and want to read my thoughts on their changes you can read my post in this thread: Here
This continent generation system is really exciting and will allow you to find a map of the world in the game and even be able to choose an exact location on the exact continent you want to play on when making a new game if you want to.
Things are getting really exciting now and we are only a few weeks away from having full world generation with continents and city/building placement!
Everyone who already bought the game can now upgrade to any Survive reward tier they want! You can simply go to your My Account page on the forums and click the upgrade button!
From there you can choose what tier you want to be upgraded to. You will only have to pay the difference between the two tiers to get the upgrade. So if you where at the $40 start in your own house tier and wanted to upgrade to the $50 Closed Multiplayer Beta Access tier you would only pay $10.
The engine and the editor are still in a state of deep reconstruction so there are no screenshots of the editor just yet, but there will be more info soon. Thank you all for supporting the game and getting the new reward tiers it really helps. I'm so excited to be getting back into %100 focus on the game after working on all the website and kickstarter stuff, buildings are going to be in Survive very soon!
Hello Everyone,
So first off I want to say thank you to all the backers and everyone else who so passionately supported the campaign. You guys are really awesome and I love you!
I meant to stop the Kickstarter a few weeks ago after it was clear the goal was not going to be reached, but I had to finish the new custom crowd funding page and the back-end required to handle the different rewards. I will be doing a full postmortem on what went wrong with the Kickstarter itself soon, but right now I'm just going to focus on the future.
Don't worry, development is not going to change at all. For those of you who have been following development since before the Kickstarter, things will be getting back to normal with an update every month or so. If you found the game because of the Kickstarter then welcome! If you haven't already you should head over to the Forums and join the community!
Like i mentioned before, there is a brand spanking new crowd funding/preorder/store page here: subsurfacegames.com/survive. This new page has most of the rewards that where on the Kickstarter, but with some revised price points. Many tiers are cheaper than they were before. Most notably the "start in your own house" tier and the "closed multiplayer beta access" tier are a full $10 cheaper! If you get any of the rewards on the new page you will be able to immediately download the game via steam key or direct download! You could be playing the game in less than 30 minutes depending on your internet speed! I also added some more details to all the rewards so you should go check them out!
While getting the full $60,00 goal would have been nice that full amount is not really necessary right now. As I said before, that amount was for the bare minimum art for the entire game. If most of the people who pledged on the Kickstarter go to the new page and get one of the rewards then there will be more than enough money to cover the basic world generation up to the steam release on early access.
As for the current state of the game I have not done much more work on the actual building generation since the last video for two reasons. The first reason was I had to drop everything and focus on finishing the new crowd funding page before the Kickstarter ended.
The second and much more time consuming reason is that I spent a large amount of time working on the game editor which is called Atlas. The perfect name considering the engine is the Titan Engine and Atlas is the Titan of astronomy and navigation. I've been putting Atlas off for a long time, but now that i'm working on building generation it's become a necessity. You might be wondering why I would even need Atlas considering the game is procedurally generated, and you would be right to an extent.
While the world and the layout of the buildings are generated the things inside them can't be fully generated. By things inside the building I mean book shelves, end tables, sinks, cabinets, desks, tv's, ect. All of these things must first be created by an artist and then to actually get them usable for the generation system a few things need to be done. lights need to be added in the correct places, scripts need to be added for things like turning water faucets on and off, volumes need to be placed to describe where and what kind of loot can be spawned on/in an object like a cabinet, and certain markers need to be placed to determine how the generator should place/orientate these objects in the building. All of that stuff needs to be done in an editor. What this means is Atlas is not a traditional map editor like the editors from other engines(Unity, UE4's editor, Valve's Hammer, ect.). Atlas is only meant to create these self contained entities which are then fed to the generation system, there is no overall world editor. Atlas will also have a few sub editors like a material editor, script editor, and data manager to further speed up development.
Unfortunately I can't show you a screenshot of Atlas right now because before I started working on the website stuff I was in the middle of restructuring a part of the engine. Which means Atlas and the engine are currently broken and won't run. Now that I can focus all of my time on development screenshots, videos, and more info on Atlas and the world gen will be coming soon .
If any of you still have questions that I didn't answer here please feel free to leave a comment.
I finally started working on building generation! Check out the Kickstarter update and video where I talk about the progress: Kickstarter Post


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As you know Bare Minerals has a new Summer/Fall 2012 Collection entitled Supernatural. I blogged about a month or so ago. I haven't gotten a ton of information on this collection but from what I can understand it is a Summer and Fall Collection all in one.
I believe the shades are available for a limited time so if you end up liking anything I've featured so far from the Bare Minerals Supernatural Collection I do recommend checking them out before they disappear.
I'll be reviewing one of the two Bare Minerals Ready Eyeshadow 4.0 Palettes I have today in the shade selection The Happy Place.
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Mine is a long exposure shot i did with a torch
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I did something similar a few years ago using light cast off a beer bottle, my younger brother, and a 30 second exposure.
Not quite the same (light writing), but it's a similar technique : http://escapepodone.deviantart.com/art/Breathe-of-Fire-23982781 (no photoshop besides a little level adjustment).
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|Dec 1, 2006, 06:10 PM
Powerbook G4 --> Macbook = upgrade?
Hey everyone, my name is Jon and I'm new to this forum so this is my first post! I have a question for those of you might have been in my position.
Here it is: I'm currently using a Powerbook G4 15" and I'm thinking about ditching it for a black Macbook (max RAM, 160 GB HD).
My concerns:
Smaller screen; would the difference in size be something I can get used to?
PB resell value; closed eBay auctions show that I probably won't get much over $1200, even for a mint condition PB. How much more do you think Office 2003 (Student Ed.) and Adobe CS2 (not just Photoshop) will bump it up?
Is there a noticable difference in speed?
Originally I wanted to go for the 15" MBP, but really I can't justify the ~$800 price difference (in the config I would have gotten) in something that won't be my primary machine. The Man (my university) is making us all use tablet PCs.
What do you guys think? Thanks for any input.
|Dec 1, 2006, 06:36 PM
1, screen size isn't really bother me that much, high resolution in MB can have more content, and looks better.
2. there are the benchmarks, MB is much better in many areas compare to G4 iBook http://www.macworld.com/2006/11/revi...ore2/index.php
of course, if your iBook G4 is working fine, you really dont need to update it just for the sake of update.
|Dec 1, 2006, 06:40 PM
Just my opinion.
|Dec 1, 2006, 06:43 PM
Hi Jon aka Runner3, welcome to MacRumors!
Seems we're kindred spirits - I have a PowerBook G4 17" which I want to put on eBay and upgrade to a black MacBook too.
Personally, I'm waiting until Leopard is released next year. It will be great to have the new OS obviously, but also the Spaces feature will mean that even with a 13" screen, there will be effectively a lot more screen size available at the flick of a shortcut key.
When I sell my PowerBook, I'm also going to add in a few extras to try and make it a nice deal and sell for more: I have an external iSight, Tiger OS with discs and rucksack - might be an idea to do something similar?
Regarding speed, depending on what processor you've got, you'll probably notice the difference - but it will be most obvious if you can afford more RAM and are using Universal applications.
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|Dec 1, 2006, 07:46 PM
if you need the power now, get it now, if not wait for the updates such as leopard, and possibly faster frontside bus, real wireless N cards etc. but if you can't wait, heres teh simple: graphics won't be quite as good as your powerbook, the screen will seem smaller, but it will be WAY faster compared to a G4 im assuming you have a 1.67. i've used a powerbook 15" g4 1.67 quite a bit, my teachers notebook, and ive used a friends core duo macbook (not even as fast as the new ones) and i must say, even with the 1.5gb of ram vs the 1gb in the black macbook, the macbook beat it by a lot for processing power and speed. the macbooks will be much zippier
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I liked the pool. It was super clean. The room was clean and non-smoking really smelled non-smoking. Nothing creepy, nothing freaky, everyone was nice.
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2. Meanwhile, slice the sausages into 1/2-inch rounds. Rinse the escarole leaves, shake off the excess water, and cut the leaves crosswise into 3/4-inch slices.
3. Heat the oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Add the sausages and cook, covered, for 2 to 3 minutes. Turn them over and cook until slightly browned, another 2 to 3 minutes. Add the escarole to the skillet, cover, and simmer over low heat until the escarole begins to release its liquid, 3 minutes. Stir the sausages and escarole together and continue to cook over medium heat, stirring every now and then, until almost all of the liquid has evaporated, about 1 minute. Combine the tomato paste with the water and add it to the skillet; mix with the sausages and escarole. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
4. Season the lentils to taste with salt and pepper, and if you have an immersion blender, puree them right in the pot. (If you don't have such a tool, leave the lentils whole.) Stir in the balsamic vinegar. Spoon the lentil puree into shallow bowls, and arrange the sausages and escarole in the middle.


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I miss you my little friends,
when will I see you again?
Sometimes I wish you were here,
other times I hope you never reappear.
Long pink pill, I take it so that I feel no pain.
Small blue pill that takes away anxiety, and I feel like I'm walking in the rain.
Round white pill that relaxes my muscles with ease.
You guys make every day seem like a cool summer breeze.
Until one day, no more Doctor and you're in a haze.
Your stomach hurts, in pain, and haven't slept for days.
Tired, cranky, throwing up and you feel like you can't take it anymore.
Hurting so intense, you think you're at Death's door.
When, oh when will I get insurance so a Doctor I can see?
I'm sick, and fatigued so bad, I don't feel like me.
I have never been addicted to anything, ever at all.
Seems like my body needs these though, so the clinic I will call.
Addiction and Dependence seem so close to the same thing.
A thin line between the two, so understanding is the lesson it brings.
I wish my body didn't depend on these strong pills,
but they do, so for now I'll have to cross these long, hard, bumpy hills.


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Hey Penguins,
Last week we asked what you think is the most awesome, epic super power in the entire universe. Wow! Did you ever have some amazing ideas!! Check out what indigofire14 wrote:
I think the most awesome, epic super power in the entire universe is invisibility. No sense can be more fooled than sight! Also, when you're fighting supervillains, the element of surprise is on your side. They'll never see you coming. Ninja power!
Invisibility would DEFINITELY be useful for taking down Super Villains. Well put, indigofire14!
Now we have a question for the agents out there. ALL NON-AGENTS STOP READING. NOTHING TO SEE HERE!
What is Herbert up to?! Tell us why you think Herbert stole the hot sauce, and what you think he's planning next. We'll pick one of our favorite comments and feature it on the blog next week. If yours is chosen, we'll add 10,000 coins to your penguin account.
Thanks to all the amazing elite agents who solved the mission!
Waddle On!
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Hey Penguins!
Yesterday we spotted Leafypingu rallying to make a difference in the Club Penguin community for Earth Day. It got the team thinking... What could we do to make a difference for Earth Day here at Club Penguin HQ?
That's where you come in! We'd love your help to decide where we should make a difference right here in our home town of Kelowna, Canada.
We have three ideas:
A) Plant some trees
B) Clean up our local stream
C) Plant a garden for our local women's shelter
Which do you think we should do?
Let us know where you think the Club Penguin Team should make a difference for Earth Day! We'll post an update here on the blog after we finish.
Until then... Waddle On!
-Club Penguin Team
Hello again, Penguins!
As Spike Hike mentioned, the Marvel Super Hero Takeover is returning to Club Penguin this month! We're excited to show you all the new heroes, villains and places from the Marvel Universe!!
Check out the EPIC new video the team put together to celebrate this HUGE party:
What are you most excited to experience at the Marvel Super Hero Takeover?
Suit Up... and Waddle On!
-Club Penguin Team
Hello Penguins!
It's almost Earth Day, and we're starting to see some helpful penguins raising awareness on Club Penguin! The team showed me a screenshot of one helpful penguin, and I wanted to give them a big shout out here on the blog!
Congratulations, Leafypingu! We spotted you doing random acts of kindness on Club Penguin. To celebrate, we've added 5000 coins to your penguin account. Hooray!
Check out some of the screenshots:
You never know when the Club Penguin Team will find you doing something positive online! If you've seen someone doing something awesome, feel free to let us know any time. If something catches our eye, we might even consider featuring that person here on the blog. :)
Waddle On!
-Club Penguin Team
Hello penguins!
As some of you may have heard, last week we had a few parents here in the Kelowna Club Penguin office for a 'Club Penguin Summit'. We showed them some sneak peeks, and I wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to see them. :)
Here's a close-up of the Park at the Marvel Super Hero Takeover!
And here's the Plaza! Hmm... I wonder what those crystals are for...
Of course, no party is complete without music! Wow, check out that beautiful view...
Hope you enjoyed the sneak peeks! The Marvel Super Hero Takeover starts on April 24. Hope to see you there!
Until then... Waddle On!
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TQ: What's your dream playoff scenario?
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64-team format-
Cirminiello: 4 Teams, No Automatic Qualifier
Sallee: Plus One
Harrison: Top Eight
Johnson: Just 4 Teams
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Letter to Bill Hancock and the BCS
If you haven't heard, Bill Hancock and the BCS entourage are meeting to discuss possible dramatic changes to the BCS. Past years would have more than likely brought minor changes, but all signs point to some significant landscape changes this time around. Everything is on the table, and it appears to be only a matter of time before the BCS goes to some semblance of more than one post-season game to determine a champion. If I could mail a letter directly to the BCS meeting table, here is what it would look like:
Dear Mr. Hancock and the BCS,
Thanks for taking the time to read this, and for the consideration and thought that you are giving to making the current BCS system even better. Eventually maybe we can get this thing right.
Before you head down this path though, I want to urge you to have some foresight and honest planning for the future. Rather than putting a
Band-aid on the hot potato of the last couple of years, or of tweaking the crazy computer that runs this show to make folks happy, do us one huge favor: Make changes that will not only last, but that will get us to the end state of hope, will you? Give us a true playoff.
I know, I know, there are college presidents, conference suits, and good 'ole boys that for whatever reason seem to dictate what you do, but it shouldn't be about that. Think outside the box, but think on your own with all variables and all the tools at your disposal. Give college football what it wants, what it deserves, and what it yearns for.
Forget about a plus one model. You know as well as everyone that the plus one model will have its issues too, and you'll be right back at the drawing board facing the firing squad of criticism once again. Just come full out and institute a playoff with the bowls still taking center stage. You can even keep all of the seven hundred and twenty-one bowls in their current format outside of the BCS.
The beauty of it all--there is already framework in place. with the BCS standings and the bowls that go with them. Take the same prestigious bowls that have all of the pageantry and tradition that everyone seems to want to keep. You can keep it--and enhance it. Have the Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, and Orange host an eight team playoff. There is no reason that the first round can still be the same bowl experience and reward for college athletes. The bowl's will still get their money, the players still get wined and dined, and it could be the equivalent of a quarterfinal.
And you can still use the BCS rankings to define the top eight teams. If a team finishes No. 1 through No. 8, it's in the playoff BCS bowls--period. Out with the automatic qualifiers and potential cash cows. In with fairness and equality. After all, those are principles that our great nation was founded upon.
As far as scheduling goes, the BCS bowls could be moved earlier to get rid of the crazy, long layoff, with the remaining two rounds being played and completed within the same time-frames of today's set up--ending within the first week of January. You could rotate the responsibility of the semi-final and BCS Championship to where every BCS bowl site but one could host two games each year for additional gate revenue. Doesn't that sound nice? If that doesn't work, I'm sure there are other traditional sites that would love to get in on the action.
Think of the possibilities.
College basketball's March Madness is huge because of its playoff format, and college football could finally jump into the same inviting waters. The amount of excitement and anticipation of an eight team playoff would be enormous. It could, in fact, be big enough to bring additional revenue to not only college athletics, but the bowls, sponsors, and most importantly, academia.
That's right, you could even use this model to give some money towards academic upgrades and scholarships. You gotta believe those same college presidents, bowl reps, and good 'ole boys would get used to the idea of a playoff once their pockets were filled with a few more dollar bills.
So before you come out of your bunker of thought during this round of brainstorming-- please, please, please take a very hard look at doing what everyone besides the minority wants. Go for it. Don't play not to lose, but true to most championship teams--and that's what the BCS "team" should strive for--play to win. Step on the neck of all of the naysayers and second guessers. Bring the rabid college football fan base, players, and coaches a true eight team college football playoff.
The Voice of Reason
Playoff Ideas-
64-team format-
Cirminiello: 4 Teams, No Automatic Qualifier
Sallee: Plus One
Harrison: Top Eight
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User experience has improved so much in some sectors of our lives that when we see an archaic one, we are bewildered at how it could happen.
It constantly surprises me when entire industries fail to adapt to change or don't see that their current technologies are ancient. Worse, some of the same measures these companies are taking (by venturing into secondary platforms/channels) only point out the geriatric primary platforms on which the companies mainly exist. Today we'll talk about how a multi-channel user experience needs to excel in all channels, and look at a couple of bad examples.
Let's talk about the good things first, and focus on our primary case study: cable companies. Cable companies have pretty much all embraced the web and, more importantly, tablets like the iPad. In fact, the best way to find what's on TV and change channels at this point is arguably via an iPad. There have been many times when we've been at home trying to find out what station a certain program is on. The solution is often to use the iPad application (on Comcast, for instance) to find the program, select the channel, and program the DVR. This is a much simpler thing to do than sifting through the arcane menuing systems from the cable box.
But, this terrific new user experience channel (the tablet) does as much to point out the cable box's own flaws as it does to make our lives easier. For 12 years I've stuck to the mantra that your brand is the sum of the user experiences across all channels. This point is really laid bare when it comes to the cable boxes. While no one has ever liked the user experience of their cable box, that's all we had. But now that we see what a better user experience could be, we are left collectively staring at the cable box and wondering what morons and red tape are in place that prevent that user experience from getting better. Add to that the new boxes like Apple TV, Roku, and even Google TV, and the wonderment deepens.
This is an epidemic today. User experience has improved so much in some sectors of our lives that when we see an archaic one, we are bewildered at how it could happen. I'm convinced, for example, that PC manufacturers are somehow unable to design a beautiful laptop, unless they are aping the MacBook Air. Cars are finally starting to embrace better design as well. But these are separate industries with single channels. It's more noticeable when the same company has fluctuating levels of user experiences under one roof, such as the cable example.
As a parting final example, I love that ATMs across the major banks no longer require envelopes or deposit slips. Why, then, does the bank teller still require you to fill out a deposit slip? Sadly, she does not have access to the same technologies available in the ATM. Once again, we have a singular brand (the bank of your choice) that has spent a lot of money upgrading the technologies in its ATMs and its remote-access software (Chase's iPhone app can deposit a scanned check for you), but it has left its oldest channel (the teller) alone to wither and die from lack of attention.
The lesson is that your brand is the sum of the user experiences across all your channels. It's awesome you are building an amazing tablet experience. But that experience will serve to point out the bad user experience in your store, on your website, or within your cable box.
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Cro Cop to Dana White: I owe you a lot from our first deal...
And I'll make it up to you.
These days the boys from Cro Cop team are training in full force. After a long break and highly demanding recovery process, Mirko Cro Cop is ready to fight in MMA again.
All problems with injuries are history and Cro Cop is very optimistic to start another chapter in his career:
"I feel great, the recovery process is going well and we train at high intensity now. I never had such a strong desire to prove myself and I'll climb up again, or die trying."
Mirko's next fight is set for June 13th in Germany, which means that he's back in the UFC, a place that he didn't have his best moments:
"I decided to fight in the UFC again, because of the stronger competition in the heavyweight division. My next opponent will be Mustapha Al-Turk. I didn't do well in my first three appearances - I wasn't myself. By returning to the cage I want to prove that I can still fight at highest level, no matter when or where. claims Cro Cop.
UFC 99 will be Cro Cop's first fight this year with the possibility of three fights coming by years end.
"It's hard to talk about concrete plans, but I would really like to fight at least three times this year. I wish to fight against quality opponents and to fight my way up to a title shot but for now, I'll focus only on my next fight and after that we'll see what's going to be on the menu next," says Cro Cop.
Although the UFC 99 card looks stacked, it seems that the UFC officials can see the benefits of hiring a top European fighter for their first ever UFC show in Germany.
"I want to say thank you Mr. Dana White for your interest and for an invitation back to the UFC. I owe you a lot from our first deal, and I'll make it up to you." promises Cro Cop.
All news related to Mirko Cro Cop's career are posted on Mirko's official MMA-ID profile on http://www.mma-id.com/CROCOP and Mirko's official homepage http://www.mirko-crocop.com.
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Cro Cop has been and always will be one of my favorite fighters of all time. The only man I believe that has the capability of defeating Fedor other than Andy Hug, but he's dead. From what I have been reading, and I can't be bothered to find it so look it up yourself, Cro Cop has been trying to juggle his career as a senator, Counter terrorist officer and professional fighter, which doesn't excuse his poor performances, but at the very least gives us an idea as to why he's been doing so poorly.
From what I understand he has given up his seat as a senator and since his injury cut down working from LUCKY (CT group he works for) and has focused on just training like he used to back in the good old days.
If this is all true, then we are going to see a major player coming back to the ring. I cannot. At All. Wait.
June 13th, can't come fast enough.
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Breaking out concrete to repair old shower drain pipes?
My old shower drainpipe is coming out of the slab crooked. In the old shower the drain assembly had been put on the pipe crooked and sealed with oakum to make it flush with the old shower floor.
I'm thinking about breaking out the concrete around the drain so I can replace the trap and make the pipe come up straight. I have a sledge hammer, but am concerned that the pipes might be damaged if I break the concrete that way. Is this true? I have a hammer drill, is there any way I could use that instead?
Your best bet is to rent a chipping hammer or a jack hammer----the best advice? Open it up enough to replace the P-trap----
There were two threads on that in the last week----
Yes I will break it out enough to work on the P trap, and maybe to cut the pipe behind the p trap. I hope to join it to plastic with nohub. Then move the trap around to center the pipe coming up. Pipe position might become an issue depending on which shower pan method I decide on.
Also I plan to set the new pipes in gravel, and then put concrete the last 2 inches. Good plan?
I've looked briefly for those other threads. Can't find them...
Choosing The Right Shower Drain - Plumbing - DIY Home Improvement | DIYChatroom
This thread will help-------------
Oh'mike, thanks a lot for the advice on getting a chipping hammer. There was not only concrete on top, but concrete wrapped around the pipe itself! Would have taken forever without the demolition hammer. The pipe looks okay, hope it wasn't damaged.
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Portsmouth assistant boss Tony Adams has praised summer arrivals Hermann Hreidarsson and Sylvain Distin.
He told the Portsmouth News: "The defence has to learn. Hermann is getting better and better, he's got enthusiasm but needs buckets of work.
"He played centre half for Charlton last year now he's left back for us. I'm glad he's playing at left-back for Iceland at the moment, that will help.
"Sylvain as well, he's got to learn about Sol and what he does. It's about the balance between who's going to attack the ball.
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In my year in Vietnam, I walked the booby-trapped rice paddies of the Delta, searching for the elusive Viet Cong, and later macheted my way through the triple-canopy jungle, fighting the North Vietnamese Regulars…I sweated, thirsted, hunted, killed. Somewhere in all my experiences, I overlapped the situations of nearly every infantryman and many others who served.
Michael Lee Lanning's journal of his first tour of duty in Vietnam provides an unvarnished daily account of life in the field. The blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. Fleshed out with narrative and detail years later, the pages of this memorable book, first published in 1987, show an eager young recruit growing before the reader's eyes into a proud but bloodied combat veteran.
Subsequent volumes in his Vietnam Trilogy will detail Lanning's tour as a company commander and his post-war investigation into the mind of the enemy. Through his eyes, readers see the reality of a war that did not always receive glory but was, in his words, "the only war we had."
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University Vice Chancellor, college Principal and History Department HOD all underscore the importance of soft skills for making Tiruchi graduates job ready
Bharathidasan University has decided to incorporate soft skills development in the fifth semester of undergraduate programmes.
The decision taken at the meeting of the Standing Committee on Academic Affairs followed a resolution moved by S. Sekar, Principal, Urumu Dhanalakshmi College, with the objective of infusing confidence in students to face job interviews.
Even students performing well academically get hesitant to express themselves well at times of interviews, Dr. Sekar said.
Ideally, soft skills should be integrated into the curriculum from the first semester onwards progressively, N. Rajendran, Head, Department of History, Bharathidasan University, said while supporting the resolution.
Bridging the gap
Vice Chancellor K. Meena quoted a McKinsey report on the dismal state of employability to drive home the importance of soft skills for bridging the gap between academia and industry.
Dr. Sekar's similar suggestion of integration of a component on managerial skills for postgraduate students was accepted for MCA and MBA programmes.
Based on the impact, the component would be incorporated into the syllabi of other PG programmes, Ms. Meena said.
The proposal for admitting students of CA and ICWA into regular B.Com programmes by exempting them from repetitive papers was discussed.
The Vice-Chancellor said a decision would be taken after a detailed study by the Board of Studies.
The same would be the case with the proposal for exempting regular candidates of M.Com programmes with different specialisations who pursue MBA concurrent course from some repetitive papers.
To generate demand for Bioinformatics programme, the university decided to permit nine affiliated colleges that offer two-year M.Sc. in Bioinformatics to convert the programme into a five-year integrated M.Sc. programme.
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Greg Sonnier, owner of the Uptowner, has suspended the Gabrielle small banquet dinners at his restaurant pending the resolution of a lawsuit.
This spring, Sonnier resumed offering the dishes from his popular Mid-City restaurant at the Uptowner on Henry Clay Avenue through contracts for dinner service with individual patrons.
The Uptowner released a statement last month, however, saying a petition filed in Civil District Court could take away the restaurant's licenses and permits, and that the lawsuit seeks to change 438 Henry Clay Avenue from a commercial building to residential. Sonnier maintains the lot has always been zoned for commercial use.
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- Cartoon Characters: Sad Cat, Impresario, Latimore, Fenimore.
- Voice Actors: Bob McFadden.
- Directed By Art Bartsch.
- Produced By Bill Weiss.
- Animated By Art Bartsch.
- Written By Eli Bauer, Tom Morrison.
- Music: Jim Timmens.
- Editor: Jack MacConnell.
- Originally Released in May of 1968 (Estimate).
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I can't believe Olive my Olde English Bulldogee is already two! It feels like only yesterday we picked her up from the breeders!
She certainly had a rough start to life and spent a lot of time at the vets. But after two years, she is one of the healthiest and happiest dogs I know.
She has an expression for every mood and lets you know how much she loves you by giving you slobbery kisses.
I can't imagine my life without her.
Even her sister Sophie (French Bulldog) loves her most of the time.
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Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has formally announced that Big River Steel intends to build a $1.1 billion steel mill in the state. However, state legislators will need to approve $125 million in bond funding for the project to proceed. About 2,000 construction jobs would be created.
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Selling a rare Disney Animation Desk from 1938. The desk is in good condition and comes with documentation. This Desk was designed by Kem Weber and Walt Disney.
I can provide details to serious buyers.
Price is 13k That includes professional crating services and freight delivery with in the US.


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Week 4 of the "5K 101 Training Program" has been posted online & on iTunes: http://podOmatic.com/r/ju1G6 & @ www.5K101.com
It's an 8 week coached podcast running program set to great running music. The workouts are free anc can be loaded from the sites above or via itunes under Running Mate.
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HONG KONG (AFP) - Macau culled 7,500 chicken after discovering the H7-type avian influenza in live poultry for the first time in the city, authorities said on Thursday, adding the birds had been imported from mainland China.
The decision to slaughter the chickens comes after Hong Kong's cull of around 20,000 chicken in January, after the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus was found in poultry also imported from China.
Macau authorities discovered a positive H7 sample in a batch of poultry imported from the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai on Wednesday.
"To ensure public health, authorities have decided to take decisive action and ordered the emergency measures of culling, sealing off and disinfection," a government statement released Thursday said.
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A method of molding a component such as a headliner or sun visor for the interior of automotive vehicles is molded from different thermoplastic materials from the same family that can be subsequently recycled as a whole without the need of separation into its constituents. The interior component is a multi layer composite of polyester (PET) finishing fabric, a resilient layer of bicomponent polyester fiber padding composed of blend of a low melting point fibers and high melting point fibers, and a relatively stiff core layer of polyester/glass fiber composite of polyester and glass fibers. The different fibers of the core layer are blended into a thin and porous sheet which is cut to size. The cut sheets are consolidated and molded under heat and pressure into a light weight, dense and structurally strong composite. A mold charge comprises the polyester/glass fiber composite layered with the bicomponent. The charge is heated in an oven and transferred to an open mold having the polyester finishing fabric facing therein. The mold is dosed and pressure is applied to complete formation of the headliner or sun visor component.
1. A method of making a multi-layer recyclable interior component for the occupant compartment of an automobile vehicle by molding, comprising the steps of:
a. forming a finishing layer of polyester fabric for a mold,
b. forming a multi-layered charge for the mold from;
a pad of bicomponent fibers including first polyester fibers of PET and second polyester fibers of PET co-polymer fibers with discrete and different ranges of melting temperature, and
a plurality of sheets of a composite of thermoplastic polyester and glass fibers,
c. adding heat energy to said multi-layered charge,
d. inserting said multi-layered charge into the mold with the pad of bicomonent fibers in overlying contact with the finishing layer and closing said mold to configure said interior component, and
e. opening said mold and removing said interior component.
2. A method of making a rigid composite headliner component for the occupant compartment of an automobile vehicle by molding, comprising the steps of:
a. forming a finishing layer of polyester fabric for a mold,
b. forming a multi-layered charge for the mold from;
a padding of polyester fibers of PET having a relatively high melting temperature intermixed with second polyester fibers of PET co-polymer fibers having a relatively low melting temperature,
a plurality of sheets of a composite of thermoplastic polyester and glass fibers,
c. adding heat energy to said charge to effect limited melting of said second polyester fibers,
d. inserting said charge into said mold with said finishing layer and closing said mold to impose a compressive load on said charge and said finishing layer to configure said composite headliner, and
e. opening said mold and removing said composite headliner after said composite headliner has cooled and said second polyester fibers have bonded to one another and to the plurality of sheets of said composite of thermoplastic polyester and glass fibers.
This application is a division of pending application Ser. No. 08/697,843, filed Aug. 30, 1996 by the same inventor as in the present application.
This invention relates to recyclable components for the interior of automotive vehicles formed from a single family of recyclable plastics material and molded into a substantially rigid, light weight composite for ready installation to the occupant compartment of a vehicle.
Prior to the present invention, various headliners have been molded from plastics material for use in the occupant compartment in the automotive vehicles. For example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,330,584 issued May 18, 1982, a self-supporting or rigid automotive headliner is formed with a substrate layer of expanded polystyrene which is relatively rigid. The molded panel has an intermediate layer of polyester urethane foam (a thermoset material) for soft feel and a knitted cloth or vinyl skin employed as a finishing interior cover of the panel.
The substrate layer may also be extruded in sheet form and may be compression molded in matching dies. The intermediate flexible urethane foam layer of this panel may be vacuum formed over the substrate and secured thereto by adhesive. The flexible foam layer may also be formed by spraying it directly on the back of the substrate without use of the adhesive. In addition to these components of different families of materials, the finished layer is provided by a flexible decorative cover of vinyl skin or cloth which is fused to the intermediate layer by flame laminating in which the surface of the intermediate layer becomes tacky and the cover layer is fused thereto.
In U.S. Pat. No. 4,840,832, a resilient vehicle headliner is molded from a batt of textile fibers which may be formed from polyesters, such as PET with an elongation of 10 percent to provide resiliency. A portion of these fibers are bicomponent fibers having a low melting point component for use as bonding agents to secure a thin surface layer of foam thereto. Polyurethane, a thermoset material which is not a readily recyclable material, is a disclosed prior art foam. The foam layer contributes to the acoustical properties of the headliner while providing a soft surface to which a textile fabric layer is bonded thereto to provide the finished interior surface of the headliner. The headliner of this patent disclosure lacks a stiff core layer comparable to that of the present invention so that it is resilient and flexible. This allows this headliner to be bent or flexed nearly double allowing it to be passed through the side vehicle windows to facilitate headliner installation. Such headliner constructions are particularly suitable for headliner replacement purposes.
While these prior art patents selectively disclose rigid and flexible headliners of various plastics material and may employ bicomponent plastics fibers for bonding purposes, such as in the patent '832, they do not disclose the new and improved recyclable headliner composite from one polymer family as in the present invention which in preferred embodiment is made of (1) polyester (PET) fabric that can be woven, non-woven or knitted, (2) a layer of bicomponent polyester padding that is a blend of low temperature melting point fibers for bonding and higher temperature melting point fibers for resiliency and "soft feel" intermixed with one another, and (3) a core layer of polyester/glass fiber, such as 75% terephthalate and 25% long glass fibers for rigidity and self support.
The polyester/glass fibers for the core are preferably blended in a wet lay process similar to that used in paper making. A conveyer carries the wet blend of mixed fibers to an oven to provide a very porous and thin (about 1 mm thickness) continuous sheet product that is rolled and later cut to required size. The sized sheet can be molded into a very light weight and stiff composite by consolidating several sheets under heat and pressure and can be molded into a structurally strong composite of selected thickness. The sheets of the polyester/glass fiber composite are layered to the desired thickness. The number of sheets used is variable and may, for example, comprise a stack of 10 to 15 sheets each 1 mm thick. The bicomponent polyester fiber pad is placed on the top of the composite to form the basic molo charge. A sheet of loose, non-woven polyester scrim may be added to the charge to cover the exposed composite surface, if desired. Depending on the bicomponent fiber material used, the charge is heated in a convection oven to a predetermined temperature, such as temperature of 160� centigrade for a suitable time period to melt the low temperature bicomponent fiber material and is then transferred to the opened mold that has the facing or finishing sheet of PET fabric therein. After being charged, the mold is closed with an apply pressure of 1 to 10 psi. The mold can be constructed so that air can be evacuated therefrom to establish a vacuum to hold the facing fabric in place in the mold and to assist mold cooling and thereby shorten the molding time. After cooling, the molded composite is removed from the mold and trimmed as necessary.
After being molded and trimmed, the headliner is ready to be installed as a basically stiff self-supporting component. The stiff headliner can be readily handled manually or by automated equipment and inserted and held while being fastened to the interior of the occupant compartment of the vehicle. The installed headliner and the resilient padding thereof will not sag even when exposed to high humidity and to temperature environments such as experienced by vehicles in tropical zones and hot desert areas. This invention further has a long service life with desirable soft feel provided by the resilient bicomponent padding with a pleasing and desirable finish provided by the polyester finishing sheet.
After service life, the headliner of this invention can be readily removed from the vehicle and moved as a unit to a recycling center where it can be particulized or otherwise treated without preliminary separation into the different portions or components thereof to provide the raw material for subsequent use, such as to make fibers for the core composites to be used in the production of other headliners, or for making fiberglass filled injection moldable resin for other products.
A feature, object and advantage of this invention is to provide a new and improved recyclable headliner and method for producing headliners of a polyester family material that provides improved "no sag" headliner with stability even when exposed to high humidity and elevated temperatures such as experienced by vehicles in tropical or hot desert climates.
Another feature, object and advantage of this invention is to provide a new and improved recyclable headliner and method for producing multi layer headliners of a polyester family material that has a rigid core layer and with polyester fiber padding and polyester finishing fabric which can be easily handled and installed, that will not sag even when exposed to high humidity and elevated temperatures such as experienced by vehicles in tropical or hot desert climates.
These and other features, objects and advantages of this invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description and drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a top view of the headliner for use in an automotive vehicle;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the headliner of FIG. 1 taken along lines 2--2 thereof;
FIG. 3 is an exploded cross-sectional and diagrammatic view of a mold and a mold charge of different polyester materials from the same family between open mold halves;
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the mold of FIG. 3 in the closed position;
FIG. 5 in an enlarged view of a portion of the headliner encircled by area 5 of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5A is an enlarged view of a portion of bicomponent fiber constituent of the headliner encircled by area 5A of FIG. 5;
FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration of the manufacture of the core layer of the headliner of this invention; and
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of apparatuses and methods for recycling headliners such as those of FIGS. 1 and 2.
Referring more particularly to the drawings, an automotive interior component such as headliner 10 or sun visor or door trim panel according to the present invention is compression molded from a plurality of different forms of thermoplastic materials emanating from a common family of polyester materials to provide a new and improved self-supporting and non-sagging unit which is readily recyclable.
In a preferred embodiment illustrated by headliner 10 in FIG. 2, a thin sheet of polyester finishing fabric 12 is shown in overlying relationship to a thicker resilient padding 14 of mixed polyester fibers to cooperatively provide a soft feel and finally finished interior for the occupant compartment of the vehicle.
The mixed fiber padding 14 that may comprise single component fibers 16 and bicomponent fibers 18 of polyester material is diagrammatically shown in FIG. 5a. Fibers 16 and 18 have different melt temperatures so that the higher temperature melt fibers 16 can be used primarily as resilient filling while the low temperature melt of bicomponent fibers can be used as filling and as a binder to join fibers and the components of the headliner together.
In addition to the finishing fabric 12 and the mixed fiber padding 14, a robust body or core 20 of the headliner providing desired rigidity to prevent headliner sag is formed from a plurality of polyester and glass fiber sheets 22.
The core and the padding can be initially stacked or combined to provide a primary charge 24 for a mold 26 whose mold halves 28 and 30 shown in open position in FIG. 3. The charge is then heated in a convection oven or by other means to a given temperature such as 160� C. and transferred in the heated conditions into the mold cavity. The polyester finishing sheet material 12 is layered into the mold prior to the feed of the primary charge thereto. Furthermore, a sheet of loosely woven polyester scrim 34 can be added to the charge to form the outer periphery of the molded headliner shown in FIG. 2. After the polyester constituents, comprising the charge 24, the finishing fabric or material 12 are in place, the mold halves operatively mounted in press 40 are closed under predetermined load to mold the polyester constituents into the headliner 10 whose fixed shape is diagrammatically shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
The polyester fabric 12 which forms the preferred form of the facing of the headliner can be knitted, woven or non-woven from polyester fiber into a thin fabric sheet. In any event, this facing is preferably a flexible covering for the resilient padding 14 of fibers and extends therewith across the entire area of the headliner.
The padding 14 shown in best detail in FIG. 5A is made from different forms of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers with long fibers 16 randomly coursing through the padding and being of sufficient lengths and quantity to provide resiliency desired for the padding. Fibers 16 have a higher temperature melting point as compared with the bicomponent fibers 18. The fibers 18 incorporate a PET copolymer which has a lower melting point temperature as compared to the fibers 16. This provides a thermoplastics adhesive or bond when the pad is heated to a temperature in the range of 160-200� C. Accordingly, when the charge is heated into the predescribed temperature range and formed under pressure in the mold 26, the bicomponent polyester fibers bond at their contact points with one another and with fibers 16. Importantly, bonding also occurs with the interior surfaces of the finishing fabric 12 and the core layer 20 as diagrammatically shown in FIG. 5a. The bonding, accordingly, securely interconnects the various polyester components of the headliner with one another subsequent to heating, molding and cooling. With such component bonding, the components are unitized to a point where there is no sagging even when higher temperature environments are experienced in the vehicle.
The core 20 is a composite of polyester and glass fiber sheets preferably made of 75% recycled polyester fibers and 25% glass fibers. These two kinds of fibers are inter layered in a wet layer process, such as diagrammatically shown in FIG. 6. The polyester PET fibers 50 and glass fibers 52 are wet layered at station 54 and then conveyed through an oven 56 which effects the drying of the combined fibers into a very porous, thin, continuous sheet that may be stored and handled as a roll 60. The continuous sheet 58 can be later cut to the desired or required size for subsequent molding. These sheets can be molded into a very light weight composite by consolidating a number of sheets under heat and pressure.
In the preferred embodiment, the molding charge 24 will comprise a plurality of sheets of the polyester/glass fiber composite sheets 22 layered to a desired thickness, for example, 10 to 15 sheets each of 1 mm thick can be used and the bicomponent polyester fiber padding can be added to form the charge 24 shown in FIG. 3. The scrim 34 can be added to the charge. The charge 24 is heated in a convection oven, 160� C. for example until it is unified, and then can be transferred to mold 26 that has the facing 12 supplied thereto. The mold is then closed under the pressure of the press 40 and a pressure 1-10 psi is applied. The mold is opened after the part has cooled and the molded part is removed and then trimmed.
FIG. 7 diagrammatically illustrates the recycling of headliners 10 after completion of service life in a vehicle. In FIG. 7 automated material handling and cutting and grinding equipment 70 cuts or separates the headliner into particles. The particles are pumped or otherwise conveyed into the partially cleaning and separating station 72 which includes a series of cyclone separators 74 which separates foreign matter from the particles. Washed and separated particles of headliner material are then supplied to drying station 76 where they are dried using a suitable heat source. The particles of the headliner are then sent to station 80 for conversion by methanolysis into raw material 82 for fiber production that may be used for other headliner cores. The other suitable process particles of the headliner can also be sent to extruding, filtering and pelletizing equipment 78 and 84, which converts the particles into glass filled injectable moldable resins that are usable for other components or plastics articles.
While a preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, other embodiments will now become apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, this invention is not to be limited to that which is shown and described but by the following claims.
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- Steerer: 28.6mm Aluminum 7050
- Crown: Aluminum, Satin Black
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Strengths: It looks strong and nice, like an freeride fork.It is cheap, it has air preload.GOOD FOR THIS MONEY !!!
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Take PH out of 'gray list'
Officials fly to Paris to argue country's cause on money laundering
Officials of the Anti-Money Laundering Council left Saturday for Paris to convince the International Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to remove the Philippines from its the "gray list" of nations considered non-compliant with global anti-money laundering standards.
The council members brought with them a copy of Republic Act No. 10365, also known as an "Act Strengthening the Anti-Money Laundering Law," which was signed by President Aquino just last Friday.
The FATF will have its general assembly in Paris from Feb. 20 to 22.
In a radio interview on Saturday, Malacañang spokewoman Abigail Valte disclosed that the AMLC delegation would "show" the new law to FATF as proof of the Philippines' "compliance to the points in its action plan" aimed at impeding the flow of dirty money in and out of the country.
"We're very hopeful that, with the passage of this particular law, the FATF will see that we are really serious in our commitment to fight money laundering. And, in fact, the officials of AMLC are leaving this afternoon to be able to attend the meeting with the FATF," said Valte.
It was Valte who disclosed that RA 10365 had been signed by Mr. Aquino. She was hopeful that the law would shield the country from being blacklisted by the FATF.
third law
"Yes, this is the third law required to keep us off the FATF blacklist. The first two were passed last year," she said.
A blacklist could mean difficulties for overseas Filipinos sending money home as more documentation would be required from them as a result of the country's blacklisting.
At its general assembly, FATF is expected to review, and subsequently release, a report on various countries' compliance with the global fight against money laundering.
Asked whether RA 10365 had enough teeth to exact accountability from those institutions and businesses accepting dirty money, Valte said, "We are hopeful that the reaction of FATF to our (amendatory) laws would be positive."
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Valte said RA 10365 was the third installment of amendatory laws passed by Congress that were required by FATF to prevent the country from being blacklisted again.
The other two are: RA 10167 ((An Act to Further Strengthen the Anti-Money Laundering Law) which, according to Valte, gives AMLC the power to scrutinize "covered transactions that are deemed suspicious without notifying the depositors;" and RA 10168 (Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012), which criminalizes terrorist financing activities.
Both were signed by Mr. Aquino on June 18, 2012.
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In this age of "transparent" governments, I thought it would be good to compile a list of some of the public documents that have not yet seen the light of day:
*The report that led to Perkins police Lt. Al Jenkins firing (estimated cost to taxpayers, $10,000);
*The city report into allegations of sexual harassment against Sandusky city manager Matt Kline (estimated cost to taxpayers, $100,000);
*The settlement documents that led to former Perkins police Chief Tim McClung's retirement (estimated cost to taxpayers, $200,000 including legal fees);
*The state BCI report on allegations that Erie County prosecutor Kevin Baxter used cocaine (estimated cost to taxpayers, $100,000);
*The transcripts of Baxter's testimony;
*Documents related to the Rev. Fant-Bill Dwelle lawsuit, (estimated cost to taxpayers, $50,000);
*The disciplinary letters, if any, penned after the Sandusky Fire Department's firehouse-frathouse death threats against fire Chief Mike Meinzer investigation (estimated cost to taxpayers, $50,000);
*Invoices and expenses for attorney Margaret Cannon and her team of two others from the out-of-town law firm representing the city (estimated cost to taxpayers, $100,000);
*Invoices, expenses and payments to retired Judge Joseph Cirigliano (estimated cost to taxpayers, $75,000);
*Expenses related to city manager Matt Kline's absences from daily duties due to the hearings (estimated cost to taxpayers, $20,000);
*Correspondence between the city and its various insurers and representatives;
*Discussion during closed-door executive sessions;
*Craig Stahl's super-secret city budget plan that would cause chaos if it were to be revealed;
*Videotapes of interviews with drug suspects;
*Discovery from any or every court case;
*Court documents that are "lost" in the system;
*And, according to William Lang, yet another Cleveland attorney hired by the city of Sandusky to sandbag and defend the city's lack of transparency, a secret document is any document that an attorney handles. Lang called me earlier this week to let me know.
In this age of transparency.
Let the sun shine in ... let the sun shine.


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Guthrie Theater's "Dollhouse": two weekends left
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|Michal Daniel
|The fun never ends: the Guthrie's "Dollhouse"
Now that the show is a few weeks in my rear-view mirror, what settles into memory are the brand-specific set, Sarah Agnew's combination of furtiveness and flippancy, and the sense of a marriage in which both parties are set on the same goal: avoiding reality, with all the Herculean effort entailed.
In an early scene, husband and wife sit down and talk gifts and currency. It's as squishy an exchange as they come, and presages the gnarled mess that eventually follows. I can't decide whether Dollhouse is the best update of Ibsen, but I can attest to the way in which many aspects of it have lodged in my memory.
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This is my first robot project.
I am an electronics and computer systems engineer with over 20 years experience.
When I was looking to do this in the past the size and cost of the technology was too big. Last year I saw a NOVA program on drones and decided that this can be done on a reasonable budget.
This is my R1D1 project (Rev1 Dorid1). I started building this last December but had an issues with the motors I used (old electric car seat motors and gears) the motors did not have enough torque and one had a slightly differing gear ratio. I did however construct the basic platform (all aluminum) and the basic software for driving the motors (Arduino), and on the Raspberry pi I have a web page interface, Wifi, and communication with the Arduino over the USB using vertical serial ports.
Then summer (no time for robots)
This December I started again with 2 new motors I ordered off ebay. Drive problems solved. At this time I have upgraded to the Arduino Mega and added ultrasonic sensors. Next is GPS compass and Pi camera. Then much programming as I want this to be an autonomous robot.
I like this....
it's bigger (my old eyes can't do microbots...), and also like mine, it will bring drinks! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, that's a serious robot.
Wow, that's a serious robot. Don't you think it deserves a robot page? It also deserves a video of it in action.
I'm looking forward to future progress reports.