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Yes, the comfort seat is way better than the stocker. I used to get monkey bum after about 1/2 a day on the stock SXC seat. With the comfort seat I can ride for a couple of days sitting down & me bum is as good as new
I lashed out & bought the 18 litre KTM tank as then I had a good excuse to get the seat as well
Best thing I ever did. It holds more like 20 litres (did 300kms on 1 tank -drained it & still had about a litre left) You only notice the extra weight when the tank is chockas full & I forget about it after about 5 minutes. Still nice & narrow -easy to stand up. Spend the dollars. Five minutes into the first ride after fitting you will have forgotten how much you spent & will be laughing at all those suckers walking around with their legs spread at the end of a ride
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SAN DIEGO — The last time Football America saw the Chargers, the Steelers were charging through the San Diego defense so often, all that was missing was a tollbooth.
Before they tried to pick up the pieces last week during their bye, the totals were unforgiving. Pittsburgh had rushed for 177 yards, 165 of those from backup running back Rashard Mendenhall.
With nose tackle Jamal Williams on injured reserve with an arm injury, it's become clear that while Shawne Merriman, Shaun Phillips and Antonio Cromartie often scooped up the glory in the San Diego defense, it was Williams, the Chargers' mammoth nose tackle, who was doing the real roll-up-the-sleeves work.
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And heading into Monday night's affair at Qualcomm Stadium, every team the Chargers had faced had rushed for at least 130 yards, and every team, when push came to shove, usually went after the middle of the Chargers' defense.
Because of that the Chargers released veteran safety Clinton Hart this past week to try to beef up their defensive front, re-signing Ian Scott, who was cut at the end of training camp.
As a result, the Chargers rotated Scott, Travis Johnson and Ogemdi Nwagbuo up front against the Broncos. And it was also the first time the Chargers had used that combination of linemen this season, so the Broncos had to play a bit of a guessing game as to who the Chargers would play and what the Chargers would do.
The Broncos certainly got their answer early as the Chargers defense attacked the middle of the Denver offense, trying to send the reinforcements where they have been needed.
"They blitzed us quite a little bit inside, stunting inside and kind of took away some of the inside running game," said Broncos coach Josh McDaniels. "Whether that was for them to protect somebody in there, I don't know."
The Broncos ran only five plays on offense in the first quarter, just one of those a running play because of Eddie Royal's return heroics — a kickoff return for a touchdown — but when the first half was done, the Broncos still had rushed for only 37 yards, just 15 coming over center Casey Wiegmann.
"We did run the ball inside, but they did a decent job wadding that stuff up," McDaniels said. "We tossed the ball to the edge in the second half, got outside a few more times. And I think that seemed to quiet it down a little bit."
What went right: Second-half success
The final tally for the Broncos was 101 yards rushing, a hard-earned total that included 64 yards in the second half.
And when it was time to bulk up and protect a lead that they had wrestled away late in the third quarter, the Broncos spread out the Chargers' defense, running out of three-wide receiver sets against a defense that had a far more difficult time trying to overpopulate the middle of the field.
In the third quarter alone, the Broncos handed the ball to a running back five times, running out of a three wide-receiver look.
It allowed them to have at least some patience in a grind-it-out game and give their defense a little rest, as they put together a nine-play touchdown drive and a 10-play field-goal drive on back-to-back possessions to turn a 23-17 Chargers lead into a 27-23 Broncos advantage with 13:05 to play in the game.
"We don't quit," said Broncos running back Correll Buckhalter. "We keep coming at you. We had to adjust, do something different, and we did that."
What went wrong: Run from gun
Running out of the shotgun formation has not been a thing of beauty or consistency for the Broncos.
Against the Chargers, the Broncos ran out of the shotgun, not including a Kyle Orton scramble play, nine times for only 25 yards. They also had a fumble out of a shotgun running play — by Buckhalter in the fourth quarter that would have given the Chargers the ball at midfield had guard Ben Hamilton not recovered it.
For the season, it was the second-highest number of running plays the Broncos have tried out of the shotgun formation, behind the 14 they had against the Raiders. Up next: Baltimore
The Broncos now have a bye to heal some of their aches and pains in the backfield — every running back on the roster has dealt with some kind of injury already.
And with the muscle-up run defenses of Baltimore and Pittsburgh — Nos. 8 and 2, respectively — waiting on back-to-back weeks once the Broncos return to the field, they are going to need as much of a running game as they can muster to at least keep those team's pass rushers honest.

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Fantastic chariots carrying a prince, two princesses plotting a scheme, a wise man looking at the stars and resplendent lights wherever you look…. The "Luminosity: Celebrating Bonjour India" show at Jantar Mantar here on Thursday evening had all this and more as the ancient instruments of astronomy were transported into a different realm through the simple spells of music, light and art.
Mythology, astrology and science fiction shared space as scenes from all these genres were reflected brilliantly onto the red buildings.
Artists Patrick Rimoux and Nandita Palchoudhuri, famous for their sculptural light work, had the best audience as Delhiites went about everywhere, suitably awestruck.
"Aliens and spaceships"
"I don't understand why people have to wear dresses made of light," said a woman, as she was getting herself photographed with the "aliens".
The white and black aliens, with strings of white light for tails which pranced around everywhere, part of the "dresses of light", real-life fashion installations by Franco-Indian couture duo Leconaet Hemant
There were other "space-ships" wearing fascinating dresses of light atop the one of the astronomy towers.
A fusion of India-France ran throughout the show, in the art, light and music where DJs from the band "Scratch Bandits Crew," played a mixture of different genres.
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The Salt Lake Tribune Television Column: Television: We Interrupt This Ad to Bring You a Sitcom
By Vince Horiuchi, The Salt Lake Tribune
Jun. 27–Clenching a diet Coke and a rumpled bag of Cheetos, I flicked on my Samsung high-definition set to watch a Sony Blu-ray movie on my PlayStation 3.
Ugh. That's what most television shows are like today — about 30 minutes of product placement wrapped inside 15 minutes of story. And there's still 15 minutes of commercials to contend with. Are we watching a drama or just one long commercial?
Let's look at "American Idol" as one gross example. Every fan knows you can text through AT&T's wireless service or that the contestants produce those insipid Ford commercials every week. We certainly know that judges Simon, Paula and Randy like to drink only from red Coke cups.
If you've watched "Survivor," you've seen starving contestants trudge through muddy obstacle courses just to get a bag of Doritos. Meanwhile, about the only lingerie any of the characters on "Gossip Girl" wear is from Victoria's Secret.
Corporate America has taken over media companies and therefore is using our beloved entertainment as evil tools to tout its products. It must be stopped now!
A consortium of advocacy groups is trying to do something. This coalition, which includes some groups I agree with (like Children Now) and some I don't (like the Parents Television Council), has banded together to urge the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to do something about the rising use of product placement in television.
Citing Nielsen reports, the group said in a letter to the FCC last week that product placement in prime-time shows rose 13 percent in 2007. Viewers of "American Idol" saw an average of 14 minutes of product placement per episode two seasons ago.
A 2007 survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation said 69 percent of parents were concerned their kids were seeing too many product placements. Kids are being brainwashed to fall in love with new cereals, children's Web sites, toys and candy — just about everything they shouldn't be obsessed with.
It's a danger to kids because they are bombarded with advertising messages every time they turn on shows that parents think are safe for them to watch. Ultimately, these companies are building a generation of children dependent on consumer goods, which is what corporate America wants.
Not only that, but obvious product placement also is just plain bad for the show. Nothing hurts the credibility of a storyline more than when a character is munching on nothing but Nabisco cookies or drinking nothing but Budweiser drinks to the point where viewers notice. Have you noticed that in the movies, James Bond only likes to use Sony Ericsson phones or Sony laptops? (Sony owns the movie franchise.)
The consortium even cited cases where television shows like the now-defunct "7th Heaven" incorporated Oreo cookies into the storyline because Kraft paid for the privilege.
I'm not sure the government should be mandating what television creators should or should not be putting in shows in terms of product placement, but I know the networks have to cut back and figure out less intrusive ways to make money.
Otherwise, I'll get sick and end up regurgitating all those Oreos. Vince Horiuchi can be reached at email@example.com or 801-257-8607.
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Todd Graham, ASU Sun Devils looking forward to challenge of 2013
Pac-12 Media Day started with the release of the preseason media poll, which tabbed the Arizona State Sun Devils to finish second in the South Division.
Although that's pretty good, especially considering that head coach Todd Graham is entering just his second year on the job, it doesn't satisfy this year's team.
The 2013 Sun Devils believe they can win the conference outright for the first time since 1996.
"Yes, I one-hundred percent believe that," quarterback Taylor Kelly said on the podium at the annual event in Culver City, Calif. "We have great guys coming back, and the summer we had and spring ball and just growing as a team is huge.
"I can't wait for the season to get started."
Defensive tackle Will Sutton, the returning Pat Tillman Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, is on board with that thinking too, and cites ASU's team-wide synergy as the reason.
"I feel like the relationships between me and my teammates are stronger than we ever had," he said. "We believe in one another, we don't have to worry about someone else to do their job because we know they're going to get it done.
"We have all the confidence in the world to accomplish our goal."
Accomplishing that goal will mean the Sun Devils will have to navigate through a treacherous stretch of schedule in September and October that includes dates against Wisconsin, Stanford, USC and Notre Dame on consecutive Saturdays.
When asked about it, Graham said he's not worried about that rough month yet.
"We've got to beat about Sac State and then go to the next one," he said. "That's how we do it, we've got on our wrists (bands that say) 'any challenge' and we don't look at that with any regret -- anything on our schedule.
"We look at it as a great opportunity."
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Karen Malkus, the town's coastal health resource coordinator, believes that "you can be hip as well as educational" in getting the word out about protecting the environment by safe disposal of unwanted medications.
Cape Cod Commercial Linen Service wants to close two locations in Hyannis and set up shop at 880 Attucks Lane, the former site of F.W. Webb. Webb relocated to 108 Breeds Hill Road.
The Cape Cod and Islands Commission on the Status of Women needs help in meeting its goals to "advance women toward full equality and to promote opportunities for all women."
A public hearing to provide $8,000 for Children's Cove to purchase video recording equipment is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Dec. 21 in the Assembly Chambers on the lower level of Barnstable First District Court.
Kerry Bickford of Barnstable, a youth development educator for the county, has been appointed to a second term on the state Commission on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren.
The Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization will hear a year-end review of activities given by Cape Cod Commission Director of Technical Services Glenn Cannon Dec. 19 at 10 a.m.
The theme for this year's UMass Garden Calendar is "Continuous Color Perennials," and it's available for $12 ($9 each for orders of 10 or more to one address) from the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension at the county complex in Barnstable Village.
With all the talk about what should be done on a regional basis on Cape Cod, it's helpful to know what's actually going on.
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NEW DELHI: Rima Malhotra put up a fine all-round performance as Delhi defeated Punjab by 12 runs in the women's one-day zonal cricket tournament at St. Stephen's ground here on Wednesday.
The scores: Delhi 198 in 49.4 overs (Latika Kumari 48, Rima Malhotra 45) bt Punjab 186 in 48.5 overs (Gurdeep Kaur 82, Rima Malhotra four for 22).
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Williams v. US Social Security Administration, Acting Commissioner
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Notice Only: US Social Security Administration - Notice Only (Court Use Only)
Defendant: US Social Security Administration, Acting Commissioner
Plaintiff: Alisha Williams
Cause Of Action: Review of HHS Decision (SSID)
Fuller et al v. Rymes Heating Oils, Inc.
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Plaintiff: William L. Fuller
Defendant: Rymes Energy Holdings, LLC, Rymes Heating Oil, Inc.
Cause Of Action: Civil Miscellaneous Case
Kelly v. Internal Revenue Service
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Cause Of Action: Federal Question: Other Civil Rights
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USA v. Grosvenor Special Partners IV SBIC, L.P.
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Sullivan v. New York Life Insurance Company et al
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Cause Of Action: Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relatio
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Cause Of Action: Prisoner Civil Rights
Fifield v. US Social Security Administration, Acting Commissioner
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Plaintiff: James Charles Fifield
Defendant: US Social Security Administration, Acting Commissioner
Cause Of Action: Review of HHS Decision (SSID)
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As we celebrate 238 years of American independence this weekend, there are plenty of recent developments here in Richmond County and throughout the state that give us reason to cheer. In this installment of our occasional Cheers and Jeers feature, we'll point out those deserving of recognition and call attention to items in the news that give us pause.
CHEERS to Ellerbe Mayor Lee Berry and two fellow Good Samaritans who stopped to help a stranded motorist who ran out of gas in Ellerbe last month. Justin Johnson of Westerville, Ohio, was driving to Myrtle Beach with his family when his car shuddered to a stop. Berry, a state trooper and a third man Johnson knows only as Donny arrived to lend a hand.
It took two trips to the gas station to get Johnson's car back on the road. The experience left an Ohio man with an indelible impression of a small Richmond County town with a big heart.
"I can bet that this town has more hospitality per square mile than any place I have been here," Johnson wrote from his Ohio home in a letter to the editor published in Thursday's newspaper. Car trouble resulted in Johnson's first stop in Ellerbe, and we think the town's kind and helpful residents will bring him back for future visits.
CHEERS to state Reps. Ken Goodman, D-Richmond, and Garland E. Pierce, D-Hoke, for taking a stand on behalf of Duke Energy customers in Richmond County and throughout the state. Goodman and Pierce pledged to push for an amendment to the coal ash cleanup bill that would prevent Duke from hiking electric rates to pay for cleanup of its coal ash spill.
As of this writing, the provision isn't included in the General Assembly bill to ensure that Duke Energy mops up the tens of thousands of pounds of toxic coal ash that seeped into the Dan River in February. But our lawmakers sent a strong message that we're sure has been received loud and clear at the company's Charlotte headquarters. Electric customers shouldn't be asked to pay the cleanup costs.
JEERS to the heavy-handed video sweepstakes crackdown in neighboring Scotland County. Sheriff's deputies there raided an Internet sweepstakes parlor near Laurinburg on Tuesday, shooing customers, wheeling out the machines and locking the doors. The raid follows a memo to sweepstakes businesses from local law enforcement warning them of seizures and shutdowns if they continued to operate past an arbitrary deadline.
With the murky issue of whether some sweepstakes games skirt the statewide gambling ban still being fought in the courts, we doubt the heightened enforcement is the best use of public resources. Carolina Cyber Center owner Robert Outlaw claims his games are legal and believes deputies are overstepping their bounds.
The issue will likely wind its way through the courts at a snail's pace, with Scotland County taxpayers footing the bill to prosecute a man for offering a service that paying customers seem to want. North Carolina is OK with gambling as long as residents are playing the state-run lottery. Competition from private business, however, is condemned as immoral.
Sure seems like a double standard to us.
CHEERS to Richmond County Emergency Management Services for working proactively to implement text-to-911 technology that will allow people to call for help via cellphone text message. The technology's being rolled out nationwide, but our county is positioned to become an early adopter in North Carolina.
The option of texting for help could save lives, as there are circumstances when a crime victim can't safely speak to emergency dispatchers on the phone but may be able to fire off a text message unbeknownst to his or her assailant. Operators stress that those who can call 911 should still do so, since information can be relayed more rapidly and tone of voice helps authorities gauge the level of emergency.
Emergency text technology could make Richmond County safer. We're glad that our 911 center is ahead of the curve when it comes to making the option available.


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A youth has been acquitted by a Delhi court of the charges of kidnapping and raping his cousin, with whom he got married, noting that she was voluntarily staying with him as his wife and was a "consenting" party to the sexual relations.
"I find that there is overwhelming credible evidence on record to suggest that the girl had accompanied the accused on her own will, was staying voluntarily with him as his wife at various places including Lucknow and was a consenting party to the sexual intercourse with him," Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat said, while acquitting the youth, a resident of Uttar Pradesh.
The court also freed the youth's sister and her husband of the charges under Sections 344 (wrongfully confining for three or more days), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC.
The court, in its verdict, also noted that there was lack of credible and clinching evidence to suggest that the girl had been forced to accompany the youth to subject her to sexual lust or to marry him.
According to the police, the girl was kidnapped by her cousin on December 9, 2010 from her house in Delhi, where she was staying with her brothers, and took her to his native village in Lucknow.
"Thereafter, the youth, with the help of his sister and her husband, forcefully married her and repeatedly raped her," the prosecution said.
The girl was located in Lucknow by her brother and police was informed. She was then brought back to Delhi.
The court held that the conduct of the girl, during her stay with the youth, indicated that she was living with him voluntarily and without any force or threat.
"The testimony of the girl when read in conjunction with ..., demonstrates that she was willing for the marriage with the youth and had voluntarily accompanied him to the office of registrar at Hardoi and had voluntarily signed the documents," it said.
The youth, however, claimed during the trial that the girl was in love with him and she accompanied him voluntarily to his native village where they got married and she had maintained physical relations voluntarily.


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Bought Win7 disk from Amazon in 2010. Much much better than Vista. How many 'runs' or licences can I use on same PC? What would happen if I used the Win7 disk '2nd time'? I have an error that cannot clear up so would a re-run of Win7 disk solve the problem? Thanks for any input.
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hi ... as far as i know ,you can run the setup as many times as you like on the same pc as long as you only use the "key" on one machine . but windows 7 has a repair option and i would try that first ,as it may well fix your problem ,without resorting to a clean install.
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Posted October 7, 2012 at 12:59PM
It certainly runs twice on different, unrelated, PCs.
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Posted October 10, 2012 at 3:26PM
The Windows 7 licence only allows you to install the software on one computer. The fact that you may be able to install on another machine doesn't make any difference - you are contravening the licence conditions.
The software comes to you in both 32bit and 64bit versions. You can use whichever version you like, but you can still only install one version - you can't use each of them on different computers.
You can make multiple installations on the same computer.
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Posted October 10, 2012 at 11:08PM
As far as I know, an OEM version of window is tied to one machine, and the full retail version is transferable between different machines - i.e. when you upgrade or replace your computer, you can carry on using the same license as long as it is only installed on one machine at a time Either way,you should be fine re-installing on the same pc.
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Open the Mac App Store to buy and download apps.
SSH Tunnel allows you to easily manage and precisely control your ssh tunnels.
SSH Tunnel is able to remember the ssh login password and save it to OS X's keychain. Furthermore, SSH Tunnel is designed to automatically reconnect when your Mac is waking up from sleep.
Notable Features:
- Auto launch when log in OS X
- Can manage multiple ssh tunnels and port forwardings
- Individual port forwarding can be enabled or disabled at will
- Automatically reconnect after disconnected by errors or waking up from sleep
- Remember and autofill ssh login passwords in OS X keychain automatically
- Able to manage private keys, and can remember / forget passphrases of private keys in keychain
- Tunnels can be imported from / exported as JSON file
SSH Functions:
- Support Local / Remote Port Forwarding tunnels
- Can create and share SOCKS v5 proxy (aka Dynamic Port Forwarding)
- Support compressing ssh connection
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- Support Google Authenticator and Authy for two-step verification
- Support multi-factor authentication
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- Removable floating top pocket with under lid mesh pocket
- Lightweight, high-strength fabric set for durability and lighter trail weight
- Two large front zippered pockets help organize gear
- Side stretch-mesh pockets with Inside Out compression
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- Removable sleeping pad straps
- Dual ice tool loops with bungee tie-offs
- Torso adjustable and interchangeable shoulder harness
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- Gender-specific harnesses available in three sizes
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- 210D high-tenacity twill nylon
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The water bottle pockets are set too far back. I cannot reach back far enough to get a bottle in or out. Even worse, the pouch is a soft, silky mesh material, and has no form or shape. So, the opening stays collapsed on itself and you can't find the opening with the bottom of the bottle. You need to extend both arms and hands back there to try to hold the opening open so you can slip the bottle back in. It is just too far back to futz with, and I strain all my muscle trying to reach back there.The breather element on the inside of the back is not made for comfort. It's very taut, very stiff wire mesh or something. If you are wearing layers of clothing in cold weather, you don't feel the coarse wire. Now in the warmer months, with just a tee shirt on, it feels like I have a bed box spring across my back. Very uncomfortable. The torso adjustment is difficult. You have to stick one hand down there to separate the rough Velcro (ouch!), and other to move the panel.
Love this pack! I've had one for 6 years and other than a little dirt, it is like new. It probably has close to 2,000 backpacking miles on it and it is still going strong. A great weekend pack or longer distance pack for relatively light packers. Lot's of good features - the right amount of pockets, good hydration setup, good suspension. It is a tad heavy for ultralighters' taste, but the stronger materials are what contribute to it's long life. One thing I'd note is that it is a men's pack and the women's equivalent is too narrow in the shoulder straps for me. So, this pack might work well for broader shouldered/stocky women, but really broad dudes might find it to narrow a fit. Overall one of my best pieces of gear.
Ive yet been able to use to pack on a backpacking tip, but I've used it several time for trips to visit family. I love the adjust-ability and all the various straps. It feel very comfortable and fits me perfectly. I'm 5'10" and 160lbs. I'm also really into how awesome it looks. The outer 2 pockets are larger than I expected, which is really great for easy access.The shipping and customer service was awesome! I particularly liked the "sealed with a kiss" and free bumper sticker. We'll just wait and see how well it holds up. I have super high hopes.
Very satisfied! With a full load, the pack wears very comfortable for me and feels balanced, stays centered while on rough terrain. Got it in large, I'm 5'10, and it fits me like a glove. The hip strap is comfortable for me with 25-30lbs, weight rides on my hips. The fabric for the side pockets are a bit snug for my 1 liter Nalgene, but the elasticity and seams have handled very well, 3 overnight trips so far. The straps allow you to compress the pack very well, and have held up to tough use with no signs of wear. The stow and go aspect is a nice feature that I did not care about until I used it for the first time, quick and convenient. I am an Osprey fan for life after this pack!
I recently went on a backpacking trick with this bag and I loved it. Comfortable to wear for hours. Just enough to hold everything I needed for a couple nights in the mountains. Good quality bag with an amazing warranty should anything happen to it. I am going on a long trip to the middle east and I plan to only take this bag as along.
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If your mooring is at a marina, then you would likely be able to use the shower facilities at the marina. Using a shower on a boat, especially a smaller boat, is no fun... it tends to leave the boat a mess, make it smell, and create a good environment for mold aboard the boat.
BTW, looking at the ad for that boat, I saw several big warning signs.
First, they say the boat is "AS IS". Second, they say that there are no refunds on the deposit. I'd also be curious as to how a boat that is homeported in Nevada City, CA ended up in Florida.
Maybe, I'm just more cynical and suspicious than you are... but a lot of boats down in Florida and the Gulf Coast area that are being sold for cheap, that look like really good bargains, are hurricane salvage boats.
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Setting the 2009 Energy & Climate Agenda
To: POLITICAL EDITORS
Contact: Patrick Mitchell, +1-703-276-3266, email@example.com, for CLEAN and the Civil Society Institute
Strong Majority Want Next President, Congress to Focus on Clean Renewable Energy and Increased Efficiency; Public Favors Shifting Federal Subsidies Away From Coal and Nuclear.
WASHINGTON,Sept. 25/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — If the next President and Congress are going to continue to invest in energy through subsidies, tax breaks and other incentives, the focus should shift from coal and nuclear power to promoting wind and solar energy, enhanced energy efficiency, hybrids and other highly fuel- efficient cars, according to a new national survey of 1,006 U.S. adults conducted for CLEAN and the Civil Society Institute by the leading U.S. survey firm Opinion Research Corporation (ORC).
Key CLEAN/Civil Society Institute (CSI) survey findings include the following:
— Most Americans want the next President and Congress to achieve energy independence by relying on clean energy sources, rather
than coal, oil and nuclear power plants. When asked what the
new President and Congress should make "their number one
energy-related priority for the nation" in 2009, about three
out of five (59 percent) favor "promoting energy sources such
as wind or solar, more conservation of energy, and hybrid or
other highly fuel-efficient cars," compared to only about one
in four (26 percent) who want a focus on "promoting energy
sources such as more coal-fired power plants, oil from offshore
drilling and nuclear power."
— More than four out of five Americans want to see government aid for wind and solar power put on the same or better footing as
coal-fired and nuclear power plants. More than half of
Americans (52 percent) – including 59 percent of Republicans,
48 percent of Democrats and 44 percent of Independents — want
the government to "evenly divide" any subsidies, tax breaks or
other incentives for new construction "between nuclear power
and coal-fired power plants and energy sources such as wind and
solar." Nearly a third of Americans (30 percent) – including 38
percent of Democrats, and 33 percent of Independents – would go
further, having the government "shift all or most of them from
nuclear power and coal-fired power plants to energy sources
such as wind and solar." Only about one in 10 Americans (12
percent) would "keep the incentives for nuclear power and
coal-fired power the way they are today."
— A halt to construction of new coal-fired power plants is supported by Americans. Nearly three out of four Americans (73
percent) – including 64 percent of Republicans, 82 percent of
Democrats and 68 percent of Independents — would support "a
five-year moratorium on new coal-fired power plants in the
United States if there was stepped-up investment in clean, safe
renewable energy — such as wind and solar — and improved home
energy-efficiency standards."
Commenting on the findings, Civil Society Institute President and Founder Pam Solo said: "Americans deserve credit for understanding that more investment by the federal government in coal and nuclear power is essentially the same thing as investing in subprime mortgages. IfU.S.taxpayers are going to directly or indirectly underwrite energy development and energy-intensive industries – such as the auto industry – we need to insist that the next Congress and President make good, solid investments that make sense for the long- term of our country. The only energy investments that rise above the subprime level today are wind, solar and other clean renewable energy in concert with enhanced energy efficiency."
Grant Smith, national project coordinator, CLEAN, said: "Investments in coal and nuclear power are the Countrywide Financial subprime mortgages of the energy world. What the public is saying in this survey is that we support Washington making investments in the energy sources of tomorrow, but we have to stop flushing money down the drain by propping up the failing energy sources of yesterday, including oil, coal and nuclear. It makes no sense to be making 50- year investments in new coal-fired power plants. Energy efficiency and renewable technologies already have overtaken, in many instances, or will soon overtake, in other instances, coal-fired power in terms of direct cost and are far superior in terms of financial risk, economic benefit, and the ability to address global warming.There is no viable model under which new nuclear power plants can be constructed as anything other than multi-billion- dollar public works boondoggles. After the current financial debacle on Wall Street, it is hard to imagine that Americans are going to allow more dumb investments byWashingtonon the wrong energy sources."
The national survey findings were echoed separate state-specific surveys conducted for CLEAN and the Civil Society Institute by ORC in the key coal country states of West Virginia and Kentucky:
— West Virginia residents oppose blasting the wind farm site at Coal River Mountain. More than three out of five West Virginia
residents (62 percent) – including 50 percent of Republicans,
69 percent of Democrats and 68 percent of Independents —
oppose Governor Manchins decision against stopping "Massey
Energy from using mountaintop removal coal mining to level a
section of Coal River Mountain that could have been used for a
wind farm …" Only 35 percent of state residents support the
Governors decision. While 15 percent of state residents
strongly support the inaction on Manchins part, a much
larger 39 percent are strongly opposed to it.
— Renewable energy and more energy efficiency beats coal in Kentucky. As Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear frames a new
energy plan for his state, the #1 priority identified by the
largest number of Kentucky residents is "transitioning to
renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind" (43 percent),
with the second most-popular priority being "increased emphasis
on energy efficiency/ cutting wasted energy" (30 percent). Few
state residents picked nuclear power (7 percent) and "more coal
mining" (12 percent) as their top priorities.
Opinion Research Corporation Senior Researcher Graham Hueber said: "Taken together, the three surveys being released today suggest that national attitudes about energy and climate action vary relatively little when you drill down into views of the two chief coal states ofWest VirginiaandKentucky. In fact, in some respects, the residents of the two states that we focused on are even more inclined than other Americans to look beyond coal and other carbon- based fuels to renewable energy sources."
The CLEAN/Civil Society Institute survey conducted by Opinion Research Corporation also found:
— Americans pick clean energy over coal and nuclear power. Two out of three Americans would ask for wind, solar and other
renewable energy technologies if they could "tell your power or
utility company where to get the power to run your house." By
contrast, only 8 percent would pick nuclear power and just
three would pick "coal-generated power."
— Wind and solar are seen as the future of energy for America. More than two out of three Americans now see coal (70 percent)
and oil (67 percent) as the "power sources of yesterday." By
contrast, solar and wind are seen as "power sources of
tomorrow" by 92 percent and 88 percent of Americans,
— The vast majority of Americans see a positive or neutral economic impact from dealing with global warming. Fewer than
one in five Americans (17 percent) believe that "action on
global warming will hurt the U.S. economy," while over half (51
percent) believe "action on global warming will create new jobs
and investment." Just over a quarter (28 percent) say that such
action "will neither help nor hurt the economy". Republicans
are roughly twice as likely (24 percent) as Democrats (12
percent) and Independents (13 percent) to see a possible
economic peril in acting on global warming.
— Most Americans know that time is running out to deal with global warming. More than three out of five Americans (63
percent) believe that "global warming is a problem and we have
limited time to figure out the solutions to it," compared to
just 6 percent who agree there is a problem "but it is too late
to figure out the solutions to it" or the 12 percent who agree
on the problem but believe "we have plenty of time to figure
out the solutions to it." Fewer than one in five Americans (16
percent) say that "global warming is not a problem, so no
solutions are needed." Republicans are far more likely at 29
percent to see no problem posed by global warming, compared to
Democrats (5 percent) and Independents (15 percent).
— Todays politicians are not seen as likely to act on climate issues. Two out of three Americans have "only a small degree of
confidence" (40 percent) or "no confidence" (27 percent) that
"our current elected officials in the United States will act
decisively on global warming issues."
— Energy issues will figure prominently at the ballot box in November. More than nine out of 10 Americans (91 percent) say
that "the views of candidates on energy-related issues — such
as gasoline prices, home heating oil prices, global warming and
energy independence" will be important as they vote in 2008. Of
this amount nearly three in five (58 percent) say that energy
issues will be "very important" to how they vote.
Other key findings include the following:
— More than three out of four Americans (78 percent) agree with the following statement: "The effects of global warming require
that we take timely and decisive steps for renewable, safe and
clean energy sources. We need transitional technologies on our
path to energy independence. There are tough choices to be made
and tradeoffs. We cannot afford to postpone decisions since
there are no perfect options."
— More than nine out of Americans (91 percent) agreement with the following statement: "The reliance on fossil fuels is the
product of the industrial revolution of the 19th and early 20th
centuries. Do you think it is time for our nation to start
thinking in terms of the concept of a new industrial
revolution, one that is characterized by the orderly phasing
out of fossil fuels and the phasing in of clean, renewable
energy sources — many of which are available now, such as wind
and solar for electricity, hybrid and clean diesel technologies
for cars?"
— More than four out of five Americans (85 percent) do not think "the federal government is doing enough about high energy
prices and the U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern energy
— Over half (52 percent) of Americans are more likely to "buy a hybrid, clean-diesel or other more fuel-efficient vehicle now"
than they were six months ago. Less than a third (31 percent)
are no more likely to buy such a vehicle and well under one in
five (15 percent) are less likely to make such a purchase.
— About seven out of 10 Americans (69 percent) think "the U.S. government should set a national goal of declaring July 4,
2015, as Energy Independence Day — a real target date
for ending our reliance on Middle Eastern and other foreign oil
For complete survey findings, go to http://www.theclean.org/.
The CLEAN/Civil Society Institute survey is based on the findings of a telephone survey conducted by Opinion Research Corporations CARAVAN omnibus. The survey was conducted among a sample of 1,006 adults (503 men and 503 women) aged 18 and older living in private households in the Continental United States. Interviewing was completed September 12-15, 2008. The survey was weighted by four variables: age, sex, geographic region and race to ensure reliable and accurate representation of the total population. The margin of error for surveys with samples of around 1,000 respondents, at the 95 percent confidence level, is plus or minus 3 percentage points. Smaller sub-groups in any survey will have larger error margins.
CLEAN (http://www.theclean.org) is a collaborative movement of state and local organizations and individuals who will encourage and support policy makers at all levels of government to implement new energy policies. The Civil Society Institute worked with grassroots organizations across the United States to help organize the CLEAN campaign.
The nonprofit and nonpartisan Civil Society Institute (http:// www.CivilSocietyInstitute.org) is a think tank that serves as a catalyst for change by creating problem-solving interactions among people, and between communities, government and business that can help to improve society. Since 2003, CSI has conducted more than 20 major surveys and reports on energy and auto issues, including vehicle fuel-efficiency standards, consumer demand for hybrids/ other highly-fuel efficient vehicles, global warming and renewable energy. In addition to being a co-convener of CLEAN, the Civil Society Institute also is the parent organization of 40MPG.org (http://www.40MPG.org) and the Hybrid Owners of America (http:// www.HybridOwnersofAmerica.org).
SOURCE TheCLEAN.org, Washington, D.C.; Civil Society Institute, Newton, Mass.
(c) 2008 U.S. Newswire. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.


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Busch Gardens In Florida Lets You Play Tug-Of-War With A Tiger
I can finally cross this off of my bucket list.
From the Zoo's site:
One unique part of the River habitat is the tiger tug. What's a "tiger tug" you might ask well all you need to do is go to Tiger Trails around 12:30 or 2:30 and find out.
You have to be pretty lucky to time your arrival just right because sometimes they pick volunteers to help but when you do boy it's a great experience.
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The team behind www.defense.gov is saying, "You asked for it, you got it."
For the past year, officials said DoD has been reviewing the comments made about the content on www.defense.gov, and now added new features to the site.
The website now has two distinct homepages. One is for the general public; the other for the Defense community specifically. Plus, the website will remember the one you chose, so the next time you visit you will see the last homepage you clicked on.
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Just checked your thread on MV. (that's a place I will definitely avoid, even if I ever get a Vespa) Even more impressive, but I have to admit I would have gone to the emergency room right after the accident. But then I have insurance, so I understand. An amazing trip. To bad about what happened over there on that lousy forum. No disagreement allowed?
Hey Jerry,
I don't recall ever seeing you on MV so I'd question how you arrived at that conclusion? Disagreement runs rampant on nearly every forum I've ever attended and MV isn't much different. The exception over there is members have to take it outside if they want to fight and from everything I've seen that's not such a bad idea. Maybe the environment you were expecting was a full-fledged free-for-all or something close to one?
Not everyone buys into or agrees with what you or anyone else may have to say so perhaps that's not what you're looking for. As other people have already stated in this thread MV has a pretty well balanced membership, unlike what the moron who got kicked out would have you believe. Before dropping the axe on them I think you'd do better to gain some personal experience first.
If you're anti-Vespa [which I think you are] that's not important, there are plenty of other scooters on the market and many of them are as good or better quality. Most of us who ride Vespas realize that and have room in our worlds for other brands. Quite a few of us have actually owned and currently ride them, all without feeling the need to slam others who don't.
Besides all of the above you might be well advised to do a bit of research into your newest hero's credibility, his stories are concocted of 100% pure bullshit including the weepy tale about his epic ride around the country.
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Blaze Bayley's tenure in Iron Maiden is often seen as something of a low point for the band, both vocally and compositionally. Although the two albums he recorded with the band were undeniably flawed, they did have a few moments of excellence and these innovations were not discarded with the return of Bruce Dickinson to the fold. With Brave New World, the band make no attempt to reset their sound to the hook-driven immediacy of the early '80s, or worse, the directionless rock pandering of No Prayer For The Dying and (most of) Fear of the Dark). Instead, the reunited writing team of Dickinson, Harris, Murray and Smith, now aided by Janick Gers, staged a triumphant expansion of the progression hinted at on The X Factor and Virtual XI, with flavours of Somewhere In Time and Seventh Son.
The result is probably my third favourite Maiden album (after the last two I mentioned), as well as the pinnacle of Maiden's 21st century renaissance. The album constantly returns to the themes of travel and creating/ finding new identities, but occasionally becomes more specific in its references to the Aldous Huxley novel it takes its name from - aside from the title track, 'Dream Of Mirrors' seems to be a critique of the concept of sleep-learning. 'Blood Brothers' meanwhile is more than a romantic paean to universal brotherhood, and could easily be a glance at Emile Zola's Etienne Lantier, who 'laughed at his earlier idealism, his schoolboy vision of a brave new world in which justice would reign and men would be brothers.' With that quote in mind, the song's lyrics take on a distinctly more serious tone, though not entirely despairing.
While I usually ignore lyrical content in my reviews, the above is key to the album; Dickinson was putting more thought into his lyrics than ever before, and the stories told are one element of a more considered and cohesive approach to writing an album. The album is lovingly crafted, based around melodies that favour atmosphere and a grandiose pomp over the straight for the throat catchy riffs and leads of old. Even the swift opener 'The Wicker Man' with its exultant guitar curls and empowering chorus chant is hardly humming material, with more focus on technicality and scale. Its evil brother, 'The Mercenary' is an instant Maiden classic with a gritty do-or-die message, an anthemic chorus and a mean attitude. It would have made a good opener to the album, but also serves well as a shot of adrenalin to the heart amidst the beauteous extravagance of 'Blood Brothers' and 'Dream Of Mirrors.'
The album is also a lot heavier than the two previous ones, in part due to Janick Gers having stayed on with the return of Adrian Smith. Together with Dave Murray they provide an exceedingly tasty platter of urgent riffs that rock harder and heavier than 'Futureal' and such, crunching power chords during the choruses and heroic leads that sail over Nicko's characteristic gallops and tumbling fills. Not to mention a wealth of solos that range from Smith's carefully designed classical pieces to Gers' more forceful, freeform bursts.
The early part of the album is mostly comprised of three semi-epic songs that build from clean, melodic guitar sections into heavier riffing and anthemic vocal lines that return to the opening melodies. 'Ghost Of The Navigator', the title track, and 'Blood Brothers' vary in pacing and scale but are all very beautiful in their own way, setting dark and heavy sections against anthemic bridges and emotional performances from The Air Raid Siren, who still lives up to that moniker despite often using a softer and more regulated style. 'Brave New World' is among my favourites on this album, often making me a little emotional although I'm not quite sure why. There's no denying however that the chorus, simply repeating the title, is a moment of chest-beating exuberance and emotion for both the singer and the listener. Classic stuff, this.
If this is to be called a progressive metal album, and to me it does not pretend to any genre but is rather a natural growth of Maiden's natural leanings toward the grand and evocative, but if it is then a song like 'Out Of The Silent Planet' is an example of how progressive should be done. It is very simply constructed and revolves around the repeated lines 'out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet we are' and 'out of the silent planet, dreams of devastation, out of the silent planet, come the demons of creation.' Even at over six minutes it seems one of the catchiest and easiest songs on here, and is a good argument for simplicity over pointless progressive widdling. 'The Thin Line Between Love And Hate' is a funny way to end the album, shedding the contemplative nature of the bulk of Brave New World for an upbeat and power metal inspired charge to the finish. By funny, I don't mean to complain - its movement into a tranquil and smooth outro, almost reminiscent of Anathema's Eternity album, is sublime, and it is always healthy for an album to end with something unexpected rather than have all cannons fired before the grand finale.
With Virtual XI, Iron Maiden had moved away from the flamboyantly progressive and unpredictable compositional diversity of epics like 'Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son' and 'Sign Of The Cross' (which were built on the freeform climbing structure of 'Hallowed Be Thy Name') toward the era of repetitive Iron Maiden epics. Much like 'The Clansman' and 'The Angel And The Gambler', 'Dream Of Mirrors' and 'The Nomad' are more slowed down, expanded and enriched than other songs on the album, while being characterized by central motifs that are returned to instead of discarded for other things. Choruses and other repeated vocal parts are a focus, but with plenty of allowance made for instrumental rambling and building atmospheres. The reason these pieces are so successfully enthralling is the fact that each makes itself known for its content rather than its length, never feeling as if they are eight or nine minutes for the sake of being epic and progressive.
Although Blaze's career in Iron Maiden was ultimately ill-fated, it gave Dickinson the time to explore a few other musical territories, to eventually fall back in love with metal, and to return to an Iron Maiden rejuvenated with more passion and creativity than it had benefited from for twelve years. The meanderings of '90s Maiden had also set the foundations for a new and more matured sound, exhibited with surpassing excellence on this album. There is not a single track on here I feel could have been left off, or abridged or changed in any way. The brilliance of the album is that ideas are allowed to run their full course no matter how long it takes, and it is a richer and better experience for it.
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Guinness World Records gets its name from the Guinness Beer Brewery in Dublin, Ireland. Legend has it that the managing director of the brewery, Sir Hugh Beaver, got into an argument during a shooting party about which was the fastest game bird, the grouse or the golden plover. While searching for an answer, Beaver hit upon the idea of publishing a book with answers to many of the questions that might come up during a drinking session at an Irish pub. In essence, Guinness World Records was launched to help settle bar bets.
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Gov. Chris Gregoire and the Democrat-controlled Legislature are going to impose new taxes to balance the budget. Exactly what taxes are going up isn't certain. Several options are being considered.
The most onerous on the menu of proposed new or higher taxes is an increase to the statewide sales tax.
This increase is being sold as temporary - until 2013 - but there is no iron-clad guarantee it will go away in three years - or ever. Once a tax is in place, and government becomes dependent on the revenue, it rarely goes away.
We also have concerns about other new, um, revenue enhancements including "closing of a loophole" that allows those who trade in a older vehicle when buying a newer vehicle to have the value of the trade-in deducted before the sales tax is computed. So if someone in Walla Walla were to trade in a vehicle worth $5,000 the sales tax savings would be $415. The loss of this exemption, which was voted in by the people, is a pinch on consumers and car dealers.
If the Legislature must raise taxes, take it easy (or, at least easier) on Washingtonians.
Perhaps it is time to look at eliminating or reducing exemptions for out-of-state purchases.
Let's think about taking aggressive steps to collect Washington state sales tax on Internet purchases made by Washingtonians. Allowing out-of-state (or out-of-country) merchants to sell products without tax gives them a competitive advantage.
Cracking down on Internet sales would bring in direct tax revenue. In addition, brick-and-mortar merchants who pay taxes could see an increase in business.
The state should also think about closing the loophole that allows Oregon residents to make sales-tax-free purchases in Washington. We understand this won't be greated with joy by Oregonians, particularly by Milton-Freewater residents who do a lot of shopping in Walla Walla.
Still, it is fair. When Washington residents work in Oregon they must pay income tax.
We understand that local merchants would be concerned about losing the business from Umatilla County.
And those in the Vancouver, Wash., area across the river from Portland would have even more angst.
Realistically, however, those living in Milton-Freewater are still going to shop at Macy's or Wal-Mart for everyday items even if they have to pay sales tax. On big purchases, say those over $1,000, that's a different story. Perhaps the sales-tax exemption could remain on those purchases as a way to protect in-state merchants.
This out-of-state taxation would generate revenue for Washington without adding a bigger tax burden to residents who are going to see the costs of some goods - perhaps candy, bottled water and, unfortunately, even cars - go up.
We see these curbing the out-of-state exemption and collecting Internet tax as better alternatives than raising the sales tax.
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